June 5: Boneshaker Book Swap and Storefront-in-a-Box Kickoff Party
Saturday, 7pm - 10pm
Bring a favorite book (a copy you are willing to trade away) and leave with someone else's favorite book. Book trade will officially start at 9pm sharp - but mingle beforehand to talk about why people should choose yours.Cupcakes from Cakeeater Bakery, homemade pie, drinks and other treats!Free, but donations encouraged!
Come celebrate the beginning of an exciting summer at Storefront in a Box!
June 8-14: Local Art Market
Tuesday, 3pm - 9pm
Wednesday - Sunday, 8am - 9pm
Monday, 8am - 3pm
2441 Lyndale becomes a gift shop and gallery this week, featuring original artwork starting at $20, and prints, cards, and onesies starting at $5.
Community Artist Potluck: Saturday and Sunday (6/12 and 6/13), 12-5pm
A drop-in event: bring your art for others to enjoy and a dish to share. Will happen both Saturday and Sunday, 12-5pm. Hosted by Local Art Market.
Download the Local Art Market flyer.
June 15-21: Nerd Party
Tuesday, 5pm - 10pm
Wednesday - Sunday, 10am - 10pm
Monday, 10am - 5pm
Nerd Party is a 7-day celebration of geek culture through art, film, workshops and gatherings. It's an excuse to geek out for a week and do all the nerdy stuff you usually do at home out in the open. It will feature art installations, video games, workshops, movie nights and more!
Visit the Nerd Party website for more information, including a detailed schedule.
Contact: nerdparty2010@gmail.com
June 22-28: Biking in a Box
As we gear up for the fifth annual Bicycle Film Festival in Minneapolis, come join us for a week filled with fun, racing, skill-shares, workshops, BFF sneak previews, and a bicycle related swap meet. Have you ever wanted to learn how to play polo on a bike? Or needed to know some basic roadside maintenance? Well, here's your chance to learn in a fun, laid back environment. Do you have a cycling related skill you'd like to share with the rest of Minneapolis? Please contact amy@bicycleflimfestival.com
Schedule
Tuesday - Friday, 12pm - 8pm
Saturday - Sunday, 11am - 9pm
Monday, 12pm - 7pm
For details about events happening each day, check the Facebook event or the calendar.
Call for bikers
Hi all!
To help promote the upcoming Bicycle Film Festival as well as grow interest and advocacy for biking in the Twin Cities, the Minneapolis Bicycle Film Festival (BFF) is inviting numerous shops, nonprofits, crafters, and community groups to showcase what they have to offer at the former Arise! Collective space on Lyndale Avenue.
BFF is inviting cycling enthusiasts including crafters, community groups, nonprofits, and other allied organizations to the space to spread the word on their products, events and advocacy. Biking is a Box is a great outreach opportunity for you to hand out information, sell products or membership, provide demonstrations, or feature products. Biking in a Box is FREE to all non-profit organizations and community groups (we will only charge a small fee if you plan on selling products in the space). We are accepting reservations until June 20th, so sign up soon! Please send your organization's name, activity (literature, demonstration, etc) and 1st, 2nd and 3rd choices for time slots to amy@bicycleflimfestival.com.
Sign up soon - spots are filling up quickly!
-Amy and the rest of the BFF MPLS crew
Contact: amy@bicycleflimfestival.com
photo by Andy Miller
June 29 - July 5: Three Storefronts in One Week
This week, the storefront is home to three events, each presented by a local artist: a book release, an art show, and a rummage sale to support a Fringe Festival show being rehearsed in the space. Come to one, come to them all!
June 30: NOR Publishing book release blowout for SECRETES
Wednesday, June 30: 7pm for bands and books
Nor Publishing presents: SECRETES, a diverse anthology of short fiction.Live music from War Machine and Poor Weather Club. Come for a show, leave with a nightmare!
