Southwest Journal March 5-18 by The Southwest Journal

Dragon Wok leaving Kingfield PAGE A5 • Teens flip stolen truck PAGE A6 • Frank Hornstein pushes for BRT PAGE A7

March 5–18, 2020 Vol. 31, No. 5 southwestjournal.com

INSIDE IMPOUND OVERHAUL

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Makeover of city’s impound lot due for spring start A9

Park Board absences ‘detrimental’ Two meetings canceled from absences in under a month

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WORLD CUP

By Andrew Hazzard

Multiple canceled meetings of the city’s Park Board have revealed heated political quarreling and a lack of communication between commissioners. Twice in a month, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board could not hold a meeting due to multiple absences. Four commissioners were absent at both the Feb. 19 and Jan. 29 meetings. The Feb. 19 meeting, where commissioners were set to vote on a new lease for Superintendent Al Bangoura at the Theodore Wirth House, was cancelled when only four of nine commissioners were present and the body failed to meet a quorum. “I think it’s petty politics and it’s very unfortunate,” said Commissioner Steffanie Musich (District 5), who was present. Commissioners knew in advance that Park Board President Jono Cowgill would be out of town Feb. 19. Commissioners Brad Bourn (District 6), Londel French (At Large), AK Hassan (District 3) and Kale Severson (District 2) were also absent Feb. 19. Those four commissioners were also absent on Jan. 29, when Cowgill called a special meeting to vote on a lease for a new restaurant at The Trailhead in Theodore Wirth Park. Commissioner Meg Forney (At Large) was on vacation that week and believes the four commissioners coordinated to be absent that night to prevent a quorum. “It’s very detrimental,” she said.

Southwest residents help Loppet prepare A13

PRIMARY RESULTS

SANDERS WINS IN SOUTHWEST, CITYWIDE; BIDEN WINS STATE Presidential vote totals across Southwest A14

WHO ENDORSED WHOM

Clockwise from top right: Watching Super Tuesday results at Harriet’s Inn; a voter enters the Bakken; Sanders volunteers meet at a South Uptown apartment; at the polls in MLK Park. Photos by Michelle Bruch and Chris Juhn

By Michelle Bruch, Zac Farber and Andrew Hazzard

While former Vice President Joe Biden carried Minnesota on Super Tuesday, Southwest Minneapolis saw a much tighter race, casting the most votes for Sen. Bernie Sanders. Out of more than 40,000 DFL ballots cast in Southwest Minneapolis precincts, roughly 36% went to Sanders, 29% went to Biden and 25% went to Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Biden tended to carry precincts located south and west of the chain of lakes, while Sanders tended to carry precincts closer to Downtown and Uptown. Warren won a single precinct in Kingfield. SEE ELECTION / PAGE A14

SEE PARK BOARD / PAGE A11

Elected officials, local residents weigh in A15

CAMP GUIDE

Grappling with high school changes Integration plans being fine-tuned

HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AREAS Current Boundaries

By Nate Gotlieb Kids learn rock climbing, the fire arts and more B1

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SW’s first Division I football prospect in years B18

Southwest High School would lose about a third of its students and become significantly whiter and more aﬄuent if a plan to remake Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) is approved. But North High School, which would enroll students living in Uptown and the Chain of Lakes area, would become more diverse and see its enrollment increase by more than 1,000 students, according to modeling district leaders presented in February. In October, just seven white students were enrolled at the school. As district leaders near their self-imposed deadline for the Comprehensive District Design (CDD), intended to reduce inequities and stabilize enrollment figures, they are facing widespread community pushback and are still struggling to articulate details of a plan that has uneven effects. SEE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES / PAGE A10

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46TH & BRYANT

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Brasa is expanding into Southwest Minneapolis with a new restaurant at the former Studio 2 space at 46th & Bryant. Submitted rendering

Popular Twin Cities rotisserie Brasa is coming to Southwest Minneapolis, with a new restaurant underway in the former Studio 2 space in East Harriet. Brasa, which has a flagship rotisserie in Northeast and a St. Paul location, had been considering adding a third restaurant for a while and decided to give their fans a say. “After several years of carefully looking into the right spot for expansion, an impromptu online poll showed an overwhelming want for a new location in South Minneapolis, so we listened,” Brasa general manager Megan Gall said. The restaurant had originally planned to place its third location in the suburbs but decided to follow its diners’ advice. The new location, 816 W. 46th St., was most recently Studio 2 Cafe and was home

to the original Rustica Bakery. Brasa is planning to maintain its regular menu inspired by dishes from the Caribbean, Mexico and the southern U.S. But the service will be different, Gall said, with customers placing orders at the counter instead of being waited on by servers. Brasa also hopes to do a lot of take-out business and catering orders from the East Harriet restaurant. Brasa intends to begin construction on the site in March and hopes to open in the late spring or early summer, Gall said.

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City Market shuts down 38th & Grand store Local convenience and grocery store City Market has closed its Southwest Minneapolis location at 38th & Grand. The store, which sold food, household goods and more, closed in mid-February, according to manager Ulises Lopez. City Market had been at the location for about five years. City Market opened a new location at 25 W. 15th St. in Loring Park. The Kingfield location simply wasn’t doing as well as the company had hoped, Lopez said.

The 38th & Nicollet node has lost three businesses in recent weeks, with the closure of Blackbird Cafe and with Dragon Wok moving east to 38th & Chicago to find a larger space. — Andrew Hazzard

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50TH & PENN

Tinto adding market, to-go space

Tinto Kitchen’s Rebecca Illingworth Penichot and Thierry Penichot have plans to open a small market next door to their restaurant at 50th & Penn. Submitted photos

The owner of Tinto Kitchen, the Mexican eatery at 50th & Penn, is opening a small market next door to her restaurant. Rebecca Illingworth Penichot’s market, Mercado Tinto, will take over the storefront last occupied by Bruegger’s Bagels. The market will sell everything from tacos and tortas to grocery staples such as milk and sugar and the restaurant’s salsa and corn chips. There will also be grab-and-go meals that people can prepare at home and eggs for sale in a cooler. “We just found the need not only for our items,” Illingworth Penichot said, but for “some of the staples that there’s nowhere around to buy.” Tinto has operated at 50th & Penn since 2017. Illingworth Penichot, a native of Mexico City, originally opened the restaurant in 2015 at Lake & Bryant in LynLake.

The restaurant is open for lunch, happy hour and dinner seven days a week. Its menu has everything from tuna ceviche and tostadas to tacos, egg dishes and full entrees. There are also sides, deserts and lots of drinks, including an award-winning margarita. Illingworth Penichot said there will be a few tables in the new space where people can eat. “I think it’s going to be a nice, convenient option for people,” she said. Illingworth Penichot said the market should open in early or mid-April. The Tinto Kitchen will not be changing, she said. — Nate Gotlieb

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43RD & UPTON

Callahan Framing coming to downtown Linden Hills Callahan Framing is moving east into the former New Guild Jewelers space in downtown Linden Hills. The custom framing shop is shutting its current Minneapolis shop at 45th & France and moving to 4250 Upton Ave. S., according to co-owner Mary Fajack.

“We feel like it’s a really good fit for us,” said Fajack, adding that many of her customers live in the area. The business, co-owned by Fajack and Cara Callahan, who both live in Southwest Minneapolis, serves commercial clients like the Minnesota Wild from a studio in St. Paul and retail customers from its Southwest Minneapolis store. The shop at 45th & France is in a garden-level space and is currently surrounded by large construction projects on the Minneapolis-Edina border. At the new location, Fajack said, she hopes to get more foot traffic and higher visibility. “I’ve always enjoyed that little hub of independent businesses,” she said. Callahan Framing closed its 45th & France shop Feb. 29 and planned to open the 43rd & Upton location the week of March 9, Fajack said. The business offers a wide range of framing services including fine art, maps, memorabilia, mirrors and posters. Callahan Framing also offers professional installation services and in-home consultations for people looking to start art collections. — Andrew Hazzard

Callahan Framing is moving from 45th & France to the former New Guild Jeweler’s space in downtown Linden Hills. Photo by Andrew Hazzard

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KINGFIELD

Dragon Wok moves out of Southwest The Asian cuisine delivery specialists at Dragon Wok have moved out of their Kingfield restaurant to a larger space in the Bryant neighborhood. Dragon Wok closed its restaurant at 38th & Nicollet in February but it is opening a new location at 38th & Chicago the first week of March. “I think it will be a unique transition,” co-owner Ashley West said. The restaurant has been trying to let customers know it isn’t going far and staff have the phones up and running to receive take-out orders at the new location. A larger grand opening is planned at the new location in mid-March. Ashley and her husband, Rashad, bought the restaurant, formerly known as Hot Wok Delivery, in 2016. The two had been longtime employees who helped launch the restaurant. Since taking over, the couple has tried to give the restaurant a hipper feel. They’ve tweaked the menu to reflect their heritage — Rashad is African American and Ashley is Asian American — and include items like Asian-inspired biscuits and chicken wings. “We kind of brought our background into it,” Rashad West said. The Kingfield location was intimate, at just over 900 square feet, and they often had problems trying to squeeze in customers. The new spot at 38th & Chicago is nearly triple in size and will have space for about 40 diners. The additional space will allow the restaurant to host events and expand the menu to include pho, bubble tea, beer and wine. “We had a bigger menu we couldn’t use because of our space restrictions,” Rashad West said. But Kingfield residents can rest assured that Dragon Wok’s delivery footprint is

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The same phrase, sprayed with lime green paint, was also found on a sidewalk of North Commons Park and on the garages of two homes in the Jordan neighborhood. The Minneapolis Police Department and the Minneapolis Park Police are investigating the incidents. “Any racist graffiti going on in our neighborhood is completely unacceptable,” said Alicia Gibson, president of the Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association. Graffiti can be reported to the city using the online form at tinyurl.com/graffiti-report.

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Teens flip stolen box truck Two teenagers took a joyride through the city in a stolen box truck before crashing the vehicle near Justice Page Middle School. The 15-year-old boys stole a truck parked outside Hennepin County Medical Center around 10:20 a.m. on Feb. 28. The driver had left the truck unattended with the keys in the ignition. For the next several hours they proceeded to wreak mayhem throughout the city, intentionally hitting parked cars and ultimately destroying or damaging more than 20 vehicles. Luckily, no one was injured. Police spotted the truck in Southwest

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2 shot in domestic dispute in Lynnhurst Two people have been critically injured in a double shooting in Lynnhurst. Police say the incident was related to a domestic conflict and there is no threat to the public.

The shooting happened around 1 p.m. on Feb. 29. Both people were taken to Hennepin County Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.

Man stabs neighbor in self-defense No charges are being filed after a man stabbed his neighbor in self-defense at a Lyndale neighborhood apartment building, police said. The two men, both in their early 20s, got into an altercation around 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 19 at their apartment near 34th & Harriet.

The man who was stabbed was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The other man was arrested, booked into Hennepin County jail and later released. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office declined to file charges.

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Routes and Roads

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Hornstein pushing for BRT funding at Capitol Longtime Southwest Minneapolis Rep. Frank Hornstein (District 61A) values public transportation. Hornstein, a Linden Hills resident, does not own or use a car and primarily gets around by walking or taking buses and trains. As chair of the House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee, he is in position to act on those values. On the eve of the 2020 legislative session, which began Feb. 11, Hornstein sat down with the Southwest Journal to discuss how the power dynamics at the Capitol will impact the bonding bill, a tipping point for bike and pedestrian safety, and his vision for a comprehensive bus rapid transit network in the metro. “I want to make the Twin Cities the arterial bus rapid transit capital of the world,” Hornstein said. “We’re going to have 750,000 more in the region in the next 20 years and we have to find other ways to get people around besides the private automobile.” This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

Does the fact that it’s a traditional bonding bill year create more possibilities to fund your priorities even though there’s the same balance of power as last year, with a GOP Senate, a DFL House and a DFL Governor?

