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Returning and new artworks are being installed as a rejuvenated Nicollet Mall emerges “Prairie Tree” by artist Ned Kahn is one of several new pieces of art coming to Nicollet Mall. Photo by Annabelle Marcovici

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he saying goes that life is short, but art is long. For the art on Nicollet Mall, some pieces have lived several lives. Crews have begun installing new and old pieces on the mall, which is seeing a $50-million renovation that is set to be completed this fall. City officials say this generation of works — Nicollet Mall’s third — marks a shift in the types of public art on display in the heart of downtown Minneapolis. The street wasn’t always dotted with public art displays. The City of Minneapolis first SEE NICOLLET MALL ART / PAGE 16

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City Council mulls increasing use of renewable energy Council to vote on purchasing more through Xcel Energy program

By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@journalmpls.com The Minneapolis City Council is considering a proposal that would double its purchase of electricity from renewable sources. The council may increase the city’s participation in Xcel Energy’s Renewable Connect program, which provides customers with locally sourced wind and solar energy without them needing to invest in equipment. The council approved an initial contract for the city’s participation in the program in June. Approval of a second contract would

mean that about three-quarters of the electricity purchased by city government would come from renewable sources by the end of the year. The proposal comes as the city looks for ways to reduce citywide greenhouse gas emissions, the largest source of which is the burning of fossil fuels. Mayor Betsy Hodges in August proposed to help fund these efforts by increasing the franchise fee charged to utilities for their use of public land. Renewable energy creates little to no

carbon dioxide and air pollution emissions and has less impact on water and the environment than fossil fuels. Sources of renewable energy include wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric and biomass. In Minnesota, state law requires utilities to provide 25 percent of their electrical generation from renewable sources by 2025. Minneapolis’ Climate Action Plan, approved in 2013, calls for generating 10 percent of the city’s electricity from local and renewable sources by 2025.

Already about 38.7 percent of the approximately 102 million kilowatt-hours of electricity used by city government is from renewable sources. That includes about 17.8 million kilowatt-hours from the first Renewable Connect contract. The city would need approval from the state Public Utilities Commission to increase its participation in the program, but city energy manager Brian Millberg appeared confident that would happen. SEE RENEWABLE / PAGE 15

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Wanted: 10,000 Super Bowl volunteers Host committee needs thousands to join the Super Bowl welcome wagon By Eric Best / ebest@journalmpls.com Former Minnesota Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway is forming a different team to represent the state. On the field, the recently retired player wore the number 52 and he continues to do so as the captain of Crew 52, a team of volunteers who will serve as the welcome wagon for football fans and ticketholders flocking to downtown Minneapolis for Super Bowl LII next February. The Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee will interview thousands and thousands of people in a newly opened volunteer headquarters in City Center to form the 10,000-strong Crew 52. “Crew 52 needs people who are bold, friendly and can help make memories for a lifetime for our guests,” Greenway says in an orientation video for volunteer hopefuls. The committee, a privately funded organization that works with the NFL, needs volunteers to support its mission of hosting a “safe and successful” Super Bowl, an event that is far more than one football game. Communications Director Michael Howard said the Super Bowl has developed in recent years to become a “massive, interactive” phenomenon that’s isn’t simply focused on ticketholders. For Minneapolis, this will mean hosting a 10-day Super Bowl LIVE festival downtown that will be free and open for average football fans and residents. The committee hasn’t

yet disclosed the location for the indoor and outdoor event, which will feature concerts, photo opportunities and concessions ahead of the big game. “The host committee really is trying to make this — and it is — an opportunity for Minnesotans and people in the region to make their own Super Bowl memory,” he said. To throw the football fest, the committee will need volunteers to direct fans and Super Bowl attendees, offer advice on local restaurants and bars and assist at Super Bowl LIVE. While volunteers won’t actually be at the Super Bowl game itself, Howard said, they will see the Super Bowl action from locations throughout the Twin Cities — around downtown, light rail stations and the MinneapolisSt. Paul International Airport. Howard estimates the committee will interview about 14,000-15,000 people at the downtown Crew 52 headquarters over the course of the year. Still, Howard said they’re confident they will hit the goal. Interest in volunteering has been “overwhelming,” he said. More than 9,000 people signed up to volunteer in the first two days when registration opened in March. Volunteers have hailed from more than 100 cities across the state, Howard added. “It fits within our spirit of Minnesota pride,” he said, “They’re excited to step up.” Committee officials hope to make the

People hoping to become volunteers for next year’s Super Bowl festivities start the process with an interview at the Crew 52 headquarters. Submitted photo event a uniquely “Bold North” experience. It’s not often a northern city gets to host the Super Bowl. Since it started in the 1960s, the Super Bowl has only come to the Midwest a few times: Indianapolis in 2012, Detroit in 2006 and Minneapolis in 1992. Howard said this gives the city a chance to do something different, such as hosting outdoor events during a Minnesota winter. “We’re going to be leaning into that. We want folks to go outside. If it snows a little bit, that’d be great. We want people to experience Minnesota,” he said. The game will look a lot different than the last Super Bowl game in Texas earlier this year. In embracing the cold conditions the committee will outfit volunteers with uniforms consisting of a jacket, polo, hat and

other gear. “It will have layers — more layers than they needed in Houston,” he said. Potential volunteers will need to pass a background check and be at least 18 years old. The committee asks volunteers to sign up for three shifts throughout the festival. Applicants will go through a roughly 25-minute interview at the Crew 52 headquarters. The people giving the interviews are volunteers themselves. Many have human resources and volunteer coordination experience, Howard said. “Mainly we want people who are outgoing, have a smile on their face and have no trouble going up to folks on the street and pointing them in the right direction,” Howard said. The facility, located on Nicollet Mall in the former Sports Authority space in City Center, will transform into an operations center closer to the Super Bowl. Volunteers will return there early next year to check-in and get their shifts. If the estimated 1 million Super Bowl visitors have a good time, committee officials say the Twin Cities are set to benefit from hosting the big game on Feb. 4, 2018. “If we do it right, those guests and those businesses will come back, time and again,” says Maureen Bausch, the committee’s CEO, in a volunteer orientation video.

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Soon you’ll be able to find Five Watt outside the Kingfield neighborhood. Owners Lee Carter and Caleb Garn plan to open a second Five Watt cafe in October along East Hennepin Avenue near Northeast Minneapolis. The Beltrami neighborhood coffee shop comes nearly four years after the two began brewing coffee at their influential and community-driven coffeehouse in Southwest Minneapolis. Carter said they looked at opening on the other side of the city when they first opened Five Watt. Years later, Northeast Minneapolis is relatively bereft of the café’s brand of third-wave coffee and cocktail-style drinks. “We’ve always kind of wanted to be in Northeast,” he said. The East Hennepin location on the first floor of the Miller Textile Building will be the duo’s second cafe. Five Watt will get a third location in St. Paul next year with the opening of Keg & Case Market. The second Five Watt gives them a lot of opportunity for growth, Carter said. At 1,500 square feet, the approximately 50-seat café will be significantly larger than the Kingfield location. The cafe will feature Five Watt’s own coffee varieties and a new, more refined menu of signature coffee drinks, including one named after its neighborhood, Beltrami. Thanks to a beer and wine license, Carter said they’ll serve beer, wine and low-proof cocktails made with Five Watt bitters — the bitters are being folded under the Five Watt umbrella instead of their beverage company, Big Watt, he said — vermouth and liqueurs, among other ingredients. That’s not all the new stuff coming to

Northeast. The East Hennepin Five Watt will serve a made-to-order bar food menu to fulfill its license. While Carter couldn’t name specific items, he said to expect a tasty menu that’s easy to make. “We have a ton of ideas and now it’s just a matter of determining what works for the equipment,” he said. With the increased space, the two, who both come from music backgrounds, may be able to add something unique: a podcast studio. While they haven’t finalized plans, Carter said they’re considering building out a small studio called Radio Five Watt. The second cafe will feature a redesigned Five Watt brand. Carter said they worked with a branding team to refine the logo and redefine elements of the café’s look. The shop will offer retail items like homebrewing equipment, T-shirts and coffee beans. The Miller Textile Building, located at 861 E. Hennepin Ave., has quickly filled up since opening last year. Beyond Five Watt, HeadFlyer Brewing occupies much of the first floor in the former warehouse complex. There’s also the Mission Manor escape room game and Nash Frame Design. The headquarters of Stahl Construction occupies the second floor. Ackerberg Group, the firm behind the nearly 50,000-square-foot building’s renovation, lists one available space on the first floor for an office or retail user. The building, located just outside the action in the Nicollet Island-East Bank area, Carter said, is on a side of Northeast without cafes like Five Watt, Carter said. “Coffee is very convenience-driven, and being able to offer something to people in Northeast is going to be nice,” he said.