July 3: "ENTWINED" Fundraisin' Rummage Sale
Saturday, July 3: all day
Amy Salloway - creator of the hit touring one-woman theatre productions "Does This Monologue Make Me Look Fat?", "So Kiss Me Already, Herschel Gertz!" and "Circumference" - will be using Storefront-in-a-Box to develop and rehearse a new show, "Entwined", for the 2010 MN Fringe Festival, opening August 5th, 2010. Rehearsals aren't exactly open to the public, but folks are welcome to stop by and offer encouragement, AND to come to the "ENTWINED" fundraisin' rummage sale in front of the store all day on Saturday, July 3rd! All proceeds will go to the show's production costs.
"Entwined" is the mostly-true tale of a dubious romance that meets its final end on a road trip to the World's Biggest Ball of Twine. Tangling together "now" and "before", live music and narration, the show is a celebration of loneliness, a high-five to the Dorky and Desperate. "Salloway is hilarious, honest and unsparing, with a great sense of pace" -- The Calgary Herald. "An appealing and marvelously funny performer Ñ brave and original." - The Ottawa Citizen
"Entwined" will be performed at the Rarig Center Arena Theatre
330 21st Ave. South, Minneapolis
Sat 8/7, 8:30 pm
Mon 8/9, 10:00 pm
Wed 8/11, 10:00 pm
Thurs 8/12, 5:30 pm
Sat 8/14, 4:00 pm
For more information, visit www.amysalloway.com, or www.fringefestival.org.
July 4: 'Colors Of Orly'
Sunday, July 4: 11am - 3pm
Dan Lacey The Painter Of Pancakes presents a collection of paintings of anti-Obama birther queen Orly Taitz giving birth to a variety of delicious pancakes, culminating with Mr. Dustry Trice presenting the painting 'Orly Taitz; The Naked Truth' to the online raffle winner (entries will also be available for $2.37 at the show.)Raffle drawing at 2:37pm.
July 6-12: Pop Punk Emporium!
The Pop Punk Emporium is a week-long pop punk extravaganza! We'll have events throughout the week, including a pop punk movie night, free punk haircuts (known as "punk cuts!"), a pop punk trivia night (with prizes!), a pop punk museum with audio guide by resident punk scholar Nato Coles, free pizza and candy, and more! On July 9, we'll be hosting a zine reading and show featuring Gateway District, Mike Faloon (of Go Metric zine), a possible Kung Fu Monkeys reunion, and a much anticipated reading of the worst zines of all time. The next day, the fun continues with an all-star pop punk cover band blowout! Come watch bands from across the Midwest cover the Descendents, Screeching Weasel, the Mr. T Experience, and more.
Schedule: There are different events everyday! Check the Storefront-in-a-Box calendar or Pop Punk Emporium on Facebook for details.
Contact: poppunkminneapolis@gmail.com
July 13-19: Paper Darts Magazine Gallery
Join Paper Darts Magazine, local independent publisher Replacement Press, and Twin Cities boozin'est book club Books & Bars for a week of mayhem in Uptown Minneapolis this July 14th - 18th.
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Open Artist Studio: Wednesday, July 14, 11am - 10pm
Paper Darts Launch Party: Thursday, July 15, 7-10pm
Books and Bars Tweetup: Friday, July 16, 6-8pm
Storefront Stories: Friday, July 16, 8-9pm
Indie Publishing Panel: Saturday, July 17, 7-8pm
Flash Fiction Improv: Saturday, July 17, 8-10pm
Check www.paperdarts.org or the Storefront Calendar for more details about each event.
Contact: bullseye@paperdarts.org
July 20-26: Internet Variety Store
The Internet Variety Store features artisan, open source internet products. The Internet is making a special appearance in Minneapolis this summer. Come experience the Internet through events, classes & interactive installations. At night, we will transform the space to the city's hottest evening open source community coder lounge.
Schedule:
Tuesday - Saturday, 1 - 5pm and 7 - 10pm
Sunday, 10am - 8pm
Monday, 10am - 4pm
More details about events, classes and installations are available at the Internet Variety Store website.
