NEWS YOU CAN USE Mashed potato wrestling?! Where?! by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet
Childcare provider celebrates 20 years of Southside Sunshine by Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
Pawlenty’s ethanol ‘success story’ a fairy tale by Tom Elko, Minnesota Independent
Constitutional amendment for arts, environment to be on November ballot by Devin Henry, Minnesota Daily
VOICES Motherwords by Shannon Drury, Minnesota Women’s Press
BLOG The Greatest Actress of All Time by Daniel Cubias, HIspanic Fanatic
BLOG Giant mushrooms and an open bar by Jay Gabler, Arts Orbit
NEWS YOU CAN USE Mashed potato wrestling?! Where?!
by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet
You know that we’re in the midst of the Minneapolis Aquatennial, but did you know that Polka Days are coming up this weekend in New Ulm? What if you felt like watching a minnow race…or a turtle race? What are “Woodies on the Water,” and why have they been celebrated in Duluth for ten years? Where, oh where, can a person find a good Swedish Coffee Party these days?
Childcare provider celebrates 20 years of Southside Sunshine
by Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
A South Minneapolis childcare provider celebrates 20 years of community service this week. On Friday, July 18, Oakland Avenue between 37th and 38th Streets will be the site of an all-day block party to recognize McDonald Sunshine Place Child Care Center’s two decades of service to parents and children.
Pawlenty’s ethanol ‘success story’ a fairy tale
by Tom Elko, Minnesota Independent
Governor Tim Pawlenty’s one-year term as chairman of the National Governors Association (NGA) officially ended yesterday when Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell took the helm. During his term, Pawlenty made clean energy his signature issue by launching an initiative called “Securing a Clean Energy Future,” which sought ways to increase production of cleaner domestic fuels, promote advanced electricity generation, improve energy efficiency, and accelerate research and development of clean energy technologies.
Constitutional amendment for arts, environment to be on November ballot
by Devin Henry, Minnesota Daily
The amendment would be a 3/8 of 1 percent tax increase, to go to arts and environment funding.
VOICES Motherwords
by Shannon Drury, Minnesota Women’s Press
Motherhood and family.
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The Greatest Actress of All Time
Daniel Cubias, HIspanic Fanatic
I was nine, maybe ten years old. Our class field trip was to see some play downtown.
Giant mushrooms and an open bar
by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet
The Stevens Square Center for the Arts is celebrating the sesquicentennial of Lewis Carroll’s strange odyssey with The Alice Project: An Exhibit of Curious Proportions. We’re promised “Alice-inspired art from over a dozen artists,” including “a maze of giant props.”
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