Northrop Neighborhood News and Events
Melanie Danke is our neighborhood correspondent in Northrop. Tell her about the garage sale, or the community garden - ask her how to register and get your profile on TC Daily Planet!
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Melanie lives in the Northrop neigh-borhood, but crosses the river to her Two Smart Cookies shop in St. Paul. She is excited to be involved in community journalism as a neighborhood correspondent, and looks forward to hearing from you. You can hear from her on her blog, Field Regina Northrop is conveniently located less than 5 miles from downtown Minneapolis just east of 35W, roughly midway between Lake Harriet and Lake Nokomis. Our neighborhood is bordered to the south by Minnehaha Creek, along which runs a path for walking, running, in-line skating or biking. The business district at 48th and Chicago is home to restaurants ranging from Mexican to Sushi and businesses ranging from hardware to tennis supplies. McRae Park and Recreation Center is the focal point for a number of youth activities; and in the spring the park serves as the location where the neighborhood holds a festival to celebrate the diversity of its residents
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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 »
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | 3rd Precinct Property Court Watch Meeting
The 3rd Precinct Property Crimes Courtwatch meeting took place on March 12 as normally scheduled. CPS Sue Roethele chaired the meeting in the absence of Marcy Tollefson.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 »
Building Bridges in South Minneapolis
Connecting people across racial divides is a tough job. This is exactly what South Minneapolis residents from the Central, Bryant, Kingfield, Regina, and Northrop neighborhoods set out to accomplish with an organization they call Building Bridges.MORE »