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Beginning this fall, North Loop residents may not have to leave the neighborhood to get their teeth cleaned. The neighborhood will get its only dental office this month with Loop Dental on the first floor of 5th Avenue Lofts. Owners David and Sam Bates, once downtown residents themselves, said they hope to fill a gap in the area’s healthcare needs. “We always wanted to open a place down here. When we lived down here [we said], ‘There needs to be a dentist around here.’ Nobody was around,” said David, who will be Loop Dental’s sole dentist. The couple, now Southwest Minneapolis residents, describe the office as providing a “boutique” level of service that residents have come to expect from nearby shops. In addition to regular cleanings, Loop Dental will offer implants, Invisalign and dentures. “That’s the kind of service I like to provide. I educate people on what they need and specifically tailor it to them,” Bates said. This is Bates’ second office after buying

his father’s practice out in Roseville. Loop Dental will be located on the first floor of the condo building between Crisp & Green and the Metro Market convenience store. The commercial condo space used to house to an accounting firm. A new veterinary clinic is opening next door in the Free Spirit Building. The Bates likened the office to Hennepin County Medical Center’s new clinic and pharmacy, which opened last year in the neighborhood’s TractorWorks Building. The area, one of the fastest growing in the city, still requires health care services like dental care to make it livable, Bates said. “The North Loop deserves a state-of-the-art dental practice and I am thrilled to provide the neighborhood with the highest quality, individually tailored dental care possible,” he said in a statement. Loop Dental, at 207 5th Ave. N., is expected to open Sept. 25 with a grand opening on Oct. 5. The opening event will benefit Secondhand Hounds, a pet rescue organization where the Bates got their dog Sydney.

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new meeting rooms to the office, which already features a fitness facility, small business services and validated day parking for members and guests. Now that the expansion has opened, COCO’s downtown location includes 45 shareable workspaces. COCO, the largest co-working space provider in the Twin Cities, operates three Minneapolis offices in downtown, Northeast and Uptown. The company also has a location in St. Paul’s Lowertown area and another in Chicago. The collaborative spaces at COCO’s downtown location are open to individuals and small businesses, with suites for two people or up to 16 employees. The downtown Minneapolis office, located at 400 S. 4th St., will host an open house on Thursday, Sept. 21.

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Staff quit at Club Jäger after owner’s donation to former KKK leader Staff at Club Jäger have quit after news broke that the owner supported the 2016 Senate run of David Duke, a white nationalist and former KKK leader. Regulars, DJs and local groups blasted the owner of Club Jäger following a story published by City Pages that detailed Julius DeRoma’s donation to Duke’s campaign to represent Louisiana in Congress. According to public records filed with the Federal Exchange Commission, DeRoma donated $500 to Duke’s Senate bid. DeRoma could not be reached for comment. In an interview with WCCO, DeRoma said the donation was “basically free speech” that had been “blown up beyond what it should be.” An employee told The Journal that Aug. 31 was the staff’s last night. Current and former employees of Club Jäger had previously distanced themselves from the bar’s owner. “The staff and I are sick about this. This is not who we are or what we believe in,” said Ryan Crossland, the bar’s general manager, in a public Facebook post before staff quit. Drea Kinston, a former bartender at the bar, said DeRoma wasn’t ever at the bar, which she described as an “amazing place to work.” “I do not condone and am staunchly

The building home to Club Jäger has stood in the North Loop for more than a century. Photo courtesy Club Jäger Facebook page opposed to his vile actions and his ideologies. The staff at Jäger is a beautiful, diverse group of amazing individuals. None of us knew about Julius’ efforts to advance the works of hate…,” she wrote on Facebook. “My heart breaks for our displaced staff and entertainers and for the loss of what was created and maintained.” Jake Rudh, the DJ behind the popular Transmission dance nights, said that he will no longer host the weekly event at the North Loop bar. “I refuse to stay at a venue where the

owner supports the likes of David Duke and his messages of hate,” he wrote on Facebook. “Bigotry, hate, violence, and racism has no place at Transmission or anywhere on this planet.” The 90s Preservation Society canceled its parties, including one this weekend, at the venue. Instead, it directed fans to support a GoFundMe created to support the bar’s staff. Rep. Keith Ellison said in a statement that people should raise their voices against “haters like Duke, but also to the financiers of his hate.” “Minneapolis prides itself on its diversity and willingness to accept all people — no matter their race and religion. The views of David Duke, the KKK, and white supremacists everywhere are at complete odds with our Constitution and Minnesota values,” he said. DeRoma is a real estate developer and owns several buildings in Minneapolis, including the home of Huge Theater. In a statement, the Lyn-Lake improv theater, which is in its third year of a 10-year lease, said it was not aware of its landlord’s donation. The group has worked with other theaters around the country to develop student guidelines “to make sure our classes and stage are inclusive and free of threat or

intimidation of any kind.” “From our first days we have worked to build an inclusive community and to illuminate the path from student to stage so we could share this art form we love,” its board of directors said in a statement. “For these reasons and more, we would like to formally tell Nazis and the KKK that they can [expletive] straight off.” DeRoma is also the landlord of Uptown’s Buffalo Exchange. The vintage and used clothing store said in a statement that the business is “not aligned with him or his views.” “Buffalo Exchange is a family-owned business committed to celebrating diversity and individuality through inclusion and fashion. We stand against discrimination and hate in every way,” it said. De Roma owns the building home to Legacy Glassworks, and a shop statement said owners, residents and staff “denounce racism and bias in any form. We will continue to foster an inclusive work and community environment.” Club Jäger, built in 1906, is one of the city’s oldest continuously operated bars. DeRoma bought it in 2004.

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Decision to charge in Damond case expected this year Hennepin County Attorney Michael Freeman said he expects to make a decision before the end of the year on whether or not to charge the Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed a woman in the Fulton neighborhood July 15. The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating the shooting of Justine Damond by Officer Mohamed Noor and has not yet turned its findings over to the county attorney’s office. According to the BCA, Noor responded with another officer to a 911 call placed by Damond, who was reporting a

possible assault, and shot her through the squad car window shortly after arriving on the scene near 51st & Washburn. Usually between four and six months elapse between the time of an officerinvolved shooting and the decision on whether or not to charge the officer with a crime, Freeman wrote in the Aug. 28 edition of his office newsletter. “We have received some emails and phone calls from members of the community demanding that we charge the officer immediately and ascribing all kind of nefarious

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reasons as to why we haven’t done so,” Freeman wrote in the newsletter. “The truth is, we are following the same procedure we have with the three previous officerinvolved shootings.” That means the case won’t be handed over to a grand jury, a practice Freeman halted following the November 2015 shooting death of 24-year-old Jamar Clark by Minneapolis police. Instead, Freeman and several of his office’s senior prosecutors plan to review the BCA investigation and make a charging decision.

As Freeman described it in his newsletter, the change “allowed for more transparency and accountability regarding the decision” to charge or not. “I fully expect a decision in this case before the end of 2017,” Freeman wrote. Damond, a native of Australia, was also known as Justine Ruszczyk but had started using the last name of her Minneapolis fiancé, Don Damond. The two were to be married in Hawaii in August.

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Running as the ‘quintessential Minneapolitan’ Teqen Zéa-Aida said he learned the Loring Park building were he rents an apartment and until recently operated a gallery was slated to be demolished for a mixed-use development this winter in a sit-down meeting with his City Council member, Ward 7’s Lisa Goodman. It was that meeting that set Zéa-Aida on a path to challenge Goodman, a 20-year incumbent, in November. A newcomer to electoral politics, the gallerist and businessman was still forming his policy positions in the weeks after filing to run, but he said he would bring a “pragmatic” and “expressionist-modernist” approach to the office, along with a focus on gentrification, rising rents, diversity and equity. “We all thank (Goodman) for her service, but I think many people, not just in Ward 7 but across the city, know that it is time for change,” he said. Reached for comment, Goodman said she welcomed a discussion of the issues and her record in the campaign. Zéa-Aida, 41, moved to the Stevens Square neighborhood in 1994, two weeks after graduating high school in Forest Lake and just three years before Goodman won her first City Council election. He co-founded modeling agency Vision Management Group in 1996, and his gallery, City Wide Artists, hosted its inaugural exhibition in 2015. He’ll face off against fellow DFLers Goodman and Janne Flisrand this fall. Flisrand challenged the incumbent for the party’s endorsement in April, but neither reached the 60-percent threshold of support from ward convention delegates. Also running is Republican-endorsed candidate Joe Kovacs. In an August interview, Zéa-Aida described

