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Update From the Executive Director
Reflecting on the 8th Annual Village Gathering...
My curiosity was piqued.
The seeming dichotomy of an entrepreneurial presentation to a group whose median age was roughly 65 had grabbed my attention. Elizabeth Isele, Founder and CEO of The Global Institute for Entrepreneurial Experience (GIEE) presented: Senior Entrepreneurship Is Not an Oxymoron: The 21st Century Is the Age of Experience! A thoughtful, highly motivating topic. It was terrific!
Following 30+ years as a successful editor and author, philanthropic leader and passionate community leader, Elizabeth has carved out a "post-retirement" career as a serial entrepreneur. Her presentation on how and why the global economy is best served through the development of an "Experienced Economy," held the 500+ attendees in rapt attention for well over an hour.
The intergenerational experience she champions is convincing: building better workplaces and shaping new business start-ups using a combination of older adults' wisdom and life experiences and younger workers' skills and passions is a win-win business model that will boost local, national and global economies. Compelling stuff. Her passion around this initiative is contagious. If you are unfamiliar with GIEE, consider
reading more about it. I promise you will be intrigued -- perhaps, even motivated to entrepreneurial thoughts of your own!
MILL CITY COMMONS: We learn. We share. We engage. We give.
~ Joan Wright
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Advanced Illness: What to Discuss with Your Doctor When the Treatment Window Is Narrowing
Tuesday, November 1, 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Washburn Lofts Common Room, 700 2nd St S
 Dr. Atul Gawande wrote Being Mortal in 2014. The book details his exploration of how to have realistic conversations with individuals about disease and how to draw out their wishes and hopes for the future with respect to ongoing medical care. Dr. Gawande's Ariadne Labs created a program to train health professionals in this approach to discussion of advanced illness. Dr. Colleen Cooper, Medical Director of Fairview Home Care and Hospice, has been trained in the program and will explore with us Ariadne's approach to discussions around advanced illness.
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Rendezvous Readers' Book Chat
Wednesday, November 2, 9:30 - 10:30 am 
Guthrie Theater Level 5 Express, 818 2nd St S
Join us to discuss The Innocent Have Nothing to Fear by Stuart Stevens. New Orleans in July: It's hot and sticky and squalid. J.D. Callahan is in the middle of the political race of his life: His candidate, the sitting vice president, is neck and neck with an anti-immigrant, right-wing populist as the Republicans head into their first brokered convention in decades. Soon after a series of dye bombs set off a mass panic and tilt the convention toward the vice president's law-and-order opponent, J.D.'s estranged brother shows up and asks for an inconvenient favor at the most inconvenient time, threatening to reveal a family secret that would ruin the legacy of their civil rights journalist father and destroy J.D.'s own reputation if he doesn't follow through. Hilarious and remarkably sharp, the book is an endlessly entertaining whodunit and a brilliant satire of our political culture.
If you'd like to read ahead, December's book is Delicious! by Ruth Reichl. Have a book suggestion for the Book Chat? Email Barbara Goldner.
MCC members and guests. No reservations required.
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Men's Coffee and Conversation
Thursday, November 3, 7:30 - 8:30 am
Elsie's Restaurant, 729 Marshall St NE
 It's caffeine and camaraderie for the male members of MCC and guests! This group meets every other Thursday and is hosted by various members who get the conversation going. Please register by the Monday prior to Men's Coffee and Conversation. This week, MCC member Peter Gillette hosts on the topic of "Wells Fargo - A Way Forward? Reflections and Observations by a Former Banker."
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Nosy Neighbor Tour: Minneapolis City Hall
Thursday, November 3, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Minneapolis City Hall, 351 4th St S 
Rub the toe of the 14,000-pound Father of Waters statue (for good luck) and learn about the history of Minneapolis City Hall, which turned 125 years old this year. This architectural tour will give you a glimpse into many fascinating aspects of the building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Meet our tour guide, Michelle, at the Father of Waters statue in the 4th Street Rotunda. (Enter the building at 351 4th St. S. Press the red button on the wall to ring security, and you'll be buzzed in.)
MCC members sign up here; guests email MCC. |
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Technology Help Desk
Monday, November 7, 1:00 - 2:30 pm
MCC Office, 219 Main St SE, Ste 401
 Schedule time with a Tech Support Guru and have your nagging technology questions answered during our complimentary Help Desk. Support for both Apple products and PCs is available. After you register, MCC will confirm the time of your 20- to 30-minute one-on-one session. Reminder: Installing or upgrading software and creating accounts cannot be included in the Help Desk session, as they exceed the allotted appointment time.
MCC members sign up here. |
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Dutch Treat Social Hour
Monday, November 7, 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Jefe Urban Hacienda, 219 Main St SE *Note the new location! 
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 Hacienda. Take this opportunity to meet new members and reconnect with some you haven't seen lately. Dutch treat--no reservations required.
