Southwest Journal, June 29–July 12

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GROWTH SURGES near Bde Maka Ska

West Lake neighborhoods become hub for new development

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By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com

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he Foundry Lake Street is serving gourmet popcorn and cotton candy at a grand opening celebration this week, advertising a rooftop pool and apartments starting at $1,350 for a 563-square-foot studio at 3118 W. Lake St.

The building is part of a wave of development that has added more than 400 units to the Cedar-Isles-Dean and West Calhoun neighborhoods since 2013, with developers hoping to build another 750 units in the coming years.

In addition, the proposed West Lake light rail

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station is estimated to be the most heavily used station along the Southwest line, located south of Lake Street behind Whole Foods.

The neighborhoods north and west of Bde Maka Ska (Lake Calhoun) continue to see

The Cedar-Isles-Dean and West Calhoun neighborhoods may host several hundred new apartment units and a light rail station behind Whole Foods in the coming years.

Photo by Julia Peacock

SEE WEST LAKE / PAGE A12

WAGE DEBATE ZEROES-IN ON TIPS

Former state Rep. Knuth takes chief resilience officer position

The issue of a tip credit — or penalty — dominates testimony at a public hearing

By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com

By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@southwestjournal.com

Kate Knuth’s education has centered on biology and conservation. Knuth’s career has centered on her home state of Minnesota.

She’ll get to apply the former to help the latter in her new job as chief resilience officer of Minneapolis.

Knuth, a former state representative who’s spent years studying biology and conservation, assumed the new job earlier this month. The position aims to help the city prepare for challenges such as natural disasters, climate change and aging infrastructure, among others.

Knuth said in a June 7 interview that she’s

The City Council was set to make final revisions to the draft minimum wage ordinance June 28, just as this issue was going to press.

Go to southwestjournal.com for updates.

excited to connect more deeply with Minneapolis, get to know the city’s people and see how various parts of the government work. She said she envisioned her first few weeks would involve a lot of meeting people, listening, reading and learning more about the city.

“Frankly, I see this job as a lot of relationships and listening and connecting with people and groups,” Knuth said. “Relationships are a huge part of resilience, and I think they’ll be a huge part of this job.”

Eventually, Knuth will lead the development SEE RESILIENCE OFFICER / PAGE A11

For months, the key sticking point for many would-be supporters of a municipal minimum wage has been the issue of a tip credit — or tip penalty, depending on which side of the debate is framing the issue.

It was no surprise, then, that tips were easily the most-discussed topic during a June 22 public hearing on a proposed ordi-

nance that would raise the minimum wage to $15 for all Minneapolis workers by July 1, 2022. Nearly 60 people stepped to the podium to testify in the first two-and-a-half hours, and dozens more were still waiting to speak. The hearing was one of the last steps for the City Council before meeting again June 28 to make final revisions to the proposed ordinance ahead of a June 30 vote.

Many who testified put the tip credit in terms of their businesses’ very survival.

Heather Bray, co-owner of The Lowbrow SEE WAGE DEBATE / PAGE A2

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Adjusting business models

restaurant in Kingfield, said her customers “make budget-conscious decisions” when they choose to dine at her restaurant. If rising labor costs for her 43 employees forced her to hike menu prices, many customers would seek out cheaper dining in the suburbs, Bray predicted.

“I fear everything we have worked so long and hard for would crumble,” she said.

Bray said cooks and dishwashers at her restaurant already earn at least $15. A tip credit would allow restaurant owners to continue paying bartenders and servers lower hourly wages — as little as the state’s $7.75 minimum wage for small businesses — counting on tips to make up the difference. At the hearing, many servers testified that they earn much more than $15 an hour when tips are part of the equation.

Allison Rose, a bartender, testified that she was not opposed to a higher minimum wage as long as it included a tip credit. Rose said her earnings average $38 an hour, but said “no one who would do (her) job” if her employer adopted a no-tipping format — an outcome some in the restaurant industry say is an inevitable compromise when rising labor costs drive up menu prices.

Many of the fiercest advocates for a $15 minimum wage, including Minneapolis’ local chapter of 15 Now, oppose the carve-out for tipped employees.

That group was part of the coalition that attempted to place a municipal minimum wage charter amendment on the ballot last fall. That ballot question was blocked by a state Supreme Court ruling, but City Council members credited advocates with pushing them to the brink of passing an ordinance this spring.

Dozens of “one fair wage” supporters rallied on a lower level of City Hall before climbing the stairs and marching toward council chambers.

Several hundred people filled the third-floor hallway before and during the meeting, with both pro- and anti-tip credit groups shouting chants and slogans.

The draft ordinance calls for higher wages to be phased-in over five years. It also creates two business tiers, proposing an earlier start to wage hikes at large businesses with more than 100 employees. The wage floor would rise more slowly at small businesses before making a leap in the final year of the phase-in.

More than 90 percent of Minneapolis businesses — including 88 percent of bars and restaurants — have fewer than 100 employees and fall into the ordinance’s small-business tier.

Jennifer Pritchett of the LynLake sex-toy store Smitten Kitten said small business owners like her “owe everything” to their employees. But Pritchett said many are worried they can’t afford a $15 minimum wage.

“I want to be here to show you you can do it as a small business,” she said, explaining that her shop made structural changes — eliminating middle-management positions — so that it could raise wages for all employees to at least $17 an hour.

Pritchett said some of her employees earn more in a year than she does, but added, “That’s what it takes.”

Another small business owner, Robin Anderson of Linden Hills Childcare Center, described a business model that wasn’t flexible enough to adjust to the demands of the ordinance. Testifying that her take-home pay sometimes falls below $15 an hour, Anderson said it was a “misconception” that all business owners are wealthy and can afford to pay higher wages.

“Our revenue is set for the year,” Anderson said. “It can’t increase. It can only decrease based on enrollment.”

Ricardo Levins Morales, the owner of a South Minneapolis art studio, said a minimum wage hike would bring a “massive infusion of buying power” into the city’s economy. That would be good for his business, Levins Morales said, adding that people who are struggling to afford rent or groceries are going to spend money on necessities before they consider buying art.

Advocates held banners and chanted slogans outside of a June 22 public hearing on the city’s proposed municipal minimum wage ordinance. Photo by Dylan Thomas

Struggling with low wages It wasn’t just business owners who framed the minimum wage issue in terms of survival. Among those who testified were low-wage workers, many with children and families to support, who said they struggled to make ends meet with multiple jobs.

About 71,000 Minneapolis workers earn less than $15 an hour, and a city-commissioned study found that Latino and African-American workers are overrepresented in low-wage jobs. They stand to benefit most from a wage hike.

Kelly Dunn, a nurse aide, said a $15 minimum wage would help her get off government assistance. Dunn, a mother, said she was living in the Drake Hotel, sometimes referred to as a substitute shelter because it’s often a temporary home for people facing housing instability.

“I see a lot of families that are in the situation I’m in now that do struggle,” she said, adding

that a minimum wage hike would “really help” women with children.

Sondra Williams, a single parent, said she hadn’t seen her children since the previous day because she has to juggle two low-paying jobs, one at Cub Foods and the other at SuperAmerica.

“Fifteen dollars an hour would help me and other single parents,” Williams said. “I’m struggling and I’m doing the best I can.

“I don’t sleep much. I’m always at work.”

Liam Davis Temple, a 2016 Edison High School graduate, testified against the draft ordinance’s training wage for youth workers, allowing business owners to pay them 85 percent of minimum wage for their first 90 days on the job. Davis Temple argued that low-income families often rely on teens and young adults to contribute financially, but that the ordinance as written would leave them behind.

“We will never close this gap by creating more inequity,” he said.

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By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com

Sassy socks are available at Sockasm on Lake Street.

Photo by Michelle Bruch

LAKE STREET

Sockasm Socks with attitude are now available at a Lake Street storefront formerly home to the Stochastic Art gallery and Bonita’s Extensions and Braids.

“Socks are super popular right now. Donuts used to be just donuts. Socks are like that,” said owner Mike Barr, a Linden Hills entrepreneur who designs a line of socks.

He said socks can add a flash of personality to work attire. At a dull business meeting, for example, a co-worker could slightly lift a pant leg to reveal socks that say: “This meeting is bullsh-t.”

Sockasm carries socks that feature more

than 20 popular dog breeds, political portraits and sassy statements. Samples include: “I love Jesus but I drink a lot,” “Ain’t no bad joke like a dad joke” or “Kick this day in its sunshiny ass.” Matching socks for dads and infants state: “Man of the house” and “Man of the crib.”

Another states: “I make awesome babies,” with a matching baby pair: “Proof.”

Socks highlighting the top 50 colleges and universities will be fully stocked by the fall.

“It’s fun to just browse,” Barr said. “… This area is really prime for a store like this.”

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Café Maude to change hands Café Maude closes July 31, and the owners are turning over the keys to a group that includes restaurateur Kim Bartmann.

General Manager Todd Staberg said it’s time to put Café Maude to bed.

“It really basically boils down to: We’ve done a good job for 10 years, and I’m tired.

I just need a change in my life,” said Staberg, who has worked at Café Maude since the restaurant opened.

The new owners include Bartmann (known for her restaurants including Barbette, Bryant Lake Bowl and Tiny Diner) and Chef Asher Miller (known for his work at the Walker Art Center’s Wolfgang Puck restaurant and Andrew Zimmern’s food truck business). They plan to refresh the dining room and patio, expand the

drink menu and feature Maude’s wood-fired grill in a family-friendly menu that continues the French sensibility and adds classic California influences.

“I too was a fan of Café Maude,” Bartmann said. “But I didn’t create Café Maude, so when I take it over I want to recreate it.”

She said the restaurant would draw inspiration from foundational cookbook writers like Helen Evans Brown, whose “West Coast Cookbook” focused on fresh produce years before it was fashionable to do so, according to Saveur. The Maude remake would source produce from Bartmann’s farm plot at Garden Farme in Ramsey.

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43RD & BRYANT

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For starters, advance reservations for the fixed tasting menu means very little goes to waste. And leftover greens are transplanted to the garden beds outside.

The changing menu allows them more creativity to try unusual ingredients. Vendors including Piney Hill Farm walk in with an array of fresh produce for cooks to select. That means unusual ingredients like micro wasabi arugula show up on Tenant’s menu.

“If they have a small amount of something cool, they can bring it to us and we can make it happen,” said co-owner Cameron Cecchini.

