The Journal , Dec. 15–28 2016 by The Journal

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FIGHTER UNTIL THE END State Rep. PHYLLIS KAHN reflects on her 44-year career at the Capitol

By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@journalmpls.com When she began clearing out her St. Paul office, Rep. Phyllis Kahn posted on her door a letter from the Minnesota Historical Society that she’d held onto since 1975, not long after she’d been elected to the second of her 22 terms in the state House. Those 44 years at the capitol had the veteran DFLer tied with Rep. Lyndon Carlson of Crystal as the state’s longest-serving state legislator. But four decades ago she was notable for another reason — as one of six women elected to the overwhelmingly male legislature in 1972, five of them for the first time.

“The letter says because you are such an important historical figure, we are very interested in what you do, so don’t throw anything away,” she said. When she recently spoke again with someone at the historical society, in the weeks after she lost her District 60B seat to Ilhan Omar in the Aug. 9 primary, Kahn pointed to the letter and said, “That’s the problem.” Dealing with the clutter that accumulates over a long legislative career is Kahn’s primary focus at the moment. In a recent conver-

 After 44 years representing District 60B in the state House, Rep. Phyllis Kahn is contemplating life after the legislature. Photo by Dylan Thomas

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Painting the town red

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As he prepares to open his next concept in the North Loop, Red Cow owner Luke Shimp takes the top honor for local restaurateurs By Eric Best / ebest@journalmpls.com You’d think after being named the state’s top restaurateur several years ago Luke Shimp would have taken it easy, but the Red Cow owner is already on to his next brand of restaurants. Shimp, who owns and operates three of the burger restaurants across the Twin Cities, has been named the Minnesota Restaurant Association’s 2016 Restaurateur of the Year. He’s the first person to win the award twice following his first time being honored in 2009 as the CFO and co-owner of Blue Plate Restaurant Company. The award comes as Shimp is opening what he envisions could be another fastgrowing restaurant brand in Minneapolis. He’s enlisted former Parella chef Todd

Macdonald to lead Red Rabbit, an Italian concept that will open this month on Washington Avenue in in a former North Loop auto shop building. As Shimp explained in a conversation with The Journal in December, it’s a focus on building leaders and an inward-facing guest experience that propels his concepts to success. The interview has been edited and condensed.

THE JOURNAL: First oﬀ, congratulations on your win. How does it feel? SHIMP: Outstanding. Obviously to have your peers in the restaurant community to recognize you twice is really cool. And with two different companies and having

been a part of two leadership teams, it’s really neat to accomplish that.

What do you think is working for Red Cow? I think it’s really our culture. I tell our team members that our deal is that we’re a leadership company that just happens to serve food and beverage. What we’re actually putting a huge emphasis on, along with hospitality and great food, is leadership and making sure our general managers and kitchen managers and sous chefs are all getting the leadership development to really make great employees and people who want to work for us. Red Rabbit is a great example. During SEE LUKE SHIMP / PAGE 10

It’s the season for giving Our annual Charitable Giving Guide returns with some ideas for end-ofthe-year donations.

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GREEN DIGEST

By Nate Gotlieb ngotlieb@journalmpls.com @NateGotlieb

Food waste represents biggest recycling opportunity, study ﬁnds

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WHAT’S IN THE TRASH? Percent by weight

Food waste represents the biggest opportunity for Hennepin County to reduce trash and increase recycling, according to a study released last month. County residents can also increase recycling by throwing away less paper and cardboard and more frequently utilizing drop-off sites for items that aren’t accepted in curbside recycling programs. The study looked at trash from the Diamond Lake, Near North and Powderhorn neighborhoods during the week of May 8. It concluded that Hennepin County wouldn’t be able to reach the state-imposed goal of a 75-percent recycling rate by 2030. Achieving a 50- to 60-percent rate is more realistic, the study said, but will still be a challenge. The county had a 46-percent recycling rate in 2015. “The results still show that we have a lot of work to do,” said Ben Knudson, a county recycling specialist. “There’s still a lot of obvious things we can do to make progress.” The study says recycling organics represents one of the biggest ways the county could improve its rate. Hennepin County recovered 4 percent of organic waste at the time of the study, a figure that could improve once more cities implement curbside organics-collection programs. Households in 13 of the county’s 45 cities participated in organics recycling in 2015, but about 78 percent of those households were in Minneapolis, which began its citywide

1. Food 2. Materials <1/2” in size 3. Compostable paper 4. Diapers and hygiene products 5. Pet waste

15%

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6. Treated wood and plywood 7. Yard waste 8. Nonrecyclable plastic ﬁlm 9. Nonrecyclable paper 10. Nonrecyclable durable plastic

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Top 10 Materials organics program in August 2015. The countywide figure could increase in the coming years, however, as Hennepin County begins to increase funding for organics programs. The county plans to nearly double organics program funding in 2017 to about $720,000, which represents about 20 percent of the recycling funds it receives from the state. By 2020, the county will spend 50 percent of its recycling budget on organics, Knudson said. “The long term vision is that people would have the ability to participate in organics if they want to,” Knudson said. Minneapolis reached a 40-percent opt-in rate with its organics recycling program in October, with more than 42,500 households participating. The city had collected more

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than 2,700 tons of organics at the time. Minneapolis recycling coordinator Kellie Kish said the city’s 40-percent opt-in rate is one of the highest in the country among comparable organics programs. She said a combination of educational outreach, doorto-door conversations and community events have proven effective at increasing numbers Kish said the priority next year would be to work within cultural communities to promote the program. St. Louis Park had the county’s secondmost utilized organics program last year, with more than 1,460 households participating. The city has a 15-percent opt-in rate, said Public Works Services Manager Scott Merkley, and a goal of about 30 percent. Merkley said St. Louis Park is hoping it

will increase participation in the program by waiving a $10 quarterly fee. The county’s study also found that residents could more frequently utilize drop-off sites for items that can’t be recycled curbside. These include items such as yard waste, textiles, scrap metal, electronics, mattresses and recyclable plastic bags and film. The study also found that residents could be recycling more paper and cardboard. It noted that reducing the amount of waste generated in the first place is the most impactful waste-management practice. Food comprised nearly one-fifth (19 percent) of the trash in the study. Materials less than half an inch in size (6.3 percent) was the next most prevalent category, followed by compostable paper (5.7 percent), diapers and hygiene products (4.9 percent) and pet waste (4.9 percent). Actual trash comprised 40.8 percent of material thrown away. Organics comprised 24.9 percent, recyclables comprised 13.8 percent and construction and demolition materials comprised 8.9 percent. The study did not look at commercial trash, which has a higher proportion of recyclable and compostable materials, according to the county. Visit hennepin.us/residents/recyclinghazardous-waste/residential-recycling to learn more about residential recycling in Hennepin County.

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Hennepin County aims to reduce HIV infections with new strategy Positively Hennepin plan calls for expanded HIV testing, preventative medication

By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@journalmpls.com Hennepin County on Dec. 1 unveiled a new comprehensive strategy for preventing and treating HIV. The Positively Hennepin strategy aims to increase HIV testing, expand access to preventative medicine, connect patients to care and raise public awareness. The strategy also aims reduce the number of HIV infections in the county by five percent by 2018. “We can turn the corner on this,” Hennepin County Board Chair Jan Callison said, “but we cannot stop the spread of this disease alone.” Hennepin County sees about 160 new HIV diagnoses a year, said Jonathan Hanft, coordinator of the county’s Ryan White Program, which provides care for people living with HIV. About 40 percent of people with HIV in the county are not accessing care. The new strategy aims to identify and re-engage people with HIV who have not accessed care or who have dropped out of it. It calls for better utilizing data to connect people to care, scaling up routine testing and reducing HIV-related stigma. The strategy comes about six years after the federal government released its own HIV/ AIDS strategy. Work on the Hennepin County strategy began in 2015, with about 50 community stakeholders contributing to it, Hanft said. More than 4,300 people with HIV were living in Hennepin County as of 2014, according to the county, with 168 new diagnoses in 2015. Hanft said 12 percent of people with HIV in Minnesota don’t realize they have it. More than 1.2 million people nationally are living with HIV, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and one in eight of them don’t know it. The number of new HIV diagnoses fell 19 percent from 2005 to 2014, but progress in reducing the disease has been uneven. The infection hits especially hard among people of color and men who have sex with men. Blacks are five times more likely to acquire HIV than whites, and men who have sex with men are 52 times more likely to acquire HIV than other men. One of two black men who have sex with men will acquire the infection in their lifetime. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that it costs about $380,000 to treat HIV/AIDS over a person’s lifetime.

Dr. Nicholas Vogenthaler, medical director of the Positive Care Center at HCMC and the Red Door at Hennepin County Public Health Clinic, said HIV-positive people live as long as their HIV-negative peers, however. Central to the new strategy is increasing opportunities for HIV testing, something federal guidelines recommend routinely for people between 15 and 65 years old. HIV testing is covered as a preventative service under the Affordable Care Act, meaning that it’s covered without a copay. The county says it would like for 90 percent of residents living with HIV to know their status by 2018. The strategy also calls for increased access to pre-exposure prophylaxis, a daily pill to prevent HIV that can reduce risk by up to 92 percent. The county hopes to double the number of high-risk people on the medication by 2018. The county also hopes to retain 80 percent of people diagnosed with HIV in care and achieve viral suppression in 70 percent of people diagnosed. Viral suppression means a person has a low amount of HIV in their blood and a reduced risk of transmitting the virus. The county unveiled the strategy as part of the 28th-annual World AIDS Day. About 55 percent of all Minnesotans living with HIV reside in Hennepin County, and 25 percent of new HIV cases in the state are identified at the county’s public health clinic. “If we can turn the curve in Hennepin County, we believe we can turn the curve on a statewide basis,” said Minnesota Department of Health Assistant Commissioner Paul Allwood. State Sen. Scott Dibble spoke during the unveiling ceremony and said the strategy is a great way to pull together. Dibble said the stigma of HIV and AIDS still remains, despite advances in diagnosing and treating the disease. “In some ways, we are the victim of our own success,” he said. “People still suffer discrimination and stigma.” Ejay Jack, who supervises the HIV outreach team at Red Door, said people still have the idea that HIV equals death, adding that he hopes for a larger media campaign to get people asking more questions. Hanft said the county hopes to hire a community organizer and find out more about what’s behind the stigma.

