The Journal, Feb. 23–March 8 2017 by The Journal

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Turning old to new in the North Loop — Developers have their eyes on the neighborhood’s historic warehouses —

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wo developers have a plan to revive a 19th-century warehouse complex in the heart of the city’s trendiest neighborhood. Paster Properties of St. Louis Park and Minneapolisbased Urban Anthology have purchased the Hillman Building and the neighboring Porter Electric Warehouse at 3rd Avenue North and 2nd Street North, located across the street from the Colonial Warehouse Building.

They plan to turn the approximately 24,000-squarefoot complex into office and retail space for new tenants on the increasingly popular intersection, which also features destination retailers like women’s fashion co-op D.NOLO, high-end stationery store russel + hazel and men’s boutique MartinPartick3. Jeﬀ Herman, president of Urban Anthology, said the intersection, which he called

Paster Properties and Urban Anthology have a plan to add retail and offices to one of the North Loop’s most active intersections. Submitted image. Inset photo by Eric Best

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Debate on citywide minimum wage continues in listening sessions

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By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@journalmpls.com Both supporters and skeptics of a higher citywide minimum wage — and many who found themselves somewhere in between — showed up to listen and give their feedback at two mid-February listening sessions, part of a series of 10 city-led gatherings that began in January and run through March 3. “There’s so many people that care who are taking the position that this maybe is not the route to go,” said Jerry Anderson, one of about 40 people who crammed into an undersized conference room inside the Minneapolis Downtown Council’s offices for a Feb. 14 listening session. A city-commissioned study found the

benefits of a $12 or $15 minimum wage would ﬂow primarily to black and Latino workers, who are overrepresented in low-wage jobs. But Anderson, a U.S. Bank vice president who said he was speaking for himself, not his company, wondered about the potential impacts on small businesses — including employers who are themselves people of color — and suggested the city might instead pursue career training programs to “elevate the skill level of the people on the lower end of the economic ladder.” That prompted a response from Celeste Robinson of 15 Now Minnesota, who said no matter how well trained the workforce, some

workers will always earn the minimum. Sharing the message of a nation-wide campaign for higher wages, Robinson argued there would always be a need for janitors and fast-food workers, and they, too, need to support themselves and their families. A similar debate played out the very next afternoon at a smaller gathering on the North Side, where again the questions were raised: Is a higher minimum wage the best way to lift people in Minneapolis out of poverty? And at what cost to business? The listening sessions have drawn other, less-obvious questions about the minimum SEE MINIMUM WAGE / PAGE 2

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2 journalmpls.com / February 23–March 8, 2017 FROM MINIMUM WAGE / PAGE 1 wage into the open, including concerns about how raising wages might eat up the resources of nonprofits or discourage employers from hiring younger workers and paid interns. Danielle Grant, president and CEO of AchieveMpls, said raising the minimum wage would likely cut the number of young people who get jobs through Step-Up Achieve, a youth internship program the nonprofit runs with the City of Minneapolis. AchieveMpls already requires Step-Up employers to pay student interns $10 an hour, but Grant predicted those employers would cut internship positions by 50 percent if the city enacted a $15 minimum wage. “Anything that decreases the number of internships for them doesn’t help them be prepared for college and career in the future,” said Grant, who suggested policymakers consider including a lower youth or training wage rate in any minimum wage ordinance. The varied opinions shared at listening sessions will be taken into consideration by the city staff drafting a proposed minimum wage policy. That recommendation is expected to go to the City Council in May, and councilmembers have stated their intent to hold a vote on a minimum wage ordinance by late spring or early summer. How high the wage will be set, how quickly it will go into effect, whether it will apply to all workers and, if not, which groups might be exempted are just some of the questions that remain open. But the debate has been shaped by last year’s unsuccessful campaign to place a minimum wage question on the November ballot. That proposal suggested a $15 minimum wage phased in over several years and at different rates for small and large employers. Since then, Mayor Betsy Hodges and a majority of the candidates seeking Council seats in the 2017 city elections have expressed their support for a $15 minimum wage.

Celeste Robinson of 15 Now Minnesota, right, spoke at a recent downtown listening session on setting a Minneapolis minimum wage. Photo by Dylan Thomas But McDonald’s franchisee Tim Baylor predicted raising wages that high would be “chaotic.” Baylor, who owns six restaurants, including one in Minneapolis, said he would no longer hire youth workers at that rate, adding he’d likely staﬀ his city restaurant with more experienced employees from suburban stores. Baylor said a significant increase in the minimum wage would lead to wage “compression,” and that experienced workers and managers would soon want to see raises in line with what newer, less-experienced employees received.

Several people who attended the same downtown listening session as Baylor, including a man who identified himself as a Minneapolis teacher, said they supported the wage hike as a way to directly address the city’s wide socio-economic disparities in income and opportunity. But Baylor, who is black, said the best way to reduce racial disparities was to “build business,” adding that a city-imposed minimum wage hike would “hinder that.” Although the city staﬀ members running the listening sessions were careful to remind attendees no policy decisions have been made,

Peter Killen, CEO of a company that operates four Irish pubs in Minneapolis, insisted passage of a minimum wage ordinance was a foregone conclusion. Killen argued for a “common-sense approach” that raised wages at a slow but steady rate, and said a jump from $9.50 to $15 an hour would “put the lights out” for many local small businesses. “Let’s ease into this thing here and not put a lot of people out of business,” he said. Killen said uncertainty over the Council’s plans for a minimum wage were already affecting his plans to open a fifth pub in the city. Whether bar and restaurant waitstaff and other workers who earn tips will also earn the higher minimum wage has been a main point of contention in the debate. Mayor Hodges said she supported a minimum wage ordinance only if it applied to tipped workers, but some business owners contend it would be disastrous for the restaurant industry. Tim Balfanz, general manager of The Saloon, said with a $15 minimum wage the bar’s “payroll costs would increase 25 percent over the course of a year,” adding hundreds of thousands of dollars to the business’ bottom line. Bouncers and other staff who don’t earn tips would “suffer,” Balfanz said. “We really need to look at (tipped employees’) total taxable income as a way to level out the playing field,” he said. There’s also a question of unintended consequences, one that came up at both the downtown and North Side listening sessions. Tim Marx, president and CEO of Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, said city policymakers must keep in mind what he termed “the cliff effect.” Marx said lowwage workers who qualify for childcare subsidies could lose access to those benefits after a wage hike and end up “worse off ” if the higher pay doesn’t cover all of their childcare costs.

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Marin Restaurant & Bar recently closed to make way for a new, more casual concept called Mercy. Marin first opened in 2013 in the Le Meridien Chambers Minneapolis hotel following concepts D’Amico Kitchen and Chambers Kitchen. Mike Rakun, Marin’s executive chef, will replace the restaurant with something more personal, given Mercy is named for his daughter. “The success of Marin has aﬀorded me the opportunity to move forward in a new direction. Mercy will be uniquely my own and I’m excited to show everyone what we have in store,” he said in a statement. “I’m thrilled for the opportunity to share more of who I am and create a spot that represents how and

where I like to eat.” Marin closed Monday, Feb. 20. Mercy is slated to open in early April. The Library Bar, Le Meridien’s bar on the lower level, will remain open during construction for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Rakun has worked in several local restaurants beyond Marin, including Mission American Kitchen, Black Sheep Pizza and Mill Valley Kitchen, another concept from Marin founder Craig Bentdahl. Mercy will feature the same “classic yet comfortable style” as the bar. Diners can expect elements of the outdoors inside the new restaurant with a colorful mural and cozy booths, according to a release.