The staff of four works in an open kitchen and encourages a casual atmosphere — if a single party rents out the entire restaurant,

they’re happy to blast the party’s music of choice at high volume.

“You don’t need white linen and a $150 bottle of champagne to have a good experience,” Cecchini said.

Cecchini lives in Armatage, and co-owner Grisha Hammes lives in The Wedge. They’re familiar faces to locals after working at Piccolo, the prior venue at 4300 Bryant Ave. S., for years.

“The best thing is seeing people eating dinner and making a reservation to come back two weeks down the road,” Cecchini said. “When you see that, obviously that’s the dream.”

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A new development proposal would build apartments on the site of the former Urban League Academy High School. Rendering by DJR Architecture

22ND & BLAISDELL

Apartments at 2201 Blaisdell Ave. Yellow Tree Development Corporation is seeking to replace the former Urban League Academy High School and parking lot at 2201 Blaisdell Ave. with a five-story marketrate rental building.

About 75 units would range from “micro” units at 350 square feet to larger twobedroom units at 1,000 square feet. Rental prices may range from about $940 to $2,100 per month.

The project would include 48–50 spaces of enclosed parking and may incorporate community gardens on the third level and the roof, said Yellow Tree co-founder Bryan Walters.

Walters said the company is interested in developing housing that’s close to Eat Street with easy access to Uptown and Downtown.

“Our target is kind of that budgetconscious professional, someone that doesn’t want to pay $1,500 for a small studio in Uptown,” Walters said. “… We’ve got high demand for rental in that area. We like to focus on naturally affordable housing, affordable to the median income for the area. We’re not a luxury builder. A lot of the neighborhoods, that’s kind of what they need at this point — a quality product at a reasonable price.”

Walters said the company launched about nine years ago with a focus on duplexes, evolving into commercial property holdings

and now larger multifamily buildings.

One of their first projects is now home to Lawless Distilling Company and a woodworking shop in the Seward neighborhood.

The company also renovated a boarded nursing home at 3515 2nd Ave. S. into 12 micro units.

“It was a great way to test the market on a smaller scale,” Walters said. “It leased up right away.”

The company recently received city approval to redevelop the building next door at 3501 2nd Ave. S. into 49 “micro-unit” apartments. They plan to break ground on that project in July.

Another Yellow Tree renovation project is underway at 38th & Cedar, with new tenants including a coffeehouse and acupuncturist.

The Urban League alternative high school closed in 2015, citing several years of operating losses. The building recently served as a Career Pathways public charter school, which is moving to Columbia Heights.

The Whittier neighborhood project will appear for informal discussion before the city Planning Commission’s Committee of the Whole on June 29. The current proposal would require special approval for its density as well as a conditional use permit to allow five stories instead of four.

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Me Box outdoor yoga A Lynnhurst resident is launching Sunday morning yoga classes in the parking lot of South Lyndale Liquors.

Angela Doerfler said the new Sunday liquor sales law, which takes effect July 2, caught her attention and led her to pitch the idea.

“I’m all about someone having their freedom, as a yogi,” she said.

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“I can extend into a greater part of the home, which is the community,” she said.

Doerfler also teaches mindfulness classes to kids at summer camps and holds workshops for individuals and businesses.

Free “Me Box” classes will run 9 a.m.– 10:25 a.m. Sundays at 5300 Lyndale Ave. S.

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Grand Café The Grand Café has long been operated by couples, and Erik Anderson and Jamie Malone represent the third partners in recent history to take it on.

Anderson and Malone first worked together about 10 years ago, beginning at Porter & Frye, when Anderson worked as sous chef and Malone was a line cook.

Between the two of them, they said there is no particular division of labor, and there is no general manager on staff — everyone chips in wherever needed.

“You do what you’ve got to do to get through the day,” Anderson said.

Upon taking over the Grand Café, they unearthed old restaurant dishes and dug out photos that date back to streetcar days.

Three bakeries once operated on the block, they said.

The café’s 1939 Hobart mixer is still solid and functional, and replacement parts are still manufactured.

“It’s part of the décor now,” said Anderson.

“That mixer is amazing and horrifying at the same time,” said Chef de Cuisine Alan Hlebaen, who said speeds alternate between “incredibly slow” and “scary fast.”

“It shakes the whole room when you turn it on,” he said.

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“The Grand is a really great place with lots of history,” said Bill Summerville, who is consulting on the wine list. “It has a very earnest quality to it. It’s the complete opposite of a corporate restaurant.”

He pointed to the hand-painted wallpaper from Paris as an example. When the owners learned the wallpaper couldn’t be shipped to them, Malone’s brother, a pilot, picked it up from Paris and flew it home.

Menu selections are one-of-a-kind as well, such as the Mangalitsa ham from Wedge Oak Farm in Tennessee, hand-sliced with special knives.

“There is kind of an art do it,” Anderson said.

The ham is cured and hangs in a barn for two years, which Hlebaen said gives it a unique depth of flavor.

“You can really taste that in the ham if you really pay attention,” he said. “… We’re trying to get things nobody else has, based on the relationships we have.”

Other menu highlights include pike quenelle in crayfish sauce and lamb with ramp hollandaise, favas and morels.

Grand Café is open for dinner Tuesday through Sunday.

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Council committee approves purchase of Kmart land The city is moving to complete its purchase of the land beneath the Lake Street Kmart store by mid-September, a small but potentially significant step toward reopening Nicollet Avenue.

Closing the deal would give the city “certainty” that Nicollet Avenue will one day be reconnected, said David Frank, the city’s director of economic policy and development, although he acknowledged it could be years or decades before that happens. In the meantime, the purchase would make the city Kmart’s landlord.

A City Council committee voted unanimously on June 20 to exercise the city’s $8-million purchase agreement for the 7-acre site at 10 W. Lake St., currently owned by Lawrence and Susan Kadish. The plan was to go to the full council June 30, after this issue went to press.

But Kmart’s parent company, Sears Holding Corporation, has a separate operating lease on the site that runs through 2053. It has so far rejected city offers to move into a new building as part of a larger redevelopment plan for the site.

“When I say we’re buying certainty, I mean it might be 36 years. I sure hope not,” Frank said while briefing reporters the day before the committee vote.

He called the 1970s decision to allow Kmart to build a store essentially on top of Nicollet Avenue, severing the street grid for decades to come, the “worst planning mistake in city history.”

The city has been trying to work out a deal with Sears Holding Corporation since late 2015, when it negotiated an option agreement with the Kadishes and put down a non-refundable $800,000 toward the purchase of the ground lease. The city already owns 30 W. Lake St., an adjacent property that formerly housed a Supervalu grocery store, which it purchased for over $5 million in 2015.

Working with Ryan Cos., the city developed a proposal to build a new Kmart building on the same site, only “rotated” to allow for the reconnection of Nicollet Avenue, Frank said. The proposal was for either a mixed-use or a standalone development with a parking structure on the site.

But the two sides couldn’t come to terms, even after the city offered to subsidize Kmart’s rent.

Sears Holding Corporation was offered a rate of about $14 per square foot — a rental rate onethird less than the estimated market rate of $21 per square foot for a new building on the site, according to the city. That was roughly equal to a $5-million one-time subsidy from the city just to get Kmart into a new home on the same site.

According to a staff report, Kmart rejected the proposal, demanding rent set no higher than what the store currently pays, a “seamless transi-

tion” into a new home and help with moving costs. It also noted that the $5 million subsidy was “not close” to what it would have expected if the city instead offered to buy out the remainder of its lease.

In a statement released by Kmart, the company said it shared the city’s vision for a reopened Nicollet Avenue — as long as the store remained in the neighborhood and did not close during redevelopment.

“Unfortunately, the City’s proposal did not specify the type of development planned on the entire property and potential neighbors, and included a 1,000% increase in rent the first year with a 50 percent increase over the next 20 years.

No business would ever agree to these terms,” the statement read. “It is disparaging to read comments from city staff hoping for the demise of our store and business. We provide reliable jobs to the neighborhood. If the City Council moves forward and becomes our landlord, we hope they would be a champion for our store and its 100 employees, and support the community members that Kmart serves.”

The landlord on the operating lease, a Kmart affiliate known as Troy Coolidge No. 42 LLC, is also listed as the tenant on the ground lease the city will take over from the Kadishes after the purchase. Coolidge currently pays $115,556 per year in base rent. As landlord on the operating lease, it has the right to sublet the Kmart space without the city’s consent.

Addressing the City Council’s Community Development and Regulatory Services Committee on June 20, Frank said the city’s adopted plans for the Nicollet & Lake area call for mixed-use, multi-story development. He said redevelopment of the site would bring needed jobs, housing and retail to the area.

Ward 7 City Council Member Lisa Goodman, who chairs the committee, described the impending purchase as “a long time coming.”

Council members Lisa Bender (Ward 10) and Elizabeth Glidden (Ward 8) credited their former colleague, Robert Lilligren, who previously represented the area, for keeping the reopening of Nicollet Avenue high on the city’s list of priorities.

Before the vote, committee members approved two amendments introduced by Council Member Alondra Cano. They directed staff to study and report back on how the city can support both current residents and business owners that potentially will be displaced by future redevelopment associated with the reopening of Nicollet Avenue.

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MINI GOLF & BIG FUN Hennepin County’s light rail tab grows Take a look at the pie charts the Metropolitan Council uses to show where the money to build the $1.86-billion Southwest Light Rail Transit Project is coming from and it appears Hennepin County’s share has grown significantly since just last fall.

As it stands now, Hennepin County’s contribution to SWLRT — a 14.5-mile extension of the Metro Green Line into the southwest suburbs — is second only to that of the federal government, which is expected to cover half of construction costs through a $928.8-million Federal Transit Administration grant. The county’s slice of the SWLRT funding pie is worth nearly $656.65 million, a total that includes funds to be paid out by both the county and the Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority, as well as the value of HCRRA’s in-kind land transfers to the project.

That slice is about two-and-a-half-times larger than it was just last fall, amounting to a 35-percent stake in the project. In large part, that’s due to the impending breakup of the Counties Transit Improvement Board.

As of June, all five CTIB member counties — Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey and Washington — had agreed to end their nineyear collaboration on metro-area transit projects and to divide the board’s assets and obligations among themselves. Hennepin County agreed to take on most of CTIB’s share of SWLRT construction costs, an amount totaling $290.1 million.

CTIB, which previously was supposed to pay for about 28 percent of SWLRT construction costs, will now fund closer to 12 percent of the cost to add tracks and stations between Minneapolis and Eden Prairie.

