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Council member pushes for a new Somali mall Abdi Warsame’s proposal aims to relieve congestion around two popular shopping centers By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com
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ith more than 100 stores and thousands of daily visitors, Whittier’s Karmel Mall may someday see more competition. Council Member Abdi Warsame (6th Ward) is promoting the idea of a cooperatively-owned mall in Minneapolis to improve conditions for tenants and ease pressure on the surrounding neighborhood. Warsame said both Karmel Mall near Pillsbury & Lake and the 24 Mall at 24th & Elliot stand in very dense neighborhoods. “My priority is not necessarily just to create a mall,” Warsame said. “It’s to alleviate the pressure on the Phillips community.”
Washburn switches schedule, start times School going from seven to six periods
5 Council Member Abdi Warsame says he’s leading an effort to build a cooperatively-owned mall for East African businesses. Photo by Michelle Bruch
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A regional collaboration on transit plans breakup Counties Transit Improvement Board took a fi st step toward dissolving in January
By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com
Washburn High School students will have one less class each school day next year, but they will be able to take classes before or after school — and stagger their start time — if they choose to. The school will switch from a seven- to a six-period schedule next fall, a move Principal Rhonda Dean said will give students and families more flexibility and give teachers more direct instructional time. Washburn will change its start and end
Warsame said he’s exploring sites for the mall in North and South Minneapolis. “Places where it’s not residential, so we don’t repeat the mistakes we have made,” he said. Multiple developers are interested, he said, and he’s considering a public-private partnership that would rely on East African entrepreneurs. Karmel Mall owner Basim Sabri, who said his brother and nephew own the 24 Mall, said the initiative is “propaganda.” He questioned who would fund and manage such an enterprise.
times to accommodate the changes. First period will start at 8:30 a.m. instead of 8:15 a.m., and the day will go until 3 p.m. instead of 3:15 p.m. Students will have the option of taking a “zero-hour” class before school or a “seventhhour” class after school. They will also be allowed to flex their schedule and go to school starting at 7:30 a.m. or 9:30 a.m. if they choose.
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Frustrations with the state legislature have pushed members of the Counties Transit Improvement Board to begin the process of splitting up, potentially ending a collaboration on regional transit planning and funding that began in 2008.
A resolution declaring the board’s “preliminary intent to dissolve” passed on an 8–3 vote at the board’s Jan. 18 meeting. The board has set a February deadline for all five CTIB member counties to agree on a plan for the SEE TRANSIT / PAGE A2
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breakup, and under that schedule the board could hold its final meeting as early as June. The plan is all about finding a way to work around the state legislature, where Republicans have largely blocked funding for metroarea transit projects in recent years. The state’s commitment to capital costs on those projects is usually around 10 percent, but when it failed to kick-in its full share for the $1.9-billion Southwest Light Rail Transit project last year, CTIB, Hennepin County and the Metropolitan Council partnered to fill the $144.5million hole. The idea behind the dissolution is to allow CTIB’s member counties to swap one stateauthorized transportation tax for another to raise additional revenue and cover what would have been the state’s share of transit projects. The state legislation that created CTIB allows each of the member counties to collect a quarter-cent sales tax and a $20 motor-vehicle sales tax for transit funding. But non-CTIB counties may collect up to a half-cent for transportation, revenues that can be applied to roads and bridges in addition to transit. Metropolitan Council Chair Adam Duininck said CTIB’s dissolution could make planning and paying for regional transit projects more complicated. But it may be the only way for its member counties to avoid wrangling with the legislature over bus and light rail projects. “One of the major holdups in the last couple of years has been the state’s share of the capital cost of these projects,” Duininck said. “Many at the CTIB board believe this is a better way to have a regional vision. I do worry about the impacts on our regional network, in so far as counties are looking at their individual needs.” State Sen. Scott Dibble, the ranking DFLer on the Senate’s Transportation and Finance Policy Committee, described the potential dissolution of CTIB as “a shame,” but said he supported the move “as a matter of practicality.” “(It’s) a consequence of the fact that Republi-
Hennepin County, McLaughlin noted. Anoka County Commissioner Matt Look, who voted against the resolution, suggested CTIB members might have pushed for more investment in their own areas if they knew dissolution was on the horizon. “What we don’t want to be responsible for is future projects in Hennepin County and other counties that Anoka is not a part of,” Schulte added.
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Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin also chairs the Counties Transit Improvement Board, which in January took a step toward dissolving. Photo by Dylan Thomas
cans are so intransigent and refuse to respond to what is the obvious and glaring need for transit investments in the metro area,” Dibble said.
Questions of fairness To date, CTIB has spent nearly $1 billion on local transit projects and helped to leverage close to $1.5 billion in federal funds for transit. To reach an agreement on dissolution, the board’s member counties will have to decide how to divide among themselves CTIB’s future funding commitments. CTIB, for instance, covers half the net operating subsidy for regional transitway projects and is committed to a 27.8-percent share (up to $516.5 million)
of capital costs for SWLRT, the state’s largestever transportation project. Questions about how each county will fare when the funds they have pooled into CTIB drain back into county coffers led to the divided vote on Jan. 18. The “no” votes came from one of the two Anoka County board members and both members from Dakota County. “Hennepin County is going to be the great receiver of a great deal of CTIB funds,” said Anoka County Commissioner Scott Schulte, who ultimately voted in favor of the resolution. Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin, who chairs CTIB, said that was simply a matter of scheduling. Most of CTIB’s recently approved grants are for projects in
Ramsey County Commissioner Jim McDonough said he didn’t think there was a dissolution plan that could satisfy all five CTIB member counties. But McDonough said there was “value and benefit” for each in the dissolution. That value includes a potential increase in tax revenue for the counties. But since those funds would be available for road and bridge projects in addition to transit, it raises the possibility that regional transit priorities will have to compete even more fiercely against demands for improvements to the state’s motor-vehicle infrastructure. “Within individual counties, that decision will have to be made,” McLaughlin said. “I think it’s fair to say a county like Dakota will be spending money on roads, and that would be their prerogative. And that’s one reason they wanted to withdraw.” CTIB’s dissolution may also alter the debate at the state capitol, where Republican opposition to funding SWLRT stood in the way of a bonding bill last session. “Southwest ended up being kind of a little bit of a hang-up last session, and if that’s resolved and people move on and are ready to move on, maybe that can clear the way for other big, important stuff to go on,” Duininck said.
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Sumeya Ahmed, Mohamed Hersi and Balqiis Hersi, co-founders of the new ZiZi Boutique at 315 W. Lake St. Photo by SJ
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ZiZi Boutique A new Lake Street boutique combines modernity and modesty. “Everything in here is designed by me and my friends,” said co-owner Sumeya Ahmed, who is opening the store with Balqiis Hersi and Hersi’s brother Mohamed. “There is a lot of need for clothes like this,” Ahmed said. “… We almost sold out of our winter collection.” The shop carries dresses, jackets, handbags and accessories and Kasa shoes handmade in Ghana. Mohamed, an artist and painter, has developed a clothing line for men called Original Royal Refugee. “We’re all refugees,” said Ahmed, who lived in Dubai after war broke out in Somalia. “We all came from somewhere.” Balqiis was about three years old when her family fled Somalia to live in New Delhi. Her family lost touch with their father for 12 years
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while he remained in the country. “My mom is one strong woman,” she said. Her mother runs a store at the nearby Somali mall, where Balqiis helps design the clothing. They recently returned from a work trip to China. “I have seven sisters and two brothers, and I was the only one who was interested in clothing,” she said. The new shop is named for her “little fashionista” niece, whose nickname is Zizi. “She always came to my closet and said, ‘I like your shop,’ ” she said. The shop opened in December, and Ahmed said they’ve found the right location at 315 W. Lake St. “We have the Somali community, and we have Uptown,” Ahmed said. “This location is really perfect for our idea. … Anybody can walk in.”
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A naturopathic medical practice that operated above Nighthawks has expanded and relocated to 4450 Nicollet Ave., recently adding a fifth doctor. “It’s all about getting to the root cause here,” cofounder Sara Jean Barrett said. She said chronic migraines, for example, could be caused by anything from a nutritional deficiency to sleep deprivation, chronic stress or disrupted circadian rhythms caused by working with screens all day. “We do not have a one-size-fits-all healthcare program,” said co-founder Jesse Haas. “We spend a significant amount of time understanding their story.” Treatment can include nutritional coaching, musculoskeletal therapy, massage, acupuncture, naturopathic medicine or reiki. Wellness Minneapolis also sells its own teas (available to sample in the lobby) formulated to fend off cold symptoms, ease stress or soothe digestion. Barrett and Haas originally met four years ago at Sun Street Breads — Barrett was new to Minneapolis and looking to begin her naturopathic practice, and Haas was a masseuse and health coach looking for someone to join her wellness studio. Since Wellness Minneapolis launched in 2014, the practice has tripled in size. “The team is where the magic is,” Barrett said. The founders hope to someday open a community clinic with services available for free
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Soul Mate Salmon founders Tollef Monson and Adelia Myrick in Alaska, where they catch salmon to sell in Minnesota. Submitted photo
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Soul Mate Salmon Tollef Monson and Adelia Myrick spend the summer in Alaska, where they fish out of open 23-foot skiffs and pull up nets of salmon by hand. Now they’re spending the winter in the CARAG neighborhood, selling their salmon at venues like Calhoun Square and the Northeast Farmers Market. Monson said he first traveled to Alaska at age 21 “in search of more winter.” “I was born and raised in Minneapolis, so I wasn’t afraid of it,” he said. He spent time mushing sled dogs in the Iditarod and joined a commercial fishing crew five miles from Myrick, who had fished her entire life with her family on Uganik Bay. They met and eventually fell in love on Uganik Bay, a spot without roads or telephones that’s famous for brown bears. “Our mail comes once a week by floatplane,” Monson said. He described their last night in Alaska at their waterfront home on the bay. Something woke him up, and he wondered if it was a grizzly on the porch or the wood stove popping. “I cracked a window and listened, and I
realized it was the sound of humpback whales breaching over and over in the night,” he said. “It was loud enough to wake me up.” To make the trek to Minnesota the following day, they bundled up in fur hats and boated 60 miles to reach Kodiak city. “This is a dream that has been a few years in the making,” Myrick said. “Fish in the summer and sell directly to people in the wintertime, rather than cobble together various different jobs. …. We’re changing our lives in order to live the way we want, in more remote Kodiak, Alaska. It’s really gratifying.” Soul Mate Salmon’s sockeye salmon fillets (flash frozen and vacuum-sealed) and smoked coho salmon portions (smoked with four ingredients and ready to eat) are wild and therefore free of antibiotics, dyes and genetic modifications. “Minnesotans know fish and they appreciate good quality fish,” Monson said. The sale at Calhoun Square runs every Saturday from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. (or until they sell out), and Soul Mate Salmon offers free delivery in the metro.
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The staff at Barnes & Noble want to assure customers they are still open at 3216 W. Lake St., even though the new owners of the Calhoun Village shopping center spent time negotiating with Walgreens to replace the bookstore. “So far we have been unable to negotiate anything with our pharmacy user to take the Barnes & Noble space, so everything is going to stay status quo at this point,” said Tony Kuechle, Doran Companies’ senior vice president of development. “Everything would be subject to the lease of Barnes & Noble.” “The Walgreens folks just decided that they didn’t want to go through a move,” said Doran Companies Spokesman John Wodele. “… Never
say forever in this business. Obviously retail trends change and business changes, so you never make promises beyond a lease.” Another Barnes & Noble store on Nicollet Mall will close this spring, according to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Barnes & Noble Assistant Manager Pete Richie said the Calhoun Village store is a high performer and customers are loyal. “We tell them we’re staying open, and they do these little hand claps,” he said. “Our store has always performed well. We always hit our numbers.” The store marks its 25th anniversary on Feb. 17.
54TH & PENN
Marathon gas station David Bylund has retired after more than 30 years at 5400 Penn Ave., and the property home to the Marathon gas station and Jensen’s Car Care has changed hands. The North Loopbased 5400 LLC acquired the property in November, according to property records. “It won’t be a gas station,” Bylund said. “It will be redeveloped.” John Gross, a partner in the new project, said plans have not been finalized.
“We’re hoping to potentially do a restaurant that would be something chef-driven and neighborhood focused,” he said. Gross said he plans to reuse and renovate the existing building, similar to his previous projects in Linden Hills: Upton 43 in the former Bayers Hardware building at 43rd & Upton, and Echidna office space at the former Southwest Motor building at 44th & Beard.
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Tilt The pinball machines will always be in working order at Tilt. That’s because co-owner John Galvin, opening Tilt in partnership with the owners of Nightingale, runs a pinball business. Between the long play times, the steel balls, the shaking machines and the carbon dust, he finds plenty to clean and fix. “Part of the fun is to fix stuff,” said Galvin, who recently took apart the drop target assembly on an Indiana Jones game. “The art of the game is to shake it, but not too much.” He provides machines for venues like Mortimer’s, which is where he met longtime bartender Jasha Johnston and his wife Carrie McCabe-Johnston. A pinball bar was their dream on the backburner until Jasha and Carrie’s high school friends — the co-founders of CPM Development — asked if they knew anyone who might
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Winter farmers market mend pairing it with bread from Sun Street Breads). The cheese makers include LoveTree Farmstead from Grantsburg, Wis., Singing Hills Goat Dairy from Nerstrand, Minn. and Cosmic Wheel Creamery from Clear Lake, Wis. Farmington-based Brand Farms will sell Honeycrisp and SweeTango apple chips, Havlicek’s Orchard from Webster will bring apples and Mary Dirty Face Farm near Menomonie will provide apple sauces. The Broken Heartland String Band play 9 a.m.–11 a.m. and the Roe Family Singers perform 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. The Saturday markets will run from 9 a.m.– 1:30 p.m. at Bachman’s Garden Center, 6010 Lyndale Ave. S.
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Mortimer’s will continue its run at Franklin & Lyndale thanks to the owners of Nightingale, Jasha Johnston and Carrie McCabe-Johnston. CPM Development is proposing to build a sixstory apartment project next to the bar. Jasha said two other development groups had looked at the property and expected to demolish the bar, given the expensive real estate. “They thought they had to tear it down. They
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Minneapolis seeks to allow dogs in taprooms and cafes The City Council has directed city staff to seek a variance to a state rule that bans dogs from taprooms and coffee shops. City Council Member Lisa Goodman set the process in motion after a constituent contacted her last fall about an experience at Sisyphus Brewing. The taproom is located in the Lowry Hill neighborhood, part of Goodman’s Ward 7. “He was enjoying a beer at Sisyphus Brewing when a health inspector came in and nailed Sisyphus for allowing dogs, and (he asked) what could I do about it?” Goodman said. “And I could not figure out, to be honest, what was illegal — because I know the rules and regulations, and I know the big issue is you can’t have dogs where food is prepared. “But Sisyphus is a brewpub, and brewpubs by nature are not allowed to have food.” As Goodman later found out, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture defines water as food. Beer, being mostly water, fits the definition, and a state Health Department rule prohibits live animals from the premises of a food establishment in most cases. Goodman — a dog owner who has served on the board of the Animal Humane Society and led a successful effort to open three downtown dog parks — was incredulous. “You could not make this stuff up,” she said. Goodman learned the staff direction had to originate in the Council’s Health, Environment and Community Engagement Committee, so she enlisted the help of a colleague on that committee, Andrew Johnson. The Ward 12 alderman is, like Goodman, a dog lover; he posed with a dog in the photo that appears on his page of the city’s website. Johnson had heard similar complaints from
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A Minneapolis ordinance requiring employers to offer workers paid sick time survived a legal challenge, but it didn’t make it out of Hennepin County Judge Mel Dickstein’s courtroom unscathed. Dickstein denied the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce’s request to stop the city from enforcing the ordinance, set to go into effect ADT Dental SWJ 12617 6.indd 1
constituents. He said Angry Catfish Bicycle and Coffee Bar in Ward 12’s Standish neighborhood used to set out dog bowls but stopped when they heard from a city inspector. Johnson argued the state rules shouldn’t apply to establishments where “minimal food preparation” occurs, like taprooms and coffee shops. “There’s people out there who shed more than some dogs, and there’s dogs who are more well-behaved than some patrons of restaurants and breweries,” he said. The rule change wouldn’t apply to full-service restaurants, and each business would be able to decide whether or not to allow dogs, he added. Sisyphus Brewing didn’t respond to a request for comment, but Ethan Applen of Lakes and Legends Brewing in Loring Park said he supported the rule change. “I would say the number-one call we get from customers is whether or not we allow dogs,” Applen, the brewery’s co-founder and CEO, said. He said brewing at his facility is a “totally closed process,” making the risk of contamination from dogs in the taproom miniscule. “From the minute the grains go in for the boil, the beer never touches the air again until it comes out of the tap,” he said. Applen, a dog owner, said breweries are community gathering places, and in other states, like Colorado, it’s common to see dogs in taprooms. In a dense residential neighborhood like Loring Park, dog owners want to be able to go out with their pets, he said. Johnson said they aim to acquire the variance quickly, with a target implementation date of June 15 or sooner. A change.org petition in support of the change had more than 200 signatures as of Jan. 25.
