Payne Phalen District Five Planning Council Important Community Meeting to...
Wed, 07/31/2013 - 6:30pm - 8:30pmIMPORTANT COMMUNITY MEETING!Wednesday - July 31st Payne Phalen District Five Planning Council is mobilizing an importantcommunity meeting to discuss MNDOT projects and...
View ArticleRemembering Rosalie
Mary Turck News Day A few years after graduating from law school in Chicago, I moved back to rural Minnesota and set up a solo practice in the town where I grew up. That was 1977, the year that...
View ArticleCOMMUNITY VOICES | Letter on Ramadan
Abdul Naseer Community Voices Muslims all across the US are observing the month of fast or Ramadhan these days. Muslims fast from sunrise till sunset and completely abstain from food and drink. Besides...
View ArticleSweet Revenge! (Or No Mother to Guide Her)
sweet-revenge-061013.jpgp1 Now celebrating its 55th season of over-the-top family fun, the Minnesota Centennial Showboat Players are back with the action-packed melodrama Sweet Revenge! (or No Mother...
View ArticleShades Brigade
2969443-shadesbrigade-061013.jpgp1 Step back in time to the golden age of radio when murder, mystery and intrigue kept families huddled together and glued to the radio all night. Shades Brigade is an...
View ArticleSave the Date: The Northeast Dog Parade is July 26th
Blair Shackle THE DEETSWhat: Northeast Dog ParadeWhen: This Friday, July 26, participants meet starting at 5 p.m., parade begins at 6:15 p.m.Where: Meet at Chute Park in Northeast Minneapolis (obvi!)....
View Article2013 Northeast Dog Parade
Fri, 07/26/2013 (All day)One of our most popular events – the parade winds through the neighborhood with dog-themed prizes, refreshments, & giveaways.** When available, NEBA Business Members and...
View ArticleParenting in the first world
Lisa GrayI read THIS the other day and it has stuck with me. I hate whining as much as the next parent, but as I am ushering my kids through stages I haven't been through yet it seems I have been...
View ArticleLocal independents strut foodstuffs at 8th Annual Twin Cities Originals
KFAI Radio A crowd is expected Thursday evening, July 25th, at the TCF Stadium on the University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus – not to watch football, but to admire another group of Minnesota...
View ArticleLiving wages and living well in St. Paul's Dayton’s Bluff neighborhood
Lee Egerstrom Minnesota 2020 There are ground-up stirrings all across America, from Seattle-Tacoma to New Jersey and Washington, D.C., to bring compensation for workers up to something approaching a...
View ArticleGoodbye local, hello corporate: As more national chains move into the...
The Minnesota Daily Longtime Dinkytown staple House of Hanson will close its doors July 31, making way for a new apartment complex.But development in Dinkytown isn’t the only thing displacing the...
View Article"Barbie Is Moving" Pop Up Event!
barbie_is_moving_image.jpgFri, 07/26/2013 - 11:00am - Sun, 07/28/2013 - 3:00pm FIRST-EVER BARBIE® CROSS-COUNTRY EXPERIENCE GIVES MINNEAPOLIS AN ALL-ACCESS PASS TO BARBIE® DOLL’S...
View Article"Barbie Is Moving" Pop Up Event!
barbie_is_moving_image.jpgFri, 07/26/2013 - 11:00am - Sun, 07/28/2013 - 3:00pm FIRST-EVER BARBIE® CROSS-COUNTRY EXPERIENCE GIVES MINNEAPOLIS AN ALL-ACCESS PASS TO BARBIE® DOLL’S...
View Article"Barbie Is Moving" Pop Up Event!
barbie_is_moving_image.jpgFri, 07/26/2013 - 11:00am - Sun, 07/28/2013 - 3:00pm FIRST-EVER BARBIE® CROSS-COUNTRY EXPERIENCE GIVES MINNEAPOLIS AN ALL-ACCESS PASS TO BARBIE® DOLL’S...
View Article"Barbie Is Moving" Pop Up Event!
barbie_is_moving_image.jpgFri, 07/26/2013 - 11:00am - Sun, 07/28/2013 - 3:00pm FIRST-EVER BARBIE® CROSS-COUNTRY EXPERIENCE GIVES MINNEAPOLIS AN ALL-ACCESS PASS TO BARBIE® DOLL’S...
View ArticleCollege then, college now
Joanne Jensen In the summer of 1979, I took a couple days off my factory job in Green Bay and ventured to Minneapolis with a friend of mine to register for classes – on paper – to start college at the...
View ArticleSustainable Garden Tour
Sat, 07/27/2013 - 9:00am - 12:30pm The Green Congregations Coalition is hosting a tour of sustainable lawns, community gardens and rain gardens on Sat. July 27, 2013 from 9:00-12:30. The tour will...
View ArticleA band festival worth tooting about
Lee EgerstromNorthfield and several surrounding communities are planning for an August 1-4 blowout that will bring renowned brass and wind bands to southern Minnesota, giving the area a cultural and...
View ArticleFika and promises
PatriceA morning show guy on a local sports station once said, "A blog is a diary you keep online." Brilliant insight, really.I always bristle a little bit when someone introduces me as a blogger. I am...
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