Another $103.5 million was added to Hennepin County’s tab this spring when it agreed to relieve the Metropolitan Council and CTIB of their obligation to use a type of bonding, called certificates of participation, to cover a shortfall in state funding for the project.

While it appears the funding burden has shifted significantly onto Hennepin County taxpayers, Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin (who also chairs CTIB) said the pie charts alone “don’t tell the whole story.”

“It misrepresents, I would argue, the incremental payment that Hennepin County

taxpayers will be making, because they were going to be paying most of the CTIB contribution before,” McLaughlin said.

State law allowed CTIB to levy a quarterMcLaughlin cent sales tax and a $20 motor-vehicle sales tax in all five of its member counties. Sales in Hennepin County alone generated more than 55 percent of CTIB’s tax revenue, McLaughlin noted.

In June, the Hennepin County Board voted to replace the CTIB tax with its own half-cent sales tax by this fall, as allowed under state law.

It’s expected to raise $125 million annually for transit, road and bridge projects.

Swapping one tax for the other amounts to an additional 5 cents on a $20 purchase within Hennepin County’s borders.

SWLRT is just one part of a growing transit network that CTIB played a key role in planning and building. The breakup means none of the county’s tax dollars will be used to pay for two east-metro transitways still in development: the Rush Line and Gateway corridors, both bus rapid transit projects.

But CTIB didn’t just build transitways; it also covered half of ongoing operating costs for its metro-area bus and light-rail projects, with the state generally paying for the rest.

Those obligations also pass to the counties when CTIB goes away.

On the existing segment of the METRO Green Line, linking the downtowns of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Hennepin and Ramsey counties agreed to split CTIB’s half of operating costs 60-40, respectively.

The transportation bill passed out of the legislature and signed by Gov. Mark Dayton this spring prohibits the state funds from being used for operating costs on SWLRT. That means Hennepin County will pay 100 percent of operating costs not covered by fares on that segment of the line, estimated at about $30 million per year in the mid-2020s, McLaughlin said, adding that there was still time to negotiate a better deal before then.

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The city in June announced the new hate crime hotline, which will be staffed by operators 7 a.m.–7 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. on weekends. Callers outside of city limits can reach the hotline at 673-3000.

A hate crime is any crime against a person or property that is motivated by bias against race, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, religion or another type of prejudice. The Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights is tasked with enforcing ordinances that prohibit discrimination.

“Since the general election, many of us have experienced, witnessed firsthand or heard of actions of: racism, xenophobia, sexism and bigotry directed at people here and in cities across the United States,” wrote Velma Korbel, director of the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights, in a statement posted on the city’s website. “In no uncertain terms, hate-motivated speech and actions have no place in Minneapolis nor will they be tolerated.”

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bdulwahid Osman didn’t have much time to talk late Monday afternoon, so he spoke fast, and with the urgency of a man on a mission. As I interviewed him in his Midtown Global Market law office, six of Osman’s SomaliAmerican clients sat outside in the waiting room, eager to see their lawyer about deportations and other legal family matters.

Me, I wanted to talk to Osman, one of the few Somali-born immigration attorneys practicing in Minneapolis, about the United States Supreme Court’s decision to reinstate Donald Trump’s travel ban on six Muslim-majority countries (Somalia, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Yemen and Libya), which came June 26 after two federal appeals courts blocked the order. Instead, I got the greatest pre-Fourth of July pep talk ever.

“I came to this country as a refugee, and today I’m a licensed practicing attorney in the state of Minnesota, and I have benefited a lot from freedom of religion in this country,” said Osman, after explaining how the travel ban “could have been worse,” in that it doesn’t include immigrants coming to America to be reunited with family. “I understand what it means to be a refugee seeking to enter the United States, and I understand what it means to become a refugee who made it in this country. I have a family, I have young children, I have a house, I have a legal practice and I am a proud former refugee.

“If that doesn’t mean anything to Donald Trump, it’s up to him. But it means a lot to America. It reflects the American value. America is an idea to us; it’s not a specific country or religion. We come here for a few ideas, one of which is freedom of religion, that you won’t be judged by the color of your skin, that you have equal opportunity as anybody.

“I’m living example of that. I litigate cases in court every day. I go up against white Anglo-Saxon Caucasians who were born here and come from rich families, and sometimes, or many times, I win the cases against them. It doesn’t mean that … me being … 17 years ago, having nothing … being able to graduate from the University of Minnesota Law School … only in America that is possible.

I couldn’t have made it in any other country, and if Donald Trump has a problem with that, excuse me? He should do what he’s doing, but he’s not going to change the nature of America.

“America is to us that idea: diversity, respect, rule of law. Those are the key things that make America exceptional. If he wants to make America a country of specific people or a specific religion, he is a traitor to America itself. Because the idea of America has always been that beacon of freedom where everybody says, ‘OK, I could make it. Nowhere else, but in America that’s the only place you can make it, regardless of the color of your skin.’ That’s why Americans voted twice for Barack Obama — someone who has such an international background, who grew up in different countries, born here. …

That is the America that we feel is under threat.

And I’m glad we have the court system — which is the last line of defense against transgressions that infringe upon our constitutional rights.”

Abdulwahid Osman in his Midtown Global Market law office: “America has always been that beacon of freedom.”

Photo by Jim Walsh

Osman speaks with the passion and assurance of a man who came to Minneapolis as a refugee 17 years ago and who has worked to become an Islamic law scholar, an adjunct law professor at the University Of Minnesota, a Hennepin County Human Services Officer and a vital resource for the Somali-American community in the Twin Cities.

As he spoke, surrounded as he is by one of Minneapolis’s most multi-culti malls and neighborhoods, he proudly pointed to the diplomas and certificates of achievement hanging on his office wall.

“To us, the travel ban reflects a very dark history,” he continued. “It’s known that any country that tries to exclude certain religions and people in the history, that country is doomed. It didn’t work in Nazi Germany, it didn’t work in any other empire throughout history. And Muslims around the world? 1.6 billion people of all races, all cultures.

You can’t ban them. You can’t ban half of the world.

“So this travel ban is actually an assault on the very foundation of America. This has nothing to do with security. People can be vetted for security reasons, but that’s not going to make America secure. It will only make America look bad in front of others. This country came through a lot: internment camps, slavery before that, civil rights movement, economic inequality, all of that. And now if Donald Trump wants to take us back and to play to the worst instincts and the worst insecurities of rural America — if that’s what he wants to do, he doesn’t represent America. He doesn’t know what ‘refugee’ means. The Syrian kid who is being bombed by Russian aircraft? He’s not a threat to America. If Trump doesn’t want to help, that’s up to him, but that’s not America. And I hope that our courts, especially the Supreme Court, which has always been the refuge for upholding the basic rights of what’s best about this country, will ultimately resoundingly rule against this draconian so-called travel ban.”

These days, business is more than a little brisk at Abdulwahid Law Firm (2929 Chicago Ave., suite 110, 501-7384), and it has been since Trump promised to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants in his first 18 months as president.

“I’m very busy, as you can see,” said Osman. “I’m one of the very few Somali-born lawyers here, and our community is such a large community that uses

Jim Walsh lives and grew up in South Minneapolis.

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CORRECTION The June 15 Civic Beat column included an inaccurate estimate of Hennepin County’s financial obligation to the Southwest Light Rail Transit project. For an updated estimate, see this week’s column on page A7.

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“Somalis are doing very well. And our president came to the hangar at the airport before the election to give a hate speech against refugees, that’s all he came for, and then he left, that’s how irresponsible he is, to enflame the Minnesotans against us when he doesn’t even know who we are, and he doesn’t care. And he wants to be our president?

“The fact is, Somalis have a lot of success stories.

We are a very vibrant community, and we are so proud of Minnesota and the way it welcomed us, and the way it is, despite everything that’s going on, trying to understand. And Minnesotans, and Americans also, need to understand that we came with a culture. We have our own baggage. It will take time to integrate into the Minnesotan culture.

We are the first generation. I’m not going to dress or speak like you, but my kids are now fully Americanized. They speak like you, but I don’t, I have accent, and I can’t help.

“That’s how we grew up. That’s the story of every first generation in this country. When the Italians came, and the Jewish came, and Eastern-Europeans, and Polish, and Irish, they were made fun of and discriminated against, just like we are. So this is a typical American story, and if Donald Trump’s not happy with that … he has no more claim on this country than I have.”

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It’s about the process The recent Everyday Gardener column about the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board and food forests was a platform for political propaganda that was also an unpaid ad for a candidate for political office (“Speak out for urban food forests,” April 20). It was a political polemic meant to subvert and disenfranchise the process of public engagement for someone’s political gain.

For me it is not about whether a food forest is a good idea or not, but that we are being asked to circumvent any process that does not start with one group’s conclusion.

There is a very public conversation about the flooding issues at the Hiawatha Golf Course and the amount of water that is needed for the current uses (minneapolisparks. org/project_updates/2017/06/08/2541/ may_18_public_meeting_recap). This process is completely misrepresented by columnist Meleah Maynard.

I greatly appreciate advocacy for urban ecology that enhances our connection to nature, and that has been a significant part of the process for what happens in the future at the Hiawatha Golf Course. My work at the Park Board included our first planting of fruit and nut trees for park users. There have been some interesting efforts recently with public orchards, urban agriculture and the concept of food forests. Maynard has every right to express her views about plants or politics, but the spreading of compost should be limited to gardening.

There is almost nothing in the article

Liquor stores open for Sunday business about the Park Board process that is not an exaggeration of actual facts or that is helpful in understanding the complexity of the choices that are being discussed at public meetings or the validity of the viewpoints of the hundreds of people that are actively involved in these discussions.

There are many interesting ideas for what could happen if the golf course is not feasible in the future, including a food forest.

I think it is important for commissioners to not prejudge or predetermine the outcome of our public engagement processes. But I would note that if we follow our current urban agriculture policies, we would need to decentralize the planting of fruit and nut trees and edible plants and locate them in racially concentrated areas of poverty and areas of need rather than one central location that many people would have to drive to.

Scott Vreeland District 3 Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board commissioner

White privilege on the running trail Years ago, long before I became aware of how much my whiteness obtained things for me without my asking, my friend who was adopted from Korea regularly schooled me on ways people of color adapted to people like me.

I would debate her about how non-racist I was, how I came from an immigrant family, how I was a woman, how I had been a victim. None

of that mattered because, for her, it was about how I showed up day to day as a white person, regardless of how much personal trauma or baggage or therapy I carried with me.