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July l. But the judge decided an upcoming hearing must settle the question of whether Minneapolis can force the ordinance on out-of-town businesses that operate inside the city. The Jan. 19 ruling allowed both sides to claim a partial victory. SEE SICK-TIME / PAGE A7
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Public invited to give input on minimum wage policy The City of Minneapolis is seeking public input on a proposal to raise the city’s minimum wage at nine upcoming listening sessions. The City Council is expected to consider a citywide minimum wage ordinance this spring. City staff members are seeking feedback from the public — including both workers and business owners — as they develop policy recommendations to present to the council. The series of listening sessions began Jan. 24 and runs through Feb. 23. The first seven seek input from specific stakeholder communities, while the final two are open to the general public. A city-commissioned study released last fall found raising the minimum wage would benefit tens of thousands of Minneapolis workers. Pay increases would go mainly to people of color, particularly blacks and Latinos, who are disproportionately represented in low-wage positions. That same study suggested employers would experience only moderate increases in costs, a finding that has been challenged by some business owners and City Council members. The industries that are most likely to pay minimum wage — including retail, restaurants, fast food, health care and childcare — would see the steepest increases in payroll and operating costs, according to the study’s authors, a team of economists from the University of Minnesota. Their models predicted a $15 minimum wage could raise operating costs for restaurants by as much as 5.4 percent, but suggested most of those costs would be passed on to consumers through higher menu prices, increasing a $25 meal tab by approximately $1.66. The study examined both a $12 and a $15 minimum wage scenario. It found a $12 minimum wage would boost pay for 47,000 of the city’s approximately 311,000 workers, or about 15 percent of the workforce. A $15 minimum wage would affect 71,000 Minneapolis workers, or about 23 percent of the workforce, over half of them Latino. A listening session for the Latino community was held at Mercado Central on Jan. 24, just before this issue went to press. The remaining schedule includes:
Jan. 26: Minneapolis Business Advisory Group 2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m. in the basement conference room at U.S. Bank, 919 E. Lake St.
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hours worked, up to a maximum of 48 hours per year. The chamber filed the lawsuit in October, seeking an injunction that would prevent the city from enforcing the ordinance. It argued the ordinance was in conflict with state law and that state rules on sick time preempted city rules. Dickstein cast doubt on those arguments in his ruling, but he found a valid question in a third argument brought by the chamber: that Minneapolis overstepped its authority by trying to regulate businesses located outside the city limits. The ordinance applies to workers who spend at least 80 hours per year working in Minneapolis. A statement released by the chamber described the ordinance as a flawed, “onesize-fits-all mandate” that would hamstring business. The statement described as a “burden” the requirement that employers track every hour workers spend on the clock in Minneapolis.
“The City prevailed on the plaintiffs’ central challenges to the ordinance,” City Attorney Susan Segal said in a statement. “The order affirms that the City’s sick leave ordinance is neither in conflict with nor preempted by state law. The court deferred for trial only the question of the exact scope of the jurisdictional reach of the ordinance.” Chamber President Doug Loon said he, too, was “pleased” with the ruling. “As the district court explained, ‘the city is not free to impose its public policy initiatives on companies beyond its territorial jurisdiction,’” said Loon in a statement, quoting from Dickstein’s 29-page ruling. “At the same time, we are disappointed that the court decided not to enjoin the ordinance as a whole. ... We intend to appeal this portion of the district court’s decision.” The ordinance, approved by the Council in May, requires employers to offer at least one hour of sick and safe time for every 30
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Jan. 30: East Town Business Partnership 3 p.m.–4:30 p.m. at Day Block Brewing, 1105 Washington Ave. S. Feb. 7: Native American community 5:30 p.m.–7 p.m. at All My Relations Gallery, 1414 E. Franklin Ave. Feb. 14: Minneapolis Downtown Council and Northeast Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce 4 p.m.–5:30 p.m. at a location to be determined Feb. 15: African American community 3 p.m.–5 p.m. at NEON, 1007 W. Broadway Ave. Feb. 15: General public 6 p.m.–7:30 p.m. at Sabathani Community Center, 310 E. 38th St. Feb. 23: General public 6 p.m.–7:30 p.m. at Minneapolis Urban League, 2100 Plymouth Ave. N.
In December, Mayor Betsy Hodges, who previously opposed Minneapolis taking a go-it-alone approach to wages, said she would support a citywide minimum wage as long as it included tipped workers. Support for a $15 minimum wage is widespread among those who plan to run for City Council in 2017. Go to minneapolismn.gov/minimumwage to learn more about the upcoming listening sessions or to read a copy of the report delivered to the council last fall. Minneapolis residents don’t have to attend a listening session to participate; email questions or feedback to minwage@minneapolis.gov.
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Transgender activist and rocker Venus DeMars performs at the Mad Ripple Anti-Trump and Pro-People and -Music Hootenanny on Inauguration Day 2017. Photo for the Southwest Journal by Tony Nelson
Use your voice
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alf an hour before Donald Trump took the oath of office last Friday, I headed over to Studio 2 Café and started setting up for the day-long protest and pro-music and -people hootenanny that took place on that supremely groovy corner of 46th & Bryant, which has hosted so many good works for so many over the last few years. With the Trump presidency looming, I decided to stick my head in the sand with live music all that dastardly day and hibernate in my progressive liberal hootenanny bubble away from the nauseating news cycle. Luckily, I wasn’t alone. Trump couldn’t get any musicians of any worth to perform at his selfabration that day, but in less than an hour the previous Sunday night, more than a dozen Twin Cities musicians/songwriters responded to the call for an anti-Inauguration Day Hoot with “I’m in” and “What time?” So that’s exactly what we did, and I report it here as but one manifestation of what a lot
I heard every song that anti-Inauguration Day, and I’m proud to know all concerned — great Americans and patriots who too often play for little or no monetary compensation, but whose souls, as a result, remain more intact than many.
of people are suggesting should be a regular antidote to the horror show coming out of Washington: Don’t get overwhelmed by the soul-crushing big picture or by the thought of trying to change the big bad world, think small. I speak from experience that true soul sustenance and change can come from keeping it local, talking to neighbors and doing whatever you can to fight the power and make meaningful community. Or, as the great union activist and folkie Joe Hill put it, “Don’t mourn, organize.” To that end, on anti-Inauguration Day morning I was joined by my early-day arrivees and fellow songwriters Doug Collins, Nici Peper and Craig Paquette. We set up the sound system, plugged in and started playing to a small group of coffee shop regulars and laptop workers. The Resistance was on! Over the course of the next nine hours, a steady stream of shell-shocked live music lovers came and went, and throughout the day we were joined by Mary Bue, Terry Walsh, Helen Heyer-Walsh, Joe Fahey, Kari Arnett, AJ Scheiber, Michael Tienken, Venus DeMars, Brianna Lane, John Louis, Dan Israel, John Magnuson, Matthew French and Katy Vernon, all of whom pitched in their time, tunes and tenacity to help navigate this strange new reality we’re swimming through. Much was communicated throughout the day, with singers opting mostly for betweensong silence and sickly smiles over stating the obvious. Happy but woke faces abounded throughout the day, and the sound of music lifted spirits and inspired all gathered to think beyond the “like-minded” ghettos we too often box ourselves into. Doug performed his terrific song about
organic community-building, “Let Me Tell You ’Bout My Friends,” Katy sang a haunting new song about the importance of listening, Venus did an impassioned reading of David Bowie’s “Five Years,” Brianna knit pink pussy power hats between songs for the following day’s Women’s March in St. Paul, Matthew and others made pleas for peace and love versus hate and divisiveness, my brother Terry led the choir in a killer version of Elvis Costello’s “What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love, and Understanding?” and AJ performed a stunning new song, “Woody Guthrie, Where Are You Tonight?”, that poetically resurrected its namesake for these putrid times: “Hey, Woody Guthrie, where are you tonight?/We’re worried and we’re weary/This world it don’t seem right/The rich are getting richer/And the poor are getting poor/The fox is in the hen house/And the wolf is at the door/You sang ‘This Land Is Your Land’/But now this land is theirs/The ones who’ve been a-takin’/Way more than their share/They’re scooping up the dollars/And leaving us with dimes/It’s hard to be a poor man and living in these times.” The night ended with Joe Fahey leading everybody in a sing-along of Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds” (“Don’t worry ’bout a thing/everything’s gonna be alright”) and Dan Israel’s howling night-capper of the Sex Pistols’ “Anarchy In The UK” — which proved especially cathartic, given the simmering anger about Trump’s hate-filled cabinet and racist, sexist, homophobic agenda. “Anger is an energy,” as Johnny Rotten sang, and I was happy to scream along at the top of my lungs to end the night, as hot anger isn’t always readily communicated or celebrated by acoustic music. Studio 2 Café is owned by David Hussman and Andrien Thomas. Two years ago, the couple built a stage and installed a P.A. and fought City Hall mightily to bring live music back to the corner, and we’re all the richer for it. In these times, when journalists, artists and all Americans are suddenly being put on daily alert that free thought and expression is under fire from the federal government, a gathering place where people can play music and speak their minds feels more important than ever. Come on down. I heard every song that anti-Inauguration Day, and I’m proud to know all concerned — great Americans and patriots who too often play for little or no monetary compensation, but whose souls, as a result, remain more intact than many. Trump’s election has left many feeling powerless and afraid of NEA grant cuts and other more sinister modes of expression oppression. But over the course of those first nine hours of the new Tea Party regime, I bore witness to a very real alternate reality that has many tendrils and versions, all of which reject the creep show and determinedly fight for the collective good. What’s yours? Jim Walsh lives and grew up in South Minneapolis. He can be reached at jimwalsh086@gmail.com
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A solution in search of a problem The article on Eric Dayton and his Skyway Avoidance Society plays into the worst stereotypes about Minneapolis. It’s a half-baked, pretentious and self-indulgent solution in search of a problem. Didn’t the city just spend $50 million on Nicollet Mall for the “health and vitality” of downtown Minneapolis? And has Mr. Dayton walked down there recently? It’s noisy, smelly and a pain to get around with all the various sidewalk closures. It’ll be great once it’s done, but I’m going to stick with the skyway for now. It’s great that Mr. Dayton wants to walk outside, but not all of us want to take 15 minutes to bundle up to walk two blocks. Did
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Mr. Dayton walk downtown in the summer? The food trucks on 2nd Avenue had lines about five deep, and the farmers market at Government Center was packed with people looking for fresh produce. It seemed full of vitality to me. I’m sorry that many don’t feel like meandering when it’s minus 10 out. It’s also great that Mr. Dayton is concerned that office workers don’t interact with homeless people much due to the skyway. Maybe he could help the cause by giving away some of those fancy $29 hats, $60 scarves and $134 sweaters from his store to some people in need. I’ll help hand them out. Mr. Dayton, quit pretending like this isn’t a ploy to sell more clothes. Why don’t you focus your energy on a real problem downtown like crime or homelessness? Nick Hansen, St. Louis Park
and events and gives them access to food and shopping, which wasn’t possible in our other, non-skyway connected location. We invite you to visit us at Assemble Shared Office in the 15 Building and see why taking down the skyway would be disastrous for our staff and Minneapolis residents who live with disabilities. Lynn Wehrman, WeCo Digital Accessibility Services
thinking of yourself and not others — others who have to use the skyway and are so thankful for it. Dottie Lewis, Downtown West
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Inauguration Day prompts protest to ‘resist’ Trump administration Ahead of the much larger Women’s March in St. Paul, hundreds of anti-Trump demonstrators marched through Minneapolis By Nate Gotlieb and Dylan Thomas
Hundreds of protestors marched from Lake & Nicollet to City Hall on Jan. 20, chanting slogans against deportation and encouraging resistance as Donald Trump was sworn-in as the 45th president of the United States in Washington, D.C. The protest was organized by the Resist from Day One Coalition, which lists more than 50 members on its website, including unions, faith groups and social justice organizations. Protesters gathered at Lake & Nicollet starting at about 2 p.m. to begin their march to City Hall. Others joined the main protest group along the way, including University of Minnesota students marching from campus and a group protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline who started their Black Snake Resistance March at Franklin & Chicago. Minneapolis resident Doug Kelly held a sign that read “No Intel? No tax returns? No ethics! No president!” Kelly said Trump needs to be told that he didn’t “win the election” and that the Electoral College “voted him in. Not the voters.” “I don’t find him very genuine,” Kelly said. “I believe Donald does whatever he thinks is going to be best for Donald. The fact that he’s not interested in (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s influence on the election, to be in that type of denial is just totally undemocratic. That’s a disqualifier right there.” Protest attendees Emma Singer and Deon Haider said the issues of climate and immigration concern them the most under a
Hundreds of anti-Trump protesters marched to Minneapolis City Hall on Inauguration Day. Photo by Nate Gotlieb
Trump presidency. “Now is when we need to be making changes for the future,” Haider said, “and the longer we delay cutting our carbon emissions, the more trouble we’re going to have in the future.” Singer said she attended the protest to be around people who were also just as “upset and scared” about a Trump presidency. “There’s not anything I can do to change it now,” she said. “You just kind of fight individual policies and hope that you can build enough community.” Marchers MJ Spotts and Cathy Mosher, who both live in Minneapolis, described Trump as an
illegitimate and potentially dangerous president. “He’s a bully, and bullies need to be stood up to,” Mosher said. Bashir Yussuf and Abdul Mohamed marched side-by-side as the protest group passed the Minneapolis Convention Center on its way to City Hall. Both were born in Somalia and now live in Minneapolis. Yussuf and Mohamed said they felt Trump was assembling an administration that was antiimmigrant and anti-Muslim. “Today in his (inaugural) speech, he mentioned ‘radical Islam,’ ” Mohamed said. “I’m a Muslim and I’m not a radical.”
The day before the inauguration, Mayor Betsy Hodges directed top staffers to “prepare an assessment of the legal and financial implications” of a Trump presidency for Minneapolis. The letter, describing an “urgent and uncertain context” to their work, was shared with reporters. “Donald J. Trump has made a number of promises that if implemented, would have a significant impact on the city of Minneapolis and its residents,” Hodges wrote, addressing her comments to the city coordinator, city attorney, chief financial officer and director of intergovernmental relations. While campaigning, Trump pledged to pull federal funding from so-called “sanctuary cities” — those, like Minneapolis, that place limits on how local authorities cooperate with federal immigration agents. Teachers across Minneapolis on Thursday held “walk ins” to protest Trump’s pick for education secretary, billionaire school-choice advocate Betsy DeVos. The Republican donor said in her confirmation hearing that she would advocate for charter schools and school choice, but Democrats have expressed concerns that she will gut public education. The day after the Inauguration Day march through Minneapolis, the Women’s March drew a vastly larger crowd to St. Paul. An estimated 90,000–100,000 people protested in support of women’s rights and against discrimination.