Traditionally, the main responsibility of the Legislature in the first year of the biennium is the budget. The $48 billion budget is done, and it’s likely there will be a surplus. There seems to be some consensus that most of that will go into the state’s rainy-day fund. So, the big-ticket item is the bonding bill, which normally passes on a bipartisan basis. This is something the state has to do because of our crumbling infrastructure. I’m very pleased that [DFL] Gov. Tim Walz has proposed $2 billion. The Republicans, I think, tend not to want to spend more than $1 billion, so that’s going to be an area of contention. But there are priorities within the bonding bill. I have priorities in Minneapolis and everyone else has their local priorities, so it becomes a very contentious process. I don’t think the final bonding bill will be agreed to until the end of the session.

Will the bonding bill be a place to find funding to put arterial bus rapid transit (aBRT) projects over the top? How are you approaching that work going into the session?

It’s my highest priority in the bonding bill. We want to make sure we have funding available for three lines — the D Line [connecting Brooklyn Center to the Mall of America on the existing Route 5 path], the B Line [connecting West Lake Station to downtown St. Paul on Lake Street along the current Route 21] and the E Line [connecting the University of Minnesota to Southdale Center via Hennepin Avenue and France Avenue on the current Route 6]. I think all three of those should be funded and built simultaneously. In the House DFL transportation bill that I authored, we had a plan to fund 20 BRT lines — and that is the vision we still have. Right now, the governor is at $55 million for BRT, and I have a bill that’s at $75 million. So if we can go up to that amount,

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I think we can make significant headway on all three of those lines. I’m optimistic. Republicans in the past have shown interest in aBRT. They’ve never put their money where their mouth is, and this is a chance to do that. I usually get around by transit, and the aBRT is great because you can take the bus and get to your destination a lot faster. It’s a comfortable ride. We’re using electric buses on the C Line. With transportation now eclipsing electric energy as the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, we absolutely have to expand transit. The second way we can really improve transportation and address climate is to make investments in passenger rail. There is a bonding proposal for a second Amtrak train to Chicago. This is something riders and the business community in Winona, Red Wing, St. Paul, Minneapolis want to see. The Northern Lights Express would revive passenger service between Minneapolis and Duluth. Across the board there’s strong support for this. The third part of the transportation bonding equation is active transportation. There’s a program called Safe Routes to School to provide infrastructure to improve bike and pedestrian safety in and around schools. We’ve always known this is a big issue in Minneapolis — there have been recent demonstrations on Lyndale Avenue because of the lack of pedestrian safety in Uptown. As a non-driver, transit, walking and biking are my options, so I have to walk a lot and it’s increasingly dangerous. But we’re not just seeing the activism in Minneapolis now. I was invited to a meeting in Eagan because a 13-year-old boy was killed on his way to school. It was a huge, well-attended community meeting organized by a grassroots group, just sprung up, called the Eagan Pedestrian Alliance. There’s increasing attention being paid to bike and pedestrian safety regionwide now. Going out to these suburbs was really instructive to me. Every issue has a tipping point of sorts, and I think with bike and pedestrian issues, we’re at that point. Finally, we will do our share of local roads and bridges. But I don’t want to see the bonding bill become another transportation finance bill just chock-full of earmarks and trunk highway bonds. That is not the way to go.

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The legend of bagger Tom

sk anyone at the Lunds & Byerlys grocery store on West 50th Street and they’ll tell you there’s a little less joy in the place of late, a void left by the familiar sight and sound of Tom Omodt bagging groceries, smiling sweetly, talking about the weather, asking about the kids or how the game went and basically providing the kind of service that put countless out-the-door skips in the steps of grocery shoppers for three decades. “There’s a hole there,” said Lunds manager Kevin Lee, of the recent retirement of Omodt, a fixture at Lunds for almost 31 years. “It’s not hard to find a bagger, but it’s hard to find a Tom. We hire a lot of 14-, 15-, 16-year-olds and they’re great, they serve a purpose. But they don’t always connect that way and become an institution.” On Feb. 16, friends and family gathered at St. Thomas The Apostle Church in Linden Hills to pay tribute to Tom’s remarkable career. Lunch and cake were served, and the guest of honor took a moment to reflect on his long run as the face of Lunds. “I like the customers a lot,” Omodt said. “I’d see the customers every day, a lot of them were regulars. I liked talking about what they bought, especially if it was something I liked, too. Some of them I got to know really well.” Few and far between are the places we can drop in on to find a familiar friendly face — a barista, bartender or barber — but Omodt has filled that role with grace and provided Lunds with an organic human touch. “I just like helping people,” he said. “It’s something I’ve always liked —helping people. It just helps me stay emotionally stable, being able to see people and be with people. I had 30 years in, and thought that was pretty good.” Tom’s brother Paul, one of Tom’s six siblings, helped organize the retirement party. “Tom lives with schizophrenia and he does it very well, and it’s not easy,” Paul said. “He doesn’t drive, so he relies on a community of people to help support him, and for me as his brother, that’s the coolest thing to see. Because at a certain point, the family can’t always be there 24-7, but the slack gets picked up by friends at church, friends at Lunds. It’s just become this thing that’s been woven together. It’s an ‘It takes a village’ approach where strangers became friends, friends became family. He’s been very supported, and it’s been a two-way thing, because he’s a very friendly, social person.” It also speaks to something like small-town living in the big city. “It’s true,” said Paul. “We grew up in South Minneapolis, our dad was [late Hennepin County Sheriff Don Omodt], and seven of us went to Southwest High School, so people who you’d know from the park, or high school, or sports, they’d see Tom waiting for the bus and my high school friends would see him and give him a ride. It’s a little thing, but it’s a cool thing.” “I had some struggles along the way,” Tom said. “When he did have struggles, Lunds was pretty good about it,” Paul said. “They were!” Tom said.

To celebrate his retirement from Lunds & Byerlys, Tom Omodt gathered with friends and family Feb. 16 at St. Thomas The Apostle Church in Linden Hills. Photo by Jim Walsh

“They were very good about encouraging him to go and sit,” Paul said. “‘It’ll be OK, and let’s call one of your siblings.’ I think Lunds has been a fantastic employer.” “I had a few times when the manager gave me a ride home because I wasn’t getting myself back together,” Tom said. “I just thought that was so nice, that a man would take time out of his day to do that.” “To have a supportive employer has been everything,” Paul said. “The medication slows him down. A job helps because it gives him a purpose, social interaction, a circle of friends, which he really has found at Lunds, and it gives him a support system. There’s no rhyme or reason as to when symptoms come on. He could be fine for six months, and the next day something goes off. “He has been hospitalized three or four times in the last few years, and every time Lunds said, ‘Don’t worry, your job is here when you get back.’ So that takes off the stress and gives him something to look forward to. Lunds, give them all the credit. The first time they could have said ‘bye-bye’ but they didn’t.” Last month, Lunds finally said “bye-bye” to Tom, but his legend lives on. “It was really great working with Tom,” said Lee, the Lunds manager. “He’s one of the kindest guys I’ve ever worked with, and I’ve worked at nine stores. … There were customers who would not go through other [checkout] lines; they would only go through Tom’s line. It was bittersweet for him to retire, because he spent so much time here with this company.” For his next act, Tom is looking forward to volunteering at St. Thomas The Apostle

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Church, the Linden Hills Library and Linden Hills Park and continuing his membership at Vail Place, which provides a clubhouse-style approach to mental illness. “Forty years ago, when Tom was diagnosed, mental health was not talked about,” Paul said. “Now we’re living at a time when it can be talked about, and I think that’s really important. You don’t know who has a mental health issue and who doesn’t, and the fact that we can all be kind to each other makes a huge difference. Social connections are so crucial. “Tom may have schizophrenia, but it doesn’t define him, and his friends, neighbors and the community haven’t allowed it to limit him. His success was a collective success of a community that gave as much to Tom as he did to those he met. In these days of so much division in our society, it’s nice to be reminded that there is a pretty amazing community right here that opened their arms to a neighbor.” Jim Walsh lives and grew up in South Minneapolis. He can be reached at jimwalsh086@gmail.com.

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Project approved on Vision Loss Resources site An eight-story, 242-unit apartment building with street-level commercial space at the northwest corner of Lyndale & Franklin has been approved by the city. The building will rise on a 2.1-acre site currently owned by the nonprofit Vision Loss Resources — just south of where Interstate 94 meets Hennepin and Lyndale avenues. The site is zoned for commercial development up to four stories, though that will be raised to 10 stories under the Minneapolis 2040 plan. The building will include a mix of studio, mezzanine, “alcove,” one- and two-bedroom apartments ranging in size from 508 to 1,236 square feet and amenities including a fitness center and an outdoor swimming pool. A multilevel parking garage will have 277 spots, including 254 for building residents.

There will also be 278 bike parking spaces. Lennar’s plans have not changed substantially since its architect, ESG, presented to the Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association (LHENA) this past October. The commercial space will still occupy the portion of the building closest to Franklin & Lyndale, and the building will still have essentially two separate structures connected in the middle. One structure, shaped like a C, will face Aldrich Avenue on the site’s north end, and the other, shaped like an L, will be oriented toward Franklin & Lyndale. The Planning Commission on Feb. 24 unanimously approved five applications for the project, including a conditional-use permit to increase the building height over the four-

A 242-unit apartment building has been approved on the northwest corner of Lyndale & Franklin. Submitted rendering

story limit in the “C2” commercial zone. Commission president Sam Rockwell said the site is exactly where high-density development should go, noting its proximity to highfrequency bus routes. The LHENA board wrote in a Feb. 20 letter that it had a “generally favorable” view of the project, due to the need for additional housing

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The facts about pesticides The safety of park visitors of all ages is a core priority for the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) — as is the protection and environmental management of land and water throughout the Minneapolis park system. It is unfortunate that the Feb. 22 letter to the editor about pesticides [by the

co-chairs of the Park Board’s Pesticide Advisory Committee] continues to perpetuate misleading and sensationalized information — including using the word “toxic” out of context to cause fear and alarm. This tactic should not overshadow the Pesticide Advisory Committee’s important work in assisting and advising MPRB staff and commissioners during our ongoing transition to pesticide-free resource management alternatives. I strongly encourage community members to get the facts for themselves on how MPRB manages more than 6,800 acres of parks, trails and water resources using the most

natural and least-harmful methods to reduce pests and their effects on the park system. View a detailed January 2019 report to Park Board commissioners (tinyurl.com/parkspesticides), watch a video of the presentation (tinyurl.com/pesticide-video) or simply learn more about MPRB’s ongoing initiatives. Jeremy Barrick Barrick is the assistant superintendent of the Environmental Stewardship Division of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.

in the neighborhood. The letter expressed concern about the lack of affordable units in the building and the impact that several hundred additional cars could have in “an already dangerous and congested intersection.” — Nate Gotlieb

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Minneapolis Public Schools Chief Operations Officer Karen DeVet and Superintendent Ed Graff listen to parent feedback on a plan to remake the school district at the conclusion of a Feb. 24 community forum at Roosevelt High School. Photo by Nate Gotlieb

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South High School, which would start enrolling Whittier students, would become significantly more racially segregated under the models, with the number of students of color expected to increase from 63% to 88% — a fact that doesn’t sit well with district leaders. “The discussion needs to be about whether we would split a middle school cohort to try and balance that isolation,” chief operations officer Karen DeVet said, adding that another strategy could be holding seats during the school-request, or lottery, process in an attempt to integrate economically. Superintendent Ed Graff and his team intend to present a final draft of the CDD to the School Board ahead of a meeting on March 24. They have asked the board to vote on April 14 on the sweeping plan which would remake education in the district through changes to boundaries, programs and grade configurations. While some parents have applauded efforts to tackle longstanding inequities, there has been huge opposition to the models of proposed changes that have been presented throughout the winter. Parents have said the plans go too far in disrupting students and that the district has not provided clear explanations for the changes it wants to make. “It’s like whack-a-mole,” said Kenwood parent Alicia Gibson, adding that district explanations of the plan’s underpinnings don’t add up. “It’s very upsetting.” The latest model, completed in late February, would diffuse enrollment throughout MPS’ seven comprehensive high schools, with North seeing the largest increase in students and Southwest seeing a nearly 600-student drop. These changes, district leaders said, would allow now-smaller schools to offer more electives. District data chief, Eric Moore, said those courses often determine school quality from a student or parent’s perspective. The latest model also centralizes high school career and technical education (CTE) programming in three buildings, a move district leaders said would help increase access to such courses across the city.

