Mill City Live

Forego your usual downtown happy hour and stroll over to Mill City Museum’s dramatic open-air Ruin Courtyard for a change of pace. They’re setting up Thursday nights with series of local-music showcases, old-favorites and up-and-comers alike, plus food from D’Amico Catering and extended museum hours. The lineup includes Adam Levy of the Honeydogs, Kraig Johnson of the Jayhawks and Iffy, solo artist Mark Mallman, and the Owls, who sound like a local reincarnation of the New Bohemians. Come for the music, stay for the history lesson… it’ll be a hoot! 704 S. 2nd St., Minneapolis; (612) 341-7555; www.millcitymuseum.org