himself as the “quintessential Minneapolitan,” someone with deep ties to the city’s art, fashion and philanthropy communities and a long-time resident’s knowledge of its innercity neighborhoods. But when he showed up at a DFL caucus earlier this year, Zéa-Aida didn’t see many of his neighbors. “I was the only African-descended male in the room. I believe I was the only Latino in the room,” he said. “That shocked me completely because … on 15th & Nicollet, I see a very diverse community.” Zéa-Aida said he would bring a renter’s perspective to the debate over rising property values, rising rents and gentrification. Flisrand has also made affordable housing a top priority, and Goodman authored the ordinance that created the city’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund. The 15th & Nicollet building where Zéa-Aida lives is scheduled to be demolished and replaced by mixed-use project featuring 184 units of affordable housing from developer Dominium. He said he was “OK with sacrificing” his current home and workspace for much needed workforce housing, but questioned how affordable rents pegged to 60 percent of area median income would truly be and predicted that the development would drive up rents in nearby buildings. Ward 7 stretches from the city’s western border, just beyond Cedar Lake, into downtown, and its representative serves a diverse constituency. The median household incomes of its neighborhoods range from less than 60 percent to more than double the citywide median household income. Zéa-Aida said he was best positioned to “bridge the precincts of Ward 7.” “I have friends who live in public housing, and I have friends who live in some of the finest

homes on Lake of the Isles,” he said. Zéa-Aida said he would work to improve the livability of neighborhoods in and near downtown by encouraging bodegas to carry a wider array of products and expanding the zones where food trucks and carts are allowed to operate. He said downtown crime had “exploded,” and advocated a “holistic” approach to public safety, one that promotes equity, engagement and access to jobs and housing in addition to targeting crime. He said he would have worked harder to retain Macy’s on Nicollet Mall and described the ongoing reconstruction of the downtown retail corridor as “a disaster.” Zéa-Aida said his “activist instincts” are balanced by a “centrist, if not a little bit conservative” political sensibility. He said he was “disappointed” in the process that led the City Council in July to adopt a $15 minimum wage ordinance. Higher wages will be phased-in over seven years, and after that the minimum pay rate for Minneapolis workers will be pegged to inflation. Zéa-Aida predicted the policy could end up “backfiring,” and if it does, immigrants and people of color will be the ones hurt the most. He said a better solution would have involved more collaboration with business owners and been coupled with policies to encourage diversity and inclusion at places of work. “I do not pretend to have the answers,” he said. “What I am saying is I am more than willing — dare I say committed — to exploring the nuance and a creative path toward finding new policy that will benefit all of Minneapolis’ residents, not just a group over here and not just a group over there.”

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Arradondo names executive team New Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo announced the members of his executive leadership team in August. Arradondo, who served as assistant chief to Janeé Harteau before her resignation in July, has selected Mike Kjos to fill his former role as the department’s no. 2. Kjos most recently served as deputy chief of the department’s Patrol Bureau and previously led both the 4th and 1st precincts as inspector. Art Knight will serve as deputy chief and Arradondo’s chief of staff. Knight most recently served as a 4th Precinct lieutenant while leading the department’s Procedural Justice Team.

As deputy chief of investigations, Erick Fors will oversee all of the department’s investigative units. Fors most recently led one of those units, the Violent Crimes Investigations Division, and previously served in the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th precincts. Named deputy chief of professional standards was Henry Halvorson, who as a lieutenant was a supervisor in the 1st Precinct and the department’s Internal Affairs Unit. Halvorson previously worked as a patrol officer in the 2nd and 3rd precincts and as an investigator in the Public Housing, Sex Crimes and Internal Affairs units. Other appointments announced by the department included Bruce Folkens as commander

of the Juvenile Division and Travis Glampe as commander of the Technology and Support Services Division. Later, Arradondo named Melissa Chiodo commander of the Internal Affairs Division, Jason Case commander of the Violent Crimes Investigations Division, Troy Schoenberger commander of the Special Crimes Investigations Division and Todd Sauvageau commander of the Leadership & Organizational Development Division. Arradondo was sworn in as chief Aug. 22. His appointment by Mayor Betsy Hodges won unanimous support from the City Council.

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New sculpture added to Gold Medal Park A fourth sculpture from the Walker Art Center has come to Gold Medal Park. The downtown park recently welcomed “Nautilus” on the west side near the Guthrie Theater. It joins three other sculptures from the Walker’s collection that are on loan at the park and other sites around Minneapolis. “Nautilus” artist Charlies Ginnever took inspiration from the marine mollusk in building the spiraling steel structure. The 1976 piece consists of six flat parallelograms that have been welded together at regularly increasing intervals to create a complex,

origami-like design. Through various times of day and the changing seasons, light will alter the work’s visual effects. The other works at Gold Medal Park include “Prophecy of the Ancients” (1988) by Brower Hatcher, “Molecule” (1977-83) by Mark di Suvero and “Ordovician Pore” (1989). The Walker began loaning pieces out in 2015 ahead of its campus renovation and the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden reconstruction. The museum reopened the garden earlier this summer.

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Poster show beneﬁts Minneapolis parks Through LoveMplsParks.org, Minneapolis residents have been able to represent their favorite parks with T-shirts and more. Now the parks-focused retailer wants locals to cover their walls. LoveMplsParks will throw a poster show this month at Lakes & Legends Brewing Co. in Loring Park. The show, the second from the website, will feature more than three dozen posters from local artists depicting all what Minneapolis parks have to offer. Dan Woychick, the designer and organizer behind LoveMplsParks, said last year’s show was a big success, both for the artists and for parks. The retailer donates half of its profits from apparel and poster sales to People for Parks, a local nonprofit that sponsors programs and projects to enhance the city’s park system. This year’s show drew more artists, who will have limited-edition posters to sell for $40. Artists will receive the other half raised from sales. Since creating the website in late 2014, Woychick has

raised approximately $15,000 for parks. Woychick, a full-time designer outside LoveMplsParks, said the side project lets people show their pride for parks around the city, the country and even the globe. While many of the sales are local — Lake Nokomis-themed products are the most popular, he said — some sales have from as far as England and Norway. “People really do love their parks and their effect on the livability of the Twin Cities,” he said. The free Posters for Parks show will take place on Thursday, Sept. 28 from 6 p.m.–10 p.m. at Lakes & Legends, located at 1368 LaSalle Ave. The one-night, pop-up gallery is family friendly and will feature Gastrotruck outside in addition to the local beer inside.

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GREEN DIGEST

By Nate Gotlieb ngotlieb@journalmpls.com @NateGotlieb

Hennepin County to begin second zero-waste challenge About 50 households in Hennepin County will begin a challenge this month to reduce waste and create new habits around it. The households will develop waste-reduction plans and commit to making lifestyle changes as part of their participation in the county’s second zero-waste challenge, which starts Sept. 11. Changes could range from starting organics recycling to developing new shopping habits. The eight-month challenge comes as Hennepin County continues working toward the state-mandated goal of recycling 75 percent of waste by 2030. The county recycled about 51 percent of all waste in 2016. The challenge is an effort to explore the barriers that households face in diverting and reducing waste, county environmentalist Carolyn Collopy said in a video. The county hopes to use those lessons to develop future waste-reduction programs, she said. Challenge participants will receive coaching from county staff and will be required to attend waste-reduction workshops. They will also be required to track the waste their households generate for four weeks at the beginning and end of the challenge. About 35 households participated in the

Zero waste challenge participant Ali DeCamillis and her kids use green cleaners made at a workshop oﬀered by Hennepin County. Photo by Hennepin County

first zero-waste challenge, which ended in August. Those households decreased their waste by about 20 percent and recycled or composted 62 percent of their waste, according to the county. About half of the households started composting. Collopy said the county had each household in that challenge start by implementing three to five strategies for waste reduc-

tion. She said people found the workshops and their interactions with staff helpful in reducing waste. Participant Monica Strelnieks said she wasn’t doing a lot when it came to diverting and reducing waste before the challenge. Now she’s made changes that include making her own laundry soap and using a more environmentally friendly cat litter.

Strelnieks, an Uptown resident, said the most notable thing she learned from the challenge was how much recyclable material doesn’t actually get recycled. She suggested that consumers be more aware when shopping and make conscious decisions about buying items with less packaging. Participant William Harrison started organics recycling at his East Harriet apartment during the challenge. He said he liked the workshops the county offered, noting one specific to children and waste reduction. Collopy wrote in an email that it’s a bit too soon to say how the county will use the information it gleans from the challenges. She wrote that she expects the larger trends to inform the county’s messaging as it works with more households. She added that the waste-diversion aspect of the challenge has been easier for people than the waste-reduction aspect. “That goes counter to our societal norms that have been pushing consumption and convenience/disposable goods as a means to making our lives easier,” she wrote. Visit hennepin.us/zerowastechallenge to learn more about the program.

MPCA to monitor urban air quality The Minneapolis Pollution Control Agency will begin a project in January to gain a better understanding of urban air quality. The agency will place air quality sensors in every ZIP code in Minneapolis and St. Paul. The goal is to get a better picture of how air pollution varies across urban areas, the agency said in a news release. “This project will help us answer the question we often get asked, ‘What’s in my neighborhood?’” MPCA Assistant Commissioner David Thornton said in the release.