Effect on integration

At two community meetings on the latest high school plans, DeVet said the district created the high school models with the goals of keeping middle school classes together and

building enrollment in North Minneapolis. Based on enrollment data from Oct. 1, 2019, Southwest would have 584 fewer students than it does now if only MPS students who live within the reconfigured boundaries attend the school. Washburn’s enrollment would remain similar, and North, the smallest of the seven high schools at about 330 students, would see its student population increase to 1,430, about 330 of whom would be white. District leaders are still working to tweak boundaries to maximize integration. Moore said during a presentation in September that students who attend integrated schools are more likely to be civically engaged and have friends of different races. He also said that academic achievement can increase in integrated buildings. In Southwest Minneapolis, parents have noted that the plan does not increase integration at every school and would make Barton and Armatage elementaries whiter. (District leaders say they have tried to strike a balance between integration and creating neighborhood schools, noting the segregated nature of housing in Minneapolis.) In Kenwood and other parts of Southwest Minneapolis being shifted into North’s attendance zone, parents have said they don’t think the plans reflect the desires of the community. Gibson, who’s also president of the Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association, said the district should create schools that attract people back into the district and that it should listen to the desires of the North community. North principal Mauri Friestleben wrote in a recent Facebook post that she is frustrated she wasn’t included in the “planning, ideation or strategizing around this design” and that she feels the redesign’s process reinforces “the white belief that the whiter the school, the better.” Yet despite those feelings, she isn’t refusing to support the district’s plan. Friestleben wrote that her school will be successful, even without the buy-in of white families, because it’s working hard to take care of its students and has a culture of high standards and expectations. “The future of North Community High School does not and will not rely on the white families of Minneapolis,” she wrote.

Response to CTE

District plans to centralize CTE received a cool SEE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES / PAGE A11

CHANGES TO HIGH SCHOOLS UNDER PROPOSED MODEL High School

Capacity

Enrollment

% of capacity

% free/ reduced lunch

% students of color

Edison

1550

840 | 982

54% | 63%

73% | 69%

79% | 71%

Henry

1571

861 | 1385

55% | 88%

68% | 73%

91% | 91%

North Academy 1864

326 | 1431

17% | 77%

70% | 64%

98% | 77%

Roosevelt

2051

931 | 1321

45% | 64%

67% | 44%

73% | 50%

South

2072

1660 | 1654

80% | 80%

53% | 78%

63% | 88%

Southwest

2092

1833 | 1249

88% | 60%

37% | 18%

43% | 25%

Washburn

1540

1556 | 1660

101% | 108%

33% | 43%

42% | 53%

KEY | Current data, 2019-20 | Revised model projection Data from Minneapolis Public Schools

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Impound lot makeover due for spring start By Zac Farber / zfarber@swjournal.com

The city’s impound lot, located on a Bryn Mawr Superfund site, is due for a major overhaul that will create a new entrance along Van White Boulevard and will reduce the overall size of the lot, freeing up about 11-12 acres for redevelopment, likely as low-rise offices, on the site’s west side. The number of cars towed to the impound lot has been trending down for nearly two decades. But a few times per year — during street sweepings and snow emergencies — 600-plus people a day make the trek to the vast plot of concrete northeast of Bryn Mawr Meadows Park to pick up their vehicles. Visiting the impound lot can be an unpleasant experience. During peak times, dozens of people are forced to wait for a van ride to their car in a standing-room-only trailer. The visitor facility has no public bathroom, and a city contractor once watched as an elderly lady using a walker crossed a rubble parking lot to use the outhouse. City staff have deemed the facility “inadequate” and “beyond its useful life.” After years of planning, the city is preparing for a May construction start on an $11 million to $12 million makeover that will shrink the impound lot by more than 40%. The existing impound facility, accessed via Colfax Avenue, will be demolished and replaced by a new 8,460-square-foot facility on Van White, a quarter-mile walk from the future light-rail station and more easily accessed by bus. The new building will have bathrooms, natural lighting

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reception at a recent community forum, where parents wanted to know how kids would get to and from the centralized tech centers without significantly disrupting their days. Some parents said the plan would make it harder, not easier, for all students to access such programming. District leaders disputed that notion, noting a lack of enrollment currently in CTE courses and how several schools, for example, don’t have access to the engineering curriculum Project Lead the Way. They also said they are working with Metro Transit on solutions to ensure kids who need to go between sites have convenient access to transportation. Washburn 10th-grader Charlie Tripp, who takes engineering courses at the school, asked how students would meet their graduation requirements if they had to bus to and from North each day. (North would hold the district’s high school engineering program under the plan.) Tripp, who is on Washburn’s robotics team, also said the school would lose key pieces of equipment his group uses to build its robot. At-large School Board member Kimberly Caprini, who has a daughter at Henry, which has a robust engineering program, said she also struggles with the idea of centralizing CTE, though she knows districtwide changes are necessary. She said it’s her “hope and expectation” that there’s a collaboration with Metro Transit so that students can spend less time on buses.

Upcoming work

DeVet said the district needs to finalize where it will put magnet schools, which are specialty schools intended to draw students of all races. (The district hopes that all of its magnet schools have enrollment of students of color between 50% and 70%, DeVet said.) Another crucial piece of the final

A new impound facility along Van White Boulevard will have bathrooms, natural lighting and convertible space that can be used for neighborhood meetings during non-peak times. Rendering courtesy of Clever Architecture

and convertible space that can be used for neighborhood meetings during non-peak times. “We wanted to try to create a facility that’s approachable and tone down what could be considered animosity and the sense that someone’s trying to get their car out of ‘car jail,’” said Russell Peterson, whose firm Clever Architecture designed the project. Today, about 32,500 vehicles per year are released from the impound lot and an additional 3,000 abandoned vehicles are auctioned off. The remodeled impound lot will still keep cars within secure barriers, but the barbed

proposal will be any new school choice policies. Those could include holding seats at schools to integrate economically, though DeVet said it’s too early to comment on specific proposals. School Board member Nelson Inz, who represents the southeast corner of the city, said he thinks a positive piece of the CDD could be that more students will be able to attend school in their neighborhood. He said it’s important for people to realize that school choice exacerbates problems of privilege and race, which creates disinvestment in certain communities. At-large board member Josh Pauly said he’s interested in learning more about how the plan encapsulates a values resolution passed by the School Board this past October. That resolution called on the CDD to provide all kids with a well-rounded and rigorous education and remove elements within the School Board’s control that further segregation. The district’s teachers union, the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT), has come out against the CDD and said any plan must include “co-creation” from students, parents and teachers. MFT secretary Greta Callahan, a kindergarten teacher at Bethune in North Minneapolis, said the district should keep programs that work and give more support to schools in need. When asked about integration, she said the schools would still be segregated under the plan, noting high levels of segregation in Minneapolis’ neighborhoods. The CDD continues to evolve, and boundaries could still change before March 24, DeVet said. Any student enrolled at a high school through next school year would continue to attend their school through graduation. The incoming ninth-graders in 2021-22 would be the first to attend a new high school. Any movement of grades K-8 students would not begin until 2021-22.

wire will be swapped out for 8-foot-high pointy-topped decorative fencing and “vinylclad, anti-climb” chain link fencing. A rain garden and detention pond will be added to the site to help maintain the existing floodplain and filter stormwater before it’s released into Bassett Creek. “Currently all the surface drainage goes into the creek untreated,” said Bob Friddle, the city’s director of facility design and construction. “Now that will all be treated and it will be beautifully landscaped.” The impound lot is located on contaminated ground that was once a wetland and later

became a railyard and an unpermitted dump. Soil contaminated with hydrogen sulfide has been found on the site during excavation, and any dirt trucked away during construction will need to be taken to a landfill. The new impound facility will be built on pilings to “minimize disturbance” of the soil, Peterson said, and a vapor mitigation system will be installed. The city is accepting best-value contractor proposals for the project through March 10. Construction, which will make up $5 million to $7 million of the project’s overall cost, is expected to be completed by fall 2021.

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has been considered a courtesy to notify the board leadership or superintendent if a commissioner needs to miss a meeting. “I’m very hopeful it won’t happen again,” Cowgill said. French, Hassan and Severson did not respond to requests for comment. Commissioners who did attend the meeting expressed concern that a pattern is developing. Absences, several commissioners said, are disrespectful to the public and staff members who stay late to present at meetings. “This is an opportunity for the public to speak up,” Park Board Vice President LaTrisha Vetaw said. Musich said she believes the group did some simple counting Feb. 19 and realized if they didn’t show up, no meeting could occur. “I think the voters need to say to the people who represent them, ‘Why aren’t you doing the work we elected you to do?’” Musich said. Forney, Musich, Vetaw and Meyer attended the meeting. Most items on the Feb. 19 agenda were not of urgent nature, but the cancelled meeting does delay the approval of contracts and will stack up informational presentations at future meetings. “There’s work we have to accomplish, and it’s important we have a quorum to do that work,” Bangoura said. Bangoura said that, other than Cowgill, he was unaware who was and was not going to be at the meeting. He said the missed meeting will not cause a major disruption, but he feels bad for members of the public who went out of their way to attend a meeting that didn’t happen. Bangoura and Vetaw both referenced a woman who took three buses to get there. “Our staff deserves better,” Forney said. “Our constituents deserve better.” Cowgill remains optimistic that commissioners are committed to conducting Park Board business and making the system better. “We’ll go into the next meeting with the expectation we’ll be doing the work of the people,” he said.

Not having a quorum at a scheduled meeting is rare. Brian Rice, who has served as board counsel for decades, said he couldn’t recall another similar situation. The absences come after a transition in Park Board leadership from Bourn to Cowgill in 2020. Commissioner Chris Meyer (District 1) doesn’t believe the absences are a coincidence and said it “defies credulity” to believe all four happened to be absent Jan. 29, present for the Feb. 5 meeting and absent again Feb. 19. He thinks the group, under Bourn’s leadership, used Cowgill’s vacation as an opportunity to obstruct board business. “It’s part of a broader, vindictive strategy in retaliation against President Cowgill and me because we didn’t support Commissioner Bourn for a third term as president,” Meyer wrote in a statement to the Southwest Journal. “And it was precisely because Commissioner Bourn routinely engages in such petty and destructive tactics such as this that I was unwilling to vote for him for president again. I regret that I ever did.” Bourn called allegations he was coordinating efforts to deny quorum “ridiculous” and said he was hospitalized the week before the meeting from a surgical operation on his kidney and missed the meeting because he was still recovering. “It’s a pretty disgusting allegation,” Bourn said. Bourn, who served as president the past two years on the board, said he thinks the new leadership is going through a learning period in how to ensure enough commissioners will be present when they are out of town. He told the Southwest Journal that he informed Cowgill that he was going into the hospital for a surgery on Feb. 12. Cowgill said he didn’t want to speculate as to why the commissioners were absent. He said only Severson notified him that he wouldn’t be at the meeting, and Cowgill wrote on Twitter that “the lack of communication from three absent commissioners is unprofessional.” Traditionally, he said, it

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By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@swjournal.com

Tangletown hosting textile reduction event The Tangletown Neighborhood Association (TNA) is hosting an event aimed at helping people better understand how they can reuse and repair old textiles, from T-shirts to wool socks. The organization’s environmental committee will have guest speakers and demonstrations at the three-hour event, set for noon on Saturday, March 21, at Fuller Recreation Center, 4802 Grand Ave. There is no cost to attend, and the event is open to the public. A handful of local organizations at the event will discuss how people can reuse and mend their old clothing. There will also be collection of specific textiles, including T-shirts, unused fabric, old towels and wool socks and sweaters. The wool items will go toward Pick-A-Pair Mittens, which uses recycled fabric to create handmade mittens. The old T-shirts will be made into reusable bags and “unpaper” towels that can be used in place of disposable paper products. TNA environmental committee co-chair

Andrea Siegel said the goal of the event is to reinforce the importance of reducing consumption and reusing products — actions that have a greater impact than recycling in reducing waste. She said she also hopes people feel empowered to invest in quality products that last longer than cheaper items. The event was precipitated, Siegel said, by Hennepin County’s decision to discontinue its textile-recycling program. The county ended the program because it couldn’t find a vendor that could verify the textiles were actually being recycled. “There isn’t really a way to know what happens to it once it’s gone,” said Siegel, a county-designated master recycler and composter. Organizations that will present at the event include Mobile Menders, which repairs clothing for those in need, and Donate Good Stuff, which runs an online listing outlining places people can take different items. Hennepin County says efforts people can take to reduce textile waste include investing

in high-quality products that are less likely to wear down, reducing the amount of goods purchased and creatively repairing items. Visit tinyurl.com/ tangletowntextiles to learn more about the event.