Anton LaMar speaks during a conference announcing Hennepin County’s new HIV strategy. Photo by Nate Gotlieb

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WINDOM PARK

COMING SOON

Bonicelli Kitchen

After a short hiatus to make final renovations, Bonicelli Kitchen is reopening its doors for good, this time with a finished dining room. Laura Bonicelli, the chef and owner behind Bonicelli Fresh Meal Delivery, opened the restaurant’s outdoor patio to her first guests during Art-A-Whirl weekend in the spring, but on the inside, Bonicelli Kitchen didn’t have a complete interior. Following a roughly four-month break to make it more palatable, the restaurant’s 48-seat dining room, complete with a deli counter and wine bar, will open Friday, Dec. 16. The restaurant, located at 1839 Central Ave. NE in the Windom Park neighborhood of Northeast Minneapolis, will serve a variety of Mediterranean and other globally inspired dishes, including classics like pasta Bolognese and Bonicelli specialties like Vietnamese-style

baby back pork ribs with a palm sugar sauce. Bonicelli also plans to serve house-made pastries in the morning for breakfast and freshly baked breads from her own kitchen and from Baker’s Field Flour and Bread out of the Food Building. The restaurant has a graband-go counter for the breads, snacks and lunch items like soups and sandwiches during breakfast and lunch hours. In the early evening, the restaurant will transfer over to a wine bar atmosphere with its long list of available bottles. The restaurant’s opening menu features a variety of small plates meant to mix and share. Bonicelli Kitchen will be open 6:30 a.m.–10 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 8 a.m.–2 p.m. on Sunday. The 24-seat outdoor garden will reopen in the spring.

Bonicelli Kitchen has reopened with a ﬁnished interior. Submitted photo

SHERIDAN

NOW OPEN

Young Joni

Pizzeria Lola and Hello Pizza owner Ann Kim has opened her next restaurant, this time a pizza and Korean-fusion concept called Young Joni in Northeast Minneapolis. The restaurant and its rather secretive bar, located in the Sheridan neighborhood next door to Dangerous Man Brewing Co., are named for the mothers of Kim and partner Conrad Leifur. And the personal connection doesn’t stop at the name. In the separate bar in the back of the building — its entrance is in the

alleyway just beyond a red neon sign — the cocktail menu, led by Adam Gorski (formerly of La Belle Vie), doubles as a photo album of family photos and the 1970s-style décor is reminiscent of a family cabin. Water even comes in vintage “The Smurfs” glasses. In the main restaurant, Kim has a menu of approximately $10–$16 wood-fired pizzas that come out of a large copper oven similar to her other restaurants, but there’s also a lineup of unique Korean-inspired grilled dishes. On top of that, there is a selection of salads and appe-

tizers, from a persimmon and beet salad to Thai sausage, which is unique to Young Joni. The roughly 140-seat restaurant joins a popular stretch of the Sheridan neighborhood that’s home to the Sheridan Room (formerly the longstanding Modern Cafe), the Ritz Theater and Northeast Social. Young Joni, located at 165 13th Ave. NE, is open from 4 p.m.–11 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 4 p.m.–midnight on Friday, noon– midnight on Saturday and noon–10 p.m. on Sunday. It is closed on Monday.

Young Joni’s cocktail menu is modeled after a photo album. Photo by Eric Best

NICOLLET MALL

ON THE MOVE

United Properties

United Properties recently announced that it’s planning to move its headquarters from Bloomington to Nicollet Mall early next year. The relocation will be just the third move for the century-old company, which is now owned by the Pohlad family that also owns the Minnesota Twins. The company will move from the Northland Center just outside Minneapolis into the majority of one floor of Gaviidae Common. United Properties purchased the building’s first two floors last year and the third and fourth floors in June. It plans to rebrand the building as 7th & Nic and seek other office tenants for the remaining space, according to a press release. “As we look forward to our 101st year and beyond, we’re excited about the opportunity our new downtown location will bring,”

United Properties will take a majority of one ﬂoor in Gaviidae Common early next year. Submitted image

co-president Bill Katter said in a statement. “Like the needs of the clients we serve, our own space needs changing. Our move down-

town will allow us to reinvent the space we occupy and provide inspiring new opportunities for our growing team.”

The new home will bring the developer closer to several of its high-profile projects, including the Gateway tower on the Nicollet Hotel Block. Proposed for a surface parking lot on the north end of Nicollet Mall, the 35-story tower is expected to include a Four Seasons hotel and luxury apartments, according to plans released in the spring. United Properties is also part of the development team that submitted preliminary plans to redevelop the city-owned Upper Harbor Terminal site in North Minneapolis into housing, office and park spaces. The relocation will also bring the company closer to RBC Plaza where Pohlad Cos. is located. The Pohlads acquired United Properties in 1998. The Hamm family, the owners of Hamm’s Brewing Company, formed the company in 1916 in downtown St. Paul.

8TH & 4TH

NEW OWNERSHIP

Mona Restaurant and Bar

Caroline and Eric Butterfield have purchased Mona Restaurant and Bar in downtown Minneapolis with a plan to expand the restaurant’s hours, catering services and menus. Caroline, a small business owner who previously worked in project management and marketing, and her husband Eric, a former sous chef at Kieran’s Irish Pub, took over the restaurant in the 333 South Seventh building in November.

While they aren’t planning renovations to Mona, Caroline said they’re looking to build up the restaurant’s menus with more dinner options like steak, corned beef and salmon — Eric’s specialties — to draw in nearby condo residents. For the downtown office workers who make up much of Mona’s business, bolstered lunch and happy hour menus will have dishes like a pot roast sandwich and a chicken strip appetizer.

“They’re looking for regular lunch food and that’s what we’re going to provide for them,” she told The Journal. For Minnesota Vikings fans, Caroline said they’ve already experimented with longer evening hours on game days. The two are also planning to use an atrium in the office tower and the surrounding green space for small events that don’t fit in nearby hotels. Caroline said they’re also

looking into expanding the 3,000-square-foot restaurant’s patio, which is about 1,500–2,000 square feet, with an outdoor bar. Owner and executive chef Lisa Sarazin first opened Mona in 2012 after working at Corner Table. The restaurant is located near the corner of 8th Street South and 4th Avenue South in downtown Minneapolis.

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Southwest’s Lyn Lake Chiropractic is adding a second location in Northeast. Submitted photo

SHERIDAN

Lyn Lake Chiropractic Northeast NOW OPEN

The chiropractors of Lyn Lake Chiropractic are coming to Northeast Minneapolis. On Dec. 5 the Lyn-Lake business opened a clinic in the basement of the Keg House Arts Building along Broadway Street near the Northeast Minneapolis riverfront. Owner and chiropractor Kevin Schreifels said the growing interest in Northeast drew him to the location. The 1,200-square-foot clinic has two chiropractors and two massage therapists who offer a wide range of services, from family chiropractic care to diet and nutritional counseling. Schreifels co-owns

the new clinic with chiropractor Ryan Jones. Lyn Lake Chiropractic first opened in 2000 and is the official chiropractor of the Twin Cities Marathon. For clients of the flagship clinic, the new location looks very similar given a recent remodel to update the original space, Schreifels said. Lyn Lake Chiropractic Northeast is now open at 34 13th Ave. NE in the Sheridan neighborhood. It joins other Keg House Arts Building tenants like Sip Coffeebar and the soon-to-open Bunny’s Bar & Grill in the former Community Keg House space.

SHERIDAN

CLOSING

Spark Letterpress

Spark Letterpress, a print shop and design studio in Northeast Minneapolis, recently announced it would close after 12 years in business. Valerie Carlson, who owns the company with husband James Watne, took to the company’s social media pages to announce the closing. “This company started as an overly-ambitious dream with a loosely drawn-up plan, and yet we saw many achievements over the years because we held ourselves to the highest of standards and worked tirelessly for our clients,” she said. “Not even a few

months back could I have imagined it would end. I don’t think anyone is ever truly ready to say goodbye to a business they built from the ground up, but sometimes that is the hand that you are dealt.” Carlson and Watne will take on new positions at a Florida-based letterpress, according to the post. The company did not return a request for comment. Spark hosted liquidation sales following the announcement and may plan further dates. The company is located at 1300 Quincy St. NE in the Logan Park neighborhood of Northeast Minneapolis.

