📆 Whenever Wherever: August events calendar

Civic and community

• Aug. 4 @ National Night Out
• Aug. 10 @ Holy Trinity Lutheran: Downtown Longfellow Safety Conversation

For kids

• Aug 3-7 @ Toolbox Collective: Summer Camp: Teen Week (ages 13-18)
• Aug. 4 @ Hiawatha School Park: National Lipstick Day: Color & Create (ages 5+)
• Aug. 7 @ Hiawatha School Park: National Water Balloon Day (ages 5+)
• Aug. 8 @ East Lake Library: Process Art Adventures (PreK-grade 1)
• Aug 11-13 @ Hiawatha School Park: Bedazzle Book Club
• Aug. 17 @ Hiawatha School Park: National Kinetic Sand Day (ages 5+)
• Aug. 17 @ Minnehaha Park: Pop Up Parks
• Aug. 19 @ East Lake Library: LEGO® Lab
• Mondays @ Longfellow Park: Bingo Bonanza
• Mondays @ Longfellow Park: High Flyers Kite Club (ages 9-14)
• Mondays @ Longfellow Park: MPS Snack Program (ages 1-18)
• Mondays @ Longfellow Park: Youthline: Pokémon Go (ages 8-17)
• Tuesdays @ Longfellow Park: Dodgeball (ages 8-12)
• Tuesdays @ Longfellow Park: Youthline Fishing Club (ages 10-17)
• Wednesdays @ Hiawatha School Park: Aztec Dance (ages 6+)
• Wednesdays @ Brackett Park: Youth Ultimate Frisbee
• Thursdays @ Brackett Park: Girls Group (ages 10-16)
• Fridays @ Longfellow Park: Youthline: GameCraft Explorers (ages 12-17)
• Tuesdays/Wednesdays/Fridays/Saturdays @ East Lake Library: Let's Read Summer Drop-in (ages 5-12)
• Tuesdays/Thursdays @ Brackett Park: Children/Youth Reading Book Club (ages 1-16)

For seniors

• Aug. 6 @ East Lake Library: Medicare Counseling
• Aug. 12 @ Holy Trinity Lutheran: Diabetes Support Group
• Aug. 18 @ Holy Trinity Lutheran: Senior Social Summer Spectacular
• Aug. 20 @ East Lake Library: Medicare Counseling
• Aug. 26 @ Brackett Park: Solos Resource Group
• Tuesdays @ Hiawatha School Park: Mahjong, Cards, and Coffee Social Group
• Thursdays @ Holy Trinity Lutheran: Low-Impact Exercise Class

Arts and crafts

• Aug. 1 @ Toolbox Collective: Rug Tufting
• Aug. 5 @ Audrey Rose Vintage: Bejewel Your Own Signature ARV Heart Sunnies
• Aug. 9 @ Audrey Rose Vintage: Meet Your Machine: Sewing Machine Group Class
• Aug. 11 @ Toolbox Collective: Rug Tufting
• Aug. 12 @ East Lake Library: Weavers Guild Residency: Textile Arts for Adults
• Aug. 12 @ MoonStone: Bracelet Making Workshop
• Aug. 15 @ Audrey Rose Vintage: Flicker & Fizz Candle Class
• Aug. 16 @ Audrey Rose Vintage: Meet Your Machine: Sewing Machine Group Class
• Aug. 18 @ Toolbox Collective: Ceramics Workshop
• Aug. 19 @ MoonStone: Community Zine Making Workshop
• Aug. 20 @ Toolbox Collective: Open Studio and Craft Night
• Aug. 20 @ Northerly Flora: August Centerpiece Workshop
• Aug. 25 @ East Lake Library: Amy Wilderson Residency: Jewelry Making for Adults
• Aug. 25 @ East Lake Library: Painting for Adults
• Aug. 26 @ MoonStone: Oven Bake Clay Workshop
• Tuesdays @ Brackett Park: Ceramics: All Ages Drop-In
• Tuesdays @ Brackett Park: Ceramics: Handbuilding Open Studio
• Wednesdays @ Brackett Park: Ceramics Drop-In Studio
• Wednesdays @ Brackett Park: Ceramics: Family
• Thursdays @ Brackett Park: Beginning Drawing
• Thursdays @ Brackett Park: Beginning Painting
• Fridays @ Audrey Rose Vintage: Nickey Robo's Embroidery While You Wait
• Fridays @ Brackett Park: Beginner ASL and Crafts