“Our statewide monitoring network gives us a very good idea of how the air is generally, but people want to know more about what’s going on where they live, work and play.” Minnesota’s air quality is generally good, according to the MPCA, but understanding small-scale differences in air pollution could help minimize exposure, particularly for vulnerable communities. A 2015 report by the MPCA and Minnesota Department of Health said there was little difference in air pollution levels between ZIP codes in the

Twin Cities. However, it noted that ZIP codes with larger populations of people of color, American Indians and residents living in poverty are more vulnerable to air pollution. As part of the project, the MPCA will operate a network of up to 50 air qualitymonitoring sensors. It will look to see if there are significant differences in pollutant concentrations between ZIP codes and if the technology is suitable for measuring small differences in air quality. The agency plans on asking for public

input on locations for the sensors. It says that the idea location would be on easily accessible street poles 10 to 15 feet above ground and with minimal tree cover or obstruction. The MPCA will host a series of open houses to talk about the project and seek input on sensor locations, including one from 6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Sept. 11 at Farview Recreation Center, 621 29th Ave. N. Visit pca. state.mn.us/air/assessing-urban-air-qualityproject to learn more.

Downtown nonprofit promotes World Car-Free Day A downtown nonprofit is encouraging workers to ditch their single-occupancy vehicles for World Car-Free Day, an event set for Friday, Sept. 22. The organization Move Minneapolis is promoting the international event and offering a drawing for commuters who take the World Car-Free Day pledge. Prizes include a Bianchi bike, a Minneapolis staycation package, dinner at Fogo De Chão, tickets to Orchestra Hall, an annual HOURCAR membership and four-month unlimited Go-To transit passes. The organization hopes to build World Car-Free Day into an annual event that

increases in size, Move Minneapolis Executive Director Mary Morse Marti said. “Folks I think are stuck in the mindset that the single occupancy vehicle is convenient,” she said. “When they try something new, it opens up a whole new world to them. … Often it’s just that very first time where there’s so much uncertainty.” Morse Marti said her organization is encouraging participating employers to be more flexible with their employees. That includes leniency for employees who show up a little sweatier than usual, she said. She also encouraged teleworking, promoting the website eworkplace-mn.com,

which has tips for employers who want to set up teleworking policies. Little actions can make a big difference, Morse Marti said, even if it’s just switching a commute one day a week. She noted how transportation is the second-leading source of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. and how fewer single-occupancy vehicles means less congestion and improved air quality. “Imagine how downtown could look different that day,” Morse Marti said of the event. “It could be a total party.” About 60 percent of workers in Minneapolis drove alone to work in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Another 13.4 percent

took public transportation, 8.5 percent carpooled, 7.5 percent walked, 5.3 percent worked from home and five percent biked. Commuters can make pledges for World Car-Free Day online at moveminneapolis.org, at participating workplaces, at One On One Bicycle Studio (117 N. Washington Ave.), in the ABC Ramps lobbies from 6 a.m.-9 a.m. Sept. 18-20 or at Move Minneapolis (505 Nicollet Mall) during regular business hours. Mayor Betsy Hodges and the City Council will hear a resolution about the event at the council’s Sept. 20 meeting.

Public Works gearing up for bicyclist, pedestrian counts The Minneapolis Public Works department is gearing up to conduct its annual bicyclist and pedestrian counts, set for between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Sept. 12-14. The city conducts the counts to understand the impact of non-motorized traffic on

streets, sidewalks and trails. Accurate counts enable the city to plan and build for bicyclists and pedestrians while tracking what’s successful and what should be done differently, according to a news release. People interested in volunteering for the

counts should register online http://bit. ly/2etaIjI or contact Erin Feehily at erin. feehily@minneapolismn.gov or 673-3614. The Public Works department is also teaming up with Hennepin County this year to offer counting locations outside of Minne-

apolis in first-ring suburbs. People can sign up online (same web address as above) or by contacting Emily Kettell at 543-1963 or Emily.Kettell@hennepin.us.

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Moments in Minneapolis By Cedar Imboden Phillips

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inneapolis still has a North, a South and a Southwest high school, but did you know that there was once an East High School, too? East was located at 4th & University on the site now occupied by a Lunds & Byerlys store. While East didn’t open for students until 1900, the location itself had a long educational history. The site was ﬁrst home to Winthrop School, founded in 1867 in what was then St. Anthony. East closed its doors in 1932, and a majority of the building was razed to make way for the Eastgate Shopping Center in the 1950s.

Cedar Imboden Phillips serves as executive director for the Hennepin History Museum. Learn more about the museum and its oﬀerings at hennepinhistory.org or 870-1329.

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Northeast welcomes Native American students from Anishinabe Northeast Middle School held a ceremony Aug. 24 to welcome about two-dozen new Native American students to the building. Teachers and staff learned about Native American language and resources available to Native American students. The ceremony came as the Northeast prepared for the arrival of students from Anishinabe Academy, a Minneapolis public school that focuses on Native American language and culture. Anishinabe switched from a grades K–8 school to a grades K–5 school this year

because of low enrollment at the middle school level. That made it hard for the school to provide robust course offerings to middle school students, Principal Laura Sullivan said. Conversation about switching to a K–5 model began about five years ago, Sullivan said. It didn’t go anywhere then but restarted a couple years ago when Northeast principal Vernon Rowe noticed a lack of support programming for Native American families on the north side of Minneapolis. Sullivan said she trusts Rowe to help lead

Student Kayden Buckanaga performs a song at a ceremony at Northeast Middle School, where about two dozen Native American students are transferring this fall. Photo by Nate Gotlieb

the transition for the transferring students. Some students will also be going to Sanford Middle School in southeast Minneapolis. Anishinabe served about 260 students in grades pre-K–8 last school year, including about 185 in grades pre-K–5. The school aims to help indigenous students integrate and reclaim their Native American identities, cultures and languages through authentic academic experiences, according to its website.

Sheltering Arms Foundation awards grants for vulnerable children A Minneapolis-based foundation has awarded more than $450,000 to nonprofits across Minnesota that provide programming to vulnerable children and their families. The Sheltering Arms Foundation announced the grants for 38 nonprofits on Aug. 24. The funds will go toward directservice programs in early-childhood and out-of-school-time development and to statewide advocacy campaigns designed to improve policies that impact children. Many of the grantees are focusing on social-emotional learning as a key method for closing the achievement gap, according to a spokeswoman. A number are tailored to help children who have experienced trauma build resilience to succeed in school. Sheltering Arms Executive Director Denise Mayotte said the foundation feels that social-emotional learning is equally as important for children as the academic skills they develop in school. “If a child gets a good grounding in social and emotional skills they’re much more likely to be successful in school and in life,” Mayotte said. In a press release, Sheltering Arms highlighted the work of the downtown Minneapolis homeless shelter People Serving People, a grantee this year, for its trauma-

informed services. People Serving People opened a new center this past spring in the Phillips neighborhood that will provide community meeting spaces for traumainformed training and education. Sheltering Arms’ funding for People Serving People will support training, curriculum development and assessments developed with the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Child Development. In a statement, People Serving People CEO Daniel Gumnit said the funding would help ensure the shelter’s youngest kids have the support and stability they need to thrive. “To be able to have the mental health supports as well as the high quality child care is really a great thing,” Mayotte added. The Sheltering Arms Foundation awards grants each year to nonprofits and to support policies that benefit children and their families. The foundation has awarded more than 1,150 grants totaling over $15.2 million since its inception in 1983. The foundation was started in the late 1800s as a home for homeless and abandoned kids. The next deadline for grant applications is January 2018. Visit sheltering-arms.org for more information.

Superintendent Ed Graﬀ helps a ﬁrst-grade student cross the monkey bars at Marcy Open School. Photo by Nate Gotlieb

Graff welcomes MPS students back to school Superintendent Ed Graff welcomed Minneapolis Public Schools students back to class on Aug. 28, the first day of the school year. Graff, who is entering his second school year as superintendent, spent the day visiting schools in Minneapolis. He helped welcome students to South High School, participated in recess at Marcy Open School and ate lunch at Edison High School, among other activities. His afternoon schedule included a roundtable event at the Minneapolis Urban League with U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison. In a welcome-back video, Graff said there

would be a renewed focus on reading in MPS this school year, citing a new pre-K–5 literacy curriculum. He added that the district would be putting supports in place to help all students succeed. The district will also be emphasizing social-emotional learning, he said, which means “every child and every adult … will learn to honor and value themselves and everyone around them.” “Meeting the needs of every child: that’s our charge, and that’s our commitment,” Graff said.