SKYWAY

NOW OPEN

New skyway dining options

Several new restaurants have opened in the downtown Minneapolis skyway. D. Brian’s Deli and Catering has opened its third skyway restaurant in downtown Minneapolis, this time in the Wells Fargo towers in Downtown East. The restaurant, which now boasts seven locations in the Twin Cities metro, serves breakfast and lunch with items like sandwiches, salads, soups and baked goods. D. Brian’s opened in midNovember and is located at 600 S. 4th St. on the skyway level of the eastern tower. The second location of Bep Eatery, a new fast-casual concept from owners Thanh and Mark Myhre, has opened in LaSalle Plaza near Green + The Grain. The restaurant,

a larger version of the Vietnamese street food concept, serves customizable banh mi sandwiches, spring rolls, pho and vermicelli bowls. The first Bep Eatery opened in the Fifth Street Towers last spring. The new restaurant opened in late November on the skyway level at 800 LaSalle Ave. Crepes Up Delicious opened earlier this fall in the Canadian Pacific Building near 6th Street South and 2nd Avenue South in downtown Minneapolis. For $6.50–$8 per crepe, the restaurant from owner Oksana Goldenstein serves an array of both savory and sweet options, from chicken teriyaki to a chocolate crepe with mascarpone cream. Crepes Up Delicious is now open at 120 S. 6th St. Sale Room at IMS DTJ 121516 6.indd 1

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CIVIC BEAT

By Dylan Thomas dthomas@journalmpls.com @dthomasjournals

Council adopts 2017 budget The Minneapolis City Council on Dec. 7 approved Mayor Betsy Hodges’ $1.3-billion 2017 city budget. The budget includes more than $1.3 million in new spending to hire 15 additional police officers, an item opposed by dozens who testified during two public hearings on the budget. The budget also includes $400,000 to hire five additional full-time firefighters. The 2017 budget represents a 7.7-percent increase ($94.7 million) over the 2016 budget. It comes with a 5.5-percent increase in the city’s property tax levy compared to 2016, which hikes property taxes $66 on a home at the city’s median value of $203,000. The 2017 budget is the first since the city’s landmark agreement with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board to invest in roads and park maintenance. The $800-million, 20-year plan relies heavily on property taxes as a funding source, and in 2017 will produce about $3 million for park operations. The budget also adds three fulltime city employees who will work closely with the small business community and help business owners navigate city processes. But it was the funding for the Minneapolis Police Department that drew the most scrutiny from members of the public who spoke in front of the council. Many expressed concerns

about police violence and how law enforcement interacts with communities of color and urged the council to invest the money in alternatives to policing. “Spend the money on alternative programs to help youth, help the mentally ill, things that will actually change the community,” said South Minneapolis resident Peter Zeftel, who testified at a Nov. 30 public hearing on the budget. Of the more than 40 people who spoke that night, about three-quarters spoke against the new funding for officers. Hodges insisted her budget, which included more than $1 million for community-based public safety strategies, took a balanced approach to public safety. The budget also puts $1 million into the department’s Community Service Officer program, a strategy intended to recruit more people of color to the force, and sets aside $200,000 for mental health co-responders, who in a pilot program will be paired with officers. “Tonight, we chose to make increased investments in partnerships with community that will build public safety and increased investments in the police department that will build public trust,” Hodges said in a statement. During a budget markup meeting, council members Cam Gordon, Elizabeth Glidden and Lisa Bender attempted to shift some of the $1.3 million for the 15 new police officers into

initiatives to combat domestic abuse and youth violence, but a majority of the council voted down their amendment. “It’s ridiculous to talk about cutting police officers in this budget,” said Council President Barb Johnson, who noted the force has 100 fewer officers than in 2009 even though the city’s population has increased since then. Longer response times are putting people in danger, Johnson said. “Our no. 1 job in the City of Minneapolis is to make it safe,” said Ward 7 Council Member Lisa Goodman, who added that crime “affects everything else we’re doing.” After lobbying from the local business community, the council increased the funding for the “navigators” who will work with small business owners on communication, education and licensing issues. Hodges budget called for one fulltime position, but that was increased to three. Common Roots Cafe owner Danny Schwartzman said there was little guidance available to him as he navigated a “confusing” city process to open his Wedge-neighborhood restaurant nearly a decade ago. Schwartzman said he was able to exploit key connections to get help and learn the right questions to ask, but not all would-be small business owners are so lucky. “Right now, large businesses and people who are connected get the support they need,” he said.

Windom Park resident to challenge for Reich’s Ward 1 seat Jillia Pessenda, finance director for State Representative-elect Ilhan Omar’s historic District 60B campaign, announced Dec. 1 she plans to challenge Kevin Reich for his Ward 1 City Council seat in 2017. A Duluth native who resides in Northeast’s Windom Park neighborhood, Pesenda said Ward 1 needed “a progressive champion with the vision and courage to challenge the power brokers in City Hall” in a press release announcing the formation of a campaign committee. This would be her first run for public office. “I believe that now more than ever in recent history, we need proactive leadership in City Hall who are going to drive progressive issues forward and be a champion for a shared progressive values,” she added in an interview. Asked about her top priorities if elected, Pessenda said she would fight for working families, “and that means passing a minimum wage of $15 an hour,” she said. Pessenda said she wanted to “keep Northeast an affordable place to live,” and would support doing so through an ordinance that required mixedincome housing development. Pessenda is also a proponent of urban agriculture. She is a cofounder of Northeast’s California Street Farm and serves on the Homegrown

Minneapolis Food Council. Reich confirmed he plans to run for re-election to a third term next year. The ward he has represented since 2009 stretches from Columbia Park and Waite Park in far Northeast to the Southeast neighborhood of Como, near the northern edge of the University of Minnesota’s Minneapolis campus. On the issue of a $15 minimum wage ordinance, Reich described himself as an “aim and shoot” policy maker, preferring to wait until the city has conducted further engagement and outreach with residents and business owners to make a decision. The ordinance is expected to come back in front of the council next spring. He said council members must get a better sense of how local minimum wages have played out in the other cities that have enacted them while also keeping in mind the ordinance’s potential impact on small and mid-sized businesses. “Ward 1 is defined by small businesses,” Reich noted. In the mid-city industrial area, Ward 1 has one of the largest concentrations of jobs outside of the downtown core, he added. Reich said he aims to move on the issue of housing affordability in part by addressing another significant cost-of-living expense: transportation. The chair of the council’s Transporta-

Jillia Pessenda. Submitted photo tion and Public Works Committee, he said he would work to support existing transit options and expand service by promoting housing density on transit corridors, which creates the conditions needed to introduce more high-frequency routes. Reich said he also has made pollution remediation a priority, noting his ward contains a large amount of active and historic industrial properties. Responding to Pessenda’s call for more “proactive” leadership at City Hall, he said, “I don’t know how I could be more proactive, when a lot of the work I’m continuing to work on are issues I was working on before I was elected.”

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Kahn at a 2015 press conference where she pledged to push for freight rail infrastructure improvements in response to concerns over rail safety. File photo FROM PHYLLIS KAHN / PAGE 1 sation at the Aster Cafe, not far from her home on Nicollet Island, Kahn said she is still pondering her next steps. “I’m putting everything off until January, but the Loft (Literary Center) has a memoirwriting class, and I think I’m going to take that,” she said. So, there will be the box — or boxes — for the historical society, and a pile of papers for herself, too. Besides her many years representing the neighborhoods around the University of Minnesota’s Minneapolis campus, Kahn is also known as the legislator who bikes and plays ice hockey, who holds a Ph.D. in biophysics (Yale University, 1962) and is, at age 79, as feisty as ever. It shows when she is asked to reflect once again on the primary, which turned out to be a stepping stone to Omar’s historic election as the first Somali-American state legislator in the country. Some argued Kahn should have retired gracefully after 44 years instead of running against Omar, who had a stronger showing in the city’s DFL convention and was propelled into office on a wave of support from the district’s large East African community and endorsements from prominent DFLers, including former Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and state Sen. Scott Dibble. When she was reminded of this, Kahn was taken aback. “What?” she exclaimed. She said a friend made the same suggestion early in this year’s re-election bid “and I kind of really took him on and he backed away from that.” “You know, if I hadn’t (run) I would’ve always thought it might’ve been different,” she said. “My characterization is you always have to go down fighting.” Kahn said she didn’t believe either Omar or Mohamud Noor, the third candidate in the three-way primary, “really were qualified to

be in the legislature — except as a symbol.” Asked if she couldn’t have been considered a “symbol” back in 1972, Kahn replied: “Well, then. Not now.”

Looking back Kahn grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., the daughter of a doctor father and a schoolteacher mother. Her mother taught biology at James Madison High School, which Kahn also attended and which boasts an impressive list of alumni, ranging from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (’50) to Mad Magazine publisher William Gaines (’39). The school also counts three U.S. senators among its graduates: Minnesota’s Norm Coleman (’66), New York’s Charles Schumer (’67) and Vermont’s Bernie Sanders (’59). “I know she taught Norm Coleman, because we had a conversation about it,” Kahn said.