Books, classes, and talks

• Aug. 4 @ Moon Palace: Better Things August
• Aug. 4 @ MoonStone: Astro 101 Series: Signs, Planets, Houses, Aspects
• Aug. 5 @ MoonStone: Reiki Inspired Craft Workshop
• Aug. 6 @ East Lake Library: City of Minneapolis Small Business Support
• Aug. 6 @ MoonStone: Intro Topics: Oracle Divination
• Aug. 7 @ MoonStone: Reiki Mini Sessions
• Aug. 8 @ St. Peder's Lutheran Church: Sisters in Crime: Minnesota Grown Book Fair
• Aug. 10 @ MoonStone: Trans and Nonbinary Spirituality Group
• Aug. 11 @ MoonStone: Astro 101 Series: Signs, Planets, Houses, Aspects
• Aug. 12 @ Brackett Park: Queer Book Club August
• Aug. 12 @ MoonStone: Intuitive Reading Practice Lab & Drop in Readings
• Aug. 13 @ MoonStone: Intro Topics: Tea Leaf Reading
• Aug. 14 @ MoonStone: Oracle Readings by Divine Messages 333
• Aug. 14 @ MoonStone: Visionseed Oracle Pop-Up
• Aug. 16 @ Toolbox Collective: Rituals for Emotional Resilience: Tender Care through the Seasons
• Aug. 18 @ MoonStone: Astro 101 Series: Signs, Planets, Houses, Aspects
• Aug. 19 @ MoonStone: Phoenix Has Risen Readings and Jewelry
• Aug. 20 @ MoonStone: Intro Topics: Clairs and Intuition
• Aug. 21 @ MoonStone: Phoenix Has Risen Readings and Jewelry
• Aug. 21 @ MoonStone: Reiki Mini Sessions
• Aug. 24 @ MoonStone: Mystic Topics Discussion Group
• Aug. 26 @ MoonStone: Intuitive Reading Practice Lab & Drop in Readings
• Aug. 27 @ East Lake Library: Job Search Assistance: CAPI
• Aug. 27 @ East Lake Library: City of Minneapolis Small Business Support
• Aug. 28 @ MoonStone: Readings by Nerys
• Tuesdays @ St. Peder's Lutheran Church: Sisters in Crime writers group
• Tuesdays @ MoonStone: Leo Fortune's Work-in-Progress
• Thursdays @ Brackett Park: Women's Group
• Thursdays @ Longfellow Park: Youthline Board Games and Puzzles

Movement and games

• Aug. 8 @ Zorongo Flamenco: Solazo Concert & Salsa Dance Lesson
• Aug. 9 @ Tapestry Folkdance Center: Summer Tango Night
• Mondays @ Brackett Park: Monday Night Softball
• Mondays @ Longfellow Park: Soccer
• Tuesdays @ Brackett Park: Armored Combat
• Tuesdays @ Longfellow Park: Open Gym: Net Sports
• Tuesdays @ Hiawatha School Park: Zumba
• Wednesdays @ Brackett Park: Adult Ultimate Frisbee
• Thursdays @ Longfellow Park: Open Gym: Volleyball
• Thursdays @ Longfellow Park: Tai Chi Chuan
• Thursdays @ Brackett Park: Zumba
• Fridays @ Brackett Park: Gentle Yoga
• Fridays @ Longfellow Park: Open Gym: Zumba