Feds approve engineering of Bottineau light rail The Federal Transit Administration granted approval Jan. 19 for the $1.5-billion Bottineau Light Rail Transit project to enter into the engineering phase, one of the final steps before construction is anticipated to begin in 2018. The 13-mile extension of the Metro Blue Line adds 11 stations and creates a rail link between downtown Minneapolis and Brooklyn Park. Under the project’s current schedule, trains will begin carrying passengers on the new tracks in 2021. “We have a strong reputation nationally for
successfully delivering on transit projects,” Metropolitan Council Chair Adam Duininck said in a statement. Bottineau is one of two light rail construction projects the Met Council is managing at the same time. The $1.86-billion Southwest Light Rail Transit project entered the engineering phase late last year. The state’s largest-ever transportation project is a 14.5-mile extension of the Metro Green Line will add tracks between Minneapolis and Eden Prairie.
Although Southwest Light Rail Transit is in the midst of a lawsuit alleging a flawed environmental review process, Met Council plans to apply for a federal grant that will cover half of the project’s total cost sometime this year. That was only possible after Duininck and Gov. Mark Dayton in August negotiated a plan that involves the Met Council, Hennepin County and the Counties Transit Improvement Board filling in the missing portion of local project funding that was supposed to come from the state. The state originally had a 10-percent share of
the funding pie for SWLRT, but Republicans in the state legislature stood in the way of adding anything more to the $30.3 million in state funds already committed to the project. An application for federal funding of the Blue Line extension is also expected to go to the FTA this year, but Met Council once again needs to secure the final 10 percent of the local funding commitments before it can move on to that step. Just $1 million in state funds are so far committed to the Blue Line extension. — Dylan Thomas
Metro Transit ridership down slightly in 2016 Metro Transit experienced its busiest day ever last September, but overall ridership in 2016 fell from a record set the previous year, the agency reported Jan. 13. Annual ridership on Metro Transit buses and trains dropped about 3.7 percent to 82.6 million rides in 2016 — which the agency noted was still the third-highest ridership total since 1981. Metro Transit cited Nicollet Mall construction and low gas prices as two factors behind the dip, but noted annual ridership has increased in nine of the past 11 years.
The ridership news comes as the Metropolitan Council is considering service cutbacks and fare hikes to counter a deficit in its transportation budget. The council is projecting a shortfall in revenues from the motor vehicle sales tax, which it uses to fund Metro Transit operations. The agency set a single-day ridership record during the 2016 Minnesota State Fair. Metro Transit provided nearly 370,000 rides Sept. 1, a day that also saw unprecedented use of express and regular bus routes to reach the Great Minnesota Get-together.
Metro Transit’s bus service accounted for about 70 percent of rides in 2016, while Green Line and Blue Line light rail combined carried about 28 percent of the total. The system also includes the A Line rapid bus service connecting south Minneapolis to St. Paul, which reached an average weekday ridership of over 4,500 during its first six months of operation. Metro Transit reported ridership was up by about one-third on that corridor since the A Line and Route 84 bus began rapid service on that corridor in June.
On an average weekday, just over 2,500 riders boarded the Northstar Commuter Rail Line between downtown Minneapolis and Big Lake, a slight decrease from 2015. — Dylan Thomas
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We’re actually creating a schedule that can work with families’ needs, especially when transportation is not binding us. — Principal Rhonda Dean
Washburn High School ninth-grader Anna Keefe meets with counselor Amy Webster to discuss her schedule for the 2017-18 school year. Photo by Nate Gotlieb FROM WASHBURN / PAGE A1
“We’re actually creating a schedule that can work with families’ needs, especially when transportation is not binding us,” Dean said, noting that students have Metro Transit passes. The move comes two years after Washburn switched from a six- to a seven-period schedule to accommodate students in the International Baccalaureate diploma program. Those students were unable to complete all of their IB and district-graduation requirements under the old six-period system, Dean said, forcing them to take health and physical education online. The district reduced its graduation requirements in fall of 2015, however, which allowed students seeking an IB diploma to fit everything into a six-period day. “The motivating factor to move to a sevenperiod day was kind of out of play,” Dean said. Adding a seventh period meant that nonIB-diploma-seeking students began to finish their graduation requirements earlier in their academic careers, Dean said. Counselors found that the upperclassmen didn’t want
class, she said. She stressed that 90 percent of students will have an 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m. schedule. IB diploma candidates will likely take two courses beyond the regular six-period schedule, she wrote in a letter to families. They may have to choose between an extra class, a club or a sport in some cases. Teachers will continue to teach five periods but will have one prep period instead of two. The school likely won’t offer study hall under the new schedule, Dean wrote in the letter, though it’s exploring study halls for specific subjects, such as math. The move could also decrease the number of requests for release periods. Dean conceded that the school did a poor job of communicating the changes to families, who learned of the change the day before course-registration info night. She said she would have provided the information in a timelier manner in hindsight. Most athletes will be advised to choose an 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m. schedule, Dean wrote. She said she anticipates the school will offer about three to five classes before and after school.
an extra class, she said, and hundreds of kids began requesting release periods from school. The move back to six periods will also allow Washburn to better utilize the $740,000 in “extended time” funding it receives from the district, Dean said. The money only covered a seven-period day for about three-fourths of Washburn’s students, forcing the school to use its building budget to supplement the extended day. The move will also increase each class period to 55 from 50 minutes, adding up to an additional 15 hours per class per year. That time will be valuable in helping to tackle Washburn’s achievement gap, Dean said. Staggered start times will help Washburn address its overcrowding issues, as the school’s student population continues to increase above its capacity of 1,554, she said. Dean said that the six-period schedule comes with social and emotional benefits, too. Kids get tired from a seven-period schedule, she said, noting that getting assignments in every class can be exhausting. Plus, it gives a respite to the high-achieving students who expect to perform well in every
It will offer those zero- and seventh-hour classes depending on student interest and won’t offer popular courses, such as varsity choir, during those times. Washburn site council co-chair Jeanne Massey said parents generally needed to give changes a good cycle before they know the further impacts. She said the changes made logical sense, adding that the biggest concern she’s heard from parents is about the zero hour forcing kids to come to school earlier. “Once they see how the schedules work out, I’m hoping they’ll be pleasantly surprised,” she said. Most high schools in the Twin Cities use a six-period schedule, according to Dean, including Minnetonka High School, which switched to a six-period schedule in 2005. The school had a significant problem with students taking a free hour before the switch, said Janet Swiecichowski, Minnetonka Public Schools executive director of communication. The school also had a problem with students registering for and then dropping classes. She said the average course load per student actually increased after the change, despite having one less period in the day. The district saved $500,000 by making the switch, and students were in each class nine minutes more per day. Minnetonka had a zero-hour program initially but has since replaced it with online courses taught by its own teachers. Swiecichowski said the online program has more than 1,000 enrollments. Edina High School has a six-period schedule but is switching to a seven-period hybrid schedule starting next year, a move that could cost an additional $400,000 to $550,000 annually. Students there will have seven classes three days a week and four classes two days a week.
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Southwest honors longtime basketball coach Southwest High School has dedicated its basketball court to honor longtime boys basketball coach Walt Williams. Williams coached from 1949 to 1980, including for about 25 years at Southwest, according to Southwest girls basketball coach Dan Froehlich. He is a member of the Minnesota Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame and won 326 games as a coach. “Anyone who pays attention to high school basketball knows that’s an incredible stat,” Froehlich said, noting that teams back then played fewer games than today. Williams died in 2004. Southwest alumnus Harvey Feldman paid for the new gym floor, which features Williams’ name, as well as new lights, basketball hoops and banners celebrating the school’s athletic championships. He and dozens of Southwest basketball alumni were on hand for the dedication ceremony before a recent boys basketball game.
Southwest High School basketball alumni gather to honor longtime basketball coach Walt Williams. Photo by Nate Gotlieb
Northeast Middle School students enter the Shark Tank Northeast Middle School students brought their pitches for a sustainable urban growing system in front of Minneapolis Public Schools leaders earlier this month. Science teacher Yosefa Carriger hosted the day, during which seventh-graders presented their ideas to a panel that included Supt. Ed Graff, School Board Treasurer Jenny Arneson and other district leaders. Phillipe Cunningham of Mayor Betsy Hodges’ office read the students a proclamation from the mayor. Students Khallyah Jordan and Tiana Novack said they were nervous at first but that it was cool to present. They said they want to someday open an OB-GYN clinic together someday and grow fruits and vegetables for the mothers for whom they care. “The mother and the baby inside will have more nutrients,” Khallyah said. Their aquaponics system would include fish,
Northeast Middle School students present their idea for sustainable city agriculture to Minneapolis Public Schools leaders. Photo by Nate Gotlieb
which would provide nutrients for the plants. Tiana said the plants would grow faster than plants grown in the ground.
“They all have a connection,” she said, “and each one depends on each other to survive and live.”
Minneapolis set to host Winter Wellness Week Minneapolis Public Schools is planning a weeklong event to foster a culture of social, emotional and physical well being while celebrating Minnesota winters. The district will host its first-ever Winter Wellness Week Jan. 30–Feb. 3, an event for all MPS schools that will include a virtual medal hunt and themed days and events. The goal is to create community engagement while teaching students healthy self-care skills, said MPS Wellness Program Manager Lindsay Biller. “We want to really start on a positive note and get kids thinking about self care and what you can do to feel well,” Biller said. Each day of the week will have a different theme. On Monday, physical education and health teachers will learn strategies for improving emotional health and wellbeing.
Students will not be in school that day. Tuesday is “Tall Sock Tuesday,” with the district encouraging staff and students to wear tall socks and winter hats. Teachers will have access to wintersafety lessons. The district will be celebrating “Winter Walk Day” for the third time on Wednesday. Lunch will include turkey chili, the winning recipe of the MPS Junior Iron Chef competition, and high school students will have warm oatmeal as a breakfast option. Thursday will be “Local Cozy Lunch” day, with the district celebrating with a lunch of oven-fried chicken, scalloped potatoes and mixed vegetables. On “Freestyle Friday,” the district will be encouraging schools to have students participate in some winter activity, such as building a snowman, ice skating or
shoveling a neighbor’s driveway. The weeklong scavenger hunt will feature nine clues. Teams of students and staff will have to virtually hunt for the clues and will have one chance to guess the correct answer. The district will post the list of schools registered for Winter Walk Day closer to the event date. Not all schools will register for the week. Some will hold events without extra support from the district. People are encouraged to use the hashtag #mpswinterwellness on social media to show their participation. Contact mpswellness@ mpls.k12.mn.us for more information on the week or visit nutritionservices.mpls.k12.mn.us/ winter_wellness_week to learn more.
Applications open for city’s summer internship program The city of Minneapolis is taking applications for its summer internship program for undergraduate and graduate students through Feb. 18. The Urban Scholars program aims to provide college students from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds with professional work experiences. Students work in different city departments such as the Mayor’s Office and City Council offices as well as with the Metropolitan Council, Hennepin County, Minneapolis Public Schools, the state of Minnesota and more. They also participate in a leadership institute, where they build networks and develop communication skills. “We hope to build a pipeline of leadership for the city as well as for our partner organizations,” said Aaron BrinkJohnson, who manages the program. Students are paid for their participation in the program. Minneapolis had more than 500 applications last year and chose 73 interns. Visit minneapolismn.gov/civilrights/ urbanscholars for more information.
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From a Birmingham jail to a park in Minneapolis, King’s words reverberate By Steve Brandt
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice anywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” Our annual remembrance of civil rights on Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated almost by rote now, in ways big and small. There are corporate events where soul food makes a once-annual appearance, community events long on entertainment and short on reflection. I find it more compelling to observe this national holiday the day before, in the intimacy of a small group that coalesces at sunrise almost by word on mouth at the Minneapolis park named after King. While crows heckle from nearby oaks, a circle of some 15 souls reads King’s masterpiece person by person. No, not that masterpiece. His best-known speech, enunciating King’s dream for America and widely considered a rhetorical masterpiece, came at the 1963 March on Washington. That was a soaring oration delivered for a public occasion and has echoed through the decades. This masterpiece is the quieter but no less intense letter that King composed four months earlier after he and other clergy were arrested on a Good Friday. They had marched in defiance of a judicial injunction against demonstrations to further their nonviolent campaign against racial segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. “Our hopes had been blasted, and the shadow of deep disappointment settled upon us.” This letter was begun on the margins of newspapers, the only paper King initially had in jail, and later continued on legal pads his attorneys were permitted to leave with him. Given his location, it is known as King’s “Letter From a Birmingham Jail.” He addressed this missive to eight white local clergy who had been critical of King for employing marches and sit-ins to confront injustice. King’s letter is a point-by-point rebuttal to their call for gradualism. Although they were his immediate audience, ultimately the letter was intended for a larger one. It served as a closely reasoned argument for the necessity of the civil rights movement in that time and that place. “Freedom is never given voluntarily by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” It addresses why local civil rights leaders invited King as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to Birmingham, the timing of the marches, their purpose as a tool of nonviolent direct action and his disappointment in white moderates. But the crux of the letter articulates the moral case for the cause. King’s incarceration allowed him time to reflect deeply and marshal arguments that drew on German philosophertheologians Tillich and Buber, on Saints Augustine and Thomas Aquinas, on ancient Jewish refuseniks Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. He weaves a deep and sweeping brief for action that transcends his particular place and time by defining why immoral laws need be challenged. “A just law is a man made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. … An unjust law is a code that a numerical or power majority group compels
Ultimately, it is this clarion trumpet for morality that I find so ompelling, coupled with the fellowship of the readers.
a minority group to obey but does not make binding on itself.” Ultimately, it is this clarion trumpet for morality that I find so compelling, coupled with the fellowship of the readers. Some of those attending are members of Judson Baptist Church, whose minister G. Travis Norwell originated the reading. Those attending range from grade-schoolers in snow pants to grandparents in mufflers. A curious fact has been that almost all participants are white, at a park that also serves plenty of black and brown residents. Perhaps it was the competition. There were at least three other King-related events that weekend within about a mile of the park. Perhaps it was the almost word-of-mouth publicity. Perhaps it was the early hour and the reliably cold January weather. But I found it notable that attendance wasn’t greater at a site where there’s an active group dedicated to preserving the park as a shrine to King. “We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.” It was also notable the next day to hear a public radio announcer remark that this year King would have turned 88. That assumes that King still would be alive, absent his assassination at age 39. The life expectancy for black men born at the same time as King was a mere 48.5 years. Perhaps King would have beaten those odds. He was born into a family of relative privilege and maintained a middle-class life. Perhaps that would have shielded him from heart disease, which takes more than a year off black male life expectancy compared to whites males, or cancer, which shaves black lives by almost the same margin. Instead he fell to homicide, another health scourge among black males. According to similar federal statistics, homicide takes almost a year off their life expectancy compared to their white counterparts. “One day the South will recognize its real heroes.” As the reading proceeded, the rising sun peeked through openings in the park’s iconic Freedom Form II sculpture. It flooded the circle of readers and the world encircling them with the promise of another day, a day in which to atone for an ugly past and to resolve for a more equitable future. You may join them next Jan. 14.
