Southeast

You’re not going to find a stronger theater company in the Twin Cities than the Theatre in the Round Players, and they’ve done it again, mounting yet another first-rate production. The White Sheep of the Family, by L. du Garde Peach and Ian Hay, is a splendidly written, sharply directed, beautifully acted farce you’re going to rush home and tell family, friends—pretty much anyone who’ll listen—all about. MORE »

At the end of a long hallway at the Brian Coyle Community Center in Minneapolis’ Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, a small room is lined with shelves and a commercial refrigerator. On the shelves, cans of lima beans sit aside boxes of mac’n’cheese and plastic bags of East Indian spices.

Every day when the food shelf closes, the metal shelves are bare. The next morning, workers restock them again from a diminishing supply across the hallway. MORE »

As of Tuesday night, Hennepin County officials had yet to recount ballots from Minneapolis’ Precinct 1, Ward 3. But when they do, there likely won’t be as many ballots to count as there were voters who tried to cast them. Residents of a student cooperative high rise called The Chateau, which towers over the Dinkytown neighborhood at the edge of the University of Minnesota campus, weren’t able to register at their polling place this year like they did in past elections. MORE »

On Saturday, the Kitty Cat Klub will be the site of the inaugural Project, Project, an immersive, multi-sensory aesthetic experience featuring work from nearly every part of the artistic spectrum. MORE »

This week’s picks

Thursday, November 27
If the blindly patriotic, crassly commercial nature of Thanksgiving is just too much for you, head to First Ave, where you can really stick it to ‘em by enjoying free turkey and music by a Soviet panda.

Friday, November 28
After battling the Black Friday crowds to score that discount Oreck, take Sanctuary with a delicious and—most importantly—leftover-free meal downtown. MORE »

Zenon Dance Company is marking its 26th fall season this year, and they are celebrating in their usual fashion: by putting on a showcase of some of the most innovative recent dance pieces by choreographers from the Twin Cities and beyond. They launched the season on Thursday night at the Southern Theater, and despite a technical glitch or two, the show generally went off with the flawless grace that has become a Zenon trademark. MORE »

Members of the Metropolitan Council’s Corridor Management Committee and community advocates met November 13 to discuss the Central Corridor Light Rail project. At a forum broadcast on KFAI’s “Truth to Tell” and recorded for later broadcast on St. Paul Neighborhood Network, participants provided an update of the project and outlined issues of concern. MORE »

Xcel Energy plans to build two substations in South Minneapolis, connecting them with high power transmission lines. Xcel says the new substations are essential to meet increased demand for electricity in the community and to replace an outdated distribution system. Residents in the Phillips neighborhood and advocates for the Midway Greenway want more answers before Xcel gets a green light from regulators. Among their questions:
• Are there alternatives to “huge, ugly” towers?
• How would the substations impact Little Earth’s new home ownership initiative?
• If transmission lines run above the Greenway, how would that affect future transit development?
• Do EMF emissions pose health risks?
• Have all options for conservation and alternative energy been explored? MORE »