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A STAND AGAINST HATE Vigil honors victims of Orlando mass shooting

By Sarah McKenzie smckenzie@southwestjournal.com

About 2,000 people gathered in Loring Park on June 12 to find solace, share grief and honor victims of the Orlando mass shooting. Several elected officials, community and religious leaders spoke at the nearly two-hour vigil, offering words of comfort as the nation once again tried to digest news of another horrific episode of gun violence. The massacre of 49 people at a popular gay night club June 12 was the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. The Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus sang “Walk Hand in Hand With Me” as the crowd held hands and lit candles. The event was organized by OutFront Minnesota and state Sen. Scott Dibble (DFL-61). SEE LORING PARK VIGIL / PAGE A18

3A large crowd gathered to listen to speakers at the June 12 vigil honoring the Orlando shooting victims. Photo by Sarah McKenzie

A robin gathers material for a nest at Roberts Birds Sanctuary. Photo by Michelle Bruch

Meet the School Board candidates Eight race for four open seats on the Minneapolis Board of Education

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Improvements planned for Roberts Bird Sanctuary

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Avid birders have spent a century visiting the Roberts Bird Sanctuary, where they currently spot 220 different species. On a recent morning visit, CARAG resident Steve Greenfield pointed out a low-flying oriole, robins gathering material for nests, and

the calls of chickadees. “Once the leaves come out, you do more by sound,” he said. (To learn bird calls, he recommends larkwire.com.) The Park Board is currently finalizing an SEE BIRD SANCTUARY / PAGE A16

Months of campaigning lie ahead for this year’s crop of Board of Education candidates, a group of eight vying for the four seats that come open in November. Up for grabs this fall are seats in districts 2, 4 and 6 — all on the west side of Minneapolis — plus one of the board’s three at-large seats. There are two candidates in each race (although there’s at least one write-in citywide campaign in the works, by Christopher Clark, who said his filing affidavit was disqualified on a technicality). When the election is over, the nine-member School Board will have at least one new face and as many as four. If not quite make-or-break, the DFL endorsement has proven to be a very important creden-

tial in Minneapolis School Board races. This year, the endorsements went Kim Ellison (citywide), KerryJo Felder (District 2), Bob Walser (District 4) and Ira Jourdain (District 6). The four say they see eye-to-eye on the issues and are running as a team. Incumbent School Board members Josh Reimnitz (District 4) and Tracine Asberry (District 6) both said they’d abide by the endorsement process, but each later decided the stakes were too high to drop out. Frequent School Board candidate Doug Mann (citywide) has the support of the Green Party. What follows is a brief introduction to each candidate appearing on this fall’s ballot. For SEE SCHOOL BOARD / PAGE A17

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You can tickle the ivories all over downtown the month of June. As part of a new Pianos on Parade program, 25 pianos painted in a variety of styles celebrating downtown have been placed at various locations. People are invited to play them and performances have been lined up over the lunch hour on Tuesdays. Noted Minnesota pianist Lorie Line kicked off the initiative with a performance June 1 at a piano placed near Kieran’s Irish Pub in Mayo Clinic Square. “Our city is full of musical talent, and downtown is the perfect place to showcase it,” said Leah Wong, vice president of events and marketing for the Minneapolis Downtown Council. “Pianos on Parade will not only add to the vibrancy of our downtown, but it will offer a chance for everyone to use them. The community is encouraged to share the gift of music by playing the pianos this June.” The Pianos on Parade program will also be part of Make Music Twin Cities — a free music celebration on the summer solstice, June 21. Keys 4/4 Kids, a St. Paul-based nonprofit focused on inspiring young people to get involved in the arts, is also involved in the project. For a list of piano locations, go to downtownmpls.com/pianos — Sarah McKenzie

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Fartun Weli is distributing dates and oatmeal at the nonprofit Isuroon’s new food shelf on Nicollet. Photo by Michelle Bruch

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Isuroon food shelf The woman-run Somali nonprofit Isuroon has opened a halal food shelf at 3416 Nicollet Ave., following years of work to make it happen. “It has been a long time coming,” said Fartun Weli, executive director of Isuroon. Upon learning that food shelves were prohibited at their Nicollet Avenue building, Isuroon worked with the Minneapolis City Council to pass a new ordinance allowing food shelves in all commercial areas. City regulations haven’t been the only source of difficulty. The food shelf receives death threats and angry voicemails from people who don’t like the idea of a halal food shelf, Weli said. “We’re serving. … What keeps us going is the community,” she said. “Giving up is not part of our vocabulary.” Weli said she wanted to open a food shelf because the Somali community is underserved, and there remains huge gaps in access to food.

The food shelf served more than 300 people in its first three weeks, she said. Residents are picking up dates and oatmeal during Ramadan — with people fasting each day, Weli said she’s trying to give them the heartiest meals possible to consume at night. Staff are also making food deliveries to homes, allowing seniors to stay out of the heat. In the future, they plan to offer cooking classes as well. Although cauliflower recently became available, recipients had no idea how to cook it. The food shelf’s produce comes from Second Harvest Heartland, and funding comes from the University of Minnesota’s Center for Urban and Regional Affairs and the Seward Co-op. Throughout the month of June, Seward Co-op customers can “round up” their bills to give the extra pennies to Isuroon. So far this month, more than 23,000 customers have made a donation.

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Bull Run Coffee is now Vicinity Coffee Bull Run Coffee is rebranding as Vicinity Coffee with no change in ownership. Owner Brent Ringate explained that he changed the name to avoid market confusion with Bull Run Roasting, a company that he and his brother previously owned that is independent of the coffee shop.

He said he decided to choose a new name to ensure full control and ownership of the coffee bar’s brand. “We were trying to figure out something that represented what we are and what we’re about,” he said. “Everything kept coming back to community.”

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Whittier Farmers Market opens June 25 The Wedge Table will sell coffee and baked goods. You Betcha Kimchi will offer kimchi with “three levels of zing,” ranging from “Minnesota Nice” to “Uffda.” The Whittier resident behind Feverfew is selling plant starters and cut flowers from a collective of Twin Cities producers. The new farmers market launching June 25 in Whittier may be the city’s most affordable option for vendors. Producers can participate in the full season for a $200 deposit, which is returned to them at the close of the season. The fee for a single day is $20. “The nice thing about our market that really differentiates ourselves from others is it’s really accessible to small producers,” said Market Manager Emily Lund.

The farmers market is the brainchild of members at Calvary Baptist Church, and it takes place in the parking lot behind the church at 2608 Blaisdell Ave. “Residents of the Whittier neighborhood couldn’t understand why they didn’t have a farmers market yet,” said Lund. “They said, ‘You know what, let’s do it.’” They formed a committee, secured church funding and lined up new vendors. At the market, “hot savory sandwiches” will be provided by a new food truck called Chicks on Wheels, featuring jerk chicken tacos with pineapple salsa, or crabcakes topped with duck bacon and fresh spinach. The market runs thru Oct. 1 every Saturday from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

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Tepper’s drinks run the gamut from fruitbased (watermelon + basil) to green and earthy (cucumber + carrot + kale + beet + apple), and he’s happy to work with customers to tweak the green in their drinks. All of the cold-pressed juices and smoothies are vegan-friendly and free from dairy and nuts. Tepper doesn’t expect customers to grab juice and go. He’s planning a communal table and window seating for people to meet with friends and sip fair-trade coffee, try made-to-order smoothies and stay for wraps and salads. “It will have a welcoming feel,” he said. “Approachable is a word I always go back to.”

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Residents in Windom covered cars with blue tarps in early June to illustrate street parking they anticipate losing to townhomes slated for construction at 5605 Nicollet Ave. S. Following the community protest, the developer applied for a city variance to approve its design for surface parking. Minneapolis city staff approved plans in March for the Granite Hearth Properties project, which includes six units with two bedrooms per unit. The approved design has no off-street parking. That complies with new city rules passed last summer that introduced zero minimum parking requirements for new residential projects of 50 units or less located within a quarter-mile of frequent bus service or a half-mile from rail. City staff said that in this case, the developer’s design for surface parking doesn’t have an adequate drive aisle. Architect William Wells said he doesn’t agree with that determination. An application for a variance to allow two, three or four parking spaces goes before the city Planning Commission on July 18, he said. “We’re not looking for an exception to the rule,” he said. “We’re challenging zoning staff ’s interpretation of the rule.” Jeff Larson is an attorney who works on immigration law next door to the development. He said street parking is a “finite resource.” Biking isn’t realistic in wintertime, he said, and bus service on Nicollet isn’t adequate to meet the needs of most residents who travel through the metro. “We’re not that kind of city yet,” he said. Larson’s office was previously located in Uptown, where he said parking became increasingly difficult. A brochure circulated in the neighborhood said neighbors are not anti-development, but they want to “illustrate the adverse effects of the lopsided use of public space by a single-size residential lot.” “How many times can you do that in a neighborhood?” Larson said. “…Twelve cars seem to be way over the top.”

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spent the weekend celebrating the memory of Shirley Kaiser, my old friend Paul Kaiser’s mother and the beloved matriarch of the legendarily big ‘n’ beautiful Kaiser clan of South Minneapolis, and, given the tenure of the times, I was happy to have her as an inspiration: Monday morning at Incarnation Catholic Church, the sights and sounds of several hundred mourners toasting the vivid good deeds of a life lived for others stood in stark contrast to the sights and sounds coming out of Orlando, and to the horrific headlines, personal hits, and big and small losses we’ve come to expect daily in this “sad and beautiful world,” as Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkhous sang it. Mrs. Kaiser’s legacy is as a wife, mother, and grandmother who practiced an all-encompassing love for her family that extended to her church and charity work that found her delivering day-old bread to homeless shelters and the needy five days a week for 20 years with her late husband Harry. The Kaisers were and are saints, straight up, and while it may be simplistic to pit angels against monsters, the thought of those two good Samaritans doing their good thing every good morning is worth holding up as a role model for we the living, especially as it looks as if we’re hurtling towards the planet’s latest dark age. At least that’s how it feels. The trickle-down cumulative effect of such man-made catastrophes as the Orlando massacre and hate speak as spewed by the likes of Donald Trump is calculable, and if you’re like me you look into your heart and find more often than not these days it is profoundly troubled. America is at an exceptionally shallow juncture, an idiocracy fast folding in on itself, and from my little corner of the world via my little prism, I’ve borne witness to the sad sea change and how the macro

affects the micro: These strange days, friendliness is met with stranger-danger distrust; people are super wary, turning away, closing off. To hell with it, I will keep trying. I will hold doors for people, greet strangers with a smile and a hello and go out of my way to make ridiculous small talk. It’s all I’ve got. Similarly, the night Prince died, a distraught musician friend of mine asked me, “What are we going to do?” I try to avoid clichés like the plague, but I found myself in self-helpy mode, telling the dude, who hugged me hard afterward, “Love and light and life and music.” It’s my only recourse to this increasingly inscrutable thing called life, along with the little things, like what happened with me and a big guy in a big truck the other day. I was on my bike in the bike lane when he pulled in front of me and cut me off to make a turn. He didn’t realize I was there. I slammed on my breaks and, with a quick nod of apology from him and an “all good” wave from me, we were anti-road ragers and off and wheeling on our respective ways. As he drove away, I noticed the “Coexist” sticker on his bumper and was inspired to finally look it up. Coexist (coexist.org) is a nonprofit organization “created to address the crisis of understanding that tears at the social fabric of societies around the world. Globalization has outpaced our understanding of one another, creating divisions that plague communities with prejudice, hate and violence.” Yes, please. More of that, please. And in that spirit and in honor of all those poor souls in Orlando and all poor souls everywhere, here’s one man’s suggestion for 49 things you could do instead of killing a bunch of happy dancing loving people with an assault rifle:

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will benefit by having the assurance they will be defended from false accusations by their insurance company, rather than the current situation whereby the City’s decides on a case-by-case basis whether to defend them. I have joined the campaign to educate community members on why they should vote yes on the initiative in November because I am outraged whenever power is abused. When I learn of another large payout the city has made to another victim of police brutality, (payouts often in hundreds of thousands or even a million or more dollars), and I learn of another instance where the offending officer has not been disciplined, I am frustrated and indignant. Involvement in this campaign is something I can do to help improve police conduct and create a better Minneapolis for all. I invite other Minneapolis community members to join the campaign by contacting the Campaign to Insure the Police at info@insurethepolice.org or calling 612-384-0277.

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Police need insurance Though change cannot come fast enough for those most impacted by the overly aggressive and sometimes brutal actions of police, there is something tangible, important and powerful that we in Minneapolis can do in the next six months, which will help “bend the arc of the moral universe toward justice.” Community members can become knowledgeable about and supportive of an amendment to the City Charter, which has been proposed for the November ballot in Minneapolis. For several years, a local advocacy group has collected signatures for this Police Insurance Amendment to be on the ballot. The proposed amendment requires Minneapolis police officers to carry their own professional

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Council panel approves 40-story condo tower A key City Council committee has cleared the way for Alatus’ 40-story condo tower planned for the city’s riverfront to move forward. The Council’s Zoning & Planning Committee has overturned the Heritage Preservation Commission’s decision to deny approvals for the project on grounds it would be too tall for the area, which is part of the St. Anthony Falls Historic District. Alatus also secured approvals to move ahead with demolishing the St. Anthony Commercial Club building within three months to begin construction on the project planned for 200 Central Ave. SE. The full Council will vote on the project June 17. The project has sparked vigorous debate about what is appropriate for the area given its

historic location. Veteran developer Bob Lux, principal of Alatus who spearheaded the Carlyle and Grant Park condo developments, said the project planned for the city’s east bank would make a bold statement. “We want to move the city forward in a big way,” he said. Pending final approvals, Lux said the developer would like to start on construction by the end of the year. The tower would feature 207 condos, retailers and a restaurant at street level. Supporters of the project said it will bring needed density to the neighborhood, expand the tax base and bring a new modern landmark to the riverfront.