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What started as a Valentine’s Day surprise is becoming a much-loved community event. Volunteers are training this year to help Lynnhurst residents Jennifer and Tom Hedberg assemble ice lanterns to light the creek between Lake Harriet and 49th Street. Jennifer is the artist behind the business Wintercraft, where she creates ice luminaries and decorates homes. She said the first creek walk at least six years ago was a spur-of-the-moment idea. “Our yard is filled with all of my base experiments and extra ice that didn’t get sold,” she said. “One year, we just decided to do it. Don’t tell anybody, just do it. A dingdong-dash.” The second year of the creek walk, the Hedbergs were discovered by passersby as they assembled the lanterns. By the third year, people were disappointed if they missed it. When they posted the Middlemoon Creekwalk online, many more walkers arrived. Someday, the Hedbergs hope to extend the luminaries farther down the creek. “For now, it’s our contribution to living in a great spot,” Tom said. The exact date of the creek walk is always weather-dependent, but it tends to fall in mid-February. “We like it to be a middle moon,” Tom said. “The full moons get all the attention.” This year, the Lynnhurst Neighborhood Association is spreading the word to find volunteers, and resident Janelle Nivens is coordinating volunteers and training sessions. To make a basic globe lantern, volunteers can fill a balloon with water, place it outside to freeze, and cut away the balloon while the core is still unfrozen,
allowing the water to gush out the bottom. Jennifer said she’s very grateful for the help. She had a benign brain tumor removed in 2015. The tumor impacted her ability to walk and hear, and she likened the symptoms to that of a concussion. While she’s healthy today, her balance and strength aren’t the same. She thought long and hard about whether to continue the creek walk in the year following the operation. But she said help from family and friends has kept it going. “I find people to lift things for me,” she said. “… If I had 10 more people like [my neighbor] Mary, we could light up the whole creek.” Jennifer is currently writing a book on ice luminaries, and she lights other parts of town as well. She recently asked her blog readers for suggestions on who to surprise with a guerilla luminary installation. “Tom and I have always loved to give ice lanterns as gifts to friends and neighbors during the dark winter months, but how could we extend that gesture further out into the world?” she wrote. Acting on a reader’s suggestion, she lit a pathway in December for Simpson Housing Services’ Homeless Memorial March and Service. “It’s really been heartwarming,” Tom said. “There is something magical about light in wintertime.” For updates on this year’s Middlemoon Creekwalk, visit Wintercraft on Facebook. To view photographer Stephen L. Garrett’s images from the 2016 creek walk, visit mnphotojournal.com/were-addictedto-ice-lanterns.
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Few may realize that Lyndale Park holds an arboretum planted by Theodore Wirth. “The arboretum is there, but there is no signage,” said East Harriet resident Phil Martin. “It’s like going to an art gallery, and maybe the lights are on them but there are no signs for what the paintings are like.” Because it’s easy for passersby to miss the significance of the trees, Martin decided to fix that. He’s been lobbying the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board to post signage around the trees, and this spring, about 50 signs will arrive. “There are records of Theodore Wirth having trees planted and planting trees himself as early as 1910,” Martin said. Lyndale Park Gardener Andrew Gawboy explained that Wirth’s original vision was to plant premium trees in an arboretum to give the public a better idea of when they bloom. The first trees and shrubs were planted in 1910 and most of the collection was in the ground by 1915, according to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. Several trees in the park are the city’s largest of their species. They include a 57-foot cucumber magnolia, a 37-foot Austrian pine and a 36-foot white fir, according to a Park Board map. Labels would point out trees that were planted in groups, such as groups of oaks and groups of nut trees. Labels would also go on “heritage” trees, meaning they’re very large, very old or historically significant. Ginkgo trees are fairly common in Minneapolis today, but Martin said the tree was a novelty when it arrived at the arboretum around 1910. “In those years, it was an import from China,” he said. “I think that was the only one in town.” Conservationist Richard J. Dorer — memorialized in the southeast Minnesota state hardwood forest —brought national
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Karmel Mall, in the Somali community, is known as the Mall of America for many people in America. … Around the Mall of America, it’s busy. You call that negative? — Basim Sabri, Karmel Mall owner
Karmel Mall in Whittier attracts thousands of daily visitors, according to owner Basim Sabri. Photo by Michelle Bruch
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“In reality, it’s not something that will happen,” he said. “…Can I be better? Of course I can be.” He estimated that at least 4,000 people visit the mall on a daily basis. “Karmel Mall, in the Somali community, is known as the Mall of America for many people in America,” Sabri said. “…Around the Mall of America, it’s busy. You call that negative?” He said the mall has replaced boarded
buildings and criminal activity in the area. “Now we have businesses. The good comes with the bad. Creates traffic,” he said. Inside Karmel Mall, opinions on the idea for a new Somali mall are varied. One woman who declined to give her name said she’s hearing a “desperate cry” from a council member up for reelection. She was skeptical about the project. “I don’t think it’s possible,” she said. She said she didn’t think taxpayers would be willing to invest in a Somali mall — she
read through the comments attached to a Jan. 13 Star Tribune story about the proposal. “The comments were racist,” she said. “They don’t want their tax dollars to go to a Somali mall.” Others at the mall said a new location would benefit business owners. “It will have a positive impact on the whole community,” said a woman who declined to give her name. “We have a lot of businesswomen and men but they don’t have a physical location to display their products.”
As she was speaking, she said several women were mistakenly offering their names to the reporter to open a store at a new mall. Another man, Mohamed Basal, said he’d be willing to invest in the project. “There is only one guy here that controls everybody,” said customer Fatima Ahmed. “People are afraid that he will throw them out. … Competition is the best way.” “Rent is month to month,” said Abdi Ahmed, who was visiting a café. “Nobody has a lease. He can kick you out anytime he wants.” Sabri said concerns about proper leases, ADA compliance and substandard bathrooms are unfounded. “You go investigate those allegations and you’ll find nothing, that’s a bunch of crap,” he said. He said the mall serves as an incubator for immigrants without the resources and money to open a business. Jay Webb, who described himself as a trusted advisor to Sabri, pointed to the story of Mohamud Isse. Isse said he started his business with $500 from Sabri, and now he runs a daycare, restaurant, medical clinic, and an insurance office. Sabri allowed him to run the health clinic rent-free for eight months before he could afford the $1,000 rent, he said.
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“Sometimes we tell him this month is very bad,” he said. “He understands, [and he takes] down half the price.” Outside the mall, members of the Whittier Alliance neighborhood group say they support the idea of a new Somali mall. “We would love to see more spaces in our community for small business,” McCurley said. He said the number of neighborhood commercial spaces available at cheaper rates is dwindling. “The reality is they don’t have another
place to go,” McCurley said. “…We have big hopes that the Kmart site will be a space to create some of those new models.” Karmel Mall has expanded since its construction in 2005. The City Council voted against an additional 5,600-squarefoot expansion in 2015, citing traffic and other impacts on the surrounding area. The issue is currently in litigation. Sabri’s attorney, Robert Speeter, questioned Warsame’s plan. He cited a city code that says officials should not use their posi-
tions to solicit privileges or special treatment, unless they are for the benefit of the city of Minneapolis. “I think it would be unprecedented for this city council member to advocate for the city to assist to this degree in building [a] competing business to another taxpaying entity in the city of Minneapolis,” he said. Sabri said he doesn’t foresee another mall coming to fruition, and said he doesn’t expect Warsame to survive another election. “I know of at least two strong candidates
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March on despite challenges, civil rights activist says Evers-Williams encourages MLK Breakfast audience to listen to young people By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com
Americans need to remember their right to vote, to speak the truth even if it’s unpopular and to embrace our young people, civil rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams told a Minneapolis audience on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Evers-Williams conceded that America is challenged today “like never before,” but she said that we will be alright if we continue to believe in justice and equality for everyone. “We don’t move toward success in a single line,” she said. “We do it together as groups who are concerned about freedom and justice, equality, all of the things that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. talked about.” Evers-Williams’ comments came at the 27th-annual MLK Holiday Breakfast, an event that celebrates King’s legacy of service and is intended to inspire people to live out his values. The event raised $130,000 for the United Negro College Fund, which provides scholarships for black students and funding to historically black colleges and universities. Evers-Williams was the wife of civil rights activist Medgar Evers, who was murdered in 1963 in the driveway of their Jackson, Mississippi, home. She fought for decades for the prosecution of his killer, who was found guilty of the murder in 1994. Evers-Williams became chair of the NAACP in 1995 and also published two memoirs about her civil rights experiences. She delivered the invocation at former President Barack Obama’s second inauguration. In her Jan. 16 speech, Evers-Williams congratulated the audience for its role in combating racism and prejudice and encouraged them to continue to believe in America. “We are a great country if we allow ourselves to be,” she said, paraphrasing a message from King. “We can set the role model for the rest of this world if we choose to be.” “We need to listen to our youth,” she added, noting that it was the young people who marched and were thrown in jail during the civil rights era.
Civil rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams poses for a photo Jan. 16 with members of the Rites of Passage program. Photo by Nate Gotlieb
Myrlie Evers-Williams encouraged people to stay involved in the pursuit of civil rights at the annual MLK Holiday Breakfast. Photo courtesy of General Mills
“Those young people decided that the only thing that they could do was to keep pushing, was to keep doing, to keep sacrificing, and by doing so, perhaps they would live to see a different America,” she said. She finished her speech by encouraging the audience to stay strong, despite the challenges the country faces and the fatigue they may feel. “You take that spirit with you,” she said. “America will be better, our children will be safer, and hopefully, all in all, we will be free.”
Challenging the system Minneapolis NAACP President Jason Sole watched Evers-Williams’ speech later that day and said he was struck by the fact that EversWilliams was approaching her 84th birthday, a mark he said many in the black community don’t reach.
“For her to say she’s 84, that’s amazing, because a lot of us perish at a young age,” Sole said. He said the country is in a similar situation as in 1963, the year Evers was assassinated and African-Americans were mired in the fight for civil rights. Societal systems still discriminate against African-Americans, he said, noting his own experience growing up in a segregated area of Chicago, where drugs were the main way to make money. “When you have people at the bottom rung, you can do whatever you want to do to them,” he said, noting inequities at every level of society. He pointed to the ongoing trial of a white man charged with shooting and wounding five people at a 2015 protest outside a Minneapolis police precinct as an example of inequity. Allen Scarsella, is charged with shooting the people while they were protesting the police shooting of Jamar Clark, a black man, and the jury is predominately white. Sole said that isn’t right. “Black people keep getting excluded from the court room when they’re victimized,” he said. “… Every system needs to be challenged.”
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but in a media briefing after the event, she said a question about the state of America under him made her “ill.” She declined to elaborate further when asked to explain, other than saying she did not vote for Trump. When asked about Trump’s tweets attacking Georgia congressman and civilrights activist John Lewis, she said, “that remark sounds as though the person who made it is terribly ill informed.” Lewis said on “Meet the Press” in January that he doesn’t consider Trump a legitimate president. He said he thinks the Russians helped get Trump elected and “destroy(ed) the candidacy of Hillary Clinton.” Trump responded in three messages posted to Twitter, saying that Lewis “should finally focus on the burning and crime infested innercities of the U.S.” Evers-Williams said she wouldn’t get into a public debate on Trump or the state of America but said she would continue to work on things she holds dear, such as freedom, equality, job opportunities and civility. “I am weary of all of the struggles of the years, but again that’s something that you don’t get rid of,” she said. “It goes with you where you go. And you hope that you’ve left enough behind, in encouragement and direction, for other people to embrace and follow.” About 2,000 people were in attendance at the breakfast, including Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Reps. Tom Emmer and Betty McCollum, Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges and St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman. Visit tpt.org/martin-luther-king-daybreakfast-minnesota/ for more information on the rebroadcast schedule for the event. Visit mprnews.org/story/2017/01/16/mpr_news_ presents to hear a podcast of the event.
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Churches offer sanctuary to undocumented immigrants Sanctuary churches prepare for a Trump administration shift n immigration By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com
There is a washing machine in the choir room at the Linden Hills United Church of Christ. A lounge with a pool table is a candidate for living quarters. A camping-style shower may supplement the bathroom facilities. The church is one of several “sanctuary” churches in the Twin Cities that recently pledged to house undocumented immigrants facing imminent deportation. Church members say the action comes in response to the election of President Donald Trump, who campaigned to “move criminal aliens out day one,” triple the number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, end sanctuary cities and immediately terminate President Obama’s executive amnesties. Trump told 60 Minutes in November that he planned to immediately deport 2-3 million undocumented immigrants with criminal records. “It’s very hard to imagine such sweeping action, but we take it very seriously,” said Emily Goldthwaite Fries, associate minister of Mayflower United Church of Christ. “We’re making a very public stance that we resist that.” Mayflower is supporting a Robbinsdale sanctuary church’s efforts to shelter immigrants. “The Bible tells us in many different places that we’re to love the stranger,” said Diane Haines, a member of Mayflower. Solomon’s Porch in Kingfield is preparing to provide sanctuary to immigrants in its building at 46th & Blaisdell. Pastor Doug Pagitt said the public spotlight is important. “You are not hiding them away, you are publicly protecting them,” he said. “…Providing sanctuary is meant to be a statement as well as an act of protection.” Churches and schools are deemed “sensitive” places by ICE. According to a policy document provided by the ICE office in St. Paul, enforcement actions should not take place at sensitive locations without prior approval or unless circumstances involve a dangerous individual or a national security matter. The document states that the policy does not affect the statutory authority of ICE agents, “nor is it intended to condone violations of federal law at sensitive locations.” The sanctuary movement is coordinated by ISAIAH, a coalition of Minnesota churches advocating for racial and economic equity. ISAIAH is training churches willing to provide food and shelter to individuals or families while they work to secure a stay of removal. Linden Hills United Church of Christ Pastor Eliot Howard said the church has sponsored refugee families from Bosnia and Sudan, but the concept of sanctuary is new. Members have many questions about how the program would work, he said. “Since the new administration, with so much being up in the air, we needed to make a declaration that has the feel a little bit of Go-ReadySet. It’s a little out of order, but I think that’s the tension we’re feeling,” Howard said. “We’re focusing on what we do know. We do know our faith, and that’s what is guiding us right now.” The Migration Policy Institute sets Minnesota’s number of unauthorized immigrants at 85,000, based on 2014 census data, with 63 percent arriving from Mexico and Central America. Some congregations noted that deportations were already high under the Obama administration. One high-profile incident involved the Spanish-immersion daycare Jardin Magico, where ICE asked 60 employees to prove their legal status. Three of those employees returned to work.
