Prime Timers Minneapolis - St. Paul

11:30 AM - Tuesday - Let's Do Lunch Cafe
2023-08-08 11:30 - 13:30 (America/Chicago) | Danish American Center, 3030 West River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN, 55406, United States
August 8th and 25th Let’s Do Lunch Café LGBTQA Senior Luncheon.
The Danish American Center
3030 West River Parkway Minneapolis, MN 55406

Tuesday, August 8th – 11:30am – 1:30pm Friday, August 25th – 11:30am – 1:30pm

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 Rainbow Health, Prime Timers MSP and Friends & Co

10:30 AM - Saturday - Bunch At Yum St. Paul
2023-08-12 10:30 - 12:30 | Yum St. Paul, 164 Snelling Ave North, St. Paul, MN, 55104, United States
Our Prime Timers group is in headed to St. Paul for brunch on Saturday, August 12. If you like food made from scratch, Yum! Is the restaurant for you.
We are meeting there at 10:30 so you can order either breakfast or lunch. Simply order off the wall menu and they will bring your food to the table.

Where:
Yum! Bakery and Kitchen 164 Snelling Avenue North St. Paul, MN 55104
When:
Saturday, August 12, 2023 @10:30AM Breakfast is served until 11:00AM
Cost:
Place your order with the cashier and pay at the register.
Parking:
There is free parking directly south of the building. And there is metered street parking available.

Contact Bob by email here for more information and if you plan on attending.

11:00 AM - Sunday - History Boys
2023-08-13 11:00 - 13:00 | Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55401, United States
Please join The History Boys as they head to the Mill City Museum to visit the most popular tourist attraction in Minneapolis. You will learn about the museum’s fiery past and dynamic present.
“Soon after Minneapolis was born on the Mississippi’s west bank, the city’s flour milling industry skyrocketed. Powered by the mighty river and fed by boxcars of grain rolling in from the plains, the industry gave Minneapolis bragging rightas the ‘Flour Milling Capital of the World’.”
Explore where old mingles with new at Mill City Museum, which was built into the ruins of what was once the world’s largest flour mill. “
The current exhibit ‘Going Out, Coming In” is a photo exhibit which details queer resistance, love, and identity formation amid the evolution of the neighborhood through the 20th Century.

When: Sunday, August 13, 2023 at 11:00 am
Where:
Mill City Museum
704 South 2nn Street Minneapolis, MN 55401W

Parking: Ramps are across the street. Metered street parking is available.
Cost: $10.
If you plan on attending contact Bob by email here for a head count.
Let us know if you are interested in this self-guided tour of this National Historic Landmark.

1:00 PM - Wednesday - Golden Corral
2023-08-16 13:00 - 15:00 | Golden Corral – Maplewood, 3000 White Bear Avenue, Maplewood, MN, United States
Golden Corral – Buffet & Grill
Wednesday, August 16th at 1 PM. This restaurant is located at 3000 White Bear Avenue, Maplewood, at Woodlynn Avenue – Unit #4 behind Aldi Foods. The Golden Corral features several kinds of meats and sides, plus soups, hamburger bar, taco fixings and a full salad bar. After finishing your meal and if you have the room, then enjoy many delicious desserts.
Cost of this is $9.49 and includes beverages.
To get special pricing DO NOT arrive before 1pm.
If you are thinking of coming, please contact Howard by email here.

1:15 PM - Saturday - Book Club
2023-08-19 13:00 - 16:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
What: Under the Rainbow
By: Celia Laskey
Where: Quatrefoil Library
When: August 19th at 1:15 PM
Contact Rick for details or to subscribe to book club notices by email here.
Book Review:

Celia Laskey’s Under the Rainbow is a timely look into what it means to be queer in spaces that aggressively refuse you. Smart and compulsively readable, Laskey has woven together narratives that seek to embrace each other through the hurt. There is love and loss alike sandwiched in its pages, pain and pleasure.

11:30 AM - Friday - Let's Do Lunch Cafe
2023-08-25 11:30 - 13:30 | Danish American Center, 3030 West River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN, 55406, United States

12:00 PM - Sunday - PrimeTimers Anniversary Picnic
2023-08-27 12:00 - 16:00 | Brookview Park, 200 Brookview Parkway North, Golden Valley, MN, 55426, United States
Prime Timers Anniversary Picnic Is Fast Approaching!
Reserve Your Spot Today!