Opponents of the project, however, led by the group Neighbors for East Bank Livability, said it would dwarf the historic properties surrounding it. Guidelines for the St. Anthony Falls Historic District call for height limits of eight stories. They also advocated for preserving the St. Anthony Commercial Club building as part of the development. Bird advocates also spoke out against the project, saying it would be harmful to birds because as proposed it lacks bird-safe glass. City Council Member Jacob Frey (Ward 3), who represents the area where the project would be built, thanked constituents for having a thoughtful and respectful debate about the proposed tower. “There is the ability to retain historic build-

ings while simultaneously creating a character of our own in 2016,” he said. He noted that height limits in cities like San Francisco have put pressure on the housing market, leading to skyrocketing real estate prices. City Council Member Lisa Goodman (Ward 7) said she would like to see more tall residential buildings along the riverfront and other parts of downtown. The additional development would take pressure off neighborhoods near downtown facing higher density development.

legislator Phyllis Kahn, a DFLer, is facing competition from fellow DFLers Ilhan Omar and Mohamud Noor. Abdimali Askar, a Republican, is also running for the seat, which represents Minneapolis neighborhoods along the riverfront and University of Minnesota. The city is also seeking election judges, especially ones fluent in a second language, such as Spanish, Somali, Hmong, Oromo,

Lao, Vietnamese, Russian and American Sign Language. Election judges are paid $13.30 an hour. For more info, go to vote. minneapolismn.gov/judges or call 311. The November election will include the presidential race, U.S. State Representative (District 5), Minnesota State Senator (all districts), Minnesota State Representative (all districts), Minnesota Supreme

Absentee voting starts June 24 Absentee voting for the Aug. 9 primary starts Friday, June 24. Voters can cast their ballot by mail or in person. In-person absentee voting is moving from City Hall to the Community Services Building, 217 3rd St. The primary election determines which candidates will appear on the ballot for the November general election for partisan and

nonpartisan races. In Minneapolis, the primary election includes partisan races for U.S. State Representative (District 5), Minnesota State Senator (Districts 59 and 62), Minnesota State Representative (District 59A and 60B) and a nonpartisan race, Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice (Seat 6). One of the more notable races is the contest for state House seat 60B. Longtime

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City wears orange for gun violence awareness Minneapolis residents joined cities around the country in wearing orange June 2 for National Gun Violence Awareness/Orange Walk Day. The day honors Hadiya Pendleton, who would have celebrated her 19th birthday June 2. While a 15-year-old high school student from the south of side of Chicago, she marched in President Barack Obama’s second inaugural parade Jan. 21, 2013. One week later, she was shot and killed in Chicago. A group of her friends decided to wear orange as a way to remember her — also the color hunters wear to protect themselves in the woods. “Gun violence has no place in Minneapolis or in any other city,” said Mayor Betsy Hodges. “Sensible, smart gun policies can prevent gun violence. I call on every Minneapolitan to join me and commit to keeping guns out of the wrong hands and encouraging those who legally own firearms to be responsible and safe.” Minneapolis has experienced a surge in gun violence this year. As of May 30, there have been 126 shooting victims in the city — up 75 percent from the

Community leaders wore orange near the Stone Arch Bridge June 2 for National Gun Violence Awareness Day. Submitted photo

same period a year ago, according to Minneapolis police crime statistics. Birdell Beeks, a grandmother, was recently killed by a stray bullet in North Minneapolis on May 26. She was sitting in a minivan with

her granddaughter when she got caught in the crossfire. The next day, Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau said additional police resources are headed to the 4th Precinct.

“As we continue to work aggressively to address our increase in gun violence, one of my greatest concerns has been realized; people with no regard for the lives of those in our community taking the life of an innocent bystander,” she said. “This is intolerable and unacceptable. The fact that our officers made arrests immediately and have been following up on information from those arrests gives me some comfort that justice will be served, but it cannot replace a life that should have never been lost.” She said the police department is “aggressively” targeting “gang members” and “cliques” known for violence and 12 new officers will join the 4th Precinct on June 12. Harteau said she has also created a Community Support Team (CST) of community leaders to help police address the violence. The Journals published an in-depth report, “Under Fire,” earlier this year examining the problem of gun violence in Minneapolis.

Early concept for Hennepin redesign gets green light The City Council’s Transportation & Public Works Committee has signed off on a preliminary redesign concept for Hennepin Avenue — one that would put the street on a slight road diet and include bus stops between the road and bike lanes. The design is in its early stages and project planners will return to the Council for additional approvals when a more detailed design has been completed. Public works staff are seeking $7 million in federal funding for the $15.7 million project, said Simon Blenski, a city transportation planner. The redesign project for Hennepin between Washington Avenue and 12th Street is slated for 2020. The concept calls for a four-lane roadway, protected bike lanes, sidewalks and bus

stations that would have stops located on islands between traffic and the bike lanes. Blenski said Metro Transit plans to test out the bus station concept on 7th Street with a pilot project. Blenski said it’s just an idea at this point — nothing has been finalized. “It is a new design that we think could work on Hennepin, but we’re definitely going to be looking to our peer cities for their experiences with it,” he said. An estimated 7,600 pedestrians, 1,500 bicyclists, 8,100 transit riders and 18,600 motor vehicles travel on the corridor each day, according to a report presented to the Council committee. The full Council will vote on the redesign concept June 17.

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Court Justice (Seat 6), Minnesota Court of Appeals Judge (several seats), Fourth District Court Judge (several seats), and Minneapolis School Board (Districts 2, 4, 6 and one at-large seat). There will also be a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot. The question will read: “Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to remove state lawmakers’ power to set their own salaries, and instead establish an independent, citizens-only council to prescribe salaries of lawmakers?” Another possible charter amendment that might appear on the ballot would require Minneapolis police officers to carry their own professional liability insurance.

To learn more about early voting and upcoming elections, go to vote.minneapolis.gov. Minnesota Secretary of State Simon has launched the Pledge-to-Vote-program — a new voter outreach program with the goal of making Minnesota number one in the nation in voter turnout. Participating organizations will get a free voter outreach kit to encourage people to vote on Election Day. “This program is going to aid in our efforts to reach out to voters with typically lower turnout rates, such as young people, communities of color, members of our armed forces, and New Americans, and ensure that as many Minnesotans as possible use their vote as their voice this November,” Simon said. For more details, go to sos.state.mn.us.

New report tracks Clean Energy Partnership’s progress The city experienced a big increase in solar installations and Home Energy Squad visits in 2015, according to the first progress report on the city’s new Clean Energy Partnership. The Clean Energy Partnership is a collaboration among the city, Xcel Energy and CenterPoint Energy. The partnership is working on advancing the city’s environmental goals, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050. The partnership has also established eight metrics to track the city’s clean energy goals, including annual greenhouse gas emissions, commercial and residential building energy use, local renewable energy use and Home Energy Squad visits, among other things. Gayle Prest, the city’s sustainability manager, said data collected will help focus the partnership’s work. “We’re going to look at this data to drive change in the city,” she said. The most recent data available on citywide greenhouse gas emissions indicated that levels were down 7.5 percent compared to 2006, Prest said. As for other highlights, there were 92 solar installations in Minneapolis in 2015 compared to 56 in 2014. The partnership also promoted Xcel and

CenterPoint’s Home Energy Squad’s services, resulting in a 68 percent increase in visits between 2014 and 2015. The Home Energy Squad helps homeowners find ways to improve energy efficiency, such as installing a programmable thermostat and LED bulbs, among other things. Xcel and CenterPoint Energy also spent more than $1 million to help low-income customers improve energy efficiency in their homes. The city is also collaborating with Siemens Corp. to analyze energy consumption patterns and figure out the best way to tackle its environmental goals. Buildings account for about 63 percent of the city’s greenhouse gas emissions and vehicles about 37 percent, according to a recent report Seimens Corp. made to the City Council. Julia Thayne, director of urban development for Siemens, told the Council that Minneapolis appears to have the most potential to reach its clean energy goals compared to other cities the organization has analyzed. The city’s Clean Energy Partnership has been recognized nationally. The White House named Minneapolis one of 16 Climate Action Champions, citing the partnership and the city’s Climate Action Plan.

City planning street café pilot program Already narrow sidewalks become nearly impassible with the inclusion of a sidewalk cafe. This vital space will soon be freed with Minneapolis’ Street Cafe pilot program. A street cafe takes the parklet concept, first introduced in the city in 2014, and expands it to table service. Parklets are public patio structures that extend the sidewalk into the roadway and provide seating, bike parking, planters and public art. City ordinances prevent restaurants from serving directly to people in a parklet. Street cafes are similar to parklets but serve as an extension of the restaurant or cafe and won’t be open to the public. The street cafe program will begin as a pilot this August with five initial locations and five more added in 2017. Lacy Shelby, a principal urban designer for the city, said the pilot program is a way to test, prototype, and collect

data on its success. After the pilot, the program would open to all 240 restaurants with licensed sidewalk cafes in Minneapolis, considering they meet the necessary regulations and permits. Street cafes and parklets must be in an unrestricted parking lane in the front of a restaurant and level with the sidewalk. Businesses are also responsible for design, construction, insurance, maintenance and installation costs. Street cafes and parklets have been successful in other cities, including Seattle (streateries), Portland (street seats, New York and San Diego (curb cafes). Parklets started as a pilot in 2014 with 3 owned by the city. That expanded to 10 by 2016 with a refined, application-based program. — Carter Jones contributed to this report

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Word that a popular Washburn High School theater teacher was placed on administrative leave and facing termination after her May arrest in Minneapolis prompted an outpouring of support from students, parents and friends. Many planned to rally in support of Crystal Spring at the June 14 Board of Education meeting. But the district abruptly changed course hours before the meeting, with Interim Superintendent Michael Thomas announcing Spring’s reinstatement and pledging to review the district’s termination procedures in a letter to the community. “When this came to my attention, I found myself immediately questioning the process that resulted in the recommendation for termination of Ms. Spring,” Thomas wrote. “It is imperative to be thorough when considering the action of terminating an employee, and we regret that due diligence, as I would expect, was not followed in this case.” Spring’s attorney in the criminal case, Jordan Kushner, said she was facing a misdemeanor charge of obstructing the legal process stemming from a May 19 incident on the border of the Stevens Square and Whittier neighborhoods. Spring was driving through the area at about 10:20 p.m. when she observed officers attempting to arrest a man identified in police reports as 44-year-old Tony Walls. Spring stopped near the Wendy’s fast food

restaurant located at 325 E. Franklin Ave and began to film the arrest with her phone. “(Police) accuse her of criticizing them, of yelling at them and trying to tell witnesses not to cooperate — which she denies — but even those allegations would be within her right to free speech,” he said. “There was nothing that she did that was illegal.” Spring learned she had been recommended for discharge in a June 8 letter from Steve Barrett, executive director of Human Resource Operations for the district. It alleged “conduct unbecoming a teacher,” citing both her arrest and the failure to inform her superiors, according to accounts posted online, which Kushner verified. Spring was on administrative leave up until the morning of the June 14 School Board meeting. Her reinstatement was announced about three hours before the meeting was scheduled to begin. The interim superintendent’s letter described Spring as a “passionate advocate for social justice and equity,” echoing the words of her many supporters. Taking to Facebook, Washburn students and parents praised her for creating a safe, accepting space in her black box theater classes. Spring, director of the Washburn acting program since 2008, did not return a phone call seeking comment. She still has a July 20 court date on her misdemeanor charge, Kushner said.

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Board approves new superintendent’s contract Minneapolis Public Schools’ new superintendent will earn $225,000 per year under the three-year contract approved unanimously June 7 by the Board of Education. The base salary for Ed Graff is $35,000 more than the district paid former superintendent Bernadeia Johnson. One key difference: Graff has served as Anchorage School District superintendent since 2013, while Johnson was a first-time superintendent when she won the job in 2010. Johnson earned a $190,000 annual salary and was eligible for up to $40,000 per year in performance bonuses by the Graff end of her tenure, although the board only ever granted her a portion of that amount. Graff and the board will negotiate specific performance goals for years two and three of the contract, and the contract language allows the board to increase Graff ’s pay based on achievement of those goals. The former Anchorage School District superintendent was picked to lead Minneapolis Public Schools in May. Minnesota Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius was the other finalist in the board’s second superintendent search since Johnson’s resignation in early 2015. An earlier search failed to produce a superintendent. Graff ’s contract includes a $400 monthly allowance to compensate for business use of

his personal vehicle and a monthly stipend of $50 for his cellular phone plan. The board also agreed that the district will contribute $2,000 per year to a health savings account and match contributions to his district retirement plan at the maximum amount. Graff still must secure his Minnesota superintendent’s license. In a June 13 hearing, the Board of School Administrators granted Graff a variance; he now has until June 30, 2017 to complete the coursework required to earn his license. The School Board briefly discussed tabling the contract vote until their June 14 meeting, at which point Graff was expected to be in Minneapolis and questions around the license variance would have been resolved. Without a variance, his contract with Minneapolis Public Schools would be terminated. But a motion to table failed and the board moved ahead with the vote. Michael Goar, the former district CEO who until this month served as interim superintendent, was paid a $190,000 annual salary for his service. Goar left the district to start a new job June 1 as CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Twin Cities. Graff doesn’t officially start until July 1, so the board tapped Chief of Schools Michael Thomas to step in for a brief term as interim superintendent last month.

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District investigating associate superintendent Minneapolis Public Schools place a top administrator on paid administrative leave in June to investigate conflict-of-interest allegations. The allegations concern Associate Superintendent Lucilla Davila’s ties to Windom Enrichment Resource Center, a pre-K–5 after-school enrichment program she co-created while principal at Windom Dual Immersion School. A Star Tribune story alleged Davila was still being paid by WERC at a time when the program was expanding into schools under her supervision. Since its launch at Windom in 2011, the program has been incorporated as a nonprofit and expanded into other district schools, including Sheridan and Emerson.

In September, the Board of Education approved a $150,000 contract with WERC to work with 90–100 English-language learner students during the 2015–2016 school year. The district responded to a request for comment on the June 10 news story by confirming the investigation. In a Facebook post, WERC Executive Director Blanca Raniolo urged parents to stand up for Davila. “Looks like being an Assistant superintendent of MPS has created some enemies for Ms. Davila and we all know Lucilla, and how hard she has worked for the students and their families in our schools,” Raniolo wrote.