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Ground broken on Samatar Crossing A groundbreaking ceremony Aug. 28 marked the beginning of construction on a new bicycle and pedestrian connection between downtown and the Cedar Riverside neighborhood. Samatar Crossing is named in honor of Hussein Samatar, who became the first Somali-American to hold elected office in Minneapolis when he won a School Board seat in 2010. Before he could complete his term, Samatar died in August 2013 due to complications from leukemia. He was 45. The new piece of infrastructure named for Samatar repurposes the former 5th Street ramp to downtown from Interstate 94, which closed last year, as a bicycle and pedestrian bridge. The bridge will connect 15th Avenue South in Cedar Riverside to 11th Avenue South in downtown over Interstate 35W. The bridge design includes four separate paths for pedestrians and cyclists, lighting and public art. Construction of Samatar

From left: Ubah Jama, former mayor R.T. Rybak, City Council members Abdi Warsame and Jacob Frey and Mayor Betsy Hodges. Submitted photo

Africa establish businesses, buy homes and build wealth through training and financial literacy programming. Those hoisting golden shovels at the groundbreaking ceremony included former mayor R.T. Rybak, who appointed Samatar to the Minneapolis Library Board in 2006, and Samatar’s widow, Ubah Jama, who sought to complete her husband’s School Board term after his death. The board ultimately chose Mohamud Noor. Also participating in the groundbreaking were Mayor Betsy Hodges, City Council members Abdi Warsame (Ward 6) and Jacob Frey (Ward 3), whose wards will be linked by the bridge.

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Thrivent Financial plans to sell the land behind its headquarters to Interstate Parking Co., a developer that is proposing to develop the half-block site into a building that combines a parking ramp and apartments. Preliminary plans submitted to the City Planning Commission Committee of the Whole for its August meeting show a mixed-use building with 750 parking spaces and 87 apartments. The approximately seven-and-a-half-story building would replace a surface parking lot behind Thrivent’s 17-story headquarters on the block bordered by 4th and 5th avenues and 6th and 7th streets. Skyway connections would link the building to Thrivent’s pre-existing skyway.

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The City Council recently amended the city’s contracts with several companies reconstructing Nicollet Mall to account for $2.1 million in unanticipated design modiﬁcations, scope changes and additional work. The amendments update agreements the city has with Meyer Contracting, SHE, Conurbation and Wetland Habitat Restorations, which are working on the renovation of Nicollet Mall. The increased costs are part of the project’s $50-million budget, which included funds for unforeseen costs. The renovated mall is slated to be substantially completed this fall with a full completion early next year.

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Streetscape / By Ethan Fawley

RAMPING UP PEDESTRIAN SAFETY EFFORTS The Bike Beat is now Streetscape. Each month we’ll be covering topics related to walking, biking and streets in Minneapolis. Streetscape is written by the staff of Our Streets Minneapolis, formerly the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition, which works for a city where biking, walking and rolling are easy and comfortable for everyone. You can read more about our work at ourstreetsmpls.org. Last November, Barbara Mahigel was killed trying to cross Nicollet Avenue at 43rd Street on her way to a restaurant to celebrate her 52nd wedding anniversary. The driver who killed her fled the scene and still has not been identified, despite pleas from Barbara’s son Mike Mahigel and a $5,000 reward for information. Since then, Yasin Hussein Dualeh was killed crossing Hennepin Avenue in Downtown and 3-year-old Hamza Mohoumed Abdillahi was killed as he ran across his residential street in Phillips. Unfortunately, these tragedies are not really isolated incidents. A person is hit and injured walking about every 36 hours in Minneapolis and an average of about 5 people are killed walking each year in the city. For years, there has not

been much focus on changing that. But now, in response to these and other tragedies, the city is starting to ramp up efforts to make streets safer for people walking. At 43rd & Nicollet, Council Member Elizabeth Glidden had already been working with the Kingfield neighborhood, residents and public works staff on potential improvements before November. Quick (and inexpensive) measures were put in place within weeks of Barbara Mahigel’s death. Minneapolis Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator Matthew Dyrdahl said Public Works is committed to proactive pedestrian safety improvements. The department has requested $600,000 per year for an intersection and crossing improvements program. The program would install safety improvements to “simplify intersection crossings, reduce street crossing distances, make pedestrians more visible, and slow turning vehicle movements,” according to a statement issued by the Capital Long-range Improvement Committee. The program could fund more permanent improvements at 43rd & Nicollet and address other problem intersections.

To support this pedestrian safety program, Our Streets Minneapolis and partners are collecting postcards of support from Minneapolis residents that will be delivered to Mayor Hodges and City Council members. You can sign online at ourstreetsmpls.org/ voice_your_support_for_safer_crossings. The City is also finishing a pedestrian safety study to be able to best identify problem spots for improvements. That study is expected to be released soon. Also this spring, Minneapolis Public Works announced that they were installing more visible crosswalks at more than 3,000 marked crosswalks in the city. The crosswalks are national best practice and have been shown elsewhere to improve visibility and reduce crashes. The flurry of activity around pedestrian safety comes after the Minneapolis City Council adopted a complete streets policy last year. The policy states “Minneapolis is committed to rebalancing its transportation network by clearly prioritizing walking, taking transit, and biking over driving motorized vehicles, in a manner that provides for acceptable levels of service for all modes.” “I’m proud of the changes the city of Minneapolis has made in recent years to

better prioritize pedestrians, but we have so much farther to go and there is so much more we can do,” City Council Member Elizabeth Glidden said. “Pressure from organized neighbors, along with new public works thinking and political will, will create the change we need.” It is a shift for public works to be prioritizing people walking, but they are clearly taking meaningful steps to do that. We hope that work continues to expand and that it will mean fewer tragedies in the future and city where everyone can be comfortable and safe walking.

Open Streets Lyndale sets a record Open Streets Lyndale 2017 was expanded this year to cover nearly 4 miles, from 22nd Street to 54th Street, with the support of the Kenny, Lynnhurst, Tangletown and Windom neighborhood organizations. And people came out in droves to have fun biking, walking and playing in the car-free street — a record 45,000 people! The summer Open Streets schedule finishes up with West Broadway on Sept. 9 and Nicollet Avenue on Sept. 24. Find more details at openstreetsmpls.org.

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Mill City Cooks / By Jenny Heck

SUPPORTING FARMERS IN TIMES OF NEED

f you’ve ever walked through the Mill City Farmers Market on a Saturday morning, you may notice there is something that distinguishes it from other shopping experiences. Not only do over 120 local farmers and artisans transform the historic train shed overlooking the mighty Mississippi into a bustling marketplace, but they also create a community. Farmers educate shoppers about this year’s sweet corn harvest (it will be going late into September) and the Alaskan fishing season (sockeye goals were met!). Local artisans explain their crafts through weaving demonstrations, small-batch sauerkraut samples, bees buzzing in a tableside beehive and even a sourdough starter on display, bubbling away in the morning heat. You will also see neighbors gather to support healthy foods and local farmers. One way they do this is through the Mill City Farmers Market’s Organic Field Grant, which started in 2013 as a way for our community to support their farmers in times of crop loss, structural damage and other forms of hardship. It has since grown into a program that not only offers hardship support but also funds small farmers and food makers working to improve sustainability in their businesses. Since 2013, the Mill City Farmers Market has awarded almost $67,000 to grantees. The grant program is funded through donations at the market’s annual fundraiser, the Harvest Social, coming up on Sunday, Sept. 10. The event includes farm-to-table dinner sourced

from the market’s vendors, live music, a silent auction and a passionate live auction and Fund-A-Need that directly supports the market’s grant program. Moses Momanyi, a Mill City Farmers Market farmer and grant recipient, will be speaking at the upcoming Harvest Social about the impact the grants have had on his farm. In 2016, Moses and his wife Lonah received a grant to implement an irrigation system on their new, 20-acre certified organic vegetable farm in Cambridge. The irrigation allowed them to increase the quantity and quality of produce they bring to market every Saturday. A few months later, they also applied for a hardship grant for crop loss due to flooding, ironically. Heavy rains destroyed over $10,000 worth of crops in their fields. While Moses and many other farmers have crop insurance for such events, it rarely covers the full value of the crop. Support from our generous market community makes a huge difference to farms and families in times like these. You can support the Mill City Farmers Market’s grant program and charitable fund by attending the Harvest Social benefit Sept. 10 in the historic Mill City Museum train shed. Purchase your tickets and learn more at millcityfarmersmarket.org/support/benefit/. For more information and a summary of past Mill City Farmers Market Organic Field Grant awardees, visit millcityfarmersmarket. org/learn/farmer-grants/.

