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Melissa Slachetka

Melissa Slachetka (slachema@hotmail.com) is a freelance writer, photographer, and book reviewer who lives in Minneapolis and contributes regularly to the Daily Planet. Melissa's work has been featured in local publications, such as Twin Cities Statement, The Downtown Journal, The Bridge, and The Northeaster. Along with journalism, Melissa is an avid reader and has reviewed books for Minnesota Read and Rain Taxi. For more writing by Melissa visit www.melissaslachetka.blogspot.com and www.groovyreviews.blogspot.com

BOOKS | “Potluck Paradise”: Good food, lousy binding

By Melissa Slachetka (TC Daily Planet) | April 14, 2009

Potluck Paradise is part history lesson, part cookbook. Continue Reading

BOOKS | More than you ever wanted to know about the Milwaukee Road

By Melissa Slachetka (TC Daily Planet) | March 12, 2009

If you ever wondered why the Twin Cities are covered with train tracks, you will want to check out Milwaukee Road Remembered. Continue Reading

Have a little summer in February!

By Melissa Slachetka (TC Daily Planet) | February 22, 2009

Last summer, Tangletown’s garden tour offered gorgeous flowers and art work. Now, in the middle of February, savor a little summer. Continue Reading

THEATER | “Master Works” at the BLB: Bad art, good plays

By Melissa Slachetka (TC Daily Planet) | February 1, 2009

If you haven’t been to the Museum of Bad Art (MOBA) lately, that’s understandable: it’s in the basement of a movie theater in Massachusetts. Continue Reading

BOOKS | Was spirit photographer William Mumler a humbug?

By Melissa Slachetka (TC Daily Planet) | November 17, 2008

“No subject since the days of the Rochester Knockings has stirred New York into so much discussion on the subject of Spiritualism as the late arrest of Mr. Continue Reading

Northeast artists resolute in face of recession

By Melissa Slachetka (TC Daily Planet) | November 17, 2008

Northeast Minneapolis has become the city’s de facto visual arts district; artists have been moving to Northeast in large numbers since the Continue Reading

Film note: No-go “Largo”

By Melissa Slachetka (TC Daily Planet) | October 22, 2008

For those of you who don’t know, Largo is a Los Angeles music and comedy club. Continue Reading

Reach out to art: Classes and lectures at local museums

By Melissa Slachetka (TC Daily Planet) | October 22, 2008

The Twin Cities are filled with art museums, and there is a lot more happening inside than you might think. Continue Reading

Underground corn mazes and walls that grab: The Soap Factory Haunted Basement

By Melissa Slachetka (TC Daily Planet) | October 19, 2008

The Soap Factory gallery is very industrial-looking; in fact, it used to actually be a soap factory. Continue Reading

Book note: Mysterious deaths, investigated by a stiff

By Melissa Slachetka (TC Daily Planet) | October 18, 2008

Patrick Garry’s new novel, A Bridge Back, centers on a horrible bridge incident that leaves two families shattered and two lovers torn apart.

The main character, Nate Morrissey, leaves his y

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Arts

  • Dance as deep listening: “Weave” by Rosy Simas Danse comes to the Ordway

    Rosy Simas of Rosy Simas Danse is Haudenosaunee, Seneca, Heron Clan. She brings a Native feminist lens to the contemporary dance world with her body of work, the latest of which is “Weave,” a collaborative dance project. “Weave” will make its debut on Jan. 12 at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts, a co-commissioner in […]

  • Ritual and revelation: Black Ensemble Players reimagine Shakespeare

      “It was kind of a whimsical artistic impulse,” recalled Antonio Duke, as he reminisced on this past spring when Ashawnti Sakina Ford drove him home each night after their rehearsals for a production of “Imaginary Invalid,” a play by 17th-century French actor and playwright, Molière. Duke mentioned that he would love to play Puck, […]

Food and restaurants

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    North Minneapolis takes back food systems, land through urban agriculture

    Transforming the community and its residents is the main goal of Northside food system organizers, who are using food as a tool to aid in that transformation.

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Education

  • St. Paul’s school resource officer policies still leave district room for improvement

    On May 25, 2016, St. Paul School Resource Officer Bill Kraus forcibly arrested then 19-year-old Darion Bell outside of St. Paul Central High School. Bell, a Black youth who had recently transferred out of Central to the High School for Recording Arts, was on Central’s campus to visit one of his former teachers. Kraus used […]

  • Hiawatha Collegiate High School goes beyond ‘beating the odds’ for students of color

    Equity is one part of a broader vision for the Hiawatha network of schools.

Community Voices

  • [COMMUNITY VOICES] Non-criminal ‘technical violations’ are increasing Minnesota’s prison population

    When it comes to incarceration rates, Minnesota stands out as one of the few states who is experiencing an increase in their prison population despite prison overcrowding and crime at a 50-year low. While there are multiple factors for this, a significant part of this increase is due to the incarceration of formerly released individuals […]

  • Community Voices: [PHOTOS] Minneapolis comes out strong for “Families Belong Together” nationwide march

      On the afternoon of Saturday, June 30, Minneapolis was one of 600 cities and towns across the country to come alive with thousands of people vigorously and collectively denouncing the U.S. government’s federal immigration policies as part of the Families Belong Together nationwide march. Photographer Nancy Musinguzi’s recent photos captured the over 7,000 people […]

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IGGERS DIGEST | Katar River: flavors and aromas of Ethiopia

It's easy to miss the Katar River restaurant, hidden away in a little industrial strip behind the Lake & Hiawatha shopping center in south Minneapolis. And even if you saw the big sign outside, you probably wouldn't know that this is specifically an Ethiopian restaurant, and a very good one.

Lynnell Mickelsen: Why all the conspiracy theories and pearl-clutching in this year’s school board race?

This has been the hottest school board race I’ve seen in 25 years of living in Minneapolis, with lots of conspiracy theories and pearl-clutching. Many of my neighbors and friends see the furious posts on Facebook, with all the hysterical warnings about the imminent destruction of public education as we know it, and are honestly confused.

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