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A LOOK BEFORE MINNEAPOLIS’ LEAP Restaurants test out a $15 minimum wage for all — with mixed results PAGE 9
WHAT $15 COULD MEAN FOR YOUTH WORKERS Those who employ youth workers and interns say higher wages could mean fewer jobs PAGE 12
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The “Rebel Yell,” one of Rebel’s most popular donuts, has whiskey and bacon flavors. Due to their size, Rebel offers the $1.50 donuts in $5 flights of four. The nearly 600-square-foot shop will also serve some regular-sized donuts and classic flavors, in addition to coffee. Traver is also considering a Sunday brunch menu. Rebel will share a kitchen and patio in the back with a catering company next door. Chowgirls Killer Catering had occupied the space, but the local catering company recently moved its kitchen to a building at Traffic & Hoover in the Mid-City Industrial neighborhood. The popular intersection of 2nd & 13th is home to Dangerous Man Brewing Co., the recently opened Young Joni restaurant from Ann Kim and Eat My Words Bookstore. Traver said he hopes to open the shop at 1226 2nd St. NE for Art-A-Whirl in mid-May. Rebel Donut Bar offers online orders and event catering.
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After a decade of scaring Minneapolitans, the creeps of the Haunted Basement have escaped from the popular haunted house below the Soap Factory. The Haunted Basement recently announced that the Halloween attraction will now be independent from the arts organization, which recently announced its own project to renovate and better utilize its building in Marcy-Holmes. More details about this year’s Haunted Basement, including its new home, are forthcoming. “The Soap Factory’s basement was a star performer in its own right — creepy, dark and full of twists and turns without any of us having to add a thing,” said Christopher Barton, the project’s creative director, in a statement. “We’re excited to see where this next step takes us, but we’re going to miss running our performances in that gorgeously awful, ghost-infested space.”
The announcement comes as the Soap Factory, located near the Southeast Minneapolis riverfront, undergoes a year-long renovation to its building to update the historic infrastructure and activate underutilized space. “The Soap Factory has, and will always be, a place for experimentation and risk-taking. It is a huge success to see a program grow beyond The Soap Factory and take flight on its own,” said Bill Mague, the gallery’s executive director. Haunted Basement, which combines horror theatrics, art installations and live performers, has been around for over 10 years. The new direction promises “new locations, new experiences, and a fresh interpretation of our traditional style of artistdriven psychological horror,” according to its website.
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Fantasy Gifts, a Minneapolis-born chain of adult boutiques, recently closed its store on Hennepin Avenue nearly 37 years after first opening downtown. Fantasy Gifts, originally launched on Nicollet Mall, first opened its store on Hennepin Avenue in 1980, which was then located in Block E as Fantasy House. After that store closed in 1987, Fantasy Gifts, which now lists eight stores in Minnesota and two in New Jersey, moved it to Hennepin Avenue between 8th and 9th streets.
“Minneapolis is where Fantasy Gifts was born first and we are sad to be leaving downtown, it is a very different retail landscape in 2017 [versus] the 1980s and we will always cherish our beginnings on the old Block E,” Owner Colleen Bertino said in a statement. Fantasy Gifts offers clothing, DVDs, sex toys, games and novelties. The company also has an online store. The store at 814 B Hennepin Ave. closed March 6.
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The Hennepin Theatre Trust has named Mark Nerenhausen as its next president and CEO. Nerenhausen is the second leader of the downtown-based arts nonprofit, which owns and operates the Orpheum, State and Pantages theaters on Hennepin Avenue. Tom Hoch, its founder and first president and CEO, stepped down last fall and is now a candidate for mayor of Minneapolis. Nerenhausen comes to the trust as a founding director and professor of the Janklow Arts Leadership Program at Syracuse University in New York. Prior to that, he served as the president and CEO of AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas, Texas, a $354-million arts nonprofit that cultivates art in North Texas. Nerenhausen also led Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Performing Arts Center Authority, which manages six performing arts venues, for more than a decade. Ann Simonds, who has acted as interim president and CEO since February, said in a statement that Nerenhausen brings a flair for “innovation, partnership and excellence.” “Mark joins the trust with an impressive record of success that spans the performing arts, fundraising, education and cultural development,” she said. The trust’s next leader arrives at a time when the organization is relocating from City Center and building out a new headquarters in the former Solera building at 900 Hennepin Ave. “We feel truly energized by Mark and this
moment for the Trust, and we’re excited to have him with us as we realize the possibilities of our new home at 900 Hennepin,” Simonds said. Nerenhausen started the job on April 3. He and his wife will move to the Twin Cities this summer following the academic year at Syracuse University where, in addition to his administrative duties, Nerenhausen teaches a seminar in the spring. Before the move, he will commute between Minnesota and New York. “Hennepin Theatre Trust has established itself as an imaginative and entrepreneurial arts organization that is helping to drive cultural and economic vitality through the arts in Minnesota,” Nerenhausen said. “I’m incredibly honored to add to that strong legacy and team up with the board, staff and community members to bring their passion and energy for the Trust to life.” For Nerenhausen, a Wisconsin native, the move is a chance to get back home, or “at least much, much closer to home,” he said. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in Russian and East European Studies and a master’s degree in business in arts administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As a graduate student, Nerenhausen interned at downtown-based non-profit arts space developer Artspace. His two daughters attended Carleton College and St. Olaf College, and one is a current Twin Cities resident.
Mark Nerenhausen. Photo courtesy of the Hennepin Theatre Trust
“[Minneapolis] has always been part of my life in a lot of ways. It very much feels like home,” he said. “The reputation of the Twin Cities has always been one of a sophisticated cultural destination. It’s not the content of the culture, but I think, to those outside of the metropolitan area, what people really see is how the region thinks about culture relative to its identity and community and community values. And that’s really extraordinary. That’s really powerful. A lot of places would love to have that.” The trust has expanded its work over the years to not simply programming its theaters on Hennepin Avenue and the New Century Theatre in City Center, but placemaking and bringing artistic programming to the streets of downtown Minneapolis through largescale pieces like the Bob Dylan mural and initiatives like Made Here, the largest show-
case of storefront window art in the country. It’s this work that attracted Nerenhausen, who has also held positions at arts institutions like Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Oshkosh Grand Opera House, Bijou Theater, Milwaukee Performing Arts Center and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. “For me that idea of not only what the arts mean on stage to the people in the building witnessing them, but what do the arts institutions mean with respect to the larger civic agenda is something that’s always interested me and has been my area of focus,” he said. Nerenhausen said this work, and placemaking in general, speaks to the larger issue of why the arts are relevant to the community. In recent years the trust has unveiled projects outside its theaters that have involved both downtown residents and office workers commuting to the city, such as 5 to 10 Hennepin, a weekly community programming series on Hennepin Avenue, and a longterm vision for WeDo, or its West Downtown Cultural District. “If we want the arts to be sustainable we have to understand what makes the arts relevant to the larger community, not just relevant to the people in our concert halls,” he said. “Why do we matter to people who never step foot inside the concert halls?” Last year, the trust drew half a million people to its theaters. The organization reported more than $26 million in revenue last year.