Linden Hills United Church of Christ, with Pastor Eliot Howard, is offering shelter to undocumented immigrants. Photo by Michelle Bruch
“Even though we certainly were inspired and convicted to do this in the face of all the hate rhetoric in this election season … unfortunately the last presidential administration already deported two-and-a-half million people,” said ISAIAH Communications Director JaNaé Bates. “This is really a band-aid on a bullet wound.” ISAIAH and some churches like Incarnation Catholic Church in Kingfield advocate for comprehensive immigration reform. Deacon Carl Valdez said immigration is part of Incarnation’s history, and staff help connect people to attorneys and social services. “We don’t take IDs at the door,” he said. He said that while the church counts many undocumented immigrants as members, Incarnation is not a sanctuary church and he’s doubtful the church would make that commitment. “When I look at the large numbers we have had over the years, in my opinion, I cannot imagine what that might look like,” he said. “How would you choose? Our resources are thin in the first place.” “I think it’s a good idea, but it’s the last line of defense for our community,” said Pablo Tapia, who advocates for immigration reform as part of the faith-based nonprofit Asamblea de Derechos Civiles (The Assembly for Civil Rights). The sanctuary movement has a history in Minnesota. Tapia said local churches provided sanctuary to Central American immigrants in the 1980s before some were granted asylum. “I know some elders who say it was pretty effective,” he said. St. Luke Presbyterian Church in Minnetonka declared the church a sanctuary for refugees from El Salvador and Guatemala in 1982. At
the request of a fellow Presbyterian church in Arizona, they took in an immigrant who went by the name René Hurtado. Hurtado said he was a member of a U.S.-backed military unit during El Salvador’s civil war, and he fled to the U.S. and spoke out about the human rights abuses he witnessed. “It was a scary time,” said church member Nancy Anderson. “We had people come to our church who acted like visitors and really were not visitors. They were trying to find out what we were up to. … People in our church ended up having files with the FBI.” Hurtado, who now lives in the Diamond Lake neighborhood, said he stayed at the church for about six months before moving in with a family. Parishioners brought in food for him, and he saw the church as a quiet place to be. “More than anything, more than the material support, it’s the moral support,” he said. Hurtado said the concept of sanctuary is well-intended, but it’s not easy for the church or the immigrant. He said it was challenging to deal with the press, and the publicity made him a focus for immigration officials. “Once you are in sanctuary, you are a target. You have to be willing to live with the consequences,” he said. “…The commitment has to be 100 percent.” “He became very close to the people in the church,” Anderson said. “…It was a very interesting time for our church. It drew people together, because we had passion and focus.” The issue also caused some parishioners in disagreement to leave, she said. Michele Garnett McKenzie, deputy director at The Advocates for Human Rights, said a church can’t necessarily protect an immigrant
from deportation. “Just being inside a church doesn’t give them any legal defense,” Garnett McKenzie said. “It’s doesn’t undo a deportation order.” She said that throughout the sanctuary movement in the ’80s, several people were indicted, charged or imprisoned, some of whom were driving into Mexico to transport people seeking asylum. “Despite being quite a high profile movement, it had a limited number of prosecutions,” she said. She said some courts take a broad definition of what constitutes harboring an illegal immigrant, while other courts take a more narrow interpretation. Rev. Noel Andersen, national grassroots coordinator for immigrants’ rights at the faithbased nonprofit Church World Service, said the election has bolstered the sanctuary movement. “We’ve seen a surge of newcomer congregations because of the political context we’re in,” he said. Nationwide, 400 churches were involved in the sanctuary movement before the election, he said, and the number has grown to 800 today. Andersen said he’s watching for any changes the new administration might make to prosecutorial discretion, potentially changing deportation priorities from the current focus on recent immigrants and those who commit crimes. At the state level, Tapia said he’s closely watching movement at the Legislature related to driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants and funding for sanctuary cities. “Our community is nervous, very nervous,” he said.
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By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com
Minneapolis’ air has higher-than-expected levels of dry-cleaning solvent A study has found higher-than-expected levels of a chemical used in dry cleaning in Minneapolis’ air. The study’s authors concluded the results could be of particular concern for dry-cleaning facility workers and nearby residents. The study found elevated levels of tetrachloroethylene, commonly known as perc, outside a dry-cleaning business in the Powderhorn neighborhood. The study authors said they would assume similar levels of perc at the eight other dry-cleaning facilities in Minneapolis that use the solvent. Perc can cause vision changes, delayed reaction time and reduced mental function when people breathe high concentrations of it over many years. It may be linked to an increased risk of bladder cancer, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and multiple myeloma, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. The study found 132 detections of tetrachloroethylene over a two-year period across the city. One hundred of those detections were above a level that could have health consequences over a lifetime of exposure. None reached a concentra-
tion that could have immediate health effects, however, and officials stressed that Minneapolis’ air poses no immediate threat. Most of the city had a concentration of perc below the health benchmark set by the Minnesota Department of Health. City officials are working to lessen perc exposure through the Green Business Cost Share program. The program subsidizes dry cleaners that switch from perc to other solvents, paying up to 45 percent of the costs. Five dry cleaners have stopped using perc to date through the program. Overall, the study detected five compounds in Minneapolis’ air that could have serious health consequences of a lifetime of exposure. None of the compounds reached a concentration that could have immediate health effects. Study leaders Jenni Lansing and Patrick Hanlon thanked the more than 130 volunteers for their efforts in collecting the 54,000 samples. They hope to use the data to get a broader picture of Minneapolis’ air quality and to inform broader conversations about the topic. Minneapolis senior environmental research analyst Jenni Lansing poses with a canister used to measure air quality in a recent study. Photo by Nate Gotlieb
City suggests zero-waste New Year’s resolutions It’s not too late make a New Year’s resolution for 2017, especially when it comes to sustainability. That’s the message from city recycling officials, who have posted a series of zero-waste New Year’s resolutions on their webpage. Among them are reducing waste by reusing and repairing items, recycling items such as CFL light bulbs and plastic bags and partici-
pating in organics recycling. “People think recycling is the bees knees and it certainly is,” said Kellie Kish, the city’s recycling coordinator, “but waste reduction and reuse are higher up on the hierarchy and have a higher impact.” Officials pointed to options such as the Northeast Minnesota Tool Library, the Minne-
apolis Toy Library and Hennepin County’s Fix-It Clinic for people looking to reduce waste. They also suggested measures such as bringing your own bag to stores and donating and purchasing used goods. They pointed to the new ReUSE Minnesota online directory, which features businesses that sell secondhand goods. The average person generates 4.4 pounds of
waste each day, according to the city. A recent Hennepin County waste-sort study found that nearly 40 percent of what residents throw away could be recycled or composted. Visit minneapolismn.gov/solid-waste/WasteReduction/index.htm for more ideas on how to reduce waste.
national average. The department recommends that all homeowners and renters should test. The test takes three to seven days and should be done in the lowest level of the home that’s frequently occupied. Homes above the level deemed dangerous should consider verification testing or installing a mitigation system, MDH says. If a neighbor has high levels of radon, that doesn’t necessarily mean your house will, said Minneapolis Health Inspector Nathan Olson. That’s why it’s so important for everyone to test their homes, he said. Data from MDH showed that about 33 percent of Minneapolis homes, buildings and
schools had dangerous levels of radon from 1990-2015. Another 33 percent had results between the safe and danger zones. “Every home should test,” said Dan Tranter, supervisor of the Indoor Air Program for MDH. “It’s the only way to know if you have a problem.” January is National Radon Action Month, and Gov. Mark Dayton has proclaimed it Radon Action Month in Minnesota, with the MDH sponsoring media ads. Visit health.state.mn.us/radon or call the MDH Indoor Air Unit at 651-201-4601 for more information.
Minneapolis distributing radon kits The city of Minneapolis is giving away 200 radon test kits to allow people to check levels of the colorless, odorless gas inside their homes. Radon is the leading environmental cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. and the leading cause of lung cancer among nonsmokers, according to the city. It is the cause of more than 21,000 deaths each year in the U.S. The gas is found in Minnesota soils and can enter homes primarily through cracks and openings in basement or foundation floors and walls. The Minnesota Department of Health estimates that two in five Minnesota homes have dangerous levels of radon, levels that can pose a risk over years of exposure.
The only way for a resident to know if their home has high levels is to test. The free kits are available while supplies last at the City of Minneapolis Development Review, 250 S. Fourth St., room 300. The department is open 8 a.m.–3 p.m. Mondays through Fridays (it opens at 9 a.m. Thursdays). The kits will be available for $9 each once the free kits run out. A Minnesota Department of Health analysis found that only about one percent of properties in the state were tested from 2010 to 2014. It found that two in five homes had dangerous levels of radon and that Minnesota homes on average had a level more than three times the
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By Eric Best / ebest@southwestjournal.com
Green Minneapolis takes the reins of the Commons A detailed look into the organization taking over the downtown park Next month a relatively new private nonprofit will take over maintenance and fundraising for the high-profile Downtown East Commons park. Green Minneapolis is a conservancy created by the Minneapolis Downtown Council two years ago for exactly this purpose. As of Feb. 1, the 501(c)3 non-profit organization will formally take over the maintenance and fundraising for the two-block park, which will see greater investments into programming under Green Minneapolis control. “I think the really big step up and improvement in the next year is that we’re going to be actively activating the park,” said David Wilson, who chairs the conservancy’s board. The organization will have a $1,375,500 budget this year with $500,000 coming from the City of Minneapolis and $875,000 coming from the park’s operating reserve. It’ll also take on the $22-million fundraising goal for the Commons, which includes $4 million for operations until Green Minneapolis can build a sustainable model through sponsorships and earned revenue. So far a fundraising committee has raised approximately $14 million, which, with the assistance of a short-term loan from the park’s developer, Ryan Cos., was enough to open a basic version of the 4.2-acre park last summer. The next round of fundraising will go toward finishing the Commons, which doesn’t feature two buildings, terraces along the park’s primary lawn and a wet plaza as originally planned. Two proposed structures could house a restaurant and park offices, storage and restrooms for park users. Wilson said he expects the organization to announce an update on fundraising in February. So far, funds have come from highly visible companies in Downtown East, including the Minnesota Vikings and Wells Fargo, as well as families and philanthropists. Park dedication fees, funds the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board collects from developers to finance park improvements in growing neighborhoods, could also go toward the Commons. For programming, Wilson said they’re looking to host a series of movies in the park, as well as bring in a new farmers market for both residents and commuters after work. Neighborhood-
centric activities could include yoga in the park or have pingpong tables out for parkgoers. “So every single day they know they can visit the park if they don’t want to sit on a park bench and read a book,” he said. The responsibilities are a big step for an organization that consists of just a couple staff and a volunteer board. Green Minneapolis recently brought on two full-time staff. Beth Shogren, a former Downtown Improvement District employee, has come on as its executive director and Amanda Wigen, a former operations manager for the nearly 10-acre Bryant Park in New York, is Green Minneapolis’ director of programming and events. Winthrop Rockwell, the organization’s first director, led Green Minneapolis for a year and a half. At the heart of the organization is a volunteer board consisting of Ellen Breyer, the former CEO of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, Jay Cowles, the president of Unity Avenue Associates and a founding member of the Itasca Project, and Steve Cramer and Kathryn Reali, the Downtown Council and Downtown Improvement District’s president/CEO and COO, respectively. Wilson is a senior managing director at downtown-based Accenture as well as a board member of the DID and council. There are also ex-officio members Jayne Miller, the superintendent of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, and Spencer Cronk, the city coordinator for the City of Minneapolis. The board recently brought on Cynthia Froid, a local real estate veteran. While they share some leadership, Wilson said Green Minneapolis and the Downtown Council and DID, which previously handled the park’s operations, are very different organizations. As a nonprofit, Green Minneapolis, which is legally separate from both the council and the City of Minneapolis, is able to raise funds on behalf of its clients, something the city is unable to do on its own. The DID is largely funded through assessments on downtown businesses, while Green Minneapolis earns income from clients — in this case, the city — and charitable donations.
Green Minneapolis, a local non-profit conservancy, will soon take over maintenance and operations of The Commons park in Downtown East. Photo by Eric Best
Green Minneapolis is co-located in the same office suite as the council and DID on Nicollet Mall. It will also contract out the same staff to maintain the Commons. “Green Minneapolis is uniquely equipped to run this kitchen table for our city. Having experts with a laser focus on this space 24/7 will make it a favorite Minneapolis destination,” Ward 3 Council Member Jacob Frey said in a statement. The organization isn’t stopping at the Commons. Green Minneapolis is already actively fundraising for the city’s renovation of Peavey Plaza, which Wilson said they could also program in a similar arrangement to the Commons. Further down the line is a possible work to build downtown’s number of trees, a
task that Green Minneapolis is spearheading without the request of the city or Park Board. “To attract residents, visitors and businesses in the 21st century, cities need vibrant downtowns with green, safe, welcoming streets and active, exciting parks and public places where citizens from all walks of life can come together. Green Minneapolis is committed to working with the city to enhance our downtown, and the Commons is a great first project towards this goal,” Wilson said.
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Stabbing victim dies at 3rd Avenue apartment building A Whittier man is facing murder charges in a Jan. 14 stabbing at 2101 3rd Ave S. James Willis McDaniel, 59, is charged with one count of second-degree, unpremeditated murder in the killing of 35-year-old Fridley resident Cassidine Fontaine Hazley, according to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office. Police responded shortly before 11 p.m. to a domestic disturbance call and reportedly arrived to find an adult man lying on the couch with a stab wound to the chest. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. According to the criminal complaint: Several individuals were drinking at the apartment, and McDaniel and Hazley’s sister were talking in a bedroom. Hazley said he wanted to speak to his sister and started punching the door. McDaniel
opened the bedroom door and stabbed Hazley in the upper chest, according to the complaint. McDaniel is described in the complaint as the husband of Hazley’s mother. The apartment building on 3rd Avenue South was the scene of a fatal shooting in the spring of 2015 in which an 18-year-old was charged with second-degree murder. The building was also the site of a fatal stabbing in the summer of 2015, in which a 22-year-old woman was charged with the second-degree murder of her boyfriend.
By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com
Man poses as Xcel employee at Uptown store A man fraudulently claiming to be an Xcel Energy employee entered a store Jan. 12 near Hennepin & Lake and asked pointed questions about security. According to a crime alert circulated by the Uptown Association: The man said work in the building would cause the power to go out later in the month. Staff asked for an official ID, but he could not provide one. Xcel staff said the man was not an employee and no work was scheduled for the building. Xcel officials said they typically alert customers to upcoming work through the mail and don’t send personnel. Police ask retailers to call 911 to address any suspicious customer behavior, including if a customer is showing unusual interest in ceiling cameras or security tags.
Police also occasionally see suspects grab unattended purses or phones while an employee is distracted. Police recommend that employees lock up valuables.
Minneapolis officer charged for shooting into car The officer faces a felony assault charge for recklessly shooting after a minor accident A Minneapolis police officer faces a felony assault charge for shooting at a car during a fight in downtown Minneapolis last fall. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced Jan. 24 the charges against officer Efrem Hamilton, 42, who was relieved of duty following the Nov. 19 incident. He also faces a charge of intentional discharge of a firearm, a felony. Hamilton was working off-duty at a downtown bar on Hennepin Avenue when he responded to a “shots fired” call near 408 3rd Ave. N. around 2:15 a.m. The first officers to respond reported a gray Cadillac that may have been involved was leaving the scene, the complaint said. Hamilton didn’t radio that we was going to the incident and, after arriving, noticed a gray-black BMW driving away from the area. Hamilton,
who did not know the 23-year-old woman driving the vehicle was following instructions of the other officers, pulled his squad car into the road and the woman backed her BMW into his car. Both cars had minor damages, but neither vehicle’s airbag deployed. Hamilton got out of his car and fired a round at the BMW, striking the rear driverside door, without giving any commands to the driver or the five passengers, who were not injured in the shooting, the complaint said. Hamilton told investigators that he believed the vehicle was the suspect involved in the shootings and he could not see how many people were in the car. He said he shot at the driver because “the driver was the one who rammed me” and felt like his life was in immediate danger. Hamilton said he stopped
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Lake Harriet Kite Festival is Jan. 28 The 16th-annual Lake Harriet Kite Festival returns to the ice Saturday, Jan. 28, featuring snowshoeing, horse-drawn wagon rides and roasted marshmallows. The Minnesota Kite Society will fly large kites throughout the day, offering maneuvering tips to families who fly their own kites or purchase one at the event. Tips Outdoors will offer ice fishing lessons to kids. Food and hot drinks will be available for purchase from food trucks and Bread and Pickle. The East Harriet Farmstead and Linden Hills neighborhoods are organizing the event along with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. Sponsors include Ace Hardware, Lakewood Cemetery, Kinderberry Hill and the Southwest Business Association. The event runs from noon–4 p.m. at the north end of the lake.