Here is what I did that made me oblivious: I went first. I didn’t move out of the way first when a person of color approached me. I interrupted her, a lot. I got the final word. I made most of the decisions in the friendship.

When you realize this about yourself as a white person, you see it everywhere and it makes you angry. Here is where I see it the most: Lake Harriet.

Several mornings a week, my neighbor and I run around Lake Harriet. I love this ritual and I love my neighbor, who is a good friend and also is a person of color.

My neighbor and I will approach large group of runners (as in three or more). Sometimes they are all women, sometimes all men, sometimes a mix of men and women, sometimes there are dogs on very long leads along for the run. They have always been all white (appearing), and they have never once moved over a single inch for my friend and me who are running the opposite direction.

That may sound like an exaggeration, but it isn’t. I even stay on the running path and play chicken with these people and, nope, no movement. I have taken to actually saying something, but I think it doesn’t get heard in the din of voices and fast heartbeats.

But, I gotta say: Check yourself! I will do the same.

Kim Kolstad Kingfield

All of the liquor stores in Southwest Minneapolis plan to add Sunday sales starting July 2, but owners are not necessarily happy about it.

“I feel like everything except for emergency services should be closed on Sunday,” said Dan Campo, owner of South Lyndale Liquors at 5300 Lyndale Ave. S. “That being said, we have to do it. Anybody who argues we can just stay closed has no grasp of how retail works.”

Retail is continually moving toward a 24/7, on-demand model, Campo said.

“I’m nervous as a business owner because we don’t know economically what the impact of Sunday sales will be,” he said.

To ease the transition for staff, Campo said they will barbecue staff lunches and try to keep Sundays fun, implementing a rotating work schedule.

“If we have to do it, let’s have a good time with it and embrace it,” he said.

South Lyndale Liquors is hosting a party July 2 with food trucks, morning yoga in the parking lot, bike tune-ups and Cannondale bike demos by the Tangletown Bike Shop.

Edina Liquor at 50th & France is planning lots of tastings for the first few Sundays.

“Once it became an option, pretty much you roll with it,” said assistant manager Joe Labosky.

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School Board adopts new literacy curricula Two years earlier, the board scrapped a literacy program ensnared in controversy

By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com

The Minneapolis Board of Education adopted new pre-K and K–5 literacy curricula at its June 13 meeting, to be implemented across the district this fall.

The board voted to enter into contracts with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Benchmark Education Company for pre-K and K–5 curricula, respectively. Teacher training began June 20, and implementation will begin in August.

Adopting new curricula was part of firstyear Superintendent Ed Graff ’s vision for improving student achievement, especially for students of color, who lag well behind their white peers. The district hadn’t purchased a new literacy curriculum since before 2010, and the old curriculum had not met state standards for years.

“Literacy is the cornerstone for all other levels of learning … in K–12 education or just education in general,” Chief of Schools Michael Thomas said at the May 30 School Board meeting, “and so we really wanted to approach this in a very comprehensive, in-depth way.”

A ‘thorough vetting’ The School Board had approved a partial new curriculum in June 2015, on the recommendation of ex-Interim Superintendent Michael Goar. But that curriculum became ensnared in controversy, after teachers discovered materials that contained racial stereotypes.

Community members voiced anger about the curriculum at School Board meetings in September 2015, at one point shutting a meeting down. Board members demanded an apology from Reading Horizons, the company behind the curriculum, while Goar acknowledged that the books were not comprehensively vetted. The board canceled its $1.2-million contract with the company that October.

The district restarted its search for a new curriculum this past October and field-tested three finalists this past winter. It solicited feedback through community events, staff surveys and focus groups and had community content experts review the materials.

Community members and district staff spent hundreds of hours identifying materials they wanted to remove, supplement or change.

They have worked with Benchmark on how to address those items, Macarre Traynham, executive director of the Teaching and Learning Department, told the School Board on May 30.

They’ve also worked to ensure that students see themselves and other cultures in the curricula, said Carey Seeley, director of the elementary education in the Teaching and Learning Department.

“I can’t imagine anywhere in the United States that there would have been a more thorough vetting process,” Mary Hreha-Johnson, reading specialist at Cityview Community School, told the School Board.

Balanced literacy Traynham’s Teaching and Learning Department developed a pre-K–12 literacy vision as part of the adoption process. The vision calls for MPS students to develop effective reading, writing, speaking and listening skills to become literate global citizens.

It also calls on the district to foster a culture of literacy, one in which class-

rooms have culturally relevant materials in which students see themselves reflected. All teachers are supposed to be literacy instructors under the new vision.

Traynham, Graff and Thomas stressed that a new curriculum would not be a magic tool for improving student performance. The district will need to make modifications and adjustments Graff said, and the process of professional development will be ongoing.

“It at the very least gives teachers updated materials that are covering the Minnesota standards, which are state law,” Traynham said.

Seeley said in an interview that the hope is the curriculum will be a tool for teachers to implement balanced literacy and standardsaligned literacy instruction.

“All of those things would ideally move into student achievement,” she said.

Balanced literacy is set up with the idea that students are working toward independence in reading and writing, Seeley said.

A teacher might model a concept, and then the students would have an opportunity for guided practice and independent practice.

Skills such as phonics, fluency and phonemic awareness are woven into the lessons.

Teacher feedback Fifth-grade teacher Liz Kesler field-tested the Benchmark curriculum in her classroom at Anne Sullivan Communication Center. She told the School Board that the students were more engaged with Benchmark materials and that she saw improvements in their closereading skills, study habits and note taking.

Each lesson emphasized communication and collaboration and had opportunities for partner work and discussion, she said. The materials also allowed students to dig into universal human truths, such as the human will to survive and our responsibility in terms of new technologies.

“No matter where a student in coming from, these are concepts they can engage in,” she said.

One of her students was inspired to write a letter about his experience with the Benchmark curriculum. He wrote that he loved the curriculum because he could annotate his texts and there were pressure-free weekly assessments and opportunities for partner work.

Students will be able to write in their books and take them home, Traynham said. The books will also be available online, too.

Training begins MPS’ contract with Benchmark, the K–5 literacy provider, is for about $9.5 million. Its contract with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the pre-K provider, is for about $450,000. It’ll pay the HMH contract over one year and the Benchmark contract over four years, Chief Financial Officer Ibrahima Diop told the School Board on June 13.

Professional development costs are built into the contracts, Traynham told the School Board.

Curricula typically last for six to eight years, Traynham said. Minnesota will be reviewing its English language arts standards during the 2019–2020 school year, but Traynham expressed confidence that the new curricula would meet any new standards.

Training on the new curriculum started the week of June 20 with a language and literacy SEE LITERACY CURRICULA / PAGE A11

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Healthy Eating Event Former state Rep. Kate Knuth will be Minneapolis’ new chief resilience officer, a position developed by the New York-based Rockefeller Foundation. Photo by Nate Gotlieb

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of a strategy for improving the city’s resilience to the aforementioned challenges. Much of this work is already happening in Minneapolis, from areas such as surface water to energy use, but her position will take a higherup approach so people assigned to different projects can work together, Media Relations Coordinator Casper Hill said.

100 Resilient Cities Knuth’s position is part of an effort the by New York-based Rockefeller Foundation to help cities around the world become better prepared for climate change, natural disasters and other challenges they could face in coming years.

The foundation is underwriting the CRO position in 100 cities around the world and helping them develop technical plans and creative infrastructure financing to become more resilient, former President Judith Rodin said in a 2013 video. It called the program 100 Resilient Cities and committed $164 million to it.

The foundation pays for each participating city’s CRO for two years and potentially three. That person is supposed to work across government departments to help cities improve internal communication, bring together stakeholders and lead the development of a resilience strategy.

Knuth stressed that building that strategy in Minneapolis wouldn’t be a solo process,

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institute at North High School. More than 700 teachers and 50 administrators were scheduled to be in attendance. The district will hold another institute in August.

noting that it will be developed in partnership with the people of the city. She said she hopes to help people realize that change, though it can be hard, can create opportunities.

She wasn’t quite ready to give specific examples of things on which the city could work but said she’ll be asking the question, “how can resources be brought to bare to make that work even better?”

“There’s so many people who are working really hard to try and make the city work for everyone,” she said. “Minneapolis has a lot of fantastic work happening, and I want to contribute to that.”

Biology background Knuth said she was always interested in the natural world and figuring out how things work. She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biology-related fields, from the University of Chicago and University of Oxford, respectively. In addition, she studied the Norwegian oil industry and environmental culture as a Fulbright Fellow and was an environmental entrepreneur fellow at Hamline University. She’s currently a University of Minnesota Ph.D. candidate in conservation science.

Knuth served in the legislature from 2007 to 2012, representing New Brighton, Arden Hills, Fridley and Shoreview. She now serves on the state’s Environmental Quality Board, which works to develop plans and review projects that would influence Minnesota’s environment.

As CRO, Knuth said she’s looking forward to getting to better know Minneapolis, its neighborhoods and the people in them.

“I want the people in Minneapolis to be engaged in this work and not just engaged but excited about the possibility of it,” she said. “So I’m looking forward to connecting.”

One thing of which residents can be sure: They will see Knuth wearing some sort of orange, a color she’s worn every day since high school.

“It’s a great color,” she said. “I don’t have a better thing for it other than it’s my favorite color and it makes me happy, so I wear it every day.”

Educational support professionals will also be included in professional development, Thomas said. Graff said that the district is also looking at engaging in a literacy campaign that would look at the notion of how parents can access literacy for their children.

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Growing numbers of residents in Cedar-IslesDean and West Calhoun say they love the neighborhoods’ central location and proximity to the lakes, as pictured from Lake Point Condominiums.

Photo by Julia Peacock

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new development proposals. A plan by Brickstone Partners to build a 200-unit, eight-story building at 3100 W. Lake St. awaits a city vote.

Bader Development acquired Calhoun Towers at 3430 List Pl. with a vision to build 530 more units in a mix of mid- and high-rise buildings.

CPM Companies recently pitched 29 “Minnesota micro” apartments in a new five-story building at 3823 W. 31st St.

Even at the top of the market, the neighborhood’s priciest units appear to be moving. The Lakes Residences opened last year at 2622 W. Lake St. with average rents of $4,800. A Greystar senior director said the 90-unit building stands at 80 percent leased — including four out of five available penthouses that top out at $14,600 per month.