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Hennepin County sheriff says feds owe him an apology Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek said his department was owed an apology after it appeared on a federal list of “non-cooperative jurisdictions” called out for their lack of coordination with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in March. Hennepin County appeared on the first of what are expected to be weekly reports from the Department of Homeland Security highlighting those jurisdictions nationally that fail to comply with federal requests to detain immigrants in custody until they can be handed over to ICE. The reports are mandated by an executive order President Donald Trump signed in January. Although the report did not list the individuals by name, Stanek said the it referred to two men born in Mexico who were arrested by the Minneapolis Police Department and who, upon their Feb. 3 release from Hennepin County Jail, were taken directly into custody by ICE agents. Joined by Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman, Stanek called a March 23 press conference “to clear up some inaccurate and misleading information,” he said. Stanek displayed still images from jail security camera footage that he said documented the transfer of custody to two ICE agents inside the jail’s sally port. “As I’ve said many times, there is no sanctuary for criminals anywhere in Hennepin County,” Stanek said. “Secondly, the Hennepin County
Sheriff ’s Office fully cooperates with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and all of our federal law enforcement partners to the full extent of the law. And then third, our agency respects and protects the constitutional rights of all the people we interact with.” Freeman said Hennepin County used to comply with ICE requests to hold undocumented immigrants for up to 48 hours after their scheduled release from jail. The county halted that practice in 2014. “What’s the problem with that? Most of us came to this country to be free and independent, and you can’t hold somebody on a bureaucrat’s statement that they’d like them held,” Freeman said. “To be fair, we all make mistakes,” Freeman said. “ICE made a big one here, and I think the sheriff is owed an apology.” Stanek said representatives of local immigrant communities contacted his office after the release of the report earlier in the week. They were concerned that they had heard one thing about the handling of immigrants in custody from his office and another from the feds. Stanek explained that ICE learns about immigrants in detention at the jail through the FBI. Everyone who enters the jail is fingerprinted and photographed at the time of booking, information that is collected by the state’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The FBI has access to a database maintained by the BCA and can choose
Ordinance aims to end discrimination against Section 8 renters An ordinance prohibiting Minneapolis landlords from refusing to rent to low-income tenants with federal housing vouchers was approved March 24 by a unanimous City Council. City Council Member Elizabeth Glidden said the ordinance, first introduced two years ago, continued a “long tradition” in the state and city of shielding public assistance recipients from discrimination. Its passage does not mean landlords must rent to Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher holders, only that they must consider their applications as they would anyone else seeking an apartment. An amendment to the Minneapolis Civil Rights Ordinance, it takes effect May 1, 2018. “Now, we will no longer be permitted to have properties advertise ‘No section 8 may apply’ — something that has long been a tremendous barrier to what is really a relatively small group of individuals who are some of our most vulnerable residents trying to find housing in the marketplace and having tremendous, tremendous difficulty,” Glidden said. She said only about 200 Section 8 participants are looking for housing in Minneapolis each month, on average, but they face “stereotyping and blanket rejection” by landlords. More than 90 percent of voucher holders in Minneapolis are people of color, and the average household
income of all voucher holders was $15,203. About 5,000 households are already using vouchers to pay for housing. The ordinance was co-sponsored by City Council members Abdi Warsame and Lisa Goodman. According to a city report, nearly 60 other jurisdictions nationwide have similar ordinances on the books. In Minneapolis, the city’s Civil Rights Department is charged with monitoring enforcement of the new rules. The council took nearly two hours of public testimony on the ordinance during a joint committee hearing held the week prior to the vote. Several landlords, property managers and representatives of the multi-family housing industry urged council members to first make reforms to the Section 8 program as it is administered by the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority before acting on an ordinance. “This ordinance is not the solution to the problem you’re trying to solve,” said Cecil Smith, a Minneapolis landlord and incoming board chair of the Minnesota Multi Housing Association, a non-profit trade group. Smith argued that the council’s action seemed “hostile to business,” and that the city should first give the MPHA time to work with landlords. The organization had previously taken out a full-page advertisement in the Star Tribune
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to share the information with ICE, Stanek said. He said deputies ask about country of origin but do not ask about the immigration status of those in the jail. “If they (ICE) want to talk to them upon release or transfer custody, they have to wait until the local charges are adjudicated. We don’t hold them any longer than that,” Stanek said, adding that the county regularly gives ICE 24 hours notice in advance of releasing inmates at the agency’s request. Stanek said his office “always” complies with requests for notification from ICE, but agents only show up at the time of release for about one-third of those requests. One of the two men who appeared in the DHS report was booked into Hennepin County Jail on probable cause for a weapons charge. The other was booked on probable cause for a fifth-degree narcotics charge. “I think it’s grossly unfair that the tell the public that two individuals who were in custody here at the Hennepin County Jail were released back out to the public without any type of cooperation and that these folks had a criminal background,” he said. “That is not the case.” Stanek said he had spoken with DHS officials at the state and federal level about the mix-up. “As of yet, though, they haven’t said ‘boo’ about it,” he said.
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warning that passage of the ordinance would add layers of bureaucracy and lead to “coastal rents,” pricing many out of the housing market. A statement released by the Minnesota Multi Housing Association after the March 24 vote described the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program as “broken.” The statement read, in part: “We support the program. We support reform. We call on the City Council to start being practical and actually make things better, not play politics with lives and businesses in the city.” The MPHA responded with its own statement posted to its website. The city agency has pledged to improve its working relationship with landlords through better communication and an updated inspections process. It has also proposed creation of a fund to incentivize local landlords to consider Section 8 voucher holders as tenants.
CORRECTION Due to an editing error, the March 23 Dateline Minneapolis column included an incorrect count of plastic poles marking the Third Avenue bicycle lanes. At the time of writing, there were just four poles in the first seven southbound blocks of Third Avenue. Those same blocks had just one pole going northbound.