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Zelo has opened its doors after its new owner — its founder — remodeled the longstanding restaurant on Nicollet Mall. Rick Webb, a local restaurateur who first opened Zelo in 1999, re-acquired the Italian establishment last year and reopened it this February following a two-week facelift. In order to bring the downtown Minneapolis restaurant to the level of Ciao Bella, Webb’s 20-year-old restaurant in Bloomington, he updated its décor, Webb said. He even brought back on two members of the restaurant’s original management team, general manager Patty Pate and executive chef Jason Gibbons. “Customers are intuitive. They understand when their entire experience feels right or doesn’t match. Right now, Zelo’s food and the service are at a higher level of quality than its décor. The remodel brings the food,

service and décor all in line,” he said in a statement. “When the opportunity came to lead Zelo again, I couldn’t pass it up. I love Zelo, the restaurant, the people, and the downtown area.” Renovations included new furniture with interior design work from Wayne Susag, Venetian plaster walls, new lighting from Hennepin Made and a new, large window in place of a formerly unused entrance. Zelino, a separate deli counter oﬀering food to go that’s also located in the building, saw new fixtures and other new touches. The restaurant, located at 831 Nicollet Mall in the Medical Arts Building, is open 11 a.m.–10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m.–11 p.m. on Friday, 11:30 a.m.–11 p.m. on Saturday and 4 p.m.–10 p.m. on Sunday. Zelino is open for lunch 10 a.m.–2 p.m. during the week. Union Bank & Trust DTJ 022317 6.indd 1

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Senior living community Abiitan Mill City has opened near the Mill District bringing a publicly available restaurant and café along with it. The five-story building adds 86 units of independent-living apartments and 48 memory-care suites to the quickly growing downtown riverfront. Ecumen, the Shoreview-based owner and developer behind the project, hopes to break the mold of senior living communities where residents stay inside and don’t connect with their community, staff said. “Abiitan is senior living renvisioned for the active senior. It is different. Everything that we did in this building we kind of sat around a table and said, ‘How would we normally do this, and how can we do it better?’” said Julie Murray, Ecumen’s chief business development officer and senior vice president of sales and marketing. Part of the project’s appeal is that it doesn’t just bring in seniors, though residents are limited to age 55 and older. Smith & Porter, the property’s full-service restaurant and bar, and Porter Café, a casual breakfast and lunch stop, are both operated by Ecumen and can bring in a variety of generations. The nonprofit runs restaurants in about 40 communities. “We wanted to control the quality. We wanted to make sure that we were offering something really wonderful for our residents as well as the greater community, so it just made sense for us,” she said. The other appeal is what’s outside the building: the restaurants, venues and parks of the Downtown East area. “We realized that there are so amenities right here. Instead of having a movie theater, we know that St. Anthony Main [Theatre] isn’t even a mile away. And we have the Guthrie [Theater] right here. We really capitalized on what a wonderful place this is, and it’s hard to do that when everything is in the building and you only stay in the building,” Murray said. For the apartments, independent-living residents have the option of studio units all the way to a three-bedroom apartment. Erwan Moison, Abiitan’s executive director, said they actually reduced the total number of independent-living apartments to 86, down from an initial 103, to keep up with demand for larger units. Amenities in the building include a solarium, a business center and a rooftop clubroom. There are two levels of underground parking with a total of 180 spaces. All the memory suites, which range from 300 to nearly 700 square feet, are located in the second floor where residents have access to a

cafeteria, garden and 24/7 home care. Moison said instead of a typical fitness center, they have brought in G-Werx Fitness, formerly 501Fit, as a fitness partner and tenant to operate a G-Werx Fitness Training Studio for both residents and members. Co-owner Diana Broschka said they closed their original location, which had been two blocks away at 501 Washington Ave. S. for about a decade, at the end of January. G-Werx also operates a group and personal training studio at 50th & Bryant in the Lynnhurst neighborhood. The newly opened 2,000-square-foot location in Abiitan now houses the downtown studio’s clientele and the building’s residents, who get access to the company’s G-Werx resistance training, which utilizes patented machines that are approachable for clients as young as 12 and as old as 87, she added. “We couldn’t ask for a better location,” Broschka said. “The thought of having to move was scary on a good day. So far 20 independent-living units have been leased after move-ins began last December. A couple residents have moved or will soon move into the memory-care suites, a spokesman with the developer said, though those units weren’t available for pre-leasing. Moison described the independent-living residents as seniors who are eager to travel and want to take advantage of Abiitan’s resources to age in place. “A lot of them already love the city. You have a lot of them who had condos and houses in the area who just wanted to stay and enjoy what Mill City has to oﬀer but meanwhile having that health care safety net,” he said. “When they go on vacation, we’ll ask, ‘Where were you last week,’ they say, ‘We just got back from Iran.’ ‘Where are you going next week?’ ‘We’re going to Angola,’” Moison said. The building, developed in partnership with Lupe Development, is located near the riverfront where the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is planning to overhaul access to the river. Mill City Quarter, an aﬀordable housing development next door that Lupe owns, shares a woonerf or curbless shared street and public parking lot with Abiitan. The plaza, which features a gate that will give access to the board’s future riverfront park, was dedicated for public use under a park dedication ordinance. Abiitan, located at 428 S. 2nd St., is now open. Smith & Porter, described as an “American casual fine dining” restaurant, is open 4 p.m.–10 p.m. every day with a happy hour from 4 p.m.–6 p.m. Porter Café, which serves sandwiches, soups, salads and Izzy’s Ice Cream, is open 7 a.m.–4 p.m.

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As part of an overhaul of its Twin Cities stores, Target will invest in renovations, such as a larger grocery section, to its Nicollet Mall location. Submitted image

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Target recently announced it will invest $10 million to renovate its downtown Minneapolis ﬂagship store. The project, which CEO Brian Cornell announced at the Minneapolis Downtown Council’s annual meeting, will add a large grocery department with grab-and-go options on the street level, an order pickup area on the skyway level and expanded Starbucks and CVS Pharmacy locations. Target will overhaul the entire store, which opened in 2001 on the southern end of Nicollet Mall, with more modern décor elements, wood plank walls and enhanced merchandise displays, according to a press release. The store will also see additional selfcheckout lanes and lighting upgrades. “Target’s Nicollet Mall store is one of our top performing stores in Minnesota, so we’re excited to invest in a full store remodel for this location to create a distinc-

tive shopping experience for the downtown community,” said Mark Schindele, Target’s senior vice president of properties, in a statement. “From an updated, robust grocery department, to elevated style presentations throughout the store, we think guests will feel welcomed and inspired with the beautiful enhancements we have planned for our ﬂagship Minneapolis store.” The downtown store won’t be the only Target location to undergo renovations. The Minneapolis-based company will complete updates to the St. Paul Midway store this July and to the St. Louis Park store in April. Nearly two-dozen other stores around the Twin Cities metro will see less ambitious renovations — more self-checkout lanes, updated, home and grocery departments, etc. — this year. Work on the Nicollet Mall store will begin in March and is slated to wrap up in September.

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Over the past two years the Minnesota Tool Library has garnered hundreds of members who instead of heading to the hardware store to buy a tool, share them with neighbors. Now the Northeast Minneapolis business — the first of its kind in the state — is expanding to St. Paul. The Minnesota Tool Library will open a second library in the Midway area with a similar setup as the branch in Minneapolis’ Logan Park neighborhood. For $55 per year, members can borrow simple home improvement tools and larger items, from pressure washers to sewing machines, for a week. Members also get access to a 500-square-foot workspace and a discount on classes. “In order to have the greatest impact possible, we’ve always felt it important to expand to a multiple-branch system. This allows us to spread out the knowledge, expe-

rience and success we’ve gained through opening the first full-service tool library in Minnesota,” said Thomas Ebert, the library’s director and co-founder, in a statement. The nonprofit, co-founded by Northeast Minneapolis resident Zach Wefel, now boasts more than 350 active members and 2,500 available tools, which are largely donated by local residents. Ebert told The Journal when the first location opened in 2015 that their goal is to limit waste by reducing the number of under-utilized tools in people’s homes and to educate the community on using tools. The St. Paul location will open March 4 at 755 Prior Ave. N. Members of the Minneapolis location will have access to the new branch’s tools. The Northeast Minneapolis library is located in the Thorp Building at 1620 Central Ave. NE near Diamonds Coﬀee Shoppe.

