East Phillips Neighborhood News and Events
'The Mill' brings story of 1989 Boise Cascade protests to the stage
In the spring and summer of 1989, thousands of union members and supporters protested at Boise Cascade in International Falls, where the company had hired an out-of-state, non-union contractor to build a $535 million plant expansion. Tensions escalated. In September, hundreds of union supporters stormed the housing camp for non-union workers and burned it to the ground.MORE »
FRIDAY PICK | "Rain Follows the Plow" open for workshop
Savage Umbrella may be onto something with their workshops; The Ravagers underwent the scrutiny of the public and turned out to be a 2011 hit. Written by Rachel Nelson and directed by Laura Leffler-McCabe, Rain Follows the Plow is hoping for similar feedback to become just as successful. The play tells two parallel stories that happen in the past and present and explores, as Nelson puts it, "what it means when manifest destiny worms its way between the sheets." Rain Follows the Plow will be in full production come the 2012-13 season, but catch the play in its infancy this weekend at the Playwrights' Center.MORE »
New transit oriented housing coming to Seward
Part of Seward’s industrial western edge will soon get a dramatic facelift. Ground is slated to be broken later this spring for phase one of Seward Commons, a mixed-use, transit-oriented development project, focused on housing.MORE »
Students use team approach to health care in Phillips clinic
Being screened for a knee injury at the Phillips Neighborhood Clinic doesn’t mean a patient is simply treated by an orthopedic doctor. Instead, a team of student volunteers made up of physical therapists, nutritionists and pharmacists meets to discuss the problem.MORE »
OPINIONS | That Sabo Bridge thing?
Nobody knows when it will be fixed. Or exactly what went wrong. But here's what some interested people, some smart people, some angry people, and some official people have to say (and you can sort out which ones are which.)
Excerpts of one of several discussions on E-Democracy:MORE »
