Go to the movies and support Northrup school

Northrop Urban Environmental School (4315 31st Ave.) is partnering with the Riverview Theater in Minneapolis to host a day at the movies on Saturday, March 22 to support the fifth grade camping trip to Grand Marais.

It will be the first camping experience for many of these city kids.

To participate in the fundraiser, purchase a $5 ticket online that can be used for any film at the Riverview Theater on Saturday, March 22.

Be sure to print out the auto-receipt you receive via e-mail and bring it to the theater as your ticket. Tickets for the fundraiser must be purchased in advance to make a donation.

To purchase tickets, go to: https://support.achievempls.org/events/northrop-riverview.

Can’t make the event? Consider purchasing a symbolic ticket in support of the campers – your $5 donation will go directly to help fund the trip.

ABOUT NORTHRUP

Northrop’s vision is to ensure that each student receives a balanced, individual and rigorous education that embraces all academic discipline with environmental education at its core. Just minutes from Lake Nokomis, Lake Hiawatha, and Minnehaha Creek, Northrop offers opportunities to explore the natural world in a city. For more information, visit northrop.mpls.k12.mn.us.

* This is cross-posted from http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2014/03/16/go-movies-and-support-northrup-school

Plan a tea party at A Cupcake Social

The corner at 28th Ave. and 38th St. is a popular destination these days. Last fall, Keen Coffee opened on the southwest corner, filling the space vacated by Tillie’s Bean. And in late December, A Cupcake Social, a gourmet cupcake boutique, opened across from Northbound Smokehouse and Brewpub.

With its fancy lighting and unique chairs, A Cupcake Social sets the perfect mood for a tea party. Or shower. Or birthday party. Or meeting. Set up a time for diminutive would-be pastry chefs to decorate their own cupcakes and enjoy a cupcake to eat at the party.

One table is perfect for those pint-sized ones in your life. And there’s a play kitchen right next to it to keep the little ones occupied while you enjoy a cup of tea and a decadent cupcake.

With flavors like Red Velvet, Death by Chocolate, Hawaiian Dream, Samoa, Dreamsicle, Oh Joy! and Pistachio Chocolate, you might be standing at the counter awhile. They also offer several gluten-free options. Over 50 flavors rotate weekly. Sweet treats start at $2.79 for a cupcake and $3.49 for a chocolate croissant. They also offer homemade ice cream.

A Cupcake Social stocks teas from TeaSource. Cups are $3.49, or opt for chai at $3.89.

Owners Jess Stone and Suzette Herr have been selling cupcakes from a food truck for the past three years, and will continue to operate the truck during the summer months. Why did they open a brick and mortar location? The number one question they got from customers was “Where is your store?” Realizing there was a demand for their products beyond the food truck, they decided to give their customers what they wanted, when they want it.

The shop offers a series of workshops such as Pintrest crafts, jewelry making, painting and other variety of arts. All classes include supplies (unless otherwise specified), coffee/tea and a gourmet cupcake. No stuffy classrooms, just an intimate, relaxing space to work. Classes are limited to 10 participants.

On Tuesday, April 10 at 7 p.m. place a dip pen to paper and learn to craft your own distictive lettering style under the guidance of lettering artist Crystal Kluge. This 3-part class will cover the basics to help release your inner calligrapher. It will focus on expressive pointed pen lettering using a variety of inks. Supplies will be provided; however, students are welcome to bring their own pens and inks or paper materials if they wish. To provide ample attention to each student in an intimate studio setting, this class is limited to 10 students. Register on the web site.

Get cupcakes regularly by signing up for the cupcake membership packages.

A Cupcake Social delivers to the Minneapolis and St.Paul areas. The delivery fee is $9.95, and the minimum order for delivery is one dozen cupcakes (of the same flavor).