The Tangletown Neighborhood Association aims to reinforce the importance of reducing consumption and reusing products at an upcoming event focused on textiles.

Burroughs Fix-It Clinic set for March 14 Hennepin County will hold a Fix-It Clinic from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 14, at Burroughs Community School. Attendees will get help and advice from volunteers on fixing small household appli-

ances, clothing, electronics, mobile devices and more — all for no cost. Items have to be small enough that attendees can carry them into the event. Attendees are encouraged to bring specific

tools and supplies they think may help with their repair jobs. Items that have been repaired at previous clinics have included DVD players, blenders, stereos, sewing machines and toasters.

Hennepin County has held 85 Fix-It clinics since 2012, with volunteers logging nearly 10,100 hours. Visit tinyurl.com/burroughsfixit to learn more and to see a list of future Fix-It clinics.

Hennepin County deconstruction grants still available Hennepin County is continuing to offer grants to homeowners who are doing demolition or major renovation projects and who use deconstruction techniques to remove the materials. Homeowners and developers can receive up to $5,000 to help offset the additional

time and labor costs for deconstruction. Projects must be on residential properties with one to four units. The structure being demolished or renovated must have been built prior to 1950, and it must be at least 250 square feet.

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By Andrew Hazzard / ahazzard@swjournal.com

Setting up for the World Cup

Minnesota native Benjamin Saxton (right) of the U.S. Ski Team tests out the World Cup course at Theodore Wirth Park alongside Team Canada skier Bob Thompson. Photo by Andrew Hazzard

Southwest residents help Loppet prepare for major event

Thousands of spectators will descend on Theodore Wirth Park March 14-17 for the Cross Country Ski World Cup, an event that will feature the sports’ top athletes and be put on with the help of several Southwest Minneapolis volunteers. “It’s got something for everybody,” said Mark Raderstorf, a Lynnhurst resident serving as the event’s community engagement coordinator. The 2020 Coop FIS Cross Country Ski World Cup Sprint Finals will bring the world’s best cross country skiers to the Trailhead for fast-paced action and unpredictable results. “It’s going to be really fast and really fun,” said Alayna Sonnesyn, a Minnesota native and professional Nordic skier who races for the U.S. Ski Team. Sonneysn, a Plymouth native who skied for the University of Vermont before joining the professional circuit, spent a lot of time skiing at Theodore Wirth when she was young. She said she’s very impressed with the improvements made to the area, including The Trailhead, in the past few years. For Sonneysn and U.S. Ski teammate Benjamin Saxton, who grew up in Lakeville, the World Cup being hosted in Minneapolis is a huge opportunity to grow the sport and put Minnesota on the map as a destination to host premier competitions. It has been 20 years since the U.S. last hosted the World Cup. “We’re primed to become the North American stop of the World Cup if it goes well,” Saxton said.

Vermont is a historic home for U.S. Skiing, but Minnesota is home to the sport’s largest community in the U.S. “None of those places have the volume of skiers the Twin Cities has,” Sonnesyn said. The course for the World Cup has a design that reflects the style of Olympic Gold Medalist Jessie Diggins, a Minnesota native and the country’s most famous Nordic skier, who will be racing in the World Cup. Diggins is known for her ability to pass racers on inclines, and the course features two sizable hills that suit her strengths. Sonnesyn said fans should try to get spots along those hills to cheer on the racers to see the most intense action. “Things can get heated on the course and you never know what you’re going to see there,” she said. Fans will be spread among new stadium-style seating being installed near The Trailhead and through the grounds, known as the infield. “The day of the race, the infield is the place to be,” Raderstorf said. “Think of the Indianapolis 500 and the Kentucky Derby. It’s going to be a big party.” Racers compete in heats of six athletes that will winnow down competitors to a final heat for male and female races. Constant heats mean constant action and the athletes hope spectators will be loud. “Make it a party because the really great

races that Nordic racers remember are really loud,” Saxton said.

Volunteer-fueled event

Raderstorf has been volunteering up to 20 hours each week for the past year to support the event. As community engagement coordinator, the former Loppet Foundation board member recruited 35 community ambassadors to reach various groups of potential fans in the area. That work includes reaching out to neighborhoods in nearby North Minneapolis, groups of athletes in other racing sports and community groups representing countries of other nationalities that feature prominently in Nordic ski racing, such as Norway, Sweden and Russia. “What we want to do is bring out new people,” he said. The four-day event at Theodore Wirth Park will include beer gardens, live music from artists like Brother Ali and Bad Bad Hats and a wide range of fun and competitive races before the World Cup race on March 17. The celebration is expected to draw thousands of people each day to the park and

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A14 March 5–18, 2020 / southwestjournal.com FROM ELECTION / PAGE A1

The city’s voting map might have looked much different. Hometown Sen. Amy Klobuchar appeared to have a fundraising edge in Southwest neighborhoods before abruptly dropping out on Monday and endorsing Biden. “We won Minnesota because of Amy Klobuchar,” Biden said at a rally. As voters walked into the polls Tuesday, some still hadn’t picked a candidate. “I’m really torn, I’m not sure. I’ve got it down to two different people,” said Sharon Landers, heading into the Lynnhurst Recreation Center. After a few minutes at the ballot box, she decided to vote for former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg because she figured he could outspend Trump. (Bloomberg spent more than $400 million from Oct. 31-Jan. 31, according to the Federal Election Commission.) Sanders was her second choice. Other voters said they deliberated between their favorite candidate and the candidate they believed could soundly beat President Donald Trump. But they disagreed on which Democrat was most likely to beat him. Kate Moberg said she shares Sanders’ values, but thinking ahead to the general election, she voted for Biden. “Just get Donald out of there,” Jordan Moberg said. At Jefferson elementary school, Nic LaFrance said Warren is the most electable progressive candidate. He came to the polls with Timmy Rehborg, who said he voted for Sanders for the same reason. While voters streamed in and out of the precincts, campaigns worked to get out the vote. Inside a Warren “action center” at a vacant condo on the 3500 block of James Avenue South, next-door neighbor Shay Berkowitz trained in volunteers. “The field is so much bigger, literally, in the last 12 hours,” Berkowitz told incoming volunteer Betsy Ford, walking Ford through the basics of working the phone bank. “What’s really important is to have a conversation that is authentic and supportive of people voting.” “This is a very fluid primary. We don’t know what’s going to happen day to day,” said Dave Mann, who was greeting Warren volunteers arriving to text and door knock. “In our minds, this is still a three-person race.” Nearby, on the 3100 block of Fremont Avenue South, volunteers removed their shoes to enter an apartment serving as a base for Sanders canvassers. Raquel Sidie-Wagner also volunteered for Sanders in 2016 when the campaign felt like a “ragtag group” of believers working out of a furniture liquidators warehouse (renamed the “Berniture” liquidators)

Kingfield resident Raquel Sidie-Wagner canvasses for Sen. Bernie Sanders, who took the most votes in Southwest Minneapolis. Photo by Chris Juhn

at 38th & Chicago. Today, she said, someone attending a concert can pull up a Bernie app and start canvassing. Biden’s team hosted a watch party at Elsie’s, but their grassroots work was harder to find in Southwest on Super Tuesday — the Biden website’s closest canvassing event was in Illinois. More than 8,000 people attended Sanders’ March 2 rally in St. Paul, and Sidie-Wagner said attendees were thrilled when Sanders visited the overflow room before appearing on the main floor. “It looks like St. Paul is ready for a political revolution,” Sanders said at the rally. The Democratic candidates have obvious differences of opinion, Sanders said, but they pale in comparison to their differences with Trump. All want to move government away from principles of greed to principles of racial, environmental, economic and social justice, he said. In Dallas, Biden took the stage Monday with Klobuchar, who joined former candidates Beto O’Rourke and Pete Buttigieg in endorsing Biden. Bloomberg ended his campaign and endorsed Biden on March 4, “uniting behind the candidate with the best shot” to beat Trump. “Most Americans don’t want the promise of a revolution. They want results,” Biden said, listing priorities for presidential decency, clean air and water, affordable health care, criminal justice reform, a beaten NRA and a path to citizenship for immigrants. He praised Klobuchar, calling her one of the Senate’s most effective senators. Klobuchar called for unity. “If we spend the next four months dividing

our party, and going at each other, we will spend the next four years watching Donald Trump tear apart this country,” she said. Back at Klobuchar’s campaign office at 6th Street and 1st Avenue Northeast, staff members waited Tuesday for team members to return from Dallas, unsure what was next for the office and how long their campaign emails would remain active. If Klobuchar had stayed in the race, fundraising data indicate she may have seen strong support in Southwest Minneapolis. USA Today cited a data analysis by the apartment listing service RentHop, which mapped the number of unique donors by zip code as of December. At that time, Klobuchar had the most donors in Minneapolis at 1,202, followed by Sanders with 904, Warren with 560, Buttigieg with 548, Trump with 223, Andrew Yang with 150, Biden with 140 and Tulsi Gabbard with 39. Klobuchar attracted the most unique donors in neighborhoods closest to the southwest city border, while Sanders attracted more donors in the Uptown zip code 55408. Klobuchar’s biggest fundraising totals came from the zip code 55405, bringing in nearly $76,000 from neighborhoods like Kenwood and Bryn Mawr. By Super Tuesday, nine candidates on the ballot had dropped out, and the evolving race likely impacted thousands of early voters. As of Feb. 28, the Minnesota Secretary of State had accepted 57,196 DFL ballots, and there was no way to change those votes. People who recently mailed ballots could still attempt to call and cancel them. The next states to vote are North Dakota,

Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri and Washington on March 10, followed by March 17 primaries in Florida, Illinois, Ohio and Arizona. The Democratic National Convention is July 13-16 in Milwaukee. At Harriet’s Inn on Super Tuesday, neighbors gathered and sipped beer as election results flashed up on six of the pub’s seven TV screens. (The seventh screen showed the Wild game.) Kingfield resident Dave Searl came to the bar with “Warren” printed across his chest. He’d worked for 16 years at Camp Warren, a YMCA camp in Eveleth, Minnesota — but he’s also a fan of Elizabeth Warren. “It just worked out that I had all the T-shirts and sweatshirts and water bottles and bumperstickers,” he said. Ray Dillon, a Bloomberg supporter who had woken up before 6 a.m. to serve as an election judge in Powderhorn, bought a massive soft pretzel for his tablemates before asking them whether they’d seen Bloomberg’s three-minute prime time TV ad. “That’s how long a lot of men last,” joked Lyndale neighborhood board president Kyle Samejima, who voted for Sanders because she didn’t like how emphatically Warren had proclaimed herself a capitalist. As Biden began to rack up victories in the first states called, Samejima grew worried. “I didn’t expect him to do so well,” she said. “I thought his debate performances were lackluster and not impressive and he seemed not 100%. But if it’s him versus Trump, of course I’ll vote for him.” — Nate Gotlieb contributed reporting to this story.

