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By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@journalmpls.com About 80 people gathered in the basement of Plymouth Congregational Church on a Tuesday evening in April to join a conversation that will shape the future of Minneapolis’ neighborhood organizations. With questions about neighborhood funding looming, Minneapolis is first seeking to more clearly define the role its 70 neighborhood organizations play. So, while a cold rain fell outside, attendees of the first Neighborhoods 2020 Café filled up at a free taco bar and then broke into small groups to discuss what neighborhood organizations should do, what they

should look like and how they should connect with their constituents. “They’re each very different, and so it’s hard to categorize them easily, but I think what this will do is help us see that intersection between neighborhood organizations and the city and then help us think about how to guide future programming to support them,” said Robert Thompson, a policy specialist in the Neighborhood and Community Relations Department. A set of recommendations is expected to go to the City Council next year, and the

five cafe events are being used to gather input, Thompson said. A report due to the Neighborhood and Community Engagement Commission in June — about a month after the final cafe event on May 8 at Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park — will give a preview of those recommendations. The deadline the city is anticipating arrives in 2020, when the Minneapolis’ consolidated tax-increment financing district expires. Property taxes captured by the TIF district fund neighborhoods through the Community Participation SEE NEIGHBORHOODS / PAGE 7

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evolved and grown dramatically since the museum opened. It was time for an update so we could not only better serve museum visitors, but also expand the café’s service and broaden its community appeal to also include local residents and employees of nearby businesses who have limited lunch or early dinner options, farmer’s market attendees, riverfront visitors and passersby, downtown event goers and others,” said co-owner Larry D’Amico in a statement. D’Amico previously operated the Walker Art Center’s restaurant before it was replaced with Esker Grove. In the past couple years, the catering company has opened an event space in Loring Park and D’Amico’s restaurant operations arm closed Masa, an upscale Mexican restaurant on Nicollet Mall. Bushel & Peck, located on the first floor of the museum at 704 2nd St. S., is open 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon–4:30 p.m. Sunday. It will also be open on Mondays during July and August. The food truck is expected to be out this spring.

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Nordstrom Rack has an opening date for its new store on Nicollet Mall: Sept. 7. The retailer, an off-price division of the high-end department store, is currently constructing the approximately 39,000-squarefoot shop in IDS Center’s former Gap space. This will be the fifth Nordstrom Rack store in the state following locations in Maple Grove, St. Louis Park, Bloomington and, most recently, Woodbury. “We’ve been eager to find a home for Nordstrom Rack in downtown Minneapolis and we’re thrilled to announce the location at Crystal Court,” said Geevy Thomas, president of Seattle-based Nordstrom Rack, in a statement last year. “Our new store will offer greater convenience for those who live and

work in the heart of the city, and we look forward to bringing customers the brands they love at great Rack prices.” The space in the office tower’s Crystal Court was last home to The Gap and Gap Kids stores, which left the high-profile storefront in 2015. Roti Modern Mediterranean recently announced that it would fill the former Cosi space after the Boston-based sandwich chain closed its IDS Center eatery last fall. The restaurant serves customizable rice plates, laffa wraps, pita sandwiches and roti salads. Retail on the mall has been volatile in recent years with the closings of Macy’s and Sports Authority, though it is seeing investment from retailers like Target.

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“The brands I have curated for Queen Anna aim to find balance between timeless and contemporary. It is a style that suits your mood, your pursuit, your moment. These pieces have found a permanent place in my wardrobe, even as fashion trends change,” she said in a recent letter on the brand. Jennings opened One Posh Closet, located near the Mall of America, four years ago. The store offers high-end secondhand clothing and accessories. Queen Anna, at 109 N. 2nd St., hosted an official grand opening in late April. The store’s hours are 11 a.m.–7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Sunday.

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It’s hard to understand when Amy and Neil Miller had the time to turn a passion for brewing beer into a business. The Eden Prairie residents are behind the newly opened HeadFlyer Brewing in the Beltrami neighborhood of Northeast Minneapolis. The taproom and brewery got its name from a tiny lake in northern Wisconsin that the Millers drive by on the way to their family’s cabin. “The name has come to mean to take a risk, to take an adventure, to do something outside of your comfort zone, to do something you wouldn’t normally do day-to-day,” Amy said. “It ended up suiting us really well because we have two jobs, we have three kids and we run a brewery. We’re taking a little bit of a risk.” HeadFlyer combines Amy’s dream of opening a small business, something she got from her own family of small business owners, and Neil’s avocation in homebrewing, something he’s done for 10 years. Despite never having brewed on a commercial system outside of training, Neil recently launched the brewery with eight of his own recipes with the capacity for five more. His American-style brews include an amber ale, a pale ale, a variety of IPAs and a vanilla porter, all recipes he’s developed from his experience brewing on an electric setup in his garage. “Everyone said he’ll dump his first batch. People rave about his first batch,” Amy said. “He will never give up creative control … because that’s what he’s really passionate

HeadFlyer’s head brewer, co-owner Neil Miller, specializes in American-style beers. Photos by Eric Best about and that’s what he loves doing.” The two expect to brew about 2,000 barrels in their first full year, about half of what their 15-barrel system can churn out, Neil said. Eventually HeadFlyer will distribute to restaurants and can its brews. In the meantime, Neil has an experimental lab where he can craft his next recipes. It resembles a mad science lab given HeadFlyer’s stone-clad brewery space, and it doesn’t help that a chemist friend gave him a lab coat to match. “I make beer that people like to drink, so

those are the recipes I go for,” he said. In the front, the approximately 9,000-square-foot brewery has a 120-seat taproom designed by Minneapolis-based Christian Dean Architecture. There are plenty of artistic touches, from the tile work and neon signs — including one of a moose in a striking white — to original graphic work from St. Paul-based Dusty Signs featuring hops, bikes and woodsy creatures, along with Minneapolis icons like the Foshay Tower. “We wanted to encompass all those things,

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a really Minnesota feel, Minneapolis feel,” she said. HeadFlyer, located in the newly renovated, four-story Miller Textile Building, also has a patio that seats about 30. For food, Amy said they’re looking to host food trucks, pizza trailers or pop-ups that don’t require a kitchen. There’s one commercial space left on the building’s main level that could host a restaurant. “It’s very family, dog, everyone friendly. It’s just a place we want everyone to come and feel welcome. That was really our goal,” she said. “Hopefully the experience of this taproom will drive people in addition to the beer.” Ackerberg Group, the Minneapolis firm behind the building’s renovation, has garnered several tenants, including the recently opened escape room game Mission Manor and frame firm Nash Frame Design. Stahl Construction occupies the second floor of the warehouse complex, which is comprised of several nowcontiguous buildings. HeadFlyer is now open at 861 E. Hennepin Ave. 3 p.m.– 10 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 1 p.m.– 11 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m.–11 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.–8 p.m. Sunday. For the Millers, it’s an exciting time to join the family of craft breweries in Northeast Minneapolis. “It’s about converting people to craft beer and getting them to continue to drink craft beer. And really, we can do that as a team,” Neil said.