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10am–2pm, Sat. & Sun. and Minnesota Timberwolves fans, not to mention the artists, performers and audience members at the Cowles. “It has been our pleasure to serve the artists, organizations, neighbors and patrons that make downtown Minneapolis such a vibrant community. As our restaurant partners move on to new ventures, we thank you for your support over the last three-and-ahalf years,” a sign read on the door.

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Hoch joins mayor’s race Tom Hoch, the former CEO of Hennepin Theatre Trust, made his candidacy for mayor of Minneapolis official on Feb. 21. That ended a brief period when Hoch maintained he was simply “exploring” a run for office after filing the paperwork to form a mayoral campaign committee Feb. 9. Shortly after the filing was reported by the Journals, Hoch announced his campaign launch event in the lobby of the State Theatre on Hennepin Avenue. Hoch led the city’s downtown theater district for more than two decades, first as head of the for-profit Historic Theater Group, then as CEO of the trust, a nonprofit formed in 2000. He was 62 when he announced his retirement last fall, sparking speculation that he was planning a run for office. Hoch lives in Lowry Hill with his husband,

Mark Addicks, a retired General Mills executive. Both Hoch and Addicks had previously contributed to the Ward 3 City Council campaign of Jacob Frey, who announced his own bid for mayor on Jan. 3. On Jan. 23, the state’s Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board issued an advisory opinion that gave Frey the green light to spend funds donated to his City Council campaign committee on his run for mayor. That decision was criticized by another prominent candidate, Nekima Levy-Pounds, the former University of St. Thomas law professor and president of the Minneapolis NAACP who launched her campaign for Minneapolis mayor in November. State law restricts the ability of some candidates for public office to shift money raised for one campaign into a campaign for a diﬀerent office.

Mondale and Kelm-Helgen resign from stadium authority Two top officials with the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority are stepping down amid a controversy over the use of U.S. Bank Stadium’s luxury suites. Michele Kelm-Helgen’s Feb. 16 announcement that she would resign from her role as chair of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority was followed just hours later by letter from Ted Mondale. Mondale, the MSFA executive director, said he, too, would leave. Kelm-Helgen cited the scrutiny of MSFA’s use of U.S. Bank Stadium suites in a letter announcing her decision. On Feb. 7, the Legislative Audit Commission released a report concluding that, by giving away more than 150 luxury suite tickets to family and friends, MSFA members “violated a core ethical principal.” Legislative Auditor James Nobles launched an

investigation into use of the suites after the Star Tribune published a series of stories examining their use last fall. In her letter, Kelm-Helgen wrote that she was “honored to serve” as MSFA chair, and touted her role in keeping the $1.1-billion stadium project on time and on budget. She also noted the MSFA’s role in attracting the 2018 Super Bowl, this year’s NCAA Men’s Final Four and the 2018 X Games to the stadium. “Despite these successes, the ongoing discussion on the use of MSFA suites has become a distraction to marketing the stadium,” she wrote. “If I could go back and start over again, MSFA would have had a public discussion on the use of these suites and forbid the use of them by family and friends from the start.” Even before the release of the Legislative

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Audit Commission’s report, Republican state Rep. Sarah Anderson of Plymouth introduced a bill that would modify the MSFA, giving the legislature more power to appoint its members and limiting the roles of the governor and mayor of Minneapolis. Kelm-Helgen was appointed to her post by Gov. Mark Dayton, for whom she previously served as deputy chief of staff for legislative affairs. In her letter, Kelm-Helgen wrote that Anderson’s bill goes beyond the recommendations in the commission’s report and “fails to hold all publicly-owned and operated sports venues to the same set of standards.” Recognizing herself as the target of the legislation, she said it was “in the public interest to remove myself from this discussion.” Kelm-Helgen’s resignation is effective March 8.

New advisory board on transgender issues formed Applications are being accepted for seats on the board of the Transgender Equity Council, a newly formed group tasked with advising the City Council and Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board on matters related to the city’s transgender community. The City Council on Feb. 10 voted to create the 15-member advisory committee on the recommendation of the Minneapolis Transgender Issues Work Group. The work group, formed in 2014 by the City Council and mayor, meets regularly to examine disparities aﬀecting Minneapolis’ transgender residents and make city policy recommendations. “The creation of this committee demonstrates the City of Minneapolis’ commitment to

support and uplift the transgender community and gender-nonconforming Minneapolitans by bringing us to the table,” Phillipe Cunningham, a policy advisor to Mayor Betsy Hodges, said during the City Council’s Feb. 8 Committee of the Whole meeting. Cunningham, who is running for City Council in Ward 4, is one of two transgender candidates currently campaigning for a city office. Andrea Jenkins is a candidate in Ward 8, where she hopes to succeed City Council Member Elizabeth Glidden, Jenkins’ former boss who announced last year she doesn’t plan to run for re-election. Glidden, who authored the resolution creating the Transgender Equity Council, said it would give the transgender community a “permanent and

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Frey’s latest disclosure, filed Jan. 31, lists a cash balance of more than $175,000 for his campaign committee. Asked about the donations Feb. 15, Hoch declined to comment on the record. The email announcing his campaign launch stated Hoch would not comment on his campaign until after the event. Hoch previously worked as a schoolteacher, attorney and a projects manager with the City of Minneapolis. He was chair of the Minneapolis Downtown Council’s board for two years ending this February. Other candidates in the 2017 mayoral contest include state Rep. Raymond Dehn, a DFLer whose district includes parts of North and downtown Minneapolis, and filmmaker Aswar Rahman.

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Open Ward 3 seat draws a crowd Six candidates are eyeing Jacob Frey’s seat on the City Council By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@journalmpls.com Less than one month after Jacob Frey announced his mayoral campaign, there were at least six candidates vying for his soon-to-be-vacant Ward 3 seat on the City Council. Frey, an attorney elected in 2013 to represent a ward that covers parts of downtown and Northeast Minneapolis, announced Jan. 3 he would try to unseat incumbent Mayor Betsy Hodges instead of running for re-election. Rushing into the void in Ward 3 are four candidates who plan to seek the DFL nomination in May, a member of the Socialist Alternative and another with the Green Party. There may be more interested in representing a ward that includes fast-growing neighborhoods like the North Loop, much of the city’s central business district and the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District.

Justin Adams Asked about his priorities if elected, Justin Adams, a Beltrami neighborhood resident and DFL party officer, lists direct democracy first. Adams said he’d push to amend the city charter so that ordinances could be enacted by ballot initiative — potentially removing the legal barriers that blocked a minimum wage charter amendment in the fall. A supporter of a $15 city minimum wage, Adams said he would also continue to push for more worker protections if elected. His platform also includes support for paid family leave. “I think the City Council has been moving in the right direction, but maybe not as fast as I’d like it to be,” he said. Adams previously sought public office in 2006, running as an independent for the state House in District 58A and earning 5.6 percent of the vote in a general election race that went to DFLer Joe Mullery. He sought the DFL nomination for the same seat in 2010, another race won by Mullery. Adams is employed by Hennepin County Human Services and has also served as an election judge, describing public service as a closely held value. He is married and has an elementary school-aged child. He describes himself queer and polyamorous. Adams is seeking the DFL endorsement, but didn’t pledge to abide by it.

Steve Fletcher Steve Fletcher said he, like many others, was “thinking a little bit diﬀerently about the world after the election,” and saw joining the City Council as a way “to be part of the resistance.” In his first run for public office, Fletcher said access to aﬀordable housing was a top issue for him. “If you look at what’s happening in our neighborhoods, we’re building great housing.