SOUTHWEST PRIMARY RESULTS Ward 7

(precincts shown)

Ward 8

(precincts shown)

Ward 10

Biden

Ward 11

(precincts shown)

Ward 13

City of Minneapolis

Hennepin County

Sanders

Minnesota**

DEMOCRAT Bernie Sanders

1,846 | 28%

2,397 | 44%

6,435 | 54%

956 | 30%

2,839 | 22%

51,574 | 41.5%

88,560 | 33%

222,533 | 30%

Elizabeth Warren

1,481 | 23%

1,646 | 30%

2,956 | 25%

841 | 26%

3,255 | 25%

30,666 | 24.7%

51,339 | 19%

114,755 | 15%

Joe Biden

2,224 | 34%

1,116 | 20%

1,870 | 16%

1,042 | 33%

5,309 | 41%

31,129 | 25.1%

92,107 | 35%

287,455 | 39%

Michael Bloomberg

525 | 8%

152 | 3%

315 | 3%

164 | 5%

853 | 7%

5,432 | 4.4%

19,072 | 7%

62,050 | 8%

Amy Klobuchar*

306 | 5%

115 | 2%

172 | 1%

122 | 4%

510 | 4%

3,320 | 2.7%

10,991 | 4%

41,508 | 6%

Pete Buttigieg*

59 | 0.9%

25 | 0.5%

105 | 0.9%

37 | 1%

113 | 0.9%

1,051 | 0.8%

2,508 | 0.9%

7,627 | 1%

Other/write-in

39 | 0.6%

49 | 0.9%

93 | 0.8%

27 | 0.8%

62 | 0.5%

975 | 0.8%

2,224 | 0.8%

8,551 | 1%

Donald Trump

87 | 90%

62 | 91%

137 | 90%

109 | 93%

214 | 90%

2,458 | 92%

16,609 | 95%

137,225 | 98%

Write-in

10 | 10%

6 | 9%

15 | 10%

8 | 7%

23 | 10%

209 | 8%

804 | 5%

3,302 | 2%

6,573 11,284 (54%)

5,568 9,456 (59%)

12,098 21,334 (57%)

3,271 6,342 (52%)

13,178 23,790 (55%)

126,814 290,535 (51%)

284,214 778,414 (37%)

885,021 3,360,143 (26%)

Warren

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Ward 10 Ward 8

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TOTALS Ballots cast / registered voters

KEY | Number of votes | Percentage of votes | *quit race before Super Tuesday | **4,108 of 4,110 counties reporting Data from Minnesota Secretary of State

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Whom are you supporting for president? In the run-up to Super Tuesday, the Southwest Journal reached out to local elected officials, prominent members of the

community and regular citizens to ask whom they are supporting in the presidential race. Most responses were submitted before

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg quit the race.

Some answers have been lightly edited for clarity and length.

Lisa Bender

Aisha Gomez

Hodan Hassan

City Council Member (Ward 10) » Elizabeth Warren

State Representative (District 62B) » Bernie Sanders

State Representative (District 62A) » Bernie Sanders

On issues like economic equity, racial justice and climate change, we need a president who’ll work to restore the people’s voice both on the campaign trail and while in office. Warren will campaign and govern with us — restoring integrity, compassion and dignity to our national government. No one is better equipped to lead our nation in healing and moving forward together.

I’m excited to endorse a candidate who governs with love and compassion. Bernie is investing in organizing and building a multigenerational, multiracial movement of working class people. He’s the best chance we have to defeat Trump and achieve our equity-focused agenda.

In the era of religious intolerance, polarization and racial tensions, we as a community need each other more than ever to unite our voices and build our strengths. I want my president to be someone who has the courage and decency to represent us all and fight for all Americans. I believe in Sen. Sanders’ leadership and his capacity to lead us effectively.

Andrea Jenkins

Jamie Long

Linea Palmisano

City Council Member (Ward 8) » Bernie Sanders

State Representative (District 61B) » Elizabeth Warren

City Council Member (Ward 13) » Amy Klobuchar

Her courage, her experience and her plans for big, structural change are what we need to end corruption in Washington and ensure opportunity for all — here in Minnesota and across the country. Elizabeth unites our party and offers our best chance for victory in November.

Klobuchar speaks to people, not past them. This translates into her being an experienced, effective politician who brings people together across the political spectrum. I admire Klobuchar’s genuine approach to governing, and I believe she can make urgent progress on things important to Minnesotans, specifically immigration, climate change and government transparency.

[Our children and grandchildren] deserve a world where they can breathe and drink the water, where they can have accessible, affordable healthcare and where they won’t be saddled with crushing debt from student loans.

City Council Member Lisa Goodman (Ward 7) endorsed Pete Buttigieg before he withdrew from the race. Goodman declined to submit a statement of support.

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John Edwards

David Gilbert-Pederson

Elizabeth Glidden

Kingfield » Elizabeth Warren

Wedge LIVE! blogger, Lowry Hill East » Elizabeth Warren

Whittier » Bernie Sanders

Former City Council Member, Kingfield » Elizabeth Warren

I support Warren because she is a tough, smart woman who can best fight oligopoly and wealth concentration in our country, as she proved spearheading the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. She supports Medicare for All, aggressive climate change goals and other truly progressive policies.

In the most important election of our lives, we need a President Warren. She has a keen understanding of our unjust economic system and a plan to fix it. She has a long record of fighting (and winning) for people against corrupt special interests. Sen. Warren is a brilliant thinker and debater, capable of putting her bold vision in a compelling, common-sense package.

I’m supporting Bernie because I’m a labor organizer and an educator and he has the most union support of any of the candidates combined and has put out an incredible plan that moves us forward on workers’ rights as well as an educational platform that prioritizes the education that kids need — giving them support and fully funding our public schools.

I believe in Warren’s motto — “dream big, fight hard”! From the time she burst onto the national scene, ready to protect consumers and hold banks accountable, I have been a fan. My admiration of her tenacity, and her authenticity, has only grown over time; she is the the candidate who truly excites me with hope for the future.

Louis King

Aldona Martinka

Jared Mollenkof

Thuy Nguyen

Owner, Lola on the Lake » Joe Biden or Michael Bloomberg

Whittier » Bernie Sanders

Hennepin County public defender, Whittier » Elizabeth Warren

Lynnhurst » Donald Trump

I believe that the next president must have the ability to bring the country together more than any single issue. The perpetuation of single issues or identity politics will only further divide us. Neither extreme can get that done. I am supporting Biden or Bloomberg, warts and all.

I was a Bernie Sanders supporter in 2016, but I didn’t want to go into this election fully committed, so I looked around. I talk with my organizer friends a lot about a politics of abundance rather than scarcity and the world that’s possible when we really work to imagine it, and no one’s doing that the way Bernie is.

She is planning on revamping the federal clemency process so it would be an internal White House procedure. I think that critical justice reform should be a larger part of the federal conversation because the culture that is set by the president and their administration affects the way all 51 jurisdictions play out their criminal-justice systems.

I am very concerned about the principles and policies being exposed on the left. I’m a war refugee [from Vietnam] and I know what it’s like to flee a country from a government that believes it has the right to command its citizens on how to live, and I’m horrified at the prospect of America turning into what we fled.

Donald Patterson

Nina Utne

Carol Zelenak

Jennifer Zielinski

Whittier » Joe Biden

Linden Hills » Bernie Sanders

Cedar-Isles-Dean » Elizabeth Warren

Candidate, Senate District 61, Windom » Donald Trump

He was my homeboy as vice president. He was a good politician. He’s been through ups and downs, whether it’s his wife or his son. And he’s more qualified than Donald Trump.

Throughout his life, Bernie has embodied the values I care about. In this election, moderate approaches don’t sufficiently address extreme income inequality or the threat of climate change. My grown children are avid Bernie supporters. I owe it to them and their children to vote for their candidate, one who stands for the future they want.

It’s time for a woman president. She’s like a female Bernie. She is a fighter. She knows her stuff. She took the banks to court. She knows how rigged the system is and she’s for basically the same big ideas as Bernie — free tuition, Medicare for All. I believe those are in our near future, maybe not this election.

I support the president because of the economy and because we do need immigration reform. It’s not about keeping people out but about modernizing our immigration system so we can get people through our system even faster.

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An instructor at Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center helps a camper learn the art of making glass beads over an oxy-fuel torch, known as flameworking or lampworking. Photo courtesy of Fred Panache

Playing with fire

AT THE CHICAGO AVENUE FIRE ARTS CENTER, KIDS CAN LEARN TO MAKE ART OUT OF HOT METAL, MOLTEN GLASS AND MORE By Helen Sabrowsky

oat hooks, fire pokers and a campfire pie iron: No, this isn’t a list of items found at a local rummage sale. It’s just a sampling of the items campers have designed and made during the summer programming at the Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center in Minneapolis. Creativity and problem solving go hand in hand at the summer camps, which include classes on blacksmithing, sculptural welding, casting, jewelry fabrication and glass bead making. While there’s no shortage of summer art camps offered throughout the Twin Cities, Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center’s camps aim to introduce kids age 8 and older to art forms they might not be exposed to elsewhere. SEE FIRE ARTS / PAGE B2

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Merrick’s creations impressed his parents. But he also surprised himself. “To be honest, I didn’t realize that I was capable of making these,” he said. Because campers have the freedom to design projects that interest them — and the support necessary to complete ambitious creations — campers make truly impressive pieces, said artistic director Heather Doyle. “The projects that kids are able to accomplish are really quite amazing,” Doyle said. They can go, she said, “as far as adults go, but sometimes further because they have no box.”

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Carrying the torch

Campers at Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center are first taught the basics of the design process, safety guidelines and how to use tools. They’re then given the freedom to let their imaginations run wild. Photo courtesy of Fred Panache

FROM FIRE ARTS / PAGE B1

Lighting the fire

Camps, which are focused primarily on ages 13-18, include Blacksmithing Basics, Metal Arts Sampler, Sculptural Metal Casting, Flameworking: Make Glass Beads and OxyAcetylene Found Object Sculpture. Though experience level may influence the types of projects campers embark on,

all campers leave the center’s weeklong camps having made something. Brad Buxton, who teaches blacksmithing at the center, said students in his camp start making their first project, a spoon/bottleopener combo, within the first 15 minutes. This teaches campers the basics of the design process as well as safety guidelines and how to use tools. After that first project, students are given the freedom to let their imaginations run wild.

“I hope they just kind of go on their own and start figuring out what to do,” Buxton said. During the blacksmithing camp — which involves shaping red-hot iron using a hammer — students make three to four projects. Last summer, one camper, Merrick, a 13-year-old from Golden Valley, made a spoon and bottle opener plus two other projects, including one he described as a “weird gadget.”

Fire art forms like blacksmithing are inherently resource-intensive due to the equipment, expendable materials and space required to work safely, which means many people don’t have access to them. In addition to its summer camps and courses offered throughout the year, the Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center also partners with a number of local schools and offers programming for alternative learners and home-schooled children. Executive Director Victoria Lauing said the center is excited to work with outside organizations and carry the torch for industrial arts programming. Lauing said the resource-intensive nature of the art form has brought together a growing community of fire artists. It also doesn’t hurt that TV shows such as “Forged in Fire” — a bladesmithing competition series that airs on History — have also reignited interest in the fire arts. Merrick said his mother signed him up for the blacksmithing camp, “his favorite camp ever,” because he and his friends enjoy watching the show. Many blacksmithing campers continue to

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work and learn at the center, and instructors and artists always enjoy seeing familiar faces. Adult artists work in the space during camps, too, which gives campers the opportunity to see more advanced work and learn from other creators. Safety is a priority at the center, which gives children and adults in their classes the same safety tutorials. Precautions include the right clothes, protective gear and best practices. Instructors also incorporate multiple methods of teaching into their lessons, first giving information, then walking students through the processes and later repeating them. The model has proven successful, Doyle said. “It allows people to overcome that anxiety of ‘there’s a piece of 2,500-degree metal in my tongs,’” Doyle said. “Plus, it’s really empowering to work with fire — and people want to do it.”