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CIVIC BEAT

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A Republican joins the Ward 7 race As one of just a few Republicans running for City Council this year, Joe Kovacs understands it can be tough going for a conservative candidate in liberal-leaning Minneapolis, describing his campaign to unseat the Ward 7 incumbent, Lisa Goodman, as a “David-versus-Goliath” contest. The challenge for Kovacs, 26, isn’t just about running from the right at a time when a slew of progressive candidates are pushing election-year politics to the left. He’s also taking on an incumbent who has won re-election four times and is one of the Council’s top fundraisers, with more than $130,000 available for her 2017 campaign, according to an end-of-year filing with the county. Kovacs, who works as a training specialist for a software company, said Minneapolis deserves a wider array of views on its 13-member City Council, which currently consists of a dozen DFLers and one Green. He is planning to seek the GOP endorsement. “That’s what democracy is all about: differing opinions,” he said. Originally from White Bear Lake, Kovacs moved to downtown Minneapolis with his wife about a year ago. He plans an official campaign launch in May, after he and his wife return from a European vacation. “I really see City Council as an area where I can serve,” he said. “That’s part of my Christian faith, as well.” Asked to describe his top priorities if elected, Kovacs touched first on housing. He said he

would focus on finding long-term solutions to homelessness and work to add affordable housing in the city, possibly by promoting the development of vacant lots. “I really want to provide Ward 7 and Minneapolis as a whole the tools and opportunities to make upward mobility a reality,” he said. Kovacs said he would push for the city to offer trade school vouchers or partner with local technical colleges on training programs. He opposed raising the Minneapolis minimum wage to $15, which “could do harm to the city and drive businesses away,” he said. Kovacs turned next to the city’s infrastructure — specifically skyways. He said the downtown skyway system was in need of a “facelift,” especially with the Super Bowl coming to town in 2018, and suggested the city could provide resources for property owners to update signage or make other improvements. Goodman said she welcomed Kovacs to the race. “He’s lived in the city for one year, so he might bring a different perspective,” she said. Goodman said she took Kovac’s suggestion that the city partner with technical colleges as “proof that municipal government is generally bipartisan,” noting that the city has an existing partnership with Minneapolis Community and Technical College. “If that’s the Republican idea, great, I accept that. We already do that. I chair the committee that works on that,” she said.

Hodges says she is a survivor of child sexual abuse Sharing her story publicly for the first time, Mayor Betsy Hodges wrote in an April 24 social media post that she was sexually abused as a child. “I was abused by adults unrelated to me for many years, starting when I was eight years old,” Hodges wrote, adding that her family was unaware at the time. She said it was a factor in her early alcoholism before a shift to sobriety at age 19, but that she didn’t tell her family until after she quit drinking. “I am breaking the silence so others can know:

you are not alone,” she wrote. Hodges, who is currently running for re-election, shared the story in a post to the Break the Silence Day Facebook page. Sarah Super, a survivor of sexual assault, is the founder of the Twin Cities group. An ex-boyfriend who broke into Super’s apartment and assaulted her at knife point was sentenced in 2015 by a Ramsey County District Court judge to a 12-year prison sentence for criminal sexual conduct. Break the Silence Day encourages rape survi-

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vors to share their stories as a way to bring an end to sexual violence. The Minneapolis City Council last year declared Break the Silence Day on Aug. 17. Hodges’ story was the 79th added to the Break the Silence Day page. Ramsey County Commissioner Jim McDonough shared his story of sexual assault by a Scoutmaster in June of last year. “I know we can heal from anything, because I have,” Hodges wrote. “We can heal, succeed and thrive.”

Met Council hosts meetings on proposed transit fare hikes The Metropolitan Council plans a series of public meetings in May and June to gather input on a proposed fare hike for its transit services, including the buses and light rail trains operated by Metro Transit. Met Council officials are weighing a plan to increase fares by either 25 cents or 50 cents. The fare to ride a bus or light rail train is currently $1.75 during off-peak hours and $2.25 during peak service hours in the morning and evening. Met Council is facing a projected $74-million

deficit in its transit budget. Late last year, the council tied the deficit to a projected shortfall in the motor vehicle sales tax, a significant source of revenue for Metro Transit operations. Met Council plans to take public testimony on the proposed fare increases at four public hearings. The hearing in Minneapolis is scheduled for noon–1 p.m. May 31 at Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall. A separate series of meetings that will operate more like open houses includes a June 13 event

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Kovacs, a Downtown West resident, is the second candidate to announce a challenge to Goodman. Janne Flisrand, a consultant and Lowry Hill apartment building owner, leapt into the campaign last fall. Both she and Goodman sought the DFL endorsement in Ward 7, but neither breached the 60-percent threshold for endorsement at the April 22 ward convention. “When challenging a 20-year incumbent, no endorsement is clearly a victory for the challenger,” Flisrand said. This will be the first time Goodman goes into the general election without the endorsement. She said she wished the outcome was different, but noted she finished the day with more convention delegates in her corner. Kovacs said he had just begun networking with the other Republican candidates for city office in April, including mayoral candidate Jonathan Honerbrink. Honerbrink recently posted a photo to his Twitter account of himself, Kovacs, Ward 3 candidate Nick “L.A. Nik” Pilotta and Ward 6 candidate Fadumo Yusuf, who attracted the attention of the New York Times as a rare Trump supporter among the local Somali immigrant community. The message attached to Honerbrink’s tweet described the four candidates as the “common sense Minneapolis team.” “I want to be a message of hope, more than anything,” Kovacs said. “In politics, especially today, we hear a lot of negativity and attacking of individuals.”

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journalmpls.com / May 4–17, 2017 7 FROM NEIGHBORHOODS / PAGE 1 Program, just as they did through the Neighborhood Revitalization Program, CPP’s two-decade-long predecessor. Thompson said the topic of a future funding source for neighborhoods was a separate conversation that would take place in the “next phase” of post-2020 planning. Like many in attendance at the first Neighborhoods 2020 Café, Ken Strobel, the current president of the Stevens Square Community Organization board, was adamant that neighborhood organizations should have a significant role to play in the city going forward. Strobel credits SSCO, for which he has been a longtime volunteer, with helping turn around the neighborhood since the 1990s, when crime, drugs and prostitution were significant issues. “I feel it’s important (neighborhood residents) have somewhere they can voice their concerns and get involved,” he said, adding that the role of neighborhood organizations “is to basically foster community.”

A debated role While the city views neighborhood organizations as a key channel for engaging residents, they have also been criticized for not equitably representing their constituencies. Neighborhood and Community Relations recently surveyed neighborhood organizations for the second time and found a persistent lack of diversity on boards. Renters and people of color are particularly underrepresented, according to the November 2016 report. That has led some to question whether neighborhood organizations should have any role in the city, at all — an issue Thompson said he “would not be surprised” to hear raised in a café. Minneapolis recently conducted a similar community process to make updates to the city’s comprehensive plan. One anonymous suggestion to “abolish recognition of neighborhood organizations” — infamously submitted via Post-it Note — was included in a document summarizing civic engagement, prompting 17 neighborhood organizations to pass a resolution demanding it be stricken from the report. City Council Member Kevin Reich (Ward 1) moved to do so during a Zoning and Planning Committee meeting, but fellow committee member Lisa Goodman suggested a compromise that put language recognizing the “core and vital service neighborhood

James Dietrich, Annie Kackman and Ashlynn Grimm were part of a small group that discussed its vision of neighborhood organizations during the first Neighborhoods 2020 Café event in April. Photo by Dylan Thomas organizations provide to the City of Minneapolis” into a resolution later adopted by the full City Council. When Goodman, who represents Ward 7 on the council, delivered a brief opening statement at the first Neighborhoods 2020 Café event, she described neighborhoods as “the backbone of Minneapolis” — a line that prompted participants to set down their tacos and applaud.

Influence and engagement The applause was an indication that many at the first café preferred to see neighborhood organizations maintain their influence — or even grow it. In response to the questions about the characteristics of an effective neighborhood organization, Tangletown resident Loren Niemi suggested “political clout.” “Historically, neighborhood organizations have had tremendous influence on the city process,” Niemi said. Those relationships have started to “chafe” at elected officials, he observed.

