Elliot Park Neighborhood News and Events

NorthPoint Health and Wellness, Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health, Hennepin County Medical Center and Metropolitan Health Plan are partners in Hennepin Health, a local accountable care organization (ACO) pilot program that began last January. ACOs are alternate healthcare models, where groups of partners such as hospitals, clinics and physicians voluntary join together to serve a specific population. Its ultimate goal is to improve health care and reduce costs.

I'm going to shoot straight with you: I never thought of myself as a pops kind of guy. Sitting on a lawn listening to hoary old classical warhorses? Thanks, but no thanks. Then, a couple of weekends ago, I happened to be biking past the Lake Harriet Bandshell during a pops performance, and I was pleasantly surprised with what a large and diverse crowd were out enjoying the music despite the intense heat. Families were grilling, kids were dancing, skaters were passing through...it was the picture postcard of a Minnesota summer evening. You can step into that postcard on July 24 at Elliot Park, when baritone Jonathan Kimple joins the Minnesota Pops in performances of music by Copland, Mozart, Tchakovsky, and (you've been warned) Wagner.