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The fight for $15 across the country Wage campaigns, successful or not, have already played out in other cities Eric Best / ebest@journalmpls.com As Minneapolis officials prepare their minimum wage ordinance, leaders in other cities across the country are dealing with the effects of a $15 minimum wage on their own turf. From New York to Los Angeles, local movements for raising wages have played out in several major cities in recent years. Kshama Sawant has been a champion for the $15 minimum wage movement in Seattle and is “optimistic” about the campaign in Minneapolis. The Seattle City Council member was elected in 2013 with a mission to make Seattle one of the first major cities to adopt the higher wage. The campaign for a $15 minimum wage in Seattle began similarly to the one in Minneapolis, where activists tried to place a charter amendment on the November 2016 ballot but were blocked. A question made it onto the ballot in 2013 in SeaTac, a town just outside Seattle where the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is located, and it passed — but only by a tiny margin of less than 100 votes. Sawant, a member of the Socialist Alternative party, said workers and activists were able to leverage that to create a larger movement to make a higher minimum wage a “rallying cry” in the metro, even if it wasn’t popular then with city leaders. “It was clear that [$15 minimum wage] was starting to capture the imaginations of low-
wage workers, especially young low-wage workers, nationwide,” said Sawant, who is serving her second four-year term representing parts of downtown and eastern Seattle. “We had to build a movement strong enough such that is was made real to every council member that if they voted ‘no’ that it was under their own peril.” Seattle’s minimum wage ordinance gives businesses between two and seven years before ramping up to $15. Smaller employers with tipped employees or those that pay medical benefits have the most time under the law. Researchers have already begun measuring the impacts of wage reform in Seattle. In a study by University of Washington, researchers found that 18 months after the minimum wage ordinance went into effect there wasn’t a significant increase in business failures. Low-wage workers earned more, though much of that can be due to a strong local economy, the researchers found. Sawant, who has rallied for minimum wage reform in Minneapolis, is “very optimistic” about the campaign in the Twin Cities. The fact that mayoral candidates have to have a stated position on the $15 minimum wage is “an important victory” already, she added. Campaigns to raise the minimum wage to $15 haven’t all been successful. Despite a push from its mayor for a higher minimum wage, it’s unclear if Baltimore will see a successful fight for a higher wage of its own.
In March, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh vetoed an ordinance that would’ve raised the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022, saying that it wouldn’t be best for the city as it faces a deficit and a school budget shortfall. She emphasized that, on the state level, Maryland will raise the minimum wage throughout the state to $9.25 this July and $10.10 next July. “I believe it is in the best interest of the city that we follow the state,” Pugh told reporters at a press conference in March. “What I am doing is making sure that Baltimore City is not the hole in the donut.” Pugh’s remarks echo a previous stance on the issue from Mayor Betsy Hodges, who, before her views shifted on a $15 minimum wage last December, was opposed to a go-italone approach where the city raised its wage independent of the state or region. Hodges was unable to be reached for comment for this story. Organizers advocating minimum wage reform say there’s value in metro areas moving ahead alone: It can push states to act. Rusty Hicks, an organizer in Los Angeles’ movement around a $15 minimum wage, said Los Angeles was a “tipping point” for the rest of the state to adopt a higher minimum wage. Last year, California lawmakers passed a law setting a mandatory minimum of $15 an hour by 2022 after several large cities in the state, including San Francisco, passed their wage ordinances.
The minimum wage campaign in Los Angeles really started on Labor Day in 2014, when Mayor Eric Garcetti proposed a $13.25 hourly wage by 2017. Hicks and other organizers pushed for the higher wage, and the law was signed in a matter of nine months. Hicks said one of their biggest hurdles of the campaign was a stereotyped view of low-wage workers, many of whom are unable to afford the city’s high rents and other costs of living. “We found early on that people thought that workers were young, uneducated and they were lazy,” said Hicks, the executive secretary-treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, which represents roughly 800,000 workers across 300 unions. The city’s law acknowledges that perception, saying that few minimum wage earners are teens and that people of all education backgrounds would benefit from the increase. “If you want to stimulate the economy, put money in the pockets of everyday workers who will buy goods and services in their community,” Hicks said. While the federation doesn’t have data on how Los Angeles has fared under the rising minimum wage, Hicks said the people who thought that businesses would close and people would be out of work — that the “sky was going to fall” — had it wrong. “The sky is still in the sky,” he said.
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A look before Minneapolis’ leap Several restaurants have adopted the $15 minimum wage, with mixed results By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@journalmpls.com Ahead of the potential minimum wage hike to $15, a few Minneapolis restaurants have already tried paying $15 or more. Two venues said they are making it work, although it’s not easy. A third abandoned the experiment and shifted to lower server wages with tips. Another stopped tips and raised pay to $15 in April. At Byte on First Avenue, everyone makes $15, pools the tip money and trains to do everything from bartending and prepping food to waiting tables and washing dishes. The owners said they needed to adapt their entire business model to support the wage. “I took inspiration from a taco stand,” said co-owner Travis Shaw. At a taco cart, Shaw said, one person can easily make food for many people. The food is cheap, but flavorful. Setting $15 as the goal, they reverse-engineered the Byte menu to make the math work, using cost-effective pork shoulder in the bahn mi, chicken thighs in the taco salad and fried paneer curds in the vegetarian curry wrap. They’re trying to keep the menu affordable and aiming to sell a high volume of scratch fast food and beer. But it’s still not easy, Shaw said. “When payroll comes around, it’s hard. It’s a lot,” he said. “It makes me nervous half the time. We’re barely keeping our heads above water.”
Finding a balance Although lower wages would give Byte more breathing room with the bills, Shaw said that’s not what they wanted to do. And three-anda-half weeks in, he said they’re starting to hit the numbers they need. Shaw said that including tips (tips are pooled and paid out by the week) staff wages are consistently over $19 an hour, approaching wages comparable to a unionized hotel. One staffer can even help care for her parents, he said. “We’re an independent restaurant without corporate backing. I think it’s a big deal,” Shaw said. Upton 43 in Linden Hills tried a no-tipping policy for three-and-a-half months. The restaurant started all staff and servers at $17 or more, aiming to eliminate a fight for prime shifts and create more of a family environment. “Overall they would be making more
money long-term and consistently,” said spokesman Josef Harris. But Harris said the experiment didn’t work. Labor costs were too high, and dishes that were $20 crept closer to $30 to cover costs. “Some people had sticker shock,” he said. “… Until diners start to value the food just as high as the experience and understand everything that goes into bringing them that food, I don’t think we’ll be able to get there.” He said it was an interesting test of patron psychology. People didn’t seem to have a problem spending more with an additional tip, but they balked at higher menu prices, even if the total cost was a wash. People wanted some control over the total bill, Harris said. “We kind of found ourselves pricing ourselves way out of the market,” he said. “It really affected our margin if we wanted to stay competitive.” Harris said he thinks restaurants will have a hard time staffing at $15 an hour. It’s already challenging to find the perfect balance of food costs, labor and profit, he said. “Anything that shakes that, once you find that balance, it’s really hard to find that balance again,” he said. “Once restaurants start losing money, they lose a lot of money really quickly. … With $15 an hour, we would see a lot of restaurants close trying to meet that mandate.” A city-commissioned study found a higher minimum wage is likely to have the greatest impact on the operating costs of restaurants, with smaller restaurants more sensitive to the change. The restaurant industry is the group with the most minimum wage earners in the Minneapolis area. Any wage hike may not be immediate. Last year’s campaign to place a minimum wage question on the ballot proposed a $15 wage phased in over several years and at different speeds for small and large employers.