But Niemi insisted neighborhood input, particularly on hot-button issues like parking and development, is essential, and neighborhoods need to have the attention of city staff and council members. “Over and over again it makes a difference,” he said. David Bagley, a board member for the Whittier Alliance neighborhood organization, said he doesn’t see the city leveraging the skills and experience of neighborhood volunteers. “There’s a missed opportunity of hundreds of local volunteer hours and expertise, people working to make neighborhood more livable,” Bagley said. Instead, he said, the city fosters a “false sense of engagement,” particularly on matters of development. Neighborhood organizations serve a strictly advisory role on development, but developers are encouraged to meet with the groups before seeking approvals for the projects at the City Council. “People turn up, they vent their opinions, … feel like they’re being heard, but

in reality, the city effectively ignores that input,” he said. Tim Bildsoe, president of the North Loop Neighborhood Association, expressed a positive view of the relationship between neighborhood organizations and the city. Bildsoe said neighborhood organizations fill a “gap” between City Council members and their diverse constituencies. “We’re essentially their ears,” he said, describing neighborhood organizations as “a basic political structure.” Bildsoe said he and other members of the NLNA hope the city finds a way to continue funding neighborhood organizations beyond 2020. But if it didn’t, it wouldn’t mean the end for NLNA, either. “If the funds from the city went away, we’d find a way to continue on,” he said. Bildsoe noted that about 50 North Loop residents recently got together to pick up trash along Washington Avenue for Earth Day. Those activities build pride in the neighborhood, he said. “We would do that whether the city funded that or not,” he said.

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Schools

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MPS principals give thoughts on rehiring of staﬀ Minneapolis Public Schools principals on April 26 expressed concern about the School Board’s decision to rehire seven staff members at its most recent business meeting. Several encouraged the board to make sure all sides of discussion are heard when it makes decisions. Another said he worries the district will lose students if leaders continue to be divided. Several others said the district should not lower its standards for students and staff of color. “You do not right the wrongs of racism by compromising your standards and expectations,” Lucy Laney Principal Mauri Melander said. “… The questions that should be asked are, ‘What are pockets in this district that do not support staff of color?’ That is a front-end question.” The comments came at a meeting called by the principal’s union in response to the School Board’s action on April 18. The board passed a resolution that night that rehired the seven staff members, who are all employees of color. The employees told during the publiccomment period of being let go for speaking up against practices they felt were wrong or for not seeing eye-to-eye with their respective principals. They were supported by scores of protesters, who blocked the board from doing business until it considered the resolution.

The principals on April 26 asked the board how it would unify the community and support principals and assistant principals going forward. They shared their own stories of how race has affected them, such as the assumptions people have made about them because of their skin color. They said it’s important to have conversations around race but that hard decisions should be made after hearing all sides of an issue. “We have to be better about how we talk about race and, more importantly, about how we make decisions about race,” Wellstone Principal Aimee Fearing said, “because there’s always consequences on both sides.” The discussion began with an explanation of the system principals use to support underachieving teachers. The district has a peer assistance and review process that offers teachers structured support, Kenny Principal Bill Gibbs said. Firing isn’t a responsibility principals take lightly when it becomes necessary, Field Principal VaNita Miller said. “Those are the nights I lose sleep,” she said. “… I don’t make those decisions alone, and I’m glad I don’t have to.” The principals talked about creating a culture of high expectations for all students and staff members, regardless of their race.

They said principals, along with protesters, should have a voice in these conversations. “We are internal agitators as well,” Melander said. “If we are able to align ourselves together, we may be able to accomplish what you and us and everyone else really wants.” The meeting also gave board members a chance to explain their thoughts on the resolution. All board members voiced support for it on April 18 except for Don Samuels. Kerry Jo Felder, who brought forth the resolution, said there’s a lot of change that still needs to happen to crack the nation’s education gap. Rebecca Gagnon said the fired staff at the April 18 meeting shared a lot of compelling stories. She said the board’s action could lead to positive conversations around hiring and retaining teachers of color and probationary employees. Ira Jourdain said it wasn’t on his radar that the vote created the appearance that the board was usurping the principals’ power. Samuels, who abstained from the board’s vote, was vocal in his displeasure with the board’s action. He said he went home after the meeting and told his wife he was going to resign from the board. “If we didn’t do anything wrong ... I don’t belong on this board,” he said. Other board members expressed regret at how the situation played out but said

the discussion around retaining staff of color is an important one to have. Jenny Arneson said the board had limited information and needed to find a space to address the larger issues. Kim Ellison said she was sorry about what happened and that she would do everything she could to close the opportunity gap facing students of color. Nelson Inz said it was not his intention to usurp the principals, though he said he did recognize it could be perceived in that way. Inz said his vote was rather to stand in solidarity with teachers of color. “I hope that you will continue to trust and respect me and that we can continue to have a mutually beneficial relationship,” he said to the principals, “because it’s just too important what we’re working on here, for schools and for students.” Superintendent Ed Graff said in closing that the board, the district’s staff and the community still have a lot of work to do on building priorities for MPS students. People won’t necessarily agree with the district’s decisions, he said, but that shouldn’t end their relationship with MPS. “I can’t stress that enough — the immense responsibility that we have to get it right for our students,” he said, “and I can’t stress enough how critical it is that we come together to do that.”

Minneapolis school district’s chief communications officer resigns The chief communications officer for Minneapolis Public Schools has resigned less than four months into her tenure. Tonya Tennessen resigned from the position effective April 21. She started with the district in January, after nearly three years as communications director for the city of St. Paul. The district’s chief of staff, Suzanne Kelly, will be overseeing supervision and leadership responsibilities of the Communication and

Family and Community Engagement departments in her absence, Superintendent Ed Graff said in an email to the School Board. The email said the district would continue with the proposed reorganization structure for the two departments that aims to “deliver stronger communication and engagement for the district and communities within our current budget constraints.” The Minneapolis district is facing a $28-million budget gap for

the 2017–2018 school year. Tennessen worked as an account director for the public relations firm Weber Shandwick before working for St. Paul. A former MPS teacher and district alumna, Tennessen was also managing communications director the state Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and press secretary for then-U.S. Senator Mark Dayton. “I appreciate the work of Ms. Tennessen on numerous District priorities including

support of our legislative agenda, town hall meetings with immigrant families, and a host of other topics,” Graff said in a statement. “I also appreciate her commitment on behalf of the students and families of Minneapolis. I wish her well in her future endeavors.”

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Park police poised for body cameras A draft of the Park Board’s body camera policy is open for public comment

The MPD uses the Axon Body 2 camera. File photo

The few dozen of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board’s sworn police officers are set to get body cameras later this year if the program gets public support. The board’s police department recently opened a draft of its body-worn camera policy for public review. The policy, which is operationally similar to that of the City of Minneapolis, follows the city’s lead nearly a year after the Minneapolis Police Department rolled out its long-awaited body camera program. “It was also important to watch the implementation rollout, particularly with MPD, so that we could learn from their process and that we weren’t spearheading or necessarily the innovator on body-worn cameras,” said Park Police Chief Jason Ohotto. “As a relatively small agency, we could learn from what some of the bigger agencies were doing.” The Park Board has $45,000 in this year’s budget to contract with a body camera vendor to supply hardware for each of its 35 sworn police officers, about the same number of MPD officers who participated in the city’s 2014–2015 pilot program. The program hinges on public reception, which Ohotto and park staff will be able to gauge through a comment period that ends later this spring. The program’s goal is to increase “accountability, better documentation and evidence, and a reduction in conduct complaints and applications of force.”