Catered Lunch
Silent Auction
Guest Speakers

When: Sunday, August 27, 2023
Where: Brookview Park
Main Pavillion
Golden Valley.
Enter off Winnetka Avenue Just South of Highway 55.
The large pavilion is located toward the center of the park. It offers 12 picnic tables, two parking lots, three charcoal grills, restrooms, a fireplace, running water and 16 electrical outlets.
Time: 12:00 noon until 4:00 pm
Lunch: Beverages, Chicken, Summer Salads and Desserts.
Cost: $20.00 per person. Your payment must be received before August 21, 2023.
Mail Checks to:
Prime Timers, Minneapolis – St. Paul PO Box 580814
Minneapolis, MN 55458
Or Contact Terry or Mike by email here to use a credit card with Square System.
Contact Bob by email here with questions. More details will follow in weekend updates and event flier.
Remember cash, checkbook or credit card to bid on Silent Auction items.

1:00 PM - Tuesday - Weekday Lunch
2023-08-29 13:00 - 15:00 | Fireroast Cafe, 3800 37th Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States
On Tuesday, August 29th, we are exploring Minneapolis’ Longfellow territory with an 1 PM stop at FIREROAST CAFE. The cafe is located at 3800 – 37th Avenue South (at the corner of East 38th Street / MTC Route 23. The cafe offers made to order sandwiches, salads, house-made soup and much more. This LGBT+ location comes with free parking, too. Please circle the date on your calendar – Tuesday, August 29th at 1 PM.
Need more information, please call Terry by email here.

1:00 PM - Wednesday - Weekday Lunch Bonus
2023-09-06 13:00 - 15:00 | Cardinal Restaurant & Bar, 2920 East 38th Street, Minneapolis, MN, United States
A WEEKDAY LUNCH BONUS!
On Wednesday, September 6th, 2023, 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.
If you are thinking of coming, please text please contact Howard by email here.

5:30 PM - Thursday - Lavender's First Thursdays
2023-09-07 17:30 - 20:00 | MN
LavendEr’s First Thursdays
Thursday, September 7, 2023 • 5:30 – 8:00 PM
J.D. Hoyt’s Supper club
301 N. Washington Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Host Partners: Ma’am – Quorum

12:00 PM - Sunday - Bloomington Pride
2023-09-10 12:00 - 17:00 | MN
Bloomington Pride

September 10, 2023
Noon-5pm
Bloomington Civic Plaza
1800 West Old Shakopee Road
“For support in planning the next Bloomington Pride Celebration on September 10, Bloomington Pride has turned to a non-profit, Twin Cities Pride, that organizes the long-running, annual Twin Cities Pride Festival at Loring Park and parade in Minneapolis in June. Bloomington Pride, a group of Bloomington volunteers, is working with event facilitators, Twin Cities Pride to [earn] their 501(c)(3) status. Twin Cities Pride took over planning the Bloomington Pride Celebration this year from the City of Bloomington, which previously planned the event. Organizers believe it was an important step to ensure the support to grow the festival in the years to come.”

—From the BloomingtonMN.Gov site.

11:30 AM - Tuesday - Let's Do Lunch
2023-09-12 11:30 - 13:30 | The Danish American Center, 3030 West River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN
September 12th and 22nd
Let’s Do Lunch Café LGBTQA Senior Luncheon
The Danish American Center
3030 West River Parkway
Minneapolis, MN 55406

Tuesday, September 12th – 11:30am – 1:30pm
Friday, September 22nd – 11:30am – 1:30pm

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, Rainbow Health and Friends & Co

1:15 PM - Saturday - Book Club
2023-09-16 13:00 - 16:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
What: Ike’s Master Man: The Secret Lives of Robert Cutler
By: Peter Shinkle
Where: Quatrefoil Library
When: Sept. 16th at 1:15 PM
Contact Rick for details or to subscribe to book club notices by email here.
Book Review:

What do you do if you’re gay, closeted, and a vital part of a homophobic president’s inner circle? Journalist Peter Shinkle seeks to answer this question with his book Ike’s Mystery Man: The Secret Lives of Robert Cutler. Shinkle spent twelve years pulling together a book on his great-uncle Robert “Bobby” Cutler’s. Using Cutler’s personal diary as a pivotal reference, a dairy which described his obsessive love affair with another man, Ike’s Mystery Man digs deep into US post-World War II history and how our government dealt with the LGBTQ community at that time.

