Prime Timers Minneapolis - St. Paul

8:55 AM - Thursday - Weekday Breakfast
2021-05-06 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 8324 Lyndale Avenue, Bloomington, MN, 55420, United States
Prime Timer’s MSP will have a breakfast meet up at Perkins, 1st & 3rd Thursdays each month at 8:55 AM.
Perkins Restaurant
8324 Lyndale Avenue
Bloomington, MN
Bus route 538
RSVPs are required.
Questions contact Terry by email here.

9:00 AM - Our Famous 2nd Saturday Breakfast at Bakers Square
2021-05-08 09:00 - 11:00 | Bakers Square Restaurant & Pies, 2239 Ford Parkway, St. Paul, MN, 55116, United States
Come join the Prime Timers Minneapolis/St. Paul for our Breakfast Club. The group meets for breakfast on the second Saturday of every month at Bakers Square, so please join us!
The group meets at 8:45 AM. Baker’s Square is located at 2239 Ford Parkway (Highland Area of St. Paul – across from the previous Ford assembly plant, MTC # 23, 46, 74, and 84). We meet earlier because the restaurant fills up at 9 AM.
Come earlier and we will sit together. There is plenty of off- street parking, too. Arrive around 8:45, take a seat, and order from the menu as you like. The atmosphere is relaxed and casual, perfect for greeting the day in the company of friends with that nice cup of coffee. Sparkling conversations (some bordering on the risqué), social fun, talking, discussion, jokes, laughter, and camaraderie characterize this event.
MTC Bus Route #23, 46, 74, and A-Line
RSVPS are required.
Contact us by email here.

1:15 PM - Saturday - Book Club
2021-05-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
What: Fashionably Late: Gay, Bi, and Trans Men Who Came Out Later in Life
By: edited by Vinnie Kinsella
Host: Rick
Where: Zoom
When: May 15 at 1:15 PM
Contact Rick for details or to subscribe to book club notices by email here.
Book Review:

Filled with tales about divorce, conversion therapy, misadventures in dating, overcoming, bigotry, and gender exploration, this collection paints a vivid pictureofgay,bisexual,and transgendermen experiencing their second coming of age.
Contact us by email here for the Zoom link.

2:00 PM - Sunday - Cribbage!
2021-12-05 14:00 - 16:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
We have started a new event! Cribbage!
It’s a fun sociable game, and it’s easy to learn. If you don’t know how to play, NO WORRIES!

Alan and others will be MORE THAN HAPPY to teach you. If you have a cribbage set, bring it along! Bring a dish or snack tray or beverage to share!
Location: Quatrefoil Library – 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis on the corner of Lake Street and 13th Avenue South. The library occupies a street level space in the Spirit on Lake Apartments
Contact Alan by email here with any questions.

1:00 PM - Tuesday - Weekday Lunch
2021-12-07 13:00 - 15:00 | MN
December’s Weekday Lunch will be held on Tuesday, December 7th at 1PM at Elsie’s located at 729 Marshall Street NE, Minneapolis.
Plenty of both on and off-street parking is available. Food is good eating and home style with a fair price.
Please contact Terry by email here to reserve your chair at the table by Monday, December 6th. This is our last lunch in 2021.
I hope you can attend.
MTC Bus Route 11

2:00 PM - Thursday - Hill House Holiday Tour
2021-12-09 14:00 - 15:00 | James J Hill House, 240 Summit Avenew, St. Paul, MN, United States
Take a fascinating glimpse into a transformational time in history and hear stories that bring this 1891 house to life.

Masks are required regardless of vaccination status.
Contact Bo by email here with any questions and reservation confirmation.

9:00 AM - Our Famous 2nd Saturday Breakfast at Bakers Square
2021-12-11 09:00 - 11:00, 2022-03-12 09:00 - 11:00 | Bakers Square Restaurant & Pies, 2239 Ford Parkway, St. Paul, MN, 55116, United States
Come join the Prime Timers Minneapolis/St. Paul for our Breakfast Club. The group meets for breakfast on the second Saturday of every month at Bakers Square, so please join us!
The group meets at 9:00 AM. Baker’s Square is located at 2239 Ford Parkway (Highland Area of St. Paul – across from the previous Ford assembly plant, MTC # 23, 46, 74, and 84). We meet earlier because the restaurant fills up at 9 AM.
Come earlier and we will sit together. There is plenty of off- street parking, too. Arrive around 8:45, take a seat, and order from the menu as you like. The atmosphere is relaxed and casual, perfect for greeting the day in the company of friends with that nice cup of coffee. Sparkling conversations (some bordering on the risqué), social fun, talking, discussion, jokes, laughter, and camaraderie characterize this event.
MTC Bus Route #23, 46, 74, and A-Line

5:00 PM - Saturday - Cookie Exchange
2021-12-11 17:00 - 21:00 | MN
Cookie Exchange

Join Merrick and Jeff for a Christmas cookie exchange at their home.
Limit of 15 people, so please RSVP beginning Sunday, December 5th.
Please bring Christmas cookies, four dozen to exchange, and a container large enough to hold them. Merrick and Jeff will provide coffee and a winter beverage or two.
Saturday, December 11th – 5PM to 9PM.
NOTE: There is a cat in the household.
To RSVP, please contact Jeff by email here.