Support for the board’s program is likely given the city’s lead on the issue. A 2015 survey from the Minneapolis Police Conduct Oversight Commission found that, of 530 people surveyed, 90 percent supported MPD’s use of body cameras. Ohotto said anecdotally that there is support for park police to wear the cameras. Ohotto expects that park police officers will begin wearing cameras by the end of the year. The board may eventually choose to expand the program to its roughly 20 park patrol agents, typically part-time staff who perform support duties and aspire to be sworn officers. If the board moves ahead with the program, staff will begin negotiations with body camera vendors, which will be expected to supply the hardware, assist with data storage and provide the software necessary to manage the data. The board’s current plan is to have a body camera program independent of the city, Ohotto said, though it’s possible the two agencies could collaborate if it would save money. MPD and the Minneapolis Park Police Department already work very closely, as the board relies on MPD for support services and training. The city has a five-year, $4 million contract with Axon, formerly known as Taser International, which allows them to buy the cameras, docking stations and storage. An MPD spokesman said the department has just under 600 cameras.

The current draft of the board’s policy on body camera is operationally like that of MPD, Ohotto said, because it’s important for people to have a general understanding of how body cameras will be used. Minneapolis residents can view the draft policy online at the Minneapolis Park Police webpage and comment via a survey. The comment period closes June 20.

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MINNEAPOLIS SCHOOLS BIKING FOR BETTER LEARNING OUTCOMES Breakfast is important, but it may not be as effective at improving concentration as biking and walking to school, according to research published in the Journal of School Health. And that’s not all — researchers are finding memory, attendance and creativity all get a boost from active transportation One way Minneapolis Public Schools is working to get more physical activity into the school day is through the upcoming MPS Wellness Week May 8–12. During Wellness Week, students are encouraged to walk, bike or take transit to school. Last year, 9,000 students from 36 schools participated. One of the highlights was the first ever district-wide group bike ride, Let’s Roll, which included 150 students, staff and community members. This year, Let’s Roll will be held 3 p.m.– 4:30 p.m. May 10 on National Bike to School Day. Students will lead the 5-mile ride along the river through downtown and Northeast and members of the public are welcome to join. To find out if your local school is participating, check out the list of contacts: http:// bit.ly/2qp1whK. “Teachers are starting bike clubs not because they love biking, but because they love their students and want them to get

physical activity,” said Jenny Borden, Safe Routes to School specialist at MPS. Let’s Roll gives these teachers a chance to learn from each other and feel supported as they work to integrate more biking into the school day. “Last year, a teacher who had started a bike club but hadn’t yet taken the students off campus said to me after the ride, ‘OK, now I know this is possible,” Borden said. It’s not only kids who participate in bike clubs or live close enough to bike or walk to school who are getting on opportunities to be more active this spring. Bus Stop & Walk is aimed at kids who take the bus. During these events, buses stop one half-mile from school, where staff, teachers and parents meet students and walk them the rest of the way. Bus Stop & Walk events are being held every Friday at Lyndale Community School this spring and draw approximately 300 children, including those who don’t take the bus but simply want to come to school early and join the fun. “The benefits are twofold. It works well for children to get some exercise and fresh air in the morning and see the neighborhood where their school is located. It also showcases the wonderful things happening at Lyndale to the greater community,” assistant

principal Mark Stauduhar said. Last year, 3,000 students from 11 different schools in the district participated in Bus Stop & Walk. Ninety-seven percent of MPS teachers surveyed observed students were more alert and ready to learn on the days that started with Bus Stop & Walk. The benefits of physical activity, and especially biking and walking, are arguably even more important for students who participate in MPS’s special education program. This year, 300 of those students from schools across the district will gather at Washburn High School on May 10 and 11 for the Sue Lundgren Adapted Bike Day. There, they’ll spend the day riding specially adapted bikes on the track. “We’re building bike skills in the hopes that everyone can bike individually,” said Angie Powell, who leads this program as the district program facilitator for special education. Powell said the kids enjoy being with their peers and the feeling of success they experience as they learn to ride independently. In the future, not all of these children will be

GET ROLLING — IT’S MINNEAPOLIS BIKE MONTH Adults can get in on the action too. Events and activities will be taking place all through May, including on the days below. Get all the details here: mplsbikemonth.org May 6: Women & Gender Non-Conforming Day May 10: Bike to School Day — Let’s Roll Minneapolis, 3 p.m.–4:30 p.m. More info: bit.ly/2oVYdQe. May 11: Nice Ride Minnesota Day May 19: Twin Cities Bike to Work Day

able to obtain a driver’s license, so learning to transport themselves on foot or by bike can be key to a more independent adult life. Through a grant, the district recently received 50 strider bikes, which are pedalless bicycles that help riders learn to balance. These bikes and other adapted bikes, such as hand-pedal bikes, trikes and more borrowed from the Courage Center, will be used on Sue Lundgren Adapted Bike Day. MPS also has a standard bike fleet that travels from school to school. Last year, 1,000 students got to use these bikes for field trips, activities and physical education class. A special curriculum, Walk! Bike! Fun!, has been developed to teach skills and traffic rules through physical education classes while also meeting Minnesota education standards. Since the district realized students are more likely to show up for summer school when they know they’ll have access to the bikes, the fleet is also used throughout the summer. This summer, 600 students participating in the STEM Academy program will learn how to take the bikes apart and rebuild them before going on biking field trips. While bike-to-school events and activities are most robust in the spring, summer and fall, MPS is also encouraging year-round activity. For the past two years, the district has promoted Winter Walk to School Day in February. “The evidence that physical activity is good for the brain is so overwhelming. We don’t need more research about the benefits of physical activity on cognition. We need research on how to get schools it buy into it,” said Borden. Get in on the action by participating in the Let’s Roll ride on May 10.

Annie Van Cleve is a freelance writer, blogger and volunteer with the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition.

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FARMERS MARKET DAY, 1910

he vendors and shoppers at today’s farmers markets are following in long tradition. The first oﬃcial local farmers market opened downtown in 1876 on Hennepin & 1st. It closed in 1891, and was replaced by the market shown here, located on 3rd Avenue North between 6th and 7th streets in downtown Minneapolis. This 1910 photograph shows just a small sampling of the hundreds of vendors who came in from across the Twin Cities to sell their produce. In 1937, the market moved yet again, this time to its current location at Lyndale and Glendale avenues north. (Photograph by Norton and Peel)

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

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he Mill City Farmers Market is opening for its 12th outdoor season Saturday, May 6 — and with plenty of new faces! Iman Mefleh and Joe Silberschmidt, who founded You Betcha Kimchi in 2013, are two of the market’s new vendors. The duo’s vision was to make a tasty Minnesota-take on kimchi using only local vegetables. They started small, chopping cabbage in their apartment’s little kitchen — and raising the eyebrows of some neighbors who were skeptical of kimchi’s fermentation aroma, explained Silberschmidt. “The project quickly outgrew its pot, so we replanted at a community kitchen in Minneapolis that we share with many exceptional

food entrepreneurs,” he said. “After a year of growing many of the veggies ourselves, we’ve now found local sources for all our vegetables, even our ginger, and have built on strong partnerships with Minnesota and Wisconsin organic farms. We are proud of our product and hand-make each batch ourselves.” In addition to over 60 new and returning vendors, the market will continue to host every Saturday this season a free outdoor cooking class, Mill City Cooks, where professional chefs teach shoppers how to make easy, healthy meals using market ingredients. Get storage tips, prep tricks and recipes like the one below 10:30 a.m.–11 a.m. every Saturday, May through October, in the train shed.