Address: 3800 28th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55406
Phone: (651) 243-1114
Hours: Mon-Thurs 8am-6pm, Friday 8am-8pm, Saturday 9am-8pm, Sunday Closed

* This is cross-posted from http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2014/03/06/plan-tea-party-cupcake-social

Contemporary art performance planned at The White Page

Plan to attend “Bring in the Indigo” at The White Page, a collectively-run art gallery, on Sunday, March 16 at 8 p.m.

Plan to attend “Bring in the Indigo” at The White Page, a collectively-run art gallery, on Sunday, March 16 at 8 p.m.

Expect an evening of contemporary performance, spanning dance, theater, visual art performance, relational practices, music and hybrids of all of the above. The event is curated by Fire Drill (Emily Gastineau and Billy Mullaney).

There will be performances by Fire Drill (Minneapolis), Panoply Performance Lab (NY),  Future Death Toll (NY/PDX),  Hiponymous (Minneapolis), Samantha Johns (MPLS), Valerie Kuehne (NY), Glow Mechanics (Minneapolis), Beasthead (Minneapolis), and Dustin Maxwell (Minneapolis).

The sitting section (dance, theater, visual art performance) starts at 8 p.m. At 9:30 p.m., the standing section (music, performance installation, relational performance) begins.

Tickets: $10 to enter at 8 p.m., $5 to enter at 9:30 p.m.

The White Page is located next to Chris and Rob’s at 3109 E. 42nd St. in Minneapolis.

EVEN IF IT KILLS YOU

Bryan Thomas Daly's My Father

There’s still time to catch the exhibition “Even If It Kills You” by artist-in-residence Bryan Thomas Daly, which is up until March 8.

He says this about his work: "When I was a teenager and I wanted to leave society, I tried to use rock n' roll as an escape hatch. So I tried to build a library of Alexandria from record stores, house shows and liner notes. I believed for a while that I was unearthing a secret lexicon: the true stories of race, class, sex and taste. For a long time I thought I had uncovered a more earnest mode of care, in opposition to the mainstream. Instead I had mystical visions of purity surrounded by only things I had bought. My version of rock n' roll, I found, was not a secret but a merchandised path. Instead of escaping society, I became a more voracious consumer, a hard materialist, a secluded elitist and disenchanted with even pure experience. This work is of a love I built and found false, and a gambit to reclaim the feeling of something sincere."

Daly grew up in Northampton, Mass. He attended Alfred University and received an English degree in 2011. Currently he resides in Minneapolis and is working as a teacher.

ABOUT THE WHITE PAGE
The White Page opened in the neighborhood last fall, filling the space emptied by the Mighty Swell vintage shop.

The art gallery is the dream of four young artists: Kathryn Sheldon, Alanah Luger-Guillaume, Alexis L. Stiteler and Rebecca Spangenthal.

Sheldon is from Upstate New York. She studied painting at Alfred University. After school she spent a year in Sydney, Australia and then settled in Minneapolis.

Luger-Guillaume grew up in Waterbury, Connecticut. She went to Alfred University for art and education. She's currently a lead toddler teacher at People Serving People.

Stiteler grew up in western Pennsylvania and northern Texas. She received her BFA from Alfred University focusing in ceramics; she works in a variety of mediums now.

Spangenthal is originally from western Massachusetts. She studied sculpture at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. where she received her BFA. She moved out to Minneapolis on a whim and found the cities to be a perfect place for artist growth.

These four artists have studio space in the basement. The fifth studio is filled by an artist-in-residence who changes every few months. Each artist-in-residence exhibits upstairs in the gallery space and collaborates with the four regular artists, as well as other Minneapolis artists. Apply online for the residency program.

The White Page hosts artist talks, performances, movie screenings, critiques and other events in addition to regular exhibitions.

Over $9,000 was raised through a kickstarter campaign to open The White Page.

Hours are Friday to Monday from 1 to 5 p.m.

For more information, browse www.the-white-page.com or email thewhitepagecollective@gmail.com.

* This is cross-posted from http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2014/03/03/contemporary-art-performance-planned-white-page