AchieveMpls names new CEO Minneapolis Public Schools’ nonprofit fundraising partner, AchieveMpls, named its new CEO June 10. Danielle Grant will step into that role in July, replacing retiring CEO Pam Costain. Costain, a former Board of Education member with extensive nonprofit experience,

led the organization for six years. Grant is moving to AchieveMpls from a job at the district, where she is executive director of the Educational and Cultural Services Department. A Turtle Mountain Ojibwe, she previously served as director of the Indian Education Department for the district.

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Noodles & Co. remains closed after ﬁre at Calhoun Commons Caribou Coffee and Chipotle have reopened following a May 22 fire in an enclosed trash room at 3060 Excelsior Blvd., while Noodles & Company remains closed. Assistant Fire Chief Bryan Tyner said in late May the cause of the fire was still undetermined. “We got it out pretty quickly,” he said. Deven Yeager was working at Caribou when the fire broke out shortly after 3 p.m., and he was one of several people who called 911. He said they evacuated the shop within seconds — although one man apparently didn’t feel much urgency, and stayed to finish his writing before responding to shouts of a fire. Yeager said the building filled with thick,

white smoke. “You couldn’t see through the windows,” he said. He said the shop was professionally cleaned, and both Caribou and Chipotle reopened within about a day. A smoking area is located outside the trash room, and building staff have speculated about cigarettes causing the fire. The fire is still under investigation, however. Noodles & Co. issued a statement apologizing for the inconvenience, and referred customers to its St. Louis Park locations. “The restaurant will remain closed for the time being as we assess the damages,” the company said.

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SafeZone patrols return to downtown The SafeZone patrol — officers from the Minneapolis Police Department, Metro Transit Police and the Hennepin County Sheriff ’s office — are collaborating for the 12th summer to increase the visibility of law enforcement downtown. The officers will also work with youth outreach workers and volunteers, homeless street outreach teams and Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District Ambassadors to enhance safety downtown. “Visibility equals livability,” said Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau at a recent press conference. “Finding ways to have a visible presence is very important in curbing crime.” Steve Cramer, president and CEO of the Minneapolis Downtown Council and Downtown Improvement District (DID), agreed. “A thriving downtown is built on the reality and perception of safety,” he said. A small percentage of repeat offenders are committing most crimes, Harteau said. “People coming downtown to cause trouble aren’t going to be able to do that anymore,” she said. Sylvestre Remodeling & Design SWJ 061616 V3.indd 1

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Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek said the recent increase in violence won’t be tolerated. The extra patrols comes as violent crime in the downtown area is up about 10 percent year to date compared to the same period in 2015, according to recent Minneapolis police crime statistics. Citywide, violent crime is up about 7.5 percent this year compared to last year. — Carter Jones

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improvement plan for the bird habitat. Park Board consultant David Zumeta said that although the Sanctuary’s habitat has degraded over time due to invasive species, birds have always liked its location between Lake Harriet and Calhoun. Viewed from above, the Chain of Lakes is roughly parallel to the Mississippi River flyway, one of four major migration routes in the country. “This is like an alternate route of green and blue infrastructure,” he said. “…Where it’s located is crucial.” That location was crucial even back in the 1930s, when the park was designated a bird sanctuary. Greenfield said it’s fun to read old notes by Dr. Thomas Sadler Roberts, who published a comprehensive study of Minnesota bird life in 1932. Roberts hunted prairie chickens in an area southeast of Lake Calhoun, he said. Roberts documented birds like the red-tailed hawk in 1881 at the “Lake Harriet woods,” believed to be the presentday Sanctuary. As the habitat has changed over time, so have the park species, and birds like the ruffed grouse are long gone. The Sanctuary still offers plenty to see, however, especially during migration in the spring and fall. Glen and Cathy Sando walk in the Sanctuary every day. “It feels like you’re out in the country,” Cathy said. They have seen hundreds of orioles high in the trees. They watched Great Horned Owls nesting in a Willow tree, before a storm took part of the tree down. Red-winged blackbirds like the marshy area, and woodpeckers like the dead trees. It’s even secluded enough for Cooper’s Hawks to nest. “When it comes down to it, this is what we’ve got,” Greenfield said. “It’s not the Amazon rainforest, but it’s what we’ve got.” “One of the silver linings of climate change

saplings are waiting for a break in the canopy. Zumeta said another important aspect of conservation relates to educating the general public. That means no bikes, dogs, hammocks, jogging groups, litter or trailblazers. “It’s a bird sanctuary. It’s not like all the other parkland around,” he said. “It’s very hard to get people to recognize that or comply.” “Take only pictures, leave only footprints,” Pepin said. The Minneapolis Park Board is currently finalizing a preferred concept for improvements at the Sanctuary. Here are a few of the draft proposals: • Restore a maintenance area at the southeast corner of the park to the Sanctuary as a buffer area. • Replace a boardwalk through the wetland area. • Improve the east and west entry points. Some birders aren’t interested in enhancing the west entrance, however — they don’t want cyclists or joggers to view the area as a thruway. CARAG resident Steve Greenfield, a birder at Roberts Bird Sanctuary. Photo by Michelle Bruch

might be range extension,” Zumeta said. “… Many species have extended their range 70 miles to the north.” Greenfield has seen Kentucky warblers this year, which he said are rare to find this far north. The same is true for the Yellowthroated warbler nesting Downtown, and the Blue-gray gnatcatcher, he said. As some species disappear from the area and others are introduced, Zumeta said it’s crucial that new native plantings thrive. Due to climate change, they will need to survive increasing numbers of droughts, floods, windstorms and other major weather events, he said. The removal of invasive species is one of

the most important aspects of long-term management of the Sanctuary, he said. Although a few birds do like buckthorn (robins are complicit in eating the berries and spreading the seeds), buckthorn is problematic for choking out wildflowers, native shrubs and ferns that other birds seek. “It’s an endless task,” he said. Linden Hills resident Constance Pepin often organizes “buckthorn busts,” and asks for volunteers to help pull garlic mustard. She said it’s critical to restore the native plant community. On a recent visit to the Sanctuary, she noticed new native plants like Jackin-the-Pulpit and Enchanter’s Nightshade, and pointed out a spot where young Maple

• Replace the fence in areas where it is missing or damaged. • Remove invasive species, replacing them with native trees, herbs and shrubs that are attractive to birds. As mature Ash trees die from emerald ash borer, retain them as snags to enhance the bird habitat. Greenfield said that when it comes to the Sanctuary, keeping the park natural is key. There are plenty of manicured picnic areas and trails nearby, he said. “More often we’re arguing to do less, rather than more,” he said. “It’s just a wonderful place to go observe birds,” Zumeta said. “I encourage people to go explore it and respect it.”

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was two years ago. He supports strong community schools, equitable funding of schools and improved district communication. MPS needs to do a better job of highlighting what works in the district and focusing its resources on what doesn’t, Jourdain said. He has also expressed support for the district to provide wrap-around services that address the issues students face outside of schools. Jourdain is a parent of four children, including an 18-year-old who just graduated from South High School. His two youngest attend Bancroft. Jourdain, who has a background in human services but now works has an insurance field underwriter, has served on various school site councils and volunteered with PTAs. He also served on the committee that produced the landmark 2006 memorandum of agreement between MPS and the American Indian community.

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KerryJo Felder (DFL-endorsed) kerryjo4schoolboard.com Felder said she’s running to represent District 2 because “change isn’t coming fast enough for our students on the North Side.” An MPS parent and graduate of the North High School Summatech program, Felder was an outspoken advocate for the school when the district proposed to shutter it in 2010. She now works as a community and education organizer with the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation. Felder said would focus an “equity lens” on her work as a School Board member. She has advocated for greater staff diversity and “full-service community schools” that can support students with a variety of needs. “I want to make sure those structures are in place, because I was once that poor student, myself,” she said. A regular at School Board meetings, Felder said five years plus of watching the board work has prepared her to join it.

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Josh Reimnitz (incumbent) joshreimnitz.com Unlike this year’s other candidates and most of his colleagues on the board, Reimnitz doesn’t have children in the district and, as a Bismarck, N.D., native, never attended MPS himself. But the first-term incumbent said he’s forged a connection with the district though his threeplus years of board service and the time he’s spent visiting schools and interacting with MPS

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students. And he’s running for re-election to keep a focus on students and “proactively capture student voice” on the School Board, he said. Reimnitz is co-executive director of Students Today Leaders Forever, a student leadership nonprofit. As the School Board’s Policy Committee chair, Reimnitz has been crafting a new policy structure he said would allow the board to focus on governance and for the superintendent and his team to concentrate on running the district. Reimnitz had pledged to abide by the DFL endorsement but is running without it, he said, to give voters a choice on the ballot. He also saw the district at a pivot point, and said he wanted to support the new superintendent.

Bob Walser (DFL-endorsed) bobwalserformps.org Walser, an MPS parent and the husband to a Kenwood teacher, is making his first run for public office. Walser said he’s running because he’s “passionate about student-centered education.” The efforts of the district’s highly skilled teachers and front-line staff are hampered, he said, by “a management style that does not listen to the voices of children.” If elected, Walser said he and the rest of the slate of DFL-endorsed candidates would bring “better, smoother operations” to a School Board that “is not generally perceived right now of working well together.” Walser describes himself as a “self-employed ethnomusicologist and folklorist,” meaning he performs music, researches music (specifically sea shanties and sailor songs) and has been an artist-in-residence in schools across the country. He has previously served on the boards of the Tapestry Folkdance Center and the Cedar Cultural Center, and Walser said that experience would help him hit the ground running if he joins the School Board.

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Tracine Asberry (incumbent) teamtracine.org Tracine Asberry is running for re-election to her District 6 School Board seat because the district is at a pivotal time and needs her “proven leadership,” she said. That’s despite the fact that the DFL endorsement, which she pledged to abide by, went to her opponent. Asberry said the decision to run anyway wasn’t made lightly, but she couldn’t just leave the district at a time when there is a new superintendent and “momentum to turn things around.” A former district teacher and executive director of St. Paul Youth Services since September 2014, Asberry has emphasized transparency and racial equity in her time on the board. She said she is “oftentimes the only voice speaking on certain issues,” and was inspired to run again by the strong support from neighbors, students and district staff members. If re-elected, Asberry said she would continue to focus on academic rigor, relationships and racial equity. Asberry has three children, including an MPS graduate, a sophomore at Washburn and a preschooler in the High Five program at Windom.

Ira Jourdain (DFL-endorsed) iraforschools.ruck.us This is Jourdain’s second run for School Board after an attempt to win a citywide seat in 2014. Jourdain said his platform is much the same as it

Ellison, a former alternative school teacher who is now the vice chair of the School Board, is seeking a second full term on the board in a slightly different role. Ellison was appointed to the board in 2012, filling a vacancy left by the resignation of Lydia Lee. She won election to the District 2 seat in 2012, but decided to run this time as a citywide candidate — a pathway cleared when veteran School Board Member Carla Bates declined to run for re-election. Ellison said she wants another four years in office to continue work on closing the achievement gap, but added she’s also grown more interested in how the district designs the pathways students follow from kindergarten to high school. She’d like to see access to ethnic studies courses expanded and have those courses count as a social studies credit, not just an elective. All four of Ellison’s children attended MPS. She said she enjoys helping constituents navigate the school system, taking a hands-on approach to problem solving when she can.

Doug Mann (Green Party-endorsed) facebook.com/ mannforschoolboard This is Mann’s 10th run for School Board since 1999, and his message — inspired by his experience as a Minneapolis parent — has been remarkably consistent over that time. Mann has called for the district to improve its teacher retention rates, arguing non-white students in high-poverty schools are the most likely to sit in classes with new and lessexperienced teachers. He has long railed against “watered-down curriculum tracks,” which he links to grouping students by ability. Mann said he pulled his son out of a Minneapolis elementary school when he was tracked into a low-ability group. That son later returned to the district and graduated from South High School. Currently unemployed, Mann has worked as a licensed practical nurse, professional driver and as a school paraprofessional in the Edina and Richfield districts. His duties as a paraprofessional included working with students with emotional and behavioral disorders, and Mann supports efforts to limit the segregation of EBD students from the general student population.

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State Rep. Karen Clark (DFL-62A), the longest serving lesbian elected official in the country, said the tragedy can’t lead to more division. “Sometimes the most powerful form of resistance we have to the evil that happened today and to that happens in many other small ways is celebration — celebrating who we are, celebrating that we are together and are united,” she said, urging people to continue to celebrate during Pride month. “This coming together is what our community is about.” Gov. Mark Dayton also expressed his outrage over the tragedy. “Words fail at a time like this. They seem so futile and so inadequate, but Scott [Dibble] said it very well — the beast who massacred these innocent people was not acting on behalf of any political cause. He beat his wife. He massacred 50 innocent people — maybe more,” he said. “If there is a god or if there is an Allah, he will never find out because he will be doomed to eternal damnation for what he did to humanity, what he did to all of you in the LGBTQ community, and what he did to all of us as Americans who share our lives together, who embrace one another — embrace our similarities and our differences.” Phillipe Cunningham, a senior policy aide for Mayor Betsy Hodges, read a statement from the mayor who was traveling and couldn’t attend the vigil. She expressed love and support for the GLBT, Muslim and Latino communities. “A final word about gun violence. It must stop. Whether the victims are a grandmother sitting in her car or young people in a gay club in Orlando, many of whom were people of color, communities are suffering, cities are suffering — all of us our suffering from gun violence,” she said. “Let’s be clear: this disease is our disease. It is the responsibility of all of us in every neighborhood, city and state in our country to end this disease — to end gun violence and the easy availability of guns that make gun violence possible.” Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said the country must come together, embrace peace and reject hate. “In this land we cannot allow this tragedy to divide our communities. Therefore, today we stand together against hatred, violence and demonization of entire communities. This act of an individual is criminal, extreme and has no faith or values,” he said. Mike Griffin of Neighborhoods Organizing for Change fired up the crowd and reminded people that many of the victims were people of color.