“But I have a feeling she taught all of them, because you had to take a science for an academic degree in New York, and you know those guys didn’t take physics or chemistry.” One of Kahn’s signature accomplishments came early in her career, when she authored the 1975 Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act, pioneering legislation that created no-smoking areas in public settings. She is proud, too, of years championing bike paths and trails, as well as her push for gender equity in sports funding. She has also, over the years, backed some offbeat causes, authoring a “bong water” bill that changed the law so that the weight of the water in drug paraphernalia couldn’t be used as part of the calculation in drug possession cases, even if it contained traces of illegal substances. In 2015, a Waseca man’s four-year drug conviction was tossed out because of Kahn’s legislation. She has also made recent attempts to change the law so that 18 year olds can drink in bars. “The other thing I pride myself on is I have the wettest voting record compared to the driest lifestyle of any legislator, I think,” she joked, noting she was also behind a successful 1970s effort to allow alcohol to be served in Dinkytown. Kahn is particularly proud of a recent accomplishment, a money-saving plan to consolidate the state’s computer data centers. It demonstrates how a legislator with experience and an eye for details can take on an issue that has gone overlooked. It’s common these days for long-serving elected officials to comment on the increasing partisanship they’ve witnessed over their careers, and Kahn is no different. She also lamented the proliferation of omnibus bills,

Phyllis Kahn hung on to this political cartoon, a reaction to her 1989 proposal to lower the state’s voting age to 12. Submitted image

You know, if I hadn’t (run) I would’ve always thought it might’ve been diﬀerent. My characterization is you always have to go down ﬁghting. — Phyllis Kahn

which she said reduce opportunities for individual legislators to author legislation and shepherd it through the process, as well as what she described as a trend toward secrecy and behind-closed-doors negotiations.

Silver linings After two bruising primary battles — an eightpoint win over Noor in 2014 and then her third-place finish behind Omar and Noor this summer — Kahn said she was finally tiring of elections. This would have been her last whatever the outcome, she said. “I woke up on Wednesday morning (after the primary) and I thought, I never have to go to a meeting I don’t want to go to and I never have to be polite to a ( jerk) again,” she said, using a term that couldn’t printed in a newspaper. “Although the reaction from many people has been: We’ve never observed you being polite to anybody.” Kahn is able to see a silver lining to what was a disappointing election season. “There were three things I was totally glad about in the election,” she said. “Obviously, Hillary won the state and she won the popular vote. “Then, Rick Nolan won in the 8th District,” she went on, adding that she and the DFL U.S. Representative from Crosby were friends who had many conversations over the years, and she admired especially the way he could dig into specifics of bills and find ways to direct resources back to his district. There was one more thing. “I was certain we were going into the majority (in the state legislature), and I was really looking forward to another term in the majority with Dayton as governor,” she said. “And, you know, even though I’ve continually gotten things done in the minority, I’m not so anxious to spend another term in the minority, particularly in this climate. “I think being outside throwing stones is better than being inside trying to get something done at the moment.”

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The Great Northern festival to showcase Twin Cities as winter wonderland The seasonal celebration will bring together the area’s existing winter traditions

Eric Best / ebest@journalmpls.com What happens when you let the City of Lakes Loppet Ski Festival, the St. Paul Winter Carnival and the U.S. Pond Hockey Championships snowball into one winter celebration? The Great Northern, according to organizer Eric Dayton. The new festival, led by the Askov Finlayson and Bachelor Farmer founder, will bring together the three foundational organizations, along with Northern Spark and celebrity chef Andrew Zimmern and his Food Works Inc., next month to further brand the state as a national winter destination and the season as a “defining asset” for attracting tourism. “We are Minnesotans and this is the North. Winter is not a season we should hide from or apologize for,” Dayton said in a statement. “The Great Northern is a festival co-created by the leaders of our premier winter events and brought to life by Target, one of our most beloved hometown companies. Together we aim to bring a new, annual tradition to Minnesota that promotes year-round outdoor activity and provides fun and inclusive programming for locals and visitors of all ages. Winter is a defining element of our state, and it’s time we reposition it from a liability to one of our greatest assets.” The Great Northern, named as a nod to the Great Northern Railway that connected Minneapolis and St. Paul to the West Coast, will run Jan. 27–Feb. 5 with events and

“This is one more really giant step forward to let people know what a fabulous place this is in the wintertime,” said Gov. Mark Dayton at a Dec. 1 press conference. Photo by Eric Best

programming around the Twin Cities. Dayton compared the festival to the similarly collaborative South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. “The historic Great Northern Railway transported visitors from around the country to our state, so it is only appropriate that we share in its name as we work to attract visitors nationwide to the festival in years to come,” he said. The Winter Carnival, scheduled for Jan. 26– Feb. 5, will bookend the 10-day celebration. Thousands of hockey players will take to Lake Nokomis Jan. 26–29 for the Pond Hockey Championships during the Great Northern. And the Loppet is expected to draw more than 10,000 skiers, fat bikers and other participants, in addition to tens of thousands of spectators,

to Minneapolis Feb. 3–5. Organizers have yet to formally announce additional events or food programming. The festival, which is sponsored by Target, is anticipated to draw more than 350,000 attendees in its inaugural year, though that includes the guests of the existing foundational events. R.T. Rybak, the CEO and the president of the Minneapolis Foundation, announced at a Dec. 1 press conference that the organization will support a temporary art display on the south end of Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis. In addition to Dayton and Zimmern, the Great Northern’s leadership team includes Rosanne Bump, president and CEO of the Winter Carnival; Steve Dietz, founder and

president of Northern Spark; Carson Kipfer, co-commissioner of the Pond Hockey Championships and John Munger, executive director of The Loppet Foundation. Organizers say a wide range of programming could be added in future years. In 2018, the festival dates will align with the Super Bowl hosted by U.S. Bank Stadium. “This is one more really giant step forward to let people know what a fabulous place this is in the wintertime. And, of course, when it leads [into 2018] with the Super Bowl … it’s going to be a phenomenal boost to the amenities we’re providing and a reason for all those people to come back to Minnesota after the game is over,” said Gov. Mark Dayton. Mayor Betsy Hodges said the festival is an opportunity to showcase a “great urban winter experience.” “In Minneapolis, we don’t apologize for winter — we embrace it,” Hodges said. “The Great Northern is a bold step forward in showcasing the great events and endless possibilities that both Minneapolis and Saint Paul have to offer our residents and visitors in winter, and a great way to define ourselves to the world as vibrant, year-round cities where we let nothing hold us back.” For more information on the festival, visit TheGreatNorthernFestival.com.

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Mill City Cooks / By Jenny Heck

SIX TIPS FOR BUILDING THE PERFECT CHEESE PLATTER

he holidays can be stressful enough without the thought of studying to be cheese monger for every party. Let the Mill City Farmers Market help you build the perfect cheese platter full of delicious local farmstead cheeses.

1. Pick a theme Choose light cheeses like Singing Hills chèvre for appetizer-themed platters and fullflavored rich cheeses, like an aged cheese from Cosmic Wheel or Prairie Hollow, for dessert themed platter. Or select several different textures of sheep’s milk cheeses from Shepherd’s Way, or several different types of cheeses in the same family from different farms to compare. Our choice: a variety of cheeses made from a combination of cow’s milk, goat’s milk and sheep’s milk to get the true Minnesota farmstead cheese experience.

2. Buy the right amount If you are serving the cheese platter before the meal, plan on 1–2 ounces of each cheese per person. If you are serving the cheese after the main dinner course, you’ll want 1–1 1/2 ounces of each cheese per person. Choose

between three and six cheeses to give your guests enough selection and conversation.

3. Don’t crowd the platter Give each cheese enough room so guests don’t have to worry about poking a pinky in the Havarti. Consider separating pungent smelling cheeses from light, delicate ones so the scents do not combine.

Cheeses are enjoyed at room temperature have the best fragrance and taste.

4. Add some extras

6. Talk to the farmers

While it is not necessary to serve bread with cheese, it is nice to give hungry guests some extras on the plate for pairing and visual contrast. Add something sweet to Prairie Hollow sharp cheddar cheese, like French Nugget chocolate or tart artisan pickles from Martha’s Joy or Kiss My Cabbage. For a fresh pop of color, add some fresh herbs, apples, jam or sliced radishes. A bread basket from one of Mill City Farmers Market’s bakeries or homemade crackers from Very Prairie are also a nice touch.

The biggest and best advantage of buying local cheese at the Mill City Farmers Market is the ability to talk directly to the people who spend hours crafting your cheese from the animals they work with every day. Learn some colorful descriptions and unique traits about your cheeses so you can tell your guests why farmstead cheeses are so special.

5. Serve cheese at room temperature Take your cheeses out of the refrigerator about an hour before you plan to serve them.

You can shop from all of the Mill City Farmers Market’s cheese vendors at the indoor winter farmers markets located inside the Mill City Museum Saturdays November through April. Mill City Farmers Market’s remaining 2016 holiday market is 10 a.m.–1 p.m Dec. 17. Pick up local greenhouse and storage vegetables, pasture-raised meat and eggs, unique

gifts and all your holiday groceries from local artisans at the Mill City Farmers Market winter markets. You can find more information and seasonal recipes at millcityfarmersmarket.org.

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Moments in Minneapolis

Shoppers on Nicollet Mall Bustling crowds of downtown workers and holiday shoppers make their way down a brand-new Nicollet Mall in late 1967.

Nicollet Avenue, long a central downtown shopping street, had just opened following its conversion into a curving pedestrian thoroughfare. This photograph was taken outside of Dayton’s, now Macy’s department store. The late 1960s and early 1970s was a transformative era for downtown Minneapolis; other major downtown projects of the time included a rapidly expanding skyway system and the completion of the IDS Center in 1972. Photo courtesy Hennepin History Museum; for more information about the museum, please visit hennepinhistory.org.

FROM LUKE SHIMP / PAGE 1 this hiring process, I was very nervous about hiring during the holiday period. We’ve actually had no problem hiring staff. For me, that was really a testament to our culture and reputation. External guests are people who walk through the front door. Internal guests are our employees. We focus on the internal guests first because we have to make sure that our team members are happy, that they’re satisfied, that we’re providing them with the opportunity they need to be successful. If you do that, I feel that it automatically flows over to the external guest experience.

