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Where a love of music is never forgotten Giving Voice Chorus unites people with memory loss and their caregivers in song
By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@journalmpls.com
Choral director Jeanie Brindley-Barnett leads the Giving Voice Chorus through a late-November rehearsal. Photo by Dylan Thomas
Gabby Matzdorff and her mother, Donna Lou Leehey, joined Giving Voice Chorus because they were looking for something to do together. Her mother, Matzdorff said, “has always been musical.” As they chatted after a recent rehearsal at MacPhail Center for
About half of Giving Voice Chorus’ members are dealing with agerelated memory loss, typically early to mid-stage Alzheimer’s disease. The other half is made up of their care partners: the husbands and wives, children and grandchildren who help them live at home.
Music, Leehey didn’t remember that she sang soprano in her high school choir, or that the group went on to win a state competition. “Some of these things happened so long ago, you forget,” she said, after hearing her daughter recount the story. But Leehey hadn’t forgotten music’s place in her life. “I raised five children,” she said. “I had to sing quite a bit to get them to sleep.”
“This is a group of people who are who they are today,” said Marge Ostroushko, co-president of the Giving Voice Initiative, which recently developed an online toolkit so that others can replicate the two-year-old chorus’ model. If someone is struggling that day, or if they tell the same story they told at rehearsal last week, that’s OK, Ostroushko said. SEE GIVING VOICE / PAGE 9
Nonprofits see surge in donations, volunteer interest after Trump’s election
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Trump railed against abortion, Muslim immigration during campaign
By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@journalmpls.com Carol Stoddart of the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota said she and her coworkers were “diving into taking action” within hours on the morning after Republican Donald Trump was elected president. Stoddart’s office wasn’t alone. Across the Twin Cities, progressive nonprofits have reported surges in donations, volunteer interest and social media followers in the weeks since the election. Nonprofit leaders say people are feeling a sense of urgency in combating Trump’s platform on issues such as abortion and immigration as well as the rhetoric surrounding his campaign.
“People are really concerned about what’s going to happen under our president-elect,” Stoddart said. “They’re really understanding the challenges to the Constitution that many of his campaign promises pose.” Stoddart said her organization raised $87,000 from more than 1,000 donors on the annual Give to the Max Day, well above its goal in the $30,000 range. She said the organization had about 85 requests from people who wanted to volunteer in the two weeks after the election. It receives maybe two requests in a typical month, she said. Stoddart said she anticipates there may
be some effort to limit voting in Minnesota, where the GOP gained a majority in both the House and Senate. She also said her organization is prepared for the issue of voter ID to resurface. She added that she’s concerned about the rights of immigrants, noting that a colleague based in southern Minnesota was subjected to xenophobic and hostile language while volunteering on Election Day. “For the first time in his life, he was fearful because of his ethnicity,” Stoddart said. Patti Walsh, development and outreach coordinator of the Minnesota chapter of
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With the addition of a downtown Minneapolis showroom, Bonobos now has nearly 30 “guideshops” for its mens apparel around the country. Photo by Eric Best
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At Bonobos’ new North Loop showroom, shoppers won’t be walking out with bags in their hands. Instead, they’ll wait for their purchases to arrive at home. The online men’s clothing brand will open a “guideshop” near Washington & 2nd on Nov. 18. Instead of a traditional store, Bonobos operates showrooms where customers can browse and try on clothes, but they’ll have to actually make their purchases online and get them shipped at no cost. And instead of sales staff who work off of commission, Bonobos’ guides simply take appointments and walk shoppers through the brand’s fits and styles. “We’re not stylists. We’re not sales associates. We’re here to give you the best customer service experience possible,” said LaToya Lewis, a guideshop manager based in Houston. Erin Grant, the brand’s public relations manager, likens the experience to a furniture store or an array of similar online retailers that are opening physical locations for customers to try on their products, including Warby Parker, which also has a presence in the neighborhood. As with those companies, Bonobos shoppers will be able to return items at the guideshop. And there is a lot to try on. Bonobos, which began in 2007 with chinos and has since expanded its offerings to include dress shirts, shoes and casual wear, sells several styles and fits unique to the company. Chinos, for example, come in washed, stretch washed and flannel-lined styles and come in straight, slim and tailored fits. Bonobos recently launched an athletic fit for pants and a slightly stretchier Jetsetter fit for suits. The brand also carries odd waist sizes up to 35 so men can find a more exact fit. “Bonobos is really founded on two main
ideals: fit and service. We really are diligent about making sure our service and fit are consistent across all our products. And that rolls into the experience. It’s nice to be a customer coming in and knowing that when you receive that product from a guideshop that’s been ordered you know it’s going to fit. There’s no question about it,” Grant told The Journal. The company has a golf apparel brand called Maide by Bonobos and an athletic and recreation line called GoodSport. Bonobos’ women’s line has spun off as a separate entity, dubbed Ayr. The 1,100-square-foot North Loop guideshop is the company’s 29th location in the country. The 28th shop opened in Scottsdale, Ariz., on the same day, and the next will be in Nashville. The Minneapolis guideshop won’t exactly be a Minnesota debut for the brand, which has a select assortment of pants and dress shirts available in Nordstrom stores. Bonobos is located in The Washington redevelopment by Falcon Ridge Partners, which is renovating the Sex World building — the well-known adult boutique still operates a space fronting 2nd Avenue — and an adjoining building into creative office, restaurant and retail spaces. The stretch of Washington Avenue is also home to retailers One on One Bicycle Studio and the soonto-close Kit & Ace. Cycling gear company Chrome Industries closed its store a couple doors down in October and women’s clothing and beauty boutique Roe Wolfe relocated in the spring. Bonobos at 125 N. Washington Ave. opens Friday, Nov. 18. Its hours will be 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, 10 a.m.–7 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 11 a.m.–6 p.m. on Sunday. Customers can schedule appointments online.
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Another brewery is being planned near downtown Minneapolis, this time just a block outside the North Loop along the North Minneapolis riverfront. Minneapolis-based Pryes Brewing Company recently announced plans for a 13,000-square-foot taproom and brewery on West River Road near the Plymouth Avenue Bridge. While the brewing facility will be new, Pryes itself has had its Miraculum IPA in restaurants around Minneapolis and St. Paul for two years now. Founder and head brewer Jeremy Pryes (pronounced like “prize”) and co-founders Allan Flinn, Benjamin Schuster and Mike Corneille have been brewing in North Loop BrewCo’s (formerly known as Lucid Brewing) new taproom and brewery in the North Loop, Inbound BrewCo. Corneille and Schuster told The Journal that the arrangement has prepared them for their new home because Pryes has operated as a fully licensed brewery and already sourced its own ingredients. The company will also be using the same water in the new taproom, a crucial element for balancing recipes, Schuster added. Pryes started construction on the brewery in mid-November. The founders looked for two years to find the right space, touring building after building, Schuster said. Then they found it: a former industrial building on the riverfront, sandwiched between the North Loop and the Upper Harbor Terminal site, where a development team has proposed an amphitheater and housing, office and park projects for the former shipping barge terminal. With 13,000 square feet, Schuster and Corneille said the brewery would have room for long-term growth. Pryes eventually plans to drive up production from its current 800 barrels to more than 20,000 barrels in its new home. The brewery also plans to distribute Miraculum to liquor stores for the first time ever. The taproom itself will serve as a tasting room for the next Pryes brews. Pryes has chosen a hybrid model for food in the taproom. While many brew-
Pryes Brewing Co. is known locally for its Miraculum IPA, which is on tap at dozens of Twin Cities restaurants. Submitted photo eries have food trucks outside or, very rarely, have their own restaurant operation, the new taproom will have a full kitchen exclusively for pop-up restaurants and other food partners. While Pryes hasn’t announced any partners yet, Schuster said they expect to have smaller bites available in the taproom and front patio, much like a food truck. Pop-ups will focus on collaboration and pairing beers and bites, he added. Guests will also be able to take advantage of a lane for feather bowling (a relatively obscure game similar to curling and bocce), a large parking area that could host concerts and events, and even a nearby kayak rental program. Pryes Brewing plans to open the taproom at 1401 West River Road N. to patrons in mid-2017. The brewery expects to begin distributing to liquor stores by the end of 2017.