Movies

• Playing at Trylon Cinema this month: Cooley High, Youngblood, The Video Store MPLS Kickstarter Kickoff, The Muppet Movie in 4K, Tape Freaks, Tape Freaks, Big Night, Dark Days in 35mm, Streetwise, Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins, Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt, The Hole in 35mm, The Color of Money, Symbol, El Norte in 4K, My Own Private Idaho in 35mm, Jawbreaker: A Film About Anti Cimex, El Fantasma del Convento, Las Mujeres Panteras, Ida in 35mm
• Aug 1-13 @ Riverview Theater: Spider-Man: Brand New Day
• Aug 4-6 @ Riverview Theater: Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
• Aug 6-8 @ Riverview Theater: Hundreds of Beavers (2022)
• Aug 8-9 @ Riverview Theater: CatVideoFest 2026
• Aug 11-13 @ Riverview Theater: Despicable Me 4 (2024)
• Aug 13-15 @ Riverview Theater: Jaws (1975)
• Aug. 13 @ Riverview Theater: Jaws (1975)
• Aug 18-20 @ Riverview Theater: Shrek 2 (2004)
• Aug 20-22 @ Riverview Theater: The Thing (1982)
• Aug 25-27 @ Riverview Theater: Sing (2016)
• Aug 27-29 @ Riverview Theater: The Shining (1980)
• Aug 29-30 @ Riverview Theater: Harry Potter Marathon
• July 30-Aug 1 @ Riverview Theater: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
• July 30-Aug 1 @ Riverview Theater: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Music

• Aug. 1 @ Merlins Rest: Gus the Bard
• Aug. 1 @ Hook and Ladder: Built to Last Festival: Jerry Day 2026
• Aug. 1 @ Urban Forage Winery: Vicki Dischler
• Aug. 1 @ Schooner Tavern: Thunderheads
• Aug. 4 @ Minnehaha Park: Pig's Eye Jass Band
• Aug. 5 @ Schooner Tavern: Robert Wilkinson / Steve Brantseg
• Aug. 6 @ Hook and Ladder: Rock Your Ride
• Aug. 6 @ Minnehaha Park: Kung Fu Hippies
• Aug. 6 @ Schooner Tavern: Drums of Navarone
• Aug. 7 @ Hook and Ladder: Ry Edwards Album Release
• Aug. 7 @ Hook and Ladder: A Decade: Celebrating 10 Years of The Hook
• Aug. 7 @ Urban Forage Winery: Philbillies / Matthew Hope
• Aug. 7 @ Minnehaha Park: Dive Bar Orchestra
• Aug. 7 @ Schooner Tavern: JoJo Greene
• Aug. 8 @ Hook and Ladder: A Decade: Celebrating 10 Years of The Hook
• Aug. 8 @ Schooner Tavern: Tim Casey & The Martyrs
• Aug. 9 @ St. Albert the Great: Summer Jazz Concert Series
• Aug. 9 @ Hook and Ladder: Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys
• Aug. 9 @ Hook and Ladder: Brian David Album Release
• Aug. 9 @ Urban Forage Winery: Irish Session Musicians
• Aug. 11 @ Minnehaha Park: B n' the Spice Cabinet
• Aug. 12 @ Hook and Ladder: Space Between Monthly Music Industry Meetup
• Aug. 12 @ Schooner Tavern: Connor McRae Trio
• Aug. 13 @ Minnehaha Park: The Umamies
• Aug. 13 @ Schooner Tavern: Edie Rae Band
• Aug. 14 @ Hook and Ladder: Sarah Something's Queer Country Album Release
• Aug. 14 @ Hook and Ladder: Yazmin and Beat Zero Album Release Party
• Aug. 14 @ Hook and Ladder: Summer Horn Fest
• Aug. 14 @ Urban Forage Winery: Spare Parts
• Aug. 14 @ Minnehaha Park: Dark Light Oblivion
• Aug. 14 @ Schooner Tavern: LoLo's Ghost
• Aug. 15 @ Merlins Rest: Root Pickers
• Aug. 15 @ Urban Forage Winery: Mac Hoffmann
• Aug. 15 @ Schooner Tavern: Mark Cameron Band
• Aug. 16 @ Hook and Ladder: Hoochella: A Party for the Hoochies
• Aug. 18 @ Minnehaha Park: Mac Hoffmann
• Aug. 19 @ Schooner Tavern: Swamp Poppas
• Aug. 20 @ Hook and Ladder: Dizgo Album Tour
• Aug. 20 @ Hook and Ladder: Dirty P's Thirsty 3rd Thursdays Club
• Aug. 20 @ Hook and Ladder: Our House with Taming The Tiger
• Aug. 20 @ Minnehaha Park: Women's Drum Center
• Aug. 20 @ Schooner Tavern: Mubbla Buggs
• Aug. 21 @ Cloudland: Bunny Blood, Wish Wash, Planer
• Aug. 21 @ Urban Forage Winery: Bruce Nygren and the Mumble Bugs
• Aug. 21 @ Minnehaha Park: The Bad Companions
• Aug. 21 @ Schooner Tavern: Jimmi & The Band of Souls
• Aug. 22 @ Merlins Rest: Lochtune
• Aug. 22 @ Hook and Ladder: Hipshaker MPLS: Heavy Funk & Rare Soul Dance Party
• Aug. 22 @ Cloudland: The Chair, Whispered The Rabbit, Northern Hammer
• Aug. 22 @ Schooner Tavern: Jiggs Lee Invasion
• Aug. 23 @ Urban Forage Winery: Irish Session Musicians
• Aug. 25 @ Minnehaha Park: Lazy Scorsese
• Aug. 26 @ Hook and Ladder: Space Between Jam
• Aug. 26 @ Schooner Tavern: BZ3 Organ Trio
• Aug. 27 @ Hook and Ladder: Cornbread's 99 1/3 B-Day Party Extravaganza
• Aug. 27 @ Minnehaha Park: The Get-Up Mondays
• Aug. 27 @ Cloudland: Red Meat, Bad Idea, Laugh Track
• Aug. 27 @ Schooner Tavern: Scott Allen & The List
• Aug. 28 @ Urban Forage Winery: Bob Norquist
• Aug. 28 @ Minnehaha Park: The Zillionaires
• Aug. 28 @ Cloudland: Real Numbers, Absolutely Yours, Shady Cove
• Aug. 28 @ Schooner Tavern: OVRFWRD
• Aug. 29 @ Merlins Rest: Deano and the Dinosaurs
• Aug. 29 @ Hook and Ladder: Brass Funkadelic w/ Emerson Avenue & Amie Austin & The Rumble
• Aug. 29 @ Cloudland: Couch Potato Massacre, Lipstick Homicide, The Punchlines, Dingus
• Aug. 29 @ Schooner Tavern: Jon Sullivan Band
• Aug. 30 @ Hook and Ladder: Indigo Room
• Aug. 31 @ Schooner Tavern: Metal Monday: Chick Singer, The Owl Eyes, Divine Squash
• Sundays @ Schooner Tavern: Church of Cornbread
• Sundays @ Schooner Tavern: Schooner Music Jam

