FRIDAY PICK | Basilica Block Party (relatively) quietly rocks on

By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet
July 05, 2012

Basilica Block Party 2011. Photo by Jeff Rutherford.

Presumably because they had bigger fish to fry this year, protesters have gone easy on the Basilica Block Party—an event that last year inspired a firestorm of complaints about the Catholic Church's views on homosexuality. This year's lineup includes Train, Cake, the Avett Brothers, and O.A.R. The Daily Planet will be covering it, after some internal discussion. When I posted in our contributors' Facebook group asking whether anyone wanted to cover it, one photographer replied, "I would, but I disagree with the Catholic Church on civil rights issues." Another added, "I disagree with Train."

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©2012 Jay Gabler

Basilica Block Party 2012

07/06/2012 (All day) - 07/07/2012 (All day)

Lock in July 6th and 7th on your calendar for the 18th Cities 97 Basilica Block Party to benefit the restoration of The Basilica of Saint Mary and the Saint Vincent de Paul Outreach Programs

Basilica of St. Mary

88 17th St. N.
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Phone: 
612-333-1381
http://www.mary.org
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