Anytime Fitness offers affordable, approachable gym environment for Northsiders
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North Minneapolis is no longer a “Fitness Desert.”
West Broadway Holiday Pop Up Boutique features 20 local vendors
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The West Broadway Business and Area Coalition (WBC) is announcing the West Broadway Holiday Pop Up Boutique, to take place December 13th and 14th at 201 West Broadway in North Minneapolis.The produce and craft market will be host to over 20 area vendors selling a variety of locally produced goods, from fresh apples and honey to fine art, baked goods, clothing and jewelry. Northside favorites such as Juxtaposition Arts Textile Lab, Ancestors Voices Press and Right on Thyme Catering will be joined by other crafters, artists, bakers, and even the popular urban farm, McKinley Community CSA, which will offer 2014 vegetable share registrations, t-shirts and volunteer opportunities.Earrings by Neisha Reynolds, Juxtaposition Arts, Sky Blush Crush Bath and Body Products, and Cookie Cart are a few of the participating vendors in the West Broadway Holiday Pop UP Boutique. This boutique will make affordable, unique gifts available for purchase.The concept for the shop is a Pop Up Boutique with affordable, unique gifts for purchase. The boutique will occupy a vacant space at 201 West Broadway (know as the Masters Building) for a weekend during the holidays and give Northside residents, those that work there and visitors a way to keep their holiday shopping in their community.This article is reposted from TCDP media partner Insight News. Check out the links below for other recent Insight News stories:Profiles in Excellence: David NicholsonArtspeak: Black Feminist Anthropology—Building an intellectual legacy one book at a timeThe purpose of the Holiday Pop Up Boutique is twofold: create an economic opportunity for local vendors and shoppers while also drawing attention to one of West Broadway’s available vacant properties. Continue Reading
West Broadway welcomes Mr. BBQ Express
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From L to R: Ted Wilebski, manager and Mohamed Shambolia, owner.Since opening on West Broadway in August, Mr. BBQ Express has experienced a warm welcome from the community. Area residents, as well as people passing through on their way to and from Robbinsdale, are filling the small restaurant daily, hungry for the St. Louis pork ribs, beef tips, fried chicken and all the classic side dishes one expects: macaroni and cheese, collard greens, rice and beans, mashed potatoes and more. “We’re very pleased with business and our clientele so far,” says manager Ted Wilebski. The restaurant’s early success can in part be credited to the carefully crafted recipes and the management’s experience in the business of barbecue. Mr. BBQ Express is a satellite of Mr. BBQ, a restaurant-bar-club famous for showcasing Twin Cities Blues musicians and old school R&B DJs on the weekends. Continue Reading
UMAMI by Travail: Asian comfort food eatery
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Chef Bob Gerken prepares a sushi course at UMAMI by Travail. (All photos by Dudley Voigt)Before even serving the first course of its ten-course tasting menu when it opened September 18th, UMAMI by Travail had already generated much excitement among the Twin Cities and national culinary communities. Online ticket reservations for the first two weeks sold out within 24 hours. Fortunately, the team at the Asian comfort food-inspired pop-up restaurant at 904 West Broadway has proved itself worthy, dazzling food critics and average customers from its local Northside community alike. Brian Mogren, a North Minneapolis organizer and resident, dined at UMAMI on the second night and said simply, “It was wonderful.” Mogren thoroughly enjoyed the unique experience of a Travailian tasting menu, explaining, “It was so much more than a meal…it was fun to have them keep bringing stuff out that I wouldn’t just order off a menu, and I tried everything,” even the octopus. “It was so great to be in my own neighborhood; I loved that,” Mogren added.UMAMI opened on West Broadway in North Minneapolis thanks to a partnership between the West Broadway Business and Area Coalition (WBC) and Travail Kitchen and Amusements. Continue Reading
Good at gardening? There’s a spot for your veggies at the Community Aggregation and Distribution Table
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West Broadway Farmers Market staffed by West Broadway Coalition employee Matthew McGlory, a licensed and insured farmers market vendor and reseller.Are you a North Minneapolis resident growing your own fruits and vegetables? If you, or someone that you know has extra bounty to share, there’s an innovative resource available to help you earn money while sharing your produce with the local community. The Community Aggregation and Distribution Table is a resource at the West Broadway Farmers Market staffed by West Broadway Coalition employee Matthew McGlory, a licensed and insured farmers market vendor and reseller. By bringing their fresh goods to the table for McGlory to sell on their behalf, local growers can sell their produce without spending on overhead costs like insurance, market tent, table, signage and merchandising gear. For Northside growers that find themselves with too many tomatoes and wondering if they might share their bounty with their neighbors while making some extra money, working with the Community Ag. Table is as easy as following these simple steps:Mosezel Dixon, owner of Dixon’s Garden, got his start selling his collard greens at the Community Ag. Continue Reading
Artists Wing Young Huie and Ashley Hanson to share results, gather more insights on Penn Avenue N. Creative CityMaking Project at FLOW Northside Arts Crawl