Trivia

• Tuesdays @ Arbeiter Brewing: Trivia Mafia
• Tuesdays @ Blue Door: Sporcle
• Wednesdays @ Blue Door: Initials Game
• Wednesdays @ Francis Burger Joint: Trivia
• Wednesdays @ Merlins Rest: Pub Quiz
• Wednesdays @ The Howe: Get a Clu
• Thursdays @ Parkway Pizza: Trivia

Recurring protests

• Wednesdays @ Lake Street Bridge: Vigil to End War
• Fridays @ 36th and Lake: 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. @ Lake Street and 36th Avenue
• Fridays @ 42nd and Hiawatha: 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. @ 42nd Street and Hiawatha Avenue

Etc.

• Aug. 1 @ Hook and Ladder: Record Sale
• Aug. 1 @ 41st Avenue: Brendan Farley Art Sale
• Aug. 6 @ Bungalow Club: Summer Italian Wine Dinner
• Aug. 7 @ Minnehaha Park: Minnehaha Park Market
• Aug. 9 @ Toolbox Collective: Makers Market
• Aug. 9 @ West River Parkway: YWCA Women's Triathalon (W River Parkway closed between Franklin and Minnehaha Park)
• Aug. 12 & 26 @ Ebenezer Seventh-Day Adventist Church: Ebenezers Free Summer Produce Market
• Aug. 13 @ Arbeiter Brewing: KRSM Radio DJ Night
• Aug. 14 @ Minnehaha Park: Minnehaha Park Market
• Aug. 15 @ West River Parkway: RBC Race for the Kids (W River Parkway closed between Plymouth Ave and 42nd Ave)
• Aug. 15 @ Audrey Rose Vintage: August Maker + Vintage Market
• Aug. 18 @ Bungalow Club: Grill Party with Chris Griese of Sake Story Imports
• Aug. 21 @ Minnehaha Park: Minnehaha Park Market
• Aug. 23 @ Lynette: Lynette Birthday Party
• Aug. 26 @ Arbeiter Brewing: Bike (Motorcycle) Night
• Wednesdays @ Arbeiter Brewing: Game Night