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It’s walkable, it’s dense. But we’re also not building as much aﬀordable housing as I’d like to see,” he said. Fletcher said he supports a $15 minimum wage as a path toward “sustainable economic development,” a path that also includes changes to the city’s regulatory system to make it easier to start and operate a small business. Fletcher lives with his wife in Downtown East. Now working as a technology consultant, he was previously employed in the nonprofit sector and was the founding executive director of Neighborhoods Organizing for Change. Fletcher also served as executive director of Minnesota 2020, a former progressive think tank, and said his policy background sets him apart from the other candidates. So does an experience teaching urban studies at New York University, where he earned a masters in philosophy in American studies, he added. Fletcher is seeking the DFL endorsement.

Susan Higgins Susan Higgins described herself as a “professional volunteer.” An empty nester who raised two children, Higgins thought at this point in her life she would start writing — “and then Jacob Frey decided to run for mayor and I decided to run for City Council.” “I like to help people solve their problems, and that’s kind of what I see doing as a City Council member,” she said. Helping to solve problems was what Higgins did as president of the parent-teacher organization at the Catholic elementary school, she said. Her volunteer experiences also included work on 2008 presidential campaign of Barack Obama, whom Higgins knew from his days as president of Harvard Law Review, when she worked as his editorial assistant. “His call to serve in his farewell speech — I think I had been thinking about it, and that solidified my desire to help in this way,” she said. Higgins, who lives in Marcy-Holmes, expressed tentative support for a citywide $15 minimum wage, but said it should be implemented in a way that it “doesn’t cause too much of a shock to the system.” She also described herself as an advocate of “smart growth” that considers the long-term impacts

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of development. Higgins is seeking the DFL endorsement. Asked if she will abide by that endorsement, she said she would “see what happens and see how it plays out.”

Ginger Jentzen In one of the first demonstrations she attended, Ginger Jentzen joined union members and other workers protesting Wisconsin right-to-work legislation that had the support of Republican Gov. Scott Walker. But that was just the start of her work as an organizer and activist. In Minneapolis, Jentzen served as executive director of 15 Now Minnesota, an organization working to enact a $15 minimum wage, until she stepped down to join the race in Ward 3. Before then, her primary work experience was as a server; she also did cleaning and worked as a home healthcare aide, she said. Jentzen, who lives in St. Anthony West, is making her first run for public office as a member of Socialist Alternative, the same organization that, through candidate Kshama Sawant, helped elect a socialist to Seattle’s city council. She worked on the campaign of Ty Moore, a socialist candidate for the Ward 9 seat won by Alondra Cano in 2013. Jentzen said she would “throw open the doors” of City Hall, translating social movements into public policy. She described the development of her platform as a “collaborative process.” In addition to setting a higher minimum wage in Minneapolis, her top priorities currently include adding aﬀordable housing and improving protections for renters.

Cordelia Pierson In 2011, when Gov. Mark Dayton named former DFL state Sen. Larry Pogemiller director of the Office of Higher Education, friends and acquaintances urged Cordelia Pierson to run for his seat. Pierson tossed her hat in the ring but quickly withdrew it, supporting Kari Dziedzic in her successful run. She said her phone started ringing again when Frey announced his bid for mayor, and Pierson, a licensed attorney who has spent most of her career in the nonprofit sector, plans to stick around a bit longer in this race.

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Pierson currently serves as executive director of the Minnesota Environmental Fund and is seeking the DFL nomination in Ward 3. She said she would make sustainability a priority if elected, and would push to create a “zero-waste economy” in Minneapolis. She is a board member of her neighborhood organization and was among the Marcy-Holmes residents who opposed a hotel development in Dinkytown and supported the area’s historic designation. Pierson said she had a motto of “growth with preservation.” Pierson said she is “very interested in finding ways to address the income gap” but isn’t sure yet if setting a higher city minimum wage is the right approach. She said increasing access to aﬀordable housing and support for small business were both keys to the city’s economic vitality.

Samantha Pree-Stinson The Green Party candidate in Ward 3, Samantha Pree-Stinson, said she recently left a job with Medtronic to campaign full-time. “For me, this campaign is my job,” PreeStinson, who lives in Sheridan, said. “Working a corporate job, working 50 or 60 hours a week, makes campaigning part-time.” She said she supports a $15 minimum wage, increasing access to aﬀordable housing and ending homelessness. But she described those as “topsoil issues” and said, if elected, she would work to address the root causes of economic disparities and housing instability. Pree-Stinson described educational disparities as one of those root causes, and said the city needs to take a more active role in preparing students for the workforce. Pree-Stinson’s campaign website details an 11-point police reform plan that, in part, seeks to limit violent encounters with the public, address biases and improve officers’ connections to the community. She advocated a cityled eﬀort to “clean up” Hennepin Avenue — not just through policing, but also by helping those experiencing homelessness find jobs and housing. “You have a safety issue, you have a drug issue, you have a sex trafficking issue — all of which is not being talked about or dealt with,” she said of the downtown thoroughfare.

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Szechuan to crow about By Carla Waldemar So … what were the trendster diners of the North Loop lacking? Oh yeah, Chinese. Just when you simply cannot make your way to your warehouse condo without a fix of hot-and-sour soup or kung pao chicken, say hello to Jun. Hipster alert: This is not your granny’s strip-mall experience. No cartoon-y paper placemats. No fortune cookies. No Number 47 with eggroll. (Oh, wait: There are eggrolls, but they’re wrapped in rice paper.) Instead, a cosmo clubhouse of cheery, backlit cherry-tone wood, mustard-yellow booths lining the windows onto Washington below platoons of canister lamps and the obligatory open-to-view kitchen hemmed by also-mandated exposed bricks. There’s a signature, glassy room divider scrolled with poster-quality Chinese characters. (Certainly T-shirts are on order?) Jessie ( Jun) Wong and her son, Jack, have instilled the inviting space with the garlic- and chili-based ﬂavors of their native Szechuan province but newly updated from their longtime casual Roseville spot.

Here, the buzz is about the hand-pulled noodles, star of the menu, along with housemade buns and dumplings. And the best lamb I’ve inhaled for months and months. Let’s start with those dan dan noodles, as our foursome did. The bowl of bouncytextured udon skeins comes topped with chopped leaﬂets of green veggies and kernels of well-seasoned minced pork, while in the bottom of the bowl resides a pool of warmlyspiced sesame-soy sauce (a one-chili-pepper warning on the menu). We also shared a pair of bao bao — plump, springy buns stuﬀed with pork belly, ready to dip in the kitchen’s house-made sauces, including standout hoisin and chili (small dishes $5–$12). Yearning for that fabled lamb, we bypassed the soups and small cold plates. Next time: the bacon-y tea-smoked pigs’ ears (don’t laugh; I’ve enjoyed them in China, far more tasty than the turkey feet and beating heart of duck I also gamely ordered) and the couple’s beef: chilled shank and tendon with Szechuan peppercorns, a two-chili number.

