Events - Month View

Get to know other MCC members at a casual Saturday morning breakfast mixer inside Elsie’s Restaurant‘s small banquet room. Hot coffee awaits you when you arrive on foot or by bike or by car - order a full breakfast or simply a beverage. Open seating at tables set for 4 or 5 - great for conversation with friends, old and new. To help the restaurant prepare, please register. NOTE: Depending on Elsie‘s availability and our group size, we may be in the small banquet room or in the dining room. This seating arrangement is up to Elsie‘s discretion each week. This event is limited to 22 to accommodate Elsie‘s staff.

The Marketing Committee works to increase awareness of Mill City Commons. We build strategies and materials to acquire new members. We provide consulting and creative support for various projects and other committees. We also have fun! Contact Chair Nancy Gardner if you’re interested in learning more. Today‘s meeting has been Cancelled!

The Membership Committee develops new strategies for member engagement and retention. If you are interested in learning more, please reach out to Committee Co-Chair Jane Helsing.

Join us for a lively discussion with Margaret Anderson Kelliher, City Operations Officer, appointed by Mayor Jacob Frey. Margaret will talk about how city matters are progressing in Minneapolis from her Operations perspective and longtime leadership experience with city and state governance. What’s working? What are existing challenges? How can active citizens committed to the city’s revitalization be supportive? Let’s learn together how to understand more clearly what potential roles we can play in strengthening our beloved city. You are invited to stay after the program for a short social time.

Do you find it hard to really get to know members at our large programs … or those featuring a speaker? This spontaneous event might be just right for you! Join us for a casual conversation at Milwaukee Road Restaurant and Bar at The Depot. Take this opportunity to meet new members and reconnect with some you haven’t seen lately. If you are attending for the first time, please contact the MCC office so we can be sure someone is there to meet you.

Schedule time with a Tech Support Guru on Zoom and have your nagging technology questions answered during our complimentary Help Desk. The zoom link will be provided in your confirmation email.

Do you find it hard to really get to know members at our large programs … or those featuring a speaker? This spontaneous event might be just right for you! Join us for a casual conversation at Jefe Urban Cocina. Take this opportunity to meet new members and reconnect with some you haven’t seen lately. If you are attending for the first time, please contact the MCC office so we can be sure someone is there to meet you.

Join your friends and neighbors at the C.R.E.A.M Cafe for a morning chat. This adventure requires no reservations.

All Chairs of the different committees are invited to join us at this monthly meeting.

Join us to discuss this month‘s book, "Doorman Wanted," by Glenn R Miller. You are welcome to join us in conversation whether or not you‘ve read the book.

If you‘d like to read ahead, April‘s book is "My Side of the River: A Memoir," by Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez, and May‘s book is "The Mighty Red," by Louise Erdrich.

Caffeine and camaraderie for members of MCC! This group meets every other Thursday and is hosted by various members who get the conversation going.

We last heard from Steve Grove, CEO of the Star Tribune, back in January 2024 on how Minnesota’s newspaper of record is re-imagining itself for the future. What‘s next for the StarTribune? Steve and Executive Vice President Paul Kashbohn will give us a look at what‘s ahead for the paper.

Get to know other MCC members at a casual Saturday morning breakfast mixer inside Elsie’s Restaurant‘s small banquet room. Hot coffee awaits you when you arrive on foot or by bike or by car - order a full breakfast or simply a beverage. Open seating at tables set for 4 or 5 - great for conversation with friends, old and new. To help the restaurant prepare, please register. NOTE: Depending on Elsie‘s availability and our group size, we may be in the small banquet room or in the dining room. This seating arrangement is up to Elsie‘s discretion each week. This event is limited to 22 to accommodate Elsie‘s staff.

Join us for an update on the work of the Minneapolis Parks Foundation with the new Executive Director, Anne Hoyt Taff. Anne will share where the Parks Foundation is heading after coming out of a successful effort supporting the Water Works Park project. Due to lack of registrations, this program has been CANCELLED.

Do you find it hard to really get to know members at our large programs … or those featuring a speaker? This spontaneous event might be just right for you! Join us for a casual conversation at Milwaukee Road Restaurant and Bar at The Depot. Take this opportunity to meet new members and reconnect with some you haven’t seen lately. If you are attending for the first time, please contact the MCC office so we can be sure someone is there to meet you.

Do you find it hard to really get to know members at our large programs … or those featuring a speaker? This spontaneous event might be just right for you! Join us for a casual conversation at Jefe Urban Cocina. Take this opportunity to meet new members and reconnect with some you haven’t seen lately. If you are attending for the first time, please contact the MCC office so we can be sure someone is there to meet you.

Join your friends and neighbors at the C.R.E.A.M Cafe for a morning chat. This adventure requires no reservations.

This guided discussion group with professional facilitation supports MCC members and nonmembers who are in a caregiving role.

The next Executive Committee meeting is on March 12, 1:30-3:00 pm.