At the Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center, day campers learn to make art out of forged metal, molten glass and more in a safe environment. Photo courtesy of Scott Streble

Sparking creativity

One of the draws to blacksmithing and other fire art forms is that they’re accessible to those who think analytically as well as those who think creatively. Imagination is crucial to thinking up an original concept for a new piece. But practical drafting and layout are also required to design a project. Campers rely on teamwork and problem solving to successfully navigate the process. For camps and classes that incorporate found objects into artwork, understanding how individuals interact and see the world around them is important, Doyle said. “I have so many people take consumables, things like the welding rod, and use them as part of their sculpture,” said Doyle. “People take things out of context and realize that the possibilities are limitless, and that applies to many other areas of life.” A willingness to experiment is also

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required, as certain processes with fire arts are inherently unpredictable. “You have to figure out alternatives if one way doesn’t work,” said Merrick, who accidently started to form a spoon on the wrong end of his first project. Merrick, who wants to continue to learn blacksmithing, said that while projects can be difficult to finish, the hard work pays off in the end. “You’re working so hard and then you’re finally able to use it and be done with it,” Merrick said. “It’s just really satisfying.” This story first ran in our sister publication Minnesota Parent.

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urrounded by aqua-blue walls dotted with colorful climb holds, half a dozen children between the ages of 5 and 7 sit together intently focused on the wall in front of them. Above them, a small boy places a hand on a hold and lifts himself up the wall, which stands only about 15 feet high but seems impossibly tall compared to the boy. “Yeah, Jeremiah!” cheers Minneapolis Bouldering Project program manager Isabelle Solvang as she walks past the campers. The group erupts into exclamations of encouragement and praise as the boy climbs higher and higher. Though bouldering — rock climbing

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We focus a lot on how to come down in a way that you don’t injure yourself and in a way where you’re comfortable and confident in taking risks. — Isabelle Solvang, Minneapolis Bouldering Project

Different areas at the Minneapolis Bouldering Project cater to various age groups, such as this one for younger kids, where the reward for a climb to the top is an easy slide down. Photo courtesy of the Minneapolis Bouldering Project

MBP offers half-day, weeklong camps throughout summer for ages 5 to 12. “We have found that half a day of climbing is plenty,” Solvang said. “Kids are worn out at the end of the day, and they’re still excited to come back the next day.” Accessibility is a core part of MBP’s mission, and staff take pride in introducing campers to bouldering and the climbing community. No prior experience is required to enroll in a camp, and counselors use an

individualized approach to every child, which allows children from different backgrounds and abilities to thrive. “It’s really fun to get kids who like to move their bodies around to try climbing,” Solvang said.

What goes up must come down

Though campers climb boulders that can reach heights up to 17 feet without the use of ropes or harnesses, parents can rest assured that

safety is of the utmost importance at MBP. While part of the allure of bouldering is the thrill of climbing circuits that stretch to the ceiling, being able to climb down is equally crucial. “We focus a lot on how to come off the walls in a way that you don’t injure yourself, and in a way where you’re comfortable and confident in taking risks,” Solvang said. Although MBP’s facility — which boasts over 20,000 square feet of climbing

terrain — may seem overwhelming at first, everything in the space is color coded and designed so that anyone can walk in and navigate safely and successfully. MBP also posts its “spiral of difficulty” throughout the building. The spiral details the difficulty of each color-coded circuit. Circuits overlap to help climbers progress and avoid pigeonholing themselves into what they can and can’t do. Even with these safety nets in place, failure is natural and expected to occur. “Failure happens, but it’s not really a failure if you’re getting better and doing something you love,” said camp counselor Taber Tang. By learning to embrace challenges — and persevere despite them — campers develop skills they can carry into other areas of their lives. “The confidence they build on Day 1 and throughout the week is remarkable,” Solvang said. “And you learn to depend on yourself and you learn to trust yourself.” SEE BOULDERING / PAGE B6

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Completing a bouldering circuit is like solving a puzzle. Bouldering challenges climbers physically and mentally, which means campers often encounter big emotions. Instead of ignoring these feelings, MBP helps campers understand and acknowledge emotions as a part of its socialemotional learning curriculum. Throughout the weeklong camp, students are encouraged to stay in a growth-zone mindset — to challenge themselves and focus on progress without putting themselves in danger or panicking. “A huge part of climbing camp is trust,” camp counselor Chelli Riddiough said. “The kids have to trust us because we’re asking them to do really hard and scary things, and so developing a trusting and positive relationship is essential for pushing kids into their growth zone without it feeling like an uncomfortable experience.” One of the ways counselors foster a trusting relationship is by incorporating a challenge-by-choice concept that empowers campers to decide whether to participate or opt out of any activity. Additionally, counselors take an individualized approach to working with every camper. This means that campers from any background, such as children with autism or social anxiety or children who don’t come from a climbing family, can succeed and grow. “Every kid can climb, and I think this camp is a great place for any kid,” Riddiough said.

Creating a community The Minneapolis Bouldering Project features 20,000 feet of climbing terrain. Photos courtesy of the Minneapolis Bouldering Project

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Kids are naturals at bouldering, which is a form of climbing without ropes or harnesses.

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Since then, the club has helped nurture the growth of the Minnesota bouldering community, including its smallest climbers. “I like to climb because it kind of calms me and gives me a sense of how strong I am,” said Shyamana, a 9-year-old camper from Minneapolis. “It’s challenging but still fun.” When faced with an especially tough circuit, Shyamana said she either jumps down or tries it, while reminding herself that it’s not impossible. MBP offers a Pebbles Program for ages 3 to 5, and allows children as young as 2 to use the facility. Kids are such natural climbers that they don’t need much instruction before giving it a try. Some toddlers climb before they can walk well. “When people think of MBP, they think about the community it’s created, and I think kids are an essential part of that,” said camp counselor Zoe Seitz. Though camps center on bouldering and developing climbing-related skills, such as footwork or mindfulness, campers also partake in group activities, games and even just relaxing. “We also try to teach them a part of the bouldering culture of chilling out and hanging on the mats because we’re not going to be climbing every second of the day,” Seitz said. “We have a lot of time to chat and hang out on the mats and play funny games.” While some people may be surprised by the height of boulders children climb, Solvang stressed that the world isn’t childsized either, adding, “It’s only a handicap if you tell them it is.”

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From ‘Baby Shark’ to jazz and gospel DAY CAMPERS AT WALKER WEST MUSIC ACADEMY IN ST. PAUL LEARN TO PLAY FIVE DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS IN JUST THREE WEEKS By Helen Sabrowsky

erforming live on five different instruments with only three weeks to prepare may seem daunting to even the most seasoned musician — and all but impossible for beginner students — but that’s exactly what campers do at Walker West Music Academy’s Summer Music Camp in St. Paul. The three-week day camp runs in July and is open to 30 children ages 5 to 12. This year, the camp is expanding to a full-day camp from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. with music instruction in

Instruments, such as violin, are provided for students in summer day camps at the Walker West Music Academy in St. Paul, which is known for its strings program as well as jazz instruction. Photos courtesy of Walker West Music Academy / Benny Moreno

the morning and dance, yoga/meditation and storytelling in the afternoon. No prior musical knowledge or experience is required to attend the camp, where children learn the fundamentals and simple tunes on violin, African drums, piano, a woodwind or brass instrument and voice. Campers receive breakfast, lunch and snacks. Instruments are provided, too. The camp culminates in a public concert held at Walker West’s performance hall.

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At the end of the day, music is about trust. And I think this camp does a good job at giving these kids trust. We want them to trust us and trust the music. — Edmund Catlin, Walker West Music Academy

Children in the summer day camp at Walker West Music Academy in St. Paul learn five instruments during a three-week period — violin, voice, African drums, piano and a woodwind or brass instrument (or recorder for younger kids).

And it’s all possible because of a dedicated teaching staff, a solid camp structure and student perseverance, said program director Tonya Gregory. “It can be pretty amazing, because you wouldn’t think that all of these students would be able to do all of these different things on these instruments in three short weeks,” she said. “But because of the way the program

is designed and the way the teachers teach, they’re able to learn and share a lot.”

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Walker West Music Academy was founded more than 30 years ago by Rev. Carl Walker, a gospel pianist, and Grant West, a jazz pianist. In 1991, the Summer Music Camp was launched. Since its creation, Walker West has set out

to foster a community centered around jazz and gospel music, which is often overlooked in public music education. “People are coming specifically because it’s is not offered at public schools, as well as for the family feel, the connection and making sure we’re sharing the African American cultural experience through music,” Gregory said. In addition to its Summer Music Camp,

Walker West offers a Summer Jazz Intensive for ages 12-18. Designed to help students already proficient in an instrument further hone their skills, the weeklong camp runs from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 3-7. Walker West executive director Braxton Haulcy said the Summer Music Camp makes for “a great entry point to becoming part of the Walker West family.” Haulcy said senior teaching instructors have been with the school for years and offer a wealth of knowledge, while high schooler and college-age camp teaching assistants — who often grew up taking lessons at Walker West — serve as role models and mentors to campers. Edmund Catlin, a camp assistant, studied at Walker West for five years before leaving for college, returning for summers as an administrative assistant and substitute drum lesson instructor. “It’s really cool because my job is to serve as an intermediary between the adults, the teachers and professionals, and these little kids,” Catlin said. “It’s almost like a diplomatic position.” SEE WALKER WEST MUSIC / PAGE B10

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Jack Breen, the summer camp band instrument teacher, started taking lessons at Walker West as a fourth-grader and continued through high school. After graduating from college, he returned to teach lessons and coach ensembles. As a recent college graduate, Breen is able to relate to students in ways that other staff might not. “I have three different instruments out, and then I’m also playing recorder and sometimes the piano with them, and we just have a little dance party,” Breen said. Catlin stressed the importance of creating a trusting relationship between campers and instructors. “At the end of the day, music is about trust. And I think this camp does a good job at giving these kids trust,” he said. “We want them to trust us and trust the music.”

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Students arrive at Walker West at 8 a.m. and eat breakfast as a group before breaking off into small groups for rotational lessons in various instruments. After music lessons, campers eat a snack and then head to group choir, where all 30 students sing together in the performance hall. Lunch is served around noon. Meals and snacks are provided through Saint Paul Public Schools, which is just one of the ways Walker West makes its camps accessible to all children. Scholarships are also provided to students in need, and Walker West was recently certified by the Minnesota After School Advance Program, which enables the school to further expand on its commitment to providing instruction for all. Part of the reason the Summer Music Camp is so successful in introducing beginner students to a range of instruments and techniques is because it incorporates a concept Haulcy calls “Play to Learn,” which

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The fact that violin is included among the camp’s core instruments may surprise some folks, Haulcy said. However, Walker West includes the instrument because the school is known for its fantastic string program, one of the best in the U.S., with four instructors teaching violin, viola, cello and bass. “Many of our students are playing in the symphonies across the Twin Cities,” Haulcy said. “And some have played at Carnegie Hall with Sarah Chang.”

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means campers focus on listening to melodies and rhythms and playing by ear before reading and writing music, similar to how children learn to speak before learning to read or write. This teaching style also helps campers develop an enhanced skill for improvisation. Breen said he starts with recent songs that campers know such as “Baby Shark” or “Old Town Road.” “I want to get students to learn music they really love first — that’s my first priority because that really gets the excitement going,” Breen said.

It’s not just about building up world-class musical skills. During camp, kids also learn discipline, determination and tenacity. “It takes a lot of confidence to play five instruments at a beginner’s level — and that’s a major accomplishment of the program,” Haulcy said. Campers learn their strengths and what they enjoy as well as how to articulate their preferences. Walker West’s emphasis on teaching non-academic skills like these in addition to its musical curriculum distinguishes the program from other camps, Breen said. Catlin said his measure for a successful lesson is whether the child leaves knowing how to do something new. And sometimes that simply means learning to be OK with mistakes. “Little kids tend to be perfectionists a lot of the time, so a lot of it is trying to persuade them that going as far as you can go is worth it, in and of itself,” Catlin said. “You’re constantly in pursuit of this thing that’s always running away from you — and that’s always bigger than you — so a lot of the camp is inviting kids to trust that world of music, of ‘Who knows what will happen?’ But the only way to find out is to do it.” This story first ran in our sister publication Minnesota Parent.

