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 PHOTOS | Surfer Blood at First Avenue

By Meredith Westin, TC Daily Planet

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

By Ricardo Morales, Community Voices
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

By Dwight Hobbes, TC Daily Planet

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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Widespread Panic at the Orpheum Theatre: Master musicians at their very best

By Dwight Hobbes, Sounding Off On Sound

Courtesy Widespread Panic

On April 14, the Orpheum Theatre was struck by Widespread Panic, inciting a completely sold out house of revelers to create absolute pandemonium. Fans of this veteran rock powerhouse are nothing if not faithful, wildly devoted to what can only be called an extreme. It must be pretty thirsty work, because when Panic hit the State Theatre across the street on Hennepin Avenue in 2011, the bars ran out of beer before the show was half underway—so, quite sensibly, things were moved to the larger venue and the venue laid in a stronger supply of brew.

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THEATER REVIEW | "Rock of Ages" is so 80s at the Orpheum Theatre

By Morgan Halaska, TC Daily Planet

Photo credit Scott Suchman

My understanding of the 80s is mostly constructed by the stereotype of the era—growing up Carebear-obsessed didn't gain me much perspective outside of what was happening in Care-A-Lot. Yeah, I know all the songs I'm supposed to and the style just like everyone else. And while Friday, May 17th's performance of Rock of Ages didn't show or tell me to anything non-cliched about what it was like to live in the 80s, I concluded that—between the crass tongue lappings, booby jokes, and repulsive hair styles—it was just simply a gross time. That probably wasn't the consensus in the midst (is it ever?), but it certainly seems to be now.

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