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Above the main bar at McKinney Roe, the restaurant boasts more than 3,000 bottles of wine and spirits. Photo by Eric Best
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Restaurateur Dermot Cowley has opened a new restaurant on the ground floor of Wells Fargo’s new office campus in Downtown East. Cowley, whose Waconia-based Irish Born Hospitality owns and operates O’Donovan’s Irish Pub at 1st Avenue & 7th Street in downtown Minneapolis, opened the doors of McKinney Roe in mid-November near U.S Bank Stadium. The upscale American bar and restaurant features a second-floor mezzanine dining space, a 50-foot-long bar and a spiral staircase in front of a 3,000-bottle wine and spirit collection. The concept, whose names comes from the maiden names of Cowley’s mother and his wife’s mother, features a menu from head chef Christian Oxley, culinary director at Irish Born Hospitality, that strays from the company’s pubs. The company also owns Lola’s Lakehouse in Waconia and Jake O’Connor’s in Excelsior. “This is not going to be another Irish establishment,” Cowley said in a statement. “After
nearly 30 years of running restaurants, I like to think of this place as the best of everything. Casual for families, stadium-goers and happyhour seekers, but upscale and unique enough for executive lunches and special occasions.” The restaurant occupies 7,200 square feet on the ground floor of the west Wells Fargo tower, one of two 17-story buildings that are home to a combined 5,000 employees. McKinney Roe is also surrounded by the Edition apartments from Ryan Cos. and its 150-seat sidewalk dining space faces the twoblock Commons park. McKinney Roe will serve grab-and-go sandwiches at a carving station dubbed “The Roe,” house cocktails and a weekend brunch. Signature dishes include seafood ceviche, croquettes, the double McKinney Roe burger and a pork shank. McKinney Roe at 530 4th St. S. is open for lunch at 11 a.m. and dinner from 4 p.m.– midnight. The restaurant started weekend brunch on Nov. 26 from 9 a.m.–2 p.m. Happy hour runs 3 p.m.–6 p.m.
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Restaurant Alma owner and chef Alex Roberts recently opened the first two pieces — a café and boutique hotel — of what will be a new trifecta for the 17-year-old restaurant in Marcy-Holmes. The James Beard Award-winning chef has been reconfiguring the neighboring space, a former Dunn Brothers Coffee shop, and a second floor office space into a seven-room hotel and a new café and bar. Alma’s café features a long bar much like the former coffeehouse, but this time it comes with a cocktail menu from bitters company Bittercube. The café gives Alma’s pastry program, led by executive pastry chef Carrie Riggs, a stage to shine with a selection of bostock, galettes, kouign amann and more. There are also plenty of booths and dining space for breakfast and lunch items, which chef de cuisine Matti Sprague anchors with whole grains, long-fermented breads and seasonal produce. The café at the corner of 6th & University offers an early menu from 7 a.m.–10:30 a.m., a day menu from 10:30 a.m.–3 p.m., a bar menu from 3 p.m.–5 p.m. and a night menu from 5 p.m.–11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 5 p.m.–midnight on Friday and Saturday. Upstairs in the hotel, Roberts has created several simple, rustic rooms featuring highly
Restaurant Alma now operates seven hotel rooms above its cafe and kitchen. Photo by Eric Best textured decor (there’s brass and tile, textiles and leather, etc.), custom furniture from Minneapolis-based furniture maker Marvin Freitas and exclusive organic bath amenities and fragrances from Minnesota-based Bespoke Body & Wellness. The rooms are unique, ranging from 186 square feet to 432 square feet and one queen bed to two full beds, and are now available for reservations. The final piece of the trifecta, the renovated main restaurant space, reopened to diners after Thanksgiving on Nov. 25.
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Janne Flisrand announces Ward 7 candidacy LOWRY HILL — Ward 7 City Council Member Lisa Goodman will have at least one challenger in her 2017 re-election bid: Janne Flisrand, a professional consultant who sits on the board of the non-profit transportation and land use website streets.mn. Flisrand, a 20-year Minneapolis resident who owns and occupies a Lowry Hill apartment building, announced her candidacy Nov. 17. In going up against Goodman, she’s challenging an incumbent who’s been re-elected four times and commands one of the biggest campaign war chests on the Council, with a greater than $96,000 cash balance, according to her latest campaign finance report. “I’m running because I really want to make Minneapolis a city that works for every person in it,” Flisrand said. “That’s every resident and business owner, people living in apartment buildings and single-family homes, people of every race and ethnicity and people with less access to money and power. That’s near and dear to my heart, and I want to take an active role in making that happen in the city.” Goodman, first elected in 1997, confirmed she plans to run a sixth term representing Ward 7 next year. An official announcement will come at a later date. “I think campaigns already are too long, so I wasn’t planning already to start the next campaign,” she said, adding that her focus at the
Janne Flisrand plans to challenge City Council Member Lisa Goodman for her Ward 7 seat. Submitted photo
moment was on helping others and herself recover from the “trauma” of the national election. “Lisa’s been in the role a long time and I respect deeply the work that she’s done and the contributions that she’s made to the city,” Flisrand said. “I am a progressive leader and I think I am the progressive candidate. We are a progressive city, and so I think that my vision is aligned with the city and the people of Ward 7.” A self-described “urbanist,” Flisrand said she is passionate about transportation policy and well-designed streets that work for pedestrians, cyclists, children and people with disabilities. She mostly bikes to get around the city. Flisrand said she would advocate for changes to the Minneapolis Police Department “so residents of all racial backgrounds are served well and not unfairly targeted by law enforcement.” She said she would also push the council to
adopt policies to proactively address climate change and make Minneapolis more “resilient” in the face of a changing environment, including policies that promote growing more food within city limits. Flisrand is an organic gardener who maintains a community garden and orchard for tenants and neighbors behind her building. Flisrand pledged to serve all Ward 7 residents and business owners, and noted that included one group she argued the city often overlooked: apartment-dwellers. She noted, for instance, that the city does not always communicate effectively to apartment residents when there is a code violation in their building. In addition to serving on the board of streets. mn, Flisrand is a member of the city’s Energy Vision Advisory Committee. She served on the steering committee for the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition at its founding in 2009. That’s how Flisrand first met City Council Member Lisa Bender, who represents Ward 10. She said Bender and Ward 2 alderman Cam Gordon were the models she would follow on the Council. “The leadership that we have on the City Council right now was really well-suited to the issues that we had 19 years ago when (Goodman) was first elected, and the city has changed a lot since then, and our elected leader has not,” Flisrand said.