Aiming for a livable wage Common Roots Café has paid staff $11.40, above the minimum wage, since 2007. On April 3 they announced a shift to $15 with no tipping. Common Roots increased prices 15 percent to make the change. “We believe it is our responsibility as a business to guarantee fair wages, and that shouldn’t depend on the generosity of our
Gyst Fermentation Bar ended tipping last fall. Photo by Michelle Bruch
customers,” the café said in a Facebook post. “… We believe it’s imperative that all staff, regardless of whether they serve our customers, prepare your food or wash your dishes, get equitable compensation for their work. Tipping makes this very challenging.” GYST Fermentation Bar also pays its staffers $15 and stopped accepting tips last fall, acting on the principle that the culture of tipping is outdated and that all jobs deserve a livable wage. They increased menu prices about 15–20 percent. For patrons who insist on leaving a tip, they’re donating the money to Appetite For Change, a community organization based in North Minneapolis. After the shift to no tipping, they felt the impact of increased payroll taxes and smaller check prices. Nevertheless, the owners said it was the right thing to do. They’ve worked for $9–$12 at spots like France 44, Whole Foods and the Bi-Rite Market in San Francisco. “It’s not livable at all,” Ky said. Mel said she’s seen restaurants where servers make $300 a night while the kitchen staff makes $9-$11 an hour. And Ky has worked in traditional salaried positions as well. “It gives us some interesting perspective,” Ky said. “I worked hard at my [salaried] job, but not nearly as hard as I worked in the food industry. I want this industry to be valued for what it is.” Good food is costly, she said. “You have to pay the farmers, who work hard and long hours to grow food,” she said.
Forced to change A couple of doors down at Little Tijuana, Deborah Dickson was surprised to learn GYST was paying people $15. Dickson and business
partner Steve Wagner have had enough of city regulation, and the minimum wage under consideration is no exception. A sign in the window states: “Mpls City Council and their policies don’t support small business!” Dickson said the statewide minimum wage hike that went into effect nine months ago prompted them to cut three people from the kitchen, and now the owners are working seven days a week, 80–100 hours apiece. If the minimum wage increases again, Dickson said they may have to cut hours and staff further. “I’m working all day from open until close, until 2:00 (a.m.),” Wagner said. “I sleep back here. … In three years I haven’t had a day off.” He ticked off the restaurant’s expenses, including the mortgage, payroll, property tax, insurance, food, liquor and electric bill. “Everybody has the misconception that we get to keep all the money we take in,” he said. Dickson said she doesn’t think patrons will come to Minneapolis to hunt for parking spaces and pay higher prices for meals. Customers have already commented on past price increases, she said. Shaw at Byte said he has mixed feelings about the proposed minimum wage hike. The $15 wage is difficult for Byte, even though the entire business model was built around higher wages. And a crappy-paying job is better than no job, he said. “We’ve been really on the fence on it,” Shaw said. “Some people would just have to rework the entire system. This will break people unless they completely change their system to something more fast-casual.” He said his heart goes out to other restaurants, and anticipates that a change would likely be chaotic. “We’re trying to build this model and show it can be done,” he said.
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Nicollet Mall art A Public Art Committee has selected artists to bring public art to the reconstruction of Nicollet Mall. California-based artist Ned Kahn has designed “Prairie Tree, a tree-like structure with rotating veins that act like prairie grass and will be animated by gusts of wind. The city will install the work between 10th and 11th streets on the mall’s east side. Arizonabased Blessing Hancock was commissioned to design “Nicollet Lanterns,” which will be a part of the signature “light walk” between 6th and 8th streets. And Tristan Al-Haddad of Georgia has designed “Nimbus,” a sculpture that will be part of a new space near the Minneapolis Central Library.
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$15 an hour could mean fewer jobs for youth Some businesses, leaders advocate tiered wage structure By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@journalmpls.com Jon Olson said he enjoyed hiring young people and working with them at his Dairy Queen in North Minneapolis, which he owned for more than 20 years. He said it would have been hard to imagine paying his youngest employees $15 an hour, the minimum wage advocates are pushing for as city staff develop a proposal expected to reach the City Council later this spring. Olson, a Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board commissioner, mostly hired kids who were 16 years old but would hire some as young as 14. It was difficult to expect a kid that young to be “a really solid, productive employee,” he said. “Part of the deal was teaching these young folks,” he said. “When you’re paying 15 an hour, you have an expectation that they’ll be able to do pretty much everything (you’ve) asked.” Across Minneapolis, employers say a $15 minimum wage would limit their ability to hire teenagers and provide them with the valuable experience that comes with holding a job. Some say the $15 minimum wage would force them to cut back on hiring teenagers, and some are advocating for a tiered-wage system that would allow them to pay youth workers a smaller wage. Dick Henke, owner of The Malt Shop in Lynnhurst, said he wasn’t sure how many positions his restaurant would be able to maintain if it had to start youth workers at $15. Restaurants are one of the big industries that provide high school kids with their first jobs, he said, calling it something that’s “an important part of what we do.” “If we had to pay $15 for kids that are learning their first job in their life, I’m not sure we’d be able to keep doing that,” he said. “… If the city follows through, it’s going to be very challenging for sure.”
Fifteen-yearold Will Berlin works the cash register at Settergren Ace Hardware in Linden Hills. Businesses in Minneapolis are mulling over how a $15 minimum wage would affect their ability to hire youth workers. Photo by Nate Gotlieb
talent-development system, Director Jeremiah Brown said, something that is crucial to businesses and to having a “thriving and dynamic Twin Cities area.” A lot of employers value the opportunity to mentor, Brown said, and businesses also love that the young people are diverse and bring fresh perspectives. Plus, Step-Up interns are prepared to get real work done. “They’re kind of a low-cost solution for businesses to really advance big projects,” he said. “Our young people are skilled enough and prepared enough to contribute every summer.”