11:30 AM - Tuesday - Let's Do Lunch
2021-12-14 11:30 - 13:30 | Thompson Heights – Community Room, 1350 Thompson Avenue, South Saint Paul, MN, 55075, United States
December 14th LGBTQA Senior Luncheon at Little Brothers
December 14th – 11:30am – 1:30pm
Thompson Heights – Community Room
1350 Thompson Avenue South Saint Paul, MN 55075 Bus route 68
Further Information: 651-399-7801

PRIME TIMERS BOOK CLUB
Memorial
By Bryan Washington
A funny, sexy, profound dramedy about two young people at a crossroads in their relationship and the limits of love.
Benson and Mike are two young guys who live together in Houston. Mike is a Japanese American chef at a Mexican restaurant and Benson’s a Black day care teacher, and they’ve been together for a few years — good years — but now they’re not sure why they’re still a couple. There’s the sex, sure, and the meals Mike cooks for Benson, and, well, they love each other.
But when Mike finds out his estranged father is dying in Osaka just as his acerbic Japanese mother, Mitsuko, arrives in Texas for a visit, Mike picks up and flies across the world to say goodbye. In Japan he undergoes an extraordinary transformation, discovering the truth about his family and his past. Back home, Mitsuko and Benson are stuck living together as unconventional roommates, an absurd domestic situation that ends up meaning more to each of them than they ever could have predicted. Without Mike’s immediate

Our FREE monthly “café” brings together LGBTQA seniors, boomers and allies in friendship and acceptance.

Catered lunch and dessert
Friendly conversation
Information about senior & LGBTQ
services

All are welcome!
Let’s Do Lunch Café is a joint effort between Prime Timers MSP and LBFE

1:00 PM - Saturday - Book Club
2021-12-18 13:00 - 15:00 | Highland Park Library, 1974 Ford Parkway, St. Paul, MN, United States
What: Memorial
By: Bryan Washington
Where: Higland Park Library
When: Dec. 18 at 1:00 PM
Contact Rick for details or to subscribe to book club notices by email here.
Book Review:

A funny, sexy, profound dramedy about two young people at a crossroads in their relationship and the limits of love.
Benson and Mike are two young guys who live together in Houston. Mike is a Japanese American chef at a Mexican restaurant and Benson’s a Black day care teacher, and they’ve been together for a few years — good years — but now they’re not sure why they’re still a couple. There’s the sex, sure, and the meals Mike cooks for Benson, and, well, they love each other.
But when Mike finds out his estranged father is dying in Osaka just as his acerbic Japanese mother, Mitsuko, arrives in Texas for a visit, Mike picks up and flies across the world to say goodbye. In Japan he undergoes an extraordinary transformation, discovering the truth about his family and his past. Back home, Mitsuko and Benson are stuck living together as unconventional roommates, an absurd domestic situation that ends up meaning more to each of them than they ever could have predicted. Without Mike’s immediate pull, Benson begins to push outwards, realizing he might just know what he wants out of life and have the goods to get it.

Both men will change in ways that will either make them stronger together, or fracture everything they’ve ever known. And just maybe they’ll all be okay in the end. Memorial is a funny and profound story about family in all its strange forms, joyful and hard-won vulnerability, becoming who you’re supposed to be, and the limits of love.

NEW LOCATION:
Highland Park Library – 1974 Ford Pkwy, St Paul. First Floor Meeting Room
Masks are required regardless of vaccination status.

