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Mill City Museum

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Paired dinners for all this Week in Food

    Beer. Cigars. Wine. This week we've got paired dinners for pretty much every interest, plus Kim Ode slinging rhubarb in all its sweet and savory forms. A fairly unique week in food if we do say so. 4/24 If you're the type who appreciates having a stogie with your meal, then Tria is the place for y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    Best of Hot Dish: April 16-20, 2012

    It's the time of the lilacs, when all things are fresh and new--which is why we love bringing you the freshest of food news here at the Hot Dish. Here are a few of a week's top stories.~The long awaited "Best of the Twin Cities" issue is now on newsstands and online. Tell us what you think ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Mill City Museum kicks off farmers market exhibit tonight

    With its idyllic location next to one of the best farmers markets in the Twin Cities, perhaps no museum is better suited to hosting an exhibit on "the unique confluence of community aspiration, cultural exchange, and economic activity popularly known as farmers markets" than the Mill City Museum. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Gastro Non Grata and CSA selections this Week in Food

    We're inching toward farmer's market season, and the proof is in this week's events: from a CSA fair at Seward Co-op to the opening of Mill City Museum's new "Growing Strong: How Farmers Markets Nourish People, Communities and the Planet" exhibit, the veggies are in the air this Week in Food. 4/17 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Recover from Thanksgiving with more eating this Week In Food

    Still have your eatin' pants on after Thanksgiving's annual gorging? Because we've got plenty of food-centric happenings on tap this week, and in the lead-up to Christmas you can expect an increased intake of sweets and booze. Win/win.

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    North Star Bartenders Guild book release party

    Joy SummersWhy hello there, you Handsome Devil​The Mill City Museum was filled with the sounds of cocktail shakers vigorously agitating booze and ice cubes Thursday night as fans of fine liquors converged to celebrate the release of Johnny Michaels's North Star Bartenders Guild book, Northstar Coc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Johnny Michaels, La Belle Vie mixologist, opens up about his past, his craft, and his new book

    MNHSJohnny Michaels ​Johnny Michaels has been a fixture in the Twin Cities cocktail scene for as long as I can remember. He has maintained one of the coolest and most interesting cocktail lists in town at La Belle Vie since it moved to its current location at 510 Groveland. He has written for seve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Mill City Bread Festival this weekend

    Mill City Farmers Market and the Mill City Museum are joining forces to celebrate the Bread Festival, sponsored by Gold Medal Flour. This will be the first of an annual event celebrating the traditions of American bread-baking. The festival will include demonstrations and a bread-baking contest. He ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Oktoberfest has arrived this week in food

    Everyone is German at the Black Forest Inn​Fans of all things German and sausagey will be pleased with this week's offerings, which skew heavily toward a meat-and-beer theme thanks to Oktoberfest activities. 9/25 If you made it through the weekend without attending the Black Forest Inn's Okt ... More >>

  • News

    August 3, 2011

    Fringe Festival 2011: A preview of your best bets

    Theater fans can pick from 168 shows

  • Restaurants

    August 3, 2011

    Gather by D'Amico opens in the Walker

    Featured local chefs rotate through the kitchen

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    Mill City Live resumes tonight due to resolution of state shutdown

    ​The government shutdown affected a few live music events in the Twin Cities, namely the series Mill City Live at the Mill City Museum in downtown Minneapolis and 9 Nights of Music at the History Center in downtown St. Paul. With the shutdown finally resolved, Mill City Live will resume/kick-off t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    Palmest 2011: Full lineup and set times

    City Pages file photo​If you don't make it down to the Mill City Museum tonight for Spider John Koerner and Tony Glover, you'll have another chance to catch Koerner this weekend when he plays Palmfest, the celebration of West Bank music that takes over Palmer's Bar each summer. This year's lineup ... More >>

  • Restaurants

    July 6, 2011
  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Minnesota History Center's '9 Nights of Music' canceled tonight, Mill City Live in limbo due to government shutdown

    ​The effects of the government's failure are still rolling out this week, as Governor Mark Dayton and the GOP continue their contentious budget negotiations today and Minnesota enters its fourth day of statewide shutdown. The Minnesota History Center has announced that tonight's "9 Nights of Music ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Mill City Live will showcase 'Minnesota Legends' for 2011 season

    ​The Mill City Live series, which presents bands in the stunning setting of the Mill City Ruin, is getting ready to kick off its first event of 2011 next Thursday, July 7. This season, Mill City invited guest curator Jim Walsh to help them book a lineup of "Minnesota Legends" that span five decade ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 4, 2011

    Mill City Farmers' Market

    ​The Mill City Live series, which presents bands in the stunning setting of the Mill City Ruin, is getting ready to kick off its first event of 2011 next Thursday, July 7. This season, Mill City invited guest curator Jim Walsh to help them book a lineup of "Minnesota Legends" that span five decade ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Scandinavian Classic Baking teaches lefse making and more

    Your Scandinavian grandmother substitute.​Are you lacking a Scandinavian grandmother and tired of waiting for church bake sales to get your hands on some sandbakkels? A new book, Scandinavian Classic Baking, by local cookbook author Pat Sinclair, rounds up recipes for the best baked goods from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    20.21 closing, D'Amico confirmed for Walker Art Center food service

