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Saturday, January 21 | Meet & Eat | 1 - 3pm
with Deborah Pikovsky of Star Thrower Farm @ the cafe

Deborah Pikovsky, Shepherd and Cheesemaker at Star Thrower Farm in Glencoe, MN joins us for our January Farmer Meet & Eat. Freshly returned from San Francisco's Fancy Food Show, where she will be making cheese with master cheese maker Soyoung Scanlan from Andante Dairy in Petaluma, CA, Deborah will be sampling Star Thrower's Sheep's Milk Skyr and other tasty cheeses.

Often mistaken for yogurt, Skyr is technically a soft cheese, made with a very small amount of rennet to set the curd in addition to probiotic cultures. Star Thrower makes their Skyr with pure, whole milk from their own flock of grass-fed and pastured Icelandic sheep, adding only culture and rennet---no salt, flavoring or preservatives are used.

Sheep's milk is a wonderful alternative to cow’s milk as it is better suited to human digestion; in fact, many who are intolerant to cow’s milk find they can still drink sheep's milk. Sheep’s milk is also superior in its vitamin, calcium, and protein content, making it likely the most nutritious milk on earth!

Star Thrower Skyr graces our menu in many places. For a dollar more, you can order your Fruit, Yogurt, & Granola with Skyr; mixed with fresh Meyer lemon juice it becomes the garnish for our Wild Acres roast chicken entrée; and in the bakery case it's what makes the fresh grapefruit skyr sweet bread so moist and tasty. You can also take pint home for $6!

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Friday, February 3 | Live Broadcast | 7 - 9am
with Ed Jones of Jazz 88 FM @ the cafe

Join us for the first in a new series of "Live In The Neighborhood" broadcasts on KBEM-FM / Jazz 88. We're thrilled to be the inaugural host site!

KBEM aims to celebrate our wonderful urban neighborhoods, starting with Seward and our long, rich history of art, music, food and sustainability. Join us with Ed Jones who will host the first In the Neighborhood Morning Show live from The Birchwood Cafe from 7 to 9 a.m.

Ed will spin his usual great mix of jazz, traffic updates and news along with neighborhood interviews, including Birchwood Cafe owner Tracy Singleton.

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Tuesday, February 14
We LOVE Local Food Day!
7am - 9pm

 

This year we're going to OCCUPY Valentine's Day in support of our local food system! Instead of "celebrating" love with corporate mass-produced greeting cards and overly processed confections, come celebrate your LOVE for LOCAL FOOD! You supply the dining companion, be it your mom or a loved one (of course you can always just bring yourself too!), and we'll supply the LOCAL FOOD made with LOVE!

Marshall and the kitchen put their hearts together to create a delectable menu of small plates to share while Sandra and the bakers will be baking their hearts out to fill our bakery case with the cutest ever heart shaped cookies and delicious, decedent desserts. And every Tuesday night is 1/2 price wine night, you gotta LOVE that!

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Tuesday, February 21 | Film Screening & Discussion | 6 - 8:30pm
moderated by Tracy Sides @ REI - Bloomington location

 

See the first full-length documentary film about legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold. Green Fire shares highlights from Leopold's extraordinary career and legacy, how he shaped conservation and the modern environmental movement.

Post-film, Tracy Sides from Soul Revolution will moderate a panel discussion on how we can apply Aldo Leopold's land ethic to modern-day agriculture, food systems, and everyday living. Panelists include:

• Fred Kirschenmann, organic farmer and longtime national leader in sustainable agriculture;

• June Mathiowetz from Homegrown Minneapolis;

• and our own, Birchwood Cafe owner Tracy Singleton!

Did we mention that refreshments are being provided by the Birchwood?
Details and registration are on REI's website.

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Thursday, February 23
Art Show Opening
6 - 9pm

WASCO a.k.a. Rob Burnham
@ the cafe

We are very excited to partner with Gallery 360 to curate our upcoming art shows. A contemporary neighborhood retail gallery located in Southwest Minneapolis with an extensive variety of art, jewelry and clothing, Gallery 360 focuses on local affordable art; as they like to say "art in every degree". Gallery owner Merry Beck truly values the importance of supporting local arts in creating community.

Our first curated show by Gallery 360 will be up on our walls starting Monday, February 6th featuring local artist WACSO, a.k.a. Rob Burnham. WACSO stands for "walking around checkin' stuff out". Taking a documentary approach to everyday life, Rob says "I think you have to look at the regular things, there's cool stuff everywhere, you just have to see it". Robb's work depicts light-hearted landscapes, people and scenes from Minneapolis. We've been told his show will feature works depicting his favorite local foods cafe!

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