Have you ever wondered how valuable your grandmother‘s set of silver is? Did you purchase that vase or pottery at an Estate Sale, wondering if it was the “real” thing? Do you have adequate insurance for your valuable collections? Have you determined and documented where your estate will go? Will your heirs know how to carry out your wishes to obtain the best outcome?

MCC Members David and Sheryl Evelo have invited representatives from Revere Auction House to answer all of our questions. Our speakers will discuss the importance of how they identify what is valuable and the evaluation process to buy, sell or insure it. They will share stories of some auctions they’ve had for our local collectors who had notable estates.

Guests are invited to bring their heirlooms or contemporary art such as jewelry, paintings, glassware, to this program for an on-the-spot complimentary evaluation from 5:30-6:00 pm. Our speakers are experts in the field, conducting auctions nationally and internationally. Mill City Commons version of Antiques Road Show!

Get to know other MCC members at a casual Saturday morning breakfast mixer inside Elsie’s Restaurant‘s small banquet room. Hot coffee awaits you when you arrive on foot or by bike or by car - order a full breakfast or simply a beverage. Open seating at tables set for 4 or 5 - great for conversation with friends, old and new. To help the restaurant prepare, please register. NOTE: Depending on Elsie‘s availability and our group size, we may be in the small banquet room or in the dining room. This seating arrangement is up to Elsie‘s discretion each week. This event is limited to 22 to accommodate Elsie‘s staff.

Join our MCC Opera Friends at the at Met Live in HD performance of “Fidelio." Following the performance, we encourage friends to meet at CRAVE restaurant in Rosedale Mall to visit and to enjoy a beverage or a snack. Tickets should be purchased online before the performance.

Join your friends and neighbors for this Sunday Brunch Soiree, hosted by Ute Buehler and Nancy Brown in Ute‘s apartment at Abiitan. Please contribute to the potluck by bringing breakfast fare, such as an egg (or other main) dish, fruit, sausage/bacon, salad, breakfast bread, dessert or beverage to serve at least 8.

Enter through Abiitan‘s main entrance, sign at the desk and the concierge will buzz you up to Ute‘s unit, #420.

The Marketing Committee works to increase awareness of Mill City Commons. We build strategies and materials to acquire new members. We provide consulting and creative support for various projects and other committees. We also have fun! Contact Chair Nancy Gardner if you’re interested in learning more.

The AI revolution is the leading edge of a larger high-tech revolution which promises to transform the world. Experts argue that international cooperation is needed to expand the opportunities these new technologies hold while protecting societies from their dangers. What are the key policy debates in this area, and what are the opportunities and limits on global AI rules of the road? How will the AI revolution impact American national security? What are its policy options to secure the benefits of AI and guard against its dangers?

Do you find it hard to really get to know members at our large programs … or those featuring a speaker? This spontaneous event might be just right for you! Join us for a casual conversation at Milwaukee Road Restaurant and Bar at The Depot. Take this opportunity to meet new members and reconnect with some you haven’t seen lately. If you are attending for the first time, please contact the MCC office so we can be sure someone is there to meet you.

Current international news and U.S. foreign policy provide an endless trove of topics for learning and discussion. Retired foreign service officer and MCC member Bill Davnie will identify a topic in advance, although news can always lead us in a fresh direction. There will be both presentation and discussion.

Do you find it hard to really get to know members at our large programs … or those featuring a speaker? This spontaneous event might be just right for you! Join us for a casual conversation at Jefe Urban Cocina. Take this opportunity to meet new members and reconnect with some you haven’t seen lately. If you are attending for the first time, please contact the MCC office so we can be sure someone is there to meet you.

Join your friends and neighbors at the C.R.E.A.M Cafe for a morning chat. This adventure requires no reservations.

Join us at the Minneapolis Institute for Arts (Mia), as we meet with the Friends of Mia for coffee, tea, and scones as well as a guided tour of two special Mia exhibits: At the Moulin Rouge as well as The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room. This tour is limited to 15 participants.

Meet at Mia’s front information desk to be guided to the Friends Office.

Join the MCC Board of Directors for an Open Forum from 4:00-4:30 pm at the MCC Offices, Room 216.

Enjoy this month‘s reading of "The Mousetrap," by Agatha Christie.

During a heavy snowstorm, newlyweds Mollie and Giles Ralston prepare to open Monkswell Manor for their first guests: the nitpicky Mrs. Boyle; the cagey Miss Casewell visiting from abroad; the young architect Christopher Wren; the good-natured Major Metcalf; and the roguish, unexpected guest Mr. Paravicini. As the snow proves impassable, Detective Sergeant Trotter arrives on skis with news that connects the manor to a mysterious murder in London. When the phone lines are cut and a guest turns up dead, everyone becomes a suspect. Will the killer be discovered in time? Discover for yourself why this Agatha Christie classic is the longest-running play in the world.

Caffeine and camaraderie for members of MCC! This group meets every other Thursday and is hosted by various members who get the conversation going.

MCC is partnering with TPT‘s Viewers Like Us Program for a series of programs to explore and discuss thought-provoking videos. This first set of three programs will be focused on Native American culture and history.