Car2Go plans to suspend service in Twin Cities The Twin Cities’ approximately 29,000 Car2Go members learned Nov. 18 the car-sharing service will suspend local operations on Dec. 31. Minnesota’s “extremely high state car rental taxation rates” were a factor in the decision, according to a written statement shared by Car2Go spokesperson Blaire Kniffin. Minneapolis–St. Paul was one of nine U.S. markets where Car2Go offered its park-anywhere, payby-the-minute service, but taxes made it “one of the most expensive places in North America to operate our service,” Kniffin said. She said there are about 400 Car2Go vehicles on Twin Cities streets. “While the City is disappointed to learn of Car2Go’s news, we will continue to encourage mobility choices and options that can help address transportation challenges and economic growth,” said Jon Wertjes, director of Traffic and Parking Services in the city’s Public Works Department. The company’s decision was a blow to Car2Go members like Chris Iverson of Lowry Hill, who was a student at the University of Minnesota when he signed up for the service shortly after it launched in Minneapolis in 2013. (It expanded to St. Paul in 2014.) “It was a very large factor (in the decision) to
get rid of my car,” Iverson said. Andrew Degerstrom, who lives in East Isles, said Car2Go worked particularly well in dense, urban neighborhoods like his, on the edge of Uptown, where he would rarely have to walk more than a block-and-a-half to find an available vehicle. Car2Go users can leave the vehicles for free anywhere they can find legal street parking; the company covers meter fees in a deal with the city. Degerstrom is also a member of Zipcar, which he said was a better option when he needed a vehicle for at least an hour or two and was planning to make a round trip. He said Car2Go was especially well suited to social outings — like visiting friends across town — and generally a cheaper option than calling Uber or Lyft. “Getting my own car is not an option, just because I’m a full-time grad student now and I just don’t have money to get a car,” he said. “I actually enjoy being carless.” The company previously had reduced its service areas in both Minneapolis and St. Paul. The service-area reduction in Minneapolis came after the City Council voted to license and regulate car-sharing services, which up until then were being tested in a two-year pilot program. The issue of car-sharing services being taxed
A Car2Go Smart Fourtwo. Submitted photo like traditional rental car companies also came up earlier this year, and Rep. Frank Hornstein said there were initial discussions with Council members about introducing legislation. Those conversations apparently fizzled out. “I don’t know why that that is the law,” Hornstein said. “And my view of this is that a carsharing operation is very different from Hertz or Avis or any of these other options. … It’s not the same. It’s a different kind of consumer. It serves a different kind of service, and for that reason I think you have to explore taxing in a different kind of way.” Kniffin said the company could return to the Twin Cities market in the future.
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Above: Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, issued a statement after the election, saying that his organization will be at the forefront of “challenging Islamophobia and Islamophobic networks wherever they are.” Photo courtesy CAIR-MN Left: Volunteer escorts Lindsay Stockwell and Andrea Upin welcome Planned Parenthood guests and patients last winter. The nonprofit is one of several to see a surge in volunteer interest since the Nov. 8 election. Photo courtesy Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota
FROM NONPROFITS / PAGE 1 the Council on American-Islamic Relations, also expressed concern that Trump’s election has emboldened people to use more hateful rhetoric. CAIR-MN called for increased protection of Muslim students after a student allegedly threatened to shoot a Muslim SomaliAmerican student in the Stillwater school district. The organization also reported two cases where Muslim girls allegedly had their hijabs pulled by other students. Walsh told a story about talking on the phone to a Somali woman who asked if she would have to go on a Muslim registry or to an interment camp. She said she worries Islamophobia will flourish under the Trump administration, noting that she is concerned about civil rights. “These people are already marginalized,” she said. “It’ll just be more so.”
Gifts in Mike Pence’s name Emily Shaftel of Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota said in an email that her organization received 500 new
volunteer applications in the week after the election compared with the 10 it receives in a typical week. She wrote that the organization has received an “outpouring” of local donations and gift in the name of vice president-elect Mike Pence, a staunch abortion opponent. In addition, she wrote that local community members have planned fundraisers for Planned Parenthood such as dance parties, art shows, comedy shows and yoga classes. Margaret Levin of the Sierra Club North Star Chapter said her chapter has seen an increase in gifts since the election and a “huge increase” in people contacting it. Levin said about 40 people had filled out the organization’s online volunteer form in the two weeks after the election, compared to the five to 10 people who fill it out in a typical month. “It’s encouraging and not surprising that folks realize the gravity of our situation,” she said, noting concerns about the incoming administration rolling back environmental safeguards and halting progress on climate change.
John Keller of the Immigration Law Center of Minnesota said his organization probably tripled its typical Give to the Max Day donation total this year. The center provides immigrants with legal services and also does immigration advocacy and education. Trump has promised to end President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which provides relief for undocumented immigrants between the ages of 15 and 31 who arrived in the U.S. as children, provided they meet certain requirements. The Obama administration has granted about 6,000 young people in Minnesota DACA status since the program’s inception in 2012, Keller said. A report from his organization concluded that DACA has encouraged young immigrants to stay in school, enabled them to get drivers’ licenses and expanded their job opportunities.
lier and more necessary. SURJ-MN focuses on organizing white people to end white supremacy, educating people about white supremacy and following and supporting people of color-led organizations. Cole said her organization is concerned about Islamophobia, police accountability and supporting the movement for black lives. “Trump doesn’t seem to have a lot of respect for limits on police actions,” she said. Cole said between 850 and 900 people showed up at SURJ-MN’s November general meeting, far above its typical attendance of 120. She said the organization is still figuring out how to harness that interest but that the mood at the meeting was hopeful and resilient. “You have to constantly be working for more justice,” she said. “The election of Donald Trump made people realize, ‘Oh my gosh, this isn’t inevitable.’”
Work becomes timelier and more necessary Kathleen Cole of the organization Showing up for Racial Justice-Minnesota said Trump’s election makes her organization’s work time-
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Northeast arts district welcomes new leader Dameun Strange has taken the helm of the growing Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association
Eric Best / ebest@journalmpls.com The Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association, the nearly 20-year-old nonprofit that organizes Art-A-Whirl and supports the area’s artists, has welcomed a new leader. Dameun Strange, a Twin Cities-based community organizer and composer, assumed the position of NEMAA’s executive director in mid-October following Alejandra Pelinka’s leave earlier this year. Strange, the association’s second executive director and one of just two full-time staff, is now tasked with growing the more than 900-member artist collective after years of work to establish the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District and the local creative economy. Brenda Kayzar, NEMAA’s interim executive director and president of its board, said they chose Strange for his ability to engage communities, which could help NEMAA reach its next audiences. “Today, with the growth of the arts in Northeast, which is a big part of NEMAA’s success, we were really looking at wanting to bring somebody in that could benefit from all the work that [Pelinka] did in setting up every process for the institution, but do more engagement with the community,” she said. “The search process has really demonstrated to us how the awareness of NEMAA has grown, especially within the arts community.” Strange comes to the association from the Bush Foundation where he worked as a philanthropy fellow. Prior to that, he has done community organizing work with ACORN, Minnesota United for All Families and Grassroots Solutions. Strange, who lives in St. Paul, has also been on the board of Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Hopewell Music Cooperative North, Transit for Livable Communities and several other local organizations. The Washington, D.C., native moved to the Twin Cities to attend Macalester College where he got a degree in English and music. A musician and awardwinning composer, Strange has drawn from his studies in classical, jazz and West African music. He adapted Langston
Dameun Strange, a Twin Citiesbased community organizer and musician, assumed the position of executive director of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association in October. Submitted photo
Hughes’ poetry into a song cycle for a 2011 Fringe Festival show and is now composing an opera based on the life of Alberta Williams King, the mother of Martin Luther King Jr. Strange is no stranger to NEMAA or its main event, the annual spring studio crawl known as Art-A-Whirl, having performed with participating bands over the years. “What I really want to be is a storyteller as a musician and composer. I think that’s what the arts can do, to really make visible narratives that are often unheard and that’s what I try to do as a composer,” he said. Strange takes the helm of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District as city leadership, including Mayor Betsy Hodges, look to bolster the local creative economy, something that wasn’t always acknowledged
before NEMAA rose to prominence. “The conversation around the arts really veered toward that it’s an extra,” Kayzar said. “[We’re] trying to get people to look at artists as entrepreneurs. … You can’t talk about artists as something extra. They’re producing something. There’s a tangible there.” Kayzar said the next task for NEMAA, whose core membership consist of artists in Northeast Minneapolis’ large studio buildings, is to draw in a new generation of members. “For the sustainability of Northeast, there also has to be an awakening of the fact that maybe someday that young artists will move into a studio space,” she said. The challenge is not that there aren’t enough artists, Strange said, but that they have to bridge the gap between younger, often multi-disciplined artists and the career
artisans who occupy much of the studios in Northeast Minneapolis. “You have photographers who are DJs, and painters who are dancers. They’re starting to do both or multiple things at the same time,” he said. Strange said beyond expanding membership and fundraising, he is looking to add a summer event to round out NEMAA’s programming. Currently, the organization relies on its 14-member volunteer board, contractors and more than 200 volunteers to throw the biennial juried exhibition Wintertide and the annual Fall Fine Arts Show. ArtA-Whirl, now nearing its 22nd year, draws more than 30,000 people to studios each spring. It’s undetermined what the event could be, whether it’s an online-only fundraiser or even another festival, Kayzar said.