But the lamb! This is the dish worth the price of admission (entrees mostly $14–$18, accompanied by rice). Savory, cumin-infused bits come curled onto toothpicks, all set upon little spinach-like leaves that also carry their share of lasting, comforting (but short of tortuous) heat. So did the plus-size shrimp, just barely stir-fried so their native texture still rules. They’re tossed with squares of bell pepper and onion in a “Szechuan sauce” (read: mouth-tingling and rewarding). Next, Jun’s spare ribs — meaty, fullﬂavored and tender pork accompanied by broccoli ﬂorets and one chili pepper on

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the menu, as are half the items. Order the walnut shrimp, cashew chicken or sea bass if you’re Norwegian. From among the vegetable entrees ($12– $13), I was set to choose the asparagus and/ or green beans, stir-fried with garlic, but was guided by the staﬀ to try the “broccoli,” which wasn’t; it was bok choy, and neither unique nor enticing. Three desserts are on hand for the curious: chocolate wontons, sticky rice with brownsugar syrup and sweet potato pancakes, our selection. A quartet of cupcake-diameter patties arrived, boasting a springy, chewy texture, mild in taste — interesting but not in the save-room-for category. Drinks are. Lots of unique cocktail creations (with or without alcohol), including tea and baiju infusions, plus plenty of hearty local beers. And wine if you must, with a list favoring Asian-ﬂavors-friendly grapes like Riesling, vinho verde, etc. It’s the Year of the Rooster, and Jun makes a fine place to crow about it.

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Moments in Minneapolis By Cedar Imboden Phillips

THE GAY 90S IN THE 1960S

his photograph of the Happy Hour and the Gay 90s, located at Hennepin & 4th, was taken 54 years ago this month! While the Gay 90s itself dates to the 1940s — it was originally a strip club called the Casablanca — the name changed to the Gay 90s in the 1960s. This image shows the freshly installed signage. While Happy Hour was already a gay bar by 1963, the 90s was not. In 1975 the two bars merged and the Gay 90s fully embraced its gay identity.

Image courtesy Hennepin History Museum, where Cedar Imboden Phillips serves as executive director. Learn more at hennepinhistory.org.

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Abiitan Mill City, a senior living community near the Mill District, has begun moving in residents to both its 86 independentliving units and its 48 memory-care suites. So far 20 independent-living units have been leased after move-ins began last December. A couple residents have moved or will soon move into the memory-care suites, a spokesman with the developer said, though those units weren’t available for pre-leasing. A restaurant (Smith & Porter), a café (Porter Café) and a fitness tenant, (G-Werx Fitness) have all recently opened to the public on the building’s main level.

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@mosphere Minneapolis-based Schafer Richardson has backed off from an 11-story office project in the North Loop, and will instead invest in a warehouse building on the site into creative office space. Maureen Michalski, director of development, said they will not be going forward with @mosphere, the project that had been slated for the approximately 90,000-square-foot building now home to Weather-Rite. The industrial building will instead see beautification efforts to prepare it for new tenants.

The Maytag The building out of offices inside the renovated Gardner Hardware building, now known as The Maytag, has begun. Brent Rogers, founder of developer Saturday Properties, said in an email that the building is set to open this spring. Announced tenants include Gabriel deGrood Bendt (GdB), GdB Pitch, Ackmann & Dickenson (A&D) and Modern Climate — all companies acquired by Clear Night Group — which will occupy a combined 25,000 square feet. The developer recently submitted plans to the Heritage Preservation Commission to build a third entrance and add new exterior signage for tenants, among other changes. The historic North Loop building was the longtime home of local hardware retailer until late 2015.

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Downtown through the decades Iric Nathanson’s latest book is a pictorial history of downtown Minneapolis

By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@journalmpls.com Local author Iric Nathanson writes and lectures about Minnesota history, and his latest book — his third to focus on Minneapolis — tells the story of downtown. Spanning 167 years, “Downtown Minneapolis” is a pictorial history illuminated by drawings and photos Nathanson dug up from the archives of the Minnesota Historical Society, Hennepin History Museum and, most importantly, the Hennepin County Library Special Collections. It’s a visual tour through time, from an early downtown plat map drawn in the 1850s to a photo of U.S. Bank Stadium taken after the gigantic new home of the Minnesota Vikings football team opened in the summer of 2016. Nathanson shared his perspective on the evolution of downtown Minneapolis during a recent conversation. This interview has been edited and condensed.

The Journal: What does your book tell us about the earliest days of downtown and how it evolved over the decades? Nathanson: It started out as such a small collection of ramshackle buildings. It was not a very pleasant place — muddy streets, animals wandering around the yard. Not very pleasant at all. It’s interesting that in just a few decades it really grew up from this shabby collection of shacks to a real city. I think we owe a debt of gratitude to the early leaders who put the city together. I really am just amazed, in the first couple of decades, how the city grew.

But it was not at all a nice place to be (in the beginning).

When does downtown really become a downtown? By the 1870s, that was the commercial hub of the city. Of course, a lot of people were living downtown. But imagine a small town of maybe a couple thousand people; everybody lived within a few blocks of the commercial center. So, by the 1870s, things were beginning to emerge. Then, starting in the 1880s, there was just an explosive growth of the city. The population between 1880 and 1900 quadrupled. In the decades of the 1880s, we really become a big league city. We go from being a little frontier settlement to, really, a significant Midwestern city, and that happens in the 1880s.

There’s still a sense of loss in Minneapolis for people who remember what downtown was like before the urban renewal drive of the 1960s. How was downtown reshaped at that time? Well, a huge swath — 80 blocks of downtown — was demolished. It was a huge shock, I think. I feel that, while we lost a substantial part of our commercial history, the Gateway (Urban Renewal Project), in spite of the problems with it and the loss of the Metropolitan Building, really did lay the groundwork for the emergence of downtown, which will happen starting in the 1970s.

We shouldn’t have torn down all those buildings. But, at the same time, the city did eliminate a substantial amount of blight that was really creeping up and could have engulfed the rest of downtown if it wasn’t halted.

When do you think downtown Minneapolis really begins to resemble the downtown we know today? We have some buildings that are left from the 1880s. Obviously, we have the municipal building — City Hall — we have the Lumber Exchange, we have the Hennepin Center for the Arts. So, we have some vestiges of those early developments. But, really, there was so much change in the last half of the 20th century that the downtown we know today, I think you can probably start that with the completion of the IDS building in the early 1970s. IDS really gives us this huge landmark, an elegant skyscraper, and really puts Minneapolis on the architectural map. And, of course, we’ve got other buildings: the Wells Fargo building, the Pelli building, that goes up. I think by the 1970s, we really begin to see a downtown that we know today.

That same period is when we get the first skyways. They’re one of the hallmarks of downtown Minneapolis. How do you think they shaped the way downtown would grow over time? I think the key contribution of the skyways — and I know there are a number of critics

The Minneapolis milling industry quickly expanded in the 1870s, with railroads delivering wheat from across the upper Midwest. Photo courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society

these days — I think the key issue with the skyways is they really, substantially helped create a strong economic base for downtown. And I think without the skyways, downtown could really be in trouble. Maybe just to fast-forward to a current issue: If we didn’t have the skyways and that Macy’s closed, I think that huge building on the Nicollet Mall would be this empty bulk spreading a shadow of blight over downtown. If we didn’t have the skyways it certainly wouldn’t be a good investment. I think downtown would not have the strong economic base that it has today. It would not become a downtown neighborhood with close to 40,000 people living there. We wouldn’t have 160,000 people working downtown. Clearly, the skyways helped downtown withstand the economic pressures of the suburban boom and, in spite of their deficiencies, I think they’ve made a huge contribution to downtown and the city as a whole.

You just mentioned how many people are living downtown today. Can you talk about what you see happening in the coming decades for downtown? Things are changing so much these days — so much is happening that we didn’t expect — that it’s really difficult to predict. I don’t know that downtown will continue to grow at the same pace that it has. There’s been substantial growth. My sense — and I’m nowhere near an expert on residenSEE NATHANSON / PAGE 13

A rare survivor from the 1880s, the Masonic Temple is today known as Hennepin Center for the Arts. Photo courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society

journalmpls.com / February 23–March 8, 2017 13 FROM NATHANSON / PAGE 12 tial development — but I have a sense that maybe this huge apartment boom is going to cool a little bit. So, we may not be having a huge growth. I think there will be a steady growth downtown. There really are not a lot of sites left for increased residential development in the core downtown and the surrounding neighborhoods. (The population) may begin to creep up from 40,000 to 50,000, but I think that’s a substantial community, and I think downtown is going to be their front yard and it’s going to be their main street. Downtown, I think from a retail standpoint, is not going to be the metropolitan magnet that it has been, but it’s going to continue to be an office site. I think it’s going to continue to be an entertainment venue. I was just doing a tour of the State Theater yesterday. I think the historic theaters are a great asset. It’s something that suburbia doesn’t have. I think the entertainment venues — the Guthrie on the edge of downtown, the riverfront — all of that is going to bring people down for recreation, and then we’re going to have a strong residential base, as well.