1:00 PM - Wednesday - Golden Corral
2023-09-20 13:00 - 15:00 | Golden Corral – Maplewood, 3000 White Bear Avenue, Maplewood, MN, United States
Golden Corral – Buffet & Grill
Wednesday, September 20th at 1 PM.
This restaurant is located at 3000 White Bear Avenue, Maplewood, at Woodlynn Avenue – Unit #4 behind Aldi Foods. The Golden Corral features several kinds of meats and sides, plus soups, hamburger bar, taco fixings and a full salad bar. After finishing your meal and if you have the room, then enjoy many delicious desserts.
Cost of this is $9.49 and includes beverages.
To get special pricing DO NOT arrive before 1pm.
If you are thinking of coming, please contact Howard by email here.

11:30 - Friday - Let's Do Lunch
2023-09-22 11:30 - 13:30 | The Danish American Center, 3030 West River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN

1:00 PM - Sunday - Fall New Member Meet & Greet
2023-09-24 13:00 - 16:00 | MN
Our Fall New Member Meet & Greet event for new members will be held on Sunday, Sept. 24th at the Augsburg Public Library, 7100 Nicollet Ave., Richfield. The event is scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m. More information will be forthcoming shortly.
Sunday, Sept. 24th
1:00 – 4:00 PM
Augsburg Public Library
7100 Nicollet Ave.
Richfield, MN

12:45 PM - Tuesday - Weekday Lunch
2023-09-26 12:30 - 14:30 | Kramarczuk’s, 215 East Hennepin Avenue, Minnneaplois, MN, 55413, United States
Do join the group as we visit a favorite lunch spot in ‘Nordeast Minneapolis’, namely KRAMARCZUK’S EASTERN EUROPEAN DELI, 215 East Hennepin Avenue (Cross-street – University Avenue / MTC # 4, 6, 11, 61).
Free off-street parking and choices of many foods. So circle the date Tuesday, September 26th at 12:45 pm. Also, please contact Terry by email here.

Prime Timers World Wide Convention 2023
2023-10-01 - 2023-10-05 | MN
The 17th Biennial Convention of The Original PrimeTimers® Worldwide, Inc. (PTWW) has over five days and nights to enjoy the social, educational, and recreational opportunities for mature 21+ years of age gay, bisexual and transgender men that self-identify as male. The joy of the social journey is found in renewing acquaintances and meeting new men from around our planet through group workshops, inspiring speakers and workshops, sightseeing and excursions, in a supportive atmosphere of respect and vision. Our 2023 Host Chapter is PrimeTimers® of Tampa Bay.
Registration
Badge sales are now open, with discounted fees before 15-SEP. Explore the links above and see what you can see!
YOUR REGISTRATION FEE INCLUDES:
Opening Lunch, Beach Cookout w/transportation, Closing Banquet and entry to the variety of personal interest seminars on men’s health, finances, and planning, plus the chapter development workshops. And, you can always enjoy free admission to the evening speakeasy/hospitality socials, cabaret night, table games, and just meeting new friends.

Discounted Fees by Dates
PTWW Local and Independent Chapter Member

EARLY BIRD $230/man 1-JAN to 28-FEB
ADVANCE $250/man 1-MAR to 30-JUN
GENERAL $270/man 1-JUL to 15-SEP
$290/man after 16-SEP or at the door.