Good market for teens The minimum wage discussion is happening in a robust job market, one in which teen labor force participation is picking up, said Oriane Casale, assistant director of the Labor Market Information Office at the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. Casale said teen labor force participation is back up to 50 percent in Minnesota, although the number appears to be slightly lower in Minneapolis, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. She said the statewide minimum wage increase does not seem to have had an overall impact on employers’ willingness to hire. Minnesota increased its minimum wage from $6.15 an hour in 2014 to $9.50 an hour and $7.75 an hour for youth this past year, a rate that will adjust with inflation beginning in 2018. Casale said the stakes are a little bit different in Minneapolis, however, because employers can move. In Seattle, which instituted a $15 minimum wage in 2015, the immediate impact has been a major increase in youth unemployment, according to Danielle Grant, CEO of Achieve Minneapolis, which runs the Step-Up Achieve internship program. Grant said she thinks a $15 minimum wage would have a negative impact on professional-internship programs such as Step-Up Achieve, adding that her organization would have a difficult time getting students to do professional-level internships if fast food restaurants paid more. Step-Up Achieve serves as a workforce
Collective punishment Julene Lind, owner of Nicollet Ace Hardware, said she always thought it was her responsibility to hire youth. They have a real job at her store and are a real part of her team, she said. Lind has hired as many as four high school kids for the summer but isn’t hiring any this year because of her the assumption there will be a proposed ordinance requiring her to pay youth $15 an hour. She said there’s no way to hire someone that has zero skills and pay them $15 an hour. “They have no idea how a business works,” Lind said of the city. “They can’t just go after fast food, so they punished all of us. … We’re not in the same pool.” At the North Minneapolis nonprofit Cookie Cart, which provides high school students with a job and training in areas such as fiscal literacy and leadership, a $1 increase in minimum wage would cost about $32,000, according to Executive Director Matt Halley. He said a lot of the teenagers who work for the organization don’t even know they can go to a bank to cash a check. The organization has a lot of kids who are helping out with their families’ basic needs, but Halley said they encourage kids to buy things for themselves, too. Halley said minimum wage is just one piece of Minneapolis’ economic disparities. He said it’s really hard for a young person in North Minneapolis to get to a place that is hiring. “If the jobs aren’t available, if their parents are working really hard and are barely able
to make ends meet, the whole prospects for them being able to go to college are really small,” he said. At the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, which hires youth for seasonal and part-time jobs, a $15 minimum wage would mean $3.3 million in increased costs in 2018, according to Superintendent Jayne Miller. Miller said it’s difficult to pull out the impact that would have on youth, since the Park Board hires them for a variety of positions. She said her organization will continue to talk to the Mayor and City Council about how it would cover the expenses. Miller said the Park Board is very supportive of people making a living wage but noted that many jobs are seasonal and “high school” jobs by nature. She said she worries high school kids would get shut out of jobs with a $15 minimum wage. Joe Sipprell, general manager of Uptown Diner, said his jobs for teens don’t require a lot of hours; the teens mainly work at peak times, such as weekends, when he needs hosts and bussing help. He said the jobs are a great way for young people to learn responsibility, adding that they get to make a few bucks, the servers tip them out and they get an employee meal. He said he pays them $8 an hour and $9.50 when they turn 18. Sipprell said it would be hard to put an adult in those sorts of jobs. He said he assumes there would be some sort of youth waiver for the $15 minimum wage; otherwise it would be hard for him to want teens to stick around after their 18th birthday, he said.
Worth $15 an hour? Nicholas Rocque, an 11th-grader at The FAIR School, works for Delaware North, which supplies food and support services to Target Field. He usually works on the weekends in the school year and said he works every day once the summer hits, usually from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. or 11 p.m. Rocque helps his dad with paying bills and pays his own phone bill. He also spends money on studio time for his music, buying equipment for himself and trying to buy
plane tickets to go to shows in other states. Rocque, who makes about $12.30 an hour, said a minimum-wage increase wouldn’t mean that much to him, though he’d be worried about taxes increasing. He said he understands a $15 minimum wage would help people “in the sense of getting a more stable living situation. “But at the same time,” he added, “I don’t think a lot of people deserve it, at least at my job.” FAIR School 11th-grader Elizabeth Holcomb also worked for Delaware North, cooking burgers at baseball games. She said her family is pretty secure with money but she knows a lot of people aren’t and that raising the minimum wage could really help. Shaunassey Johnson, also an 11th-grader at FAIR School, said she thinks a $15 minimum wage would be really helpful. Johnson lives with her mom and grandma and works at a Caribou Coffee downtown. She said that with a $15 minimum wage, she could start giving money to her mom, save some and “do more with my money than I can do right now.” Alexis Flynn, an 11th-grader at Armstrong High School in Robbinsdale who works at Cookie Cart, said she fees like work ethic would go down with a $15 minimum wage. She said she hasn’t furthered her education to the point where she should be getting $15 an hour, adding that she feels her current wage, $10.50, is reasonable for what she does. “If we’re getting paid right off the bat $15 an hour, what would college do for you?” she asked. Olson, the Park Board commissioner and former Dairy Queen owner, said he hopes there’s a way to protect employment opportunities for young people. He said he’s happy that conversations are taking place and that people on all sides are trying to figure out “fair and equitable solutions.” But it’s going to take time, he said, and it’s going to mean stretching resources. “We have to find a balance, too, rather than just saying, ‘we’re going to raise your taxes,’” he said. “If we’re just turning around and taxing people more, it doesn’t help them.”
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94 By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@journalmpls.com Loring Park connects to Nicollet Mall via the Loring Greenway, a pedestrian walkway lined with gardens and fountains that was built in the late 1970s. There’s a link to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden on the other side of the park via the Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge. Outside of the park, neighborhood landmarks include the Basilica of Saint Mary, the first basilica in the United States when it opened in 1914; Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, which first held services two years later, in 1916; the Women’s Club of Minneapolis; and the Minneapolis Convention Center. The neighborhood is also home to the Minneapolis Community and Tech394 nical College campus.
Opened as the Fawkes Building in 1911, it was one of the first automobile showrooms in the city, and other dealerships sprouted up nearby.
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Boundaries: The Loring Park neighborhood’s boundaries include Lyndale Avenue to the west, Interstate 94 to the south and Highway 65 to the east. The northern border runs along Interstate 394 and 12th streets north and south. Demographics: The Loring Park neighborhood’s population was 8,262 in 2015, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau figures compiled by Minnesota Compass. The median household income was $37,438. More than 80 percent of households were renter-occupied. Get involved: Citizens for Loring Park Community, a non-profit neighborhood organization, celebrates 45 years April 19 with its Love Loring community social event. For information on times and tickets, look up the organization on Facebook.
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Loring Park is a focal point of Minneapolis, and the eponymous neighborhood around it is crowded with condominiums, apartments and some of the city’s oldest institutions. What opened in 1883 as Central Park was renamed less than a decade later for Charles Loring, the first Minneapolis parks superintendent. Today, the nearly 34-acre green space at the southwestern edge of downtown is a year-round hub of activity. Major events include the recently revamped Holidazzle celebration in November and December, Twin Cities Pride each June, the Loring Park Arts Festival in July and the summer movies and music program sponsored by the nearby Walker Art Center. The park itself includes bicycle and walking paths, a dog park, the 5-acre Loring Pond, native grasses and flowers planted in the Garden of the Seasons and the dandelionshaped Berger Fountain.
