Elliot Park Neighborhood News and Events

 

The Elliot Park neighborhood is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Minneapolis. It has a unique urban flair and much of its original historic fabric is still visible throughout the neighborhood. Elliot Park Neighborhood, Inc. staff and community volunteers work together to broaden economic opportunities and to strengthen the cultural diversity that defines the people who live and work here. Small businesses liven up the community and include a cozy coffee house and a funky restored diner. The neighborhood is adjacent to downtown and is home to several major employers-making it easy to live close (and even in walking distance) to work.

(Description from livemsp.org) 

For detailed demographic information, see the neighborhood profile from Minnesota Compass. 

 

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Book Art Biennial opens in Minneapolis July 30

By Mary Treacy, Neighborhood Notes

For book artists everywhere the Book Art Biennial at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts brings joy unfettered – immersion in the

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Tou SaiKo Lee mentors South High students in spoken word

By Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet

Video by Sheila Regan

“Poetry changed my life,” said Devante Kearney, a junior at Minneapolis South High School and a participant in the Loft Literary Center’s Inroads program that takes place after school. “I used to have anger problems—I was always arguing,” he said. “Poetry was a place for me to calm down and figure out why I as angry all the time.” He started writing, and at first, he described himself as being an “underground writer,” not showing anyone what he wrote. He’s written hundreds of poems, and one day, his English teacher, Corinth Matera, suggested that he try spoken word.

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Making music in Minneapolis skyways

By Kevin Kirsch, TC Daily Planet

Kevin Kirsch focused his lens on a skyway in Minneapolis for a video competition in January. His video focuses on the buskers who perform in the sky bridge crossing 4th Avenue South.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | PEN Promotes Northeast Schools

By Robin Sauerwein, Neighborhood Notes

Public Education Northeast or PEN was established in 2004  by Jill Davis,  Dean DeGroot and Marcia Thomas when the Minneapolis School District threatened to close Waite Park School.<

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | Regula Russelle Honored for her Beautiful Books

By Lisa Steinmann, Free Speech Zone

Regula Russelle at the letterpress.

courtesy Regula Russelle

The glow of the screen may be the future of books but there is still glowing appreciation for book artists like St.

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