Field Neighborhood News and Events
SATURDAY PICK | "Minnecanos" for the bilingual and monolingual alike
Minnecanos just opened last weekend at the Parkway Theater, but tonight is the last chance to catch the hour-long touring production that strives to enlighten Minnesotans of the strong Chicano presence in the Twin Cities. Mixed Blood introduced Minnecanos to its repertoire back in 1994 and the show has been around ever since. The production has evolved since then, now longer to incorporate modern issues and also the projection of both English and Spanish supertitles. If you haven't already taken advantage of Mixed Blood's Radical Hospitality initiative (free admission, based on availability), Minnecanos is a good place to start—not only for its important cultural history lesson, but for the relevance of the topic today in understanding our city.MORE »
Walk-in holistic wellness center, right around the corner
A new holistic wellness center has opened on the corner of 48th and Chicago Avenue in the old home of Parkway Hardware Store. Spark Clinic previously operated out of the Shenandoah Wellness Center, but they moved to their own space last month.MORE »
FRIDAY PICK | Gary Busey plays Buddy Holly at the Parkway Theater
Gary Busey's Oscar-nominated performance as the eponymous subject of The Buddy Holly Story (1978) was a breakout role for the young actor, who went on to earn a stranger but more lasting fame when a series of legal wrangles made him one of Hollywood's favorite punchlines—a role he's more or less embraced. Now those Buddy Holly hornrims are back in style, and Busey will take the stage tonight—the 53rd anniversary of Holly's untimely death—at the Parkway Theater to introduce a screening of The Buddy Holly Story and then, after the movie, play a few of Holly's greatest hits with the house band from the History Theatre's Ivey-winning stage production of the Holly story.
Special election for state representative in 61B in Minneapolis
Three candidates are contending in a special election that seemed to be over two months before the polls opened. The election is for the state representative seat for district 61B, which covers the heart of South Minneapolis.MORE »
Lee Family celebration: Wake Up Everybody
Lyrics of the song “Wake Up Everybody” by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes permeated the air as several hundred people of various races filled a quarter of the Field Community School playground in South Minneapolis on the evening of July 16 while soloist Marie Graham sang:MORE »