Pizza dough for grilling: 1 2⁄3 cups water 1 to 2 teaspoons active dry or instant yeast (see note) ¼ cup olive oil

Note: If you want to use the pizza dough that same day, use 2 teaspoons yeast. If you are going to let the dough rise overnight, use 1 teaspoon yeast. Mix the water and yeast together in a large mixing bowl. Let stand for a few minutes until the yeast is dissolved. Stir the oil into the yeast mixture, then add the flour and salt. Mix until you have a crumbly, floury dough. Knead for 6 to 8 minutes. When kneaded, the dough should come away from the bowl to form a smooth ball, feel smooth to the touch, and spring slowly back when poked. Use a pastry scraper or knife to cut the dough into 8 lumps. Grease a baking pan lightly with olive oil. Place the dough lumps in the pan and turn them over so they are coated with oil. Cover the pan with plastic wrap or a damp kitchen towel. Let the dough rise at room temperature for 1–1 1/2 hours, or until it has doubled in bulk. At this point the dough can be used immediately, or refrigerated or frozen for later use.

Tomato Sauce: ¼ cup olive oil 8 cloves of garlic 1 medium onion, sliced thin ½ cup champagne vinegar 2 cans of tomatoes (fire roasted if available) 1 can tomato paste

1 cup water ¼ cup maple syrup ¼ cup fresh thyme or 1 Tablespoon dry ¼ cup fresh oregano or 1 Tablespoon dry 2 teaspoons salt

In a large pot, sauté the garlic and onions in 2 tablespoons of oil over medium heat. After three minutes, add the remaining ingredients. Simmer 10–12 minutes. Using immersion blender, puree sauce until relatively consistent and smooth. Simmer for another 10–12 minutes. Makes approximately 3 cups of sauce.

Topping Ideas: kimchi from You Betcha Kimchi bacon from Sunshine Harvest Farms spring onions fresh mozzarella or other fresh cheese from Cosmic Wheel Creamery Kimchi grilled pizza. Submitted photo

4 ½ to 5 cups flour (I use a combination of whole wheat and unbleached) 2 teaspoons salt

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LOGAN PARK ESSENTIALS By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@journalmpls.com a perusal of the park’s history on the Park Board website, minneapolisparks.org.) Like much of Northeast Minneapolis, Logan Park has undergone a transformation in recent decades, from an area with a significant industrial presence — largely clustered around BNSF Railway tracks that slice diagonally through the neighborhood — to a neighborhood that is now a destination for art and breweries. Logan Park comprises roughly one-quarter of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District, an area that received an official city designation in 2003. The neighborhood swarms with tourists during the annual Art-A-Whirl festival sponsored by the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association. Held each year in May for more than two decades, the Art-A-Whirl open studio crawl draws tens of thousands of visitors. They tour former industrial spaces that

now house studios and galleries, including Logan Park’s Northrup King, Casket Arts and Thorp buildings. Those former industrial spaces also play host the businesses that have given the new Northeast its identity as ground-zero of the city’s craft brewing movement, including the area’s first taproom, Indeed Brewing Company, and the new Able Seedhouse +

Brewery just a few blocks away. Across the railroad tracks from Indeed is Tattersall Distilling, whose co-founder, Dan Oskey, made his name mixing drinks before he got into making craft spirits. Just under half of Logan Park is residential, and much of the housing stock was built before the 1920s. It includes a significant number of duplexes.

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Many Minneapolis neighborhoods were named after their local schools or parks; Logan Park falls into the latter category. The park went through a series of names before the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board settled on Logan in 1893, ten years 52er the parcel was one of the first three aft parks created by the board, along with Loring and Farview. Logan Park honors John A. 94 Logan, an army brigadier general who led Union volunteers in the Civil War. An Illinois state representative before the war, Logan put his career on pause to join the Union Army, and afterwards was selected to represent his home state in Congress, first in the House of Representatives and later in the Senate. (The convoluted story behind his name being attached to the park — just five years after it was named for another Union general and politician, Cadwallader C. Washburn — is interesting enough to merit

Neighborhood overview Boundaries: Logan Park is bounded by 19th Avenue Northeast on the north, Central Avenue to the east, Broadway Street Northeast to the south and Washington Street Northeast to the west. Demographics: Logan Park had a population of 2,139 in 2015, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau figures compiled by Minnesota Compass. The median household income was $50,987. Get involved: The non-profit Logan Park Neighborhood Association meets at 7 p.m. on the third Wednesday of every month (except for August and December) at Logan Park Community Center, 680 13th Ave. NE. For more information, go to loganparkneighborhood.org.

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Neighborhood Sp tlight Logan Park FROM ART-A-WHIRL / PAGE 1 It’s the first year Dameun Strange has found himself in the middle of a whirlwind. Strange is the relatively new executive director of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association, the brewers of the annual ArtA-Whirl, the country’s largest open studio tour. Just like its home in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District, the annual studio show, now in its 22nd year, continues to adapt to both NEMAA’s artist-members and the tens of thousands of art lovers that visit each year. From a new event to tips for navigating, Strange has turned whirling into a fine art.

A new NEMAA canvas The biggest addition to this year’s Art-AWhirl is NEMAA’s Art N|Motion, a new event that turns the studio tour on its head. The three-day show, which replaces the organization’s traditional silent auction,

invites about 25 rotating artists to temporarily turn the third-floor gallery in the Northrup King Building into a studio. “Quite often we ask our members to turn their studios into gallery spaces during Art-A-Whirl, and this is sort of the reverse of that. We’re turning gallery space into studio spaces for the artists coming in,” Strange said. The goal for the event is to pull in artists who normally wouldn’t be able to participate in Art-A-Whirl because they don’t have studios or have work to sell. Strange said it will also fill in the gaps in the types of work that NEMAA members represent, chiefly music and performance art. “It’s a show of good faith to those artists who are not members that NEMAA is a place for you. It’s reaching out to a whole new set of artists that we hope become members and that we can support in a more robust way in the future,” he said. The family-friendly event will see several artists make work in front of guests’ eyes,

which Strange said will give artists the opportunity to break down the barrier between them and their audience and share their techniques. If a whirler sees a sculptor or a painter begin a piece on Friday when the Art N|Motion kicks off, they may be able to buy it and bring it home by Sunday. “Art-A-Whirl is really about getting people connected to the artists and learning about the artists and learning about the creative process,” he said.

How to Whirl It may be Strange’s first Art-A-Whirl as executive director, but he’s a veteran whirler. Not only is Strange an artist himself, but he performed at the festival before leading the organization. He’s got several bits of advice for navigating the large, open world of Art-A-Whirl. First things first, Strange said to download NEMAA’s app.