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journalmpls.com / December 1–14, 2016 9 Donna Lou Leehey of Minnetrista and her daughter, Gabby Matzdorff, sing together in Giving Voice Chorus . Photo by Dylan Thomas
FROM GIVING VOICE / PAGE 1 “Nobody makes mistakes here,” said Al Trostel, who sings in the chorus with his wife, Parker. Al, a former professor of business administration and chair of his department at the University of St. Thomas, was diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment about four years ago. He has been married to Parker, a minister, for 43 years, and the couple lives in Uptown. Al still drives — even better than before, according to Parker — but his mild cognitive impairment led him to pare back his life and avoid situations that made him confused or uncomfortable. Their weekly rehearsals at MacPhail are “joyous,” Parker said. “It makes your brain move, and it’s fun,” she said. Matzdorff and her mother drive into MacPhail each week from Minnetrista, and the 40-minute car ride is just long enough to listen to a CD of the chorus’ current songs. They’ll listen again, and sing along together, on the way home. “Oh my gosh, it’s my favorite day of the week,” Matzdorff said. “Every week on Wednesday, mom says, It feels like it’s been a long time since we’ve been to choir.”
‘A choir family’ Ostroushko, a radio and events producer, developed the idea for the chorus with her friend Mary Lenard, a former execu-
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tive director of the Alzheimer’s Association Minnesota-North Dakota Chapter. Both have personal experience with the disease; Lenard’s late father had Alzheimer’s, as does Ostroushko’s mother, who lives in Rochester, N.Y. They brought the idea of a chorus to a local support group for people with Alzheimer’s and their caretakers, and when the enthusiastic response led them to start searching for a music director, they set a lunch meeting with Jeanie Brindley-Barnett, a charismatic choral director with extensive experience in adult music education. Brindley-Barnett co-founded MacPhail Music for Life, a program that engages adults aged 55 and older in music classes and ensembles. Brindley-Barnett directs the chorus, which began meeting for weekly two-hour rehearsals at MacPhail’s Antonello Hall in 2014. She started with 30 singers; today, Brindley-Barnett directs a group of 60 in the morning and another group of 40 at afternoon rehearsal. A new choir started in St. Paul this fall. Ostroushko said many in their group sang in choruses, church choirs and barbershop quartets. Some left those groups when they could no longer fully participate. Others, like Jerry Parks and his wife, Karen, who live in Plymouth, didn’t ever consider themselves particularly musical. When Jerry was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s
a decade ago, at age 56, he was determined to continuing learning, and Karen said he talked about taking up the guitar. He heard about Giving Voice Chorus at The Gathering, a regular meet-up for people experiencing memory loss, and ended up joining that inaugural group of 30 singers. Jerry, who is in the moderate stage of the disease, said he never thought of himself as a singer, and was deeply embarrassed when, as an elementary student, he had to sing a solo in front of his class. “Sixty years later, he’s learning he can sing,” Karen said. She said Giving Voice Chorus is the “highlight of our week.” “It’s another support group, absolutely,” she said. “We are a family, a choir family.”
Sharing their toolkit News stories about Giving Voice Chorus have drawn national and even international interest in the program. A new toolkit in development for much of the past year launched in September on the nonprofit’s website, and it outlines in detail how to start in independent chorus for people with Alzheimer’s. There are already groups starting up in Eau Claire, Wis., and Chicago. The Health Arts Society, a foundation based in Vancouver,
British Columbia, plans to launch its own chorus in February and recently sent music director Kathryn Nicholson for a training session in Minneapolis. Nicholson described the chorus the “culmination” of her training as a choral director, nurse and counselor at a hospice care facility. “It’s magnificent really, the idea,” she said. At the pre-Thanksgiving rehearsal, Nicholson stepped up to the podium to lead the chorus in “Return Again,” a chant-like song composed by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach. She divided the singers and had them singing different verses at the same time in a round. The chorus, rehearsing for a December performance, ran through a repertoire that ranged from “Ode to Joy” to “Daddy Sang Bass” to the Beatles’ “With a Little Help from my Friends.” They closed the rehearsal with “Happy Trails,” then filtered out of the hall in pairs to put on their winter coats in the lobby before heading out into the snow. Part of the group stayed behind to eat a chili lunch while flurries blew past the second-story windows. These days, Anne Sterner is usually one of those volunteers serving snacks and cleaning up after rehearsal. Sterner joined the chorus in 2014 with her mother, Doris, who was 83 and struggling with dementia. “It was a really difficult time for her,” Sterner said, describing the kind of isolation people experience when they can no longer cook or drive for themselves. “… The things she did all her life weren’t there anymore.” Singing with Giving Voice Choir was something they both enjoyed, and, for Sterner, who lives in Southwest Minneapolis, it was a relief to have a place where she didn’t have to talk about her mom’s disease. The other care partners just knew. That’s why, a year after her mother passed away, she’s still volunteering with the chorus. “I’ll do that forever if they continue to let me, because it meant everything to us,” she said.
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North Hat For the past few years, Askov Finlayson has perfected the traditional winter stocking cap with its own North hats. The minimal acrylic hats are made in Cloquet, Minn., and come in both adult and youth sizes and in nearly 10 colors, including a new line of blaze orange hats for hunters and the new bluehued holiday edition. And, depending on the color, there are also matching mittens ($24) so North fanatics can really rep their region. Plus, for each North product purchased Askov Finlayson makes a donation to Climate Generation, a nonprofit supporting climate change education. Price: $27-$29 Where you can find it: Askov Finlayson, 204 N. 1st St.
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journalmpls.com / December 1–14, 2016 11 that could fit snugly in a stocking or make for an easy add to a workplace gift-giving game. The notebooks, which are letterpressed and bound in Minneapolis at Studio on Fire, come in white, black and red and feature the last words from Midwestern writer-adventure Sig Olson: “A new adventure is coming up and I’m sure it will be a good one.” Price: $14 Where you can find it: Wilson & Willy’s, 211 Washington Ave. N.
Staub Cast Iron Cocotte Giving a friend who cooks some cookware is a gift that keeps on giving, but you don’t have to tell them that. Cooks of Crocus Hill is offering a deal through the end of the year on nearly indestructible enameled cast iron cocottes from Staub, which are pretty enough to go from the oven to the holiday dinner table. These French-made French ovens will probably last longer than any gift your foodie friends will ever receive, so they’ll be serving roasts and stews for holiday gatherings for years to come. Price: $99.99 (originally $321) Where you can find it: Cooks of Crocus Hill, 208 N. 1st St.