What does leadership development look like? Training is certainly a piece of it. We have a leadership development coach who works with all the different leaders in the company. We have study groups. We have quarterly training sessions on how to be a leader. During our one-on-one weekly meetings there’s a lot of focus on what it means to be a leader. A lot of people think being a leader is task-oriented, but we focus on people more. Are you learning how to have conversations with people and boosting your emotional intelligence? Or are you just worried about someone filling out a checklist and hitting all the metrics? And, to me, that’s management. Leadership

I tell our team members that our deal is that we’re a leadership company that just happens to serve food and beverage. is people. I really drive that home, and that starts at the top of the company. It’s something that started at [Blue Plate Restaurant Company]. It’s something I learned in auto racing when I worked with coach Joe Gibbs [at Joe Gibbs Racing]. I was 27 when I left racing and I certainly didn’t know what I had been exposed to. And so I’ve taken a lot of those lessons and utilized them in how I develop my team.

Switching to your new restaurant. When did you decide to pursue Red Rabbit? I always wanted to do a neighborhood pizza joint of some sort. It really stems from chef Todd having availability. To me it was about all if I found the right guy or gal I would do another concept, and having Todd be available in the market was one of those moments like “OK, let’s do it.” We were actually looking at a Red Cow out of state in Colorado. After introspecting, I didn’t think we’re ready. We knew it was going to be “red” and it was going to be an animal. It was really important that the two brands had some continuity. I assume we’ll do more than one Red Rabbit. As to how many, I’m not sure.

How did you develop the menu?

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Everything in our company like that — the architecture of the menu and the cuisine, the vision — comes from me, and then it’s collaborative from there on out. Then it’s Todd, our sous chef Drew Yancey and executive chef Travis Langely. Todd, my wife and I flew out to Los Angeles and Portland and did a little West Coast tour for one week and toured a bunch of places.

I’d say locally my favorite pizza place is Pizzeria Lola. I think [owner] Ann Kim is a phenomenal pizza specialist. When people are talking pizza in town and we’re in the same conversation, I’ll consider it a success. Black Sheep Pizza too. [Chef ] Jordan Smith’s pizza is awesome. I’d say they are my two benchmarks.

What can we expect at Red Rabbit when it opens Dec. 20? If you think Red Cow: Fine burgers, beer and wine. This is Red Rabbit: Pizza, pasta and oysters. Price points are similar. Here we’re doing lunch and dinner. At some point, probably six to eight months down the road, we’ll offer brunch. During lunchtime there’ll be some more sandwiches and salads on the menu. There’s a smattering of to-share items. There are about 10 pizzas fired in a wood-fire oven and then about 10 pastas. The cocktail program is amped up a bit over Red Cow’s, which I think is understated. I think this will start a new conversation about [beverage director Ian Lowther] and his cocktail program even if he’s done it at Red Cow. There will be about five tap beverages here. I think there’s going to be a pineapplecello, a limoncello, cold brew coffee and two tap cocktails.

Why the North Loop? I said it would take 18–24 months for the right spot to come and, lo and behold, it took about six. I had looked at the Cheeky Monkey space that Revival obtained over in St. Paul. That’s where we were going to go, but this became available and worked out perfectly. I think with all the activity up and down Washington Avenue, all the way down to the East End where the stadium is and all the way down to The Freehouse, it’s amazing. With The Washington renovation, the Hewing Hotel coming in, with Shinola having come in a few years ago, it’s definitely in a bit of a turnover phase. With all the residential development this was ripe for it. I think we got in at the right time.

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GIVING G uide

By Sheila Regan

omewhere between the spirit of giving inspired by the holiday season and this being the last chance to do any tax write-offs before the year ends sits a perfect storm for the flurry of donations that go toward charitable organizations at the end of each year. This year, with uncertainty over how social service organizations will fare in a new presidential administration and a disconcerting rise in anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic rhetoric around the country, there’s an even more urgent push toward making sure groups that provide support and advocacy for the most marginalized among us have the funding they need. Choosing where to give is going to vary with each person, depending on what you’re really passionate about, but here’s a list of organizations working to ensure we don’t leave anybody behind.

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Isuroon’s Halal food shelf Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative

A lack of affordable housing is a huge factor contributing to Minnesota’s homelessness problem. According to Wilder Research, 41 percent of homeless adults are on a waitlist for subsidized housing, and another 14 percent can’t get on a waitlist because it’s closed. That’s why resources such as Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative are so important. Once known as Plymouth Church Neighborhood Foundation, Beacon is now made up of 87 different congregations, all committed to ending homelessness through its housing program, the Families Moving Forward shelter program and public advocacy. Since their first housing development opened in 2003, Beacon has housed nearly 800 men, women, children and youth, and they’ve built or preserved 473 homes, more than half of which have supportive services that help people get out of homelessness. They currently serve 75 families each year and have a goal of creating 1,000 affordable homes by 2020. Uniquely, Beacon has initiated housing developments targeted at teenagers and young adults, many who have been through the foster care system. The first, Nicollet Square, opened in 2010, and it has 42 studio apartments. Prior Crossing, with 44 studios for formerly homeless youth, opened this fall, and Beacon has a third building in the works in Edina. In addition, Beacon’s housing developments reach a variety of populations, including families with young children, single adults, elders, refugees, students and others. beaconinterfaith.org | (651) 789-6260

Fartun Weli has a bit of a knack for sussing out need within the Somali community. In 2010, after experiencing infertility, Weli founded Isuroon, a nonprofit that was aimed at addressing the needs of Somali women who struggled with reproductive issues. Since then, the nonprofit has expanded to provide a wide array of culturally competent support around women’s health. Last summer, Weli went after another need for Somali women and families and opened a Halal food shelf. Weli found the Somali community was underserved in this area and went about making it happen. There were many hoops to jump through, such as getting a city ordinance changed to allow food shelves in commercial areas, but that wasn’t the worst. After Isuroon opened the new food shelf last summer, it was targeted by fake news sites that posted false information about the nonprofit. It was subjected to death threats, as well. Despite this negative reaction by some, Isuroon continues to do the good work of keeping Somali families healthy and nurtured. isuroon.org | 886-2731

PFund Foundation Juxtaposition Arts

Juxtaposition Arts (JXTA) isn’t just any youth arts program. The North Minneapolis institution empowers young people through training and opportunities in the arts, investing in the community in meaningful and often innovative ways. The heart of their mission is nurturing of the creative genius of youth. They do that through classes that teach the basics of art, both in practice and in theory, and also through their programming for high school students designed to give them a ﬁrm grounding in artistic careers. Led by DeAnna and Roger Cummings, JXTA provides apprenticeship programs for young artists to train in areas such as design, contemporary ﬁne art, public art and more. In these labs, the youth get not just arts training but also a chance to earn wages while learning skills that will help them build a future career in the arts. JXTA demonstrates its commitment to North Minneapolis by collaborating with local businesses and organizations, beautifying spaces and growing the wealth of knowledge and skills needed to improve the neighborhood through the young people that live there. juxtapositionarts.org | 588-1148

The PFund Foundation was founded in mid-1980s in the midst of the AIDS crisis affecting primarily gay men. A lot has changed since then, both for the organization and for the LGBTQ population as a whole, but what remains the same is PFund’s commitment to making sure that people in the community not only live free from discrimination but also thrive. The foundation invests in leaders from LGBTQ and allied communities in a variety of fields — including the arts, education, the nonprofit sector and more — who do outstanding work in eradicating homophobia and transphobia and in improving lives. They currently pay particular attention to LGBTQ populations that experience acute marginalization, including people of color, Indigenous populations, first-generation immigrants and trans communities. The foundation also works with LGBTQ people in North and South Dakota, where there are less robust legal protections against discrimination. Using an intentionally transparent decision-making process involving a committee of volunteers, PFund awards grants as well as scholarships that can go toward academic programs or leadership development opportunities, giving new tools to people doing good work. They also take care to act as a bridge between their grantees, donors and funders, facilitating partnership opportunities and projects that utilize collaboration within the greater LGBTQ sphere. pfundfoundation.org | 870-1806

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Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations

With anti-Muslim rhetoric at a fever pitch these days, consider a donation to the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. They take protecting civil rights seriously, with emphasis on ensuring that American Muslims are able to live free from profiling, discrimination and hate crimes. Part of a national group that has 35 offices nationwide and in Canada, CAIR-MN provides legal services for Muslims and others who have experienced religious discrimination, defamation or hate crimes. They lobby on behalf of Islamic interests at the state capitol, work with local media to make sure the Muslim community is portrayed accurately and without stereotypes and promote a grassroots response to critical issues. In addition, CAIR-MN conducts research relevant to the American Muslim community, especially related to civil rights, and has put out publications such as “The North American Muslim Resource Guide: Muslim Community Life in the United States and Canada.” CAIR-MN has won numerous awards for their advocacy, research and education work from organizations such as the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, the St. Paul Foundation and the St. Cloud Times, among others, and continues its work making sure that Muslims living in Minnesota get the same rights as everyone else. cairmn.com | 206-3360