– Each Non-Member must add $45/man if not affiliated with a PTWW Chapter.
NOT INCLUDED and OPTIONAL TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE for:

Merchandise: Souvenir Polo shirt, PTTB and PTWW t-shirts
Magic Show, dolphin cruise with lunch at a Greek restaurant, botanical gardens, drag bingo benefit, After-Glow excursion to Sarasota FL Ringling Brothers Circus museum-mansion-gardens-lunch.
Hotel
PTWW is excited to have the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront as our main venue. Guest room reservations can be made directly telephoning the host hotel +1 727.894.5000 asking for the special “PrimeTimers® of Tampa Bay” rate or click below online at:
https://www.hilton.com/en/attend-my- event/primetimersoftampabayblock/
Rate-per-night is $166, including tax. Parking onsite at hotel is discounted, with offsite options available nearby. *PTWW group rates are valid until 2-SEP- 2023. *Room reservations can be cancelled by 28- SEP-2023 without penalty.
Dates
Sun, Oct 1 2023, 3:00pm – 11:00pm Mon, Oct 2 2023, 8:00am – 11:00pm Tue, Oct 3 2023, 8:00am – 11:00pm Wed, Oct 4 2023, 8:00am – 11:00pm Thu, Oct 5 2023, 8:00am – 11:00pm
Location
St. Petersburg, Florida

11:30 AM - Tuesday - Let's Do Lunch
2023-10-10 11:30 - 13:30 | Danish American Center, 3030 West River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN, 55406, United States
October 10th and 27th Let’s Do Lunch Café LGBTQA Senior Luncheon.
The Danish American Center
3030 West River Parkway Minneapolis, MN 55406

Tuesday, October 10th – 11:30am – 1:30pm Friday, October 27th – 11:30am – 1:30pm

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, Rainbow Health and Friends & Co

1:00 PM - Wednesday - Golden Corral
2023-10-18 13:00 - 15:00 | Golden Corral – Maplewood, 3000 White Bear Avenue, Maplewood, MN, United States
Golden Corral – Buffet & Grill
Wednesday, October 18th at 1 PM.
This restaurant is located at 3000 White Bear Avenue, Maplewood, at Woodlynn Avenue – Unit #4 behind Aldi Foods. The Golden Corral features several kinds of meats and sides, plus soups, hamburger bar, taco fixings and a full salad bar. After finishing your meal and if you have the room, then enjoy many delicious desserts.
The cost of this is $9.49 and includes beverages. To get special pricing DO NOT arrive before 1pm.
If you are thinking of coming, please contact Howard by email here.

1:15 PM - Saturday - Book Club
2023-10-21 13:00 - 16:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
What: The Magician
By: Colm Toibin
Where: Quatrefoil Library
When: Oct. 21st at 1:15 PM
Contact Rick for details or to subscribe to book club notices by email here.
Book Review:

Germany’s greatest 20th century writer, Thomas Mann, is the subject of Colm Tóibín’s novel.
Gay, artistic Thomas Mann is born into a prosperous mercantile family in Lübeck, a provincial German port on the Baltic Sea. In Thomas’s surroundings, money is as self-evident and essential as water and sunshine. When, a few decades later, the post-war inflation evaporates the family fortune, his mother does what other self- respecting women of her class would do – take to bed and starve herself to death – because she simply doesn’t know how to live otherwise.

12:45 PM - Tuesday - Weekday Lunch
2023-10-24 12:30 - 13:30 | Davanni’s, 6345 Penn Ave South, Richfield, MN, 55423, United States
Tuesday, October 24th, 2023, is the date and thesite is DAVANNIS’ in Richfield.
Located at 6345 Penn Avenue South.
Its menu includes Pizzas, Calzones, Salads, and Hot Hoagies. Free off-street parking in the rear. So, let’s plan to meet at 12:45 PM on Tuesday the 24th.

11:30 AM - Friday - Let's Do Lunch
2023-10-27 11:30 - 13:30 | The Danish American Center, 3030 West River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN
October 10th and 27th Let’s Do Lunch Café LGBTQA Senior Luncheon.
The Danish American Center
3030 West River Parkway Minneapolis, MN 55406

Tuesday, October 10th – 11:30am – 1:30pm Friday, October 27th – 11:30am – 1:30pm

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, Rainbow Health and Friends & Co

1:00 PM - Sunday - Halloween Potluck Costume Party
2023-10-29 13:00 - 16:00 | MN
Food … Fun … Prizes
Where: Harry’s Party Room
South St. Paul
When: Sunday, October 29 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Cost: Potluck Event
Beverages, Brats and Buns Will Be Provided
It is suggested that you bring the following:
▪ Last Name Starting with A – G Dessert to Share
▪ Last Name Starting with H – M Appetizer to Share
▪ Last Name Starting with N- Z Salad or Side Dish to Share
Costumes are recommended for all attending as prizes will be awarded.
Please contact Bob by email here for more information and to RSVP.