Tell me about how you assembled the hundreds of images that illustrate this book. I’ve been writing about Minneapolis, oh, I think for at least 20 years. And I think I’ve got under my belt 20 to 25 articles I’ve written about various aspects of local history. So, I’ve gotten familiar with the historic photo collections, and luckily we’ve got some terrific photo archives. I want to call out in particular the Special Collections at the downtown library. The Special Collections is this sort of hidden historical gem, and the people at Special

Collections have done this valiant job of maintaining our written history and our archival history. And I think that’s as important, as a historic preservation eﬀort, as the buildings we’re preserving. The Special Collections (staﬀ ) has done this terrific job. They’ve got a great collection of historic photos they’ve assembled over the last 50–60 years. Minnesota Historical Society has a terrific collection. Hennepin History Museum has photos. So, I knew that the photos were there, and it just took some hunting to find the ones that told the story of downtown development.

Do you have a favorite era of downtown Minneapolis? If you could just hop in a time machine, what date would you set on the dial? It’s hard to say. I think what I find particularly interesting is the decade of the 1880s — obviously, a long time ago. But in the decade of the 1880s, we really undergo this tremendous transformation. The major civic institutions we have today were created then: the library system was created then, Park Board, the city hospital, which did not have an auspicious beginning. The early city hospital was really quite a sad aﬀair, almost Dickensian. But that was the recognition, that the city had a responsibility to provide hospital care. So, we have these institutions being created (in the 1880s) and controversy with them, but we really are lucky that they are there, and I think particularly (with) the Park Board. We get what’s now Loring Park. I think the 1880s is a period that is really important. And then in the next century, I think the 1970s (are important). That’s really when the riverfront revitalization begins, and I think that’s had a huge, lasting impact. So, if I was living in two diﬀerent eras, it would be in the 1880s and the 1970s. And in fact I was around in the 1970s.

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Schafer Richardson plans to redevelop the Zuccaro’s Produce building in the North Loop into creative office space. Submitted image

FROM NORTH LOOP / PAGE 1 the main commercial intersection of the neighborhood, has similarities with shopping nodes like Edina’s 50th & France and Uptown’s Hennepin & Lake. But one thing sets the North Loop apart. “In the North Loop you have that history that speaks for itself,” he said. “You don’t have that in Uptown. You don’t have that at 50th & France. You don’t have the same character of architectural history. That’s what make this area really unique.” The renovated complex will have approximately 10,000 square feet of boutique office space for smaller tenants like an advertising agency. On the retail side, 10,000 square feet could be home to a restaurant and stores, Herman said. “We have tremendous potential to rehab this property and bring it back to life and what it needs to be for the 21st century,” he said. Herman is well versed in the neighborhood’s retail scene. He has represented Grethen House, located in the Colonial Warehouse Building, D. NOLO, located kiddy

corner from the Hillman Building at 219 N 2nd St., and The Freehouse, among others, in locking down their locations. The complex’s owners — family friends of his — contacted him regarding the sale and redevelopment of the buildings, which have not seen improvements since the 1960s or 1970s, Herman said. The complex at 120-126 3rd Ave. N. was constructed in the late 1800s, with the 1888 Hillman Building being used by the American Hide and Fur Company, according to a Paster spokeswoman. The Porter building originally provided showroom, office and storage space for agriculture implements, as Minneapolis was the largest distribution point in the world for the industry around the turn of the 20th century. Historic preservation work on the buildings will restore brick, windows and doors while upgrading things like electrical, plumbing and mechanical infrastructure. Paster expects to begin work this May or June and wrap up the renovation around October. “[The project] has tremendous potential to rehab this building and bring it back to life and what it needs to be for the 21st century,” he said.

The buildings are home to several tenants, including Above the Falls Sports, a company that hosts kayak and trike tours around the Mississippi River. Owner Bob Schmitz said, while they’d like to stay in the building as long as possible, they are looking for either a new home or a business to partner with in the area, or both. “This has been a great space for us and great from a neighborhood standpoint,” he said.

Across the neighborhood, another warehouse On the opposite side of the neighborhood another warehouse building, this time the home of Zuccaro’s Produce, is set to be redeveloped. Minneapolis-based developer Schafer Richardson has unveiled a preliminary proposal to overhaul the 1920s building into a five-story office development. In a presentation to the North Loop Neighborhood Association’s Planning and Zoning Committee in February, representatives with the North Loop-based developer said their current plan is to add three stories onto the former industrial building at 10th & 3rd.

Maureen Michalski, Schafer Richardson’s director of development, said the fivestory building would be used as an office building targeting smaller creative-class companies. The building is about 28,000 square feet and Schafer Richardson’s plan would roughly double that for about 53,000 square feet of usable office space. UrbanWorks Architecture of Minneapolis is handling the project’s design. To update the building, the developer is proposing to strip the building of its 11-yearold stucco exterior to expose its original brick. The current proposal calls for demolishing a loading dock and adding an elevator and bathrooms in a new portion. The site features roughly 40 surface parking spots and the redeveloped building would have about 24. Representatives said they could begin work as soon as this summer if some office space was pre-leased. A nine-month construction timeline would mean the 66-foot-tall project could open by next spring if tenants came forward. The developer has a purchase agreement for the building. As a separate development, the developer is also looking to build a five-story parking ramp across the street at 1001 N. 3rd St. While that proposal is even more preliminary, Schafer Richardson representatives said an approximately 52-foot-fall ramp could have about 300 stalls. A small liner parcel in front of the ramp along 10th Avenue could host additional retail, housing or office space. The site is currently an 86-space surface parking lot. Michalski told the neighborhood group that the ramp would likely be contract parking and could be available for non-office workers after business hours. The developer is very active in the neighborhood’s office market. Along the quickly developing 5th Street, Schafer Richardson is planning to invest in an industrial building at 700 N. 5th St. to turn it into creative office space. The building, which is divided into a one-story, 30,000-square-foot portion and a two-story, 60,000-square-foot portion, is currently home to Weather-Rite, but the company will be vacating soon, Michalski said. The developer is no longer pursuing an 11-story office project dubbed @mosphere that would have replaced the building. The underdeveloped portion of the North Loop has seen several new construction and redevelopment projects, including the now-open District 600 apartment building and North Loop BrewCo, which replaced a one-story Tubs Inc. building. The 182-unit Junction Flats community opened just a few years ago.

