Powderhorn Park Neighborhood News and Events
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Powderhorn Park is a thriving and diverse neighborhood in South Minneapolis.
Molly Priesmeyer is our neighborhood correspondent for Powderhorn. She lives in Powderhorn and she wants to hear from you. Tell Molly about the garage sale, or the big bang on Sunday night - and ask her how to register and get your profile on TC Daily Planet! Molly is a freelance writer and editor. Her work has appeared in Minnesota Independent, MinnPost, Rolling Stone, City Pages, the Star Tribune, and the Pioneer Press, among others. Email Molly at mollypriesmeyer@tcdailyplanet.net. |
Known for its namesake park and annual Art Fair and May Day Festival, Powderhorn residents are famously creative and active in their community.
The revitalized Lake Street is home to many unique local businesses and the restored art deco Sears Building complex that is now the Midtown Exchange. Powderhorn Park is well served by transit and residents have convenient access to the Midtown Greenway and can easily walk to destinations along Lake Street and 38th Street.
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NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Streetcars on the Midtown Greenway? Community meeting to consider possibilities
Imagine stepping off the train at the Lake Street/Hiawatha station and boarding a street car to travel along the Midtown Greenway to Lake Calhoun and beyond. What would you like to see and do along the way? Perhaps stop for a bite to eat? Visit some artists’ studios? Or listen to music in a public plaza?MORE »
In the Heart of the Beast
The 38th annual May Day Parade and Festival put on by the In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater is a Minnesota staple and nationally recognized a model for community arts initiatives and educational outreach.MORE »
THEATER REVIEW | Nightpath Theatre's "The Three Sisters": Spring fever
Any local production of Chekhov's The Three Sisters can be considered a site-specific production, if you consider the state of Minnesota a site. The characters are bound to their town by family, friends, and property. Some are content with their lot, and others long to escape, but all are defined by the limitations imposed on them by their distance from the metropolis. If only they could go to New York—er, Moscow—their problems would be solved. Or not.MORE »
Wrapping utility boxes in Minneapolis
Lake Street Council is working with the City of Minneapolis to wrap City-owned utility boxes with eye-catching designs. This is a perfect way to prevent graffiti and to turn an ugly utility box into a piece of art, and we want to make this process easier for everyone involved.MORE »
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | There's Still Time to Create Puppets for May Day Parade
May Day is just around the corner, but there’s still time to help create puppets for the May Day Parade. Join Heart of the Beast artists who will walk you through a giant story board of the parade and guide your creations. Workshops are held Saturdays and Tuesdays from now through May 3. The parade is Sunday, May 6. The theme for the 2012 parade is Transition Towns.MORE »
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