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SOUTHWEST NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP MEETING TIMES Armatage Neighborhood Association (ANA): Board meets 3rd Tuesday monthly at Armatage Park, 57th & Russell. Bryn Mawr Neighborhood Association (BMNA): Board meets 2nd Wednesday monthly at Bryn Mawr School, 252 Upton Ave. S. Calhoun Area Residents Action Group (CARAG): Board meets 3rd Tuesday monthly at Bryant Square Park, 3101 Bryant Ave. S. Cedar-Isles-Dean Neighborhood Association (CIDNA): Board meets every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m. at Jones-Harrison Residence, 3700 Cedar Lake Ave. East Calhoun Community Organization (ECCO): Board meets 1st Thursday monthly at St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church, 3450 Irving Ave. S.
East Harriet Farmstead Neighborhood Association (EHFNA): Board meets 1st Wednesday monthly at Walker Methodist, 3737 Bryant Ave. S. (Health Service door)
Kingfield Neighborhood Association (KFNA): Board meets 2nd Wednesday monthly at Martin Luther King Jr. Park, 41st & Nicollet.
Lynnhurst Neighborhood Association (LYNAS): Board meets 1st Tuesday monthly at 6 p.m. at Lynnhurst Community Center, 50th & West Minnehaha Parkway.
East Isles Residents Association (EIRA): Board meets 2nd Tuesday monthly at Grace-Trinity Community Church, 1430 W. 28th St.
Linden Hills Neighborhood Council (LHiNC): Board meets 1st Tuesday monthly at Linden Hills Park, 3100 W. 43rd St.
Stevens Square Community Organization (SSCO): Board meets 3rd Thursday monthly at the Loring-Nicollet Community Center, 1925 Nicollet Ave. S.
Fulton Neighborhood Association (FNA): Board meets 2nd Wednesday monthly at Pershing Park, 3523 W. 48th St.
Lowry Hill Neighborhood Association (LHNA): Board meets 1st Tuesday monthly at Kenwood Neighborhood Center, 2101 W. Franklin Ave.
Hale Page Diamond Lake Community Association (HPDL): Board meets last Monday of the month at 5144 13th Ave. S.
Lowry Hill East (Wedge): Board meets 3rd Wednesday monthly at Jefferson Elementary School, 1200 W. 26th St.
West Calhoun Neighborhood Council: Board meets 2nd Tuesday monthly at 6 p.m. at The Bakken, 3537 Zenith Ave. S.
Kenny Neighborhood Association (KNA): Board meets 3rd Tuesday monthly at Kenny Park Building, 1328 W. 58th St.
Lyndale Neighborhood Association (LNA): General membership meetings are on the 4th Monday monthly at Painter Park, 34th & Lyndale.
Whittier Alliance: Board meets 4th Thursday monthly at the Whittier Recreation Center, 425 W. 26 St.
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LOPPET braces for a BIG YEAR With international races on the horizon, there’s a lot in store for the winter sports festival. Eric Best / ebest@southwestjournal.com
While it may not be the snowy season Loppet organizers dream of, it’s still a pivotal time for the cross-country ski festival as it hosts high-profile competitions over the next two years. The City of Lakes Loppet Ski Festival will have thousands of cross-country skiers, mountain bikers, snow sculptors, skaters and snowshoers taking to the frozen lakes and winter trails across Minneapolis Feb. 3–5. This year, the Loppet Foundation
is hosting the American Cross Country Skiers 2017 National Masters Championships and joining The Great Northern winter festival, both steps toward next year, when the Loppet will have international attention as it hosts the 2018 Masters World Cup. John Munger, executive director of the Loppet Foundation, said despite the forecast the Loppet has plans in place to make it a successful festival. SEE LOPPET / PAGE B6
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n a color-coded map of the 2016 election results, Dane County forms part of a blue archipelago in the lower middle of redstate Wisconsin. It’s a four-hour drive up Interstate 94 from Madison, the county seat and state capitol, to Minneapolis, another progressive-leaning city that finds itself on a political island, surrounded by suburban and rural counties that by and large turned red for Donald Trump in November. And as Patrick JB Flynn motored across the red sea in-between on Jan. 20, he was set to arrive in Minneapolis just in time for a hundreds-strong Inauguration Day protest to pass within two blocks of his destination, the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Speaking by cellphone from the car’s passenger seat, Flynn seemed tickled by the coincidence. MCAD’s gallery is hosting “Another Voice,” an exhibition of political illustration from the pages of The Progressive, the definitively left-of-center magazine with offices
A Frances Jetter cover illustration for The Progressive.
in Madison where, for most of the 1980s and part of the ’90s, Flynn served as art director. We’re living in the moment of Trump and Putin, not Reagan and Gorbachev, but most of the illustrations remain, discouragingly, just as relevant today. It’s a target-rich environment for editorial illustrators, and the opportunities to mock politicians’ vanity and hypocrisies, to call out political doublespeak and to rail against the scourges of war, poverty, discrimination and environmental degradation are as plentiful as ever. But if time has failed to dull the bite of these illustrations, that has more than a little to do with the quality of the work. Leveraging connections he made while working in New York City — where the publishing industry, particularly in the pre-Internet era, created a concentration of topflight editorial illustrators — Flynn managed to get some of the best in the field to contribute to The Progressive. “I couldn’t pay them much, but I could give them freedom. And that’s why a lot of them ended up working for The Progressive, because I wouldn’t kill their art,” Flynn said. Sue Coe’s searing imagery stands out in the gallery as much as it does on the page. An animal rights activist, Coe’s pencil drawing of a man in operating scrubs wearing animal parts like jewelry is a gruesome statement against vivisection. Coe’s art can be downright brutal, and a painted illustration of a mass burial during the Bosnian War is both hard to see and hard to look away from, a powerful testament to war atrocities. Working in the tradition of Hogarth and Daumier, Steve Brodner pens an intensely cross-hatched caricature of Reagan that mocks “The Great Communicator” as a cardboard cutout of a president, an Oval Office ghost with just two dimensions and no depth. Mark Fisher’s “Oil Man,” on the other hand, is an image as pared-down and direct as an ideogram: a figure straight-jacketed in an oil can, rendered in a few thick, blunt lines. It’s a treat seeing original Arnold Roth and Ralph Steadman drawings, and a pleasant
Mixed media illustration by David Limans.
surprise to come across illustrations from cartoonists Gary Panter — working in his scratchy, quasi-cubist mid-’80s style for a twopart illustration commenting on the military industrial complex — and Peter Kuper, who, as co-editor of the venerable left-wing comics anthology World War III Illustrated, has also published Coe’s cartooning. Flynn graduated from MCAD in 1976, and after a stint at the short-lived Minneapolis tabloid Metropolis (outlasted by its closest competitor, the Twin Cities Reader) he moved to New York City, where he’d landed a job as a designer on a weekly sports section for the New York Times. His four-and-a-half years at the Times was Flynn’s “baptism in the world of newspapers,” but an opportunity with The Progressive lured the Souix Falls native back to the Midwest. The job offer came with a pay cut, so Flynn negotiated. “I basically made a deal with the editor — he was totally amenable — which was to give me freedom to do what I wanted with the art without too much interference from editorial,” he said. Flynn encouraged bold, graphic work. The medium demanded it. The visual elements of The Progressive had to punch their way through the magazine’s black-and-white newsprint guts. “I also looked for people who had a sense of humor and could think broadly, could think globally,” Flynn said. “We couldn’t afford to send photographers to Zimbabwe to cover any
Linocut illustration by Bascove.
strife over there, but I could hire a guy like Bob Gale who’d actually been to Africa and knew the people and spent a lot of time rendering the people in villages and stuff. It was almost like having a visual reporter.” For those who want to view it in this light, the show is also a fascinating examination of the editorial illustrator’s craft in the final years before it would be transformed into a largely digital process. Photoshop, the Wacom tablet, email and other tools have utterly changed the job — probably for the better, Flynn said — but David McLimans’ intricate mixed media collage of two strutting war profiteers, with its shredded newspapers, torn-up dollar bills and fabric torn from an American flag, is gloriously non-digital. “I must say, selfishly speaking, I miss the real art, because there’s nothing like it,” Flynn said. “I would always tell people it was like my birthday every month. All this art would show up at the office and I would tear open my packages. It was pretty wonderful.”
IF YOU GO: What: Another Voice When: Through March 5 Where: Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 2501 Stevens Ave. Info: mcad.edu, 874-3700
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Former General Mills exec named interim leader of Hennepin Theatre Trust Ann Simonds will lead the downtown arts organization on an interim basis as longtime leader Tom Hoch steps down early. Eric Best / ebest@southwestjournal.com
The Hennepin Theatre Trust announced Jan. 17 its board of directors named Ann Simonds, the trust’s incoming board chair and a former executive at General Mills, as interim president and CEO. For the past two decades Tom Hoch, the nonprofit’s founding leader, has been at the helm of the organization, which owns and operates the historic Orpheum, Pantages and State theaters that line Hennepin Avenue. Hoch announced last October that he would step down in mid-2017 to explore other opportunities. Simonds last served as the chief marketing officer of Minneapolis-based General Mills, where she has had various roles since Simonds 1995. Simonds announced in December that she would step down from the position and retire after 21 years at the company. In addition to serving on the trust’s board for the past five years, Simonds serves as director on the boards of The BrandLab, Ad Council and HB Fuller. Before working at General Mills she spent five years as a marketer for Johnson & Johnson. Simonds
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has a bachelor’s degree in economics from Smith College and an MBA from Harvard University. “As a board Hoch member, I deeply admire all that Tom has done for this organization and the larger community, and I will carry on his devotion and passion for the trust’s mission,” she said in a statement. “Tom has assembled an extraordinary team at the trust, and I am humbled by the opportunity to serve alongside them.” Hoch’s last day will be Feb. 3. Simonds will begin the job Feb. 6. Following Hoch’s announcement the board partnered with Minneapolis-based Schall Executive Search to find a successor. The group expects to name a permanent replacement in mid-2017. Under Hoch’s leadership the trust has expanded its reach in recent years to visual arts and placemaking, bringing highprofile art projects to Hennepin Avenue, including the Bob Dylan mural at Hennepin & 5th by artist Eduardo Kobra and a pop art-inspired mural at Hennepin & 10th from artist Greg Gossel. The organization
recently launched the 5 to 10 on Hennepin initiative to bring weekly programming to the thoroughfare. It’s also responsible for the biannual Made Here, the country’s largest showcase of storefront window art. Spirit: Made Here, its current season, is on display around downtown Minneapolis through the end of March. The Hennepin Theatre Trust is preparing to relocate its offices this year from City Center — where it also operates the New Century Theatre — to the former Solera building at Hennepin & 9th. The trust announced last summer its plan to turn the 31,000-square-foot building into office, event and education spaces. Hoch currently chairs the board of the Minneapolis Downtown Council and Downtown Improvement District. He recently ended his term as the Animal Humane Society’s board chair. “We are honored to have had Tom’s leadership and dedication, and though we will miss him, we fully respect and support his desire to pursue other opportunities,” said Scott Benson, the trust’s current board chair. “We also are fortunate to have Ann Simonds serve in the interim, ensuring continuity for the organization as we continue the search for a new president and CEO.”
We are also fortunate to have Ann Simonds serve in the interim, ensuring continuity for the organization as we continue the search for a new president and CEO. — Scott Benson, chair of the Hennepin Theatre Trust’s board of directors
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Moments in Minneapolis
By Cedar Imboden Phillips
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etween 1896 and 1955, local residents lined up outside Nicollet Park, located on Nicollet Avenue between 31st and Lake streets, to watch the minor league Minneapolis Millers play ball. The Minneapolis Keystones, a local African-American team, also called Nicollet Park home from 1908 to 1911. This photograph captures the end of an era, showing as it does the 1955 destruction of the storied ballpark. The four-acre park had been sold a few years prior, and when the stadium finally came down in 1955, its replacement — the now also-demolished Metropolitan Stadium — was being built in Bloomington. Cedar Imboden Phillips is executive director of the Hennepin History Museum. For more information about the museum and its offerings visit hennepinhistory.org.
Photograph courtesy Hennepin History Museum
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shopping local A guide to pre-Valentine’s Day shopping events By Jahna Peloquin
When it comes to gift shopping for Valentine’s Day, skip the chocolate and flowers in favor of something unique and handmade. In the weeks leading up to the holiday, a handful of storefronts are hosting Valentine’s pop-up events featuring gift-ready goods by Minnesota makers.
Eyewear, the Spectacle Shoppe, Fjällräven, Arc’teryx and more. Look for red balloons, which notates participating shops. Where: Along Hennepin Ave. S. When: Thursday, Feb. 9
glazed ceramics, pickled vegetables, hand-cured meats and cocktails samples by Wander North Distillery. Where: Mill City Museum, 704 S. 2nd St. When: 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11
Kit and Ace Valentine’s Pop-up
The North Loop athleisure shop hosts a day of shopping from local makers featuring Danielle Sakry’s luxe leather handbags, UrbanUndercover lingerie and East Fourth Street, whose sustainable jewelry line is made from recycled precious metals and recycled or fair-trade gemstones and diamonds.
Showroom Valentine’s Pop-up
The Uptown shop, which exclusively sells clothing and accessories by Minnesota designers, hosts a pop-up event featuring new jewelry by 3 Jäg Design, hand-dyed dresses by Kindred Folk and steel-cut oatmeal makers 3 Bear Oats.
Where: 113 N. Washington Ave. #200 When: 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11 Info: kitandace.com
Where: 615 W. Lake St. When: 5 p.m.–7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3
My Sister’s Self-Love Shopping Day In honor of Valentine’s Day, the philanthropic Uptown shop hosts an event that encourages shoppers to embrace themselves, with free brews from City Girl Coffee, donuts from Glam Doll and a free gift for anyone who stops in the store. The Be Mine gift box from Minny + Paul. ▲
Where: 1616 W. Lake St. When: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11
Hewing Hotel Valentine’s Pop-ups Cube earrings by Betty Jager. ▲
Walker Art Center’s Jewelry & Accessory Makers Mart
The Walker’s annual Jewelry Mart is a one-day event featuring artful wares by local and national jewelers. For this year’s edition, they’ve added accessories into the mix, including hats by Ruby3’s Anna Lee, knit accessories by Maggie Thompson of Makwa Studio, and hand-dyed scarves by ScarfShop’s Martha McQuade.
North Loop’s new boutique hotel hosts two days of popup shopping events for Valentine’s Day. On Saturday, it features Minny + Paul’s Valentine’s-themed gift boxes, which feature a curated mix of Minnesota-made goods. On Sunday, shop locally made gifts from Goldfine Jewelry, Thumbs Cookies and UrbanUndercover lingerie. Where: 300 N. Washington Ave. When: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 and Sunday, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Feb. 12
Tandem Vintage swimsuit and LaLunette jewelry. ▲
Where: Skyline Room, 1750 Hennepin Ave. When: 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4
Salon Stella Valentine’s Pop-up
Local vintage vendor Tandem Vintage teams up with Minneapolis jewelry line LaLunette for a romantic pop-up sale featuring all things retro and feminine, including vintage lingerie, robes, pajamas, dresses, and delicate jewelry. Friday night’s kickoff event features sips, snacks and gift card giveaways from Salon Stella.