The crowd held hands as The Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus sang, “Walk Hand in Hand with Me.” Photos by Sarah McKenzie

“I sat on my couch for hours today and I felt in my soul that I was being attacked. As a black man, as a queer man in this city, I’m being attacked by both sides — attacked because of my race,” he said. “… We face discrimination in our workplace. We face discrimination in our schools. We are also fighting for our queerness — our identity.” Senior Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman of Temple Israel called for understanding and open minds. “Today I look out and I see all of us with broken hearts — broken hearts that will give root to something in a world that we hope will be a reality and that is a world that is flexible and understanding; a world that is full of love and care,” she said. Dibble thanked the crowd for showing their support for the victims. “Today a hater wrote a page in the history book. Tomorrow we write the next page of history and that’s going to be a page filled with love and grace and courage and resilience and determination. We will be stronger for this,” he said. “… Lets celebrate in this space in two weeks.” The Twin Cities Pride Festival will be held in Loring Park June 25-26. The Pride Parade starts at 11 a.m. at 3rd & Hennepin on June 26. Dot Belstler, executive director of Twin Cities Pride, said organizers are working hard to ensure the safety of visitors. “We will have a more visible security pres-

DFLers Erin Maye Quade (left) and Ilhan Omar.

ence this year. In the past our security has been more behind the scenes,” she said. Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau also offered condolences for the victims in Orlando. “The mass shooting that’s occurred is shocking, sad and intolerable. The MPD wants to reassure residents and visitors in our city that we remain vigilant and

committed to ensuring people are safe at large scale events with significant crowds,” she said. “We continue to be in constant communication with our federal partners to make that possible. We stand with and protect all of our citizens in the fight against violence of any kind, including crime driven by hate to instill fear.”

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For the serious rug buyer or collector, Navab Brothers in St. Louis Park is a matchless resource. Far and Sam’s ongoing mission is to find rugs that, above all, show integrity through the use of authentic raw materials, unique design, and quality craftsmanship. Clients receive the thoughtful attention and consultation they need to select the ideal rug for their circumstances, and each purchase comes with free lifetime cleaning and courtesy repairs, as well as a lifetime trade policy. At any time after purchase, a client can exchange a rug for a different one of equal or greater value.

Serving community, at home and abroad Education and healthcare are causes that are especially close to the heart for Far and Sam. Their donations provide significant support for fundraising efforts at Minneapolis elementary schools, the Page Education Foundation, the Alliance Francaise, and the Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. Also, as a major retailer of handmade Afghan rugs, the Navab Brothers feel an obligation to help alleviate the plight of the people of Afghanistan, through membership in the Partnership for Education of Afghanistan’s Children.

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Tradition and technology happily coexist Although the American Rug Laundry brand was going strong, the building and factory were ready for a lift. The brickwork and roof required repairs, and given major advances in cleaning technology in recent decades, the factory equipment definitely needed updating. Thanks to the support of City of Minneapolis/Lake Street Council, which provides low-interest financing for Lake Street revitalization projects, Sam and Far were able to make the necessary upgrades. Now the building is solid, within and without; the eye-catching red sign shines brightly again; and clients are served by a happy blend of state-of-the-art equipment, environmentally sound cleaning techniques, and skilled expertise.

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The Greenway, aglow in June They’ll be partying on the Midtown Greenway until well after dark June 18 for the 5th-annual Greenway Glow. The Greenway Glow is both the biggest event of the year on the Midtown Greenway and the most important fundraiser for the Midtown Greenway Coalition, said Soren Jensen, the coalition’s executive director. The main event is the annual community arts festival that runs 7 p.m.–1 a.m., but the Glow also includes a 10-mile after-dark ride and 5-kilometer twilight fun run or walk. “It’s going to be a great night on the Greenway,” Jensen said. The arts festival includes more than two dozen art installations and performances at

various points along the 5.5-mile-long nonmotorized transportation corridor. The free After-Glow party runs 10:30 p.m.–1 a.m. in Eastlake Craft Brewery and Taco Cat at the Midtown Global Market, the dining and shopping destination that is one of the main attractions lining the Greenway. Those with an early bedtime can check out the Family Glow event scheduled to take place on the Cepro green space, located between 10th and 11th avenues near the Freewheel Midtown Bike Center. The arts festival and related events are free and open to the public, but the coalition is asking for a $10 freewill donation to help support its work. Cyclists, many of them in costumes and

bicycles decked-out with lights, take off at 9 p.m. for the Glow Ride. It’s an after-dark joy ride and not a race for the cyclists, who must pay a registration fee and agree to raise $75 in pledges for the coalition. In exchange, they get two free beers and food from Taco Cat at After-Glow party, plus other treats and glowin-the-dark prizes for the ride. It’s the same deal for participants in the 5-kilometer fun run or walk. Both are meant to be team events, although solo participants are welcome, too. Midtown Greenway Coalition members get free admission to the arts festival and $10 off registration fees for either the run or ride. Jensen said between 100 and 200 people

typically register for the events, adding that the Greenway Glow is even more important for the coalition this year with the cancellation of the annual Tour de Fat bicycle and beer festival hosted by New Belgium Brewing. Proceeds from past Tour de Fat events were shared between several local cycling nonprofits, including the coalition. The coalition, which works to protect and improve the Greenway, aims to raise $30,000 with this year’s Greenway Glow. For more information, or to register, go to midtowngreenway.org.

apolis Community Environmental Advisory Commission and Xcel Energy. Inclusion in the 100RC network means Minneapolis will be able to access grant funding to pay for a chief resilience officer. 100RC also provides member cities with tools and other supports to improve its resiliency in a variety of areas, including infrastructure, technology, finance and land use. 100RC launched several years ago with support of the The Rockefeller Foundation.

The first 32 cities joined the network in 2013. Another 35 cities were added in 2014. Minneapolis is a member of the third cohort, which brings the network up to a total of 100 cities, including Buenos Aires, Nairobi and Tel Aviv. For more information on 100RC, go to 100resilientcities.org.

Minneapolis joins ‘resilient’ cities network Minneapolis was selected in May to join a global network of 100 “resilient” cities preparing for the opportunities and challenges of 21st century urban living. More than 325 cities around the world applied to join the group, known as 100 Resilient Cities—Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation or simply 100RC. Member cities get support from the network to combat a wide range of stressors, from the natural disasters that can suddenly strike cities to

long-term challenges like reducing pollution, maintaining or improving transit networks and combatting inequality. “Resilience is about surviving and thriving in a world that is increasingly imbalanced,” said Mayor Betsy Hodges, announcing Minneapolis’ selection at a press conference May 26. Hodges was joined by representatives from the Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, St. Paul-based clean energy nonprofit Fresh Energy, Minne-

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Park Board considers design team for Water Works Damon Farber Landscape Architects and HGA have been recommended to be the team to handle designing an ambitious new riverfront park. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board will consider appointing the team to lead the final design and cultural resource consulting for the first phase of Water Works, a two-phase roughly $27 million overhaul of the Mississippi riverfront in the Mill District. Commissioners will vote on the selection June 15, after this issue went to press. The team, led by Damon Farber, was one of eight respondents to a request for proposals from the board and the Minneapolis Parks Foundation, which is handling a $15 million fundraising effort for the project. Water Works would transform one of the city’s most popular parks, the Mill Ruins Park, with a new visitor center and café pavilion near the Third Avenue Bridge, along with new river access for canoes and kayaks, water features and outdoor gathering spaces. It is the signature project under RiverFirst, a 20-year vision of

The Park Board will overhaul a roughly four-block stretch of the downtown riverfront as part of Water Works. Image courtesy of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board

ambitious park improvement projects around the city, such as at Scherer Park, Gateway Park and a greenway on 22nd Avenue Northeast. The Park Board acquired the riverfront land roughly 30 years ago. The area sees about 2.5

Public meeting set to share report on Hiawatha The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is releasing more info that could inform how the Hiawatha golf course could be redeveloped two years after flooding damaged the course. The Park Board, in collaboration with the City of Minneapolis and the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, will share the outcome of studies into the effects of pumping water from the course into Lake Hiawatha at a mid-June meeting. The board learned late last year that it had been pumping hundreds of millions of

gallons of water from the course into the nearby lake without a permit, which setback plans for renovating the course. The board has since hired Barr Engineering Company as a contractor to assess the hydrological conditions of Hiawatha. The board said in a statement that no conclusion on future pumping has been reached yet. The course’s front nine have been open, and the back nine recently opened.

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million visitors annually. “It is very gratifying for the Minneapolis Park Board to be on the cusp of realizing a 30-year vision for the Mill Ruins Park area and its magnetic features of St. Anthony Falls and

the Stone Arch Bridge,” said Jayne Miller, park superintendent, in a statement. “The active partnership between the Park Board and the Minneapolis Parks Foundation, through nearly five years of intensive design work and comprehensive community engagement, has made this tremendous milestone possible. We’re very excited about what the future holds for the Central Riverfront.” Before the mezzanine phase begins, the Park Board will demolish part of the Fuji Ya building, which has sat vacant for nearly 25 years on the site of the former 1878 Standard Mill, at West River Parkway and 1st Street South. The $10.9 million mezzanine phase is slated to begin next year and will include a new mezzanine lawn, play spaces and outdoor classrooms that could host visitors. That is expected to be completed in 2019. The project is slated for completion in 2023.

Park Board to solicit new developer for Scherer site Park staff are looking to draw in new developers for a riverfront park site in Northeast Minneapolis. This summer the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board will field new partners for a private development on nearly four acres of the 11.7-acre Scherer site. Last year commissioners rejected a proposal from Graco Minnesota Inc. to expand its adjacent headquarters onto the site. The industrial abrasive manufacturer proposed two 50,000-square-foot office buildings and a 133-stall surface parking lot for the riverfront land. Now the Park Board is back to square one with developing the piece of land,

known as parcel “D,” with a private project. After accepting letters of interest, staff expect to recommend a new developer partner sometime in early fall with work to identify to interest tenants later that season. Then a developer will come back to the board with a concept design later this year, according to a schedule shared with commissioners in June. The preliminary schedule has construction wrapping up sometime around summer or fall of 2018. “I hope that we get, for this unique and firsttime-ever project, a unique and first-time-ever development,” said President Liz Wielinski.

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In an effort to bring more community members out to Hidden Beach at 2000 Upton Ave. S., the neighborhood is filling the summer calendar with log rolling, parties and pop-up playgrounds. Here are a few highlights:

City inspectors are scrutinizing the Kingfield neighborhood in mid-June, looking for nuisance violations like long grass and rubbish. The inspectors are focusing on vacant properties and sites with several nuisance violations. Ten neighborhoods are involved in the current “All Together Now!” initiative. The city is circulating a flyer in those neighborhoods detailing common violations and resources for people who need help with maintenance. Inspectors will watch for issues like vegetation overhanging the sidewalk (overhead sidewalk clearance should be seven

• Summer Solstice Potluck Party, June 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Bring a dish and celebrate the longest day of the year with henna, face painting, a family “creation station” and a beachside scavenger hunt. • Coffee & Canvas Series, first Wednesday and fourth Saturday of the month, 9-11 a.m. Hosted by ARTrageous Adventures.

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Where We Live

A JOURNAL COMMITMENT TO HIGHLIGHTING GREAT COMMUNITY CAUSES

Tubman

3Staff at the Tubman Center in Minnepolis support women, children and families struggling with relationship violence, substance abuse and mental health. Photo by Nate Gotlieb

Tubman Center provides broad range of services for people in crisis

Forging strong connections Jose Torres, 12, started Tubman Center’s Inspiring Youth Program after missing classes at school for about three months. His mentor in the program, Hans Olson, helped him find a stable school and overcome multiple stressors, including eviction and in-family fighting. Olson has met with Torres every week for the past year, helping him become more outgoing and confident. The Inspiring Youth program is one of 23 Tubman Center offers out of its youth and family services department. All told, the Minneapolis nonprofit serves tens of thousands of women, children and families struggling with relationship violence, substance abuse and mental health each year, providing them with a variety of services at no cost to them. The roots of Tubman Center go back more than 40 years to the foundation of Chrysalis, A Center for Women, which was founded in 1974. That organization has since merged with the Harriet Tubman Center, the Family Violence Network and ElderCare Rights Alliance. The organization provides shelter and housing, counseling and therapy, elder-abuse resources, sexual-exploitation resources, legal services and more to clients. It serves more than 40,000 people in Hennepin, Ramsey and Washington counties and the surrounding areas each year, providing more than 20 percent of shelter beds for Minnesota women and children experiencing family violence. At least 22 women and three men died from domestic violence in 2015 and at least nine family members and friends were murdered, according to a Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women report. One in three teens experience dating violence, and Location one out of five girls and one of 10 boys will be sexually victimized by the time they reach adulthood, according to Tubman Center. 3111 1st Ave. S. Tubman offers shelter and a 24-hour crisis line for people experiencing this sort of violence. It has 128 shelter beds in its two Twins Cities area facilities, including beds specifically for young victims of sex trafficking. Contact The center offers these clients a wide range of counseling and therapy services, including dialectical behavior therapy to help 612-825-3333 people regulate emotions. “We’re a full on mental health clinic,” said Birgit Kelly, associate director of clinical services. “People can come here and get most Website if not all of their mental health needs.” tubman.org Kelly is in charge of the dialectical behavior therapy program, which served more than 125 people from October 2015 through March. It’s an intensive outpatient program that helps people who may be highly sensitive to emotional situations. Year Founded “We teach new ways of dealing with those intense feelings,” she said. “I see it as getting back on the trajectory of development 1976 that we were meant to have.” Tubman’s youth programs have a similar mission, working to help kids overcome trauma and utilize their strengths. Tamara Stark, director of youth and family services, said the Inspiring Youth program, for example, is designed to be holistic in building on the potential of young people. Youth in the program meet with a Tubman staff person once a week. Together they help develop a plan to help kids through any issues they may be having, from at school to at home. “We really try to help people see the strengths they have,” Stark said. “Those are going to be what helps propel them forward.” Olson said developing relationships is a primary factor in bringing about positive change. The Inspiring Youth program allows for kids’ voices to be heard, he said, and helps bring about an increased sense of belonging and identity. “It’s been great to see the transformational power that comes from strong connections and sense of belonging,” he said. That’s been the case for Torres, who said he made a lot of new friends at his school this year. He said Olson takes care of him and his family and that another Inspiring Youth staffer helped their family when their power was cut off. Olson, too, has noticed a difference. He said the fifth-grader started taking guitar lessons with his sister and even attended a music camp last summer, things he may not have done before. “It’s fun to see him come out of his shell,” Olson said. “Having someone who is consistent can help make (youth) feel more confident.”