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fter I graduated from college, I worked at an architectural firm in San Francisco for a couple years. The architects there used to make fun of what they called the city’s “beauty contest” for new development. Architectural renderings were submitted to the city by developers and then evaluated on how the proposed project would visually enhance the skyline. I thought it was a good idea. Sometimes I wish we did that here. But I think everything should be beautiful. One day last fall, I took a shortcut through the North Loop on my way home. At the corner of N. 3rd St. and N. 10th Ave., just around the corner from the Salvation Army discount store, I saw a new building with an undulating aluminum screen covering the upper floors. I immediately pulled over. Through orange construction barricades I could see the one-story base of dark brick was punctuated with large expanses of windows. A matching six-story tower on the corner, also with large windows, marked the pedestrian entrance. The blocky shapes overlapped and provided dimensionality to what could have easily been a solid rectangular mass. But it was the upper stories that captured my eye. Pierced aluminum panels connected in a basket weave texture that turned the ramp into a piece of sculpture. It was beautiful. And it was just a parking ramp.

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My sister, who was recently promoted to CEO of a home remodeling firm in the Silicon Valley, was in town a few weeks ago. We often talk about architecture. I took her to the ramp and said it was my new favorite building in Minneapolis. “A parking ramp?” she asked. “Why not?” I answered. It has to be designed by someone; why not make it nice? I drove by the ramp several more times and showed it to other people. Everyone agreed it was beyond what was expected. I decided I needed to know more. UrbanWorks architects have won more than 42 design awards in 12 years. They believe that architecture is about more than good design; it’s a way to build a sense of place. David Miller, the firm’s design principal, said they don’t typically work on stand-alone parking ramps. But they have designed ramps when parking is bundled into a larger project like at 4Marq, the luxury high-rise apartment building at 4th & Marquette that has a multi-hued perforated covering on its lower ramp floors. The North Loop ramp actually went up in July 2018. The upper floor’s panels are perforated aluminum wedges that slant out from the structure. Miller rotated the panels 180 degrees to create the visual texture. Perforated panels allow air to move in and out of the ramp. They meet the city’s ventilation goals without having to use mechanical equipment. Miller said he enjoys the challenge of designing unique ways to use this type of screening on ramps. Miller designed North Loop Parking for Schafer Richardson. UrbanWorks is also working on an affordable housing project for the same developer that’s going up across the street from the parking ramp. The ramp was part of a bigger vision for the area. Not only will it provide parking for area workers and residents; the devel-

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mall animal veterinarians are commonly asked: “How do the costs add up so quickly for my pet’s dental procedure?” But first, we should discuss why a dental procedure might be recommended for your pet. It’s not just about sparkling white teeth and fresher breath, though those are among the many positive outcomes. Oral health matters for pets for the same reason that it matters for us: It’s all connected. The mouth can act as a port of entry for bacteria, allowing infection and inflammation to move through the bloodstream to the rest of the body. Pets also suffer significant pain related to fractured teeth, infection of the gums and abscessed or loose teeth. But what exactly happens during a pet’s dental procedure? The breakdown below should help explain why these procedures are often expensive and why costs vary between veterinary clinics: • General anesthesia is necessary to thoroughly examine your pet’s mouth. Some of the molar teeth are tucked so far back in the mouth, they can’t be seen well in even the nicest and most compliant pet. Think about how your dental hygienist performs an in-depth exam and cleaning, uses a dental probe to measure pockets along your gum line and has you sit still for dental X-rays. None of this is possible for pets without anesthesia. • Pre-anesthetic blood tests help identify individual health concerns that could impact the pet’s procedure or cause potential problems during or after anesthesia. Some clinics have in-house laboratories that add cost but allow for rapid monitoring and response to anesthetic emergencies. • Calming and pain-relieving pre-anesthetic medications decrease the need for other anesthetic drugs, improve safety and lead to smoother recoveries. • Ideally, an intravenous (IV) catheter is placed to give drugs and fluids, though this varies between clinics. Catheters

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provide rapid access to the bloodstream in the rare event of an anesthetic emergency. IV fluids maintain hydration, electrolyte balance and blood pressure to protect the heart and other organs. • Next, an endotracheal tube is placed inside the throat to deliver oxygen and gas anesthesia and to prevent inhalation of liquid and dental cleaning debris. Inhalant gas maintains pets’ unconsciousness and allows rapid adjustments in anesthetic depth. • Anesthetic monitoring equipment and protocols vary, but often pets are monitored by multiple staff members using advanced equipment. Pulse oximeters measure heart rate and blood oxygen levels. Additional equipment tracks heart rhythm and blood pressure, alerting the team immediately to dangerous changes. Careful temperature monitoring prevents hypothermia (perilously low body temperature) that may delay recovery and decrease anesthetic safety. • Dental X-rays are crucial to understanding the health of tooth roots hidden

below the gum line. Many teeth have multiple roots that may be considerably longer than the exposed crown, so we’re truly only seeing “the tip of the iceberg” if we don’t look below the surface. Some infections cause obvious gum changes or loose teeth, but others are only detectable using X-rays. And without X-rays, root fragments may be left behind after tooth extraction, causing ongoing pain and infection. For optimal detail, some clinics have specialized digital dental X-rays. • As in human dental offices, drills, polishers and hand tools are often employed. Ultrasonic scalers may be used to remove the thick calculus (mineralized plaque) that can accumulate on pets’ teeth. • Staffing and training also add significant cost. Your pet’s dental team ideally consists of a licensed veterinarian, one or two certified veterinary technicians and one or two veterinary assistants. The veterinarian assesses your pet’s oral and overall health, directs anesthesia, performs dental extrac-

• The need for extractions or surgical removal of oral tumors varies with each pet. Local nerve blocks are administered prior to these procedures for pain relief lasting up to eight hours. At some clinics, a laser may be used in the removal of abnormal gum tissue and acupuncture may be offered for pain, nausea and anxiety relief. • Antibiotics, anti-nausea drugs, pain relievers and appetite support may be critical for speedy recovery and are tailored to each pet’s comfort, anesthetic complications and health status (e.g., insulin for diabetics). The items above detail many of the costs involved in pet dental procedures, but what isn’t discussed is how concerned veterinarians tend to be about client costs. It’s actually considered a major stressor in veterinary medicine, a profession in which practitioners constantly worry about how to provide the best care for the pets and clients we love while still respecting individual family cost constraints. So, if your veterinarian recommends a dental procedure, listen carefully and ask questions because we truly want what’s best for your pet and want to help you in achieving that goal. Dr. Catherine Hageman is a veterinarian at Westgate Pet Clinic in Linden Hills. Email general pet questions to drhershey@westgatepetclinicmn.com. Veterinarians cannot give pet-specific medical advice without an office visit.

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Mill City Cooks

Recipes and food news from the Mill City Farmers Market

By Jenny Heck

New salad toppings for early spring greens

y this time of winter, most of us are starting to get bored of heavy coldweather dishes and ready for some spring greens! Luckily, the best farmers and makers from around the state bring locally grown vegetables, award-winning cheeses, sauces and more one-of-a-kind handcrafted foods to indoor farmers markets for us locavores and foodies to get our spring fix. Shopping local year-round not only provides fresher flavor, but it also supports small, sustainable businesses in our community. At the Mill City Farmers Market, you can find Minnesota greenhouse-grown salad greens, radishes and carrots along with some more unique flavors for a non-traditional spring salad.

Alt greens

While lettuce and spinach will always be dear to our hearts for their classic flavors, the farmers market is all about trying new things! You can find alternative greens like watercress, flavor-packed microgreens, spicy Asian greens and lemony chickweed to mix into your salad from farmers at the Mill City Farmers Market.

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Adding a few dollops of jelly to a salad may seem like a Midwestern Jell-O “salad” seen in a Lutheran Church basement, but I promise you will not be disappointed by anything from Minneapolis maker Serious Jam. Owner Heidi Skoog works with local fruit and oldschool techniques for her interesting flavor

combinations of small-batch jams, jellies and marmalades. I would argue her rhubarb anise and blood orange whiskey jams are even better than fresh fruit.

Shahiya chutney

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Looking for some for some spice? Oromo-style Shahiya chutney is made by local urban farmer Ibrahim Mohamed, with help mastering the family recipe from his mother, Zahra. Capture

the fresh flavors in this hot sauce by combining olive oil and Shahiya chutney for a flavorful salad dressing. Don’t worry — Mohamed always brings a mild green sauce for those of us who can’t handle the heat. The Mill City Farmers Market’s indoor winter market runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Saturday, March 5, inside the Mill City Museum (704 S. 2nd St.), millcityfarmersmarket.org.

MILL CITY SALAD PLATTER Sometimes the easiest way to make dinner is to prep a bunch of veggies, buy some high-quality prepared foods and put together a big platter of everything for your family to build their own plates. Serves 4-6. Ingredients For the vinaigrette 2 tablespoons Shahiya chutney, or less to taste 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar ½ cup olive oil Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

For the salad 4-6 slices bread 2-3 tablespoons olive oil 1 clove garlic, minced Pinch of salt and freshly cracked black pepper 5 cups assorted mixed greens, washed and spun dry

Additional toppings to mix and match Chopped radishes, salad turnips or carrots Roasted potatoes or sweet potatoes Cooked chicken, bacon, salami or hard-boiled eggs Pickled vegetables Cheese Serious Jam’s seasonal jelly

Method Put all the vinaigrette ingredients in a jar, cover and shake well. The jar can be refrigerated up to one week. Shake again before using. Preheat the broiler to high. Add the garlic, salt and pepper to the olive oil and brush onto both sides of the bread. Broil for two minutes on each side. Set aside. Mix the lettuce with any reserved radish and turnip greens you may have. Place on a large platter or serving tray. Arrange the additional toppings on a tray. Allow your guests to help themselves and build their own salad from the platter and dress with the vinaigrette and pesto.

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Southwest has first Division I football prospect in years TK Marshall signed with North Dakota State in December

TK Marshall, a four-year starter at running back for Southwest High School, will play for North Dakota State starting next fall. Submitted photo

Marshall at the National Signing Day ceremony at Southwest. His future team, North Dakota State, was 16-0 in 2019. Submitted photo

By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@swjournal.com

On the morning of Dec. 18, TK Marshall sat with family and friends inside of Southwest High School and signed a letter of intent committing to the North Dakota State football team. Marshall, who was Southwest’s top running back for four years, said the moment wasn’t very sentimental. “I was excited, but I was ready for it, because I was waiting for that day,” he said. For Southwest, it marked a milestone. It was the first time a football player had signed with a Division I college football program under Josh Zoucha, who became head coach in 2013. Zoucha said he couldn’t think of anyone more deserving to be his first Division I player than Marshall. “What he’s done for our team and [what] his class [has done] for our team is going to have lasting effects after they’re gone,” he said. Marshall, 18, has been playing organized football since he was about 9 years old. He originally played at Powderhorn Park but switched to the now-defunct Armatagebased Southwest Area Football Association (SWAFA) when he was in seventh grade. He also began training with the DeLaSalle High School football team that year. Marshall, who decided to attend Southwest because he wanted to attend a public school, joined the Lakers football team the summer before starting ninth grade in 2016. He began the season as the team’s backup running back but assumed the starting role after an injury to the lead back. Marshall said that first season, in which the team went 1-8, was difficult but that he focused on improving for future years. He said he and his peers from SWAFA who joined the Lakers focused on getting stronger in the offseason, noting their dedication to an offseason weightlifting program. “We kind of changed the culture around here,” he said. “The atmosphere around the team changed.”