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NEW LIFE FOR LA BELLE VIE SPACE The Kenwood’s Don Saunders is cooking up private dining rooms and a neighborhood lounge Eric Best / ebest@journalmpls.com When La Belle Vie, the state’s top fine dining institution for nearly two decades, closed in 2015, many were dumbfounded. Don Saunders, however, had an idea. What Saunders, the chef and owner behind The Kenwood, didn’t have was the time and energy to open a full-service restaurant. Saunders rented out a private dining room in the celebrated restaurant when he got married and dropped by the lounge several times over the years. So when a resident group with the 510 Groveland building approached Saunders about taking over the space, he knew exactly what to do, and 510 Lounge & Private Dining was born. “It popped in my head — not that I would go after the space, but whoever did — that it would be really smart to do private dining only in the formal dining room and keep the lounge,” he said. “It’s funny how it all came about because I had that thought instantaneously.” The private-dining establishment will do much of what The Kenwood, a seasonal, European-minded restaurant in the eponymous neighborhood, can’t. Saunders said he gets many requests from wedding parties and others looking to rent out the entire restaurant, but he can rarely risk turning away regulars. The Kenwood also doesn’t have a full bar or lounge, but the space under La Belle Vie
had a reputation with locals. So while 510’s dining room will be private, the lounge will be open for shareable plates and cocktails. “People really talk about the lounge space being really missed. People just die over the space,” he said. The space, once home to 510 Restaurant before it was La Belle Vie, will see more modern touches as 510 Lounge & Private Dining. While they won’t touch the crown molding or terrazzo floors, Saunders said, they are, for example, painting the walls a monochromatic gray. “When you go into a space with the reputation La Belle Vie had, you want to make it your own. We’re definitely adding quite a bit of color and pattern,” he said. The space’s two dining rooms will seat about 64 and 48 for a total of 112 people. Under 510, the lounge will fit a bit more than La Belle Vie with seating for about 65. In the private dining rooms the menu will be seasonal and flexible, Saunders said. Parties will have the option of tasting menus with five to nine courses, platters and more. The lounge’s menu focuses on small, shareable dishes. It will have five sections, including caviar, oysters, cheese, charcuterie and another for other items like steamed mussels, grilled sardines and white bean hummus. Saunders has brought on DJ Keenan as head chef and Meg Alm as chef de cuisine.
Knowing that the two previous restaurants in the space garnered accolades, Saunders said he hopes the quality of service and the food will be at the same level of his predecessors. “I just look at that as something to carry on basically. It’s a challenge, but one that I certainly welcome,” he said. The full bar at 510 will expand on the wine and beer program at The Kenwood. While Saunders will only be conceptually involved in the cocktail program — he hasn’t had a drink in several years, he said — it will include a few signature seasonal cocktails from the mind of general manager Peter Beard, as well as classic drinks. “We want to be the place that makes the best old-school old-fashioned [and] the best old-school sidecar,” he said. “Hopefully this place will be a complement to what we’re doing at The Kenwood.” While it was “crickets for weeks” following Saunders’ announcement that we was going to take over the 510 Groveland space last fall, there are been an influx of attention recently, he said. Saunders has already received several inquiries to book the space, from weddings — from rehearsal dinners to receptions — to wine groups. Readers can make reservations with Aaron Dahl, private dining coordinator, at privatedining@510mpls.com. Saunders said he expects to open 510 Lounge & Private Dining by this July.
Don Saunders and his team are keeping much of the 510 Groveland space intact, but will add modern touches. Submitted photo
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A B&B WITH A HISTORY LESSON Loring Park’s 300 Clifton and its owners continue to tell the historic home’s stories Eric Best / ebest@journalmpls.com A night at 300 Clifton is one part hotel and one part time machine. The bed and breakfast, tucked away in the hills of the Loring Park neighborhood, welcomes travelers into the home Eugene Carpenter, a captain of the Minneapolis logging industry and one of the founders of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Over the past few years, owners Norman and John Kulba have brought the history of the 1887 house to life by restoring its ornate rooms, recovering original décor and telling its tales. “We want people to really eat up the history of the house,” John said. “We feel like the house has a continuing, unfolding history.” The two bought the roughly 12,000-square-foot house in 2013. Before then, previous tenants had used Carpenter’s home as a boarding house and then as office space for nearly 70 years. With all the space, the two decided to reopen the home as a bed and breakfast and, in recent years, have restored it to its former glory. “We were looking for a fixer-upper, and we fell in love with the house and the history behind it. It makes the whole thing worth doing,” John said. Bringing back the Georgia Revival-style home proved to be no easy task. The two partnered with hundreds of former residents, tenants and workers who had touched 300 Clifton during its 130-year history. They’ve managed to track down the only known image of Eugene Carpenter’s wife, Merrette; original décor items from John Bradstreet, the house’s original interior designer; and many
The Eugene Carpenter house at 300 Clifton Ave. is one of the last historic mansions that still remain in Loring Park. Submitted photo more pieces throughout the home, from ashtrays to the hat of Merrette’s chauffeur. They’ve also put together rooms themed around the historic characters of the house, from Bradstreet to Carpenter, and assembled hundreds of photos and more detailing the history on the walls of 300 Clifton. The two said the “forgotten piece” of history of the house is its relation to the arts scene in Minneapolis, which has Carpenter and
other figures to thank for creating Mia and becoming patrons of the arts. The house is also one of the few homes of the city’s historical figures still standing in the Loring Park neighborhood. “The beautiful thing for the city for a bed and breakfast is the focus on restoration. They want to see what the house looked like 100 years ago. That’s what our clients want,” John said.
Not only does the bed and breakfast tell the story of its famous figures, but of its cooks, housekeepers and servants as well. A step from an ornately decorated lobby brings guests into the hidden world of the people who took care of the home, who had their own entrances, stairs and rooms apart from the front of the house — even when they outnumbered Carpenter family four-to-one. There are actual secret doors like the kind from a horror movie. “It’s really cool to see that separation, to see that amazing change from that really beautifully decorated hallway to come through a secret door and see what I’ll call a parallel universe,” John said. “We feel like the Carpenters aren’t the only important ones to have lived here.” It’s this kind of glimpse into the past that the two say attracts guests. Instead of staying at a modern hotel, Norman said they’re seeing a generation of clients who are after something “a little more unusual” when choosing where to stay. Modern touches like Wi-Fi and amenities like outdoor gardens also help. “With ‘Downtown Abbey’ and ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’ you got to see (on TV) what it was like to live like that. Now you can stay and see,” he said. “I tell people it’s like staying in your grandma’s house.” More information on the bed and breakfast and the history of the Eugene Carpenter house is available at 300clifton.com.