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Watermelon gazpacho Recipe from Mill City Farmers Market 2016 Harvest Social Ingredients 10 cups pureed watermelon, about 1 medium watermelon, rind and seeds removed 2 stalks lemongrass, roughly chopped 3 cups water 1 cup mirin 4 Tablespoons minced ginger 2 Tablespoons sesame oil 1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar Salt and pepper to taste 1 Tablespoon Tabasco 1 cup chopped mint

Method Simmer the lemongrass in the water for 20 minutes. Puree in a blender for 2 minutes, and then strain. Add the lemongrass liquid to the watermelon puree. Rinse the blender and puree the ginger with the mirin. Add to the mixture directly to the watermelon, and stir in remaining ingredients. Chill for at least 6 hours. Check for seasoning just before serving, and garnish with the chopped mint

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Slightly higher cost Increased participation would come at a slightly higher cost for the city. Xcel charges Renewable Connect customers a 3-cent fee per kilowatt-hour in lieu of the fuel charge it typically imposes. The alternative fee could cost the city 6 to 12 percent more for the electricity, depending on the price of fuel, according to Millberg. The city would potentially pay for that with an increase in the franchise fee, which Hodges has proposed increasing 0.5 percent in 2018. The move would bring in an additional $2.6 million in revenue, she wrote in her budget message. Revenue from the fee increase would go into the city’s general fund and wouldn’t be tied to any program or service, according to Eric Fought, the mayor’s communications director. However, Millberg said $500,000 of that would go toward the second Renewable Connect contract. The fee could also go toward programs that help with other climate change efforts, such as increasing participation in energysavings programs, according to John Farrell, a member of the city’s Energy Vision Advisory Committee. The funds could also go toward multi-family residential energy-efficiency programs and to the city’s Green Business Cost Share Program, Farrell said. That program funds businesses willing to invest in cleaner, greener or more efficient technologies.

100 percent renewable? The second Renewable Connect contract coincides with the release of a city report that details the steps Minneapolis would need

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to take to obtain all its energy from renewable sources within five years. The report says the city would need to increase its participation in Xcel’s renewable energy programs and install more solar installations on city-owned land. The report also found that the technology

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by renewable electricity. Gordon said he’s hopeful the second Renewable Connect contract would encourage Xcel and the PUC to provide more renewable energy. The City Council was scheduled to vote on increasing city participation in the program on Sept. 7.

16 journalmpls.com / September 7–20, 2017 FROM NICOLLET MALL ART / PAGE 1 commissioned art for the mall in the 1960s, bringing in pieces like the “Sculpture Clock.” Decades later, sentiments have changed, and the latest generation further builds the city’s contemporary art collection. “People didn’t understand the value of it,” said Mary Altman, the city’s public arts administrator. “People now expect to see [art] in the public realm.” The city has begun reinstalling six of its eight works on the mall that were removed in the fall of 2015. The first of more than 70 “Hail Minnesota” manhole covers from artist Kate Burke now dot the south end of the mall, which the city is reconstructing between Grant Street and Washington Avenue. “Shadows of Spirit,” a series of seven embedded shadows from artists Seitu Jones, Ta-coumba Aiken and poet Soyini Guyton, are back in their normal home between 12th and 13th streets. The “Sculpture Clock,” a 16-foot-tall clock tower that has sat next to Peavey Plaza since 1968, is set to be reinstalled later this month. The piece from artist Jack Nelson is one of the last vestiges of the mall’s 1960s design. The first large-scale artwork from the newest reconstruction project might seem familiar to Minnesota Twins fans. Sculptor Ned Kahn’s “Prairie Tree,” a metallic, treeshaped sculpture at 11th & Nicollet, has similar leaf-like shingles to Kahn’s “The Wave,” a 60-foot-high wall of movable metal outside Target Field. Two new pieces will be installed later this year. The city is currently preparing the new Theater in the Round outside the Minneapolis Central Library on the mall’s north side for “Nimbus” by Tristan Al-Haddad, the largestscale piece in this round of new works. The 45-foot-wide sculpture, which will be built and lit like a halo, is meant to appear like it is levitating over the library’s plaza. The final work is a series of suspended lanterns from Blessing Hancock over the “Light Walk,” a new feature designed by James Corner Field Operations with a trellis of tilted mirrors outside the IDS Center. The series of lanterns, set to be installed this October, will hang around the Light Walk and feature poetry and prose from local, emerging writers. Regina Flanagan, an artist and public arts administrator hired by the city to give a behind-the-scenes view of the art installations on Nicollet Mall, said the piece will reveal itself slowly over many encounters.

Nicollet Mall has been closed for the past three years while the city reconstructs 12 blocks of the central thoroughfare. Photos by Annabelle Marcovici

“Shadows of Spirit,” a series commissioned during the 1990s renovation of Nicollet Mall, depicts seven ﬁgures overlaid with poetry.

Only some words are legible from a given angle, so people will experience it differently whether they’re just walking by or stopping to focus on certain phrases, she added. “You could pass that every day for years and see something new each time,” Flanagan said. “You’re not going to get it all in a glance. Rather, it will unveil itself over time.” At least two works will not return to the mall. The “Loon, Great Blue Heron and Grouse” sculpture outside the Young Quinlan

building at 9th & Nicollet and the nearby decorated bus shelter glass from artist Philip Larson nearby won’t come back. Altman said they are looking to relocate the pieces in different areas around the city. Flanagan, both an artist and landscape architect, described the latest generation of art — pieces from Kahn, Al-Haddad and Hancock — as “phenomenological,” meaning they are to be engaged directly by passersby, who build their own experiences.

Unlike previous work installed on the mall — literal, “less cerebral” items like decorative manholes, benches and clocks, she said — this latest round of art will offer different experiences to downtown dwellers for years and years to come. “The current work is socially motivated because it will create exciting public places, places where people want to be,” Flanagan said. “It’s meant to bring people together to experience something and build their understanding with the work and each other.” Flanagan experienced this firsthand with “Prairie Tree.” One day she walked by the piece and a storm was coming. The gray clouds reflected in the IDS Center and the wind blew, she said, moving the shingles to one side and producing waves of “shiny, silvery” light. A moment later, and the wind blew another direction and the shingles moved, showing a dull side. Depending on the day, lighting and other factors, others will have different experiences. “That’s what makes it so intriguing. I couldn’t have anticipated [it],” she said. Altman said she sees a shift toward a different kind of art experience on the mall. New signature pieces will speak to a captivated audience of office workers and downtown commuters over their lifetimes. Unlike a museum where people go specifically for the art, Nicollet Mall will give people casual encounters with art during their day. “[It’s] an audience where many people see [Nicollet Mall] every day, and they see it every day for years and years,” she said. The city is acknowledging the longevity of its art collection with the latest commissions. Flanagan blogs about the pieces at nicolletmall.org. Her writing will be archived at the Central Library after the mall is renovated. Her position is vital, she said, because the city didn’t archive previous generations of art. “Grasping the historical moment” is an important piece of the work, she added. “This is a rare opportunity. I haven’t seen other programs use this opportunity to give an inside look,” she said. Flanagan said she now sees different approaches and generations of art interwoven into the new mall. Hopefully, she said, there will be more works — and different opportunities to experience them — on the mall sooner rather than later. “I hope Nicollet Mall doesn’t have to wait 20 years for more public art,” Flanagan said.

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Coalition is a word more commonly found in the political reportage of a newspaper than in the dining column, but it’s the (less than memorable) name of a restaurant that deserves to be front-of-mind. It occupies the former Pearson’s space in the 50th & France enclave, now showcasing a comfy setting of white-licked barn board walls under a canopy of foam-sheathed pipes that oversee bar seating, generous booths and a second room where daylight reigns. Nice makeover. The title, it turns out, honors the area’s butchers, bakers and kimchi makers who contribute to a menu that reads well and delivers even better. Plates arrive cameraready and sized to feed a block party. (Heed my warning, or you, too, will wonder how to

fit all those doggie bags into the trunk.) Starters ($11–$16) mostly involve astute partnering of products rather than recipes. We ordered the burrata composition, compiled of warm ciabatta slices ready to receive frilly fronds of sweet prosciutto, airy dollops of burrata cheese, deeply sweet fig jam and a counterpunch of sharp arugula. Bravo. (Or order the smoked fish board, sweet-pea bruschetta, etc.) A quartet of salads ($7–$13) beckons, each easily serving two ravenous or four polite diners. Ours, the height-of-summer combo of strawberries and watermelon, gained piquancy from dollops of creamy goat cheese and a shower of almonds, all united via perky mint vinaigrette. On to the mains, ranging from a $14 burger

to $37 rib eye. I rarely order chicken when dining out because it’s a staple of my home kitchen, but breaking my rule provided the bonanza of the evening: a supremely juicy bird lavished with pozole broth uniting other Mexican acolytes, including hominy, supple avocado and a shower of queso fresco cheese, plus ruddy slices of robust, well-seasoned sausage and a solo tortilla. Well done. So was our second choice, an XXL pork steak, juicy and full-flavored, plated with wild mushrooms, slender strands of pickled onions and a cornbread-like square of fried cheddar polenta — another winner. We’d also ordered sides of vegetables, which proved unnecessary but — never mind — addictive: mounds of charred Brussels sprouts tossed with grilled grapes and

hazelnuts, all brushed with honey, elevating today’s veggie darling with those spot-on additions. Same for the tureen of crispy cauliflower buds, accented by sesame, green onion and a hit of sweet chili — another meal in itself. Which explains why we failed to leave room for desserts. They’re made in-house, agreed our fine server, who declaimed a list of molten chocolate, bread pudding, crème brûlée and more: the usual suspects but perhaps better in this kitchen’s capable hands. Expect interesting cocktails and a short list of familiar wines BTG, plus a bonus in this neighborhood: a parking lot, in which I’m tempted to reserve a permanent space. Only drawback: It’s very, very loud inside.

