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Clinic at Southwest High closing its doors
Quietly, Children’s Hospital of Minneapolis is closing the clinic it managed at Southwest High School, part of a Minneapolis-wide program established in the 1980’s to improve teenagers’ access to health care by putting clinics in high schools. MORE »
Minneapolis neighborhoods by the numbers
Minneapolis residents—ever wonder where your neighborhood’s name came from? Ever been just a wee bit curious about your neighborhood’s zoning? Ever looked across the street and wondered how your neighborhood compares to the next in terms of population, income, or…oh, say, housing values? Well, your city government is here to satisfy all your nosy needs with its Neighborhood Profiles Page. Take a look and see how your ‘hood stacks up. MORE »
Wild days and sleepless nights: The 48 Hour Film Project
The 48 Hour Film Project (48HFP) is a wild and sleepless weekend in which you and a team make a movie—write, shoot, edit and score it—in just 48 hours. On Friday night, you get a character, a prop, a line of dialogue and a genre. By Sunday night, the movie must be complete. “While the time limit places an unusual restriction on the filmmakers,” reads the 48HFP mission statement, “it is also liberating by putting an emphasis on ‘doing’ instead of ‘talking.’” MORE »
Theater note: "Bulrusher," a witless melodrama
You can hardly turn a page of Pillsbury House Theatre’s press kit for Bulrusher without being reminded that playwright Eisa Davis was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. This leaves you looking forward to some remarkable scripting. However, I wound up thinking that if this is the caliber of talent they’re nominating these days, the Pulitzer folk should take a harder look the rest of what’s out there. If they really can’t come up with anything better, they should just take a year or two off from handing the award out. Woefully stilted from first word to last, Davis’s static saga of self-worth and identity isn’t much more interesting than watching paint dry. MORE »