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Number of clients who received legal services from Tubman in 2015.

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Number of youth who participated in the center’s six-week school-based violence prevention curriculum.

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Number of women in Minnesota who died from domestic abuse in 2015.

What you can do Volunteer as an advocate, special events committee member, gardening enthusiast or more. A complete list of volunteer opportunities is available at tubman.org/ get-involved/volunteer.html. Donate financially or by providing goods or professional services. Attend one of Tubman Center’s special events, such as its 23rd annual Wing Ding event Aug. 16 at The Depot in Minneapolis.

About the Where We Live project This project is an ongoing series spearheaded by Journals’ publisher Janis Hall showcasing Minneapolis nonprofits doing important work in the community. The editorial team has selected organizations to spotlight. Nate Gotlieb is the writer for the project. To read previous features, go to southwestjournal.com/section/focus/where-we-live

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Best of Southwest 2016 Best neighborhood

Lynnhurst Beautiful homes? Check. Desirable community school? Check. Bustling neighborhood park? Check. Trails? Check. A piece of the Chain of Lakes? Check. Great restaurants? That’s, like, five checks. Everything that you want in a Southwest Minneapolis neighborhood, you’ll find in Lynnhurst.

Best coffee shop Best lake

Dunn Brothers Coffee

Lake Harriet Lake Calhoun may have that postcard view of the downtown skyline, but Lake Harriet is the lake for us. You know, the locals. Let Calhoun have the beach bodies, the preening and flexing crowds. Let its parkway clog with Sunday drivers. Lake Harriet — the band shell, the beaches, the sailboats and the perfect wooded shoreline — is ours.

Before third-wave coffee swamped Minneapolis, depositing artisanal coffee shops on quiet neighborhood corners like so much lightroasted flotsam on a beach, there was Dunn Brothers Coffee. Three decades after two brothers named Dunn opened a coffee shop in St. Paul, Dunn Brothers is still serving excellent coffee that’s good, in large part, because it’s roasted right there in the shop. Trends in coffee come and go every few years, but Dunn Brothers has stood the test of time. Various locations dunnbrothers.com

Best bakery

Patisserie 46 Best in Southwest? Best in Minnesota barely does justice to Patisserie 46 and baker-owner John Kraus who, in 2015, led the U.S. team to the bronze in the Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie. Translation: Kraus is one of the best bakers in the world. You walk into his shop and see all these delicate, perfect pastries under glass and think to yourself, “I can’t believe I’m going to eat something that looks this amazing,” and then you do and it’s unbelievably delicious. He’s that good, and we’re lucky to have him. 4552 Grand Ave. S. 354-3257 patisserie46.com

Best breakfast & vegetarian restaurant

French Meadow Bakery & Cafe Now celebrating a 30-year anniversary, French Meadow is the original vegetarian place in town, with an organic bakery founded at a time when the owner couldn’t find additive-free alternatives anywhere else. Two organic gardens next to the restaurant feed herbs, tomatoes, rhubarb and greens into the kitchen. French Meadow has expanded to open a wine bar and a second location in St. Paul, and the Lyndale menu remains a dependable place to find inventive vegetarian dishes. Current options include rosemary potato flatbread; tofu scramble with organic hash browns and vegan sausage; and the vegan tempeh Reuben, served with sauerkraut, firecracker slaw, daiya cheddar and tomato-soy aioli on organic sourdough rye.

Best Thai

Best Pizza

Amazing Thailand

Lake Harriet Pizza

The Great Uptown Thai Restaurant Shakeup began in late 2015 with the closing of Chiang Mai Thai. Then came word came that the owners of Roat Osha planned to move four blocks south into Chiang Mai’s old Calhoun Square space, sparking speculation about the future their other restaurant, Tum Rup Thai, located just a block away. In the midst of it all, Amazing Thailand quietly and consistently did its thing. That thing includes great Thai food, a killer happy hour and a cozy patio that is one of Uptown’s hidden gems.

Since 1979, Lake Harriet Pizza has served pizza with its own sauce blend and real cheese. The family-owned venue offers pesto garlic toast, buffalo chicken wings and pizza toppings like smoked pepperoni, feta, kraut and sun dried tomatoes. Coupons are posted on their website. Pizzas are available for delivery, takeout or dining at the restaurant’s outdoor patio. 5009 Penn Ave. S. 920-7717 lakeharrietpizza.com

3024 Hennepin Ave. S. 822-5588 amazingthailandusa.com

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Best park

Lynnhurst Park Lynnhurst Park is one of those neighborhood parks that has it all: skating and hockey rinks in the winter, a wading pool, playground, tennis and basketball courts and just about every type of ballfield for the rest of the year. So what makes it the “best”? Well, it is a link between Lake Harriet and Minnehaha Creek, but more importantly it gets used. A lot. If those tennis courts are ever empty it’s either: A, dark; B, raining (hard); or, C, February. 1345 E. Minnehaha Parkway

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Best of Southwest 2016 Best Mexican

La Fresca With its tucked-away neighborhood locale, the patio, the sangria and nouveau Mexican cuisine, La Fresca invites guests to “pretend you are on vacation, if just for one night.” Restaurateur Hector Ruiz grew up south of Mexico City, where his mother ran a small restaurant out of their home. His cooking incorporates French influences he absorbed while apprenticing for a master chef in Paris. The house-made guacamole features roasted tomatillo sauce, and the empanadas include roasted duck, caramelized onion, sweet tomato & chia sauce and chipotle aioli. The weekend brunch menu runs until 2 p.m., with dishes like roasted corn pancakes served with agave crema, orange syrup, roasted potatoes and fried eggs. 4750 Grand Ave. S. 825-4142 lafrescampls.com

Best Sushi

Best Italian

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Broders’ Pasta Bar & Cucina Italiana Broders’ remains a family enterprise at 50th & Penn. The boys who played with pizza dough as kids are now selecting wines and running the kitchen, while their mother Molly oversees it all and mentors other small business owners. Tom and Molly Broder opened their restaurant in the mid-80s with plans to make fresh pasta and focus on authentic Italian cooking with artisan ingredients. Guests can order antipasto and wine at the Pasta Bar patio, making the wait for a table as enjoyable as the dinner inside. The Cucina Italiana across the street remains a go-to spot for meals in a pinch. Pasta Bar: 5000 Penn Ave. S., 925-9202 / Cucina Italiana: 2308 W. 50th St., 925-3113 / broders.com

Best Dessert

Best Vietnamese

Sebastian Joe’s

Vo’s

Sebastian Joe’s recently scooped the flavor Nicollet Avenue Pothole at former mayor R.T. Rybak’s book release party. (Originally created for the Kingfield neighborhood, it’s chocolate ice cream with salt, toffee acting as gravel and fudge symbolizing the tar.) The creators of flavors like Cycle-delic, Crème Fraiche Curry Crunch and Pudding Children First have partnered with restaurants over the years to invent unique flavors. They’ve been in business since the early 80s, and the brothers behind the shop are always trying something new. They adapted production to provide kosher ice cream scoops in 2010, they received city approval to develop a new retail and office building in Linden Hills last year, and they’re currently giving the Sebastian Joe’s brand a makeover.

For the scoop on Vo’s, we asked Claire Harley, a regular who visits almost every week. She recommends the egg rolls, the beef pho with “amazing” broth, Vietnamese chicken curry with coconut milk and steamed rice, and the com suon nuong (barbecued pork). A list of 15 lunch specials are priced at $6.50 or less, including the Vietnamese banh mi and egg roll, and the Surly is on special every day.

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It’s generally agreed that hot dogs are a fine addition to this sushi bar’s menu, which includes the salmon and avocado roll (featured on the happy hour menu, it’s easily the most popular) and the Battera, a cured mackerel pressed sushi. “As far as we know we are still the only place in the Twin Cities that has pressed sushi,” said owner Sam Peterson. “The Suzuki pressed sushi has a slight sweetness to it from the ponzu sauce and the Sake pressed sushi has a nice tartness to it from the lemon.” The menu also features house-made miso soup; bowls of hot ramen; and dogs that come with fixings like shishito peppers, red ginger or chopped egg with a side of Japanese potato salad. Don’t forget the late-night happy hour from 10 p.m.-12 a.m. or the Monday special: A bowl of ramen and a pint of beer for $13. 3758 Nicollet Ave. S. 236-4429 kyatchi.com

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Best of Southwest 2016 Best Wine Bar

Terzo Vino Bar Terzo has made a name of itself, even among the Broder family’s other Italian outposts, for its lush wine list and crave-worthy dishes. For $8-12 for most wines by the glass, Terzo offers one of the cheapest tastes of Italy thanks to its expansive cellar of wines and knowledgeable staff, who can guide newcomers through the country’s wine-producing regions — no flight or gondola necessary. Terzo has also gradually built out its food menu from smalls plates to a full-fledged, multicourse tasting menu featuring seafood, housemade pasta and more. And for quick service, check out the porchetta window for a number of crave-worthy sandwiches. 2221 W. 50th St. 925-0330 broders.com

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Best trail

Minnehaha Creek The trail that follows Minnehaha Creek through South and Southwest Minneapolis is, one could argue, the best segment of the Grand Rounds. Yes, there are the lakes and the Mississippi River gorge, and those are wonderful, too, but Minnehaha Creek is different. It has terrain: dips and climbs and S-turns that transport you far away from Minneapolis’ pancake-flat grid. And it has Minnehaha Falls and Sea Salt Eatery at one end, so there’s that, too.

Pat’s Tap The promise of skee-ball gets many in the door at Pat’s Tap, but a consistently impressive list of craft beers and a constantly rotating list of creative burger specials have caused them to stay. The hip hangout spot, another concept from Minneapolis restaurateur Kim Bartmann, is now a mainstay on what was once an under-utilized corner in Kingfield. If a skee-ball game and a new beer don’t get diners to stay at this gastropub, the “party boobytrap” (happy hour) eats like cheese curds, mussels and fried pickled cauliflower surely will. 3510 Nicollet Ave. S. / 822-8216 / patstap.com

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Best Salon

Best Gift Shop

HAUS Salon

Patina

Kingfield’s HAUS Salon has elevated new hairdos since first opening in 2011, garnering local and national acclaim for hairstyles and its spa services. Founders Jessica Reipke and Charlie Brackney, a quick riser in the local salon industry, offer a complete array of services, from cuts and colors to blowouts, hair therapy and much more. The Nicollet Avenue salon has since expanded with an even larger North Loop location, meshing well with all that is modern and chic in the city’s hippest ‘hood, not to mention adding services like body waxing, massage and facials.

Each visit to Patina awards several tough decisions: Should I buy this stress-relieving coloring book? Or this Minnesota-themed pillow? How about any number of cute thank-you cards? The boutique has been a local business success story since founders and locals Rick Haase and Christine Ward opened the gift store’s flagship location in south Minneapolis back in 1993. Patina, which has since expanded to seven boutiques across the Twin Cities metro, features a wide, but highly curated selection of gifts.

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Best of Southwest 2016 Best yoga studio

One Yoga Studio One Yoga in Uptown is a nonprofit studio with the mission of making yoga more accessible. Through its outreach program, it has matched yoga teachers with people experiencing serious illnesses, addiction and trauma, among other things. The studio encourages donations to help cover its expenses and outreach program. A sampling of its partners include the women’s prison in Shakopee, St. Stephen’s Human Services and Project for Pride in Living. The studio offers classes in a wide variety of yoga styles, including Mysore, Hatha, Vinyasa, restorative, Kundalini, Ashtanga and Yin, among others. 721 W. 26th St. / 872-6347 one-yoga.com

Best home furnishings

Willful Araya Jensen founded Willful: Goods with Intention after a career in interior design. It got its start as a curated web shop of handmade home goods — mostly wooden spoons, bowls and other small vessels. It has since grown to include a line of several modern and elegant home goods in playful colors. Willful also sells very unique hand carved wooden necklaces. The Minneapolis showroom in Linden Hills showcases its lovely products. 319 W. 48th St. 354-3965 willfulgoods.com

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Tangletown Gardens Even if you don’t have a green thumb, you will be awestruck when visiting Tangletown Gardens. It’s a gorgeous green oasis on Nicollet. The garden center has thousands of plants — annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees, heirloom vegetables and much more. The business also offers landscape services if you’re looking for expert advice for your garden. Scott Endres and Dean Engelmann, University of Minnesota Horticulture alumni, started Tangletown Gardens 12 years ago. If you need a bite to eat after your visit, check out their restaurant Wise Acre Eatery across the street. 5353 Nicollet Ave. S. / 822-4769 tangletowngardens.com

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Best of Southwest 2016 Best Art Gallery

Gallery 360 Since first opening its doors 16 years ago, Gallery 360 has made a name for itself hosting “art of every degree” while nestled between the independent boutiques at 50th & Xerxes. The charming contemporary retail gallery boasts regular exhibitions from local and national artists featuring painting, sculpture, photography and jewelry. For shoppers flocking to the area, owner Mary Beck also stages multimedia window installations for art shows from the sidewalk and offers a selection of contemporary art jewelry and locally designed fashion. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. on Thursday and 12-5 p.m. on Sunday. 3011 W. 50th St. / 925-2400 gallery360mpls.com

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Best theater

Bryant Lake Bowl Theater The Bryant Lake Bowl Theater in Lyn-Lake has an eclectic mix of entertainment — everything from comedy to dance classes. A sampling of upcoming performances include “Father!,” featuring local storytellers discussing fatherhood on Father’s Day June 19; “Rock of Love: A Readers’ Theater Presentation,” inspired by rock star Bret Michaels’ VH1 reality series June 21; and “Kids Class! with Miss Torrie,” a music class for children taught by Torrie Rinehart on June 25. 810 W. Lake St. / 825-8949 / bryantlakebowl.com/theater

Magers and Quinn is an Uptown treasure. It is one of the largest independent bookstores in the Midwest. Denny Magers moved the bookstore to Uptown in 1994 after operating it under the name All Books near the University of Minnesota. It would be easy to spend a day browsing the store’s collection, which includes thousands of current releases and rare and collectible books. The bookstore also regularly hosts readings from authors, including many local writers. The website also has book lists curated by Magers and Quinn staff if you need help finding a good read. 3038 Hennepin Ave. S. / 822-4611 / magersandquinn.com