If whirlers have relied on NEMAA’s print directory to find studios or events, the directory puts all that information onto their phone. The app launched last year, and NEMAA has been tinkering with it to make it a year-round tool for art lovers to find details on the organization’s events and plan trips to the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. “The biggest thing this year is trying to encourage people that may be familiar, either people who have come for many years or may be looking for something new, to use the app. Overall, the app is such a valuable tool now that people can use,” he said. Next, Strange suggests finding something new. For seasoned Art-A-Whirl aficionados, there are plenty of spots to find outside main studio buildings like the California Building or the Casket Arts Building, including several stand-alone installations SEE ART-A-WHIRL / PAGE 17

Art-A-Whirl 2017 Events  Building a Block City Grace Lutheran Church will provide all the cardboard and art supplies, but it’s up to guests to create a giant cardboard city from the ground up during this familyfriendly event. Where: Grace Lutheran Church, 1500 6th St. NE When: Sunday, May 21 from noon–5 p.m. Cost: Free Info: gracenempls.org

 Mudcloth & Adinkra Tile Demo Tile maker Leann Johnson will offer guests a chance to check out her process and understand the meanings of the symbols she uses on her tiles. Visitors will also be able to assemble and design their own small tiles. Where: FK Art Glass, 2201 Bryant Ave. N. When: May 19–21 Cost: Free Info: nemaa.org

 Giraﬀe Gallery Open House Despite all the hidden gems of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District, few Art-A-Whirl events boast full-size giraffe sculptures. The PinBox 3000 will also be on hand at the gallery’s open house to help visitors make their very own cardboard pinball machine. Where: Giraffe Gallery, 2223 5th St. NE When: May 20–21 Cost: Free Info: nemaa.org

 Come Get Lost in Creative Space One of the newest buildings to join Art-A-Whirl, A-Mill Artist Lofts is opening its live-work spaces and hosting displays from more than 70 artist-residents and their guests throughout the building. Students from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design will have a special exhibition in the gallery. Where: A-Mill Artist Lofts, 315 Main St. SE When: May 19–21 Cost: Free Info: nemaa.org

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journalmpls.com / May 4–17, 2017 17 FROM ART-A-WHIRL / PAGE 16 in people’s homes or garages. Strange said the app can be a good place to start in planning a trip to roads less traveled. “There are gems that are hidden. Sometimes it’s just hard to find them,” he said. To get one of NEMAA’s “I Bought Art” stickers, Strange recommends that whirlers buy art. “Find a piece that you love and buy it,” he said. The sticker will get guests discounts during the three-day weekend at NEMAA’s partners, from taprooms and restaurants to local shops. Despite the buzz around brewery events, Strange said he wants families to bring their kids. “I have a feeling that over the past three years since the bar crowd and band scene has grown so much that people are thinking that this isn’t for families, but we really want people to come out with their families, their kids,” he said. The experience of meeting artists and appreciating their work can offer an important life lesson, he said. “We really want to establish that culture that values art and values paying for art. It’s a great way to instill that value in young people so it not just continues, but grows,” he said. Finally, Strange says don’t drive. Not only does NEMAA have three trolleys that will get people to several big stops within Art-A-Whirl, but Metro Transit offers free daily bus passes. Whirlers may also choose to bike or take advantage of Nice Ride stations throughout the festival. “If there are less people driving, it’s easier to get around,” he said.

OTHER EVENTS DURING ART-A-WHIRL Art-A-Whirl with Anchor Fish & Chips The popular restaurant on 13th Avenue is bringing in “Drinking with Ian” personality Ian Rans to host a weekend-long celebration featuring artwork from artist Kim Whittemore, a beer tent, the food truck and a two-day lineup of bands like The Brass Messengers and Romantica. Where: Anchor Fish & Chips, 302 13th Ave. NE When: May 19–21 Cost: Free Info: theanchorfishandchips.com 612Brew at Art-A-Whirl Northeast’s 612Brew is opening its patio for two days of art from NEMAA members like Cory Favre and Melinda Wolff, as well as a tattoo pop-up from Jackalope Tattoo and performances from The 4onthefloor, among other performers. Cash is recommended at this all-ages event. Where: 612Brew, 945 Broadway St. NE When: May 19–20 Cost: Free Info: 612Brew.com Art-A-Whirl with Wanderlust Vintage Market This Sheridan-neighborhood shop will showcase several art vendors and live music from bands each day of Art-A-Whirl on top of offering its own vintage wares. Where: Wanderlust Vintage Market, 349 13th Ave. NE When: May 19–21 Cost: Free Info: wanderlustvintage.com

IF YOU GO WHAT: The 22nd Annual Art-A-Whirl WHERE: Northeast Minneapolis Arts District WHEN: Friday, May 19 from 5 p.m.–10 p.m., Saturday, May 20 from noon–8 p.m. and Sunday, May 21 from noon–5 p.m. INFO: nemaa.org

Whirlers tour an open studio, top, and board the trolley that shuttles visitors between venues, above. Photos courtesy Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association

Skate-A-Whirl Able Seedhouse + Brewery, a recent addition to the taprooms of Northeast with just one Art-A-Whirl under its belt, is hosting a skate party with more than 25 skate artists that will benefit City of Skate. Where: Able Seedhouse + Brewery, 1121 Quincy St. NE When: May 19–21 Cost: Free Info: ablebeer.com

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VINTAGE FINDS, BROUGHT TO LIGHT The globetrotting founders of Fixt Electric bring lost fixtures into the modern world By Eric Best / ebest@journalmpls.com Taylor Kaszynski and Nathaniel Jackson are real-life treasure hunters. The two have traveled thousands of miles, explored abandoned sites and made off with their plunder. But it’s not gold or money they’re bringing back home. It’s vintage light fixtures. Jackson and Kaszynski are the founders of Fixt Electric Co., a Northeast Minneapolisbased purveyor of Soviet-era industrial lighting. While it may not quite sound like treasure hunting, the two and their partners have ventured into Russian laboratories and Ukrainian mine shafts to buy and bring back unique fixtures that have gone on to grace local restaurants, far-flung homes and even blockbuster movie sets. “We’ve been approached for TV shows,” Jackson said. The two North Minneapolis residents started Fixt after snatching up and selling antiques and vintage furniture under the moniker Fine-Ass Furnishings. This is where Jackson and Kaszynski, who are engaged, built up their skills in picking pieces and molding an aesthetic that they would later use at Fixt. “You have to trust your gut. You have to go based off of aesthetic, quality, color and design. It’s all there,” he said. Then Jackson’s passion for lighting became an alternative business plan. They would hire a translator, travel to Eastern Europe and make contacts in order to find, restore and sell Soviet and Bauhaus factory fixtures, a “hot commodity” back in the United States. The path before them wasn’t easily laid out. Their quest for the lights started with zooming into photos on urban explorer blogs online so they could nail down what former military and industrial buildings held the right fixtures. But their trip was a success. In late 2015, Kaszynski and Jackson headed to Moscow and shipped back roughly 4,000 light fixtures and countless more parts. The supply filled a 40-foot shipping container to the brim. “We purchased so many light fixtures in such large quantities that we didn’t really even know everything that we had until we unloaded it,” he said. The two set up shop in the basement of the Thorp Building in Logan Park and opened a “monstrosity” of a warehouse space in St. Paul where they keep more of their remaining 3,000 or so fixtures. In their

Fixt Electric has connections in Russia and Eastern Europe who help them source their fixtures and parts. Submitted photos

Northeast Minneapolis studio, they gut the fixtures of their wiring and replace them with modern technology. Because Fixt is a one-stop shop for the fixtures, they also repair and customize orders. The lights themselves bare an aesthetic that has come to be synonymous with Fixt. With uncommonly thick glass, porcelain enamel finishes and rare designs, the fixtures keep much of their original glory, whether they once lit a Soviet Union bridge or led pedestrians through the tunnels of Moscow’s subway system during the 1950s or 1960s. “If you’re looking at getting an interesting light, we just have an aesthetic that nobody has, and we want to try to stick with that,” he said.