Neighbors express mixed reactions to the development. Some are calling for safety improvements to aid walking and biking. Some

question where everyone will park, and ask how streets like Dean Parkway can handle more traffic. Some wonder how new luxury apartments will impact neighborhood home prices over time. Some raise alarms about the height of development near lake shoreline. And others feel lucky to live in the neighborhood.

On a recent afternoon in June, resident Melissa Wightman walked her dog on the Midtown Greenway and said she doesn’t mind new development — better to see growth than

decline, she said.

“It will be really hard to move,” she said.

“Everything you need is right here.”

Street safety While neighborhood walkability is often cited as a prime amenity, some question the safety of biking and walking on the crowded streets.

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“Who cares about skyscrapers? We care about all the cars,” said a nine-year resident of Lake Point Condominiums who declined to give her name. “In our unit we can hear crashbang every day.”

“I can’t tell you the number of people who say my kid’s not walking across Market street,” said Craig Westgate, chair of the Cedar-IslesDean Neighborhood Association.

A West Lake transportation study completed last year identified several long-term ideas to improve safety, and a few changes have already arrived or are coming soon. Signals at the intersection of Dean & Lake now include left-turn arrows for traffic traveling north and south. The study identified the intersection as a critical area due to its crash rates and crash severity.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation tallied 71 crashes there from 2010-2014.

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is increasing the width of trails over the Lake Street bridge in a project to be completed in mid-November. The Park Board will also begin construction this year on an enhanced pedestrian crossing at Lake and Lagoon along the west side of East Calhoun Parkway, with new signals and attached lighting. Separate bike and pedestrian lanes will include white zebra crosswalk markings and a painted green zone for bikes.

Westgate said one of the most promising ideas to improve congestion is a land bridge over Lake Street connecting Lake of the Isles and Bde Maka Ska. There is no funding tied to the idea, however.

“We know some of the answers, but nobody can afford the answers,” Westgate said.

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An environmental review estimates the station would account for an average of more than 4,000 weekday boardings by 2040. The station would not include a park-and-ride lot.

An estimated 36 percent of riders would walk to the station and 64 percent would transfer to the station, according to the project’s environmental impact statement.

West Calhoun Neighborhood Council Board member Richard Logan said parking and congestion are top reasons he sees people move out of his building near 32nd & Chowen.

“It’s an issue of growing density without the infrastructure to support growing density,” he said. “…By nine o’clock at night, there is no more street parking left. Every possible street parking space as far as I can see is full in every direction.”

U.S. Census data from 2015 show that 61 percent of Minneapolitans drive to work alone.

An estimated 13 percent take public transit, 7 percent walk, 5 percent work out of the home and 4 percent bike — Minneapolis’ bike commuting percentage is among the highest in U.S. cities.

Resident John Abraham-Watne said in an email that he worries about the parking and traffic implications of another luxury building like the Brickstone project on Lake Street.

“The parking proposal for this new building already does not reflect what needs to be a current mindset among people my age and older who would be interested in living here — i.e. being car free, taking the bus (which runs multiple lines right down Excelsior/Lake),” he said. “But it is also simply going to add that many more cars to an area already plagued with traffic.”

Brickstone consultants have said preliminary studies show the apartments would generate traffic comparable to the office building’s traffic today. Parking would be offered at a rate of 1.5 stalls per unit.

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The price tag Aside from transportation issues, some neighborhood passersby recently raised questions about affordability. Bailey Klatt sat reading under a tree near Dean Parkway, and said she wonders if an overheated housing market is creating inflated home prices. New development doesn’t alleviate the demand for housing unless residents can afford to live there, she said.

Mackinnon said she loves living near lakes and grocery stores in a neighborhood where she

doesn’t have to drive everywhere. But a move within the neighborhood is increasingly difficult to afford, she said.

“It makes it harder to move because the costs are going up quite a bit,” she said.

Resident Emil Reiling wondered if more construction might help home prices eventually come down.

As new projects open, staff at Calhoun Beach Club said they are beginning to renovate more than 300 apartments in the campus’s newer building. Staff said rents would rise to account for the investment, which includes quartz countertops, walnut flooring, new backsplashes and new appliances.

At The Lakes Residences (the priciest new development), Greystar Senior Director Robby Mailatyar said residents are interested in the relatively large average unit sizes of 1,600 square feet.

“It’s similar space as a house would have,” he said.

He said interest has run the gamut from seasonal residents to permanent residents, individuals that relocate to Minneapolis for jobs, and travelers who want a maintenance-free home while they’re away.

The business perspective Advertisements for retail space highlight the affluent income level and density of the neighborhood — more than 11,000 people live within a mile of Calhoun Village, according to one listing.

While the owner of Punch Pizza said he hasn’t noticed a remarkable change in business in recent years, Rustica owner Greg Hoyt said he’s seeing more regular customers that appear to live close by. He said it’s notable that Barnes & Noble is still operating while other locations have closed across the country.

“Whatever is going on around here in terms of development is not hurting our business,” Hoyt said. “I believe there is a point at which the returns start to diminish, but I don’t know when that point is. … I don’t think we’ve hit it yet.”

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Nicolle Mackinnon said she’s seen a lot of construction in her four years at Be @ The Calhoun Greenway, although she hasn’t noticed a change in congestion around the lakes and Greenway. Her household has dropped to one car and they use Lyft or hitch rides with friends when needed. She said she’s interested in the transit access that light rail would bring.

“I would love for Minneapolis to become more accessible in that way,” she said.

One Calhoun Flats resident who declined to give her name said she drives half of the time, and otherwise relies on biking or Lyft.

“If [we’re going to] Uptown we avoid driving at all costs,” she said.

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By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com

Social enterprise brings excess produce to Bryn Mawr A University of St. Thomas-based social enterprise will sell produce in Bryn Mawr this summer to sustain its work of providing produce to corner stores.

BrightSide Produce, a collaboration between the University of St. Thomas and St. Paul-based Community Table Co-op, will sell bundles of produce to Bryn Mawr residents.

The organization will use those sales in part to sustain farm stands it will host outside of corner stores in Minneapolis.

The organization will host its first farm stand the week of July 4. It will host them weekly throughout the summer in parts of North and South Minneapolis, with St. Thomas students and local youth staffing the tables.

BrightSide already provides produce to about two dozen corner stores in North Minneapolis, according to business manager Nicole Herrli, a St. Thomas student.

Barbara Fuller (left) and University of St. Thomas student Jadea Conway work at a farm stand operated by BrightSide Produce, a University of St. Thomas-based social enterprise.

Photo courtesy BrightSide Produce

BrightSide co-founder Adam Pruitt said the farm stands could help build consumer confidence in those products.

“It encourages more people to know that this produce isn’t just something that’s been sitting here since last Thursday,” he said. “It’s taken care of by people who know what they’re doing.”

Pruitt, 19, co-founded the organization about three years ago, along with another young North Side resident, a St. Thomas professor and a St. Thomas student. The goal was to provide fresh produce to corner stores, where it had been impractical for the owners to stock fresh produce.

The city’s staple foods ordinance requires corner

County to hold household hazardous waste-collection events Hennepin County will continue to hold household hazardous waste-collection events throughout the summer.

The county’s next event is 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

July 28–29 at Jenny Lind Elementary School in North Minneapolis. It will hold another event 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Aug. 11–12 at Anthony Middle School in the Kenny neighborhood.

The county will only accept materials from households at these events. See a complete list of accepted materials at hennepin.us/collectionevents. The county will not accept electronics at these events.

Hennepin County takes in household hazardous waste, electronics, recycling and organics year round at its Brooklyn Park and Bloomington drop-off facilities. Their locations and hours and a list of accepted materials can be found at hennepin. us/dropoffs. Residents can also use the

county’s green disposal guide (hennepin. us/greendisposalguide) to learn how to dispose of items.

Louisa Tallman, senior environmentalist in the county’s Environment and Energy Department, said Hennepin County collected nearly 6.2 million pounds of problem materials, such as household hazardous waste and electronics, from 106,613 individuals in 2016. The county doesn’t break that information down on a city-by-city basis, she said.

Participation has remained flat over the past few years, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing, Tallman said. The county has continued to expand support for its partners, working with Minneapolis, for example, to help the city create a recycling guide.

It also educates residents through tours and presentations, educational kits and

curricula, green-cleaning recipe guides and workshop training programs.

“Our philosophy is about helping our residents find the best way to dispose of what they have,” Tallman wrote in an email.

“It’s really a much larger conversation,” she added in an interview. “... Consumers are the ones that start the ball rolling.”

The amount of household hazardous waste the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency takes in has doubled over the last five years, according to Jennifer Volkman, the statewide HHW program coordinator.

“It just gets to be a really large expense for government to take care of all this waste,” she said.

She said people should spend more time thinking about what they buy, stressing that people should buy what they need, store their products properly and try to give what they’re not using to someone else.

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stores to stock a minimum amount and variety of staple foods, including perishable produce.

“With our model, they can get whatever they want,” Herrli said.

The founders began buying produce from a wholesale distributor and enlisting the help of St. Thomas students and local youth to deliver it to the corner stores. They sold the leftover produce to members of the St. Thomas community to ensure the program could sustain itself.

BrightSide is using the same model with its farm stands, selling the leftover produce to neighborhoods in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area. They’ll sell conventional produce at the stands, as well as organic produce from a farm in Wisconsin. The students harvest produce from that farm themselves.

The organization has about 15 Bryn Mawr residents signed up to receive bundles this summer.

Visit brightsideproduce.org to learn more.

Watershed District seeks nominations for awards The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District is looking to recognize people and organizations who work to keep lakes, streams and wetlands clean.

The district is seeking nominations for its 2017 Watershed Heroes Awards through July 21. It will consider nominations in seven categories, including partnership, innovation, service and lifetime stewardship.

MCWD has given out the awards annually since its 40th anniversary in 2007.

The district is responsible for managing and protecting the water resources of the 181-square-mile watershed, which stretches from St. Bonifacius to South Minneapolis.

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By Eric Best / ebest@southwestjournal.com

Future of Tin Fish is murky as owners step away The longtime park restaurant will close at the end of the year unless a proposal from new owners is approved

The future of Tin Fish is up in the air as its owners step away with a plan to let three employees take over the longtime food vendor at Lake Calhoun.

Owners Athena and Sheff Priest opened the seafood restaurant nearly 14 years ago in the Lake Calhoun Refectory and are not renewing their lease with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, which is now looking for a new agreement with a concessions operator for the lake’s pavilion.