Twin Cities L ISC

Community development is a cornerstone of healthy communities, and Twin Cities LISC has been doing the work for over 25 years. Initially focused on creating affordable housing, Twin Cities LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation) has since expanded into a multipronged approach, partnering with nonprofits, government entities and businesses to create opportunities in education, healthcare and childcare. The organization develops affordable, mixed-use and supportive housing, supports commercial development, initiates projects that create healthy amenities in neighborhoods and promotes engagement with neighbors. Focusing on high poverty neighborhoods in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, as well as one neighborhood in Hopkins, Twin Cities LISC does everything from reviving vacant storefronts to providing job training for people with low incomes. Other initiatives include creating green spaces and community gardens, providing financial coaching to build assets within struggling communities and much more. Twin Cities LISC has also embraced creative placemaking as a key tool in reviving neighborhoods, bringing businesses and neighbors together with a goal of making their communities more vibrant. tclisc.org | (651) 649-1109

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Minnesota Reading Corps

No child should be deprived of the gift of reading, and that’s why nonprofits like the Minnesota Reading Corps work tirelessly to make sure young people don’t slip through the cracks. An initiative of ServeMinnesota, Minnesota Reading Corps tasks participants of the AmeriCorps program with reaching out to children between age three and grade three to ensure they become proficient readers. Their approach is rooted in evidence-based best practices, meaning the organization monitors the effectiveness of their work through research and assessments. The well-trained AmeriCorps volunteers give young people one-on-one attention, an approach that allows the volunteers to meet the individual needs of the students they are working with. The results are hard to argue with. Independent research organization NORC at the University of Chicago found students who were tutored by Minnesota Reading Corps achieved higher literacy levels than those without tutors, and the impact was even greater among high-risk students. Annually, the organization reaches about 30,000 students at 900 preschool and elementary school sites around the state. minnesotareadingcorps.org | 206-3030

Voices for Racial Justice

Wonderful schools, beautiful lakes and bike paths to put other states to shame are just some of the reasons Minnesota tends to top lists every year of great places to live. That is, if you happen to be white. The unpleasant truth of our state, and of the Twin Cities in particular, is that we have some of the worst racial disparities in the country. Voices for Racial Justice takes the problem head-on, focusing their mission on tackling the gaps between white people and people of color in our community. Among their notable initiatives include a yearly Racial Equity Agenda document outlining priorities that will beneﬁt communities of color and native communities at the policy level. They also put out a legislative report card so that voters can keep track of lawmakers who make decisions in line with equitable progress. Taking on issues such as education, economic opportunity, health, criminal justice and public transportation, the organization does the important work of ﬁguring out the nooks and crannies where, as a community, we can be making substantive changes to create a more equitable place to live. voicesforracialjustice.org | 746-4224

Women’s Environmental Institute

When she’s not battling it out in the Minnesota Legislature or teaching in St. Catherine University’s Master of Arts in Holistic Health Studies program, Karen Clark heads the Women’s Environmental Institute on a volunteer basis, along with her partner, Jacquelyn Zita, also a prominent women’s studies scholar. Their background in women’s studies drives the mission of the organization, which seeks to spread knowledge about environmental issues and policies that are relevant to women, children and communities particularly aﬀected by environmental injustice. The institute hosts workshops, retreats and trainings on sustainable agriculture for emerging farmers and developers, runs a CSA (community supported agriculture) program and advocates around environmental justice policy. Aﬃliated with the highly acclaimed Growing Power organization based in Milwaukee, Women’s Environmental Institute also nurtures and supports partner organizations, particularly within the native community. The institute promotes education about healthy food and gardens and helps to facilitate local community gardens, including one in the Little Earth urban housing complex in South Minneapolis and Mashkiikii Gitigan (Ojibwe for “medicine garden”), built in 2013 on a formerly contaminated vacant lot in the Phillips neighborhood. w-e-i.org | (651) 583-0705

American Refugee Committee

Right now, the world is facing the worst humanitarian crisis in a generation. With millions of Syrian refugees displaced from their homes, the time is now for the international community to step up and take action. For Minnesotans, it’s painful to see the horrendous images in the news of children dying and families being torn apart. At the same time, it’s not always easy to know where to send money to help those in need. The American Refugee Committee (ARC) has gotten very high ratings from independent sources that track the accountability and transparency of charitable organizations. The American Institute of Philanthropy gave ARC an A+ rating for their work, while Charity Navigator gave them a score of 95 out of 100. From Uganda to Somalia and from Rwanda to Thailand, ARC has years of experience helping people survive conﬂict and crisis and to rebuild their lives. ARC has the experience and knowledge to take on the current emergency the world faces. Contributing to ARC is a part of standing together as a global community to help those in some of the most dire situations. arcrelief.org | 800-875-7060

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Think of Planned Parenthood as the bastion of defense for women’s health care. For women without insurance, it’s the place they can go to receive everything from life-saving cancer screenings to routine physical checkups. For over 100 years, the national organization of Planned Parenthood has been educating women on their reproductive options to keep them healthy, safe and able to make the best decisions about their bodies and their families. Planned Parenthood has been controversial because they provide abortions, but their work has actually helped to keep abortions to a minimum by making sure every woman — no matter her financial situation — is able to access safe and effective contraception. The organization has also done important work staving off sexually transmitted diseases, which have shown to skyrocket in areas like southeastern Indiana when clinics were shuttered a few years ago. It turns out giving women the tools to plan their families and make safe and healthy choices is the best option in the long run for everyone. Your donation will get divided equally to support the regional Planned Parenthood and the national organization, which helps to put pressure nationwide on lawmakers to protect this important institution. plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-minnesota-north-dakota-south-dakota 821-6190

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Protecting the rights of individuals is paramount to any working democracy, and luckily our forefathers didn’t forget to add a Bill of Rights to our Constitution. Today, there’s no greater champion of free speech and other personal rights than the American Civil Liberties Union. The Minnesota chapter has been around since 1952, engaging in litigation and public education and lobbying on behalf of Minnesotans for over four decades. It’s a non-partisan organization, meaning they’ll valiantly defend anyone’s civil liberties, even if that person has objectionable views. That’s part of the reason the organization is so essential. Besides freedom of speech, the ACLU currently outlines a number of key areas of focus, including voting rights, racial justice, fairness in the criminal justice system, immigrants, youth, LGBT rights, privacy rights and more. Some of their recent work includes a mobile app that can be used to upload videos of police misconduct, litigation against law enforcement agencies involved in the death of Jamar Clark and Philando Castile and a successful lawsuit against the ban on transgender surgeries for medical assistance recipients. aclu-mn.org | (651) 645-4097

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The green people feeders By Carla Waldemar

f you build it … And there they were: the suits from its home in East Town’s Wells Fargo Tower, neighborhood condo dwellers and voyeurs of the nearby stadium. The bar — a beaut by any standard, and top of the list among those with Irish DNA, as owner Dermot Cowley of O’Donovan’s Irish Pub, Jake O’Connor’s, etc. can claim — was packed as if Prohibition were to be reinstated any moment. The whole room, bordered by a pretty balcony, pulsed with energy. Its kitchen could send out Kraft dinners and still keep its license for printing money. Fortunately, the fare is more ambitious. All the hot buttons have been pushed, from ceviche and sliders to beet salad: the comfort foods of the 2000s. But are they well crafted? To be honest, there’s room for improvement. But points for a crew who knows that and offers a 15-percent discount while a staff who previously delivered

simpler pub fare irons out the kinks. From the apps ($10–$18), we splurged on the foie gras mousse. While bearing that trademark liver taste (which I adore), the dollops were near-flimsy in texture, surrounded by an overdose of craisins, some glazed cashews, sere bits of bacon and, as the menu promised, “sweetened white Pullman.” What, you may ask? (We did, because the only Pullman I could think of was that basic, uninteresting sandwich loaf. Well, that’s what it was: just bits of diner toast.) Glancing through the salad list ($9–$16), along with the mandatory beet-and-chèvre were a straight-up Caesar, a bacon-blue, an ahi tuna and our choice, ideal for autumn, the imaginative-sounding meld of butternut squash and wild rice. A bed of mesclun came scattered with tasty squares of the squash, more craisins (they’re everywhere), a few candied pecans and lots of dried-out, hard and unappealing kernels of wild rice.

Entrées range from salmon ($24) to ribeye ($39). We settled first on the shrimp risotto ($25), far and away the hit of the evening: sweet corn, green peas and cherry tomatoes shining among the New Orleansstyle, almost sticky rice. Loved it. But no sign of the promised truﬄe essence, which, if present, the whole room would detect at first sniff. Next, the kitchen’s signature dish, the crackling pork shank ($35 and meant for two, although this notorious glutton would

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have no trouble polishing it off solo): tasty, slow braised until pull-apart-tender meat joined by root vegetables, Granny Smiths and bland, short-order-style mashed potatoes in a mild cider demi-glace. But no cracklings. And that’s the sex appeal the shank has to offer. We asked the manager, who explained, “No-no-no: Just seasoned like cracklings.” Nope. Or order the sea bass, a lamb shank with the same root veggies, a Cajun pork chop, plus loads of burgers and sandwiches (those, $15 range). Dessert? The usual suspects, plus our choice — because it sounded different — a tahini semifreddo. It’s presented in scoops rather than the customary slice (and that’s fine), but — tahini? It’s OK — but why? There’s a sunny will to please here, from servers to manager (who also is the sole athlete allowed to sprint up the spiral staircase of the formidable wine wall), so I’m betting on a long life for the place.

