Saturday, Jul 4, 2009

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Minneapolis

Duncan Jones's "Moon" landing in Uptown

Director and Writer Duncan Jones, who has established a notorious reputation for controversial fare in the advertising arena, started out as a wild-cam operator for Tony Scott (True Romance, Man on Fire), before going on to work as an assistant director for cerebral promo and commercials director Walter Stern. After a stint in the computer games biz, Duncan created the CG/live action commercial Blade Jogger, which won a top award at the UK’s Kodak Student Commercial Competition, and his short film Whistle, which has screened at festivals around the world and numerous times on Film Four in the UK. MORE »

U of M is building out at Plymouth and Penn

University of Minnesota, meet North Minneapolis.

Oops, try again.

And again. MORE »

REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK | North Minneapolis

We’ll tell you what the judge decides on the flurry of lawsuits around last winter’s Jordan Area Community Council controversy as soon as the decision is made (probably the week of July 6). What do you think about what’s been going on at JACC, in Jordan, and around the Northside? Tell us what you know – and what you think we should be covering. MORE »

The Minneapolis Bicycle Film Festival

Date: 
Jul 8 2009 - Jul 12 2009

Location(s)

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Event Description: 

The Minneapolis BFF is July 8 – 12
Tickets available at bicyclefilmfestival.com

Wednesday 8 July
501 Club 7:00 PM | Bicycle Trivia 9:30 PM | Bikes Rock – Ages 21+ NO AGE

Thursday 9 July
Films at the Riverview Theater 7:00 PM | Program 1 – The Triplets of Belleville 9:00 PM | Program 2 – Where are you go – Premiere
10:00 PM | After Party – Grumpy’s Downtown

Friday 10 July
Films at the Cedar Cultural Center 7:00 PM | Program 3 – I Love My Bicycle: The Story of FBM Bikes 9:00 PM | Program 4 – Down By The Weep Hole: The Story of the Stupor Bowl
10:00 PM | Af

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THEATER | Cirque du Soleil's "Kooza": A big flippin' deal

Near the beginning of Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza, a large number of grinning men and women in festive, ambiguously ethnic dress come hopping out with their arms spread wide, performing flips and pirouettes as a multitiered bandshell rolls forward. Brass blares, drums thump, and lights flash wildly as a shapely singer winds her hips and sings ecstatic praises in nonsense syllables. It’s a convincing dramatization of the reception President Bush expected American troops to receive when they arrived in Baghdad. MORE »

Stories We're Working On

In progress

These are some of the stories we are working on. We invite and encourage you to contribute to these stories, or to suggest other stories that you would like to see covered.

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK | North Minneapolis We’ll tell you what the judge decides on the flurry of lawsuits around last winter’s Jordan Area Community Council controversy as soon as the decision is made (probably the week of July 6). What do you think about what’s been going on at JACC, in Jordan, and around the Northside? Tell us what you know – and what you think we should be covering.

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK | Background checks bar park volunteers
Minneapolis parks have recently tightened enforcement of rules about background checks for volunteers. But does the “systemic bias of the criminal justice system” mean that many African American males will be barred from serving as volunteers? We want to hear your ideas.

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK | Hmong Freedom Celebration and Sports Tournament Coming up this weekend! We’re looking for community input about the sports tournament, your experiences at the tournament, how it has changed over the years, what the gathering of Hmong from around the country and around the world means, and any other thoughts you might have about the weekend.

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REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK | Fabulous Fourth

Everybody knows about Taste of Minnesota, but did you know about fireworks at Powderhorn Park or buskers on St. Anthony Main? We asked you to tell us about your Fourth of July, and here are some of the events we heard about. It’s not too late to tell us more at editor@tcdailyplanet.net MORE »

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OPINION | Barb Johnson responds: Megan Goodmundson – Very nicely said, Barb. We need leaders full of substance, we need campaigns to focus on uniting strengths and not dividing differences. Our Northside communities deserve nothing less than that. Thank you for your committment and service. MORE »