Communities

Judson Street Fest 2013

By Alan Wilfahrt, The Public Recluse

One of many little festivals held by our community's organizations, is one I discovered some years back,  the MORE »

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How well do we know our neighbors?

By Teresa Boardman, Teresa Boardman on TCDP

I have tried to resist the urge to write about this but sometimes I have something to say and because of that I can't write about anything else. The recent events in Cleveland Ohio where three woman were held captive in a residential neighborhood for a decade really got me thinking.

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

By Stephanie Fox, Global Groceries

Recently I've enjoyed finding new ethnic markets in the Twin Cities suburbs—but with the price of gasoline spiking, I needed to find an ethnic grocery a little closer to home. I headed up Chicago Avenue toward the Lake Street, then turned east keeping my eyes open for some place interesting. That’s how I ended up at La Alborada Market at the corner of Lake and 19th, a mostly Mexican grocery owned by the Cruz family.

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Immigrant driver's license bill passes MN Senate, goes to MN House

By Lisa Peterson-de la Cueva, TC Daily Planet

A crowd of supporters hug state senators who voted yes on SF271 only moments before.

The Minnesota State Capitol filled with loud cheers and chants of "Sí, se pudo," ("Yes we could") Saturday night, after the Senate passed a bill that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses. The next step: the bill would need to pass the full House of Representatives before the May 20 adjournment to have a chance of becoming law.  Governor Dayton has promised he will meet with the bill's supporters if it is passed by the legislature. 

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MN VIDEOS | Art-a-Whirl 1996: What the first year looked like

By Jay Gabler, MN Videos

Art-a-Whirl, now the largest art crawl in the country, had its start in 1996. John Akre was then a volunteer at MTN, and created a 40-minute documentary about the new Northeast Minneapolis event. He's now edited the documentary down to a more concise five minutes to provide this peek into the past.

OUR STORIES | Sheeko: Documenting Somali youth diaspora stories

By Lolla Mohammed Nur, TC Daily Planet

Fartun Abdi is passionate about preserving her generation's oral histories.

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Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

By Sunny Chanthanouvong
Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!
 
I was proud to see David Zander recognized this year at the Asian Pacific American Herita
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Time for action to make Washington Avenue in downtown Minneapolis an asset to the neighborhood

By Ethan Fawley, Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition

Washington Avenue is an unsafe and unattractive barrier in the middle of downtown Minneapolis. It severs downtown from the Mississippi River, degrades quality of life in a growing downtown, and creates a hostile highway between the North Loop, Downtown, and the University of Minnesota.

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Minnesota Vikings, University of Minnesota sign multi-million-dollar contract for use of TCF Bank Stadium

By Bill Huntzicker, TC Daily Planet

Photo by Jenni Konrad (Creative Commons)

The Minnesota Vikings will cover all expenses of game-day activities and other impacts on the surrounding communities—and will contribute to the Good Neighbor Fund—when they move into TCF Bank Stadium to play for two to four seasons beginning in the fall of 2014.

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