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Electric Fetus Generations have flocked to this nearly 50-year-old record shop for its welcoming atmosphere and extensive, yet unpretentious selection. The Electric Fetus is home to both serious record collectors looking for rare finds and young music fans looking to find the latest new music. More than just a shop, the Electric Fetus also hosts plenty of free in-store performances and signings, along with popular events like on Record Store Day. The store also offers a unique range of gifts whether you’re musically minded or not, from incense and candles to an assortment of novelties and its own merchandise. 2000 4th Ave. S. / 870-9300 / electricfetus.com

Best hardware store

Settergren Ace Hardware Settergren Ace Harware has locations on Penn Avenue and in Linden Hills. The store bills itself as more than a hardware store. The website notes: “We are your friendly, old fashioned, greet-you-atthe-door, high service, customer-first, get-what-you-need, knowledgeable sales staffed, neighborhood hardware store, and this is how we’ve been for over a hundred years.” Visitors will also get a chance to meet the store dog Jager. Homemade Ice Cream

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Tula Spa This Tangletown-based spa, named after a Sanskrit word meaning balanced, aims to rejuvenate with its “beautifully balanced” approach to massage therapy and skin treatments. Tula Spa offers massages, from quick 30-minute sessions for busy schedules to those with specialized additions like oil remedies, aromatherapy and detoxifying qualities. With skincare, Tula has something for everyone, with services targeting guys, new moms and the “organic goddess” in you. If you need massage and skincare services for an event or simply want a staycation, Tula Spa also has a travel options corporate meetings, entertainers and more. 323 W. 48th St. / 244-8632 / tulaspamn.com

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Best of Southwest 2016 Best grocery store

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Best Museum

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Woodbury-based Kowalski’s has two location in southwest Minneapolis — one in Uptown and another in the Tangletown neighborhood. Jim and Mary Kowalski got their start in the grocery business in the mid-1980s when they purchased Red Owl stores on Grand Avenue in St. Paul and White Bear Lake. In 2000 they built their first Kowalski’s market from the ground up — designing it to look like a European village with a glass-walled bakery oven, three restaurants within the store, a gift shop, meeting area and JUUT Salonspa.

The Minneapolis Institute of Art is one of the city’s most popular art destinations, and it’s one of the largest, both in terms of size and influence. Rebranding as Mia last year, the museum has also managed to constantly bring in new audiences through its popular Third Thursdays, its teen-centric Rated T @ Mia events and, most recently, through a series of new digital initiatives, including its mobile app Journeys and the My Mia feature on its website. On top of rotating exhibits, the museum’s collection continues to grow with nearly 90,000 items that span six continents and represent 20,000 years of art history. It’s hard to believe admission is free.

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Tangletown Bike Shop The bike shop lost its original namesake earlier this year when owner Charlie Siftar passed away suddenly. Siftar opened his beloved bike shop in 2013 and left behind a career as an engineer and salesman to pursue his passion. Shop co-manager Mike O’Leary told Southwest Journal columnist Jim Walsh earlier this year that Siftar was a mentor. He also said he plans to keep the shop open to honor his legacy. “I can safely say that a big reason I am the person I am today is because of him,” he said. “He showed me what it was to reach out to the community and spend his time doing things for everybody else. It’s going to be sad that he’s not going to be here anymore.”

Antique lovers are bound to find something at Loft Antiques, a 4,000-square-foot store packed with old gems. The collection includes Mid-Century Modern furniture, glassware, pottery, jewelry and vintage fabrics, among other things. 3022 W. 50th St. / 922-4200 / loftantiquesmpls.com

The shop sells a wide range of bikes, has rentals available and also provides tune-up packages. 322 W. 48th St. / 259-8180 / tangletownbikeshop.com

Best Neighborhood Restaurant

George and The Dragon Burgers are big sellers at George and The Dragon, but a couple of other menu favorites have earned a following. One is the bacon and onion dip, a “perfect example of decadence” featured on the show “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.” Another is the Asian Hangover, a dish that co-owner Stacy Navarro made for her husband Fred on Father’s Day in 2011. The couple figured if they ever opened a restaurant, this would have to be on the menu. The spiced pork shoulder is braised up to four hours until it falls apart, and it’s served with Jasmine rice, garlic green beans and a fried egg. “It’s truly one of the things people come here for,” Fred said. Incredibly low staff turnover is another sign of good vibes at the restaurant — Fred said 70 percent of staff have stayed since the beginning four years ago. “The people we have here are great, it’s very much a family atmosphere,” he said. 813 W. 50th St. / 208-1047 / ganddpub.com

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Couple shares passion for the ring By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com

She’s the first woman boxer from Minnesota to join Team USA, and she’s launching a summer boot camp at Armatage Park. He’s the new lead coach at Fighting Chance Boxing Club, a North Minneapolis gym based at a converted fire station. The Lynnhurst couple Heidi Henriksen and Joe Amouta met at the Uppercut Boxing Gym in Northeast. “I walked into the gym and saw her training people. I said hi,” Amouta said. “The next day I said, ‘You look pretty today.’” They went for coffee. Coffee became dinner. He proposed in April, the same night Henriksen won a fight at Uppercut, surrounded by cheering family members. “Two ring victories in one day,” she said. Henriksen is perhaps an unlikely competitive boxer. She originally studied art at St. Olaf, and went on to work at Albertsson Hansen Architecture in Minneapolis. She came to Uppercut simply for a place to work out. While taking an intro boxing class, gym owner Lisa Bauch pulled her aside and suggested she try sparring. “If you come in and work hard, you have just as big of a shot as anybody else,” she said. She competed in the Ringside World Championships and won the title match in the Senior Women’s Light Heavyweight category in 2011. She went on to compete with the US National Boxing Team in 2014, which took her to competitions in South Korea and Guadalajara, and she’s currently an alternate for the national team. She narrowly missed qualifying for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro by two spots. Amouta — born in Samoa, they call him “Samoa Joe” at the gym — said he’s always loved boxing. “Since I was young, I wanted to be a boxer,” he said. He created his own workouts, running to school and back, shadow boxing under the lemon trees, even running seven miles with a jump rope. Henriksen remembers the first time Amouta sparred with Alfonso Vazquez, a trainer at Uppercut with more than 20 years of

Heidi Henriksen and fiancée Joe Amouta have found love and a career at the boxing ring. Photo by Michelle Bruch

experience. “The entire gym stopped and watched,” she said. Now Amouta is working at Fighting Chance, a new boxing gym at 1704 N. 33rd Ave. that is free to kids and open to adults with a donation. Fighting Chance offers boxing programs, a community gym, a yoga studio and a community kitchen. When Amouta visited the gym for the first time, he gave some tips to a few kids. He was soon offered a lead coaching position, and he immediately left his job at Maple Grove Hospital. “It’s amazing where life is taking me,” Amouta said. Amouta said he’s enjoying the chance to provide some structure for young boxers, teaching them how to handle the equipment

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and grow in confidence. “I’ve been there,” he said. Growing up, he said people told him he wasn’t fast enough, couldn’t throw a punch, or was too small. “How can you overcome that? Faith,” he said. Henriksen is also a certified yoga instructor. She teaches at CorePower Yoga in Northeast Minneapolis and other locations, where she throws boxing moves into her yoga sculpt classes. “I think that is rare,” she said. “I think it is such a beautiful combination.” Henriksen said she loves the intensity of boxing — the bells going off, the loud music, the leather-on-leather. But after working in the gym every day, she reached a point where she needed to find a way to calm down.

“I was so amped all the time,” she said. The quiet of yoga provided the perfect counterpart to boxing, she said. She’s noticed similarities in the breathing and focus it takes to do both. She’s recently started her own business, offering summer boot camps that combine elements of boxing and yoga. Her “Get Fit” boot camp runs through Aug. 26, featuring 6 a.m. meetups at Armatage Park. For more information, visit Heidi Henriksen Fitness on Facebook. You compete alone in the ring, Henriksen said, and there is a parallel to daily life. “You have to figure out whether to turn the switch up or down,” she said. “…When you get in the ring, you have all the support you need in your corner.”

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Focus

Under development

David Petersen Gallery hosts an ever-changing summer group show

By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@southwestjournal.com

The “Future Developments” showing in early June at David Petersen Gallery may not be the “Future Developments” you get if you visit next month or even next week. It wasn’t even the “Future Developments” that opened in April. David Petersen is taking a relaxed, off-the-cuff approach to his shape-shifting summer group show, which includes 15 artists (a tally that is subject to change) and will run through July. Or maybe August. We’ll see. “It’s all been very improvisational,” Petersen said. “... I’m going to switch it up as I feel like it.” The show’s second iteration since opening included just 11 works by seven artists, and the majority of them embraced a playful, naive aesthetic. Some were out-and-out childlike, like Al Freeman’s delightful “Gloves and Phones,” a series of 12 oil pastel drawings on paper. The Canadian-born artist made the large, colorful drawings with her non-dominant hand, and the lines are jumpy, careening, just barely in control. Still, it’s hard to disguise an MFA’s art-school training, and Freeman’s careful spotting of color — a scribble of green here, a slash of pink there — proves the slapdash presentation is just a feint. The cell phone-and-gloves motif makes you think: Where are the hands? And then it occurs to you that they’ve left their mark in those gleeful gestures. A comics-literate viewer might look at the two wall-hung mixed-media pieces by Brooklyn artist Alicia Gibson and think of the venerable alt-cartoonist Lynda Barry, who mid-career has become a kind of creativity guru in her position as an art professor and fellow at UW-Madison’s Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. Barry keeps visual notebooks that overflow with writing, cartooning and collage, all of it loose and lively (see: “Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor,” published by Montreal’s Drawn & Quarterly). Gibson’s riotous canvases — covered in impastoed oil paint, pen scribbles, scraps of paper and even pieces of jewelry — similarly mix words, symbols and images. They feel intimate, like a diary; even if the specific meanings remain cryptic, there’s a sense that these works narrate events in Gibson’s life. Even rawer, visually, are four small paintings on wood panels by Chris Johanson, a largely selftaught artist associated with the San Francisco’s Mission School art movement. Emerging in the 1990s, Mission School artists, including Barry McGee and Margaret Kilgallen, looked outside of the art world for inspiration, to folk art, graffiti, comics and vernacular visual culture. Johanson’s crude figuration is reduced to just blobs of acrylic in one painting that resembles a group of people gathered around a maypole. Tendrils of paint connect the figures’ heads and also link to a central point at the top of the painting, which teeters on the edge of abstraction. Johanson’s work has that special charge typically associated with outsider or folk art. It’s rough, unschooled and direct, bypassing artistic conventions to reach right into the viewer’s unconscious. Like a joke that sails over your head, three sculptures by local artist Michael Mott were playful but puzzling. “Three Cats Stacked,” a narrow storage chest with drawer pulls that resembled cat faces was easy enough, but a 7-foot-by-5-foot sheet of cardboard on the floor — painted black and perforated with equally spaced holes — was a head-scratcher.

Chris Johanson’s “Untitled (People Painting),” at left, and Aaron Spangler’s “Template,” above, appear in David Petersen Gallery’s summer group exhibition. Submitted images

For another sculpture, Mott built a wooden window frame, from head to sill to sash, and hung a FUTURE plush rose from one of the rails. The window casing DEVELOPMENTS had extra material in the upper corners, and Mott left these areas rough and splintered, as if to imply When: Through at least July 22, that he chiseled the whole piece out of one solid but probably longer block of wood. Where: David Petersen Gallery, The anchor of the show is a different sculpture, 2018 Lyndale Ave. S. this one by Aaron Spangler, another Minnesota Info: davidpetersengallery.com, artist. Constructed from 18 sheets of carved and 276-6541 painted basswood, “Template” sits heavily on the gallery floor like a cello case tipped on its side. One chiseled surface is covered in complex patterned marks that variously resemble a tilled field, a brick walkway or a patchwork quilt, as well as images of outstretched arms. Its folky, outsider-ish qualities resonate most strongly with Johanson’s paintings, although it has a totally different feeling — totemic, enigmatic and even mystical. The chiseled marks range from primitivist patterning to the more dynamic, geometric lines of constructivism or Art Deco. Over the winter, the Walker Art Center commissioned a new piece from Spangler for the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. The plan is to cast one of Spangler’s basswood sculptures in bronze, to be installed when the garden reopens after renovations in 2017, and some more quality time with Spangler’s work will be very much appreciated.

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his is our busy season. In the land of coping and cold memories, we now enjoy good-weather time with friends, neighbors and each other. Local poets seem divided: observing closely the here and now while keeping an eye on larger themes. Past and present come together. Autumn — and what follows — appear

far away. Deadline for the next Southwest Journal poetry issue is Aug. 19. Send your best work to wilhide@skypoint.com. — Doug Wilhide is the poet laureate of Linden Hills and poetry editor for the Southwest Journal

26th and Bloomington CRAIG PLANTING

I’m on my way. I’m driving down Bloomington Avenue and I’m speeding because I have to get to you before your phone rings. I can’t quite make the light at 26th Street and have to stop. This is your reprieve. It gives you an extra three minutes of just another day shift before everything changes. The sky is pearl-gray and a man is smoking at the bus stop and I’m sorry we couldn’t save your dad. He was too smart and too sad and now he’s on the other side. But we’re still here and you’re still here and when you’re ready, you could be with us. We could be your family now.

Here in the grocery store, Beauty walks softly around the little girl and her grandfather who are examining the pears and mangoes. Here in the alley, Love pauses to watch the teenager, his fat belly straining the buttons on his jacket, as he resets his neighbor’s fallen garbage can and scoops up the trash.

Three People on a Beach S C O T T S C H U DY

Here upon a moonlit night As May winds lightly breeze And lapping summer furls its waves That roll and then reprise, I see a couple holding hands Who pause before they dart Across the cooled sand that feels The joy that they impart. These two who stumble on until They end their lover’s race, Now stop beside the lakeland sounds To share a love’s embrace. Their soaring love is all too blind As they walk down this beach Ignoring those whom they approach, Like me who is in reach… And as they cross my single path And lift their feet to dip them The moonlit night is calling me To pause and gently trip them.