MCC members and guests. No reservations required.
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MCC Annual Meeting
Wednesday, November 9, 11:00 - 11:30 am
La Rive Community Room, 110 Bank St SE
 Learn about the direction of your Mill City Commons as our current board chair passes the gavel to next year's chair and welcomes new officers and board members. The regular monthly meeting of the board will follow at 12:00 pm. Members are welcome to stay for the board meeting.
MCC members sign up here. |
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Social Bridge
Wednesday, November 9, 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Washburn Lofts, 700 2nd St S
Join advanced or intermediate bridge players for a round of social bridge. You are expected to come with a partner at your level. (Advanced players play all the major conventions comfortably.) If you need help finding a partner, contact Carol Jordan at
[email protected]
or at (612) 817-0466 a
nd she will assist you.
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Minnesota's Contributions to International Human Rights
Wednesday, November 9, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
The Phoenix River Room, 6th fl, 222 2nd St SE
 It's quite astonishing that a state in the heartland of America is so active on the global stage advocating for human rights and putting an end to torture. Join us to to learn the stories of two remarkable organizations--The Center for Victims of Torture and Global Rights for Women. The conversation will be led by Cheryl Thomas, Founder and Executive Director of Global Rights for Women, and Pete Dross, Director of External Affairs for The Center for Victims of Torture.
Thomas has been working since 1993 to promote women's human rights. In 2008, she was selected by the United Nations to be one of 15 experts from around the world to create the United Nations Model Legislation on Violence Against Women. Dross has been working with CVT since 1993. On the state level, he has led three successful appropriations initiatives that have brought specialized training to more than 30,000 health, human services, education and legal professionals and others likely to encounter torture survivors in their works. MCC members Karla Ekdahl and Patty Connelly host.
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Our Turn: A Conversation for Women
Thursday, November 10, 10:00 - 11:30 am 
212 Lofts, 212 N 1st St, #609
MCC women, you are invited to attend Our Turn: A Conversation for Women. This group meets every other Thursday, alternating between morning and afternoon times. Locations and topics will change each time. This week, Ginny Craig and Tamra Nelson lead a discussion on Rituals. What are the rituals that give you comfort, that help you organize your life, that are key to your spirituality? What rituals do you do alone? Share with others? How did they originate in your life?
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Sunday Soiree
Sunday, November 13, 5:00 - 7:00 pm
The Landings, 429 River St
 Join your friends and neighbors for the MCC Sunday Soiree, hosted by Gerry and Susan Timm at The Landings. Please contribute to the potluck by bringing a hearty hors d'oeuvre or dessert. As you register, let us know what you'll bring by answering the "Question" that will appear on the screen. You are welcome to bring your own wine or beer to share.
MCC members sign up here.
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Great Decisions: Middle East Alliances
Monday, November 14, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Winslow House Party Room, 100 2nd St SE 
From a proxy war in Yemen to the civil war in Syria, a number of ongoing conflicts have shaken the traditional alliances in the Middle East to their core. As alliances between state and non-state actors in the region are constantly shifting, the U.S. has found itself between a rock and a hard place. In a series of conflicts that are far from being black-and-white, what can the U.S. do to secure its interests in the region without causing further damage and disruption? Speaker Mary Curtin is Diplomat in Residence at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, coordinating the Global Policy Area and working with the Human Rights Program on the creation of a new graduate degree in human rights, as well as teaching foreign policy courses.
Registration on the MCC website is required for Great Decisions members. Sorry, not open to guests; to join the MCC Great Decisions Discussion Group, email the MCC office at [email protected].
MCC GD members sign up here.
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MCC Program Calendar
View the MCC November calendar
here.
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News from Members
MCC member Lou Burdick
invites members to attend United Against Islamaphobia on November 2 at 6:30 pm at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 2315 Chicago Ave. The event will include a panel discussion moderated by Council Members Abdi Warsame and Jacob Frey. They hope to enable an ongoing open dialogue and promote a more informed understanding of Muslim culture. Details of the event can be found here.
MCC member Linnea Tweed will be leading a Tai Ji Quan class at East Side Neighborhood Services, 1700 Second St NE, from 1:30-2:30pm every Monday and Wednesday for 12 weeks starting November 14th. This evidence-based class is designed to improve balance, muscle strength, flexibility and mobility through coordinated movements in a slow, mindful, flowing motion. Improve your health and have fun with Tai Chi! Cost is based on ability to pay. Contact Linnea for more information [email protected] or 612-787-4045.
MCC ED Joan Wright invites you to join Peter Hendee Brown, Jim Vos and the Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership for a discussion of the potential and the challenges of redeveloping Minneapolis' Upper River. Peter authored America's Waterfront Revival: Port Authorities and Urban Redevelopment, an in-depth look at the urban renewal of four very different waterfronts. Jim, with over 30 years in the commercial real estate industry, is often called upon by the media to provide perspective on economic trends and their impact on corporate real estate markets. RSVP here for this November 15 program.
