North Loop Neighborhood News and Events

 

The North Loop Neighborhood, located in what is frequently referred to as the Warehouse District, offers unique housing options, entertainment, fine dining, and specialty shops-many within the original warehouses of the North Loop's historic heyday. True to the unique nature of this neighborhood, you won't find any chain restaurants in this part of town. You'll discover one-of-a-kind retailers, quaint coffee shops, eclectic restaurants, and lively nightclubs nestled in the historic buildings; many owned and operated by neighborhood residents. The North Loop Neighborhood is immediately adjacent to downtown; served by LRT and many bus routes; and is the home of the Minnesota Twins Target Field (opening in 2010), the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, the Minneapolis Farmers Market, and the headquarters of Metro Transit.

(Description from livemsp.org

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

 

MUSIC REVIEW | Bush give you butterflies at First Avenue

Photos By: 
David McCrindle

Packed floor to ceiling, First Avenue was bursting with grunge rock goodness, as the Twin Cities turned up for London bred rock band BUSH. Fronted by the incredible vocals of Gavin Rossdale, the band breezed in to the city on May 22nd, to fill the historic concert hall with a 3 decade song book inclusive of the best of their old and the best of their new music. Opening act BloodnStuff, a two-piece rock band from Minneapolis, set the mood off right, before giving the stage up to the main attraction.

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MUSIC REVIEW | Father John Misty is the show at First Avenue

Photos By: 
Meredith Westin

Last night on Tuesday, May 21, Father John Misty played to a packed house at First Avenue. Solid Gold was the first band. The hometown heroes got the room swaying and blinking to the strobe lights. It’s become rare to see a Minneapolis stage without the Hanson brothers , but again they got folks going.

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MUSIC PHOTOS | Surfer Blood at First Avenue

Photos by Meredith Westin

On Monday, May 20, Surfer Blood played at First Avenue in Minneapolis with Blondfire and Foals to open.

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COMMUNITY VOICES | Project Homeless Connect

Photos By: 
Rico Morales

Free legal, medical, IDs, bicycle repairs, etc.

There are many challenges to being homeless; the cost of transportation, locations of programs and services, and having open access to these opportunities.

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Chicago at the State Theatre: As perfect as they needed to be

Photo courtesy Chicago

Once upon a time, way back in the late 1960s there were three bands who played rock music a la big-band style. They were The Electric Flag, Blood, Sweat & Tears and Chicago Transit Authority. Hipster authorities had it that the Flag were the baddest, followed in quality by the Al Kooper-led B, S & T, then the Kooper-less lineup, then the woefully commercial CTA (who quickly shortened the name to Chicago). Well, baddest to the bone or not, Chicago, charting higher and lasting a whole lot longer than the other two put together, wound up leaving an indelible, signature imprint on the music industry.

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