1:15 PM - Thursday - British Arrow Awards
2021-12-30 13:00 - 16:00 | Walker Art Center, 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
Join us for an afternoon of fun and laughter during the 2021 British Arrows Awards at the Walker Art Center on Thursday afternoon December 30th. The Arrows are awards presented to the best TV commercials in the UK. They are the equivalent to the US Clio Awards. Many are a little naughty, but most are creative and fun.
Where: The Theater at the Walker Art Center 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, MN 55403
When: Thursday, December 30th, 2021
Time: Meeting at 1:15pm – film starts at 1:30pm
Price: $12.00
Make checks payable to Bob Wirkkula Mail him (or pay him in person):
6539 Golden Valley Road, Apartment 204
Golden Valley, MN 55427
Payment must be received by:
December 15th, 2021
The Walker is handicap accessible and this presentation has audio enhanced description. We look forward to having you join your Prime Timer buds on the 30th. Let’s make this an early New Year’s Get-Together.
Contact Bob by email here with questions and reservation confirmation.

11:00 AM - Sunday - History Boys
2022-01-09 11:00 - 13:00 | MN
History Boys
At the Bell Museum
Come on out to the Bell Museum on the St. Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota for a visit to Minnesota’s completely
reinvigorated natural history museum. Take amazing journeys from the far reaches of the cosmos to deep inside the human brain in the planetarium. Explore the origins of the universe and the diversity of life on earth in galleries, which include world famous wildlife dioramas. And then engage all of your senses in the Touch and See Lab with 10,000-year-old fossils, live plants, animals and more.
Where: Bell Museum,
2088 Larpenteur Avenue West
St. Paul, MN 55113
The parking lot is relatively small, but there is overflow parking nearby.
Rates are $1 per hour on Sundays.
Parking at the golf course is free.
When: Sunday, January 9, 2022 Meet at 11:00 am.
Most visitors stay 1 to 3 hours.

Price: $14.00 (Combination rate for the
museum and 1 planetarium show).
Museum only: $10.00.
Planetarium shows only: $7.00.
Cash, credit card or check payment can be made at the museum.
Contact Bob by email here by December 30th for a head count.
Masks are required regardless of vaccination status.

3:00 PM - Sunday - Rocky Horror Show
2022-01-30 15:00 - 17:00 | MN
Theatre 55, the senior group that enriches the lives as artists through theater performance and
education is bringing back the Rocky Horror experience in January. Please join the Prime Timers Minneapolis/St. Paul on Sunday, January 30 for a fun filled afternoon.
Where: Mixed Blood Theater, 1501 South 4th Street, Minneapolis
Their Parking Lot is across from the theater with limited wheelchair spots.
Fee is $3.00 The venue is handicap accessible.
When: Sunday, January 30, 2022 3pm. to 5pm
Tickets: $5.00 to $40.00 You pay what you can afford at the event. Bob will be collecting your donation for Theatre 55.
Contact Bob by email here with your reservation or questions by January 15, 2022. Twenty seats have been reserved. More can be requested. See you at the theater.
Proof of vaccination or recent negative COVID test is required.

11:30 AM - Tuesday - LGBTQA Senior Luncheon
2022-02-08 11:30 - 13:30 | Danish American Center, 3030 West River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN, 55406, United States
LGBTQA Senior Luncheon at Little Brothers

Tuesday, February 8th – 11:30am – 1:30pm
Thursday, February 25th -11:30am – 1:30pm

The Danish American Center
3030 West River Parkway
Minneapolis, MN 55406

Vaccination cards are required! Face masks are required!
Bus route 21
Our FREE monthly “café” brings together LGBTQA seniors, boomers and allies in friendship and acceptance.

Catered lunch and dessert
Friendly conversation
Information about senior & LGBTQ
services

All are welcome!
Let’s Do Lunch Café is a joint effort between Prime Timers MSP and LBFE

9:00 AM - Our Famous 2nd Saturday Breakfast at Bakers Square
2022-02-12 09:00 - 11:00 | Bakers Square Restaurant & Pies, 2239 Ford Parkway, St. Paul, MN, 55116, United States
Come join the Prime Timers Minneapolis/St. Paul for our Breakfast Club. The group meets for breakfast on the second Saturday of every month at Bakers Square, so please join us!
The group meets at 8:45 AM. Baker’s Square is located at 2239 Ford Parkway (Highland Area of St. Paul – across from the previous Ford assembly plant, MTC # 23, 46, 74, and 84). We meet earlier because the restaurant fills up at 9 AM.
Come earlier and we will sit together. There is plenty of off- street parking, too. Arrive around 8:45, take a seat, and order from the menu as you like. The atmosphere is relaxed and casual, perfect for greeting the day in the company of friends with that nice cup of coffee. Sparkling conversations (some bordering on the risqué), social fun, talking, discussion, jokes, laughter, and camaraderie characterize this event.
MTC Bus Route #23, 46, 74, and A-Line
Vaccination cards are required! Face masks are required!

