Longfellow Neighborhood News and Events
FRIDAY PICK | Memory Lanes Block Party: Is there such a thing as too much rock?
The Twin Cities' summer block party season gets fuller and fuller each year, and the Memory Lanes Block Party has firmly claimed pole position as the season opener. In the spirit of Prince's guitar solo on "Let's Go Crazy," the Memory Lanes fest leads with excess: this year, 30 artists play over the course of three days on three stages. Headliners include Needles (Friday), the Hood Internet (Saturday), and Los Straitjackets (Sunday). Bring open ears and an iron stomach: event sponsors include Jameson, Absolut, Summit, PBR, Malibu Rum, Red Bull, and—for the win—Hormel. Pink slime for everyone!
Campaign launched to address abysmal Indian attendance rates
When Roxanne Broden's daughter started school, Broden didn't understand how important the first years are. It was just kindergarten, what was the big deal if her daughter missed some days? Broden was young herself, she had her daughter when she was a teen. Now her kid is older, and she worries that those early absences will impact her girl's academic future.MORE »
WEDNESDAY PICK | A mystery movie screening to benefit the Twin Cities Media Alliance
The Trylon Microcinema's "Defenders" series is like the grab-bag of filmgoing: you pay first, then see what you got. That's part of the fun, and you know you're likely to fare better than I did one summer when I bought a grab-bag at a local store and ended up with a sack of old jelly beans, because what you do know in this series is who's picking the movie. And who better to select a film for your viewing pleasure than me? You must trust my opinion, or else you wouldn't be reading this...right?MORE »
Unique school educates two generations, helping young mothers graduate and parent their children are priorities
While walking down the halls of Broadway High School at Longfellow, where Lutunji Abram, M.A. works, one would think it’s like any other school. The walls display students’ projects, and the halls are mostly quiet except when passing open classroom doors where students and teachers are working.MORE »
MONDAY PICK | Accordo play classical music in a modern landmark
It might be going a little far to call Minneapolis "a great chamber music town," but classical music played by small ensembles is enjoying a local renaissance with the opening of St. Paul's Baroque Room and the happily busy crack team who call themselves Accordo. The group, which includes top players from both the Minnesota Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, can handle a wide range of music; on May 14, they're presenting a program that ranges from the classical period (Haydn) to the modern period (Ingolf Dahl), with a stop in the late Romantic era (Brahms). The venue for the concert is unmistakably modern: the Saarinens' landmark Christ Church Lutheran.
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