Sheff Priest said after years of 14- and 15-hour days that he and his wife, Athena, are now planning to entrust Tin Fish with longtime employees Peter Toft, Brett Drake and Joseph Skiba, all staff members who have been with the restaurant for at least 12 years.

Though the two plan to be somewhat involved with the restaurant if it continues, Priest said the new owners would have the energy and social media savvy to bring Tin Fish “to the next generation.”

“These guys are ready to find the next chapter for themselves and for Tin Fish, and take it to the next level,” he said.

What happens with Tin Fish is up to the Park Board, which has opened a request for proposals for the refectory’s next concessions operator. The deadline for submissions is July 7.

Shane Stenzel, a permits manager with the board’s customer service department, said the Park Board’s agreement is with the

We’re sad to see Sheff and Athena go. They were a great asset to our system.

We had a great relationship with them.

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Tin Fish has operated for nearly 14 seasons in the refectory at Lake Calhoun.

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Priests, so a new ownership group is not guaranteed to continue on as the refectory’s restaurant operator. The board uses the same proposal process with all of its restaurant operators to renew and/or renegotiate its agreements.

The current plan is that Tin Fish will close when its lease is up on Dec. 31.

“We’re sad to see Sheff and Athena go.

They were a great asset to our system. We had a great relationship with them,” he said.

After the request for proposals closes in July, park staff will work with a committee of stakeholders who will review proposals and make a recommendation to the board.

The board is expected to approve a new agreement in early September.

Opening the process to new restaurant operators, Stenzel said, allows them to make sure the users of Lake Calhoun, or Bde Maka Ska as the board hopes to rename it, are accounted for.

Stenzel said he envisions there will be significant interest in the refectory space given its location and the popularity of the park. As part of the Minneapolis Chain of Lakes Regional Park, the area is the most popular park destination in the state with nearly 6 million visitors annually. A new operator would be in place by next spring, according to the board’s request.

President Anita Tabb, whose district includes the northeast corner of Lake Calhoun, said Tin Fish has “built a great reputation” over the years.

“Tin Fish did a fabulous job. I think their food was really quite good,” she said.

Priest said Tin Fish is good for the neighborhood and many of its young employees.

For the lake’s regulars, he said the restaurant can continue without them. The two also operate a Tin Fish restaurant in Edina’s Braemar Park, which Priest said is under lease until 2019.

“We’re not an institution. [Tin Fish] is,” he said. “We hope it continues as Tin Fish.”

If the restaurant does not continue, Tabb said she hopes they attract a similar vendor from the Twin Cities.

“I hope we get local and unique vendors. I think that’s what makes it fun to come to the lake,” she said.

The Park Board is also seeking a concessions operator for a proposed year-round restaurant at Water Works, a new destination park site anchored by the former Fuji Ya restaurant building. If the $30-million project gets final approval in July, the board may demolish the building by September in order to reveal historic mill infrastructure buried beneath it.

In its place, the board is planning to embed a one-story glass building among the ruins for a year-round park restaurant, the first of its kind in the city’s park system. Tin Fish is open between the spring and fall, though summer is its most active season.

More information on the Park Board’s requests for proposals is available at minneapolisparks.org.

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eb Knutsen and Kim Vlaisavljevich thought they just wanted to convert the three-season back porch of their 1987 Bloomington rambler into a regular room and add an office. What they got instead was a first-floor makeover, and they couldn’t be happier.

The long-term partners bought the house in 2011 from its original owner. When they decided in 2015 to convert the porch, they had a couple of contractors over, but weren’t excited by the ideas presented by either.

On a Remodeler’s Showcase tour, they admired a fireplace in a house that had been redone by McDonald Remodeling of Inver Grove Heights. When they saw a binder, in which McDonald documented every step of the finished job, the women were convinced by the attention to detail to have company president Greg Alsterlund out to see their home.

There, Alsterlund saw a board on which the women had written their remodeling priorities. He returned twice more, took photos and saw possibilities they hadn’t seen in the house. Alsterlund suggested they expand their remodeling horizons.

“He totally opened my mind to things that I never would have considered,” Vlaisavljevich said. “This was a formal dining room,” added Knutsen, seated at the table. “(The former owners) had an eat-in kitchen. We redesigned it to be more functional for us and our lifestyle, making it more of an open great room and giving us a mudroom.”

McDonald took down the wall that had separated the kitchen and dining room, and added the mudroom in what was previously a catch-all space between the living room and kitchen. Adding the mudroom meant Knutsen and Vlaisavljevich would need a narrow kitchen island with room for only two stools, and backless stools at that, but the tradeoff was worth it.

The home’s new office space features views toward the front and back yards because of the glass dividing wall.

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“The mudroom gave them so much more storage, a way to keep everything organized, and the tile is really easy to clean and care for,” said Susan Wittine, an interior designer with McDonald. “It also has that vibrant earthcolor palette on the tile. We added lots of hooks for handbags, coats and hats.”

Because they hadn’t been planning on remodeling the kitchen, Knutsen and Vlaisavljevich didn’t have specific ideas about what they wanted in terms of finishes. That’s where Wittine came in.

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The women chose antiqued mirrored doors for the cabinets above the small bar and selected mercury glass pendant lights with crackled mirror shades to illuminate the island and the sink. Copper knobs on the island’s cupboards and oil-rubbed bronze for the faucet and white cabinets’ handles and drawer pulls provided the finishing touch. The same earthy colors are evident in the floor-to-ceiling cultured-stone fireplace surround in the living room.

The three-season porch had spanned one side of the house. McDonald divided it into a sunroom overlooking the backyard and Vlaisavljevich’s office facing the front yard. Vlaisavljevich chose sliding barn doors to cover the bookshelves on either end of a storage wall in the office.

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By Alexandra Cortes and Dustin Hertzog

Ready for another Rootenanny

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ack in 2011, when Alex first started working for the Fulton and Kingfield farmers markets, our one-time Harvest Hoedown was an event of lore among our board. It was mentioned in passing — it wasn’t a current, realistic pursuit — but it was mentioned often and with great pride and nostalgia.

Hadn’t it just been so wonderful?

The scene had been set in 2008, when we were still just the Kingfield Farmers Market and operating under the umbrella of the Kingfield Neighborhood Association. Corner Table was in the hands of Scott Pampuch, and he and Theresa Lien of Anodyne joined forces with the market to shut down 43rd Street between Nicollet and 1st avenues on a crisp evening in October. There was a square dance and a

There was a square dance and a caller, and might there have been fire pits, too? Certain details were fuzzy, but it didn’t matter; all agreed the neighborhood had come out for a good time in support of the market.

caller, and might there have been fire pits, too?

Certain details were fuzzy, but it didn’t matter; all agreed the neighborhood had come out for a good time in support of the market.

That evening was replayed over the years, and the memory lived on. But increasingly, it was paired with a new thought: We should do that again. We had sit-down meetings about it in 2015, before market season took over. And then, suddenly, it was 2016 and we were pulling the trigger.

Affectionately dubbed the “Rootenanny” (i.e., a hootenanny to benefit our now independent Neighborhood Roots organization), last year’s event took place on a beautiful summer night in July in the parking lot of Nicollet Ace Hardware. With their gated parking lot (perfect and also necessary for beer and wine sales) and their long-time support of our Kingfield Market, it seemed like a natural fit. Our volunteers, particularly our dedicated Kingfield Operations Committee, sprung into action, and between them and our board, we pulled off a revival of the long-time daydream.

Lo and behold, a year later, we’re back!

Our Rootenanny is set to be an annual event, this time 6 p.m.–10 p.m. July 29. The major groundwork has been set, and it’s now a matter of fine-tuning and upgrades (such as to our sound system).

First up on stage this time around is No Man’s String Band, a Bluegrass quintet playing old-timey music with modern flair. If their tight

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Keep cool throughout the night with a selection of beers on tap thanks to Bent Paddle Brewing Co. Nearby farm-to-fork restaurant Blackbird will be working the bar on-site — and pouring wine, too.

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kids can keep distracted with family-friendly fun including giant Jenga, corn hole toss, facepainting and coloring activities. Should all of your dancing stir an appetite, we’ll have a couple of food trucks, and MN Nice Cream on-site to round out the night.

Won’t you join us for a summer night out in support of the markets?

Tickets for the 2017 Rootenanny are $15 for adults and $5 for kids 12 and under. They are available to purchase at any of the three Neighborhood Roots farmers markets, at Nicollet Ace Hardware, at Blackbird, and online at rootenanny2017.brownpapertickets. com. Should any be left, they’ll be sold at the door for $18 (adults).

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Cooking with ugly vegetables

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If you get outside of the Twin Cities or have a chance to talk to local growers at a farmers market, you know that recent severe weather has been devastating for Minnesota fruit and vegetable farmers. Storms and strong winds have upheaved many greenhouse “high tunnels” that warm and shelter tomatoes, melons, cucumbers and other hothouse crops. Hail has also shattered holes in strawberries and leafy crops like lettuce, kale and Swiss chard.

While it’s true that many farmers have crop insurance on high-price items like strawberries, the payout is nowhere close to the prices they would have received at markets. So what can we city-dwellers do to help? Buy ugly vegetables!

Farmers in Minnesota have been throwing thousands of pounds of perfectly edible crops into the compost over the past month due to storm damage. Most wholesalers and retailers do not accept ugly crops because of their shorter shelf life and the fact that customers simply don’t want to buy them.

Farmer Laura Frerichs, owner of Loon Organics Farm in Hutchinson, finally had enough of throwing out her ugly produce and is now offering edible but slightly bruised vegetables (also called “seconds”) for sale at her booth at the Mill City Farmers Market. Last Saturday,

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she and her staff put out a sign declaring, “Due to hail, our crops look a bit ugly, but we think ugly produce is beautiful. Please support your local farmers who lost crops in the storm!”

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Bruising does cause crops to rot quicker, so ugly produce should be used as soon as possible. Soups, pestos and salsas are all great ways to utilize ugly produce without anyone knowing the difference. Below is a recipe for zucchini hummus made in a food processor.

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Moments in Minneapolis

By Cedar Imboden Phillips

A synchronized celebration of summer

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hrongs of Minnesotans made their way to Minneapolis each July for the Aquatennial Aqua Follies performances. The elaborate water show, combining synchronized swimming, theater and diving, was part of the first 1940 Aquatennial, and it remained a popular festival event until 1964. The first Aqua Follies performances were held in Cedar Lake but in 1941 moved to Glenwood Lake in Theodore Wirth Park. There, a “marine theater” was installed, providing an Olympic-sized pool for performers, a grandstand seating up to 6,000 spectators and several diving towers. The new facilities made it easier for viewers to enjoy the water ballet of the “Aqua Dear, synchronized swimmers,” shown here.