Fixt does a clear majority of its work with commercial clients, some through interior design or architecture firms looking for vintage industrial lighting or unique statement pieces. Its fixtures, many of which have Minneapolis-specific names like Brutalist Bottineau and Teal Tangletown, find homes that range from Mall of America cosmetic retailer Lush to the set of Will Smith’s next movie to a German nightclub. While the company ships internationally, Northeast Minneapolis residents can find some of their fixtures in Maeve’s Café — Fixt’s first customer — and the Machine Shop, among other locales. “Northeast is our hood. Northeast is our home,” Jackson said. “We feel fortunate to do

the business that we do in Minneapolis.” Despite sitting on a wealth of lamps, the two are already planning their next trip, another adventure in Russia and Eastern Europe to pick up another round of lights. With the help of Jackson and Kaszynski, the fixtures will get another chance at life — whether it’s lighting a meal at a neighborhood restaurant or making a statement in a distant home. “Each light fixture tells a story,” Jackson said.

The fixtures at Fixt keep much of their original industrial designs and unique features like a porcelain enamel finish, thick glass or cast aluminum parts.

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Dear Dr. Rachel, I’m a divorced working mom of an 8-year-old. I often go to school functions or kids’ birthday parties and try to connect with other parents, but somehow I always feel like I’m on the outside of a clique. It feels like the other moms have had more opportunities to spend time together (either at school pick-up or because they can get their kids together more often than I can). Sometimes I wonder if they treat me diﬀerently because I’m divorced. It seems to me the world is still conformist to a nuclear family. How can I make inroads to being friends with these moms?

our question is about feeling judged and left out. In which case, let me normalize your experience as a divorced, working parent: In the U.S. there is no longer a dominant family form. The prevalence of a nuclear family (defined as a unit of two parents married to each other with one or more of their own biological children) is over, and there is growing complexity and diversity among families. According to a 2015 Pew Research Center study, today less than half of all children (46 percent) are born to a family with two married parents in their first marriage. Among mothers of children under 18, 70 percent participate in the labor

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force, with approximately three-fourths working full time. The world is increasingly nonconformist, but your local community might still be following a “Leave It to Beaver” model. I gather from your question that many of these moms either do not work outside the home or, if they do, have much more flexibility with their schedules. You might live in a neighborhood in which the majority of parents are married to their first spouse and there’s a higher percentage of women who can elect to be homemakers (or family managers, home engineers, home economists or whatever term is least likely to offend — this being an example of how sensitive the topic has become). Unfortunately, women can be disparaging of one another, particularly when it comes to parenting. Judgement over how you parent, whether you are married versus single, work outside the home or have your children in daycare can spark comparison, competition, criticism and envy (watch the HBO series “Big Little Lies” to see just how vicious it can be). That being said, it’s understandable you want to befriend these women. Feeling connected to community is essential and it takes a village to raise a child. For all you know, these ladies want nothing more than to have you as their bestie. How much effort have you actually put forth in cultivating friendships? Recognize your own subconscious emotional

Unfortunately, women can be disparaging of one another, particularly when it comes to parenting. patterns that may be contributing to these perceptions. Are you perceiving judgement from others where it does not exist? If so, this could be your own insecurities getting projected onto them. This is the result of past experiences in which you were left out and felt misunderstood, abandoned or alone. Ask yourself if you have a heightened sensitivity to being included and, if so, speak with a counselor to help you feel more securely attached in relationships. Observe these women and listen to your intuition to feel out who are “your people” — those who are open-minded and would

be more likely to get you. You need to be willing to initiate more and do the work to increase connection. (Sure, there’s a Catch-22 here, given that being a working parent limits time for socializing, but some things are worth a little extra effort.) Organize play dates at your house, or better yet, organize a mom’s night out. Gather to watch the comedy “Bad Moms” so you can all find humor in some of the more goofy and grim day-to-day moments as a mama! Slowly and steadily do the work to initiate conversations and activities together. Give yourself credit for trying, and remember it takes time to build friendships. Be patient and be open, with yourself and others. Beyond that, let go and surrender. Know that you cannot be buddies with everyone. Say “forget it” to the heteronormative model as the only way and embrace your own complicated, beautiful, authentic life.

Dr. Rachel Allyn is a licensed psychologist in private practice. Learn more about her unique style of therapy at DrRachelAllyn. com. Send questions to Rachel@ DrRachelAllyn.com.

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Wizard World Comic Con For one weekend every May, hundreds of “cosplayers” dressed like their favorite comic book and sci-fi characters descend upon the Minneapolis Convention Center for the Wizard World Comic Con. Headlining guests include Peter Capaldi, aka the latest “Doctor Who,” along with Jenna Coleman, who played the Doctor’s one-time sidekick, Clara Oswald, in the British sci-fi show. Other stars appearing at the convention include Charlie Sheen, Nichelle Nichols of “Star Trek” fame, Lou Ferrigno of “The Incredible Hulk” and Peter Tork and Micky Dolenz of 1960s pop band The Monkees.

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MayDay Parade and Festival Celebrate the arrival of spring with the 43rd-annual MayDay parade and festival, a neighborhood tradition started by In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre in an effort to bring the community outdoors after a long winter. One of the largest May Day celebrations in the country, the event draws more than 50,000 spectators each year. The parade features 10-foot-tall puppets, papier-mâché masks, dancers and musicians, leading to a festival in Powderhorn Park with live music, dance performances, canoe rides, yoga, food vendors and people watching galore. The festival culminates with a Tree of Life Ceremony on Powderhorn Lake at 3 p.m. When: Sunday, May 7 Where: Parade begins at 25th & Bloomington and travels south on Bloomington Avenue to East 34th Street before traveling to Powderhorn Park Cost: Free Info: hobt.com/mayday

“Ruben Nusz: B.C.” The last time we heard from Minneapolis artist Ruben Nusz, in his 2013 exhibition “Severed Hues” at Weinstein Gallery, he explored color theory through a series of paintings in vividly pigmented shades in geometric configurations. With his latest collection of works, “B.C.,” he continues his exploration of color theory with 17 paintings on plaster and six oil pastel drawings. The plaster paintings are created through a lengthy process that begins with pouring plaster in a mold of a canvas, which is then shattered into pieces. Guided by a hand-drawn digital composition, he then paints each broken section with acrylic and glues it back together for an image with qualities that are both random and intentional. When: May 12–June 11; opening reception May 12 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Where: Weinstein Gallery, 908 W. 46th St. Cost: Free Info: weinstein-gallery.com

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Korean-American playwright Lloyd Suh sparked national controversy in 2015 when he prompted a student production of his play, “Jesus in India,” to be canceled because the school ignored the play’s requirement of casting South Asian actors. His newest play, “Charles Francis Chan Jr.’s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery,” is no less controversial. It explores the legacy of Charlie Chan, a fictional Hawaiian detective most famously portrayed in films by Caucasian actors in yellowface in the 1930s and ’40s, through the follies of a literary hippie named Frank. The play is at once a razor-sharp analysis of the way Asian-Americans have been caricatured in pop culture and a satirical sendup of the murder mystery genre. Local Asian-American theater company Mu Performing Arts presents the Minnesota premiere of the play, which the New York Times called “very funny, antic and impassioned.” When: May 13–28 Where: Guthrie Theater, 818 S. 2nd St. Cost: $9 Info: guthrietheater.org