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SCHOOLS NOTEBOOK

By Nate Gotlieb ngotlieb@journalmpls.com @NateGotlieb

Edison integrates real-world learning into new business program Shirley Poelstra and Michael Iacarella walked around Iacarella’s classroom the morning of Nov. 30, helping their 30-some students identify their strengths and how they relate to the school’s mission statement. The longtime business teachers were helping the students develop a “personal pitch,” which several students then presented to the class. The activity wrapped up the morning in Edison High School’s new Entrepreneurship Academy, a three-period-long class that combines business, environmental science and English with soft skills preparation. Students will work on real-world projects during second semester, an effort the program’s teachers say will provide them valuable business experience. “This is giving them the know-how so that

Business teacher Michael Iacarella works with 11th-graders Der Her (right) and Lisa Jara during the new Edison Entrepreneurship Academy class. Photo by Nate Gotlieb

they can do it, and I think that’s really critical for a lot of our kids,” English teacher Jessica Scott said. Poelstra and Iacarella developed the Entrepreneurship Academy with help from the founder of a similar program at Minnetonka High School, called Vantage. That program integrates real-world business projects into multi-period courses such as business analytics and digital journalism. Vantage founders Brent Veninga and Chris Pears have helped develop similar programs in four other Twin Cities-area school districts, including Minneapolis. Edison is the only school in Minneapolis to offer the program. Veninga said the business community has been receptive to the programs, noting SEE SCHOOLS NOTEBOOK / PAGE 23

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Isuroon is a hub for Somali women and their families

An empowering force for Somali women During her struggles to conceive a child, Fartun Weli tried with difficulty to find infertility resources in the Twin Cities that reflected her perspective as a Somali woman. So in 2010, Weli started the Isuroon infertility and health issues project to examine the effects of infertility on mental health and stress levels in Somali women. “Somali culture highly values a woman’s ability to have children,” Weli said. “Women who are unable to bear children face high levels of social and emotional stress. I wanted to empower these women and to help them understand their worth beyond childbearing.” While its direct services such as health care counseling and food distribution are integral to the organization, Weli — an activist and public health graduate student with two decades of experience in the medical field— considers Isuroon’s work in public-health research and legislative lobbying two of its most important aspects. Location Weli believes the wellbeing of Somali women depends not only on their physical health but also on the support of the 3416 Nicollet Ave., broader Twin Cities community. Through its advocacy work, Isuroon introduced two bills into the Minnesota Legislature Minneapolis addressing health disparities and providing funding for Somali women’s health programs. Ahead of the recent election, the organization received a small grant to get out the vote within the Somali community. Contact Civic engagement is important to the Somali people, according to Weli. 886-2731 “In Somalia, they understood that the political process affected every aspect of their lives,” she said. Preventative health care is one of many challenges facing Somali women living in Minnesota. Website “Prevention is not part of our culture,” she explained. “Even when they’re insured, Somali women have some of the www.isuroon.org lowest health care access. You see them end up in the ER with chronic illnesses, because it’s not a priority for them to go to the doctor when they’re taking care of six or seven kids on their own.” Year Founded After conducting education sessions that increased breast-cancer screening rates among participants, Isuroon is working 2010 to develop and test a culturally specific curriculum that focuses on cervical-cancer prevention, raises awareness of infant mortality rates and addresses the disparity in health care access for Somali immigrants from a public policy standpoint. “The bottom line is health care access,” said Weli, “We can’t talk about upward mobility of Somali women if they’re not healthy.” During a recent food distribution event, which take place three Wednesdays a month at Isuroon’s Nicollet Avenue headquarters, volunteers took numbers and packed up food for a cluster of Somali women and children waiting in the lobby. Isuroon’s food distribution is unique in that it adheres to halal (strict nutrition guidelines according to Islamic law). According to a 2010 Ramsey County Public Health report, foods specific to the Somali culture are often hard to find locally. While there are more than 300 food shelves in Minnesota, the Brian Coyle Center in Minneapolis is the only other food shelf in the state that serves halal food. One of the volunteers assisting with food distribution that day was Leyla Ahmed, a volunteer with Isuroon since 2011. Many of the organization’s volunteers got involved after benefiting from its services themselves. “When I first moved here, I didn’t know how to drive a car,” Ahmed said. “Fartun pushed me to get a driver’s license and helped me find work. I was able to save money and bought a little car.” Connecting Somali women with resources to help them become self-reliant is the underlying goal of Isuroon, said Weli, not offering handouts. She chafes at the stereotype that Somali immigrants are, as she put it, “leeches attached to the system.” “The first generation of immigrants are always poor, so our job is to help families get on their feet,” she said. “There are things that are stacked against us — being new, being women, with high illiteracy and the language barrier — but the energy and drive is there,” she added, citing the nearly 160 small businesses in the Twin Cities that have been founded by Somali women. “Isuroon is like the pulse of the community,” said Weli. “Our mission is to give Somali women the tools to be successful.”

What you can do Donate online. Funds help with the costs of operations and food distribution supplies. Volunteer to help educate the Somali community and advocate for Somali women’s needs. Contact local government representatives to encourage them to address the specific needs of Minnesota’s Somali community..

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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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200 Central Alatus has delayed the demolition of a funeral home in Southeast Minneapolis and the adjacent St. Anthony Commercial Club building to make way for a new condo tower pending a court hearing on a neighborhood group’s request for an injunction. Neighbors for East Bank Livability have previously appealed the Minneapolis-based developer’s approximately 40-story condominium tower, proposed for a high-proﬁle site at Central & 2nd near the downtown Minneapolis riverfront. The developer originally planned to begin demolition in mid-November and to move to construction of the tower before the end of the year. A hearing is scheduled for Dec. 23.

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to the Twin Cities Business Magazine. A spokeswoman with the company declined to comment on whether it has informed officials of plans to close the store, but reiterated that Macy’s has openly discussed efforts to monetize its real estate across the country. The company announced last fall that the store, once the longtime home of Dayton’s department store and headquarters, was one of several potential redevelopment projects. Much of the upper floors of the building, located at Nicollet & 7th in downtown Minneapolis, are empty.

million. According to a change order, the Metropolitan Council said a consultant team made several errors in the design that led to additional construction costs. The Council covered the extra expenditure but is seeking to recover nearly half, or about $465,000, from the consultant. The Minnesota Vikings contributed $6 million to the project.

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Houston-based Hines recently opened T3, a seven-story office development that was designed to be the country’s first modern tall wood building. Located in the North Loop across from the Dock Street Flats community that Hines also built, the building is currently only home to a barre fitness studio from San Francisco-based company The Bar Method. Brent Robertson, a managing director with JLL, said they expect T3, whose name stands for timber, transit and technology, to be 70 percent leased by the end of the year, with most of the interest coming from tech and creative firms. A restaurant tenant that has leased a 4,500-square-foot space in the 224,000-square-foot building will soon be announced, he added.

Hennepin County Government Center Crews recently wrapped up work on the $3.5-million renovation of the plaza outside the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis. The project to repair and re-waterproof the south plaza’s pool and fountain began in May and involved blocking oﬀ part of the plaza. The renovation also added two pedestrian ramps on the plaza’s north side. This year the Government Center plaza was home to the downtown farmers market, which is typically hosted along Nicollet Mall. Once the renovation project on the mall is completed the market is expected to return to the original location.

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U.S. Bank Stadium bridge The price tag for a pedestrian bridge linking U.S. Bank Stadium’s plaza to the nearby lightrail platform came in about $1 million higher than anticipated. The Metropolitan Council’s Transportation Committee recently approved a number of change orders regarding the project, which was supposed to cost $9.65 million but ended up costing about $10.6

Sherman Associates submitted plans to the City Planning Commission in early December to add a fourth floor office space to the Old Spaghetti Factory building in Downtown East. The project is part of a full-block redevelopment that will add a six-story apartment building with a Trader Joe’s grocery store and convert the Advance Thresher building into a 182-room Canopy by Hilton hotel. Shane LaFave, Sherman Associates’ director of multifamily development, said in an email that an existing tenant within the building will use the additional 8,400 square feet of office space. The developer also has offices in the building. 8 th

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419 Washington CPM Cos. and Swervo Development are back with updated plans for a 10-level oﬃce building in the North Loop. Previous plans for the project, which would have a restaurant space on the ground ﬂoor and a skyway connection to the adjacent four-story Internet Exchange building, were appealed earlier this fall. The two Minneapolis-based developers are proposing a building with shorter rooftop structures, reducing the height to 13 stories, or 140 feet, down from a previous 15-story proposal. The building, proposed for a surface parking lot near 3rd & 5th, would have several levels of above-ground parking for a total of 480 parking spaces.

200-204 WASHINGTON AVE. N. JOHN RIMARCIK

Lowry & Morrison Block Restaurateur John Rimarcik is proposing to rehabilitate a dilapidated building in the North Loop for new oﬃce tenants and a restaurant or retail tenant. Rimarcik, who owns and operates the Monte Carlo just a couple blocks away, as well as the now-closed Rachel’s across the river, is the longtime owner of the Lowry and Morrison block, a three-story building at Washington & 2nd. For the past 12 years the 1879 building has been used for warehousing, according to the plans submitted to the Heritage Preservation Commission. If plans are approved, construction on the nearly 22,000-square-foot building is scheduled for completion by the end of 2017. Adsit Architecture and Planning is handling the rehabilitation design work.