Southwest went 4-5 in Marshall’s sophomore year, his first of three as a team captain, and 3-6 in his junior year. This past season, the team went 7-3 and reached the semifinals of its section tournament. Marshall led the team with 1,662 rushing yards and 20 touchdowns and was named a finalist for the Minnesota Mr. Football award, which is given annually to the state’s top player. Zoucha said he expected to play Marshall as a freshman, though not necessarily as the starting running back. He said Marshall and his classmates have been instrumental in building the team’s offseason weightlifting program the past few years. “Ten years ago, we would have four kids lifting in the offseason,” he said. “[Now], we have half our team lifting in the offseason.”

FCS-record winning streak to 37 games. Marshall also liked that he was able to talk directly with North Dakota State head coach Matt Entz and not just with a recruiter. Entz, who just finished his first season as head coach, said Marshall was “unbelievably” easy to talk to and has a great sense of who he is and what he wants to do with his football career. “We’re fortunate to get him,” he said. Marshall said he’s not positive where he’ll be on the team’s depth chart when the 2020 season starts but that he’d love to see some playing time as a freshman. His high school position coach, Donnell Kirkwood, said he expects Marshall will be a solid college player, noting how he became stronger and improved in his tech-

niques as his high school career progressed. “He has put in the hours, he has put in the time and he’s done it right,” said Aaron Gerhardt, a former Lakers assistant coach who also coaches Marshall on the Southwest track and field team. Marshall plans on going to Fargo this summer to take classes and practice with the team. Academically, he’s interested in some sort of liberal arts degree with a potential focus on product design or graphic design. He said he’s optimistic that he and his fellow seniors helped generate more interest in football at Southwest. He also said he expects at least one upcoming Lakers senior to sign with a Division I program next school year. “There’s going to be more to come,” he said.

Recruiting process

College football was an early goal for Marshall, who has an older brother who played soccer at the University of St. Thomas. He said college teams have “had an eye on him” since his freshman year. Zoucha said Marshall received interest from Division I schools across the Midwest, including Big Ten schools like Minnesota and Iowa. Marshall said he received scholarship offers from smaller Division I schools such as North Dakota State and Northern Iowa and had offers to play at the bigger schools, though not necessarily on scholarship. Marshall, who committed to North Dakota State before this school year, said he liked that the team was the only one he visited that didn’t brag about its facilities. He also was impressed by the program’s success. The Bison have won eight Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) national championships in the past nine years. In 2019, they went 16-0 and extended their

TK Marshall (second from right) poses with Southwest High School athletes Olivia Waguespack, Elle Niebuhr and Doug Sutton, all of whom have signed with college sports programs for next year. Photo by Nate Gotlieb

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By Emily Lund

Ward off the winter blues

ays are getting longer, but spring still feels a long way away. Months of cold temperatures, cloudy skies and limited physical activity can take a huge toll on our emotional and physical health. According to the Mayo Clinic, seasonal fluctuations in sunlight can even change levels of serotonin and melatonin in our bodies, which can profoundly affect mood. Many of us experience the “winter blues” in Minnesota, and while we cannot control the weather, there are ways to alleviate the symptoms.

Head to a greenhouse

Take a respite from the cold and snow by enjoying the great outdoors indoors! Find your local greenhouse, peel off those layers and soak up some sun. Dr. Jean Larson, who specializes in nature-based therapies at the University of Minnesota, recommends spending 30 minutes a day in natural light to improve the symptoms of seasonal mood changes. In addition, being surrounded by living green plants can add an extra boost. Commit to practicing a little horticultural therapy by bringing home a few houseplants. Houseplants can also help improve indoor air quality, so you’ll breathe a little easier this winter.

Mind your nutritional ABCs

Our diets in the colder months can become more reliant on high-calorie, low-nutrient foods. This can lead to general sluggishness as our stores of vitamins and minerals are depleted and our bodies and minds

struggle to function without the basic nutritional building blocks. Focus on eating nutrient-dense foods, especially vegetables, to help ward off the blues. You can purchase locally grown root vegetables, like carrots and sweet potatoes, from farmers at the Neighborhood Roots winter market. High in vitamin A, they can help your immune system fight off the common cold. Pick up some mushrooms to get a dose of much needed vitamin D. To get the highest dose, try eating them raw or lightly sauteed. Cooking can decrease the level of nutritional vitamin D in mushrooms. Throw them in a salad with local leafy greens like spinach or baby kale to add vitamin C and calcium to the mix. Help round out the alphabet with vitamin B from winter squash. Minnesota farmers grow a wide variety of squash, including butternut, acorn and spaghetti, which store well through the winter. Roast them in the oven with a little olive oil and then puree with some chicken stock and herbs for a delicious, nutritious and affordable soup to feed the whole family.

More than the blues?

While mild to moderate changes in mood are common, some people experience more severe symptoms. If you feel that it’s more than the winter blues, you could be experiencing seasonal affective disorder. If you are experiencing symptoms of depression, such as changes to your sleep or appetite or suicidal thoughts, you should see a doctor or visit Walk-In Counseling Center (walkin.org).

Kiss My Cabbage vendor Adrienne Logsdon (left) works the Bachman’s indoor market last winter. Submitted photo

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We’ve had a few highlights despite having a small team with a lot of first year wrestlers this season. Junior captain, Nick Flaskamp (182lbs) has had another stellar 20 plus win season(25-8) and now a 3-time State qualifier, just became SW’s fourth Section Champion in history over the weekend, with a 17 second pinfall in his finals match. Flaskamp is now 9th on the school’s all-time win list with 73. Flaskamp also claimed a tournament championship at the Hopkins Invite in January.

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Our two senior leaders, Ben Stites(126lbs) and Elijah Judovsky (195/220lbs) both had 20-plus win seasons. Both just missed qualifying for the State tournament, with each taking 3rd place in their Section respectively. Finishing his career with a 76-56 record and 7th on the SW all-time win list, Stites has committed to compete in college at the Division III level at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. Stites also led the team with 28 wins this season.

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Our two female wrestlers, Sophomore, Noah Gramentz (106lbs) and Junior, Breanna Arnold (138lbs) both had the honor of competing in the first ever Girls State Tournament in Champlin earlier this month. Arnold took 4th place in one of the toughest brackets of the tournament.

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The most inspiring story came from Sophomore Wyatt Speck (120lbs) as he went 3-0 at the MPLS JV City Tournament to claim 1st place! He also won two varsity matches this season out of his seven total this season after not winning one in 2018-19. His story of success in the City Tournament and with Down Syndrome on WCCO 4 TV gained major buzz and went viral nationally!

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Get Out Guide. By Sheila Regan

Celebrating women In March, celebrate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month with these events that inspire, empower and bring awareness to women’s issues here in Minneapolis and around the world.

WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: THE HISTORICAL COMEDYBRATION, THE FUTURE EDITION Heather Mayer and a gang of funny feminists are back for a new edition of International Women’s Day laughs. With games, stories, sketches and historical reenactments, you’ll laugh your way through the waves of diﬀerent women’s movements throughout history and into the future.

When: 7 p.m. Sunday, March 8 Where: Bryant Lake Bowl, 810 W. Lake St. Cost: $13 Info: bryantlakebowl.com

NO MAN’S LAND FILM FESTIVAL Celebrate International Women’s Day by watching inspiring ﬁlms about incredible rock climbing women from around the world. There’s a family screening and an adult screening, during which beer from Pryes Brewing Company and hard seltzer from Lift Bridge will be served.

When: 4-10 p.m. Sunday, March 8 Where: Minneapolis Bouldering Project, 1433 W. River Road N. Cost: $15 for adult nonmembers, youth free with paid adult Info: tinyurl.com/no-man-land

WOMEN WITH VISION: THEN AND NOW, WALKER ART CENTER The second weekend of March, the Walker Art Center highlights women filmmakers past and present. The festival includes a screening of shorts by female Minnesota filmmakers, a panel discussion of local female filmmakers, a screening of foodie Laura Gabbert’s new documentary and daily screenings of women-directed films.

When: Thursday-Sunday, March 12-15 Where: Walker Art Center, 725 Vineland Place Cost: Free-$10 Info: tinyurl.com/walker-women

THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA Arbeit Opera Theatre partners with women’s advocacy groups, including Women’s Advocates, Violence Free MN and Advocates for Human Rights, for its production of Benjamin Britten’s chamber opera, “The Rape of Lucretia.” Directed by Teresa Mock and produced by Kelly M. Turpin, the performance oﬀers a piercing look at violence against women through a riveting piece of music. Because of the content, there will be trained response therapists on site at each performance.

When: 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, March 20-21; 4 p.m. Sunday, March 22 Where: The Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Ave. S. Cost: Suggested donation $20 Info: tinyurl.com/lucretia-mn

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Community Calendar. By Ed Dykhuizen

Where: Washburn Library, 5244 Lyndale Ave. S. Cost: Free Info: hclib.bibliocommons.com/events

When: 7 p.m. Sundays and Mondays, March 9 and 23, April 6 and 20 and May 4 and 18 Where: Bryant-Lake Bowl & Theater, 810 W. Lake St. Cost: $12 in advance, $15 at the door Info: bryantlakebowl.com

ROCK THE CRADLE This free day of family fun for kids and their grown-ups, presented by 89.3 The Current, features musical performances, hands-on activities, dance parties, experiences with station hosts and more.

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When: 11 a.m. Sunday, March 8 Where: Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2400 3rd Ave. S. Cost: Free Info: artsmia.org

This exhibition presents Russian children’s artworks submitted to the owl art contest held by the International Owl Center, in Houston, Minnesota, for young people under 18 from across the globe.

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When: Exhibit on view March 7-June 21; opening reception 2-4 p.m. Saturday, March 7 Where: The Museum of Russian Art, 5500 Stevens Ave. Cost: General admission $13, seniors 65+ $11, students $5, children under 14 free Info: tmora.org

AMAZING ANIMAL EYES Kids grades 1-6 will discover the eye adaptations made by animals and then make and decorate their own teleidoscopes, tools similar to kaleidoscopes with open ends that create patterns from any object you view. Materials provided.

When: 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 7

LIPSTICK: A QUEER FARCE Anna has invited Kelly over for dinner, but is it a date? Or just hanging out? A cavalcade of visitors crashes their evening in this farce for ages 18 and up.

When: Friday-Sunday, March 13-15, 20-22 Where: Phoenix Theater, 2605 Hennepin Ave. Cost: $20 Info: phoenixtheatermpls.org

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St. Paul-based baroque chamber music ensemble The Flying Forms will present four works on period instruments of the mid-to-late 17th century, including two pieces by Handel.

When: 3-4 p.m. Sunday, March 8 Where: Lakewood Cemetery, 3600 Hennepin Ave. Cost: $10 in advance, $15 at the door Info: lakewoodcemetery.org/upcoming-events

THE THEATER OF PUBLIC POLICY During each show, an expert guest participates in a live on-stage discussion of a big issue, topic or idea. Then the cast brings the conversation to life through unscripted improv comedy theater.

REDWOOD A hip-hop dance class Greek chorus and opinionated longdead ancestors help guide the relationship between Meg and Drew, an interracial couple whose lives are rocked when they learn Drew is from the family that enslaved her relatives in antebellum Kentucky.

Costumes are encouraged for three races: a 5K, a 10K and a kids’ race.

When: 9 a.m. Saturday, March 14 Where: Lake Harriet Cost: $10-$55 participation fee Info: andersonraces.com

EVA MOREIMI PRESENTS ‘HIDDEN RECIPES: A HOLOCAUST MEMOIR’ “Hidden Recipes” tells the story of Ica and Ernő and their struggles to survive after their lives were shattered by Nazi cruelty. Eva Moreimi grew up in Czechoslovakia as the only child of two Holocaust survivor parents.

When: 4 p.m. Saturday, March 14 Where: Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave. Cost: Free Info: magersandquinn.com

TAMINO Of Belgian, Egyptian and Lebanese heritage, the 21-year-old musician Tamino is touring North America on the strength of his British debut single “Habibi” (Arabic for “my love” or “beloved”).

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