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An architect showcase AIA Minnesota’s annual tour offers a glimpse into architect-designed homes By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@journalmpls.com AIA Minnesota’s tour of architect-designed new and remodeled homes returns this month for its 10th year, and of the 17 stops on this year’s self-guided tour, seven are in Minneapolis. Founded in 1892, Minnesota’s professional association for architects has nearly 2,300 members statewide. Its annual tour of metroarea homes highlights both the talent to be found in local firms and the architects’ ability to collaborate with homeowners and realize their visions. For this edition of the Home Guide, we’ll get a sneak peak into five of the Minneapolis homes on this year’s tour, scheduled for Sept. 16-17.

3213 E. Calhoun Parkway New construction Project team: Lars Peterssen, Gabriel Keller, Chad Healy and Ashley Peterson of Peterssen/Keller Architecture Chad Healy of Peterssen/Keller Architecture said this project presented a conundrum that is not uncommon in the architecture business: the clients, a married couple with children, had differing visions for their new home on Lake Calhoun. “One of the two clients was leaning toward modern and the other was more traditional,” Healy said. While the amount of glass and metal in

2021 Harriet Ave. S. Remodel Project team: Marc Sloot and Katie Leaf of SALA Architects This Whittier-neighborhood remodeling project updated a 1907 Victorian for the 21st century. Marc Sloot of SALA Architects said the project had two primary goals: to maximize the 110-year-old home’s energy efficiency without compromising its lived-in comfort and beauty. Sloot took a conservation-first approach, preserving historic details while still achieving net-zero efficiency, meaning the home produces at least as much energy as it consumes. “I really hope that a project like that inspires more people to take measures that can improve the performance of their home, their own home, and really be doing it with that mindset of not having to compromise the beauty and the comfort of the home,” he said.

2727 E. Lake of the Isles Parkway Remodel/addition Project team: Christopher Strom of Christopher Strom Architects When architect Chris Strom arrived on site for this remodel of a 1915 Tudor Revivalstyle home facing Lake of the Isles, he found a house “built like a tank,” heavy and substantial, with 10-inch-thick walls. That might have something to do with its history, Strom guessed. It was one of the early projects designed by Ellerbe & Co. (known as Ellerbe Becket after a 1987 merger), a firm better known for its work on corporate projects, including work for the Mayo Clinic and 3M. For the new homeowners, who relocated to Minneapolis from Seattle, Strom updated the main living spaces on two floors — including a total kitchen redo — and converted the unfinished attic and basement into new living space. The home’s century-plus history remained top-of-mind; Strom said the homeowners insisted “anything we added to it would look in character, so it would look like it had always been there.” That left room for some whimsical touches, including the English-style pub in the newly finished basement.

the completed project might imply that the modernist won out, Healy said they balanced those elements with more traditional touches, like the horizontal muntins on the windows, and use of natural materials in the interior. “What really happened here is it became not a compromise but a way for all of us to work together to come to a house we were all happy with,” he said. Another challenge was the unusually deep and narrow lot. But the designers turned that to their advantage, too, adding a large terrace that separates the main house from the garage, which includes an accessory dwelling unit — one of the first constructed since they were made legal in Minneapolis.

IF YOU GO: AIA Minnesota Homes by Architects Tour Sept. 16–17 Advance tickets are $15 and can be purchased online at homesbyarchitects.org or in person at AIA Minnesota, located in International Market Square, 275 Market St., Suite 54. Tickets can also be purchased at any home on the tour at a price of $20 for the weekend or $10 for an individual home. Go to homesbyarchitects.org for more information.

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5333 Drew Ave. S. New construction Project team: Scott Newland of Newland Architecture, Inc. Realizing a long-held dream, architect Scott Newland designed this home for himself and his wife. The couple moved in in midsummer, and when Newland was reached by phone for an interview three weeks later they were still unpacking boxes. Longtime Southwest residents, the couple searched fruitlessly for an empty lot to build on before resorting to a teardown. But Newland said they salvaged and sold or reused as much as they could from the older house on their Fulton-neighborhood lot, incorporating a few pieces into the new home’s design — a distinctly Scandinavian look that Newland said blended modern and traditional elements to fit in with its surroundings. “It’s nice to have all the daylight we have because our old house was from the 1930s,” he said. “… Our cat loves it.”

4110 Upton Ave. S. Remodel/addition Project team: Mark Larson and Will Spencer of Rehkamp Larson Architects Mark Larson of Rehkamp Larson Architects described this project as a “top-to-bottom” remodel, one that also involved removing an older addition from the front of the house and adding a new one to the back. “The house had a bunch of previous additions that were done ad hoc over the years,” Larson said, explaining the task they had in designing a cohesive space for the homeowners, a growing family. Collaborators included builder Welch Forsman Associates, landscape architect Ron Beining Associates and interior designer Brooke Voss Design. Few spaces were left untouched during the remodel of the home, which Larson described as a foursquare or a modern farmhouse in style. One goal was to make the most of the daylight that enters the house, both through architecture and interior design, like the white floors that brighten the second story. Look closely and you might see where old blends with new. “There are some lines, purposeful lines, that show the evolution of the house,” Larson said.

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‘Women with Cameras (Self Portrait)’ Before selﬁes, there were self-portraits. How women viewed themselves privately prior to the advent of social media is at the center of “Women with Cameras (Self Portrait),” a new exhibition by acclaimed New Yorkbased conceptual photographer, Anne Collier. Through various means over an extended period of time, the artist collected snapshots of amateur, anonymous women dating from the 1970s to the early 2000s, taken on ﬁlm cameras prior to the digital age. Instead of circulating online, these abandoned images were intended for a private audience. Presented altogether in a slideshow of 35mm slides, these relics of the pre-digital age evoke a deep sense of loneliness, melancholy and autonomy and illustrate photography’s relationship to memory, loss and self-representation. When: Sept. 7–Dec. 17

Where: Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2400 3rd Ave. S.

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‘Nairy Baghramian: Déformation Professionnelle’ For more than 20 years, Nairy Baghramian has created sculptures, photographic works and drawings that explore the relationship between architecture and the human body. The Iran-born artist, who lives and works in Berlin, draws on influences including dance, theater, design and fashion to produce unlikely juxtapositions in material and scale to question and challenge the very nature of sculpture. In “Déformation Professionnelle,” which is co-organized by the Walker Art Center and the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.) in Belgium, offers a new approach to the traditional artist retrospective, presenting entirely new sculptures that reflect upon or alter her previous works created between 1999 and 2016. Her sterilized, amorphous structures, including “Egg Caul” and “Flat Spine,” demonstrate Baghramian’s intention to relate the museum’s structure to that of the human form, while “Peeper” uses walled-off space to limit the viewer’s vantage point. The exhibition illustrates the sculptor’s continuing evolution while offering a playful yet critical take on the artist survey.

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HERITAGE FESTIVALS Celebrate the flavors, the music and the cultures of Ukraine and Greece during a pair of annual heritage festivals in Minneapolis. The Minneapolis Greek Festival (Sept. 8–10) offers authentic Greek fare, traditional Greek music and dance performances and goods for sale from Greek vendors. There will also be tours of the historic St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church, wine flights at a courtyard café, Greek food demonstrations and Greek dance instruction. The Twin Cities Ukrainian Heritage Festival (Sept. 17) celebrates the unique culture and traditions of the Eastern European country, including authentic food (like sausages from Minneapolis deli Kramarczuk’s, whose founders hail from Ukraine), live music and dance, a beer culture, games and craft vendors, a cultural exhibit and a silent auction.

MINNEAPOLIS GREEK FESTIVAL: When: Friday, Sept. 8 & Saturday, Sept. 9 from noon–10 p.m.; Sunday, Sept. 10 from noon–6 p.m. Where: St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church, 3450 Irving Ave. S. Cost: Free Info: mplsgreekfest.org

When: Sept. 7–Feb. 4 Where: Walker Art Center, 1750 Hennepin Ave. Cost: $14 adults; $12 seniors; $7 military; $9 students; free for ages 0-18 Info: walkerart.org

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When: Sunday, Sept. 17 from noon–5 p.m. Where: Ukrainian Event Center, 301 Main St. NE. Cost: Free Info: uaccmn.org

“Jupon Suspendu” by Nairy Baghramian. Photograph by Timo Ohler.

