Shots from North Minneapolis: FLOW Northside Arts Crawl in photos
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On the last weekend of July, the North Minneapolis community came out in full force to celebrate its artists, entrepreneurs, music and the joy of being together.
Library card art? Check it out at St. Paul Public Library!
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Some folks want to see their name in lights. For others, it’s the yen to see their name in print. And then there are the few, the chosen, whose creative apex is to see their art carried with pride in the handbag, wallet or pocket of every resident of St Paul. Continue Reading
SUPPERTIME | It’s about the beer flights at JL Beers
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Suppertime is a blog in comics form, exploring local restaurants, bars and other food establishments in and around the Twin Cities. I eat, I talk, I draw. In this Suppertime, we visited JL Beers. The food was good, the staff was friendly, but it was all about the beer flights. Continue Reading
Trace the footsteps of Minnesotan Muslims with “Tracks in the Snow”
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This Saturday, August 2, the community was welcome to attend the reception for
TC Weekend | Uptown, Loring Park & Powderhorn Art Festivals and much more!
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Art enthusiasts will be pleased with the slew of art festivals in Minneapolis this first weekend of August. The Minnesota Fringe Festival is starting, as well as a host of other engaging events around town. See this weekend’s lively roster below.Let us know how will you spend this busy weekend by sending your photos, tweets, comments to editor@tcdailyplanet.net or tag them with #tcdpic and we’ll add them to the Storify over the weekend. If you know of an event fit for TC Weekend, use our calendar to upload the event or send an email to tcweekend@tcdailyplanet.net. Meat & Greet on Penn Avenue, August 1Grill, chill and socialize while listening to live music and poetry at Meat and Greet on Penn Avenue in north Minneapolis. The gatherings are hosted by AZ Tek and Johnny Books, and will take place every Friday in August. Go here for more details.Penn Avenue North and Broadway Avenue West7 p.m. – 1 a.m.Free Minnesota Fringe Festival, August 1 – 10 The Minnesota Fringe Festival kicks off this week, featuring a smorgasbord for theater lovers! Continue Reading
The 30 hottest Minneapolis murals
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We often forget just how colorful the Twin Cities get when summer rolls in. Most of the time, our sister cities are blanketed in snow under gray, overcast sky. But underneath all the dreariness, lies hundreds of brilliantly painted murals.Photographer Mark Allan Peterson has taken it upon himself to document every outdoor mural in Minneapolis, and so far he’s shot over 550. That’s a lot of murals to sift through, so we’ve done the leg-work and picked out some favorites.Here’s 30 of the hottest outdoor Minneapolis murals. East Lake Street(419 East Lake St.)East Lake St. houses some of the most supportive and vibrant communities in Minneapolis. Continue Reading
‘A Right to Establish a Home’: Exhibit chronicles violent 1931 protests against black Minneapolis family
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In 1931, postal worker and World War I veteran Arthur Lee moved into a new home in south Minneapolis at 4600 Columbus Ave. — where he, his wife Edith and six-year-old daughter Mary faced crowds as large as 4,000 people protesting violently to the presence of the young black family in what had been an all-white neighborhood.The Lees did not face this ordeal alone, however: Arthur Lee’s fellow workers from the post office, joined by fellow World War I vets, came to the Lee home to stand guard to protect the family from the mobs outside.In 2011, this story gained wider attention when the community organized an event commemorating the 80th anniversary of the protests and erected a plaque at the site of the Lees’ former home.Now the Lees’ story is the subject of a historical exhibit, “A Right to Establish a Home,” which will be presented at the University of Minnesota in the HGA Gallery at Rapson Hall, 89 Church St. SE, Minneapolis.An opening reception is planned for Friday, August 22 at 6:00 p.m. The exhibit will run through January 4, 2015.The exhibition interprets the protests and responses in the broader context of race and housing in Minneapolis, racism in Minnesota, and the individuals and organizations that defended the Lees.For more on the Lee family’s experience, see the July 2011 story from the Labor Review: www.minneapolisunions.org/mlr2011-7-29_lee_family.php.Related stories:House in south Minneapolis added to National Register of Historic Places (Paige Elliott, TC Daily Planet, 2014)Lee Family celebration: Wake Up Everybody (Linda Williams, TC Daily Planet, 2011)Thousands Honor Lee family courage in face of racist mob (Bill Sorem, The Uptake, 2011)South Mpls honors Lee family’s stand for racial justice (James L. Stroud, Jr., Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, 2011) Continue Reading
The ruins of Saint Paul
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‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.” Continue Reading
Urban photography: Highlights from Wing Young Huie’s TCMA workshop
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Last month, Twin Cities’ award-winning photographer Wing Young Huie took 19 local photographers down Lake Street to help them develop their skills behind the camera and overcome their inhibitions to photograph intimate subjects.The exercise was part of the Twin Cities Media Alliance’s workshops that aim to provide local residents access to media skills trainings and help them better produce and participate in today’s modern media environment.The photographers hit the streets of South Minneapolis on June 28 with cameras in hand and the results are pretty fantastic. Scroll down to check out some highlights from their afternoon outing. Photographs by Amy BergquistPhotographs by Jeremy KleiderPhotograph by Journey KillingworthPhotographs by Michael RostancePhotographs by Monica NilssonPhotograph by Nancy RosenbaumPhotographs by Robert JersakPhotographs by Lisa ArnoldIf you like what you see here or you’re interested in signing up for one of our classes, check out the classes section on our website. Continue Reading
Made Here showcases Minneapolis street art
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Made Here is an ongoing street art festival sponsored by Hennepin Theatre Trust and Andersen Windows. It launched Friday night (July 11) with performances, great food and a tour of visual art stationed around downtown Minneapolis. As a lover of street art, I think it’s fantastic. Street art gives people an opportunity to stop and pay attention. It spurs conversation. In a climate where we run from our car to the building to car because it’s too cold to stop, it’s fun to have an excuse to get out of the car, to visit downtown and to dawdle on the way to a meeting or appointment.