Hazel & Rose Valentine’s Pop-up
The sustainable-fashion boutique will host Foxglove Market & Studio with a selection of locally sourced, chemical-free floral arrangements as well as special package in partnership with local chocolatier Mademoiselle Miel. Where: 945 Broadway Ave. NE. When: 5 p.m.–7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9; continues Feb. 10–11
Valentine’s Shopping Day in Uptown
Uptown Minneapolis shops are coming together for a day of discounts, prizes and refreshments to encourage Valentine gift shopping. Featured shops include Local Motion, Goorin Bros. Hat Shop, John Fluevog Shoes, See
Hat Make hat by Celina Kane. ▲
Mill City Farmer’s Market: Valentine’s Market
The weekly farmer’s market will be brimming with great gift ideas during this special Valentine’s market. Shop hats by Celina Kane, semi-precious-stone jewelry by Annika Kaplan and unique wooden utensils by CrookedWood, plus natural body products, knit accessories, seasonal flower arrangements, hand-
Where: 654 19th Ave. NE. When: 4 p.m.–10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3; 10 a.m.–5 p.m Saturday, Feb. 4
Galentine’s Day Sale
Local jeweler Larissa Loden puts a female-centric spin on Valentine’s Day with a shopping event hosted at her Northrup King Building studio, featuring 25 percent off all designs and free liège waffles with purchase. Where: 1500 Jackson St. NE. #265 When: 4 p.m.–9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13
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“Every year we’re like a snowflake, and every snowflake is a little bit different. This year it’s clear we don’t know what the snowflake is going to look like, but we know it’s going to be beautiful in the end,” Munger said. To account for a lack of snowflakes, the Loppet has bolstered its snowmaking efforts this year by adding a cooling tower, which will create more usable cold water to make snow. The foundation and the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board recently got a grant to add a pond for cold water, which will also expand its snowmaking capacity. Thanks to its plans to add a new recreation center to Theodore Wirth Regional Park, the nonprofit also has more
control over park trails than ever before. The extra efforts follow more than five years of planning to bring the National Masters Championships and Masters World Cup to the Twin Cities. It’s been 12 years since Minnesota last hosted the AXCS National Championships, though this will be the foundation’s first time hosting. This year, 18 skiers ages 30 and up will race in conjunction with the Loppet to earn the title of national champions. AXCS National Director and World Masters Association President J.D. Downing said the Twin Cities have been successful hosts for the masters competitions, which have been held here twice in the past two decades. “It’s also a logical fit to have a kind of preview
for the 2018 Masters World Cup to get skiers both in the upper Midwest and nationwide excited about what’s coming up in just over a year’s time,” he said in a statement. The Masters World Cup is the unofficial world championships for skiers over 30 and is expected to bring in more than 1,000 skiers from nearly two-dozen countries to the Twin Cities next year for eight days of events. The last time a U.S. city hosted the international ski festival and championship was when McCall, Idaho hosted in 2008. Organizers anticipate the country won’t see another cup before 2022. “This really is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for skiers from around the world to experience our sport in a true big-city setting,” Downing said. Munger said Minneapolis and the founda-
tion attracted the festival through increased snowmaking efforts and the city’s proximity to an international airport, something that other host cities in the country — Telemark, Wis., for example — lack. Given the Twin Cities’ recent history of lacking a bountiful snowfall, the championship next year will be the first to have back-up plans in place in case there’s little or no snow on the ground. “The fantastic natural snow courses at Theodore Wirth Park are obviously our preference, but everything will be in place for a great [2018 Masters World Cup] regardless of what Mother Nature provides us,” Downing said. Registration for the Masters World Cup will open this fall. There is no qualification process for racers.
The Fat Tire Loppet gives fat bikers an annual opportunity to ride over groomed Loppet trails, something that’s not allowed the rest of the year. Photo by Steve Kotvis
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Branding the North This year the Great Northern festival will join the Loppet with the U.S. Pond Hockey Championships and the St. Paul Winter Carnival, a strategy that organizers say will make the winter events stronger than the sum of their parts. Eric Dayton spearheaded the effort in order to take a slow time for local businesses and tourism and make it into a defining asset for the Twin Cities instead.
“There’s the temptation to go into a funk or a slump and wait for spring to come. It looked like a time of year that could be an important time of year for us,” Dayton said. “Traditionally, it was probably the last time that anyone would come to Minnesota. Now it’s, no, it’s exactly when you should come here.” While Loppet veterans won’t likely notice much change related to the Great Northern this year — save for a small food truck rally —
Children take to Lake Calhoun each year to ski the festival’s Minne-Loppet. Photo by Steve Kotvis
Munger said it will bring more spectators to Loppet events. “We really see it as a bigger trend of getting more attention and getting more people involved and participating more and spectating more because of The Great Northern brand,” he said. The Great Northern will also take place during the Super Bowl when football’s biggest event comes to U.S. Bank Stadium next February, which will likely grow the regular 350,000 combined attendance of the three foundational events. “The Super Bowl is an opportunity to shine a light on everything else that’s happening in Minnesota,” Munger said.
A new home for the Loppet The Loppet will also have another thing to show off to both locals and travellers during next year’s festival. This November the Loppet Foundation expects to open The Trailhead, a 14,000-square-foot winter sports and outdoor recreation center at Theodore Wirth that will
The Luminary Loppet is a festival tradition that sees skiers take a lantern-lit trip around Lakes of the Isles. Photo by Steve Kotvis
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The Super Bowl is an opportunity to shine a light on everything else that’s happening in Minnesota. — John Munger, executive director of the Loppet Foundation
host skiers, bikers, snowboarders and par 3 golfers year-round. So far the Loppet has raised $8.5 million with $1.6 million left to go to finance the long-awaited center, new parking lots and other improvements to the park’s trails. The Trailhead will host a new café, event space, a bike and ski shop, restrooms and space for the foundation’s offices. The organization will be showing off planned improvements and concepts of the center this year. It’s the foundation’s plan that the Trailhead boosts winter sports, whether it’s Minneapolis residents or international athletes. “The new infrastructure is going to be great for World Masters, but also for everyday skiing,” said Isaac Kasper, the foundation’s trails superintendent.
Skijor races pair skiers and their dogs. Photo by Steve Kotvis
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Mill City Cooks
Recipes and food news from the Mill City Farmers Market
Fresh greens to brighten your winter blues Where to fi d Minnesota-grown leafy greens in the heart of winter
STIR FRIED SPINACH WITH WALNUTS AND FLAX FLAKES By market chef Heather Hartman Note: This recipe calls for tamari, a premium Japanese soy sauce — traditionally a byproduct of miso paste. While most soy sauces are made with about 50% soybeans and 50% wheat, Tamari soy sauce is typically made with 100% soybeans, although those who don’t eat gluten should doublecheck the label to be certain. Tamari has a darker color and richer fl vor than the common Chinese soy sauce and generally tastes more balanced and less salty.
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othing brings a smile to my face in the middle of winter like a plate full of fresh, locally grown greens. At the Mill City Farmers Market’s winter market held Jan. 14, farmers unloaded bunches of spinach, microgreens, Swiss chard, kale and lettuce as customers drooled with delight. Many of the market’s farmers bring produce to the market all year long by utilizing greenhouses, root cellars for storage crops and even aquaponics. Mill City Farmers Market requires all produce to be sustainably grown by local farmers, which means their products are never “seconds” purchased from grocery stores or treated with synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. So how are they bringing fresh greens to market when all of our lawns and gardens are covered in a foot of snow? Not too far from Rochester in Elgin, Pam Benike, owner of Prairie Hollow Farm, grows fresh greens and vegetables throughout our Minnesota winter in her farm’s greenhouses. With only sunshine and the angles of the glass walls, her three greenhouses are heated to at least 75 degrees every day!
INGREDIENTS
2 bunches of Minnesota-grown fresh spinach (or water spinach, pea shoots, kale or chard), washed 1 tablespoon coconut oil (or extra virgin olive oil) 3 cloves of garlic, cut into thin slices
In addition to fresh greens, Pam is able to bring beets, turnips, cabbage, squash, sweet potatoes and daikon radishes by carefully storing them in her root cellar throughout the winter. A little closer to home in south Minneapolis, Tim Page, owner of Holistic Health Farms, stays busy growing microgreens, kale, Swiss chard and other “light-feeding” crops in an aquaponic system. Aquaponics is a type of agriculture in which farmed fish — in Tim’s case, tilapia — supply the nutrients to grow plants indoors under grow lights. You can find both vendors and all their fresh greens at Mill City Farmers Market’s next winter market inside the Mill City Museum 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Jan. 28.
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1 tablespoon tamari or other soy sauce (see note above) 1 cup walnuts, lightly toasted and chopped 2–3 tablespoons of flax fl es (Premium Gold, from the Mill City Farmer’s Market) METHOD
Tear the stems from the spinach. If using another type of greens, remove the tough ends. In a wok or large skillet, add the coconut oil until hot. Add the garlic and cook for 20 seconds. Add the spinach and the tamari. Cook for 1 minute, until the greens are slightly wilted but still bright green. Top with walnuts and flax eed fla es. Serve hot or at room temperature.
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Living up to its name By Carla Waldemar
“Alma” means nourishing, according to my Latin dictionary, and Chef/patron Alex Roberts, proprietor of James Beard Award-winning Restaurant Alma, continues to earn his truthin-advertising cred at his new Café Alma, adjoining its alwaysbusy older sib. While one “dines” under the auspices of the original kitchen, here — for three meals a day — one simply “eats.” And happily. Not the night for the three-course prix fixe? Wander next door instead (as had half of Minneapolis on the night of our visit). Take a seat (if you can elbow your way in) at the sleek bar hemming the stoves or at one of the tables and booths flanking its perimeter, cozied by exposed bricks and HVAC trappings, soft light and soft music (the Journal’s readers bless you), enhancing a Nordic palette and easygoing menu. Hard to go wrong here. We started with two of the “small plates” (small only to Babe the Blue Ox). First, a winning toss of cauliflower florets, spikes of haricots and sweet carrot gratings in what a Japanese kitchen would term a tempura batter, filmy as a cobweb, kissed with a subtle aioli. They’re also
enhanced by a beguilingly sweet and gently heated jalapenoginger dressing. Order two plates while you’re at it, or you’ll wish you had. Second, and even more generous in dimension, an easygoing winter salad, whose ample greens are mined with squares of roasted squash and mozzarella, all moistened with a (too) lightly flavored mint pesto. Or choose the roast beets; tomato-bread soup; or a simple basket of house-baked bread, among the options ($5–$16). Next, the menu’s homage to get-you-through-the-winter carbs ($12–$18): spaghetti alla vongole; rigatoni in pork ragu; a smoked whitefish tartine. And our (excellent, I’m just sayin’) selections: a pair of slender, robustly-textured hominy corn cakes loaded with tasty, oh-so-tender braised lamb, then spangled with sweet pickled onions and a splash of crema and served with a side of pasilla sauce to alert your taste buds. Next, a couple of slices of bruschetta, smeared with earthy duck-liver pate, then showered with bits of bacon to add savor and apricots for sweetness, plus sage and wine, just because. Finally a quintet of actual entrees ($20–$28): your basic sirloin,
chicken, fish and not so basic quail with onion rings, which we ordered. Then cancelled, because sharing the four preceding plates had already burst our belts. And I’m not even talking about the optional sides: mac & cheese, grits, kale and more. Okay, one final ascension to the cause. Dessert: four choices ($6–$8) plus a smart cheese plate. We shared the superb coffee panna cotta — velvety and true-flavored beneath its skim of gently whipped cream and accompanied by a pair of chocolate-dipped biscotti. The list of wines BTG is lean but fine for the job; five tap beers and inventive cocktails (including those listed as lowalcohol), too. The café takes no reservations, and I have none to add to that. Viva Alma.
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By Linda Koutsky
Going, going, gone By Linda Koutsky
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know, you’re probably tired of reading about the downtown Macy’s closing, but you only have a couple weeks left to visit one of the finest Art Deco spaces in Minneapolis. Well, you women readers do. Sorry guys, you can’t visit this one. The fourth-floor women’s restroom is one of my favorite places. Fifteen years ago, when I started writing the Lunchtime Tourist (now the Weekend Tourist), it was my seventh column. Shopping in downtown department stores was a special event. Restrooms were a place where women could take time out to relax and converse with other shoppers. Since the Oak Grill and Sky Room have closed, the 12th-floor restroom probably won’t be accessible anymore. That was really a “rest” room, or what was often called a “lounge.” Walking in was like walking onto a 1940s movie set. Sweeping curves, a muted color palette, a built-in banquette for lounging, a line of chairs and makeup mirrors worthy of Hollywood and a circular hand-washing room covered with mirrors that reflected a person’s image into
infinity. It was the epitome of glamor. But tucked away on the 4th floor’s lingerie department is the restroom I’ll miss most. Go through the round portholewindowed door, up a few tiled steps and enter the Art Deco era. Classic features of the style define the space: shiny pigmented glass walls, mint green porcelain sinks and Art Deco typography spelling out FREE TOILET. The coved ceiling with indirect lighting makes everyone look beautiful in the beveled mirrors. A series of 12 glazed
The fourth-floor women’s restroom inside Macy’s is an Art Deco time capsule. Photos by Linda Koutsky
pottery tiles featuring lily pads and lotus flowers are interspersed between the sinks. Bathroom stalls are divided with thick, swirling marble slabs. Solid wood doors are painted black and accented with decorative hardware. To lock the door, flip down a heavy metal locking device and it turns into a nifty ledge for your purse. Why don’t they make those anymore? It’s so handy! When I was a child in the 1960s, my sister
and I went to a special Cap’n Crunch breakfast in the Skyroom. I remember the giant elephant slide in the kids’ shoe department. I shopped for fabric with my grandmother in the basement notions department. The 8th-floor Santa made good on all my requests. Last week I bought a vintage Dayton’s garment bag on eBay out of grief. I’m hoping for the best. But I’ll really miss that restroom. LUNCH TIP: Your only choice in the building now is Marketplace. Go for the classic tuna pea pasta salad.
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Piccadilly Prairie hosts Paris Flea Market in new location The retailer moved from Fulton to Southdale in November
By Caryl Yvonne Hunter
Once a year at the end of January, Piccadilly Prairie brings the lights of Paris to the gray, winter skies of Minneapolis. The store’s Paris Flea Market, in its fourth year in 2016, had over 1,000 people buy tickets online for opening night. “Something really clicked, and it exploded,” said Lacey Brooker, the store’s owner. Now the Paris Flea Market is an anticipated annual event that takes place the last weekend in January. The next Paris Flea Market is Jan. 27–29. This year’s Paris Flea Market will be an even bigger event thanks to the store’s new location, which opened in November. The store relocated from the Fulton neighborhood to Southdale Center, just a couple miles away. “We have the same rustic, boho vibe as we did in our previous location but with more space and better parking,” said Brooker. “And when you’re done shopping there’s always dinner and a movie.” Piccadilly Prairie’s new space has little vignettes, with sections dedicated to kids, Minnesota and local artists, as well as other fun areas to discover. “We have more artisan gifts, like apple jams and honey sticks,” Brooker said. “And we added more local artists that craft everything from pillows to candles.” The vibe is cool, creative and modern mixed with history. Piccadilly Prairie’s commitment to authenticity is mixed in throughout the store in refurbished pieces that keep the original hardware, always maintaining the unique nature of each piece. The same workmanship and history are also in the new store’s design. From the 100-yearold Minnehaha Avenue bricks in the front
windows to hand-laid, repurposed wood designs on the walls throughout the store, Piccadilly Prairie has a warm and cozy atmosphere that’s truly unique. The store is a fun place to shop all year round, but the Paris Flea Market is a special event. It mimics a European flea market with many pieces brought in from Europe. “For the Paris Flea we source as much as we can from France,” Brooker said. “We have pickers that live abroad and some that travel back and forth. The rest of our selection
Picadilly Prairie owner Lacey Brooker. Photo by Caryl Yvonne Hunter
during the Paris Flea is French-inspired.” Brooker’s eye for unique, authentic pieces is evident everywhere in the store. Beautiful linens, clothing, furniture, hand-poured candles and jewelry hang everywhere, mixed in with other great treasures. It makes the store’s Parisian atmosphere shine like Paris itself. On opening night last January, people were lined up outside in the cold, waiting for the doors to open. They walked in to great finds, fun conversation and wine to enjoy while shopping (it is French, after all). The always-warm atmosphere of Piccadilly Prairie is particularly radiant with the Paris Flea Market. The little store that started near the corner of 50th & Xerxes transforms itself into a magical Paris shop each January. They even greet everyone with a friendly “Bonjour” upon arrival. Piccadilly Prairie stylishly displays pieces as you would actually use them in your own home. Linens and beautiful dishware are displayed on a gorgeous shabby-chic table in the corner, drawings and photos are hanging high up on the walls and tapestries, clothing and chairs are set up in a way to help you visualize them in your own space. “Along with the French country pieces, which are mainly shabby-chic whites, we added Victorian pieces last year. And many of the French pieces are handmade,” Brooker said. Brooker is also never lacking a fun sense of humor. A French porcelain pig holds a small chalkboard with “Oui, oui, oui” written on it, making you think of the classic fairy tale with a French flair. It’s the stories and the subtle, whimsical touches that make the Paris Flea Market a truly extraordinary event.