Cedar Imboden Phillips is executive director of the Hennepin History Museum.

Learn more about the museum and its offerings at hennepinhistory.org or 870-1329.

Photograph from the collection of the Hennepin History Museum.

FROM SUNDAY SALES / PAGE A9

The state’s ban on Sunday liquor store sales dates back to 1935. Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bipartisan law reversing the prohibition early this spring, citing polling data that show two-thirds of Minnesotans support the idea.

Store owners reached for comment were less enthusiastic.

“We don’t have much choice,” said Phil

Colich, owner of Hennepin Lake Liquors at 1200 W. Lake St. He said he’d prefer to give his employees the day off, and he doesn’t expect a boost to overall business.

“When all your competition is open on Sunday, then you want to be also,” he said.

Hum’s Liquor at 2126 Lyndale Ave. S. is currently closed for remodeling, but new owner Hanh Van plans to reopen the first week of July. The shop is completely gutted and features large new windows. Van consid-

ered extending façade work down 22nd Street, but decided to preserve the Grain Belt mural at the request of neighbors. He said he has no problem offering Sunday sales.

Additional stores adding Sunday sales include Lake Wine & Spirits at 404 W. Lake St., Franklin-Nicollet Liquor Store at 2012 Nicollet Ave., Lowry Hill Liquors at 1922 Hennepin Ave., France 44 Wine & Cheese Shop at 4351 France Ave. S. and Kowalski’s Wine Shop at 2440 Hennepin Ave.

According to research by Heidi Heller at Augsburg’s Historyapolis project, Minneapolis liquor sellers faced a series of restrictions after Congress lifted prohibition in 1933. Stores could not install curtains or blinds, taverns closed from 1 a.m.–6 a.m., liquor couldn’t be sold within 200 feet of a school, alcohol was not allowed in public dance halls where dancing was the “principal feature” and only seated patrons could be served alcohol.

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Neighborhood Spotlight. Bryn Mawr

Southwest Journal June 29–July 12, 2017

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Inside the art studio, there is a larger-than-life Jesse Ventura bobblehead sculpture, “pop art” created with hundreds of pop cans, bronze sculptures that have appeared in museums across the country, and selfie stations where people can sit on a gigantic chair or pose inside a picture frame lit in rotating colors.

The artist behind the eclectic pieces is Bryn Mawr resident Brant Kingman.

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Residents refer to Bryn Mawr as the “neighborhood within a park.” At the north end of the neighborhood is Theodore Wirth Park and the wooded shoreline of Bassett Creek, and to the south is Cedar Lake. The 52-acre Bryn Mawr Meadows Park — with its playground, wading pool and fields for softball, cricket and soccer — fills the wedge-shaped neighborhood’s eastern tip.

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The Southwest Light Rail Transit Project, which aims to extend the METRO Green Line light rail through the area by 2021, is viewed by some as the spark needed to get the project moving.

Most of Byrn Mawr’s housing stock was constructed between the 1890s and the 1960s and includes a variety of styles, from Victorians to bungalows to ramblers, according to neighborhood planning documents.

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Neighborhood Spotlight. Bryn Mawr

Bryn Mawr resident parlays passion for cars into career Tristan Henderson owns auto shop in the neighborhood

By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com

Tristan Henderson’s love of cars dates back to his early childhood.

“It runs in my blood,” Henderson said.

“I’ve been taking things apart since I could hold a tool.”

He’s parlayed that passion into a career fixing, maintaining and restoring cars.

Henderson, a Bryn Mawr resident, started and owns Further Performance Auto, an auto shop off Thomas Avenue that specializes in European cars. Henderson moved the business into the 6,000-square-foot space in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood last month. Business has been brisk, he said, and he plans on hiring another mechanic soon.

The move came after Henderson spent 13 years in a smaller shop in the Harrison neighborhood. Henderson was the only employee when he moved there in 2004 but now has a staff of seven.

The business itself dates back to 2000, when Henderson worked for a Volkswagen dealership in Eau Claire, Wis. He moved to the Twin Cities four years later to work for a dealership here and continued the business. It wasn’t easy.

Henderson said that he was “one customer from letting the store die” at one point, before a woman came in needing work on her Jetta. The business started spreading from there, he said, and has continued to grow.

Henderson has about 20 to 40 projects ongoing at any given point. About one-third of his business is restoration, while the rest is repairs, maintenance and performance tuning.

“Everything starts as small and just snowballs,” he said. “They become serious projects pretty quick.”

The business focuses mainly on European and classic American cars and vehicles that are “really cool and different,” Henderson said. He generally doesn’t fix American-made vehicles but will make an exception for neighbors.

Customers come from all over, including from other shops, which send him more

Bryn Mawr resident Tristan Henderson owns and operates an auto shop in the neighborhood that specializes in European car brands, such as Volkswagen and Audi.

Photos by Nate Gotlieb

specialized jobs. He said his rates are less than dealers by $20 to $25 an hour and that he tries to price things to the job.

A variety of cars from across the decades could be seen on a recent afternoon at Henderson’s shop. One was a long, black Lincoln that looked like it could have been in a 1960s presidential motorcade. Henderson appeared especially impressed with the car’s windows, which rolled down slightly when the doors were opened.

“The top going down is a symphony of mechanical wonder,” Henderson said.

Another vehicle, an old Volkswagen bus, came to the shop from England. Another was a rare 1989 Porsche that Henderson and his staff were preparing for a show in Seattle.

“You open it up and it smells like the day it was delivered,” he said.

Lifetime passion Henderson said his dad was capable of building cars and at one point rebuilt a Volkswagen bus before a family trip to Colorado. Henderson rebuilt his first car, a Volkswagen Super Beetle, when he was 13 years old.

“I drove the wheels off of it,” he said.

Cars continued to be a hobby of Henderson’s, even as he began working as a cook. They became a career path after he began working for an auto parts store in Eau Claire, which eventually led to the job at the dealership. He worked his way up to head technician before moving to

the Twin Cities.

Henderson and his team have even begun hosting a car show called MadFurther in the past few years. They had over 300 cars and 1,500 people in attendance at the last MadFurther show, hosted in 2015 in South St. Paul.

Henderson said they plan on bringing the show back in 2018.

Frank Buntzen, the lead technician for Henderson, said customers appreciate the staff ’s honesty and willingness to have one-onone conversations.

“We’re just trying to operate as honest and trustworthy as we can,” he said. “The whole business is built on honesty.”

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Aside from his artwork, Kingman is famous for planning wildly creative events and drawing city scrutiny for popular parties at his former Northeast studio.

“I call myself an experience designer,” he said.

These days, Kingman is keeping a lower profile, but he’s still dancing (he’s a regular at Dance Church at the Tapestry Folkdance Center), he still holds “modest” private gatherings and he still loves to bring people together.

Convening people, holding their attention and generating conversations is more satisfying than creating art few may see, he said. And Kingman knows how to hold someone’s attention. He’s hosted fire performances in the backyard next to Bassett Creek, in which Burning Man performers are accompanied by acoustic musicians. He makes wooden “fire sculptures” with sparklers and fuel-absorbing wicks to burn the pieces away layer by layer. One piece awaiting the flames is called “Burning Heart.”

“My intention is to get people to focus on love,” he said. “It’s kind of cool to have art which isn’t acquired for its lasting qualities but its ephemeral qualities.”

Found on a run At 6,800 square feet, the current studio is larger than Kingman’s previous studios on Grand Street in Northeast and above Gardner Hardware in the North Loop.

The new space holds a stage and several areas designed for intimate conversation, as well as a six-foot replica of a Chippendale doll chair. One interactive piece is a spaceship he made with his son, age six at the time, which incorporates a coffee urn, vacuum cleaner, microphone and fog that blows out the back.

Kingman is a long-distance runner, and as he ran by the Glenwood-Inglewood water bottling plant about three years ago, he noticed fresh activity on the campus. His studio had previously been evicted from Northeast and displaced by redevelopment in the North Loop. So when he learned a new owner had taken over, he asked if there was any vacant space.

“I was the first tenant,” he said.

The campus at 225 Thomas Ave. N. is also home to Utepils Brewing, marketing consultants like Top Source Media and the European auto shop Further Performance.

Kingman arrived in 2015 with a bit of

Artwork by Brant Kingman at his Bryn Mawr studio. Photos by Michelle Bruch

fanfare. As part of the move from the North Loop to Bryn Mawr, Kingman requested help from burlesque performers to dance on crates, a nude model to pose for one last drawing at the old studio, acoustic musicians to play in the stairway and photographers to capture the action.

Connecting through art The Bryn Mawr warehouse holds a wide array of Kingman’s work, all of it elevated on palettes and wheels to keep above water that seeps into the flood-prone spot.

Much of Kingman’s work incorporates found

objects. A platform is made entirely of lumber lifted from the trash. He’s worked with old rusty nails and created sculpture with his mother out of burdock burrs.

At age 88, Kingman’s mother is suffering from dementia. Although it’s difficult for her to carry on a conversation, he said she has endless patience for collecting material and assisting him with sculpture.

Kingman recommends using art to reach loved ones with memory loss. He routinely draws postcards for his mom with messages like: “You’re the cream in my coffee,” that echo a song she once sang.

“No matter how frustrating it may be for you to care for a dementia sufferer, no matter how far from the genius your mom, dad or granny or gramps might be, you can still shower them with love,” Kingman writes on his Facebook page Art 4 Dementia. “And it’s the only thing they will remember, because the feeling of love is a different kind of memory. It is a bodily sensation of comfort and security. And as the mind erodes, connections fail. Those connections are like the strands of a web that hold us securely in place.”

Kingman is now designing a traveling exhibit to spotlight how art can help people understand dementia sufferers.

“Basically people are stranded in the moment.

That’s an unbelievably big challenge,” he said.

The exhibition is slated to appear at Plymouth Congregational Church next spring.

Finding meaning A sculpture (at left) by Brant Kingman that he says represents most people: “A work in progress.”

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devoted to Club 57, a hub for creativity in the East Village in the late 70s and early 80s. Once a member of Club 57, Kingman recalls working with artists who painted on newsprint and posted the work around Manhattan.

“Nobody knew who we were,” he said.

Kingman left New York in the mid-’80s after he was shot in the chest. He was one of several people hit by the so-called Penn Station sniper.

