Events - Week View

Join your friends and neighbors for a Midsummer Soiree, hosted by David & Susan Plimpton, Dave & Peggy Lucas, Kathy and Steve Gaskins, Marcia Townley, Sue Bennett, and Jennifer Martin on the Stone Arch rooftop! After you register, please come back to the main page and click on the link to let us know what you will be bringing. On-street parking is available. Carpooling is recommended.

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

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.

Please join us for an optional Dutch-treat lunch at 12:00 pm and the play, “Glensheen,” at 2:00 pm at the History Theatre in St. Paul. Playwright Jeffrey Hatcher and composer Chan Poling have crafted a consistently clever and tremendously tuneful musical about the 1977 murder of heiress Elisabeth Congdon and nurse Velma Pietila, and the subsequent trials of Congdon’s daughter and her husband. The live five-piece orchestra is worth the price of admission alone. Going on ten years, this darkly comedic musical with an amazing cast is great fun and never fails to disappoint!

$42 for Tier 1 theatre seats in the center of the main floor.
NO CANCELLATIONS, but tickets can be transferred to another person.
Only 10 tickets available.

Please let us know if you will be joining us for lunch before the show. Sawatdee is a 5-minute walk from the History Theatre.

The Light Rail Green Line stops right by the History Theatre – get off at the 10th Street station.
The 7A Municipal Parking Ramp at 13 Exchange Street is connected to the History Theatre by skyway. Street parking is available on Wabasha, Exchange, and 10th Streets for $2/hour.

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 on the patio of the Aster Cafe. 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.

Take in a game to watch the Minnesota Lynx play at Target Center and support MCC with your ticket purchase! Your seats will be in Section 136, Row Q, Seats 24-25. Tickets are $50 for the pair. These tickets cannot be resold on any third-party site. If you want to resell them, they can be reposted through MCC communication channels.

You will need the Lynx mobile app to receive the electronic tickets. After you have paid for the tickets, MCC will transfer the tickets to you. The email address you use to set up the app must match the email address you provide to MCC in order for the transfer of tickets to go through.

*Note, these tickets were a gift to MCC from MCC members Allan and Lou Burdick as a way to diversify MCC‘s revenue. The face value of the tickets is $23.50/ticket, with a small charge to help cover credit card fees.

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

Jon Olson, CDR, USN (Ret.), will provide an overview on the US Intelligence Community—how it is organized, how the community functions, and changes we’re seeing so far in the new administration. Q&A is strongly encouraged as Jon wishes to answer your questions about how intelligence functions to protect American national security interests. You’ll come away from this talk with a much better understanding of the 18-member US Intelligence Community, budgetary and legal authorities and restrictions, and how intelligence professionals work every day to protect our nation.

Please join us for a bike ride around the Minneapolis Chain of Lakes with various paths ranging from 15 to 25 miles.

We‘ll return for a Dutch-treat lunch together at Rosalia in Linden Hills, which has a beautiful patio and great food.

All bicycling levels are welcome. Nobody will be left behind.

Parking is available at the Lake Harriet Bandshell for $1.25/hour or park along the lakeshore for free.

There are plenty of bike racks at Rosalia, which is a 3-minute bike ride from the bandshell.

Join us for a fun morning of Mah Jongg. Meet new members, guests and fellow Mah Jongg enthusiasts. All levels welcome from beginners to experienced. Registration closes at Noon on July 17.

Get to know other MCC members at a casual Saturday morning breakfast mixer inside Elsie’s Restaurant‘s dining 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: Breakfasts are outside as long as the temperature is at least 60 degrees. If bad weather, 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.