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Sound Unseen 2006 is trimmer, but uneven

By Justin Schell , Special to the Daily Planet

Everything about this year’s earlier-than-usual Sound Unseen Festival pointed to cost-cutting measures. Most of the films were shown at the much smaller Bryant Lake Bowl Theater, save for a few select films at the Riverview Theater. The number of films was scaled back nearly by half (from over 30 in 2005 to 17 in 2006), while the glossy booklet handed out last year was replaced by a small City Pages insert. MORE »

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Mississippi Watershed group retools grants program, hopes to reach diverse communities

By Paul Purman , TC Daily Planet

A Twin Cities watershed organization has a quarter million dollars of grant money to divvy up over the next few months, and they’re hoping groups that have traditionally not applied for funding will show up for an information meeting on Monday, September 8.

“Look at the demographics of our watershed,” explains Jenny Winkelman, Education & Outreach Coordinator for the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO), which covers portions of the cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul, Lauderdale, and St. Anthony. “We have a huge audience we’re trying to reach, many of them fairly recent immigrant communities, such as the Hmong and Somali communities. Most traditional watershed materials are produced for a literate, English-speaking audience and may miss important populations.” MORE »