A display designed for Picadilly Prairie’s annual Paris Flea Market. Photo by Caryl Yvonne Hunter
January is always pretty cold in Minnesota, and it can make winter a little too gloomy for a little too long. But the warmth and beauty of the Paris Flea Market definitely brings a bright spot amid the dreary winter. Minneapolis may be a long way from Paris, but thanks to Piccadilly Prairie, it seems like it’s right around the corner. Caryl Yvonne Hunter is a freelance writer, photographer, and web designer living in South Minneapolis.
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Ask the Nurse Practitioner
By Michelle Napral University of Minnesota Health Nurse Practioners Clinic
What is this bug spreading through our office? Q
My co-worker and I share an office, and he was sick and coughing. Now I’m sick with a sore throat, cough and fever. I’m coughing up green and yellow colored mucous. How do I decide whether to tough this out or get checked out? Could it be the flu even though I had a flu shot?
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espiratory infections such as colds and influenza frequently occur in the winter and are usually caused by viruses. More than 200 different viruses can cause colds, and different kinds of respiratory illnesses may have similar symptoms. Adults on average get two to three colds every year, and children get five to 10 every year. Influenza, a respiratory infection, results in 200,000 hospitalizations each year. There are some similarities and differences between the common cold and influenza. The common cold usually comes on gradually. Symptoms of the common cold include a sore throat, runny nose, coughing, sneezing and sometimes a low-grade fever. With a cold, people may feel sick, tired and rundown. The symptoms of a cold are noticeable and bothersome but many people are still able to do most of their daily activities. Symptoms last around seven to 10 days and treatment includes rest and fluids. Overthe-counter medications can help alleviate symptoms, but ultimately the body will fight the virus and make a full recovery unless complications occur. The common cold is caused by a virus, and antibiotics do not improve or cure symptoms. Influenza is also caused by a virus, and symptoms tend to come quickly. A person can go from feeling well to experiencing a sudden onset of flu symptoms within several hours. The flu is a respiratory viral infection and it is not the same as the “stomach flu” that causes vomiting and diarrhea. Flu symptoms are more severe than the common cold. Influenza symptoms include fever (usually higher than 101 degrees),
chills, sore throat, headache, dry cough, runny nose, fatigue, weakness and body aches. Children may have upset stomach and vomiting, but adults usually do not. With the flu, people may not be able to do their usual daily activities because symptoms tend to be more severe. Anyone can get the flu, including those who receive a flu shot annually. But you’re most likely to get the flu if you are around others infected with the flu, work in a health care setting or have a weakened immune system. The flu symptoms also improve after seven to 10 days. In some cases, antiviral medication is prescribed to help a person improve sooner. Ideally, medication should be started within 48 hours of when the flu symptoms start. To ease flu symptoms, push fluids such as water and juice — at least six glasses of liquids a day. Extra fluids
help loosen secretions in your nose and lungs. Rest, and consider acetaminophen or ibuprofen for fever and body aches. If symptoms do not improve, a respiratory infection can worsen and lead to serious complications. Older adults and young children, or people with chronic diseases are more at risk for flu. Worsening cough, shortness of breath and fever could indicate that the respiratory infection is turning into bronchitis or pneumonia. Respiratory infections can also exacerbate chronic conditions such as asthma, lung disease, diabetes and heart failure. If your cough is not improving, your health care provider might order a chest x-ray. If complications occur, antibiotics, steroids or other medications may be prescribed for treatment. Germs spread through touch, so limit touching your eyes, nose or mouth or
Ask your health care provider about the pneumonia vaccination and the flu hot. While not 100-percent effective in preventing all forms of influen a, the flu hot is recommended.
sharing food and eating utensils with people who are sick. Use plenty of soap and water or alcohol-based sanitizer to keep your hands germ free. If you are sick, stay at home and avoid close contact with others to prevent spreading your illness and urge other colleagues to do the same. Ask your health care provider about the pneumonia vaccination and the flu shot. While not 100-percent effective in preventing all forms of influenza, the flu shot is recommended. There are many strains of the flu virus, and medical experts predict which strains are most likely to make people sick each year. Each year, the flu shot may be customized to combat the most likely forms of the illness. In short, if you experience a very sudden onset that includes a consistent fever and body aches that put you out of commission for several days, you may have the flu. Once you have the flu, there is no magic cure. But liquids, rest and over-the-counter feverreducing medication can help. See your care provider if symptoms worsen. ’Tis the season! Michelle Napral is a nurse practitioner at the University of Minnesota Health Nurse Practitioners Clinic, 3rd Street & Chicago. Send questions to nursnews@umn.edu.
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Attainable We
By Mikki Morrissette
Is everybody wiser than anybody?
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’m regularly struck by how our prism of vision is both narrow — no two people perceive the same thing in the same way — and at the same time how much inspiration we can radiate in conversation with others. I came across this saying — “Is everybody wiser than anybody?” — while digging into the archival addresses of Humanist minister John Dietrich in his cleverly titled 1930s talk, “If you are right, why don’t more people agree with you?” His point was that the well-trodden path is the one of least resistance — our brains tend to prefer it — but that doesn’t mean individual revolts of thinking are wrong. “It is sometimes an effort so painful that [collective man is] not willing to take the trouble to wear out a new channel of thought,” he said. We all need errant ants that break from the structured path to find new sources of food when the old is being obscured. Dietrich led an errant conversation — that reached thousands in Minneapolis in the early 1900s via radio, published talks and Sunday addresses in a theater — that science and reason, not a higher power, was our pathway to human salvation. Yet, intriguingly, by the end of his life in 1957, he was writing a manuscript declaring that the tools of science and technology were giving us a narcissistic selfsufficiency that was dangerous. “It is high time to realize that the mansociety relationship is not enough, but in order to save our civilization we need to restore the
man-universe relationship. … Our country, and in fact the world, has sunk to a new low ethically and spiritually. Opportunism has displaced ethics, violence and selfishness has overcome altruism, and a crass materialism has supplanted all spiritual values until our civilization stands on the brink of disaster for want of moral integrity and spiritual fibre.”
The Science of Interaction In a recent discussion group, we talked about the book “Seven Brief Lessons on Physics” by theoretical physicist Carl Rovelli and his claim that “reality is interaction.” As Rovelli articulated more deeply in the science communication journal Metode, “It seems to me that science is going more and more towards linking the world in terms of interactions. … To understand ourselves better, we cannot see ourselves in terms of personal isolation — [as if] I have a ‘me’ and a ‘social me.’ The same is true also for fundamental physics: elementary particles are better understood through the way they interact. The idea of substance, where we have a picture of the world that we can observe with ease, then think how it is affected, how it evolves, how it changes, is wrong. Forget substance, forget the substratum, forget matter, and just describe interactions.” He indicates that, at its deepest level, matter is not a “thing,” but a way of “vibrating, something very different from what we thought.”
Back in 1944, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Max Planck, who did not believe in a personal God, said the same thing. “As a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear-headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell you as a result of my research about atoms this much: There is no matter as such,” Planck said. “All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force, which brings the particle of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together. We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix of all matter.”
The Sum of Our Parts Which leads me to this philosophical place: What is a city without people? What are people without cells? Cells without molecules? Molecules without compounds of atoms? Atoms without — the force of vibration? Everything we are is dependent upon the structure and organization of building blocks, all boiling down to vibration … interaction … integration. The structure of man and its choices is nothing more than the Anybody we pay the most attention to — and we’re not
very aware of what holds us together. Dietrich said if we boiled down what our bodies are made of it would be about 37 cents worth of elements. Cosmologists remind us that 96 percent of the matter in the universe is made up of something entirely unknown to us. Our clashing viewpoints — the Anybody of man/society — ultimately don’t consist of much “matter” in the grander scheme of things — the Everybody of man/universe. Our limits of vision, thought and 37 cents worth of elements are trumped by a deeper power. As the Kentucky writer Wendell Berry put it, “Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.” Mikki Morrissette is the author of “Attainable We” — a book and website in progress — about the science of what connects us.
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Get Out Guide. By Eric Best / ebest@southwestjournal.com
CELLULA “Cellula” is a bedtime story unlike anything you’ve heard or seen before. The premiere production from Minneapolis performers Z Puppets Rosenschnoz, the show is told by both biologists and puppets. “Cellula” puts the marvels of cellular science to blacklight puppetry from performers Shari Aronson and Chris Griffith and acapella music, courtesy of improvisational vocalists Mankwe Ndosi and Libby Turner. An hour before the family-friendly show, audiences can explore the connections between art and science at an interactive gallery with state-of-the-art and vintage magnification devices thanks to the MN Microscopy Society, Mia and the Mill City Museum.
Where: In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, 1500 E. Lake St. Cost: $15, $8 for children
When: Jan. 27–Feb. 5 Info: hobt.org
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WINTER FESTIVITIES As the Twin Cities descend even further into the winter season, Minnesotans are, unlike many, coming out to celebrate. While you’ve likely heard about three main Great Northern Festival events — the City of Lakes Loppet Ski Festival, the St. Paul Winter Carnival and the U.S. Pond Hockey Championships — there’s a lot more going on this season to make the cold all the more livable — and fun.
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The Minneapolis Foundation and the Downtown Council are teaming up with the creators of the Northern Spark art festival to bring poetry to Nicollet Mall. The groups will unveil a new art installation on the mall on the evening of Jan. 30 at Peavey Plaza with a light and sound show. The primary work, “Living Banners” by Piotr Szyhalski, will wrap the mall between 5th and 12th streets. Several short poems from local poets will also be on display, ironically through road construction signs. Work will be on display through Feb. 5.
Where: Nicollet Mall between 12th and 5th streets When: Jan. 30–Feb. 5 Cost: Free Info: thegreatnorthernfestival.com
For fans of The Bachelor Farmer’s Kraftsk va, Surly Brewing Co. has something for you this winter. The brewery is throwing its own version of the Swedish summer party with executive chef Jorge Guzman and his Brewer’s Table team combining efforts with Wyatt Evans of Saint Paul’s Heirloom to create a next-level dining event. Surly fans can enjoy a beer, crayfish and smoked sturgeon, among other Scandinavian delicacies, before spending time in the nation’s fi st community-owned mobile sauna courtesy of 612 Sauna Society.
Where: Surly Brewing Co., 520 Malcolm Ave. SE When: Wednesday, Feb. 1 from 6 p.m.–9 p.m. Cost: Free Info: surleybrewing.com
BEER DABBLER WINTER CARNIVAL The Beer Dabbler Winter Carnival offers beer lovers the opportunity to warm up with brews from more than 150 craft reweries. The winter version of the fest also brings an impressive lineup of local music with performances from DJ Shannon Blowtorch, bluesy folk rockers 4onthefloor and experimental R&B group ZULUZULUU throughout the day. Dabblers get access to a gourmet meat and cheese showcase from Lunds & Byerlys, a live obstacle course to name the next American Brewer Warrior and an array of other entertainment, from Brazilian beer pong and human foosball to a silent disco. For food, there’ll be food trucks like The Smoking Cow, Potter’s Pasties and Market Bar-B-Que.
Where: Minnesota State Fairgrounds, Mighty Midway When: Saturday, Feb. 4 from 2:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m. Cost: $45 in advance, $55 day of Info: beerdabbler.com
B-LECTRIC Northern Lights.mn and Barbette are lighting up the winter season with B-Lectric, a new winter celebration of art and light at the Uptown restaurant. The festival will heat up with performances from Infiamm ti Fire Circus, music from DJ Jake Rudh of Transmission and installations from Art Shanty Projects. They’ll have help courtesy of Indeed Brewing Company beer and whiskey and bourbon cocktails from food and beverage company Beam Suntory. With a host like Barbette, you can also expect some elevated cuisine, such as oysters, mulled wine and more. Be sure to check out the art installations, including Joshua McGarvey’s Ice Fall-Feel the Change, which allows audiences to feel glaciers calving as they lean back into sound beds.
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By Dr. Teresa Hershey
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It is so cold and icy outside that I don’t want to go out to walk my dog. Is there anything I can do to provide him exercise inside the house?
Exercising a dog during the winter in our climate can certainly be a challenge. Every spring I see that my patients have gained weight over the winter months because they are simply not as active. Below is a list of indoor exercises that your dog might enjoy. Of course, if your dog has mobility issues, don’t force any exercise that is uncomfortable.
A land treadmill Many dogs can fit on a human-size land treadmill. It is important to note that although very large dogs may fit on the treadmill when in a standing position, they may not be able to fully extend their legs when running on the treadmill. It can actually be a disadvantage to run a very large dog on a treadmill because they will shorten up their gait to prevent falling off of the belt. This abnormal gait can lead to muscle tension. For medium-to-small dogs, however, training them to a land treadmill can be a great way to exercise them. If you have never put your dog on a treadmill before, make sure to introduce it slowly. Start by putting them on the treadmill when it is off. Give treats, and then slowly start the treadmill. Keep giving treats and
Set up items for your pet to jump over, weave around, etc. You could set up an obstacle course that involves doing figure eights around a set of stools, jumping over some short hurtles of rolled up towels and then finally jumping onto a sofa to wait at the end of the course.
Work on training his mind as well as his body watch your dog to make sure she is comfortable on the moving belt. If this is going well, you can increase the speed and space out the timing of the treats. Never leash a dog to a treadmill and always stand by in case your dog is having trouble.
Stairs If you have carpeted stairs, this can be a great exercise tool. For healthy, active dogs, you can play a game where you race her up the stairs. For dogs that aren’t as strong you can leash your dog and slowly take the stairs. To make the most out of this exercise, make sure that each leg is moving up the stairs separately, not “hopping” up the stairs. Dogs with certain knee or back problems may not be candidates for stairs. Consult with your veterinarian if you think that your dog may have mobility issues preventing use of stairs. Going up stairs shifts the weight to the
back, thus strengthening the back legs, and going down stairs shifts the weight to the front and is a great exercise for the front legs.
Hide-and-go-seek This used to be a favorite game I would play with my dog Cookie. We had a special “look” that would indicate that either she or I would want to play. When we gave each other the “look,” I would run into a different room and try to hide before she could find me. If I hid well and she couldn’t find me, then I would make noises until she could locate me in the house.
Teaching your dog to do “nose work” can occupy a lot of time. Nose work is a fun search and scenting activity for dogs. You can train your dog to find objects that you’ve hidden around the house. There is great information on the web about how to train your dog for this activity. For starters try funnosework.com. For fun exercise videos using equipment like balance balls, check out Fit Paws (fitpawsusa.com). Their Youtube site has lots of great ideas for indoor exercise. You could also try out an agility or tricks class. The Animal Humane Society has a great selection of fun canine obedience classes. Go to animalhumanesociety.org.
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Dr. Teresa Hershey is a veterinarian at Westgate Pet Clinic in Linden Hills. Email her your pet questions at drhershey@ westgatepetclinicmn com.
Crawling works the core and legs muscles. Find something that your dog can fit under only when crawling (under the bed, under a chair etc.). Have him lie down, and then coax him to crawl to you by offering treats.
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