Minneapolis will celebrate over 40 years of participating in the sister city program.  To celebrate they are hosting a free ice cream social and gathering on Nicolett Island Pavilion.  The Sister Cities Day event will take place from 1-5pm on July 21st.  Some of the activities include:

• Music
• Speakers
• Performances
• Dancers
• Children’s Activities

You can find more information as well as the full schedule here on the event website.

 

During the winter we all wish for beautiful summer days and evenings.  One great way to enjoy a summer evening is the Summer Walking Tour Series at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis.  They have some great events coming up and it’s only $5 per event. Not only is it a great thrifty evening, the money helps fund the Lakewood Heritage Foundation.

You can register in advance on their website.

Additional information about the tours and dates can also found below.  

Additional Information about the Walking Tours:

Art & Architecture walking tour

July 9, 2019, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. and August 20, 2019, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

See beautiful art and architecture at Lakewood, including the historic Byzantine Revival style Memorial Chapel with mosaic interior, the contemporary Garden Mausoleum, and monument art and symbolism found in the cemetery’s oldest sections.

Lakewood Founders walking tour

July 23, 2019, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Learn about early Minneapolis leaders who helped build not only the city itself but the city’s grand cemetery—Lakewood. This tour features Minneapolis’ first mayor Dorilus Morrison, Senator and businessman William D. Washburn, Park Board President Charles Loring and more.

Notable Women walking tour

August 6, 2019, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Celebrate the women who influenced Minneapolis from its earliest days to modern times. This tour features 19th-century women’s healthcare advocate Harriet Walker, suffragist Clara Ueland, salon entrepreneur Myndall Cain, and many more.

 

 

I’m not sure where you’ll be eating lunch or dinner on Sunday (June 23rd), but I know where I hope to be – the Uptown Food Truck Festival! With 65+ different food trucks scheduled, it means we can all go out to eat and each find something that we like. We may even live dangerously and have dessert before lunch, just because we can.

There will also be live music and activities for the kids. The event runs from 11 am – 9 pm on Lake Street between Hennepin and Dupont.

With 65-plus food trucks, the Uptown Food Truck Festival is the largest Food Truck Festival in the Midwest. Food offerings will range from global cuisines such as green papaya salad to crispy pork belly to American favorites such as gourmet mini doughnuts and wood-fired pizza. Organizers have increased the event space moving south of 31st on Hennepin, and enlarged the seating area with chairs and tables to enhance the experience for families of all ages and sizes.

In addition to the de-lish food trucks, you can experience a handful of unique businesses of four wheels. Fashion Trucks, Vintage Record truck, shoe shines & beard trims in a classic airstream trailer, photo booth truck and something just for your four legged friends from Blue Buffalo.

Other activities include life-size Jenga, mechanical bull, bean bag toss, henna tattoo artists and a psychic tarot reader.

The 10-hour Uptown Food Truck Festival features live music all day…

11-2PM Shirts & Skins
2:30-5:30PM Junk FM
6-9PM You Oughta Know

You’ll be able to enjoy handcrafted beers by Kona Brewing Company, Elysian Brewing & Goose Island. Other beverage options will also be available. The event is free, but a $2.00 wristband is required for those who are indulging in the brews. Proceeds from all wristband sales will benefit Feed My Starving Children to provide meals to impoverished families and children. Last year, over 44K meals were raised!

For those wanting to get out of the sun and cool down, The Uptown Food Truck Festival has partnered with Calhoun Square, offering fair-goers an indoor respite before venturing back outside for one more.

For updates and more information, visit: uptownfoodtruckfestival.com