I'm passing on this message from Mayor-Elect Rybak regarding next week's Inaugural events . There are a variety of activities planned. The CityBall will be the best $25 you spend all year! Great entertainment and fun food plus a chance to party with your friends and neighbors. Tickets are going fast so call or click on Ticketmaster today!
Julie Mattson Ostrow Windom Park NE Rybak Inaugural Chair MAYORAL INAUGURAL EVENTS Friends, We've got a great party, some wonderful inaugural activities to say thank you and events to help re-engage the citizens of Minnesota. Here's the lineup. 1. CITYBALL 2. INTERFAITH PRAYER SERVICE 3. CITIZENS FAIR 4. MAYOR'S NIGHT OUT ON THE TOWN 5. SWEARING IN CEREMONY _____________________________________________ 1. CITYBALL 8 p.m. to midnight, January 5 Minneapolis Convention Center Everyone who loves Minneapolis and its fabulous arts and entertainment scene is invited to CityBall � our gala inaugural party � featuring a packed night and two stages with simultaneous entertainment, one stage featuring live cabaret acts, the other a dance band. Several acts have already been confirmed, including: The Girls: Lori Dokken, Erin Schwab and Debbie Duncan; Chicks on Sticks; Alda Flamenco; Circus Juventas; Mark Stillman; Miss Richfield 1981 and a group of Somali singers. The Minnesota Film Board will also show a sample of Minnesota-made films in a separate room. And a few more surprises... Festive wear is encouraged. Cash bars will serve alcohol. Desserts and coffee will be provided as part of the $25 ticket price. Tickets are available at the State and Orpheum Theatre Box Offices, at all Ticketmaster outlets including Marshall Fields, Mervyn's and Rainbow Foods, by phone at 612-673-0404, and on the Web at www.ticketmaster.com. The CityBall dinner, hosted by Channel 9 News Anchor Robyne Robinson, begins at 6 p.m. Tickets for the dinner, which includes the gala, are $125. For more information on the dinner and to obtain tickets call 612-871-4025. _____________________________________________ 2. INTERFAITH PRAYER SERVICE 7:30 to 9 a.m., January 2 Central Lutheran Church Following the theme of our service, �A Dwelling Place for All Generations: Celebrating the City with Words and Music,� speakers will focus on my administration�s top priority � affordable housing � and call on faith communities to become more active in addressing the region�s housing crisis. The service will be presided over by The Rev. Al Gallmon, pastor of Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, as well as other Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Hindu religious leaders. The service is free and open to the media and the general public. _____________________________________________ 3. CITIZENS FAIR 3 to 6 p.m., January 2 Minneapolis City Hall rotunda I will meet with citizens during this first-ever Citizens Fair at City Hall. At the event, citizens will be able to: meet me and other city officials, learn about city job openings, learn about serving on various city boards and commissions, and get an application for service. Citizens can sign-up to get involved in all kinds of city, school, park and library programs, including the Neighborhood Revitalization Program, which is spending millions of dollars on affordable housing and other issues, the CCP/Safe Program, which brings together citizens and police officers, People for Parks, and numerous other programs. Citizens will also be able to participate in an interactive mural project led by Marilyn Lindstrom and Ta-coumba Aiken. As an extra bonus, citizens who attend the Citizens Fair will get a coupon for a �Mayor�s Night Out on the Town,� which will give them a discount for dining out at a variety of Minneapolis restaurants on Inaugural Day. _____________________________________________ 4. MAYOR'S NIGHT OUT ON THE TOWN all evening January 2 various Minneapolis restaurants Please join me and the Greater Minneapolis Visitors and Convention Bureau in sponsoring a Mayor�s Night Out on the Town, which will give people a discount on dinner at a variety of Minneapolis restaurants on Inaugural Day. People who drop by the Citizens Fair will be given a special pass for the discounts. For more information, go to www.mplsconvctr.org _____________________________________________ 5. INAUGURAL CEREMONY 10 a.m. to noon, January 2 Minneapolis City Hall rotunda (Live broadcast on Minneapolis cable television stations 14 and 71 and Webcast on the city's homepage www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us) Returning to a tradition going back to the 19th Century, we will be holding the swearing-in ceremony in the City Hall rotunda. There area only a few tickets available due to limited seating in the rotunda, so I encourage you all to watch it on our cable television stations. Hope to see you at one of our events. Regards, R.T. _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
