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Where's the space for community input on Minnehaha Avenue reconstruction? Part one: Bikes

Next year, Hennepin County will begin a two-year long reconstruction project on Minnehaha Avenue for the approximately 2.2 mile stretch from 46th Street South to Lake Street. Many members of the...

COMMUNITY VOICES | Project Homeless Connect

There are many challenges to being homeless; the cost of transportation, locations of programs and services, and having open access to these opportunities. The Project Homeless Connect event at...

Shabelle Grocery's secret Ethiopian restaurant now offers a lunch buffet

The little Ethiopian restaurant hidden away inside the...

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Where's the space for community input on Minnehaha Avenue reconstruction? Part one: Bikes
COMMUNITY VOICES \| Project Homeless Connect
Minnesota honors civil rights legend: Juanita Jackson Mitchell helped reestablish Twin Cities NAACP branches
Is Minneapolis in or out of the development business?: Reflections from Community Planning and Economic Development Jeremy Hanson Willis
Measuring Minneapolis’ creative vitality
Question Bridge at Juxtaposition Arts: Creating more complex and whole narratives of Black men
OPINION \| Five threats to Minnesota waters

Columns

Jeremy Iggers

Shabelle Grocery's secret Ethiopian restaurant now offers a lunch buffet

Stephanie Fox

La Alborada Market brings Mexican food, culture, and history to Minneapolis's Corcoran neighborhood

Dwight Hobbes

Widespread Panic at the Orpheum Theatre: Master musicians at their very best

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COMMUNITY VOICES \| Project Homeless Connect	Rico Morales
COMMUNITY VOICES \| Brave young woman fights for cure	Take Steps Twin Cities
COMMUNITY VOICES \| Safe, Decent and Sanitary Housing in Minneapolis? Where?	Natalie Jones
COMMUNITY VOICES \| Financial literacy: A matter of equity	Andriana Abariotes
COMMUNITY VOICES \| Popular culture's appropriation of the Harlem Shake	Tanur Badgley

Blogs


	Teresa on TCDP Teresa Boardman	How well do we know our neighbors?
	the public recluse Alan Wilfahrt	Linden Hills Festival 2013
	Minnesota Progressive Project Dan Burns	Minneapolis City Council race: Ward 5 updates, and other stuff
	Crazy Boy Farm Amy Doeun	After six months of winter: Green!
	Hindsight Colleen OConnor Toberman	Improving access, easing hunger

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Chicago at the State Theatre: As perfect as they needed to be
Widespread Panic at the Orpheum Theatre: Master musicians at their very best
MUSIC PHOTOS \| Marijuana Deathsquads at Icehouse
THEATER REVIEW \| "Rock of Ages" is so 80s at the Orpheum Theatre
Screaming On. Reflections on Lao American Horror Poetry
MN VIDEOS \| Art-a-Whirl 1996: What the first year looked like

FOOD


After six months of winter: Green!
Improving access, easing hunger
Shabelle Grocery's secret Ethiopian restaurant now offers a lunch buffet
La Alborada Market brings Mexican food, culture, and history to Minneapolis's Corcoran neighborhood
Peppermint Twist Drive-In: A Delano institution for good reason
Eat for Equity dinner May 25 to support Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness
What to do about moldy strawberries and slimy lettuce
Fun food stuff to do this weekend: Fiesta Fantastica, farmers' markets, and more

EDUCATION


Linden Hills Festival 2013
Shattuck St. Marys
Higher education budget heads to Dayton's desk
K-12 spending plan nears finish line
Health care appropriations target children's services
What is Developmental Dual Language?
Minneapolis school superintendent Bernadeia Johnson meets Latino parents from Green Central Park school
Ordered out, invited in

Published Today


How well do we know our neighbors?
Linden Hills Festival 2013
Minneapolis City Council race: Ward 5 updates, and other stuff
After six months of winter: Green!
Improving access, easing hunger
Shabelle Grocery's secret Ethiopian restaurant now offers a lunch buffet
La Alborada Market brings Mexican food, culture, and history to Minneapolis's Corcoran neighborhood
COMMUNITY VOICES \| Project Homeless Connect
Minnehaha Avenue reconstruction: What we know, what we don't know
Where's the space for community input on Minnehaha Avenue reconstruction? Part two: Businesses
Where's the space for community input on Minnehaha Avenue reconstruction? Part one: Bikes
Property tax relief, new fourth tier rate highlight conferred tax bill

Earlier This Week


Peppermint Twist Drive-In: A Delano institution for good reason
Polaroid moments in a post-Brady world
Climate change activism in Minneapolis, and fracking
Twin Cities Greenways with Dacia Durham and Matthew Hendricks
Widespread Panic at the Orpheum Theatre: Master musicians at their very best
Fontgate: Minnesota House Republicans launch late-session crusade for large print formatting
Eat for Equity dinner May 25 to support Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness
Judson Street Fest 2013
Bonding bill fails to get House approval
Met Council redistricting plan takes effect

GO. SEE. DO.