Recipes from the Woods For the would-be foragers or hunters in your life, check out “Recipes from the Woods: The Book of Game and Forage,” a new cookbook from French chef and photographer JeanFrançois Mallet. The collection of 100 recipes covers a wide range of foraging abilities, from a wild boar sausage recipe that could’ve been pulled from “The Revenant” to a wild mushroom pizza made with freshly picked fungi or — even tamer — a wild blackberry jelly with backyard gems. With page after page of beautiful nature photography, the book also makes for a unique addition for a coffee table or office. Price: $45 Where you can find it: Milkweed Books, 1011 Washington Ave. S.
MiO Collection For kids or families with young kids, Pacifier’s new North Loop boutique has you covered with a wide array of toys for children of all ages. With all the things kids are playing with now — phones, apps and more — Minneapolis-based Manhattan Toy offers
Essential Oils Essential oils make for practical gifts, whether they’re used in the bath, in oil diffusers or for their wellness properties. Jeromeo, a massage and wellness center in downtown Minneapolis, offers its own collection of essential oils, dubbed PurëomEO, from owner Scott Johnson. The shop carries a wide array of oils, from popular scents like lavender and peppermint to cedarwood and frankincense, in several sizes. A one-third-ounce bottle generally runs about $4-8, a half-ounce bottle goes for around $10-$25 and many 1-ounce bottles cost $20-$40, so you can mix and match to make your own set or help a friend stock up with their favorite kind. Price: $4-$40 Where you can find it: Jeromeo In The Loop, 250 3rd Ave. N.
an alternative: A natural wood playset to inspire any young builder’s imagination. This 12-piece MiO collection set offers simple, but durable wood pieces and beanbag dolls to get a child started. Plus the set, recommend for ages three and up, can be added on to with the company’s other sets, from a full miniature town to collections of animals and more. Price: $32 Where you can find it: Pacifier – North Loop, 219 N. 2nd St.
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to check out a new dog display in the back next to the barware. The store offers leather leashes from Hartman & Rose, which will make walking the dog all the more stylish with the added benefits of durability and the natural give of leather. Price: $32 Where you can find it: MartinPatrick3, 212 3rd Ave. N., suite 106
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Mortar & pestle The Foundry Home Goods offers all things neutral and timeless in its North Loop store, and a ceramic flat mortar and pestle from John Julian is no different. The elegant kitchen tool, which comes in two styles, spear and ball, is enough to turn a kitchen into a contemporary art gallery while also being useful for making spice mixes or putting together sauces from scratch. The unique flat mortar design is ideal for home cooks to grind down tough spices. Price: $148 Where you can find it: The Foundry Home Goods, 125 N. 1st St.
Inspire, Smile Network International’s new retail store in Loring Park, offers all kinds of goods produced around the world, including some unique baby booties, mittens and hats from the Awamaki sewing nonprofit in Peru. The Minneapolis-based nonprofit, which provides surgeries and healthcare services for children born with cleft lips and palates in developing countries, works with artisans in the regions it operates. The sewing collective, named for the Quechua word for “empowerment,” produces extremely soft knitwear from alpaca fibers, including baby booties ($25), mittens ($20) and hats ($40). Price: $20-$40 Where you can find it: Inspire, 108 W. 14th St.
The holiday season puts one in mind of family traditions, and if your family hails from Scandinavia there’s a chance you’ve had a nip or two of aquavit, the flavored spirit that puts a Northern European spin on gin. Caraway steps out in front of the blend of botanicals used in Tattersall Distilling’s aquavit, which also includes citrus and fennel. Sip it neat or sub it in for vodka in cocktails. Tattersall sells half-sized, 375-ml bottles at its Northeast distillery and cocktail room ($20 plus tax; limit one per person per day), but full-sized bottles are available at liquor stores across town, including South Lyndale Liquors, Zipps Liquors and France 44. Price: About $30 Where you can find it: Various locations, including Tattersall Distilling, 1620 Central Ave. NE
The Dylan Tee Urban Violet is restocking one of its most popular items from the past year, The Dylan Tee from an Etsy designer who goes by skylinefever. Jess Elkington, who runs the boutique with her mother, Laura, came across the blended-cotton T-shirt while searching the online marketplace and ordered some for their shops in Minneapolis and Stillwater. The evocative combination of words printed on the gray tee — “CAMPFIRE/ MOONLIGHT/WHISKEY/DYLAN” — must have struck a chord with their Minnesota customers, because that original shipment quickly sold out. Price: $28 Where you can find it: Urban Violet, 512 Central Ave. NE
Office binder Giving the gift of organization may not warrant squeals of excitement, but come spring, you’re bound to hear some appreciation from uncluttered friends and family. Now in the North Loop, stylish stationary store russell+hazel offers a simple and elegant mini binder, which you can then customize to a loved one’s needs, whether it be with an array of calendar tabs ($6-$12), contact pages ($6) or pockets for business cards ($8). If a complete organizational overhaul is necessary, you can opt for an acrylic desk organizer ($24) or a gold-toned stapler ($18) to round out a gift. Price: $10 / Where you can find it: russell+hazel, 219 N. 2nd St.
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Minnesota Nice Spice seasoning blends Minnesota Nice Spice hand-mixed organic seasoning blends are available in more than a dozen varieties, from Lake Superior Instant Salsa Spice Mix to St. Croix Curry to Twin Cities Grub Rub. It’s not just the flavor that makes them a great holiday gift, it’s Minnesota Nice Spice’s story. Sisters Debb Masterson and Lucy Johnson founded the company and donate a portion of their proceeds to Interact Center, a St. Paul-based nonprofit dedicated to working with performing and visual artists with disabilities, including Johnson, who also designed the company’s logo. Price: $7.95 Where you can find it: Various locations, including local Target and Whole Foods stores and I Like You, 501 1st Ave. NE
Black Spoke Leather Co. leather goods Alongside its well-curated selection of 20th-century clothing and accessories for men and women, The Golden Pearl Vintage at Broadway & Hennepin stocks stylish new items like the spiked leather bracelets, key chains and purses from Black Spoke Leather Co. The line of accessories, produced by local fashion designer Sarah M. Holm, is produced with vegetable-tanned leather, which means they have a lighter environmental impact and should age gracefully. They’re blackened with vinegaroon instead of dye, hand-sewn and finished with olive oil in a traditional multi-step process described on the company’s website, blackspokeleather.com. Price: $30–$125 Where you can find it: The Golden Pearl Vintage, 507 E. Hennepin Ave.