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If you live, work or travel along Penn Avenue North in Minneapolis, you may have seen artists Wing Young Huie and Ashley Hanson out and about with chalkboards, notebooks and cameras, at bus stops speaking with transit riders or at a neighborhood meeting.Left: Ashley Hanson (2nd from left) and Wing Young Huie (left) get input from a Northside family along Penn Ave N.The two artists make up one of four groups undertaking Creative CityMaking projects throughout Minneapolis this year. Creative CityMaking is a grant-funded partnership between Intermedia Arts and the city of Minneapolis that pairs local artists and city planners with the goal of developing fresh and innovative approaches for addressing the long-term transportation, land use, economic, environmental, and social issues facing Minneapolis.During FLOW Northside Arts Crawl, Hanson and Huie will launch the first of four “pop-up” Galleries. FLOW, taking place Friday, July 26 – Sunday, July 28, is both a community celebration and premier art event in North Minneapolis. FLOW is a free, non-juried, self-guided tour of studios, galleries, theaters, commercial and vacant spaces over a mile and half of West Broadway from Penn Avenue North to the Mississippi River.”For FLOW, we’re aggregating all of the information we’ve gathered so far,” explained Hanson.There will be two projectors showcasing images from the creative engagement work done since March. They will also have engagement activities for FLOW-goers to take part in, such as Ping Pong Engagement and CityMaking Jeopardy. Continue Reading
Big Daddy Kane to headline KMOJ stage at FLOW Northside Arts Crawl
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Big Daddy Kane (Courtesy of the artist) A quarter century after blessing hip-hop with his “Long Live The Kane” debut, Big Daddy Kane is back at it.Most recently, Kane released a single produced by DJ Premier titled “28 Bars of Kane” in honor of the new Air Jordan XX8 sneaker release. One of hip-hop’s most lyrical, diverse, innovative, and trend-setting M.C.s, this baritone voiced, dapper M.C. was the one to bring the “playa” element to hip-hop. Kane’s lyrical gymnastics and passion for soul music make him an irreplaceable figure.FLOW attendees can see Big Daddy Kane Saturday, July 27th at 6 p.m. at the KMOJ Stage on West Broadway and Logan Avenue North, adjacent to the Broadway Liquor Outlet Beer Garden. FLOW, a project of the West Broadway Coalition, is free and open to the public.Big Daddy Kane is a Brooklyn, N.Y. rapper who undisputedly defined the term “lyricist” in the world of hip-hop. Along with the lyrical ingenuity he brought to the genre, he also introduced innovative live performances. Continue Reading
West Broadway Farmers Market set to nourish North Minneapolis for a third year
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On Friday, June 21st the West Broadway Farmers Market returns for its third season, featuring more produce and specialty goods vendors than ever.Left: The aggregation table at the 2012 Market (Photo by Shaina Brassard)Every Friday through October, from 3:00 to 7:00pm, in the Hawthorn Crossings parking lot at West Broadway and Emerson Ave N, all are invited to do their weekly shopping at the market, enjoy programming and connect with neighbors. The market will host ten returning vendors and six new vendors, including the highly anticipated Pride of Louisiana, a shrimp and fish vendor. In addition to locally grown fruits and vegetables, marketgoers will find culinary mushrooms, sweet breads, cookies, pies, flowers and gifts, canned goods, art and non-local produce like tropical fruit.Market Manager Alicia Uzarek is especially proud of the strong presence of North Minneapolis-based vendors, who make up over 70 percent of market vendors. “It’s really amazing to see so many Northside food businesses grow. There’s a lot of excitement around the market and the healthy food and community found there.”Much of the excitement Uzarek speaks of is due to the tireless organizing that occurs during the offseason. Continue Reading
COMMUNITY VOICES | FLOW Northside Arts Crawl releases call for artists for 8th annual event
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FLOW Northside Arts Crawl seeks artists of all genres, ages and experience in the North Minneapolis Community to be a part of this year’s Art Crawl the weekend of July 26th – July 28th. FLOW Northside Arts Crawl is both a community celebration and premier art event in North Minneapolis. FLOW is a non-juried, self-guided tour of studios, galleries, theaters, commercial and vacant spaces over a mile and half of North Minneapolis’ main business corridor. From b-boys to ballet, graffiti to graphite, rap to rhapsody, fine artist to artisan, practicing to professional, FLOW showcases the great art being made every day on the Northside. This year, FLOW is expanding to a full weekend! Experience evening preview events Friday, July 26th, an exciting day of indoor and outdoor events along West Broadway from the Mississippi River to Penn Ave N on Saturday, July 27th and extended gallery hours the entire weekend of Friday, July 26th – Sunday, July 28th. FLOW typically draws a crowd of 5,000 community members, art enthusiasts, neighbors and families. FLOW is accepting proposals from Northsiders to exhibit or perform in select venues along West Broadway as part of the Northside Arts Crawl July 26 – 28th. The organization is also seeking proposals for public art, interactive installations, artist booths, parade entries and art-making activities along West Broadway. FLOW defines artist in the broadest possible sense of the word and encourage emerging artists and innovative ideas for community engagement. FLOW will match artists with participating locations along the route of the Art Crawl or artists may propose site-specific work. Possible locations include (but are not limited to) businesses, storefronts, vacant spaces, building exteriors, organizations, pedal stage, and outdoor locations. Continue Reading