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EAT MORE FLAX

llie Theobald, self-proclaimed farm girl, created Ellie’s Whole Grains over ten years ago as a way to bring local and highly nutritious grains to the Minneapolis food community. Ellie grew up on a farm in the prairies of North Dakota, where her father farmed many grains, including beautiful rows of flaxseed. In 2006, Ellie and her husband Dean had just returned from working in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea, providing basic medical care and nutrition counseling for the local community. As a way to continue educating and inspiring people to eat and live healthy here at home, they created Ellie’s Whole Grains. Ellie’s Whole Grains is especially dedicated to promoting the health benefits of flax — gourmet golden flax to be exact. Flaxseed has two major varieties: brown (like we see on the tops of wholegrain breads) and golden, which has a bright, buttery yellow color and is also known as linseed. According to Ellie and a large body of research, golden flax is an excellent, inexpensive food that provides omega-3 fatty acids, protein, fiber, lignans and many other nutrients. Research also shows that flax contributes to a healthy lifestyle by supporting brain health, healthy skin, constipation relief, lowering high cholesterol and high blood

sugar, relieving inflammation and relieving symptoms of celiac disease, Crohn’s disease and even hot flashes. It is this research that strengthened Ellie’s love for flaxseed, and it forms the solid foundation from which she markets her product. Flaxseed is a naturally gluten-free grain that grows as a beautiful blue flower, closely related to many wildflowers and ornamental landscape plants. Ellie’s Whole Grains sells flaxseed whole and ground — both delicious in quick breads or on top of smoothies and salads like the recipe below. All of Ellie’s flax is grown, processed and packaged on a sustainable farm in Denhoff, North Dakota. In addition to flax, Ellie also sells other grains and health products such as gluten-free flour, barley and fermented garlic. You can find Ellie and Dean at all of the Mill City Farmers Market’s indoor winter markets at the Mill City Museum and at the upcoming winter market at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum on Saturday, March 4th. More than 40 Mill City Farmers Market farmers, food vendors and local artists will be at the Arboretum’s beautiful MacMillan Auditorium 9 a.m.–1 p.m. for the sixth-annual Mill City Farmers Market showcase at the Arboretum. Find a full schedule and more seasonal recipes at millcityfarmersmarket.org.

Sweet carrot slaw Recipe courtesy of Mill City Farmers Market Makes 4 servings. Salad Ingredients 5-6 large carrots, shaved 1 ½ cups cabbage, chopped thinly ¼ cup raisins or dried cranberries ¼ cup walnuts or other nut of choice, chopped (optional) 1 Tablespoon ground flax or sunflower seeds Dressing Ingredients 2 Tablespoons sunflower or olive oil 1 Tablespoon lemon or lime juice 1 Tablespoon honey ¼ teaspoon cinnamon Salt to taste

 If adding walnuts (or other nut of choice), chop coarsely. Set aside.  For the dressing: Mix oil, lemon juice, honey, cinnamon and salt in a bowl with a fork or whisk.

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Conceived by the Minneapolis Institute of Art and organized in partnership with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Art Gallery of Ontario, this first-ever museum retrospective on Guillermo del Toro offers a glimpse into the creative process behind the famed Mexican filmmaker’s unique vision. The exhibition showcases more than 500 pieces culled from his film oeuvre — which includes “Pan’s Labyrinth,” “Hellboy” and “Pacific Rim” — and vast personal collection, including sculpture, paintings, prints, photography, costumes and ancient artifacts, alongside objects del Toro selected from Mia’s permanent collection. Related events include screenings of del Toro’s films, an opening night celebration (March 4 from 8 p.m.–midnight).

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Where: Target Gallery at Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2400 3rd Ave. S. When: March 5–May 28 Cost: $20; $16 for Mia members Info: artsmia.org

D.C. Ice: The Gilded Menagerie Over the past decade, Twin Cities artist D.C. Ice has become known for her distinctive, darkly whimsical scratchboard paintings of anthropomorphic creatures. The artist softens the sinister themes and rough edges of her razor-blade illustrations by incorporating soft pastels and ﬂowers. Her latest exhibition, “The Gilded Menagerie,” is composed of a series of mixed media portraits of bears, foxes and deer that delves into themes of folklore, hunting and divine exaltation. Debuting in conjunction with the exhibition are new works by local artists Shawna Gilmore, Ashley Mary and Kristen Arden, plus window displays by Anna Chambers-Goldberg and D.C. Ice. Where: Gallery 360, 3011 W. 50th St. When: March 4–April 8; opening reception on Saturday, March 4 from 7 p.m.–10 p.m. Cost: Free Info: gallery360mpls.com

Cuban Film Festival

Six Degrees of Separation

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More than two years since the announcement that the U.S. and Cuba would begin to normalize relations, Minnesota’s annual Cuban Film Festival is still going strong heading into its eighth year. Highlights from this year’s lineup include “El Acompañante (The Companion),” a universal story of struggle against adversity that deals with AIDS in the world of amateur boxing (Feb. 23); “Cuba Libre (Free Cuba),” a retelling of the country’s 1898 revolution for freedom from Spain as seen through the eyes of two young children (March 2); and “The Black Roots of Salsa,” a 2010 documentary that explores the inﬂuence of Afro-Cuban dance and music culture (March 30).

Based on the existential premise that everyone in the world is connected to everyone else by no more than six acquaintances, this Tony Award-nominated play wrestles with themes of race, class and manners. Inspired by the reallife con artist David Hampton, the story begins when Paul, a young black man, convinces a wealthy, white New York couple that is the son of Sidney Poitier — a ruse that quickly comes undone, leading to lasting consequences for all three characters. This staging of the drama by Minneapolis company Theater Latte Da and director Peter Rothstein features performances by Twin Cities favorites Mark Benninghofen and Sally Wingert, imaginative staging by Ivey Award-winning scenic designer Kate SuttonJohnson and a live musical underscore.

After 15 years in St. Paul, the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild’s annual coldweather craft brew festival is making its way to Minneapolis for the first time ever. Winterfest will pop up at Target Field with more than 90 Minnesotacrafted beers from nearly 100 guild member breweries including local favorites Surly, Summit, Dangerous Man and 612Brew. In addition to unlimited samples of specialty and seasonal beers, a ticket includes catered food, craft beer education and live music.

Where: St. Anthony Main Theatre, 115 SE. Main St. When: Feb. 23–March 30 at 7 p.m. Cost: $8; $6 for MSP Film Society members, students and seniors Info: mspfilm.org

Where: Ritz Theater, 345 13th Ave. NE. When: March 11–April 9 (previews March 8–10) Cost: $35–$48 Info: theaterlatteda.com

Where: Delta SKY360° Legends Club at Target Field, 1 Twins Way When: Friday, Feb. 24 from 7 p.m.–10 p.m. Cost: $75 in advance, $85 day of event Info: mncraftbrew.org

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Theater of Public Policy Since 2011, the Theater of Public Policy (T2P2) has been using improv humor to make politics accessible to average citizens. Kicking off Monday, March 6, the Minneapolis theater troupe’s spring season will feature special guests who include two candidates for governor and Minneapolis’ chief of police, plus topics spanning diplomacy, state audits and what happens to our trash once it’s collected.

Where: Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater, 810 W. Lake St. / When: Mondays in March and April through April 24 from 7 p.m.–8:30 p.m. / Cost: $12 advance, $15 at the door / Info: t2p2.net

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: MARCH 6:

“To Serve and Reflect” As the role of police officers and their relationship with citizens has become a major issue in many U.S. cities, T2P2 invites Janée Harteau, the Minneapolis Chief of Police, to weigh in.

MARCH 13:

“The Auditor Always Rings Twice” Rebecca Otto, Minnesota State Auditor and DFL candidate for Governor, will discuss what it takes to audit the state’s finances — and her plans to shake up local government.

MARCH 20:

“Up the Amazon without a Paddle” Olivia LaVecchia, co-author of a report on Amazon’s effects on local communities and businesses, discusses how the online retail giant has changed the face of retail and labor in Minnesota.

MARCH 27:

“Who Needs Friends?! Diplomacy 2017” Mary Curtin, a longtime Foreign Service officer and current diplomat-in-residence, talks about the current state of diplomacy in the U.S. — and why the latest diplomatic appointments are a big deal.

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Bad Bad Hats are back. After a three-week tour across the country, members of the Minneapolis indie rock-pop trio have returned to their stomping ground to begin writing a new album, the first since releasing their successful debut record, 2015’s “Psychic Reader.”