Amy Rice Art 2017 Coloring Calendar Amy Rice isn’t just cashing in on the adult coloring book craze with her 2017 coloring calendar, a kind of “greatest hits” collection of the local artist’s distinctive (and typically colorful) work translated into black-andwhite line art. Rice makes a calendar almost every year, and when she doesn’t she hears from disappointed fans — like her grandmother, who, it turns out, “is really into the coloring craze,” she said. Springtime and flowers come easily to Rice, but every calendar challenges her to come up with “something December-y,” she said. Most of the images in the 2017 calendar are drawn from her 15-year career, but she came up with something new for the 12th month. In addition to various stores around the Twin Cities, you can find Rice’s coloring calendar in her Etsy shop. Or purchase it in-person at Rice’s workspace in the California Building, which is hosting an open studio event Dec. 10. Price: $30 Where you can find it: etsy.com/shop/ anicenestpress, plus various real-world locations, including I Like You, 501 1st Ave. NE
MayaMade Apothecary handcrafted soaps The handcrafted soaps produced by local herbalist and aromatherapist Maya Brown are made with all-natural ingredients (organic whenever possible), but what you notice first is just how striking they are, visually — like little blocks of marble with rough-chiseled edges. We found MayaMade soaps at Northeast’s Gumball Boutique, a storefront cornucopia of gift ideas, stocked with handcrafted items from more than 100 local artists and artisans. The soaps just about jumped off the shelf with their surprising colors: one a speckled coral; another creamy yellow, like a block of fresh butter; another jade; and yet another a swirl of blue and amber. Price: $6.50 Where you can find it: etsy.com/shop/ mayamade or Gumball Boutique, 158 13th Ave. NE
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Food Building Gift Blocks Northeast’s multi-faceted Food Building hosts a miller-slash-baker, a salumieri and a creamery (not to mention a restaurant, The Draft Horse, and several event spaces). Now there’s a way to bring those Food Building flavors home for the holidays. Three holiday “gift blocks” package treats from Red Table Meat Co., The Lone Grazer Creamery and Baker’s Field Flour & Bread. The Whole Acre gift block includes a full pound of Red Table salami, a wheel of The Lone Grazer’s Hansom Cab cheese and a loaf of holiday bread and a half-dozen cookies from Baker’s Field. Those with more modest appetites can opt for either the Quarter Acre or Half Acre gift blocks. Price: $30, $40 or $75 Where you can find it: foodbuilding.com
MPLS/STP Clothing Co. knit hat A knit hat from MPLS/STP Clothing Co. is the rare holiday-gift trifecta: it’s useful (keeps your ears warm!), it’s made in Minnesota (at Cloquet’s Wear-a-Knit factory) and each purchase contributes to a good cause. For every knit hat they sell, MPLS/STP Clothing Co. donates one hat to Urban Ventures, a Minneapolis-based nonprofit that works to end cycles of poverty. Clint McMahon, one of the company’s co-founders, said the relationship began when they were looking for a way to honor Prince after the musician’s death this spring; they produced a purple teardrop T-shirt and donated proceeds to Urban Ventures, whose music program had also been a recipient of The Purple One’s generosity. Choose from a variety of hat designs, including “DULUTH,” “MPLS” and a hockeystick pattern. MPLS/STP Clothing Co.’s Northeast studio space will be open for retail sales at least one day each weekend through December, but the hats area also available online. Price: $30 Where you can find it: mspclothing.com or MPLS/STP Clothing Co., 610 9th St. SE, Studio 107 Parade Ice Garden DTJ 120116 6.indd 1
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Aeon celebrates 30 years of providing affordable housing
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When his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, Eddie Chambers quit his job as a Minnesota state trooper to take care of her. Five months later, he found himself homeless. “It was a powder keg ready to go,” he said. “All it took was a spark.” After a time spent living in a friend’s garage, Chambers — who served as a lieutenant in the Marine Corps for four years during the Persian Gulf War — wound up in a shelter for about six months. There, he met a man who asked for his help filling out a housing application for Aeon, an organization that provides affordable housing to low-income and homeless people in the Twin Cities metro area. “He said, ‘Eddie, you’re filling out mine, why don’t you go apply for a place?’” Chambers said. “I thought, why not?” Two weeks later, he received a call from Aeon, and within six months, he had keys for his new apartment in hand.
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Aeon was founded by a group of community organizations in 1986 as the Central Community Housing Trust to address the need for affordable housing after 350 units were demolished to build the Minneapolis Convention Center. The need for affordable housing is as great today as it was then. Contact Minnesota is one of the least affordable states for renters in the Midwest. Since 2000, the average rent in the metro area has 341-3148 gone up 7 percent, while the median renter income has fallen 17 percent. More than 14,000 adults and children are homeless on any given night in Minnesota, and data shows that minimum wage earners aren’t able to afford rising rents, leaving many Website without a home. www.aeonmn.org Over the past 30 years, Aeon has gone a long way in making an impact on homelessness and affordable housing in the Twin Cities. It currently houses more than 4,500 residents, including 2,153 families, 522 formerly homeless people and 200 seniors. Year Founded “Our tagline is, ‘Home is everything,’ and we truly believe that,” said Scott Redd, Aeon’s vice president of Resident Connec1986 tions and Supportive Services. “We know that if folks don’t have a stable home they’re not likely to get a good job, and they’re not likely to have good health because they’re buying food they have to consume right away instead of fresh produce.” The biggest source of Aeon’s contributed revenue comes from Beyond Bricks and Mortars, its annual breakfast fundraiser held in May. Its 2016 event, which features residents telling their life-changing stories illustrating Aeon’s impact, raised $538,883. As it moves forward, Aeon is increasingly dedicated to serving those facing the greatest barriers when it comes to housing: Minnesota’s homeless population.
‘When people get a home, it changes their whole life’
Chambers’ studio apartment, located inside a vintage brownstone in the Stevens Square neighborhood of Minneapolis, is cozy but tidy. With its spacious kitchen and bathroom, two walk-in closets, updated appliances, new windows and great view of the downtown skyline, it looks like your regular, run-of-the-mill apartment. “This doesn’t look like affordable housing,” Chambers said. “You wouldn’t know it by looking at it. Not, ‘That’s the ’hood, that’s the projects.’ That’s the beauty of it—it takes away the stigma.” Chambers served on Aeon’s board for nearly a decade. At least a third of the board of 18 directors is comprised of residents of low-income neighborhoods or low-income people, 60 percent is comprised of members of the organization and at least three directors are residents of Aeon. “I was like a sponge,” he said of his decision to join the board. “I wanted to know anything and everything I could about this organization, because they gave me a shot.” He added, “I’m convinced when people get a home, it changes their whole life, because now they’ve got something they can call their own.”
What you can do Donate through a recurring donation or pledge payment, or join the Cornerstone Society, whose members pledge at least $1,000 a year for five years. Participate in Aeon’s Share-a-Meal volunteer meal service, in which volunteers cook, serve and eat a meal with Aeon’s residents. Host a donation drive for items needed by Aeon’s residents, including food shelf items, cleaning supplies, welcome baskets, winter goods and gift cards.
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About the Where We Live project This project is an ongoing series spearheaded by Journals’ publisher Janis Hall showcasing Minneapolis nonprofits doing important work in the community. The editorial team has selected organizations to spotlight. Jahna Peloquin is the writer for the project. To read previous features, go to southwestjournal.com/section/focus/where-we-live
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700 Central* A new residential project in the MarcyHolmes and Nicollet Island-East Bank area is opening to residents on Dec. 1 following about a year of construction. Bader Development and Nolan Properties have redeveloped two warehouse buildings into the 700 Central project, which features 80 market-rate apartments between a four-story building and a seven-story building. The project will be home to the second location of The Bad Waitress and approximately 150 parking spaces for both residential and commercial tenants. There is still an open space adjacent to the restaurant, according to a spokesman with the property manager. Kaas Wilson Architects designed the development.
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Encore The first residents of The Encore, a new luxury apartment building in the Mill District, will begin moving in this month. The Encore features 123 units, from three-bedroom penthouse apartments to multilevel townhomes with private entrances. It also has a 12th-story rooftop terrace with a catering kitchen, a second-floor clubroom with a bar and a large fitness center. The project is the developer’s final piece on the block after the Aloft Hotel and Zenith Condominiums.
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committee overturned the decision. The developer previously planned to begin construction on the project before the end of the year.
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St. Paul Development Corporation is proposing to build a five-story apartment building with micro-units in the Elliot Park neighborhood. In mid-November the developer submitted preliminary plans to the City Planning Commission Committee of the Whole for The Aberdeen, a housing project with 50 units of market-rate apartments, 40 of which would be studio or micro-units that are between 388 square feet and 482 square feet. Nine one-bedroom apartments and a two-bedroom unit round out the proposal. Amenities would include a common area and kitchen, a fitness room and a rooftop terrace, according to the plans. Currently the site, located near the Interstate 35W entrance into downtown, is a parking lot.