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uinoa, spirulina, kombucha — with all the super foods and food fads floating around these days, you may or may not have noticed ghee on the shelves. Ghee (rhymes with “we”) is a type of clarified butter and is not a fad, but rather a food with ancient roots in Indian, South Asian and Middle Eastern cuisine (to name a few). Ghee is made by simmering butter, removing the solid impurities that are a natural part of the cream and then saving the resulting liquid fat. Ghee has a nutty and buttery flavor and is commonly used the same way as oils in sauces, curries and other forms of cooking. It has a high smoke point, so it is ideal for searing meat and fish, too. Ghee also boasts several health benefits. It has lower levels of lactose than butter, making it more easily digestible for people with dairy sensitivities. It also contains high levels of vitamins A and D and butyric acid, which are said to aid immune health and inflammation. Additionally, ghee is often seen as an ingredient in many indigenous medical traditions. If you’re looking for a local brand of ghee, you’ll find it at Gorkha Palace. Gorkha Palace
is Minneapolis’ premier Nepali, Indian and Tibetan restaurant located in the heart of Northeast and named after an ancient historic palace that sits atop a hill in Nepal. In addition to momo dumplings, seasonal curries, mango lassi and flavorful chutneys, they sell their house-made ghee at the Mill City Farmers Market. Gorkha Palace owner Rashmi Bhattachan grew up in the mountainous city of Pokhara, Nepal. Bhattachan is passionate about farm-totable cooking and loves to share the culinary delights that she learned from her grandmothers with the community. Rashmi continuously supports the Mill City Farmers Market’s tradition of promoting local farms, organic and fresh high-quality ingredients. In fact, Rashmi opened her restaurant after receiving encouragement from Mill City Farmers Market patrons who enjoyed her products so much. You can buy ghee from Gorkha Palace at the Mill City Farmers Market’s indoor markets on April 8 and 22. The market is open 10 a.m.–1 p.m. inside the Mill City Museum, 704 S. 2nd St.
Gorkha Palace owner Rashmi Bhattachan, right, and her sister, Rachana, sell their house-made ghee at Mill City Market. Submitted photo
Black-eyed pea curry (chyai bodi masala) By Rashmi Bhattachan of Gorkha Palace Serves 4 Ingredients 3 Tablespoons ghee 2 garlic cloves, minced ½ teaspoon grated ginger ½ cup chopped onions ½ cup dried black-eyed peas, cooked ½ cup chopped fresh tomatoes 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon ground coriander ½ teaspoon ground turmeric Chili powder and salt, to taste 2 cups sliced mushrooms (any variety, but I like shiitake) 2 cups cooked rice (optional for serving) ½ cup chopped cilantro and/or green onion (optional to garnish)
Method Heat the ghee in a large saucepan. Add the garlic, ginger and onions and sauté until golden brown. Add the black-eyed peas, spices and salt and sauté for five minutes. Next, add the tomatoes and cook for 2 minutes. Add one cup of water. Cook for ten minutes on medium low heat, stirring frequently. Add the mushrooms and continue cooking on medium low heat for another ten minutes. Add more spices and salt if desired. Serve over rice with chopped cilantro and green onions to garnish. Go to strongertogether.coop/recipes/ simple-beans for simple instructions for cooking dry beans from our friends at Co+op!
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Artists Carolina Borja and Jesse Matthew Petersen share an affinity for fragmentation, manipulation and challenging perception in their artworks. Borja, who was born in San Diego and is now based in Mexico City, incorporates elements of traditional Mexican crafts into her work, merging these practices into a more contemporary art aesthetic. Her art in “Unflinching Facades” utilizes traditional Mexican printing techniques and collage, along with layers of oil and acrylic, to illustrate the contrast of cultures and explore what lies beneath cultural traditions. Similarly, Petersen’s series of digital collages explore what lies beneath cultural traditions — in his case, the modern fashion industry. His works are composed of sculptural, amorphous shapes, derived from found imagery of garments from fashion magazines. By removing the human face from the images, Petersen questions what’s beneath the attraction to artifice.
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Where: Soo Visual Arts Center, 2909 S. Bryant Ave. #101 When: April 8–May 20; opening reception Saturday, April 8 from 6 p.m.–9 p.m. Cost: Free Info: soovac.org
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Jungle Theater artistic director Sarah Rasmussen directs Josh Tobiessen’s newest comedy about a woman who finds herself stranded in a liquor store and troubled by a the ghosts of her past. (Tobiessen happens to be Rasmussen’s husband, a creative pairing that paid off when she directed his play, “Crashing the Party,” at Mixed Blood Theatre in 2012.) “Lone Star Spirits” premiered last June in New York City, earning a rave review from The New York Times, which called it “a rollicking good ghost story.” Expect well-drawn characters, strong performances by Jungle favorites Terry Hempleman and John Catron, and plenty of small-town charm.
Since 1987, the American Craft Show has been showcasing the best in American crafts in St. Paul. This year’s show celebrates the American Craft Council’s 75th anniversary with goods from more than 250 top contemporary jewelry, clothing, furniture and home décor artisans and designers from across the country. The show’s newest program, “Style Slam,” demonstrates how to incorporate handmade fashions into attendees’ wardrobes with tips and tricks from local stylists. Another recent addition to the show is “Hip Pop,” a juried showcase of emerging artisans, and “Let’s Make,” a series of interactive demonstrations offering show-goers a chance to learn what goes into creating a handicraft. Also returning is “Make Room: Modern Design meets Craft,” which challenges four local interior designers to create a decade-inspired room that showcases handcrafted home décor.
Where: The Jungle Theater, 2951 Lyndale Ave. S. When: 7:30 p.m. April 8–May 7 Cost: $35–$45 Info: jungletheater.com
Where: St. Paul RiverCentre, 175 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul When: 10 a.m.–8 p.m. Friday, April 7, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Saturday, April 8, and 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Sunday, April 9; preview party Thursday, April 6 from 6 p.m.–9 p.m. Cost: $11 for one-day pass; $85 for preview party Info: craftcouncil.org
“Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz”
Bacon and Beer Classic The Nicollet Island Pavilion will be the stage for a day of a great pairing: beer and bacon. Think about it — the salty, caramelized sweetness of bacon is the ideal counterpart for malty, effervescent brews. In addition to beer and bacon pairings, this event will feature two and a half hours of bacon-infused dishes from local restaurants, all-you-can-eat bacon strips, giant Jenga, a bacon-eating contest and unlimited craft beer and cider samples from local and regional breweries. Where: Nicollet Island Pavilion, 40 Power St. When: Saturday, April 15 from 8:30 p.m.–11 p.m. (8 p.m. entry for VIP) Cost: $45 general admission, $55 VIP Info: baconandbeerclassic.com
Although “Wicked” debuted more than a decade ago, Broadway’s runaway hit of the new millennium is still a must-see. Based on Gregory Maguire’s dark, subversive novel of the same name with music by Stephen Schwarz of “Godspell” fame, “Wicked” tells the story of how the green-skinned witch Elphaba becomes known as the Wicked Witch of the West, long before Dorothy arrives in Oz. The narrative rests on a single premise: The story we thought we knew is actually better when viewed from the other side. The musical boasted sold-out runs during all four of its previous Minneapolis engagements, so grab your tickets now while you can. Where: Orpheum Theatre, 910 Hennepin Ave. When: April 12–May 14 Cost: $53–$199 Info: 800-982-2787 or hennepintheatretrust.org