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The band — frontwoman Kerry Alexander, drummer Chris Hoge and bassist Noah Boswell — will play back-to-back shows at First Avenue’s 7th St Entry on March 4. Fellow locals Wingman, whose Connor Davison plays with Bad Bad Hats on tour, will open. We caught up with Alexander to talk about the buzz around the band and what their new music will sound like. The conversation has been edited and condensed. Are you getting good reactions across the country? Touring is a kind of a crazy thing. The more we play, it’s funny the people that come back to the shows. A lot of the times we get people who saw us in one place, like on one side of the country, and then see us another place. Like in New York we had two girls who had seen us in Alabama. It’s just amazing. I think we’ve been seeing more repeat listeners. Recently you’ve been featured in The New Yorker and other national media. Has that attention translated to your shows? We feel very grateful to get that coverage. We played some of our very first headlining shows on the East Coast. You never really sure what to expect. We’ve done a lot of opening gigs and there’s a lot of built-in audience for the headliner. We were really pleased that people came out to the shows when we were headlining. Twin Cities acts seem to be gaining ground on the national music scene. Is it a good time to be a Minneapolis musician? I certainly think so. I love representing Minneapolis on the road. It’s fun to see how many people from Minnesota end up at shows all across the country. People always come up to say “We’re from Rosemount or Brainerd.” I really like coming from a scene that’s not as established as a New York or a Los Angeles. It feels like bands like us and our friends in bands are building a scene ourselves. It feels like a new, fertile ground for really cool music. Now that you’re back in Minneapolis, where is your new album at? We’re slated to record in April. We have a good handful of demos we’re working on. We’ve been playing two or three new songs on this tour. We’ve been gauging the reaction, and people seem to like them. (Minneapolis audiences) are going to hear some new songs, at least one they’ve never heard before. I think we’ll take March and go back through the demos that we’ve written and see what songs are sticking with people the most.

Locals Bad Bad Hats return to the Minneapolis stage with back-to-back shows at 7th St Entry on March 4. Submitted photo

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A happier hour

Café Lurcat is adding an extra level to its happy hour with, well, an even happier hour. In addition to offering its daily happy hour from 4:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m., the bar has begun the “happiest hour” from 4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m., which will see cocktails running you around $5-$7. But there’s more. There’s also a new menu of $5 snacks to fit whatever post-work mood you’re in, from Lurcat’s signature burger and curry crab cakes to cinnamon-sugar donuts and lettuce wraps with beef short rib. You can have a martini and fish tacos and still walk out of the bar for less than$15.

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NOT THAT BALTO

From your first listen Portlandbased band Balto might sound familiar even if you’ve never heard them before. The rock group, which just released their first full length, “Strangers,” in five years, weaves together rock, gospel and psychedelic music with results reminiscent of local band Night Moves or even My Morning Jacket. Songs like “Born Astray” show off Luke Beckel’s versatile voice, which moves from a whiskey-soaked whisper to a loud rasp that feels at home with a gospel choir. Others, such as “Lost on the Young,” the album’s opening track, have frontman Daniel Sheron bring out the band’s emotion-laded Americana roots. Balto will bring their new work to Day Block Brewing on March 9, so you can grab a beer or pizza while you listen. If you want to grab the album, “Strangers” was released Feb. 24 via Total Reality Meltdown.

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What are you doing to prepare for writing this record? I listened to Cate Le Bon’s “Mug Museum” a lot once I started writing songs for this album. Brett Bullion — the producer on Psychic Reader, who is also producing our new record — has been encouraging me to listen to really different kinds of music. He’s like, “Whatever you would normally listen to, don’t listen to that.” It’s been fun to go to Electric Fetus and look for cool international records and finding “The Greatest Hits of Greece” or music from Zimbabwe. Who knows how that will come across in an album, if it ever will. It’s been a nice musical journey nonetheless. I just try to write music that feels right and sounds cool. I like exploring different styles on an album, and I think you’ll see some of that dabbling of different vibes. What would you recommend to our readers? We’ve been really enjoying Carroll’s new album, “As Far as Gardens Go”. People should check out Wingman. We’ve been listening to a lot of cool stuff in the van this tour. I’ve been a really big fan of Tancred. Her latest album, (“Out of the Garden”), has been on heavy rotation for me. It’s the exact style of music that got me into music when I was younger. It feels kind of nostalgic and it’s really fun. I like her approach to songwriting and rock music. Certainly, Angel Olsen has gotten a lot of plays. Also, Solange Knowles’ new album, “A Seat at the Table.” I’ve been enjoying “Cranes in the Sky.”

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Ask the Nurse Practitioner / By Michelle Napral

WHEN IS MEMORY LOSS A SERIOUS CONCERN?

Last month I forgot to attend two social engagements, and I also misplaced my car keys. I’m 55, and I am terrified that these and other incidents may be signs of early dementia. I am afraid to even ask. What should I do?

emory loss, forgetfulness or trouble concentrating aﬀects many people at some point in their life. It’s normal to have mind lapses now and then, such as forgetting where you parked or misplacing your keys. Forgetfulness can be frustrating, and it is important to examine the patterns of forgetfulness and how it is impacting your daily life and activities to determine the severity. Normal age-related memory changes are diﬀerent from symptoms that may indicate dementia. As people get older, the body and brain age, and it may result in minor agerelated changes in memory. With normal age-related memory changes, someone is able to function independently, recall and describe incidents of forgetfulness. Someone with dementia will have difficulty performing simple tasks such as paying bills and may be unable to recall instances where memory loss caused problems. It’s normal to pause to remember directions or have difficulty finding the right word at times, but it is abnormal to get lost and disoriented in familiar places, be unable to follow directions and have diffi-

culty holding a conversation. The diﬀerence between age-related memory loss and dementia is that memory lapses have little impact on daily living, while dementia is a disabling decline. Dementia is when there is impairment in memory and oftentimes difficulty in other areas, as well, including speaking or writing, recognizing familiar surroundings, planning and carrying out multi-step tasks. In dementia, the impairment interferes with a person’s independence and daily activities. Dementia is caused by several brain diseases including Alzheimer’s disease, which accounts for 60–80 percent of all cases of dementia. Other causes of dementia include vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, Parkinson’s disease dementia, frontotemporal dementia, mixed dementia and other causes such as repeated head injuries. Know your risk factors. Dementia is rare in people younger than 60 years old, and it becomes more common in people older than 80 years old. Nearly half of people over age 90 have some form of memory loss. Alzheimer’s disease has a genetic component, and people with a first-degree relative are at greater chance of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Studies show that other factors that may impact an increased likelihood of dementia include smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes and an unhealthy lifestyle with limited exercise,

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poor diet and limited socialization. Significant memory loss should not be assumed to be dementia, and other causes must be taken into consideration. Memory loss resulting in impairment of activities may be a symptom of an underlying illness such as depression, hormonal changes, anemia, stress and anxiety, insomnia, vitamin B12 deficiency, thyroid problems, alcohol or drug use, dehydration or medications such as chemotherapy. If your memory loss is caused by an underlying reversible condition, you can identify it and treat it to improve memory. Lifestyle greatly impacts brain health. Sleep is necessary for the process of forming and storing new memories. If you find that you are snoring, have excessive daytime sleepiness or are having difficulty falling or staying asleep, talk to your health care provider.

Exercise regularly to get 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity a week to keep your body and brain healthy and regulate stress. Stay socially engaged with friends and family. Face-to-face social interaction reduces stress and engages the brain. Keep your brain active, play games, learn, read, get involved in activities and projects and learn new hobbies. If you are concerned about your memory or notice a change in your loved one’s memory, discuss your concerns with a health care provider. Simple assessments can be performed and appropriate interventions identified.

Michelle Napral is a nurse practitioner at the University of Minnesota Health Nurse Practitioners Clinic, 3rd Street & Chicago. Send questions to nursnews@umn.edu.

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