Scherer site* After a development proposal failed to pan out last year for a former lumberyard in Northeast Minneapolis, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is back to the drawing board and looking for a new real estate developer for the site. Park commissioners voted last summer to deny giving Graco Minnesota Inc. exclusive development rights to nearly 3.6 acres of the 11.7-acre Scherer site along the river’s east bank after negotiations fell through. The deadline for the board’s new request for qualifications is Dec. 15. The site, which also includes Hall’s Island, spans an area just north of the Plymouth Avenue Bridge where the board recently opened an expansion of the Mississippi East Bank Trail.
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200 Central Neighbors for East Bank Livability announced in a Nov. 22 statement that the resident group has filed an injunction against Alatus in relation to its proposed 42-story development at Central & 2nd near the Southeast Minneapolis riverfront. The group contends that the City of Minneapolis’ approval of the project is an “extreme departure” from its own regulations. Earlier this year, the Heritage Preservation Commission denied a certificate of appropriateness to build the tower due to its height, but a City Council
Texas-based Hines is preparing to open T3, a seven-story modern timber office building in the North Loop. The 224,000-square-foot project, whose name stands for timber, transit and technology, features a fitness studio called The Bar Method, 100 indoor bike parking spots, commons spaces and a fitness center for tenants. Michael Green Architecture of Vancouver and Minneapolis-based DLR Group designed the building. Hines also developed the nearby apartment project Dock Street Flats and has long-term plans to develop a larger mixed-use development on a lot between Target Field and the T3 building. SE
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Kraus-Anderson block Kraus-Anderson is making progress on the construction of two parts of its fullblock project in Elliot park as it prepares for the final two pieces. Earlier this fall, the Minneapolis-based developer topped out on its new five-story headquarters building and began work on the 17-story, 306-unit H.Q. apartment building. Approximately 80-100 people are working on the site, according to a November post from the developer. Construction on the remaining projects, a 165-room Luxury hotel called The Elliot and a Finnegans microbrewery, is scheduled to begin next April.
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Minneapolis Armory MacDonald & Mack Architects has submitted updated plans on behalf of Swervo Development regarding the developer’s proposal to turn the historic Minneapolis Armory building in Downtown East into an event center. Swervo is proposing to construct an elevator overrun and a new loading area and loading dock, according to plans submitted to the Heritage Preservation Commission for its Nov. 29 meeting, after this issue went to press. The developer is also planning to build a one-story addition with a rooftop deck along the building’s Portland Avenue side. Prior to the project, the 1936 building was used as a parking garage following several failed redevelopment efforts.
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City Center CBRE announced in November that HNA Holding Group, a subsidiary of Chinese conglomerate HNA Group, has purchased the City Center tower and complex. The sale, which closed Nov. 9, was for $315 million, a record for a single office asset sale in the city, according to a certificate of real estate value. San Francisco-based Shorenstein Properties bought the 51-story tower less than four years ago for $205.5 million. The deal translates to about $194.66 per square foot. City Center, built in 1983, features 1.2 million square feet of office space and nearly 275,000 square feet of retail space, according to CBRE. The property is 95 percent leased, mostly by Target.
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Fun Home “Fun Home,” the 2015 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical, debuts at Hennepin’s Orpheum Theatre this month. Based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir of the same name, the groundbreaking musical chronicles the life of the author’s childhood in rural Pennsylvania and her complex relationship with her father, unraveling the mystery of seeing your parents through adult eyes along the way. The honest work is the first show written exclusively by women to win the top award for musicals.
Spirit: Made Here The Hennepin Theatre Trust is launching its next season of window art displays this month with Spirit: Made Here. The seventh season of Made Here, the country’s largest showcase of storefront window art, will see more than 30 displays from more than 75 artists and students across downtown Minneapolis through next March. An opening event in City Center will feature an artist market, street performers, live music, along with tours with the Trust and a spoken word performance by Kulture Klub Collaborative. Where: City Center atrium, 615 Hennepin Ave. / When: Thursday, Dec. 8 from 5 p.m.–8 p.m. Cost: Free / Info: madeheremn.org
Kids at the Castle While the American Swedish Institute has plenty going on for the holidays, the castle is hosting morning playdates for kids before the museum opens. The museum promises storytelling, music and movement inspired by ASI exhibits and the Turnblad mansion. This month, ASI focuses on tomtes, the domestic sprites of the holiday season and one of the most popular creatures in Scandinavian folklore. “Kids at the Castle” is recommended for ages 2 to 5. Where: American Swedish Institute, 2600 Park Ave. When: Dec. 16–17 from 9 a.m.–10 a.m. / Cost: $8 per family / Info: asimn.org
Where: Orpheum Theatre, 910 Hennepin Ave. When: Dec. 13–18 Cost: $39–$134 / Info: hennepintheatretrust.org
Inline skating at U.S. Bank Stadium Skating is finally returning to the home of the Minnesota Vikings. Just like its predecessor the Metrodome, U.S. Bank Stadium will host inline skating events, and the first is this month. The three-hour skating event is open to all ages and won’t have any skates or helmets available for rent, so be sure to bring your own. This will likely be the first skating event of many, with additional dates and times soon to be announced. Tickets will only be available at the stadium box office, including until 7 p.m. on the day of the event. Where: U.S. Bank Stadium, 401 Chicago Ave. When: Tuesday, Dec. 13 from 5 p.m.–8 p.m. Cost: $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 12 and under Info: usbankstadium.com
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Winterfest The Mill District is celebrating the holiday season with a winter festival of its own. Winterfest will feature horsedrawn carriage rides, hot chocolate and caroling from Friends of the Mill District singers. The free event, hosted by Friends of the Mill District in tandem with the Mill City Farmers Market, is also collecting donated warm clothing and diapers for YouthLink MN and People Serving People.
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Where: Mill City Museum, 704 S. 2nd St. When: Saturday, Dec. 10 from 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Cost: Free / Info: friendsofthemilldistrict.org
The downtown Minneapolis tradition of the Holidazzle will return to Loring Park for a second year this season. Whether it’s ice skating among the winter lights and decorations, shopping from dozens of vendors in the park or finding local holiday treats, the free winter celebration has something to offer just about everyone this year. The festival is open 5 p.m.–9 p.m. on Thursdays, 5 p.m.–10 p.m. on Fridays, 11 a.m.–10 p.m. on Saturdays and 11 a.m.–7 p.m. on Sundays.
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Where: Loring Park, 1382 Willow St. / When: Now through Friday, Dec. 23 Cost: Free / Info: holidazzle.com
Fortune Light Grey Art Lab’s latest exhibition, “Fortune,” is bringing in the new year with bold and gold artwork from around the world. The exhibition has 80 artists riffing on the concept of luck and fortune using gold foil to create a lustrous collection of unique, handmade pieces. With the coming year, each piece will even be available in a calendar format. A free opening reception on Friday, Dec. 2 from 7 p.m.–10 p.m. will feature “Fortune” prints, music and refreshments. Where: Light Grey Art Lab, 118 E. 26th St. When: Dec. 2 through Jan. 13 Cost: Free / Info: lightgreyartlab.com
What to check out at Holidazzle FIREWORKS DISPLAYS Holidazzle will have fireworks displays each Saturday at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 3, Dec. 10, Dec. 17 and Dec. 23.
FREE SKATING Wells Fargo Minneapolis WinterSkate will be open seven days a week, during all Holidazzle hours. Guests can bring their own skates or use a complimentary pair available in the festival’s warming house. Sizes vary and are available on a firstcome, first-served basis.
MOVIE NIGHTS Two outdoor movies will be played each week, including: “Home Alone” (Dec. 1), “A Christmas Story” (Dec. 4), “Elf” (Dec. 8), “Happy Feet” (Dec. 11), “Serendipity” (Dec. 15), “Frozen” (Dec. 18), “Ice Age” (Dec. 22) and “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (Dec. 23).
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KIDS ZONE This year’s Holidazzle includes a kids zone with a holiday-themed obstacle course, a hay bale maze, an Elves Building Station and crafting.