For the second video, we will view The Electric Indian. The Electric Indian chronicles the life of Ojibwe hockey star Henry Boucha. From his remarkable performances in the 1969 Minnesota High School Hockey Tournament to the 1972 Olympics and the NHL, Boucha‘s career was cut short by an on-ice injury, leading him on a path of healing and cultural reclamation.

Together, we will discuss Henry Boucha’s journey from professional stardom to crushing defeat and from struggle to healing.

We we do encourage you to attend the series in-person, but individuals can participate virtually as well.

Get to know other MCC members at a casual Saturday morning breakfast mixer inside Elsie’s Restaurant‘s small banquet room. Hot coffee awaits you when you arrive on foot or by bike or by car - order a full breakfast or simply a beverage. Open seating at tables set for 4 or 5 - great for conversation with friends, old and new. To help the restaurant prepare, please register. NOTE: Depending on Elsie‘s availability and our group size, we may be in the small banquet room or in the dining room. This seating arrangement is up to Elsie‘s discretion each week. This event is limited to 22 to accommodate Elsie‘s staff.

More than 523 government-funded, and often church-run, Indian Boarding schools existed across the U.S. in the 19th and 20th centuries. Native children were forcibly abducted by government agents, sent to schools hundreds of miles away, and beaten, starved, or otherwise abused when they spoke their Native languages. The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS), headquartered in Minneapolis, is the first and only national organization whose purpose is to advocate on behalf of Native peoples impacted by the boarding school policies. The organization seeks truth through education and research, justice through activism and policy advocacy, and healing through programs and traditional gatherings. Join us as we hear from Fallon Carey (Cherokee Nation), the Digital Archives Manager of NABS, who will speak about the work of her organization. After the program, you are welcome to stay for an optional post-program discussion and treats from a Native American restaurant.

Do you find it hard to really get to know members at our large programs … or those featuring a speaker? This spontaneous event might be just right for you! Join us for a casual conversation at Milwaukee Road Restaurant and Bar at The Depot. Take this opportunity to meet new members and reconnect with some you haven’t seen lately. If you are attending for the first time, please contact the MCC office so we can be sure someone is there to meet you.

The Program Committee meets each month to discuss and develop new program ideas for our members. If you have a program idea, please feel free to fill out the Program Committee Proposal form and email it to Jane at janestacy@millcitycommons.org.

Join us for Last Tuesday Happy Hour at Milly‘s Wine Bar. Hosted by Kathy McKinstry, Carol Hovey, Susan Burdick, Peggy Reinhardt, and Pat Schaffer, this gathering is a time to catch up with friends and neighbors over small bites and Dutch treat drinks. In addition to wine, beer and non-alcoholic beverages are also available.

Join your friends and neighbors at the C.R.E.A.M Cafe for a morning chat. This adventure requires no reservations.

This guided discussion group with professional facilitation supports MCC members and nonmembers who are in a caregiving role.

Join us to hear Bud Philbrook, co-founder of Global Volunteers, an international human and economic development organization in consultative status with United Nations Economic and Social Council. Learn how this organization, founded in 1984, has engaged over 41,000 short-term volunteers on long-term community development projects in 37 countries on six continents. Global Volunteers’ goal is to create, nurture, and sustain the well-being of the world’s children and their community so that they might realize the full promise of their human potential.

In these divided and often isolated times, it is more important than ever for us all to share
communal experiences. Cinema, with its ability to unite, inform and transform, is both
the great equalizer, and a powerful tool for global understanding. Your local ‘arthouse,‘
aka The Main, is where it all happens! Join us as we hear from Susan Smoluchowski, Executive Director of MSP Film Society as she talks about the "arthouse" experience of the Main, and what to expect with this year‘s Minneapolis St. Paul‘s International Film Festival (MSPIFF) offerings.

Join us as we embark on a once-a-month culinary experience at different restaurants around the city, and around our neighborhood. This month, we will enjoy a Dutch-treat dinner at The Cabana Club. This event is limited to 12 people. Please register by Noon on March 25.

Get to know other MCC members at a casual Saturday morning breakfast mixer inside Elsie’s Restaurant‘s small banquet room. Hot coffee awaits you when you arrive on foot or by bike or by car - order a full breakfast or simply a beverage. Open seating at tables set for 4 or 5 - great for conversation with friends, old and new. To help the restaurant prepare, please register. NOTE: Depending on Elsie‘s availability and our group size, we may be in the small banquet room or in the dining room. This seating arrangement is up to Elsie‘s discretion each week. This event is limited to 22 to accommodate Elsie‘s staff.

The Marketing Committee works to increase awareness of Mill City Commons. We build strategies and materials to acquire new members. We provide consulting and creative support for various projects and other committees. We also have fun! Contact Chair Nancy Gardner if you’re interested in learning more.

Do you find it hard to really get to know members at our large programs … or those featuring a speaker? This spontaneous event might be just right for you! Join us for a casual conversation at Milwaukee Road Restaurant and Bar at The Depot. Take this opportunity to meet new members and reconnect with some you haven’t seen lately. If you are attending for the first time, please contact the MCC office so we can be sure someone is there to meet you.