Does winter have you lacking fresh fruits and veggies. Shop seasonally and locally at the Mill City Farmers Market where you can find everyday groceries, unique gifts and food for holiday meals. There are almost 40 farmers and makers set up in the Mill City Museum lobby from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the first and third Saturday of each month until April.
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Mill City Farmers Market is Minneapolis’ trusted source for healthy, local and sustainable groceries, combining a vibrant marketplace with nourishing community connection.
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Mill City Farmers Market (MCFM) is a non-profit organization that was founded in June of 2006 by farm-to-table restaurateur Brenda Langton, in collaboration with the Mill City Museum. With over 100 local farmers, small businesses, and artisans, MCFM strives to inspire and nurture a healthy community by building a local, sustainable and organic food economy in a vibrant, educational marketplace.
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In addition to delicious local food and groceries, MCFM is proud to offer cooking demonstrations with professional chefs, engaging children’s activities, adult education, free yoga, and much more at each of our markets. We hope you come down and see us soon–remember to bring your grocery list!
Pantone’s 2023 color of the year is a “a carmine red,” made in conjunction with an AI tool, named Viva Magenta. Per a press release, it is “an unconventional shade for an unconventional time.”
The hue is as exuberant as the feeling of coming “back outside” post-lockdown, which even Beyoncé sang in this year’s chart-topping hit “Break My Soul.” It’s inspired by cochineal, a precious dye that typically comes from a scale insect. But more than being unique in getting its inspiration from critters, Pantone’s 2023 color of the year is different than all the rest in a major way: It’s metaverse-ready.
“The last few years were transformative in many ways in terms of people’s sense of self, and the way well- being, priorities and identity are being thought about,” said Laurie Pressman, vice president of the Pantone Color Institute, via a press release. “As a result, space has been created where we are free to explore and be accepted for exactly who we feel we are, whether it be in a cybernetic universe, a conventional space, or a magical blend of both.”
Working with the AI tool Midjourney, Pantone is leveraging the bold magenta color to explore a “Magentaverse” ecosystem, which will include immersive experiences in the color world in partnership with interactive art exhibition company ARTECHOUSE. While the company has art spaces in Washington, DC and New York City, it will host the “Magentaverse” at its Miami Beach location. Beginning on Dec. 3, the immersive exhibition will be open to the public for the first time, with “immersive rooms with textures and interactions that plunge attendees into an array of visual, auditory, and tactile experiences.”
Pantone prides itself on choosing its color of the year with an eye for upcoming trends and an appreciation for the future cultural landscape. Its punchy yellow-green in 2017 represented new beginnings, while last year’s “very peri” hue was inspired by the feeling of emerging from isolation.
The elves have a lot up their sleeves this year with new exhibits and, of course, tons of lights to make your holiday shiny & bright. See what else we have in store for you! More…
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Shopping
This year we’ve partnered with Becky Sturm, the MN Christmas Market co-owner, to create an all new shopping experience at GLOW! Peruse a variety of small & local holiday vendors that will fluctuate throughout the event to offer unique gifts – so you can check off all the names on your list. More…
Each year, Ice Castles brings fairy tales to life for hundreds of thousands of families across North America. Our primary goal at Ice Castles is to make people smile.
Since 2011, Ice Castles has been dedicated to creating an experience that will live on long after the ice melts. For all who enter through our icicle-adorned archways, we hope the time spent at Ice Castles is a source of joy and inspiration.
Bringing joy to others has been our mission since the company’s inception. Founder, Brent Christensen, crafted his first icy creation in the front yard of his home to bring happiness and joy to his children. After moving from sunny California to snowy Utah, Christensen did what any father of six stir-crazy kids with cabin fever would do. He built an ice cave in his yard to get his kids out of the house. His stroke of genius worked!
His icy invention wasn’t just a hit with his own children. Kids from all over the neighborhood – and eventually from all across town — got wind of his creation, bundled up, and headed outside to play at Christensen’s wintry wonderland. The kids affectionately called this winter playground an “ice castle”. And that is exactly what it is today.
Although Ice Castles has grown significantly since then, our mission remains the same – to create happiness, laughter, and unforgettable winter memories.
The world’s most famous art collection comes to life at Louvre Fantastique, a new exhibit now open at Mall of America® in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The exhibit features over 100 timeless classics brought to life with interactive features, projection mapping, and even augmented reality technology. It’s fun and educational for art lovers young and old.
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View on display now, finale January,15th. This unique exhibition allows patrons to experience firsthand the world’s most famous art collection, in a newly reimagined way where art comes to life. Louvre Fantastique: The Exhibition provides an innovative interpretation of over 70 masterpieces from the Louvre Museum in Paris, including Jacques Louis David’s Oath of the Horatii, Raphael’s Young Woman on a Balcony, a three-piece animation of The Winged Victory of Samothrace, a three-dimensional replication of the Louvre Museum pyramid exhibit-goers can actually enter and walk through, and an homage to Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Visitors will now have the chance to engage with the artwork in ways that were never before possible through the use of projection mapping, three dimensional recreations, augmented reality elements using smartphones and hands-on interactive features. Audio guides for both adults and children under the age of 12 are available within each ticket price.