2:00PM - Sunday - Valentine's Day Party
2022-02-13 14:00 - 17:00 | MN
Valentine’s Day Party

Good Food, Good Friends
Door Prizes and Live Fun Entertainment
“What good is sitting alone in your home? Come hear the music play. It could be like a cabaret, old chum. Join us on the party day.”
Reserve Sunday, February 13th for a fun Valentine’s Day mix and mingle. Enjoy a great meal and delight in a wonderful winter afternoon getting updated on what’s been happening with your fellow Prime Timers.
Lasagna, garden salad, assorted rolls and breads, desserts and beverages are being served for only $12. If special dietary requirements are needed, please advise a week before the event.
When: Sunday, February 13th. 2:00 pm
Where: Harry’s Party Room
St. Paul, MN 55075
Bus Route 68
Cost: $12 per person.
Call Terry by February 5th by email here for reservations and special food requirements.
Payment: Must be received in the Prime Timers PO Box by Saturday, February 5, 2022.
Make check payable to:
Prime Timers Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Mail to:
PMB #198
2136 Ford Parkway
St. Paul, MN 55116
Plan on attending this Valentine’s Day event and feel free to bring a friend or two. See you there!

9:00 AM - Thursday - Weekday Breakfast
2022-02-17 09:00 - 11:00 | Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 8324 Lyndale Avenue, Bloomington, MN, 55420, United States
Prime Timer’s MSP will have a breakfast meet up at Perkins, 1st & 3rd Thursdays each month at 9 AM.
Perkins Restaurant
8324 Lyndale Avenue
Bloomington, MN
Bus route 538
Questions contact Terry by email here.

Face masks are required!

2:00 PM - Thursday - Virtual Coffee at Wilde Cafe
2022-02-17 14:00 - 16:00 | Wilde Roast, 65 Main Street SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Our Wilde Cafe discussion group is held monthly on Thursday from 2-3 PM virtually at the Wilde Roast Café. Please contact us by email for the ZOOM link.
You can get there by bus routes 4, 6, 11, 61; or park on the street, or in the ramp (to the north of the Wilde), and walk through the tunnel that goes to Pracna, turn right outside to the Wilde.
Parking is available in the St. Anthony Square ramp.

1:00 PM - Saturday - Book Club
2022-02-19 13:00 - 15:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
What: Shooting Midnight Cowboy
By: Glenn Frankel
Where: ZOOM
When: Dec. 21 at 1:15 PM
Contact Rick for details or to subscribe to book club notices by email here.
Book Review:

“That Frankel is willing to point out that the movie is flawed is part of what makes the book so essential
— Shooting Midnight Cowboy is a history, not a paean, and he asks viewers to reconsider what the movie meant, not just to American culture,
but to the cast and crew who made it. Frankel’s book is a must-read for anyone interested in cinematic history, and an enthralling look at Schlesinger’s “dark, difficult masterpiece and the deeply gifted and flawed men and women who made it.”

Time: 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb 19
Join Zoom Meeting

Please contact Rick for the ZOOM link by email here.

CANCELED: 2:00 PM - Sunday - Dominoes
2022-02-20 14:00 - 17:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Due to the Quatrefoil suspending meetings in their common areas for February, we are suspending dominoes until the Quatrefoil lifts the suspension or we find an alternative place to meet.

Location: Quatrefoil Library – 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis on the corner of Lake Street and 13th Avenue South. The library occupies a street level space in the Spirit on Lake Apartments.

MTC Bus Route 21.

1:00 PM - Tuesday - Weekday Lunch
2022-02-22 13:00 - 15:00 | Wally’s Famous Roast Beef, 8120 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, MN, United States
It could be a sandwich or a salad or a big plate special; it is our visit to Wally’s Famous Roast Beef. It is located in the Southtown
Office Building at 8120 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington. Your choice includes Roast Beef, Ham, Turkey, Meatloaf or more!
Easy free parking available via the 82nd Avenue Entrance.
So, circle the date: Tuesday, February 22nd at 1 PM. Hope to see you there!
Face masks are required!
MTC Orange Line & Route 534

If you have any questions, please contact us by email here.

11:30 AM - Thursday - LGBTQA Senior Luncheon
2022-02-24 11:30 - 13:30 | Danish American Center, 3030 West River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN, 55406, United States
LGBTQA Senior Luncheon at Little Brothers

Tuesday, February 8th – 11:30am – 1:30pm
Thursday, February 24th -11:30am – 1:30pm

The Danish American Center
3030 West River Parkway
Minneapolis, MN 55406

Vaccination cards are required! Face masks are required!
Bus route 21
Our FREE monthly “café” brings together LGBTQA seniors, boomers and allies in friendship and acceptance.

