Executive Director Update
MCC Member Sabina Sten is on our program committee and has proposed a Mill City Commons trip to Vancouver, Canada. The committee agreed Sabina should take the idea to MCC membership. She has written a brief description and a short questionnaire in the "News from Members" column below. Please take a few minutes to read and respond.

Consider joining me for the Weisman Art Museum tour this Thursday where we'll be viewing photography and learning about a documentary project featuring 13 Somali men living here in the Twin Cities. In addition, our docent will take us on an informative tour of this iconic structure and share a story or two about architect Frank Gehry. I'll be driving -- please let me know if you would like a ride.

Many thanks to MCC Member Jeanne Ravich for writing the "Mill City Commons In the Know!" column and to MCC Member Peg Kavaney for sharing a favorite neighborhood resource!  -- Linnea

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Artist and Mill City Commons member Patty Canney's art will be featured as part of the Minneapolis Club's touring artist series. MCC Program Committee Co-chair Patty Connelly has invited MCC Members as her guests at the Minneapolis Club to enjoy this opportunity to explore Patty Canney's work (members must register with MCC in advance). The club will provide a cash bar for refreshments.

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Tour the theater and visual arts studio, watch a bit of rehearsal for their upcoming street festival, UNIQUINOX, meet the artists, view art and shop in their gallery. Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts is a professional visual and performing arts organization serving adult artists with disabilities. Since 1996, Interact's mission to create art that challenges perceptions of disability has opened doors for artists with disabilities who might never have seen the arts as a life choice, but now see creating art as essential to their humanity.  

  

Join fellow members after the tour for an early happy hour at Monte Carlo! If you are driving, the Monte Carlo has approved parking in their lot if you are joining us there after the tour. 

Schedule time with Tech Support Guru Max Fritz from Network Guidance 2.0. Max can answer your nagging technology questions during our complimentary helpdesk.

When you register, Linnea will confirm the time of your 20-30 minute one-to-one session. A reminder: Installing or upgrading software and creating accounts are not appropriate for the helpdesk as they exceed the 20-30 minute appointment time.

  

MCC Member Sabina Sten and former MCC Member Leslie Van Duzer (now living in Vancouver and Dean of the University of British Columbia's Architecture Department) are researching organizing a Mill City Commons 4-5 day trip to Vancouver in April 2014 - an absolutely gorgeous time of year. Leslie has put together a proposed itinerary - you'll find it here. Please take a look if the idea of a brief sejour in Vancouver appeals to you. In order to pursue this idea, we need the following feedback:

• An expression of interest in an MCC trip to Vancouver
• An indication of a daily budget per person that would work for you and will determine the hotel we choose for our stay (this is in addition to the flight costs which will be approximately $500)
• An expression of interest in specific ideas from Leslie's itinerary

Please return this feedback to Sabina at sabina_sten@hotmail.com by August 31. Many thanks!

 

MCC Member Lou Burdick says, "Thinking About Joining MCC Hatha Yoga Class?" For those who would like to try yoga but don't feel they have the experience to jump right in to the existing Mill City Commons class at Yoga Center Minneapolis, there's another option. The four-week Absolute Beginner Class

The DID website has a calendar feature with lots of great information! It covers many downtown venues with current happenings and performances including all of the theaters, Target Field, Convention Center, etc. It's really a worthwhile site to keep in mind when you're looking for things to do downtown. To check it out, use this link.