Distractions from ICBIC9

(You can sign up for these events at the ICBIC9 registration desk)


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Monday, July 12th

Saint Paul Saints:

Professional Outdoors Baseball

 

 

 

Time: Bus leaves at 6:00 pm from Hyatt. Game starts at 7:00 pm.

Cost: $12.00 per person, includes bus ride

Lake Minnetonka Boat Cruise

It's time to escape from the city to the waters of Lake Minnetonka, where we'll board a luxury yacht for a scenic three hour cruise on the lake. A complete dinner will be served with beer and wine available as we enjoy the sights along Lake Minnetonka's 100 miles of lush green shoreline. Dinner will include bbq ribs and chicken, vegetable salad, fresh fruit, rolls and dessert. Lake Minnetonka is the largets lake in the Twin Cities and serves as a center for recreational activities and water sports.

Time: 6:00pm - 10:30pm

Cost: $65.00 per person

Tuesday, July 13th

Night at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater:

John Brinsley Sheridan's

The School for Scandal

Hypocrites, hysterics and hilarity abound in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's brilliant satire The School for Scandal, which launches the Guthrie's mainstage season June 23. Staged by Artistic Director Joe Dowling and designed by Frank Hallinan Flood, The School for Scandal skewers 18th century London society that feeds on gossip, rumor and back-biting in a manner that is not unlike ours today. With a new prologue and epilogue written by Garrison Keillor especially for this Guthrie production, The School for Scandal offers at once wickedly funny comedy and stinging social commentary.

1 km walk from the Hyatt

Time: 7:30 pm

Cost: $23.00 per person

Minnesota Orchestra

 

Sommerfest:

All Six of Bach's

Brandenburg Concertos

 

 

Location: Orchestra Hall, 3 blocks from the Hyatt.

Time: 8:00 pm

Cost: $25.00 per person

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, July 14th

Canoe down the St. Croix River

A seven mile, 2-3 hrs, canoeing trip down the scenic St. Croix River.

The river is suitable for beginners.

The bus leaves the Hyatt at 1 pm and will return to the Hyatt and the University dormitory at about 6 pm.

Note: This trip is contingent on getting enough participants. We need a minimum of 30 people and can take up to a maximum of 50.

Time: 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Cost: $30.00 per person, includes bus, bag lunch, and canoe rental

Mississippi Boat Cruise

The Great Steamboat Era began in 1811 with the launch of the New Orleans and by mid-century, the rivers teemed with paddlewheel steamers. During the Civil War, civilian traffic came to a standstill and many, including Mark Twain, thought that the era of steamboating was over. In fact, it was during the post-war years that steamboats thrived.

While the steamboat era is a page in history, it is a page that can be reread as we board an authentic sternwheeler- the pride of the 19th century- for a cruise down the Mississippi. The swish of the paddlewheel and blast of the whistle will delight the group as they enjoy the sights along the River.

This Minneapolis River cruise travels the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock, which is the nothernmost lock of the 29 on the Mississippi and is the deepest- a descent of 50 feet. The area is abundant in both history and commerce with old St. Anthony, where Minneapolis began, on one side and the spectacular downtown skyline on the other. The cruise takes you under both the new Hennepin Avenue Bidge and the historic James J. Hill Stone Arch Bridge.

Today we will relive those glorious days when America was young. A time when the building of a nation and the establishment of the states was directly influenced by the great inland waterways. It will truely be a trip with a "Steamboatin' state of mind!"

 

Time: 1:15 pm - 4:00 pm

Cost: $49.00 per person

Thursday, July 15th

 

 

An Evening of Jazz at the Dakota Bar and Grill

New American cuisine is served in this wooden-beamed room overlooking a pleasant courtyard. The menu includes upper Midwest dishes of lamb, sirloin, pork tenderloin, fresh seafood, Norwegian salmon, walleye and trout. The Minnesota Brie and apple soup is excellent. The live jazz every night won the restaurant the "best music/entertainment" award by Minneapolis/St. Paul readers. The evening includes a complete dinner, jazz entertainment and return shuttles to the Hotel departing at 9:30 pm and 10:30 pm.

Time: 6:30pm - 11:00pm

Cost: $55.00 per person

Friday, July 16


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