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Faces and dollar signs: The human impact Of General Assistance Medical Care cuts
On Wednesday night, the line for dinner outside of St. Stephen's Shelter in south Minneapolis is just beginning to grow as the sun goes down and the temperature drops. MORE »
Close calls in dark corners: Questions about Minneapolis bike trail's safety
It was close to 10:30 on a Friday night when cyclist Allison Thoele's regular ride home turned ugly.MORE »
As she headed north on the paved trail that parallels the Hiawatha Avenue light-rail line, Thoele, 28, spied three shadowy figures lurking up ahead.
THEATER | "Elijah's Wake" at Open Eye: A taut emotional tightrope walked by humans and puppets alike
Elijah's Wake runs just over an hour, and it's paying Michael Sommers's creation a compliment to say that you probably wouldn't want it to last much longer. The acclaimed 2003 work by Open Eye Figure Theatre, now being reprised at the company's storefront space in the Phillips neighborhood, is a bracing cocktail of macabre puppetry and convincingly desperate acting; it's visually rich, but it's also unremittingly challenging both intellectually and emotionally.MORE »
UPDATE | Dirty politics play out in Minneapolis Sixth Ward race
Residents in Minneapolis' Sixth Ward received an inflammatory election flyer in the past week targeting incumbent City Council Member Robert Lilligren. Some who've gotten the anonymous mailing call it "vicious" and "a new low" in Minneapolis politics.MORE »
Elijah's Wake
First created in 2003, Michael Sommers revisits this groundbreaking work to be staged in the Open Eye Theatre. Score by Anthony Gatto
"...a piece of art the stimulates through visual action, this is an extraordinary work." Star Tribune
"Much like the human journey it seeks to illuminate, Elijah's Wake is a beautiful piece of art." Pioneer Press
EPA takes on arsenic contamination in south Minneapolis
Megan Koester , a Seward resident on 24th Avenue South, looked outside her window to see a group of people wearing white suits, orange hats, and boots removing soil from the house across the street. The University of Minnesota theater junior said she didn’t know who they were or what they were doing, until her roommate asked them. MORE »
Rezoning Minneapolis
Over the past couple of weeks, we've been asking for feedback about the Midtown Rezoning Study, which was written by city planners recommending rezoning property near the Midtown Greenway. The city Web site states that planners had a legal obligation to create a plan that would incorporate the land use goals adopted by the different neighborhoods from France Avenue to the river.MORE »
A Taste of Phillips
Imagine a 122-year old congregation, founded by Swedish immigrants, where the halls are filled with art work and photographs by children from Mexico, Ecuador, Chile, as well as several communities in south Minneapolis.
THEATER | Chris Sullivan's creepy, dark, funny "Mark The Encounter" at Open Eye Theatre
Chris Sullivan’s new one-man show Mark The Encounter is a creepy, dark, funny little thing, all of which I liked enormously. Its very short run concluded this past weekend, but hopefully it will return to a local stage again soon.MORE »
Anti-racism protesters shout down four neo-Nazis at Minneapolis "rally"
Hundreds of anti-racism protesters shouted down the four men who showed up to hold an advertised Nazi (National Socialist Movement) rally in Minneapolis Saturday morning, at the Midtown YWCA on Lake Street.
The final count was four neo-Nazis, more than 200 anti-Nazi protesters, 20 journalists and ten police officers.