‘Aladdin – The Musical’ From the producer of the box-office record-breaking musical “The Lion King” comes another Disney tale reimagined for the stage. Based on the 1992 animated film, “Aladdin – The Musical” features songs people will remember from the film, including “Friend Like Me” and “A Whole New World,” plus three songs originally written for the film and four new songs written by the original film’s composers, Howard Ashman and Alan Menken. The musical’s book, written by one of the film’s lyricists, Chad Beguelin, is a fun and frenetic caper that offers unexpected emotional depth. While it’s not the production spectacle that was “The Lion King,” “Aladdin” is still an outsized, eye-popping show, complete with the requisite suspended magic carpet ride against a glittering backdrop of lights and a scene-stealing turn by Anthony Murphy as the Genie. When: Sept. 15–Oct. 8 Where: Orpheum Theatre, 910 Hennepin Ave. Cost: $39–$179 Info: 800-982-2787 or hennepintheatretrust.org

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Event roundup Fashion Week MN

Every fall and spring, Fashion Week MN offers a snapshot of the Twin Cities’ diverse fashion community. This fall’s lineup features 18 events spanning panels with industry experts, runway fashion shows, intimate in-store events and artful exhibitions highlighting the diversity and sustainability of the Twin Cities fashion industry. (Disclosure: This column’s author is co-director and co-founder of the event.) Here are some highlights:

One of the most dynamic events on the lineup is sure to be this event, which features a 300-foot long, two-tier runway, full runway collections by Minnesota fashion labels House of Gina Marie, GrasMark Menswear, Winsome Goods and Fantasme Collection, plus the opportunity to shop the looks and meet the designers following the show and tunes by DJ Dudley D, Prince’s former tour DJ.

FLYOVER X FASHION WEEK MN

Presented in partnership with Iowabased fashion group Flyover, this day of panels offers perspectives from nearly 20 local influencers on topics that include sustainability, body positivity, queer style, ethnic and racial diversity and fashion’s relationship to politics. When: Saturday, Sept. 9 from 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Where: W Minneapolis, 821 S. Marquette Ave., 2nd level Cost: $22

CULTURE PIECE MAGAZINE PRESENTS: HARLEM RENAISSANCE

Presented by stylish local publication, Culture Piece Magazine, this event takes inspiration from the Harlem Renaissance – a literary, artistic, and intellectual movement spanning the 1920s and mid-’30s that signified a new black identity – for a fashion show featuring an all-POC (people-of-color) group of producers, designers, stylists and models. When: Saturday, Sept. 9 from 7 p.m.–10 p.m. Where: Le Méridien Chambers, 901 Hennepin Ave., basement level Cost: $20–$45

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When: Sunday, Sept. 10 from 6 p.m.–10 p.m. (7 p.m. show) Where: W Minneapolis, 821 S. Marquette Ave. Cost: $20–$55; limited free, standingroom tickets available on a ﬁrst-come, ﬁrst-served basis

CELINA KANE X HAT MAKE FASHION MILLINERY GALLERY RECEPTION

Minneapolis-based milliner Celina Kane showcases her fall collection of high-end hats with a gallery-style photography exhibition, a pop-up trunk show featuring hats for sale from the current collection (plus the chance to pre-order pieces for her spring/summer 2018 line), vegan lipsticks and essential oils for sale from the Elixery, live fashion portraits by illustrator Claire Ward, and beverages and light hors d’oeuvres from Spoonriver. When: Wednesday, Sept. 13 from 5 p.m.–9 p.m. Where: A-Mill Artist Lofts Gallery, 315 Main St. SE Cost: Free

FASHION WEEK MN When: Sept. 7–15 Info: fashionweekmn.com and eventbrite.com

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MUSIC IN THE PARK

The Minnesota Orchestra is planning a music in the park event on steroids. We’ve all chanced upon a guitar player or small band in parks before, but an upcoming concert from the orchestra will be a metric ton more exciting. Led by Osmo Vänskä, the Grammy Award-winning orchestra will play a free, one-hour concert at the Commons, the two-block part in front of U.S. Bank Stadium. From Sibelius’ “Finlandia” to John Williams’ “Raiders of the Lost Ark” music, the musicians plan to perform some of the most powerful songs in their repertoire. The event, presented by park operator Green Minneapolis, marks the orchestra’s debut in the park. Check out the performance from 6 p.m.–7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19.

MUSIC

Fading into the limelight The Americana ﬂavors of Actual Wolf’s latest record, “Faded Days,” are authentic.

Eric Pollard, the actual Actual Wolf, spent two years writing dozens of songs, some of which made it on the album. In that time, the Iron Range-born musician moved across Minnesota, New York and Tennessee before putting down new roots in California following a run-in with the law. The process of producing “Faded Days” ended closer to home. Pollard and Midwestern bandmates Jeremy Hanson (Tapes ‘n Tapes), Jake Hanson (Halloween, Alaska), Steve Garrington (Low) and contributors like Al Church recorded the album in about a week spread out over the course of a year. The album was engineered by Brad Bivens of Minneapolis and released on Pollard’s new label, St. Paul’s Red House Records.

There are other dimensions to the record’s faded qualities. The ﬁrst and second songs, intro track “The City is an Ocean” and single “Be My Love (American Hips),” blend one right into the other thanks to a subtle fade out and fade in. Nearly all the tracks feature Pollard playing with a fade, from the minute-long fade in on Haley cover “Hometown” to “You Let Me Down,” which fades to a quiet whisper two-and-a-half minutes in before returning to full volume. The fades — all very intentional, Pollard said — give the album an old-school recording quality that the band can’t replicate in its live shows. “The beauty of live music and recorded music is that you can play them diﬀerently,” he said. “I always like it when older recordings fade out.” Pollard hopes musical choices like that have made “Faded Days” into “a work of art,” he said. He’s already at work on the follow-up to the album, which he said hopes sounds similar.

Despite being his fourth full-length album, Pollard describes “Faded Days” as a sort of debut. The record’s sound is nostalgic, but entirely old-fashioned, blending together ‘70s classic rock and old-school country music with folk and shoegaze elements. As a teenager in the 1990s, Pollard said he grew up listening to Bob Dylan and bands like Dire Straits and Moody Blues. “Faded Days” feels like the result of a journey.

“I hope this is the one that gets attention,” he said. The result is a warm, intoxicating string of songs that leave you thinking of home and previous homes gone by. Like returning to a hometown that’s changed while you were gone, the nostalgia in “Faded Days” pines for a time and place that seems to only exist in hazy thoughts.

“You’re a product of your own environment,” he said.

Actual Wolf will debut the vinyl of “Faded Days” with a Friday, Sept. 15 show at the Turf Club. The 21-plus show will see performances from longtime Minneapolis musicians Kid Dakota and Dosh.

Pollard takes the faded part of the album seriously. After a cannabis bust in Minnesota years ago, he now resides in Oakland where he works for a boutique provider of rare strains of pot. On “Little Runaway,” the album’s clearest classic rockinﬂuenced track, the chorus asks: “Can you still get high?” The title tune saunters along, beckoning for a former time, a former lover or a former self from the past (“Why don’t you go all night? / Don’t you still get high? / Why don’t you play all night? / Can we still get high?”).

“This record was made for vinyl,” he said. For readers, Pollard has been listening to Iowa City-based folksinger Dave Moore — “he’s a very good songwriter,” he said — hip-hop artists like Kendrick Lamar and jazz musicians like Wayne Shorter.

Eric Pollard’s band Actual Wolf will play songs from their latest record, “Faded Days,” at St. Paul’s Turf Club on Sept. 15. Photo by Hannah Lauber

DRINKS

Raise the bar

For the whiskey lovers out there, there’s a new spot for you. And if you’re in the North Loop, just look up. Above Kado no Mise, the high-end sushi spot from chef Shigeyuki Furukawa, there are two new concepts: Kaiseki Furukawa — an even higher-end dining experience — and a tiny bar specializing in Japanese whisky. While I understand it’s not for everyone — myself included, or so I thought — there is a lot to learn and enjoy about Japanese whisky if you’re willing to try. Walk into Kado no Mise and head up the stairs. Take a left and let the cedar incense guide you into the dimly lit bar — your eyes will have to adjust. Given my relationship with a whiskey lover, I was going to end up there at one point or another. The bartender found something for both his seasoned palette and my less experienced tastes. I had the Hibiki Japanese Harmony, a blend of whiskies from Suntory Whisky that tasted faintly of honey and orange. Plus, I didn’t feel like a ﬁre-breathing dragon afterward. For him, the bartender suggested Yamazaki’s 12-year single malt whisky, which even I enjoyed. While no cheap happy hour hang, the bar is certainly worth a trip to experience something oﬀ the beaten path.

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