MCC member Gerry Timm invites members to attend Jerome Bel: Bookend Festival at the Walker Art Center. He will be performing in a piece called GALA, which will be presented on November 1 & 2 at 8:00 pm. You can learn more about the festival here.
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Around Town
What's Up, Wagner?
November 3, 7:00 pm, The Lab Theater, 700 Washington Ave N
From Bugs Bunny to Lord of the Rings, Richard Wagner's monumental operas have had a lasting influence on our culture. Through the power of comedy and unscripted theater,
What's up, Wagner? deconstructs the shroud of complexities surrounding this groundbreaking composer and his epic musical narrative. The Theater of Public Policy and panelists will lead a discussion followed by side-splitting improv. Tickets are free, but registration is required
here.
BESPEAK Holiday Pop-Up Sale
November 6, 11:00 am-4:00 pm, A-Mill Artist Lofts, 315 Main St SE
Don't let last-minute holiday shopping stress you out this year, especially when you can get unique gifts from local makers, with anything from hats and apparel to paper and home goods. And to make it even more fun, there are snacks and drinks from Spoonriver. Free admission.
American Craft Council Library Salon Series: The Art of Participation
November 9, 7:00 pm, American Craft Council, 1224 Marshall St NE, Ste 200
Artists are connecting with individuals, neighborhoods, nonprofits and local businesses in new and creative ways thanks to projects like Springboard for the Arts' Ready Go and Sam Gould's Beyond Repair. Join Springboard's community development coordinator, Peter Haakon Thompson, and Beyond Repair's Sam Gould as they discuss their respective programs and the many ways artists are interacting with their neighbors in the Twin Cities.
Mill City Times
is a local website devoted specifically to our neighborhood and a place to go to find out what's happening, whether it's a new restaurant opening, a local event, proposed construction, volunteer opportunities and more.
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Please Welcome MCC's Newest Member!
Pamela Lampert
Karen & O.J. Fawcett
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MCC Ongoing Social Opportunities
Dutch Treat
Social Hour
Mondays, 4:00-5:00 pm
**New Location: El Jefe
Drop in for an afternoon coffee or drink and a casual chat. No reservations
required.
Guthrie Play Reading
Stone Arch Group
Tuesday, November 15, 6:30-9:30 pm
North Star Group
Tuesday, November 29,
6:00-9:00 pm
Groups will read
"The Lion in Winter" this month.
Rendezvous
Readers' Book Chat
1st Wednesday of the month, 9:30-10:30 am
Guthrie Theater Level 5 Express
No reservations required.
The Innocent Have Nothing to Fear
by Stuart Stevens
Rendezvous on 5
Wednesdays, 9-10 am
Guthrie Theater Level 5 Express
Drop in and join your friends and neighbors for fellowship at this neighborhood haunt. This weekly adventure requires no reservations!
Men's Coffee and Conversation
Elsie's Restaurant,
729 Marshall Street NE
Caffeine and camaraderie for the male members of MCC! This group meets every other Thursday at 7:30 am and is hosted by various members who get the conversation going.
Our Turn: A Conversation for Women
Relax and chat with other MCC women. This group meets every other Thursday and alternates between morning and afternoon times. Look for details in the body of this newsletter.
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Ongoing Member-Led Activities
MCC Caregiver Support Group
2nd and 4th Wednesdays, September through December,
10:30 am-12:00 pm
A way to support members and non-members who are or have been in a caregiving role. For
more information,
contact Betsy Wray.
Men's Dutch Lunch
Guthrie Theater Level 5 Express
Alternating Thursdays at 11:30 am
November 10 & December 8
This casual, dutch treat lunch alternates weeks with Men's Coffee and Conversation. No reservations required! Questions? Contact
Allan Burdick.
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| Mill City Commons Ongoing Fitness Opportunities
SBS Class
Thursdays 2:00-3:00 pm
501F1T,
501 Washington Ave
Created exclusively for MCC, this class at 501F1T focuses on strength, balance, and stretching.
First time participants, please contact 501F1T at 612-767-4415 and arrive 20 minutes early to complete paperwork. Cost varies depending on commitment.
River Walkers Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 am Stone Arch Lofts Riverside Parking Lot
All levels of walkers are welcome for this early morning walk along the banks of the Mississippi River. An MCC volunteer leads each walk.
Hatha Yoga Wednesdays and Fridays, 8:00-9:15 am
Yoga Center of Minneapolis,
212 3rd Ave N, Ste 205
This is an alignment-based class. Purchase a 12-class pass for $132 directly from YCM to use as your schedule allows, or drop in on a class for $12.50. Contact Dena at
612-436-4700 for details.
Drop-ins welcome.
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Volunteer Opportunities
Click
here for community volunteer opportunities on the MCC website!
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