    D'Amico ousts Wolfgang Puck from the Walker. ​"It's true," says Richard D'Amico, when asked about Heavy Table's anonymous report that his restaurant group would be ousting 20.21 from its prime digs at the Walker Art Center. D'Amico says he was recently approached by a Walker consultant, alon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    Plank Road reopens as a concrete slab

    Photo: gesika22Plank Road gets the wood out.​That admirable but boneheaded move - in hindsight -- by the City of Minneapolis to "pave" part of River Road with wooden boards has now been consigned to the scrap heap. The one-block stretch of "Plank Road" between Portland Avenue to 11th Avenue, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 13, 2010

    The Minneapolis Horror: Tales from the Night Shift

    Photo: gesika22Plank Road gets the wood out.​That admirable but boneheaded move - in hindsight -- by the City of Minneapolis to "pave" part of River Road with wooden boards has now been consigned to the scrap heap. The one-block stretch of "Plank Road" between Portland Avenue to 11th Avenue, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Canning tips from Ana Micka of 'The Fresh Girl's Guide to Canning'

    Now is the season to can like crazy.​This being the zenith of the canning season, the Hot Dish spoke with Ana Micka, author of  The Fresh Girl's Guide to Easy Canning and founder of the the Food Preservation Network, community educators on canning and preserving, who had sage advice for the n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    Oktoberfest, Lyn-Lake Block Party: Freeloader Friday

    covilha via Flickr.com​ As the seasons change, so do the types of events happening around town. This weekend we have two different Oktoberfest festivals, a block party (bring an umbrella), and free films.

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Simple, Good, and Tasty teams with Barbette this Week in Food

    Dinner with a little history at Nicollet Island Inn. ​It's a big week, eaters. Meet your neighbors, support some charities (and your wine habit), and do a little cooking with tea this Week in Food. Monday 9/20 Bust out your inner sommelier at Crave's weekly wine class. Tonight sample wines from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Mill City Farmers Market celebrates fifth anniversary

    The Mill City Farmers Market celebrates five years of bounty for the senses​It all started back in June 2006, when Brenda Langton (chef-owner of Spoonriver restaurant) founded the Mill City Farmers Market on the banks of the Mississippi River, between the Mill City Museum and the new Guthrie ... More >>

  • Restaurants

    September 8, 2010

    Street food takes over the Twin Cities

    In search of the best meal on wheels

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Spider John Koerner gives us a reason to whiskey tonight and tomorrow

    photo via Red House Records​Seeing Spider John Koerner live is a lucky thing, something we get treated to more often than, say, we deserve. Memories or wishes of north woods hootenannies and smoke-filled parlors in the sixties as all those jubilantly drunk revelers stomp and squall towards sunrise ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Mill City Live performance schedule announced

    Photo via MillCityMuseum.org​The Mill City has announced its lineup for this year's Mill City Live series, which is a great, low-key way to catch local musicians in downtown Minneapolis at the end of the workday. Tickets to the shows are $5, and include admission to the Mill City Museum from 4-9 p ... More >>

  • Articles

    September 16, 2009

    Mill City Oktoberfest

    Photo via MillCityMuseum.org​The Mill City has announced its lineup for this year's Mill City Live series, which is a great, low-key way to catch local musicians in downtown Minneapolis at the end of the workday. Tickets to the shows are $5, and include admission to the Mill City Museum from 4-9 p ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 16, 2009

    Mill City Oktoberfest

    Photo via MillCityMuseum.org​The Mill City has announced its lineup for this year's Mill City Live series, which is a great, low-key way to catch local musicians in downtown Minneapolis at the end of the workday. Tickets to the shows are $5, and include admission to the Mill City Museum from 4-9 p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Failed wood-beam road on W. River Road to be replaced for $435,000

    If you've ever driven on the Minneapolis West River Road behind the Mill City Museum, you've probably noticed the strange stretch of wood-beam road that is obnoxiously loud and now causing more problems than it's worth.

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    Caroline Smith tonight at the Mill City Museum

    Another promising show in the Mill City Live series.

  • Music

    July 22, 2009

    Twin Cities songbird Caroline Smith finds the sweet spot

    Singer-songwriter fulfills dream of playing at First Avenue

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2008

    Five Questions For... Marie Wolf of breadbasketcase

    Singer-songwriter fulfills dream of playing at First Avenue

  • Calendar

    September 10, 2008

    Mill City Museum's 5th Anniversary

    Singer-songwriter fulfills dream of playing at First Avenue

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2008

    What's New at Mill City Farmers Market

    Singer-songwriter fulfills dream of playing at First Avenue

  • Movies

    September 13, 2006

    Fall Arts Movies

    Singer-songwriter fulfills dream of playing at First Avenue

  • News

    August 9, 2006

    The Show Must Go On... and On... and On

    Not Reviewed Here: Another 140 Fringe Plays. Sorry.

  • News

    August 9, 2006

    I'm Special

    Put on the pancake makeup and the monkey suit, superstar. It’s time to act out Fringe Fest-style.

  • Restaurants

    June 14, 2006

    River City Rebirth

    Minneapolis's restaurant scene is reborn—again!—This time with big money and farm-positive ideals.

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