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Judson Street Fest 2013

By Alan Wilfahrt, The Public Recluse

One of many little festivals held by our community's organizations, is one I discovered some years back,  the MORE »

The Public Recluse

North Minneapolis debates location of Hennepin County social services hub

By Ibrahim Hirsi, TC Daily Planet

Possible location of North Minneapolis human services hub at 1001 Plymouth. (Photo by Ibrahim Hirsi)

For years, Hennepin County residents traveled to Century Plaza in downtown Minneapolis to see their social workers and case managers for access to government assistance programs.

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Our Savior's Community Services serves 'Beer for a better world'

By Dale Connelly, KFAI Radio

Our Savior’s Community Services is woven into the mission in the Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis, meeting the needs of those people who are facing homelessness, giving helping hands to the immigrants and refugees. The independent non-profit, which started as a community outreach effort to Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, helps with English classes and preparation for citizenship, and provides an emergency shelter and transitional housing for those without a place to stay. In a new wrinkle, Our Savior’s mission will harness the social power of beer to promote the work of the organization and raise some funds.

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St. Paul: Urban Growler second brewery to set up shop in south St. Anthony Park

By Kyle Mianulli, Park Bugle

Another brewery will set up shop this fall in St. Anthony Park. Proprietors Jill Pavlak and Deb Loch have signed a lease for the 6,200-square-foot space at 2325 Endicott St. to serve as the future home of Urban Growler Brewing Co.

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St. Paul: Garden tours will be blooming this summer in St. Anthony Park and Como Park

By Staff, Park Bugle

After Minnesota’s extended winter, this year’s St. Anthony Park Garden Tour will be especially inviting.

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St. Anthony Park Arts Festival is June 1

By Kyle Mianulli, Park Bugle

The St. Anthony Park Arts Festival will be held Saturday, June 1, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Como Avenue shopping district of St. Anthony Park.

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How well do we know our neighbors?

By Teresa Boardman, Teresa Boardman on TCDP

I have tried to resist the urge to write about this but sometimes I have something to say and because of that I can't write about anything else. The recent events in Cleveland Ohio where three woman were held captive in a residential neighborhood for a decade really got me thinking.

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Minneapolis Downtown East development: The Yard, and the Vikings stadium

By David Levinson, Streets.MN

In a veritable bacchanalia of developments, we have seen three major inter-related activities in Minneapolis’s Downtown East:

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MN VIDEOS | Art-a-Whirl 1996: What the first year looked like

By Jay Gabler, MN Videos

Art-a-Whirl, now the largest art crawl in the country, had its start in 1996. John Akre was then a volunteer at MTN, and created a 40-minute documentary about the new Northeast Minneapolis event. He's now edited the documentary down to a more concise five minutes to provide this peek into the past.

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