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A baby boomer who never wholeheartedly embraced political activism, yet always was leaning to the progressive causes. Unwilling to relinquish his country to the authoritarian conservatism that has risen to power over the last thirty years, he is taking on a more public presence to promote positive and truthful discourse. Less attempting to persuade ideologues, he hopes to encourage reasonable people to join in denouncing the falsehoods and misleading statements of any group or individual. He has faith that collectively the world has more decent people then corrupt souls, but the honest must not remain uninvolved.So a misanthropic recluse is speaking out.
This section of the MayDay Parade is focusing on the performance during the parade as it progresses from the start to the finish at Powderhorn Park. For that reason they are requesting that the parade participants be teenaged or teenage-talented. More details are depicted below. Continue Reading
The MayDay adventure begins with community meetings where people discuss issues that are important to their lives. Staff artists of In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre condense those themes unto storyboard banners, which are then hung in the theatre’s foyer. Continue Reading
Saturday March 19, 2011 provided a pleasent day for a walk in the Twin Cities, and an energetic and divers group of individuals gathered to express their opposition to the policy and practices that support the war making of our government. Continue Reading
Trouble in mind, I’m blue
But I won’t be blue always
‘Cause I know the sun’s gonna shine in my back door someday
— Richard M. Jones, 1924
The sun was shining bright last Saturday, March 5, 2011 at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
Corporal Andrew Charles Wilfahrt, 552nd Military Police Company
Born: May 7, 1979 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Andrew was killed in action on February 27, 2011,Kandahar Province, Afghanistan at age thirty-one. Interment at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, March 5th, 2011.
From the flurry of e-mails last week involving the death of my nephew, I received one from a cousin on the east coast.
On March 3, 2011 she wrote;
I contemplated not attending the City of Lakes Loppet Snow Sculpture contest held February 5, 2011. I had developed a hacking cough, even spent good parts of the two previous days resting in bed. But I got myself over to the Uptown area in Minneapolis by 8:30 a.m. on Saturday morning, and I had a fantastic time observing the teams work on their respective blocks of snow. Continue Reading
January 30, 2011 at Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis and the Art prepared to parade down the snow covered slope. This was the 4th Annual Art Sled Rally. There are links to other images that may be conveniently accessed via the Art Sled Rally website. Continue Reading
“Double-decked, winged, jumping and fire-breathing sleds hit the slopes of Powderhorn Park” on Sunday, promises the website of the Minneapolis Art Sled Rally. I discovered the Art Sled Rally by reading about it in a blog article by a neighbor in 2009. Last year I attended the 3rd Annual Art Sled Rally on January 30, 2010. The images here are of that 2010 event. Continue Reading
I spent the Saturday morning of February 6, 2010 along The Mall in the Uptown area of Minneapolis. Teams were at work form 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. forming illusions using snow. Blocks of snow 4 feet wide, 4 feet deep, and 8 feet tall was to be the base material for a few hours of transformation.