1/5/05
2005 BRIDGES CALENDAR
January 30 MILL
CITY MUSEUM FAMILY DAY – BRIDGES ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI
Enjoy family activities including a make-it take-it craft project about
suspension bridges, a stone-arch building activity, a related History
Player (Emily Grey) and a bridge book project adapted by the Minnesota
Center for Book Arts.
Through February 20 "MINNESOTA
REMEMBERS"
An exhibit of some of the Minnesota Historical Society's most captivating
photographs--including several featuring historic Minneapolis bridges—are
on display in the Mill City Museum Mill Commons. These images, printed
to the highest archival standard, were selected to represent the most
popular and significant images in the Society's photo collection of
over 300,000 images. Images are available for purchase in the museum
store or online.
February 12 UNIVERSITY
OF ALUMNI BRIDGE EVENT at The Works, 5701 Normandale
Road, Edina, Minnesota (952) 848-4848
June
18 & 19 STONE
ARCH FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
June 20 & 21 SOLSTICE
RIVER DANCE PERFORMANCE
This year's Solstice River is the ninth annual site-specific performance
honoring the Mississippi River on the longest day of the year. Standing
on the Stone Arch Bridge near downtown Minneapolis, the audience watches
as the site explodes with dancers, colorful fabric, boats and kayaks.
New this year, Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) community members will be
infusing their sensitivity into the event. The dance always incorporates
recurring aspects from previous years, yet brings in new elements. Dancers
perform atop buildings surrounding the site, including the Pillsbury
A Mill, the old silos at the Mill City Museum, the St. Anthony Falls
Hydro Lab and the lock and dam. Free.
July 4 JULY
4TH CELEBRATION
Free.
July 17 IBARAKI
DAY at “Bell of Two Friends” sculpture on
Nicollet Island (speeches, light refreshments recognizing 25th anniversary
of Minneapolis/Ibaraki sister city relationship); 2:00 p.m. Free.
July 23? AQUATENNIAL
FIREWORKS AND RIVER BLAST
Free.
August THIS
STORY MAY NOT BE TRUE
A 24-hour 'Bridge-a-thon' created for the historic St. Anthony Falls/Stone
Arch Bridge area by a team of multi-disciplinary artists. Beginning
at dusk on Friday and ending after sunset on Saturday, this public art
event will feature interactive performance tours that lead audience
members through surprising installations, secret videos, mill-inspired
dances and live music compositions that activate the many layers of
history that make up this site. Join us for an art-exploration of time,
space, and place: "drop in" for a short time or stay for the
duration. Free.
All season MILL
RUINS PARK WALKING AND BIKING TOURS and hands-on
activities
All season SEGWAY
MAGICAL HISTORY TOURS FROM HUMAN ON A STICK
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