Trinity J O H N O ’C O N N O R

Where the Virtues Hang Out M E L I S SA S . A N D E R S O N Here in the hotel lounge, Truth wanders among quiet conversations, listening, smiling, feeling at home amid unguarded talk about anxiety and regret.

Dung beetles dance and study the stars. Linda reads tabloids and cruises the bars. Leonard considers and renovates cars. The dung beetle could have dated, And Linda could have renovated, And Leonard quite possibly could have star-gated. Alternate destinies seem to show The great importance of who you know, And what you learn, and how you go.

Dancing with my Grandson DOUG WILHIDE

When his parents come to get him he runs up to my study to hide, closes the door, flicks off the light, grabs the flashlight and a stuffed bunny and claims some quality Grandpa time. We listen to the radio (“where are the voices coming from?”) and when the music picks up we start to dance. He moves — arrhythmically — thin, 4-year-old shoulders shaking, skinny legs stepping back and forth and sometimes sideways head nodding, always looking away. I move — ponderously — imagining I’m a lot smoother than I am, avoiding reflective surfaces: neither of us possess a Fred Astaire gene. I would never have tried to dance with my grandfather: The Reverend Dr. of Divinity was a serious guy, widely admired, hard of hearing, better at raising funds than consoling sinners, an upright Man of God (notwithstanding the long affair with the church secretary). My grandson tries to wiggle his butt and I do the same — different orders of mass displacing space and time to different beats. He will forget all this once his parents take him home: He has the future. But I have the past: incentive to remember the present. For now we do our separate dances together as the music carries us on to the end of a Saturday afternoon.

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I Am a Dreamer G I N A JA RV I I am a dreamer, a reveilleur. A loner among wolves. The deer that stalks the gun. The gun that stalks the sky. I cast many shadows upon the places of fear. I agree with you in order that you may agree with yourself. I ramble on about things that bear no connection to what is being said, but always with a purpose. In the crevices of our conversation I say things Not always heard.

Each a mirror Each a window Each a butterfly Each the crust of some stale breadcrumb that took flight from the kitchen counter. And seconds later at the slightest shift of sunlight, gone like Houdini, struggling somewhere underwater with his chains. Might as well be dust, Might as well be a world, Might as well be you, Might as well be me, Might as well be gone... But for now, dancing happily along Casting no shadow Each a world Reflected in the light.

The Diagnosis A N N E T T E GAG L I A R D I Tell me when I’ll die, then I can just go ahead and do the deed, or choose to live at any speed. Tell me if it’s so bad that the days I’ve had will no longer be — That this will be the end of me. Or, will I suffer, throw a fit and make a drama queen of it; then be on my way, living life another way? Just tell me: will I stay or will I go? That is all I want to know.

Elegy for Anthracite JA M E S L E N F E ST E Y My father sold coal for a living. As a boy I climbed his glistening black mountains, loved the rattle down the chute to the octopus furnace in the dark, its mouth glowing gold as we shoveled, keeping the family warm. Lumps of you littered the coal floor, food of diamonds, failure marked then as now by a black rock in a stocking. I cheered like a boy the day President Obama ended forever coal-fired power burning up the earth. I fought three decades for this. But I remember my father’s happy two-door Dodge shrouded with the dust of coal, the excitement of another Great Lakes freighter, guts filled with the anthracite heart of broken Pennsylvania pulling into the bay.

Dust A DA M OV E R L A N D

Sunlight falls through the window of my room onto dust Each particle a world undiscovered Each a windblown leaf, floating fast on furious gusts Each a planet, reflecting what light is scattered among the great darkness. Do they have relationships? What are they? The dust of what? Are they offspring? The dust of whom? Each once part of some whole, unknown Each still part of the whole unknown Each now dancing happily to be reflected And now, for a moment:

Epigrammatic P H I L I P DAC E Y Wink My sister winked at me before she died. “Don’t take this death of mine so seriously,” she seemed to say as I sat by her side. Or maybe, “We have our secret, you and I.” Her wink a final gift, a link, what made a siblings’ inside joke out of goodbye. I want to make these lines wink as she did. My new aesthetic now is to wink and die. At the Bach Recital I’d not have minded so much that the man In front of me kept chewing gum — He made no sound — if he had only done So keeping — lento! — the Master’s time. Complete His father, mother, brother, sister gone, he notes that when he dies he will again complete the family, he the baby, the last to arrive years ago, the baby still, though past his prime, for now he’ll be the last to leave — and this time make four permanently five.

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L I SA CA L A M E B E R G The garden rests under soft, persistent rain. The laundry is in the washer. The dog sighs and rests his head against my knee, ready for his afternoon snooze. A week ago, there was too much to do. Yesterday it seemed that a life survived was simply a series of small miracles. Today it seems more like a broken succession of quiet moments like the fall of rain. Decades ago today we married. The careers began, the children came and grew and didn’t notice the sodden silence that swelled between us. It was a miracle that we stayed together. Today I watch the rain and write this poem. We both love these children, this house, this sleepy, hairy dog. And each other, still — our not-so-small miracle — that we love each other still.

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idney disease is a one of the most common ailments seen in our senior feline patients. Fortunately, most cases of kidney disease in cats are slow progressing, and with proper management the patient can have a good quality of life for the majority of the disease process. The goal of managing kidney disease in our feline patients is to correct the imbalances that arise as the kidneys progressively lose function. If we are vigilant about monitoring, we can intervene when system failures occur, thus enhancing quality of life by decreasing the secondary complications that inevitably arise from kidney failure. In order to understand how kidney disease is managed, it is important to understand the physiological changes that occur as the kidneys lose function. The kidney’s primary responsibility is to act as the body’s filter. Through a complex mechanism, the kidneys are able to “test” the blood and excrete toxins and by-products of bodily function and preserve or excrete electrolytes, proteins and water for the body. A properly functioning kidney allows the body to balance out the excesses and shortages of what a patient eats, drinks and produces throughout the day. If we are able to react and intervene with medications, special diets and supplements to the different stages of kidney failure, we can greatly enhance the quality of life of the patient while their kidneys are slowly fading. The testing recommendations and treatments below are what I prefer for kitties with kidney disease, and are certainly subject to patient status and owner preference for intervention. • X-ray of the abdomen to screen for kidney stones at the onset of kidney disease diagnosis. Kidney stones may make a patient prone to urinary tract infections, and uncommonly the stones will try to pass from the kidney to the bladder. • Blood tests to assess BUN, creatinine, potassium, phosphorus, calcium and red blood cell counts every three to six months. • Urine culture every three to six months. • Blood pressure every three to six months. • Urine analysis and urine protein levels every six to 12 months. • Low protein diets: By feeding less protein the diet, less nitrogen and creatinine will be

produced that the kidneys need to filter out. Many companies manufacture low protein diets. Hills, Royal Canine and Purina all have palatable, high quality low protein diets that are sold through veterinary clinics. If your cat doesn’t like the kidney diet initially, don’t get discouraged. Continue to leave small amounts of the kidney food out next to his normal diet every day, and most cats will eventually begin to eat it. • Phosphate Binder: There are several types of phosphate binders; however, I typically prescribe aluminum hydroxide powder, which can be mixed with wet food. • Potassium supplements: This too comes in many different forms, however, my favorite is a flavored gel that cats will often lick off of your finger, or you can wipe the gel on the paws for them to lick off themselves. • Blood pressure medication: The most common first line blood pressure medication for cats is called amlodipine and comes in pill form. Cats typically take 1/4 of a 15mg tablet, so the pills are very small and can be administered in some canned food, or a special treat called a “pill pocket.” • Anti-nausea medications and appetite stimulants: If your kitty is losing weight, vomiting, or noticeably not eating well, then we will often start the anti-nausea medication Cerenia and the appetite stimulant mirtazapine. Both are pills, and are administered on an every other day basis. (Typically opposite days from one another.) • Antacids: My favorite antacid is omeprazole, commonly called Prilosec. Omeprazole capsules have tiny beads of medication in them. The beads can easily be disguised in wet food. • Fluid therapy: We will commonly show owners how to administer fluids to their cats at home. The fluids are administered under the skin in the scruff area and are very well tolerated by most cats. The typically volume of fluid administered is 150ml (about 1.25 cups of liquid). • EPO shots: 10 years ago, administering EPO shots when a patient got anemic was commonplace because the hormone was readily available to veterinarians. Now obtaining these hormone shots is a challenge. It is available through human pharmacies; however, it is usually only sold in multibottle packages, making it cost prohibitive for the feline patient who needs only very small volumes of the hormone. Dr. Teresa Hershey is a veterinarian at Westgate Pet Clinic in Linden Hills. Email her your pet questions at drhershey@westgatepetclinicmn.com.

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Ask Dr. Rachel

By Rachel Allyn

How to avoid using alcohol as a crutch in social situations Q

I’m a nervous drinker. Not because I’m nervous to drink, but because I’m nervous not to. I’m a socially awkward, yet fairly successful 30-year-old male. I’m not sure if I’ve always been this way, or just got used to associating drinking with fun social occasions when I was in college. My concern is health. I want to continue to be able to have interesting and fun social experiences, but really don’t want to depend on alcohol to facilitate those anymore. Any advice, or am I destined to be a social alcoholic?

ou sound like a typical millennial male. No matter what your demographic, you are not alone in your reliance on a substance to let go of inhibitions. Just look at how integral drinking is to the social fabric of our culture! Most events are centered around both eating and drinking. This is because they are mood altering substances that can soothe us. Sure, drinking can be fun, it tastes good and we deserve an escape, but we also need to have balance and partake in drinking intentionally. Regarding your concern about your health, are you referring to mental health, physical health or both? The extent to which your health is jeopardized depends on whether you are addicted

versus dependent. I don’t have enough information to know which category you fall into. For example, are you blacking out after drinking? Getting DUI’s? Offending people? Being coercive? Spending egregious amounts of money you don’t have? If the answer to these is yes and alcohol interferes with relationships and essential activities in your daily life, I would classify you as addicted. My hunch is you’ve become mentally and emotionally dependent on it, rather than physically addicted. Whether addicted, dependent or both, what matters to me is that you slow down and start to shift how you see yourself. If you try to quit something cold turkey without understanding the underlying hook that this external substance provides, it won’t last. This is why I recommend you meet with a licensed therapist and have them help you process your self worth. By this I mean dig in to your thinking patterns: What are the barriers that prevent you from being authentic with others? What kinds of expectations do you have for yourself with others and are they realistic? Do you allow yourself to be human or expect to be perfect? Are you always comparing yourself to others? Do you have wounds that prevent you from trusting others? What seems clear to me is that you are afraid of being judged. But I bet the biggest judge of yourself is you. If you’re being invited to social

activities, this indicates people are interested in you. Yet for some reason you don’t see it. Your insecurities are cast aside when you are imbibing and you feel more relaxed. But keep in mind that this version of you already exists within your core, whether you are drinking or not. You have the ability to stop giving booze so much power. It is not some magical potion that ignites you. However you believe this and so it has become your truth. You state that you’re “fairly successful,” which indicates there is a part of you who sees your worth, which is essential to breaking this cycle. You want to remove this crutch from your life. Trying to quit something can give it more power — we crave what we cannot have. So here are some concrete tips for dealing with your behaviors in the meantime: • Expect that without alcohol at social situations, you will initially feel more exposed. This is temporary. • Expect that this process could be two steps forward, one step back. This is typical anytime we embark on a sizable change in our lives.

will not be supported and thereby not change. • Observe how much less groggy you feel the next morning if you didn’t drink the night before. This can provide intrinsic motivation. • Also observe if there are benefits to being the sober one. I recently had the experience of losing my phone to death-by-hot-tub, and then spent the next couple days free from it. Sure I felt some restlessness, but it gave me the opportunity to observe how everyone else was constantly on their phone and how I felt more present and connected to my surroundings. Who you are without alcohol — in the flesh, exposed — may be quiet, loud, shy, boisterous, funny, boring or all of the above. But guess what? This is called being human. Don’t bother being something you’re not. It will never work. And the world doesn’t need more fake, drunk people. It needs more people being real. Dr. Rachel Allyn is a licensed psychologist in private practice. Learn more about her unique style of therapy at DrRachelAllyn.com. Send questions to Rachel@DrRachelAllyn.com.

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the Minnesota River By Christopher Kasic

This is the second in a series of urban canoeing adventures in the Twin Cities. We began with the Great River — misi-ziibi from the Ojibwe (May 19 edition). The Minnesota is the largest of the upper Mississippi’s tributaries — 318 miles of placid current from Fort Snelling to Big Stone Lake in far western Minnesota. But you don’t have to go far west at all to get a surprisingly rural feel to your paddling. Its dredged channel sits low, obscuring houses and other metropolitana. Your journey will often include the occasional fishermen, and perhaps a party barge, but also heron rookeries, eagle sightings, and perhaps even a kingfisher. You can put in at the Minnesota River Bottoms Trailhead, at the Bloomington Ferry pedestrian crossing of the Minnesota River. Be prepared for a steep descent to the shore. Set off upstream toward Shakopee. After passing under the noisy Highway 169 bridge, you’ll find the unassuming mouth of Purgatory Creek. Around a bend, several fishermen and a bounding black lab appeared. The dog’s occasional exploits from boat to shore and back couldn’t have done much for the quality of the fishing. The banks on both sides upriver from here are clearly muddy dredge, so don’t expect to land unless you have plans to extricate your entire lower body from the mud. The Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge owns most of

the land on both banks, and mountain bikers appreciate the (drier) River Bottoms trail east of Bloomington Ferry. Several refuge-bound lakes are just out of view to the south, and host many waterfowl on historic flyways. You can continue on past a rollicking Valleyfair Amusement Park, and the former Port Bunge grain elevators to the Landing–Minnesota River Heritage Park in east Shakopee. The park hosts annual reenactments, portraits of early river life, and features grist mills and fur posts. The north bank features the mouths of EdenPrairie-bound Riley and Bluff Creeks. A bit further up the river, there’s a channel that leads directly to Shakopee’s Memorial Park, a great place to stop for a shore lunch. An easy trip back downstream awaits. If you have the whole day, float downstream through Bloomington, past the Black Dog power plant (recently converted from coal to natural gas, and burning much cleaner these days), and on toward the confluence with the Mississippi at Fort Snelling and Pike Island. It’s a bit noisier directly below the flight path of MSP airport, but the towering Mendota Bridge and nearby town of Mendota and the Sibley Historic Site brings enough vista to make up for the noise. They also make for a great landing spot east of the bustle.