	TCDP TOP PICK \| A Celebration Honoring John Munger 05/21/2013 - 7:30pm

5/21
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5/24
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5/21


Dred Scott's Fight for Freedom
Beer for a Better World II
Benefitfocus City Tour
All Labor Has Dignity
Café Scientifique Presented by The Bell Museum of Natural History
"An Illiad" at the Guthrie Theater
TCDP TOP PICK \| A Celebration Honoring John Munger
TCDP TOP PICK \| Minnesota Literacy Council Journeys Reading and Awards Ceremony
9x22 Dance/Lab Produced and hosted by Laurie Van Wieren

5/22


TCDP TOP PICK \| Minnesota Literacy Council Journeys Reading and Awards Ceremony
"An Illiad" at the Guthrie Theater
9x22 Dance/Lab Produced and hosted by Laurie Van Wieren
Newsroom Cafe with Jay Gabler
May Social Media Clinic
Marxism and the State: Lessons of the French Revolution of May 1968
TCDP TOP PICK \| The Moving Company presents "Out of the Pan Into the Fire" at the Southern Theater
TCDP TOP PICK \| Theatre Terra Firma Presents "Out of the Frying Pan" at Gremlin Theatre

5/23


Newsroom Cafe with Jay Gabler
May Social Media Clinic
Marxism and the State: Lessons of the French Revolution of May 1968
"An Illiad" at the Guthrie Theater
TCDP TOP PICK \| The Moving Company presents "Out of the Pan Into the Fire" at the Southern Theater
TCDP TOP PICK \| Theatre Terra Firma Presents "Out of the Frying Pan" at Gremlin Theatre
On The Town
IN FLUX, New Work by Jeannine Spooner Kitzhaber & Michael Helke
THEATER ALL YEAR \| "W is for Agua, L is for Wolf" at Bryant-Lake Bowl
W Is For Agua, L Is For Wolf Presented by Robert Karimi and Deke Weaver
SCRAWLEX: An Uncompromising, Uncensored Open Stage
Vil Cum Laude

5/24


On The Town
IN FLUX, New Work by Jeannine Spooner Kitzhaber & Michael Helke
W Is For Agua, L Is For Wolf Presented by Robert Karimi and Deke Weaver
THEATER ALL YEAR \| "W is for Agua, L is for Wolf" at Bryant-Lake Bowl
SCRAWLEX: An Uncompromising, Uncensored Open Stage
TCDP TOP PICK \| The Moving Company presents "Out of the Pan Into the Fire" at the Southern Theater
"An Illiad" at the Guthrie Theater
TCDP TOP PICK \| Theatre Terra Firma Presents "Out of the Frying Pan" at Gremlin Theatre
Vil Cum Laude
OBSESSED: JAMES BOND SPECIAL Presented by Joking Envelope, Written and Performed by Joseph Scrimshaw
THEATER ALL YEAR \| Joking Envelope presents "Obsessed: James Bond Special"

5/25


"An Illiad" at the Guthrie Theater
TCDP TOP PICK \| The Moving Company presents "Out of the Pan Into the Fire" at the Southern Theater
OBSESSED: JAMES BOND SPECIAL Presented by Joking Envelope, Written and Performed by Joseph Scrimshaw
TCDP TOP PICK \| Theatre Terra Firma Presents "Out of the Frying Pan" at Gremlin Theatre
THEATER ALL YEAR \| Joking Envelope presents "Obsessed: James Bond Special"

Hamline-Midway Picks


	Dreamland Arts 677 Hamline Ave. N. Saint Paul, MN 55104
	Mosaic on a Stick 1564 Lafond Ave St. Paul, MN 55104
	Iver H. Carlson & Son, Inc. Exterior Home Renovations 749 N. Snelling Ave. St. Paul, MN 55104 High quality home repair from long-time business
	Ginkgo Coffeehouse 721 N. Snelling Ave. St. Paul, MN 55104

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