LOCAL PERFORMANCES Local bands, community choirs and dance groups will perform throughout this year’s Holidazzle. Look for the full performance list on Holidazzle’s schedule page. CARRIAGE RIDES Carriage rides will take you around the festival on Friday, Dec. 2; Friday, Dec. 9; and Friday, Dec. 16, for free, compliments of Citizens of a Loring Park Community and Friends of Loring Park.
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Recently, the Hennepin Theatre Trust has quietly been installing art throughout downtown’s storefronts and vacant spaces for the next season of Made Here, a showcase of street and skyway artistry.
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The beauty of the project isn’t necessarily that one single piece will wow pedestrians, it’s that an otherwise mundane part — or many parts — of their everyday lives now tells a story. Whether it’s beautifying a bus stop or giving some visual stimulation in the skyway, Spirit: Made Here and its artists add touches of art in the least expected places. At the trust’s future home, otherwise known as the Solera building at Hennepin & 9th, there are now some seriously dramatic shots of horses from Deb Lee Carson. At a bus stop near 7th & Hennepin, neon-colored lights create a spacey room with the aid of mirrors. And that’s just a taste of what to expect.
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Spirit kicks off on Thursday, Dec. 8 with an opening event inside City Center’s atrium with live music, an artist market and guided tours. The season will run until next spring. Since first launching in 2013, the project has produced more than 336 window displays with the help of nearly 400 artists and students. Now Made Here is the largest program of its kind in the United States, and it’s helped attract businesses to otherwise empty spaces. We caught up Joan Vorderbruggen, the director of public art and placemaking for Hennepin Theatre Trust, to talk about the new season. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.
The Journal: Why the theme of “spirit” this season? Vorderbruggen: Our Made Here Arts Advisory Panel actually chooses each theme. Spirit was very well liked when it was added to a list that we were brainstorming. Other close runner-ups were “belong” and “changes,” which would have been interesting. Spirit won partly because it could potentially include installations that have a focus on lighting, which is ideal this time of year. ENTERTAINMENT
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What can we expect from this season of Made Here? I am especially proud of this run. It’s actually the first time I haven’t been as hands on, so many of the new installations are a delightful surprise to me. We are nearly completed installing, but from what I’ve seen I can tell you that the IDS Center is a highlight on the corner of 8th & Marquette featuring six Made Here artists with big, beautiful displays. In City Center, Oskar Ly and Koua Yang have created a tremendous display of textile art and fashion design rooted in Hmong tradition that is mindblowing. And Kristi Ternes’ “Beast Spirit” in the Witt Building on 7th & Hennepin is literally out of this world. It’s amazing to walk past it and witness people’s reactions!
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While it’s a trek outside of downtown Minneapolis, Five Watt and its Joy-Joy Art Sale sound like they’re well worth a little adventure, even if it’s after work. The coffee shop is closing early on Wednesday, Dec. 14 at 8 p.m. for a free, 21-plus party featuring pieces of art all priced under $25. For Five Watt fans, there won’t exactly be coffee, but — perhaps even better — the café will have mulled wine, a specialty cocktail made with Du Nord Craft Spirits and snacks from Nighthawks. If that wasn’t enough, there will be fortune telling with Big Mouth Tarot and, for some reason, the shop promises the opportunity to take photos with a 17th-century voyageur named Pierre LaFoote. So pick up some art — a good last-minute gift idea — sip a little wine and get a leg up on your New Year’s resolutions by getting your future told. Proceeds will go to charities like The Trevor Project, the Ann Bancroft Foundation and the Immigration Law Center of Minnesota, among others.
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Both digital age millennials and Gen X professionals can get something out of speed friending, a new spin on the old concept of speed dating. Misha Estrin, a comedian known locally as the guy holding the “Free Hugs” sign around town, is hosting an event where, as its predecessor goes, people get a few minutes of one-on-one conversation before a bell rings and it’s on to the next would-be connection. But this time it’s platonic. While it sounds a little awkward, maybe there’s something to it. As critics of the younger generations say, maybe we’ve lost some ability for spontaneous, non-algorithmic connections. Let’s throw caution to the wind for once and try meeting someone outside our “People You May Know” section. For new friends, look to Honey — the bar below Ginger Hop on Hennepin Avenue — on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 6:50 p.m.
What has the response from building owners been like in this and recent seasons? Ten commercial spaces with a combined vacancy of more than 50 years have acquired leaseholders while participating in Made Here, so we have a great reputation for creating a beneficial situation for property owners. We appreciate their continued support! Are there standout projects this season? We are very excited to have Native American artists participating in this run who are addressing issues such as racist mascots, environmental justice and water protection. Have you begun planning the next season yet? The open call for Future: Made Here will be available mid-January. With everything our communities are experiencing, I hope this theme inspires artists to participate in meaningful ways.
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Ask Dr. Rachel / By Rachel Allyn
AN AFFAIR CREATES CONFLICT BETWEEN VALUES AND BEHAVIORS
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Am I addicted to dangerous relationships? For a few years, I’ve had a crush on a colleague in a leadership position. In fact, she was my manager for some time. She’s married, with a house full of small kids. All the fantasies I’ve had about her have not gotten in the way of us building a very close professional and personal (platonic) relationship. That is until recently. All it took was one drunk interaction, where we both realized our attraction for one another, and we fell deep into a physically intimate rabbit hole. This new paradigm in our relationship has not been officially “consummated” yet, but we both know we can’t resist much longer. Neither one of us is new to affairs, and, while our sense of guilt and her love for her husband and family is definitely a rationalizing factor, the risks and sexual tension are pushing us very close to the edge. What should I do?
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and has been waiting for some kindling. Enter alcohol, with that “one drunk interaction” which gave you a gust of wind to fan the flames. One of my favorite relationship therapists, Ester Perel, explains, “Infidelity has a tenacity that marriage can only envy… it is something universally forbidden yet universally practiced.” Workplace affairs are quite common, usually because there is already a large divide in one or both person’s marriage, leaving space for a new person to enter — especially given you’re sharing 40 hours a week away from the demands of domestic chores and children, which leads to the idealizing of the office romance and the denigration of the marriage. Whether you are technically addicted to dangerous relationships is not something I can answer, but it does sound like you have a proclivity toward transgressive situations. So does she. How refreshing — shall we say — that you’ve been frank with each other about your past affairs. If you each frequently seek romantic or sexual scenarios in which there is mystery, novelty or a need to be secretive, then this affair will be wither out soon enough. You seek activities that boost your adrenaline and dopamine levels, giving you that rush you crave. It’s natural to want excite-
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It’s natural to want excitement in one form or the other, but you need to accept the risks and consequences. ment in one form or the other, but you need to accept the risks and consequences. For starters, this could jeopardize your employment. Things can quickly turn from nice to nasty, spiraling into a he-said-shesaid battle with you most likely on the losing end, given she’s your professional superior. Let’s not forget there are children and a husband involved. Do you want to be the “home wrecker” in this scenario? Before taking the plunge, ask yourself: Are you being used as a temporary outlet for her to avoid an unhappy marriage? What happens if you get what you want, assuming
you even know what you want? You like risk and building tension, but once the relationship progresses will you still feel that charge towards her? And what if she does leave her husband for you? Will that make you feel trapped and even more guilty than you do now? Ultimately, affairs can be about the longing for novelty, freedom, sexual intensity, a reclaiming of one’s self or a way to bring back vitality to a stagnant relationship. You are not a “bad person” because you’re with someone who is married, but I do believe you are caught in conflict between your values and your behaviors. We live in an era where we feel entitled to pursue our every desire, and affairs are about desire more than anything else. You want to be desired and feel a thrill. My advice: End this relationship and get yourself a motorcycle.
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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