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Minnesota Book Awards Celebrate the best in local literature at the 29th-annual Minnesota Book Awards ceremony, which features emcee Tom Weber of MPR News, live music, complimentary wine and refreshments and an announcement of the award winners. Where: InterContinental Saint Paul Riverfront, 11 E. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul When: Saturday, April 8 from 6:30 p.m.–10 p.m. Cost: $40 Info: thefriends.org
National Poetry Month April marks National Poetry Month, the largest literary celebration in the world. Established by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, the annual event will touch down in the Twin Cities through a series of public readings, poetry slams and parties throughout the month.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Spiders’ fly catchers 5 It forms over a healing abrasion 9 Casual talk 13 Mine, to Marcel 14 Batted ball into the dugout, say 15 Lane at the Daily Planet 16 Awkward situation 19 Mournful poem 20 IDs shown at airports 21 Close tightly again 23 Business suit go-with 24 Weekly paycheck, e.g. 31 Pose a question 34 Actress Shire 35 Courtroom hammer 36 Sheet music symbol 38 Henry or Jane of “On Golden Pond”
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30 Lodge fellows 31 Many a prep sch. 32 Speak indistinctly
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33 Emmy nominee Russell of “The Americans”
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National Poetry Month Celebration with Milkweed Editions Minneapolis-based publisher Milkweed Editions, which has published more than 350 books of literary fiction, nonfiction and poetry since its founding in 1980, hosts an evening honoring National Poetry Month, featuring a reception with poetrythemed drinks and hors d’oeuvres, followed by readings from the finalists for this year’s Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry. Where: Open Book, 1011 S. Washington Ave. When: Thursday, April 13 at 5:30 p.m. (ticketed reception) and 7 p.m. (free reading) Cost: Reception: $25 general admission, $10 students, free for poets. Reading is free and open to the public Info: milkweed.org
Poetry Readings at Magers & Quinn Booksellers The locally owned bookseller hosts back-to-back evenings of poetry readings. On April 20, Minneapolis poet and Milkweed Editions co-founder Emilie Buchwald will read from her latest collection of poems, “The Moment’s Only Moment,” and St. Paul poet Margaret Hasse will read from her new poetry book, “Between Us.” On April 21, the store will host poets Lyle Daggett, Wang Ping and Morgan Grayce Willow as they read their contributions from new book, “Resist Much, Obey Little: Inaugural Poems to the Resistance.” Where: Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave. When: Thursday, April 20 at 7 p.m. and Friday, April 21 at 7 p.m. Cost: Free Info: magersandquinn.com
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When Ilya Garelik says his band’s name is an inside joke, it makes sense. When listening to Cool Pollution, you don’t exactly feel like you’re in on the joke, but the delivery is undeniably cool nonetheless. Cool Pollution, a local band-turned-solo-project-turned-band of Garelik’s doing (they don’t actually endorse pollution), is set to release its next LP, the six-song “From Kosmos with Love,” this month. Frontman Garelik, who plays guitar and sings on the record, wrote the personality-packed songs before teaming up with Adrian Williams, who plays synthesizers with the band and produces under the moniker Adriatic, and Ian Sutherland, a drummer from local metal bands Ashbringer and Shirazad. The additional members create a well-produced layer below Garelik’s voice, which cuts through, telling stories of “Moonbabies,” fractured relationships and mutiny.
Cool Pollution — drummer Ian Sutherland, frontman Ilya Garelik and producer Adrian Williams — is set to release “From Kosmos with Love” this month. Submitted photo
“Before it seemed like [the songs] were just skeletons. They gave them a body of their own,” Garelik said.
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If you follow restaurant news in the city like I do, then you know about Young Joni. Weeks after opening, Ann Kim’s new pizza restaurant in Northeast Minneapolis still has hour-long waits on weekdays, but not all is lost. If you get stuck waiting at the restaurant, be sure to try the back bar, tucked away in the alley just beyond the Darth Maul-esque red light. The bar recently unveiled a new menu of tribute cocktails named after celebrities who’ve recently passed, such as Prince, Alan Rickman and David Bowie. While themed, make no mistake; these drinks are still masterfully curated and mixed. The Leia, a drink dedicated to Carrie Fisher and her iconic “Star Wars” character, is the best drink I’ve had so far this year. With a milky froth thanks to an egg white, the gin sidecar-esque cocktail goes down with a gloriously smooth finish. The drink, an original take on the White Lady, combines gin, sparking wine, apricot and a sprig of thyme, all meant to capture the rebellious spirit of our favorite princess-turned-general. Cheers, and may the force be with you.
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In explaining RAW, it might be easier to explain what it isn’t. It isn’t simple. It isn’t traditional. And it isn’t boring. RAW is an independent arts show of sorts, which has spread to more than 60 cities around the globe. During the evening, participants can expect to see a menagerie of art and mediums, from film screenings and pop-up art galleries, to fashion shows, live performance art and designers showing off their wares. The 18-plus show in April, dubbed “Verse,” will feature host and Twin Cities personality Anahita Ahrar, music by DJ Matty Matt and dozens of makeup artists, musicians, photographers and more. Pre-sale tickets are available for the event, taking place Wednesday, April 19 at 7 p.m. at The Pourhouse, located at Hennepin & 5th.
“From Kosmos with Love” opens with “Sirens (Purple Sky),” a tune that finds joy in nihilism (“And you remember that nothing lasts forever / That’s where I’ll meet you”) and serves as an intro to the band’s combination of influences — Garelik describes their music as “psychedelic indie folk with post-rock elements.” It moves to “Water Towers,” a bright indie-pop song about love and understanding how relationships ebb and flow (“Left the faucet on for way too long / All that water has now come and gone”). The LP picks up with “Wayward,” a tune about relationships “going off course,” Garelik said. The roughly five-minute song tells tales — a couple fighting in the night and a ship’s crew rebelling against their wayward captain — that on their face feel different, but are tied together through a chorus (“nothing changes / rearranges”) before the song literally goes wayward. The LP eventually strays from relationships with songs like “In The Matrix,” a sleek, bluesy track that comments on the surveillance state and how it affects human behavior, Garelik said. The final track, the upbeat “Moonbabies,” is guaranteed to have the audience dancing. Cool Pollution is set to release “From Kosmos with Love” on its Bandcamp page for free download around the time they take to the 7th Street Entry on Tuesday, April 11. The LP release show will have projection art from artist Hattie Ball and a slew of local and aptly named bands, including Ghostband, Sloslylove, City Counselor and The Controversial New ‘Skinny Pill.’ “We just want to go all out for the show. You only get one release show, so we wanted to go big,” he said. The band will continue to play local shows this spring.
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pril 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the United States’ entry into World War I. The “hostess house” shown in this photograph was a replica erected in downtown Minneapolis as part of a wartime liberty bond drive. The real houses were designed by the YWCA to provide a suitable place for women visiting or living in wartime military camps. In the United States, these houses allowed women to visit their husbands or loved ones before the soldier left for the battlefields. The real houses provided beds, a cafeteria and a nursery. This replica gave Minnesotans an opportunity to learn more about the wartime work of the YWCA.
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