PLANNING YOUR TRIP The well-hidden Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge connects Shakopee and Bloomington via the Ferry Pedestrian bridge off Auto Club Road. Be sure to bring water as there is no water on site. You can find a variety of resources at dnr.state.mn.us/ watertrails/minnesotariver/four.html. Take a virtual tour before you head out, learn the history, check the river level, and even add your own photos of a great day on the water.

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have previously written about repurposing old smartphones and tablets for kids, and that is exactly what I had done for my youngest daughter. About a year ago, I cleaned up my wife’s old tablet (a first generation Nexus 7) and put on some games and an app locker (creates a password for apps and settings in order to restrict access.) Additionally, I put on a nice big, pink rubber bumper case on it. When I was done, it was fresh and safe tablet for my daughter to use. And she loves that tablet. Unfortunately, my wife and I have noticed how much the tablet has slowed down over time. It can be very frustrating to my daughter when the tablet just hangs and won’t play her game or shows. I have done everything I can with that tablet — removing unnecessary programs, changing operating systems (Android and CyanogenMod), you name it. There was just not much we could do to improve the performance of the aging tablet. So, for $69, we bought a brand new Amazon Fire tablet (you can get them for as low as $49.) I had no delusions about this being a top-of-the-line tablet at that price. But the big thing to remember is that this is a budget tablet, but it is a solid budget tablet. It is a 7-inch tablet, and the version I bought has 16 GB of internal storage as opposed to 8 GB for the less expensive model. Both models have the option for expandable storage, and I immediately put

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was not accessible by default. (After all, her favorite games were all through Google Play.) But in under 20 minutes time, following some very simple steps, I was able to add the Google Play Store to the tablet without doing anything that would affect the warranty. The tablet can now run any app from the Google Play Store. For well under $100, I have put together a tablet that is quite capable for the needs of my youngest daughter. She can watch movies through Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, VuDu, and Youtube Kids. Plus she has access to any game we choose to install through the Amazon App Store and all of the games she previously had that were through the Google Play Store. I even found a new pink, rubber bumper case for her. It is definitely a different user experience having the Amazon Fire OS for Android, but it is not at all difficult to use. And my youngest daughter seamlessly made the transition, being able to open up games and movies with ease. Would you buy an Amazon Fire tablet as an entry level tablet? in a 32 GB SD card (around $10) for saving music, movies, photos, and apps. Amazon’s tablets run their own proprietary operating software, Fire OS, which is a modified version of Google’s Android operating system. However, because it is Amazon we are talking about, the Fire tablets

have their own ecosystem and do not run the Google Play Store out of the gate. This also means they do not include common Google apps like Gmail, Google Calendar, etc. My daughter by no means needed to have access to Gmail and Google Calendar, but it was a big drawback that the Google Play Store

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Sustainable We

By Mikki Morrissette

A nuanced story about consumption

ne of the home designers I’ve gotten acquainted with as I work toward a book about Minneapolis and sustainability is Michael Anschel of otogawa-anschel design+build. At my December “Sustainable We” forum he was not afraid to speak his mind about the limitations of energy efficiency as a concept, despite being on a panel of efficiencyminded peers. Anschel believes that in the West we are bent toward satisfying consumption needs. He noted that his new office in Uptown was built roughly a century ago as a home without closets. People subsisted in that era with an armoire because they owned roughly five articles of clothing and two pairs of shoes. He believes we innately choose to have more, and that the goal should be to figure out how to get more for less. “Think of how we used to need an entire room to do what our smartphones now allow us to do with a battery,” he said. He went deeper. “For most people in the world, however, sustainability is about rising out of subsistence-living to one of safety, comfort, health. Sudan, for example, would love to be Minnesota. Or Nicaragua even, which is the second poorest country in the world — but where people aren’t being hacked apart by machetes, or dealing with dysentery and HIV. A sustainable society has to include the rest of the world, who cannot be denied the opportunity to live the way we do,” he said. Consumption has become a dirty word— it is not one of my favorites — yet it is not automatically about wasteful indulgence. A woman I interviewed, transitioning out of homelessness, said her goals are to someday replace hand-medown undergarments with store-bought ones that fit, take a friend out for dinner, and have a bathtub to help soothe chronic pain she suffers since being hit by a car. The consumer in us can make us feel good about ourselves or ease our way of living. We make choices on an individual basis as our means allow. Yet I also believe that our storyline about consumption was set during the 1950s — and that story will be quite different by 2050.

A sustainable society has to include the rest of the world, who cannot be denied the opportunity to live the way we do. — Michael Anschel

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The first-world problems we talk at length about, such as where the light rail goes and how it affects homeowners, or how/where we burn and recover energy from our garbage, are plot points in a Big Story. Each thread is important, especially to people whose health is disproportionately affected by it. But I believe we have long grown in an unsustainable way because we tend to focus discussions on one part of a larger story. It’s easier. The Legislature is one example of how the holistic challenges of the network easily bogs down without collaborative vision. “People talk about putting a mini-power plant in their backyard,” Anschel said. “But we also need to power clean water, food, widespread heat and air-conditioning, production of medicine. We still need oil to make plastics used for shelter, heart valves, IVs. There is more danger to us as a society of losing the resources of oil for use in the pharmaceutical industry than for transportation, and I don’t think we have those conversations.” Where I diverge from Anschel is that I don’t

believe our evolution is linear. I see our choices as being aligned with a storyline we adopt. And that story changes. I recently finished watching the entire Mad Men series, which was about 1960s/70s advertising culture at a time when cigarettes were king, and civil rights and housewives were finding new shoots. Indulgence was the American Way. Yet lives were hollow and incomplete. By the finale, it was time to teach the world to sing. I don’t believe corporate America and conspicuous consumption and superiority over others will rule as the storyline after the next two generations, regardless of how this election cycle ends. In Minneapolis, more of us are becoming aware of how our structure is cracked. The resources that should be available to everyone globally are not accessible to large swaths of our own residents (threads of Flint). Resources for affordable energy and clean air and water and healthy food — as well as safety, housing, childcare, education, parks — are lacking.

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By Michelle Napral

Is that spring in the air or do I have a sinus infection? Q

I’ve been miserable for a week, both indoors and out, with congestion and a headache. How do I know if I’m developing allergies or a sinus infection?

t can be tricky to distinguish between an allergic reaction and sinus infection, especially this time of year. The two conditions have overlapping symptoms and are extremely common. Seasonal allergies, also called hay fever, affect up to 30 percent of people in the United States. Beyond their burden on the body, allergies also burden the economy. The financial burden for allergy treatment has nearly doubled from 2000 to 2005, increasing from $6.1 to $11.2 billion dollars annually. Before you’re able to determine whether you’re ailing from a sinus infection or hay fever, it’s important to know more about why allergies occur. Most people breathe in substances like pollens, pet dander and mold spores without a problem. But, for people with some type of allergy, the immune system treats these substances as if they’re harmful to the body, causing allergic reactions. The body then increases mucus production in the nose, which causes the nasal passages to swell and narrow.

What do allergies feel like?

Symptoms include sneezing, a stuff y or runny nose with clear discharge, headache, nasal itching, postnasal drip, cough, itchy eyes or ears, sore throat, trouble sleeping, headache and fatigue. If you have seasonal allergies, keep your car and home windows closed when pollen counts are high. If possible, use an air conditioner. In severe cases, you might even consider wearing a filter mask when doing yard work, and showering before bed to decrease contact with allergens. It’s impossible to avoid triggers all the time and symptoms are bound to occur. When this happens, most people respond well to nose rinses, steroid and non-steroidal nasal spray, antihistamine medication and decongestants. Certain cases may require immune therapy or allergy shots. How is a sinus infection different?

Sinus infections, on the other hand, occur when the body has foreign bacteria in the sinus cavity. They sometimes stem from poorly managed allergies, when fluid is trapped in swollen sinuses and bacteria is allowed to accumulate. Unlike allergies, sinus infections are accompanied by yellow or green discharge from the nose, pain in the teeth and pressure in the face that often feels worse when a person bends forward. Some

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people may also have a fever and aches, which are not typically associated with allergies. Sinus infection symptoms usually improve in seven to 10 days. For patients who visit our clinic, we recommend taking over-the-counter pain relievers, rinse their nose and sinuses with salt water a few times a day, and drink plenty of liquids to promote sinus drainage. Nasal sprays also help, as do vaporizers. To ease congestion, patients can use an expectorant containing guaifenesin during the day, which will help loosen mucus. These measures not only relieve symptoms, but can dislodge the bacteriacausing infection. For painful areas of the face, it’s helpful to apply heat. Most of the time, these infections do not

need to be treated with antibiotics, but some people with sinusitis will need to be treated with antibiotics, especially if symptoms do not improve after 10 days. If your symptoms last more than 10 days, or if your symptoms get better at first but then get worse, consider seeing your health care provider. By identifying which condition is troubling you, you’ll be able to address symptoms faster and, with any luck, get back to normal activities. Michelle Napral is a nurse practitioner at the University of Minnesota Health Nurse Practitioners Clinic, 3rd Street & Chicago. Send questions to nursnews@umn.edu.

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Hennepin County and the Minneapolis Downtown Council are hosting a summer of free programming downtown, from movies and music to fitness and games. At the Hennepin County Government Center’s South Plaza (300 S. 6th St.) there will be outdoor piano performances on Tuesdays from 12-1 p.m., food trucks and a craft cart on Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and, of course, the farmers market on Thursdays from 6 a.m.-6 p.m. this summer. At Target Field Station (335 N. 5th St.), there are Monday movie nights at 7 p.m. in June, Wednesday night trivia at 6 p.m. and Sunday family days on June 26 from 4-6 p.m. and Aug. 7 from 12-4 p.m.

By Eric Best / ebest@southwestjournal.com

Where: Hennepin County Government Center South Plaza & Target Field Station When: June 1 through Aug. 31 Cost: Free Info: downtownmpls.com/gooutside

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Twin Cities Pride June is LGBT Pride month, and this means the Twin Cities Pride Festival is right around the corner. The annual fest is set to takeover Loring Park and Hennepin Avenue the weekend of June 25-26. Here’s all the information you need to know to enjoy a weekend full of pride.

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RAINBOW RUN Before Sunday’s parade runners will take to Boom Island and Hennepin Avenue for a rainbow-colored fun run. The Rainbow Run takes participants downtown along the parade route just in time for the festivities, and your bib can even be turned in for a free mimosa or Bloody Mary at Mason’s (528 Hennepin Ave.) while you watch the parade. Runners are invited to dress in their best rainbow colors, and the best dressed will even get prizes.

Where: Boom Island Park, 724 Sibley St. NE When: Sunday, June 26 from 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Cost: $20-$40 / Info: tcpride.org

The 44th annual Twin Cities Pride Festival will bring hundreds of thousands to Loring Park near downtown Minneapolis. The weekend of festivities will kick off with Pride in Concert featuring performances from The Pointer Sisters, Adore Delano and The Phoenix Philosophy in the park on Saturday at 6-10 p.m. The festival itself is teeming with events, booths and shops giving guests a ton to explore.

Where: Loring Park, 1382 Willow St. When: June 25-26 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: Free Info: tcpride.org

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Comedienne Kathy Griﬃn will help kick of Pride festivities at Orchestra Hall. The award-winning comic promises to have a lot of jokes for Minneapolis fans. “I’ve played Minneapolis many times. Minneapolis has been very good to me and I want your readers to know that it’s going to be all new — two hours of new material,” she said in a recent interview. “In this election year, I want your readers to know — no matter what side of the aisle you’re on — I have Donald Trump personal stories that are jaw droppers.”

The Twin Cities Pride Parade, the quintessential pride event, is considered one of the largest in the country, bringing thousands to Hennepin Avenue and lining the street for block and blocks. Join grand marshals Roxanne Anderson and D Rojas for an afternoon of pride — and don’t forget the shades and sunscreen.

Where: Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall When: June 23, 6–10 p.m. Cost: Tickets start at $45 / Info: tcpride.org

Where: 3rd Street & Hennepin Avenue When: Sunday, June 26 at 11 a.m. Cost: Free / Info: tcpride.org

MIDSOMMAR The American Swedish Institute will welcome music, dancing and singing to its campus for its summer tradition, the Swedish Midsommar celebration. The traditional summer festival features a family-friendly day of performances and, of course, the raising of the Midsommarastang or Midsummer-pole. ASI will also have flower wreath making, face painting, storytelling, outdoor games and craft demonstrations. ASI’s restaurant, FIKA, will also be serving up its own Midsommar fare.

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UPTOWN FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL Nothing quite says that summer has arrived like a lineup of food trucks, and the Uptown Food Truck Festival boasts one of the city’s largest. More than 50 food trucks will come together for one delicious summer celebration with every cuisine you could think of, from Foxy Falafel’s falafel sandwiches, tacos from R Taco and grilled Japanese fare from Hibachi Daruma. The familyfriendly, pet-friendly fest will also feature craft beers from North Loop BrewCo (formerly Lucid Brewing), games and live music across two stages.

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“Realm of the Unknown,” the latest exhibition at Form + Content Gallery, explores the less tangible aspects of life through moments of wonder, strangeness and absence. Artists Caitlin David, Kathryn Flora, Greta Kotz and Shannon Smith — all past and present gallery interns — examine how concepts like auras can be explored and expressed in the tangible world through paintings, portraits and more. Form + Content gallery is free and open to the public Thursday through Saturday from 12-6 p.m.

There are all kinds of pub crawls, brewery tours and wine tastings, but, for the past few years, coffee has ﬁnally gotten its own event. The Caffeine Crawl puts together several guided tours for serious coffee drinkers. Across six different routes, crawlers can enjoy drink and chocolate samples across Twin Cities cafes and shops, from Five Watt Coffee to Blackeye Roasting Co. and dozens more. Routes, which are either driving or bike-friendly routes, also include educational presentations from shops and can include some caffeine-free options — occasionally even alcohol-based options.

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