Catered lunch and dessert
Friendly conversation
Information about senior & LGBTQ
services

All are welcome!
Let’s Do Lunch Café is a joint effort between Prime Timers MSP and LBFE

1:00 PM - Tuesday - The Church Basement Ladies are Returning
2022-03-08 13:00 - 17:00 | Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave, Burnsville, MN, 55337, United States
Reserve Your Tickets Now!
This is a one-time opportunity to see how the three talented Church Basement Ladies started it all in the Twin Cities.
Tuesday afternoon, 1:00pm matinee on April 5th, 2022, at the Ames Center in Burnsville they are bringing back for one day only their original musical “The Church Basement Ladies”. This matinee is almost sold out. The first set of chapter tickets have already been reserved with the venue, but a few more seats are still available. Group prices are $28 each.
If you know for sure that you want to take advantage of this one time opportunity contact Bob Wirkkula at this week by email here so he can confirm your reserved seat.
Payment must be received in the Prime Timers PO Box by March 8, 2022. Make Check payable to:
Prime Timers Minneapolis-St. Paul. Mail to: PMB #198
2136 Ford Parkway
St. Paul, MN 55116
If you enjoy laughing at Minnesota jokes this the production for you.

2:00 PM - Thursday - Coffee at Wilde Cafe
2022-03-17 14:00 - 16:00 | Wilde Roast, 65 Main Street SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Our Wilde Cafe discussion group is held monthly on Thursday from 2-4 PM at the Wilde Roast Café.

Due to COVID, the March meeting of the Wilde Roast group will be VIRTUAL via ZOOM on Thursday, March 17th from 2-3 pm.

Unlike the meetings last year, you will need to use the passcode to join the meeting.
Contact us by email here for more information

1:00 PM - Wednesday - A Bonus Lunch
2022-05-04 13:00 - 15:00 | MN
A WEEKDAY LUNCH BONUS!
On Wednesday, May 4th, 2022, at 1PM let’s meet at
The Cardinal Restaurant & Bar – South Mpls;
2920 East 38th Street. It is next to the Blue Line Station (Hiawatha Av. & MTC # 14E, 22 & 23) and has free off-street parking.
Full lunch menu with a separate senior menu too.
Free Parking Lot located across 38th Street from the cafe. No parking permitted behind the building.

1:30 PM - Tuesday - Let's Do Lunch
2022-05-10 13:30 - 15:30 | MN
Tuesday May 10th – 11:30am – 1:30pm
Friday May 27th – 11:30am – 1:30pm

The Danish American Center
3030 West River Parkway
Minneapolis, MN 55406
Bus Route 21

Our FREE monthly “café” brings together LGBTQA seniors, boomers and allies in friendship and acceptance.

Catered lunch and dessert
Friendly conversation
Information about senior & LGBTQ
services

All are welcome!
Let’s Do Lunch Café is a joint effort between Prime Timers MSP and LBFE

11:30 AM - Saturday - History Boys
2022-05-14 11:30 - 15:30 | MN
Saturday, May 14th! Save the date and join Prime Timers History Boys when they travel to the Bakken Museum in south Minneapolis. The exhibits present a concise history and explanation of electricity and electromagnetism. There are interactive exhibits for all ages. Make movies in the Spark exhibit, meet the mother of science fiction in Mary & Her Monster, and test out some of Ben Franklin’s favorite experiments in the Electricity Party Room.
A historic mansion, unique collections, medicinal gardens, dynamic exhibits, and rich educational experiences await you. The Bakken Museum truly has something everyone can enjoy.
When: Saturday, May 14th. 11:30am.
After breakfast at Bakers Square.
Location: 3537 Zenith Avenue South, Minneapolis Cost: $9.00 self-guided. If over 10 attend
self-guided price drops to $7.00. Price is $14 if a tour guide is requested. Tour guides are only available for groups of 10 or more.
Parking: Free in museum lot or on street. Handicap Accessibility: There is an elevator
between the two museum floors. But to enter some of the smaller rooms there will be a few steps involved.
Come join the History Boys and find out why the Bakken Museum inspires a passion for innovation by exploring the potential for science, technology, and the humanities to make the world a better place.

1:00 PM - Sunday - Dominoes
2022-05-15 13:00 - 16:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Location: Quatrefoil Library – 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis on the corner of Lake Street and 13th Avenue South. The library occupies a street level space in the Spirit on Lake Apartments.

MTC Bus Route 21.

8:45 AM - Thursday - Weekday Breakfast
2022-05-19 08:45 - 11:00 | Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 8324 Lyndale Avenue, Bloomington, MN, 55420, United States