Contact: Chach Sikes at chachasikes@gmail.com.
July 27 - August 2: THEATEROPOLIS
Play by Play Theatre Bookstore will transform 2441 Lyndale into THEATEROPOLIS - a jam-packed week-long celebration of Twin Cities Theatre. Meet local theatre artists. Get inside the process. Learn a new skill. Dust off your headshot. We'll be presenting a series of theatre-related workshops, activities, and special events including some of the top teachers and artists in the Twin Cities. And be sure to stop by our "Summer Stock" Art & Craft Bazaar for unique gifts by local theatre artists.
More info at www.playbyplaybooks.com/soon.html. RFP and Call for Artists will be posted soon at www.playbyplaybooks.com
Contact kelly@playbyplaybooks.com for info on participating.
August 3-9: Courtney McClean and The Dirty Curls' Weeklong Naughtybilly Hoedown!
Courtney McClean & The Dirty Curls invite anyone and everyone to join us for this week-long party of workshops, bluegrass and beyond jam sessions, songwritin', movie-watchin', and more! We invite you to hang with the Curls for a week: help us write a song that we'll record and make a video for with YOU! Come watch some of the worst (and hilarious) cowboy films ever made! Drink Sarsaparilla! Learn how to write a press release and other tricks of the performance/promotional trade! Write some naughty limericks! Design and create your own Nudie suit! Come celebrate McClean's birthday! We'll be selling our CDs and other merchandise and will likely have other merchants on hand with goods you CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT!
Contact: info@dirtycurls.com or 612-568-2875
August 10-16: Art Swap in a Box
The Art Swap Shanty debuted in January, 2010, as part of the Art Shanty Projects on Medicine Lake outside of Minneapolis, MN. Our shanty consisted of a tiny shack with a giant hat, complete with a giant pom. Underneath the hat, 799 people arrived with their Art, leaving it behind in our gallery and taking someone else's art home. All the swaps are documented at iceartswap.com. It's clear from people's faces that Swapping Art Improves Lives!
This summer the Pom heads to Mpls where it will amuse you as you join us on Lyndale Avenue to swap your art for someone elses's! This swap will be slightly different from the ice swap, and will culminate in a Swap Gala, a grand reception under the Pom.
Schedule
Wednesday - Friday, 5 - 9pm: Art Swap
Saturday, 11 am - 5pm: Art Swap
Saturday, 8 - 11pm: SWAP GALA!
Sunday, 1 - 4pm: Art Swap
For details about the events, check Art Swap's Facebook page or the calendar.
Contact: iceartswap@gmail.com | facebook: facebook.com/artswapshanty | twitter: twitter.com/artswap
August 17-23: Masquerade in a Box - presented by DreamSailor Masquerade Club
One week of costume making, DayDream performance and art, culminating in the first ever DreamSailor Masquerade Club costume party event. Join us for costume workshops, clothing swap, a children's costume party, art exhibits and performances all week.
Schedule:
Wednesday, 5-8pm: Project Furway - Pet Costume Party and Contest
Thursday, 4-7pm: Kids' Costume Crafts and Party
Friday, 6-10pm: Masks and Costume Swap
Saturday: The First Masquerade
More information at the DreamSailor Masquerade Club Facebook page.
Call for bands and artists: we would love to have you participate. Contact us at dreamsailormasquerade@gmail.com
August 24-30: Balloon Fortress
Balloon Fortress is an everything. This August 24-29th we are teaming up with Storefront-In-A-Box and taking the form of a physical venue space, where we will bring you many an event all week long. The week will be filled with a variety of music, puppets, food, fun, videos from local filmmakers, face painting, and/or/maybe a whole lot more!
Schedule:
Evening events Tuesday-Friday
Saturday, 2 - 10pm: Middle West Folk Times music festival
Visit the Balloon Fortress for more information and the Middle West Folk Times Festival page for a complete listing of Saturday's performers.