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The work of celebrated German sculptor Katharina Fritsch is at the center of “Multiples,” a retrospective of more than 40 works spanning the artist’s career, from her student work to more recent pieces, drawn from the Walker’s permanent collection. Fritsch’s innovative, conceptual work explores the nature of human perception and experience by mining German history, myths and fairy tales as well as her own thoughts and dreams, using everyday objects — animals, body parts, religious figures and other elements from man-made and natural worlds — as subject matter. The show is presented in conjunction with the June 3 reopening of the renovated and expanded Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, which includes the unveiling of Fritsch’s “Hahn/Cock,” a 23-foot-high ultramarine-blue rooster that will be the artist’s largest public art piece in a U.S. museum collection. When: May 11–October 15; opening day talk with exhibition curators Pavel Pyś and Victoria Sung on May 11 at 6 p.m. Where: Walker Art Center, 1750 Hennepin Ave. Cost: Museum admission is $14 for adults. Info: walkerart.org

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El Nuevo Rodeo Restaurante’s Cinco de Mayo Festival The Mexican restaurant holds its annual block party on East Lake Street in Minneapolis with food, live music and entertainment, a beer garden, mariachi bands and kids’ events. Where: East Lake Street between 27th and 29th avenues When: Sunday, May 7 from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Cost: Free Info: elnuevorodeorestaurante.com

Cinco de Mayo West Side St. Paul Fiesta St. Paul’s District del Sol neighborhood is home to the city’s most active Latino community, as well as its largest Cinco de Mayo festival. The fiesta features a parade, a low-rider car and truck show, live Latin and Tejano music, authentic Latin-American food, kids’ activities, dancing and a jalapeño-eating contest. Where: Cesar Chavez Street between Robert Street and Highway 52, St. Paul When: Saturday, May 6 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cost: Free Info: cincodemayosaintpaul.com

MN Salsa Fiesta In honor of Cinco de Mayo, Charanga Tropical, a nine-piece ensemble that combines traditional Cuban beats with modern salsa music, presents a night celebrating salsa music and dance. The lineup includes more than ten local salsa bands, including Charanga Tropical, Malamanya, Salsa del Soul and La Gran Charanga, an 18-piece, all-star group featuring four singers and a full Latin rhythm section, as well as salsa lessons from renowned, Cuban-born instructor Rene Thompson. Where: Cedar Cultural Center, 416 Cedar Ave. S. When: Saturday, May 6 at 7 p.m. Cost: $20 advance, $25 at the door Info: thecedar.org

Despite being more than 1,300 miles away from Mexico City, the Twin Cities are home to a significant Hispanic population — and Minnesota’s Hispanic population is one of the fastest growing in the country. Minneapolis and St. Paul host several events celebrating Mexican independence throughout the Cinco de Mayo weekend.

Mystic Lake Cinco de Mayo Celebration Iconic Latino rock band Los Lobos headlines this festival, which also features a taco eating contest, food specials, live music from Los Palmeros Mariachis and lucha libre wrestling, which is known for its masked fighters and cartoonish style. Where: Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd., Prior Lake When: Friday, May 5 at 6 p.m. (Los Lobos show at 8 p.m.) Cost: Free Info: mysticlake.com

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Look to the future Over the past several weeks a crew with the Hennepin Theatre Trust has been quietly installing art in the empty storefronts of downtown Minneapolis.

Maybe you’ve seen some already. They aren’t hard to find. The installations, all part of Made Here, known as the country’s largest showcase of storefront window art, come in all shapes and sizes, from trippy art displayed on screens to fantasies played out in tissue paper and lights.

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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, but the beauty of Made Here is in its ability to transform the eyesores that come with vacant spaces into interesting, elaborate works of art from local artists and students. And with a new round of closings over the past year — the high-profile Sports Authority space comes to mind — the initiative’s artists have an ever-greater platform to showcase their work. The new season, which oﬃcially debuts in early May, has more than 40 window displays with art that interprets the theme of “future.” Joan Vorderbruggen, as the nonprofit’s Cultural Arts District coordinator, is responsible for orchestrating Made Here. She said this season she’s come to understand how much the program, now in its eighth iteration, has allowed people, many of them not professional artists, to develop as creators. “A lot of our Made Here artists are growing through our program,” she said. “Everybody is getting better at something they care about.” You don’t have to look much further than the trust’s home in City Center to see how artists are getting even better at filling the nontraditional gallery space. In what was once a huge Sports Authority, which rather tragically closed after less than a year on Nicollet Mall, St. Paul-based artist Richard Yang has created layers of images and words, which, juxtaposed together, bring a unique visual experience when you’re simply walking by. The art maximizes the largely two-dimensional space. “He definitely cracked the code,” she said. City Center is home to several artists. Walk in the building’s south entrance near Nicollet, and you’ll see a several works that combine tapestry, ceramics and other media to depict landscapes. Outside at 7th & Nicollet, a project dubbed EmergenceBot (find the project on social media under the “emergencebot” moniker) will no doubt draw passersby in with its trippy and chaotic robot-generated videos. Made Here will oﬃcially launch Thursday, May 4 with a party from 5 p.m.–8 p.m. at the newly opened AC Hotel at 4th & Hennepin. The trust knows how to throw an artsy party, so this one will see music from DJ Mad Mardigan and street performers The Fires of 1918: Fantome Roșu Duo, Siama Matuzungidi + Dallas Johnson, Stumbling Star Stilt Walker and Blue Lady. As the biggest champion of art on Hennepin Avenue, Vorderbruggen herself will be the one leading the charge by hosting walking tours of the displays at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Made Here: Future will be on display through Aug. 30. Also, check for the Hennepin Theatre Trust to move into its new home, the former Solera building at 9th & Hennepin, sometime in late May. The organization has already put its mark on the building with a large mosaic installation on its Hennepin side and a Made Here installation of majestic horses on its main level.

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In recent years Minneapolis has seen a lot — and I mean, a lot — of temporary markets, maker pop-ups and alternative shopping opportunities. But I think I’ve found one that might break the mold. A Conspiracy of Strange Girls is hosting a night market at the North Loop’s Modist Brewing. The group, which takes its name from a group of ravens, otherwise known as a conspiracy, promotes Minneapolis-based women, trans and femme artists and creators who come with backgrounds in the visual arts, music, crafts and more. But what makes the market different, you ask? Well, it’s free, for one. It’s also home to much more than just candles and home goods, though it’s sure to have those, too. The Strange City Night Market promises DJs and live art on top of an eclectic selection of wares, from sculptures and botanical tinctures to astro-apothecary goods, and activities, such as a tintype photo booth. The market will take over the taproom on Saturday, May 13 from 6 p.m.–midnight. It’s been long enough since the holiday shopping season, so there’s no need to feel guilty about a little retail therapy. Plus, you can grab a beer. My penchant for coffee beers always steers me to Modist’s First Call, a brilliant cold press coffee lager, but I wouldn’t recommend leaving without trying the brewery’s Deviation series. Their latest is a Mexican dark chocolate stout. It’s a strange market after all.

Whether you’re a Blanche or more of a Rose, “The Golden Girls” fans from around the metro will come together for one of the most unique bar crawls in the Twin Cities. The Golden Girls Bar Crawl invites fans to dress up as one of the four leading ladies — the commanding Dorothy, the happy-go-lucky Rose, the man-eater Blanche and or the wisecracking Sophia — and take to the bars of downtown Minneapolis. The event kicks off at the Pourhouse in the Lumber Exchange Building where organizers will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for having the most people dressed as the “Golden Girls” characters in one place. The girls will then take to the town, splitting off into four teams divided by each lady. The venues, which include the Saloon, 7th Street Entry, Mercy and the Union’s rooftop, each promise a surprise or two. Think karaoke, show trivia, dance parties and maybe even a “Golden Girls” drag performance. The 21-plus crawl on Saturday, May 13, will see performances from DJ Shannon Blowtorch, DBaz, Nina Di’Angelo, Victoria DeVille and more.

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