729 WASHINGTON AVE. N. UNITED PROPERTIES

729 Washington Bloomington-based United Properties has submitted new plans for a proposed 10-story mixed-use development planned for a surface parking lot in the North Loop. The latest plans, submitted to the Heritage Preservation Commission for its Dec. 13 meeting, include a 10-story oﬃce building fronting Washington Avenue and a residential building and parking garage facing 3rd Street North. The brick-clad oﬃce project includes about 15,000 square feet of retail space. The proposal includes about 400 parking spaces with a level of belowgrade parking and the six-story parking garage. There would also be a plaza with outdoor restaurant seating located across from the Freehouse in the adjacent Loose Wiles building. Nicollet Island East Bank Loring Park

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What the Elf!? If “The Christmas Carol” isn’t your kind of holiday tradition, the Brave New Workshop’s latest show could be for you. The sketches of “The Brave New Workshop’s 2016 Holiday Revue: What the Elf?!” hit on all the latest holiday touch points, from Prince and David Bowie songs translated into holiday cheer to the anxiety of attending holiday parties, all to comedic results. Where: Brave New Workshop Comedy Theatre, 824 Hennepin Ave. S. When: Through Jan. 28, 2017 Cost: $33–$38 Info: bravenewworkshop.com

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Whether you know her from Amazon’s “Transparent” or her Grammy Award-winning stand-up performances, Tig Notaro has made a name for herself by delivering honest, often dark comedy. The comedian, who will take her act to the Skyway Theatre this month, recently produced and starred in “One Mississippi,” a semi-autobiographical series that debuted earlier this year. If she wasn’t doing enough, Notaro recently released a New York Times best-selling memoir, “I’m Just a Person,” detailing her experiences with cancer, a breakup and other calamities.

Able Seedhouse + Brewery is hosting a festive night of beer, art and music to beneﬁt fellow Northeasters Sarah Jane’s Music School. Bring some friends and join a group sing-a-long of holiday favorites with Sarah Jane Perbix and her students while helping out the music school’s scholarship program. Beyond the brews, Potter’s Pasties will have warm pies, Empire Coﬀee + Pastry will have Christmas cookies and there will be hot cider for kids.

Where: Skyway Theatre, 711 Hennepin Ave. When: Sunday, Dec. 18 from 6:30 p.m.–11 p.m. Cost: $29.50–$35 Info: skywaytheatre.com

It’s A Wonderful Life In Concert The Minnesota Orchestra is getting into the holiday spirit with the latest show of its popular Live at Orchestra Hall series. For their next cinematic performance, the musicians will bring Dimitri Tiomkin’s score from the beloved ﬁlm “It’s a Wonderful Life” to life while the classic plays on the large screen.

Where: Able Seedhouse & Brewery, 1121 Quincy St. NE When: Friday, Dec. 23 from 6:30 p.m.–11 p.m. Cost: Free, donations recommended Info: ablebeer.com

The Soulstice The Soulstice is back at Aria for its third year, oﬃcially bringing in the winter season with fresh musical talent from Minneapolis. This year, the mini seasonal festival features young up-and-comers based in the City of Lakes such as Blanda, a 20-year-old DJ and pianist performing jazzy trip-hop; Kwey, a Ghanaian-American producer and soulful multiinstrumentalist; and indie electronic artist and DJ Su Na. Psychedelic pop-rockers Solid Gold, veterans of the Twin Cities music scene, round out the lineup. Soulstice will have food trucks O’Cheeze and Gastrotruck on hand to serve up soulwarming fare.

Where: Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall When: Dec. 17 at 8 p.m., Dec. 18 at 2 p.m. Cost: $30–$80 Info: minnesotaorchestra.org

Where: Aria, 105 N. 1st N. | When: Dec. 22-23 from 8 p.m.–2 a.m. | Cost: $20 | Info: facade-creative.com

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It’s last call for gifts if you still want to make it this season. The Food Building is hosting its own mini market, complete with brews from Fulton Beer and classic holiday movies and music. On top of its own resident companies — including Red Table Meat Co., the Lone Grazer Creamery and Baker’s Field Flour & Bread — the Northeast Minneapolis food business incubator will feature freshly printed goods from The Bitter Buﬀalo, gift boxes courtesy of Minny & Paul, Still Kickin apparel and more. The event includes a gift-wrapping station too.

For many, 2016 hasn’t been a great year. In fact, it was crap. The Grown-Up Club, a monthly activity group founded in 2013 for reluctant adults, is hosting a crappy crafting session for those of us who are down in the dumps. Participants can make ornaments inspired by a certain brown emoji and spruce them up with all sorts of felt, feathers and other ﬁxings. They could be a last-minute addition to a Christmas tree or even a little fun gift for a friend to commiserate with. Don’t miss the group’s next event, Tryorama, a diorama fair for grown-ups next month at Sisyphus Brewing.

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Procraftinate Procraftinate is an under-utilized term meaning to delay or postpone holiday gift shopping, and now it’s also an event for procraftinators. The Minneapolis Craft Market is hosting an emergency shopping event featuring a couple dozen artisans and other makers at Lakes & Legends Brewing so you can catch up on gift giving all in one place. Shopping opportunities include everything from artsy upcycled bags and more from Maps and Scraps to one-of-a-kind jewelry from Perpetually au Courant. And if decorating presents isn’t your thing, there will be a gift-wrapping station so you can sneak all your goodies under the tree before anyone can even notice. Where: Lakes & Legends Brewing Company, 1368 LaSalle Ave. When: Saturday, Dec. 17 from noon–5 p.m. | Cost: Free | Info: mplscraftmarket.com

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The Jayhawks, one of the country’s most prominent Americana bands, are coming back to their home of Minneapolis to ﬁll the mainroom at First Avenue. The homecoming marks more than three decades for the band, which is currently comprised of longtime frontman Gary Louris, bassist Marc Perlman, drummer Tim O’Reagan and keyboardist Karen Grotberg. With time, The Jayhawks have continued to reinvent themselves and their sound, and their latest album, “Paging Mr. Proust,” is no diﬀerent.

There’s “Ace,” a krautrock tune with experimental guitar runs laid over blues guitar and jazz piano lines. Other tracks, like “Comeback Kids,” lean toward minimalist pop. For Jayhawks fans, the rolling opener “Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces” jangles with life thanks to Louris’ charismatic voice. “Isabel’s Daughter” and “Lover of the Sun” bring back the band’s trademark harmonies and timeless melodies.

Louris produced the record with REM’s Peter Buck and Tucker Martine (The Decemberists, Modest Mouse, My Morning Jacket) without founding member Mark Olson.

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Junior Alan Vang said he’s learned how to cooperate with teammates, be a leader and communicate as part of the Entrepreneurship Academy, adding that it’s helping him prepare for college. Classmate Manny Hill said he’s learned how to dress for a business environment and skills such as how to write a business proposal. “This class is actually teaching you outside experiences that you really need,” he said. Poelstra and Iacarella opened the class to juniors and seniors, getting 32 kids to sign up. Students receive one credit in science, one in English and one in business. They also earn credit in entrepreneurship from Minne-

apolis Community & Technical College. Poelstra and Iacarella teach the class with Scott and science teacher Erin Ridley, along with two facilitators from the sustainability and entrepreneurship nonprofit Spark-Y. Students are working with Spark-Y this first semester on projects such as building infrastructure inside the school’s greenhouse and creating a garden-to-cafeteria concept. Facilitator Rachel Mazac said the plan is to implement the proposals at the start of the new year. The students will work on projects within the community next semester, partnering with organizations such as

the YMCA, Allina Health and potentially Northeast-based Art Force Academy, Iacarella said. Poelstra works with the students on soft skills such as constructive criticism and teamwork. They’ve also had business professionals work with them on resumes. The program has come at no added cost to the school, Iacarella said. Edison offers several other business classes, in addition to the Entrepreneurship Academy. It also has its well-established Voyager program, which combines career and worksite seminars with mentoring and job experience.

Ex-Whittier principal charged for misusing funds A former Whittier International Elementary School principal has been charged with three felony counts of theft by swindle for using a Minneapolis Public Schools credit card for personal expenditures. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced the charges against Anne DePerry Dec. 7. DePerry used her MPS credit card for more than $11,000 in purchases for personal use and another $5,000 that was unaccounted for or suspicious, according to the county attorney’s office. Per the county attorney’s office: A random audit by the school district in October 2015 turned up a charge on DePerry’s MPS credit card at a hat store overseas. The auditor looked at six weeks of charges by DePerry and found that others were for nonschool-related expenses. DePerry told the auditor she must have accidentally used the wrong card and offered to write a check for the $1,700 in charges turned up over the period.

A complete audit found that DePerry made $11,830 in non-school-related charges from December 2013 through September 2015. It also found another $5,440 in charges that were suspicions but could not be completely ruled out as school related. The auditor told the Minneapolis police investigator that it was unlikely DePerry could have charged the items by mistake. DePerry resigned her position with MPS on Nov. 11, 2015. The district sent a letter to parents a week later, saying that she had “grossly misused public taxpayer funds.” In October, Lu See Kwik, a parent with a student enrolled at Livermore Valley Charter School in Livermore, Calif., contacted the Southwest Journal about the school’s new principal, E. Anne Anderson. Kwik said she believed E. Anne Anderson was actually DePerry, and that she had grown concerned about the new principal after reading news accounts in the Minneapolis press about DePerry’s alleged misuse

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— Dylan Thomas contributed to this report

Northeast charter school wins innovation award Yinghua Academy in Northeast has been honored by the statewide charter-school association for its partnership with the Minnesota Online High School. The Minnesota Association of Charter Schools honored the K–8 Chinese immersion school for creating free online Chinese courses for students who may not have access to high-level courses. The school and the Minnesota Online High School have developed three levels of yearlong advanced Chinese courses that prepare students for the Advanced Placement exam. Yinghua was one of five schools honored by the association. Each received $1,000.

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