1:15 PM - Saturday - Book Club
2023-11-18 13:00 - 16:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
What: Razorblade Tears
By: S.A. Cosby
Where: Quatrefoil Library
When: Nov 18th at 1:15 PM
Contact Rick for details or to subscribe to book club notices by email here.
Book Review:

Ike Randolph and Buddy Lee, two ex- cons with little else in common other than a criminal past and a love for their dead sons, band together in their desperate desire for revenge. In their quest to do better for their sons in death than they did in life, hardened men Ike and Buddy Lee will
confront their own prejudices about their sons and each other, as they rain down vengeance upon those who hurt their boys.

1:00 PM - Wednesday - Weekday Lunch Bonus
2023-12-06 13:00 - 15:00 | Cardinal Restaurant & Bar, 2920 East 38th Street, Minneapolis, MN, United States
A WEEKDAY LUNCH BONUS!
On Wednesday, December 6th 2023, 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.
If you are thinking of coming, please text please contact Howard by email here.

12:00 PM - Thursday - Let's Do Lunch
2023-12-14 12:00 - 15:00 | The Women’s Club of Minneapolis, 410 Oak Grove Street, Minneapolis, MN, United States
December 14th
Let’s Do Lunch Café LGBTQA Senior Luncheon.
Thursday, December 14th – 12pm – 3pm
Minneapolis, MN 55403
NO lunches on the 12th or 29th of December.

The Women’s Club of Minneapolis
410 Oak Grove Street

IMPORTANT: RSVP by Dec 8th
at https://www.tfaforms.com/5026408 or contact: Dennis @ 612.746.0753

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, Rainbow Health and Friends & Co

1:15 PM - Saturday - Book Club
2023-12-16 14:00 - 16:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
What: Razorblade Tears
By: S.A. Cosby
Where: Quatrefoil Library
When: Dec. 16th at 1:15 PM
Contact Rick for details or to subscribe to book club notices by email here.
Book Review:

Ike Randolph and Buddy Lee, two ex- cons with little else in common other than a criminal past and a love for their dead sons, band together in their desperate desire for revenge. In their quest to do better for their sons in death than they did in life, hardened men Ike and Buddy Lee will
confront their own prejudices about their sons and each other, as they rain down vengeance upon those who hurt their boys.

1:00 PM - Wednesday - Golden Corral
2023-12-20 13:00 - 15:00 | Golden Corral – Maplewood, 3000 White Bear Avenue, Maplewood, MN, United States
Golden Corral – Buffet & Grill
Wednesday, December 20th at 1 PM.
This restaurant is located at 3000 White Bear Avenue, Maplewood, at Woodlynn Avenue – Unit #4 behind Aldi Foods. The Golden Corral features several kinds of meats and sides, plus soups, hamburger bar, taco fixings and a full salad bar. After finishing your meal and if you have the room, then enjoy many delicious desserts.
The cost of this is NOW $9.99 and includes beverages.
To get special pricing DO NOT arrive before 1pm.
If you are thinking of coming, please contact Howard by email here.

1:00 PM - Monday - Christmas Day Dinner
2023-12-25 13:00 - 15:00 | Park Tavern, 3401 Louisiana Avenue South, St. Louis Park, MN, 55426, United States
Join us on Christmas Day if you are not spending it with your family or other friends.
Many of our members enjoyed it last year, so we are heading back to Park Tavern again. We will have the same private room and you may order from their extensive menu and full-service bar. Don’t miss out … make your reservation today.
Where:
Park Tavern, Main Party Room
3401 Louisiana Avenue South
St. Louis Park, MN 55426.
There is plenty of free parking and it is handicap accessible.
When: Main Party Room reserved for 1pm seating. Menu: Can be viewed at www.parktavern.net
Feel free to bring family and guests. 20 seats are available.
Contact Bob by Thursday, December 21 by email here to reserve your spot.
Hope to see you there. Ho. Ho. Ho.