The New York Times reported that the unidentified sniper wounded six and killed one person in a series of random shootings near Pennsylvania Station between the spring of 1983 and winter of 1984.

“In a way I’m grateful to the person who shot me,” Kingman told the Times in 1985. “It’s an incredible feeling to be totally incapable of anything but breathing and have so many hands helping you to survive. It gave me tremendous confidence in the world.”

Today, Kingman continues to find meaning in the experience. If not for the abrupt return to Minneapolis, he would have installed the Club 57 paintings on a New York street, he said.

“Most of my paintings would have been lost to urban decay,” he said. “Because I was shot, some were saved, and I’ve dragged it around all these years.”

Kingman said museums typically gravitate to his “contemporary relic” pieces laden with images he calls cultural fossils, like Egyptian scarabs and fire-breathing dragons. But Kingman currently prefers sculptures that are less polished, including some that he’s left in their half-finished forms.

The raw pieces represent the state individuals should be in, he said: “A work in progress.”

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Southwest Journal Poetry Project

The poems of summer WOW! Just when I was beginning to worry that poetry no longer mattered to too many of us, a veritable summer storm of very good verse blew in. Such a pleasure — to discover so many ways of capturing the leisure and imagination and the sights and sounds of the season … often with a finely honed edge.

You’ll find familiar voices and some new ones, ranging in age from 9 years to near dotage. If your poem isn’t here, it may show up in later issues. Thanks to everyone who shared their work!

— Doug Wilhide is the poet laureate of Linden Hills and poetry editor of the Southwest Journal

Resistance Laurie Lykken

Golf widow is what I’ve heard women like me called, but I resist the malaise the phrase implies.

I could be spending money to Frankenstein myself in hopes of regaining the attention I once commanded: face lifts, hair dyes and cuts and curls, body sculpting all the frills.

Summer Spell Christine Alfano

out walking with dog this evening-I scooped Kenneth Patchen poems from a Free Little Library. two ice-eyed huskies barked crazily at us as we trespassed their alley and the woman straining to quiet them divulged their secret names: Buddha and Montana.

Yet knowing it will be in vain, I refrain, too enamored by sunlight to transform myself into a creature of the night.

Old age will never be polite but looking other than I am does not feel right.

I will not go gentle into my goodnight.

Using Dylan—Bob as well as Thomas—for my guide, I find I am a slowly rolling stone and will not hide that moss I’ve gathered; it’s my pride.

Rocking Chair Miriam Moore-Keish

the rocking chair creaks and argues with me every time it rolls backwards into cracks in the termite-ed wood of the porch every ridge and wave in the wood throws the chair into a panic, syncopated like rain and strong like your hand on my rocking chair, urging it to rock in time with yours, with you

dog and I accepted these rare gifts-enchanted. We took our time crossing streets I let the leash play out.

Queen Kong John O’Connor

She was quiet a day ago.

Whatever made her fight the city, We still don’t know.

Something caused civility To suffer an epic fail.

Maybe it was something male.

Possibly someone walked across A floor that she just mopped.

Maybe she was body shamed.

Maybe she was blamed For something Godzilla did.

Maybe she chipped a nail.

But when she lost her temper everyone hid.

No glass ceilings out here.

No double standards.

No uniform of high heels and brassiere For membership in an army of bastards.

Up in the dazzling Gotham air There is no boardroom where The male Kong sits and preens With his feet up on the table.

Instead the sweet expanse of big blue sky With Blue Angels and F-16’s Attacking as they are able, In a flotilla she swats and hits Scanning the sky from the building where she sits.

Did someone call her Miss?

She doesn’t miss often, and the planes Crash into Central Park with screams and flames.

Rambo and Arnold are holding back.

They are cautious in this attack.

She’s not all that nice anymore.

She is woman. Hear her roar.

Sunglasses Elizbeth Weir

Sunglasses worn indoors are rude, power skewed by the one who hides what eyes provide.

Take a new acquaintance. We shake hands, and I see my wrap-around double distorted in his defensive lenses.

“Your new home,” I say, “set in prairie, is lovely,” and pour him a glass of Amontillado sherry.

He nods. I watch my image joggle then correct in dark mirrors.

“You’ll find our wildlife rich,” I try. “Oh?” he says. “Perhaps, you like to bird-watch?” “No,” and my shape slews briefly from side to side.

Maybe, it’s pride, or fear, a need to control by being remote; or is it hurt that makes a person expert at concealment, a practiced knack at being absent while present, the cup of life half empty, looking out from inner darkness?

First Marriage Eileen Beha

Fueled by the steam heat of fresh love.

Driven by the power of magical thinking.

In spite of shadows of the past pressed on our backs We bought matching gold bands.

Then Mom said, Marry in haste; repent in leisure. And so we did.

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gold-plated lightning bolts dangle from her lobes like the real thing “nothin’ ever strikes twice-in-one-place” she laughs something about a burned spot ain’t worth the return trip

On that cool, perfect, Sunday morning my bike and my body were in good working order, so I didn’t stop to see the soul of the places we passed through…

I hope that was OK by God. It was OK by me.

There are clocks in the house Muttering on in quiet corners.

But we are not governed by them The house, the cat And I. We chat up the chipmunks Engage the squirrels On topics of philosophy.

Debate metaphor and simile With the crows.

We shrug, Perhaps we nap And in the late afternoon We snack on cakes and tea Shamelessly Ruining our dinner.

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Lucille Gudmestad (age 9)

Linda Bergh

You What you do to me You make me feel like I’m the most important person Ever

Do crickets help tomatoes grow Their song singing cells into sweetness?

You You are rough sometimes But that doesn’t Stop me From Loving you

How can the magic of the summer night Fill not only my ears but my very breath

How can I help but wonder when they make my heart feel fuller?

And make me forget for a moment all the suffering?

I saw a cricket once in the bushes And thought — how can it be true that two tiny legs rubbing together can make such sound that the world is changed into music?

And if this is true, how can we doubt that one small act of kindness —

Shadow Shannon King

A man on a bench Beside a lake Cast his shadow into the air, while Down the lane Each leafy light caught fire Gone with the wind, His shadow fled, running from desire, when Invisible hands, swept over the land Just as the sun Kissed everyone

the touch of a hand or a smile freely given — can change the air, the heart, the world into music too?

Biking Outstate, Sunday Morning Doug Wilhide

Nothing much was happening at the Hoot and Holler Bar on that Sunday morning as the sun played tag with shadows in the trees and the riders made the most of a following breeze.

Somewhere between Ten Strike and Black Duck an old man in a green shirt stood staring at a broken lawnmower as the bikers whirred by: a neon choreography of lemon, lime, orange and grape — soft drinks in a whiskey-hard landscape.

Is there anything quite so holy as a long, long, slightly sloping

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grade in the cool early morning with the dew and the sun and the fog in the distant fields and the red-winged blackbird defending his little piece of the earth among the red wild roses and the purple jewels of wild iris?

Seasonal Poetry Melissa S. Anderson

Summer Time Sheryl Erickson

The house I am living in Has no watch Chickadee banter and A holiday from work Abolished it.

These days the house has time The way the Mad Hatter Has time, Bungeeing crazily Down that rabbit hole.

Time dissolves to sparkles and driblets Settling like fairy dust On inert beings Like the cat and me.

There are plenty of autumn poems – melancholic, wistful, regretful – and bucketsful of spring verse expressing the usual surprise at love and jonquils.

We have more than we need of winter poetry, heavy with contemplation and barren snowlands and the self.

But summer: who wants to write poems when there’s watermelon in the big yellow bowl and fireflies go tumbling in the moonlight?

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ow long since you’ve dined in the Marquette Hotel, longtime anchor of the IDS? Not since Mary Tyler Moore left the building?

In a move to end that lapse, management recently converted the all-glass, prime people-watching corner on Marquette Avenue to Jacques’, a Voyageur-themed — no, wait! — an Italian restaurant. Scratch the wild rice, blueberries, walleye and whatnot for a list of standard, could-beanywhere Italian staples. They’re listed in

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tiny gray type on a gray menu challenging for anyone old enough for cheaters. So is the noise level, because that’s the first question you readers always ask.

The window-bound room is downright beautiful — an elegantly spare setting of

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marble-topped tables, classy accent chairs and comfy sofas below “candle”-ring chandeliers. And that view!

Yet, oddly downmarket touches emerge: clunky wine glasses more suited for a dive bar (and a short BTG list that won’t set hearts a-flutter) and brown-paper doggie bags that could pass for grocery sacks.

Neither bread nor amuse-bouche offered, as might befit the menu’s price point. Hey, I’m just sayin’ …

That menu employs joke-y categories,

such as Native Fare (which it isn’t) like minestrone and Caesar salad and Chart Your Course for shared starters (most $10–$24): bruschetta, a solo meatball, meat-andcheese boards. They’re followed by artisanal pizzas (called Artisanal Pizzas), $12–$18, and Savory Comforts.

Those comforts translate to pasta in two portion sizes, $14–$19 and $19–$24, and they may very well comfort those not obsessed with authenticity.

The spinach-ricotta gnocchi provided lots of medium-textured potato dumplings (give them a five on a 10-point scale of ideally ethereal to lethally lumpy), drastically overladen with an over-sweet tomato basil sauce.

The saffron tagliatelle showed more skill: very fresh-tasting, light and limpid noodles tossed with snippets of broccoli rabe and sauced with a pleasant basil pesto, bobbing with hunks of fennel sausage more appropriate either, one, in crumbles, to two, atop those pizzas.

We Expanded Our Horizons (that’s what entrees, $19–$30, are called) with orders of branzino and osso buco.

The fish fillets — thin by nature, dry by overcooking — proved tasty, sided with sliced fingerlings and an herb-fennel mix that paired well with the fish. Better: the enormous osso buco (thus, the doggie bag), full-flavored but salty and moderately tender, hunkered over first-rate yet scanty pools of polenta and a veggie mix in a rich onion gravy. Round out your plate with Prairie Home Companions, $7 each.

Dessert — none made in-house, according to our attentive server — pays tribute to local providers with Muddy Paws cheesecake and Sebastian Joe’s ice cream, along with a cookie plate and flourless chocolate torte, among others (all $8). No surprises here. Well, yes, one: the $6 price tag for a cappuccino. Have I been living in a cave? Or scrimping by at Starbucks?

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By Meleah Maynard

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Goats, garlic mustard and garden tours

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f you read my column even occasionally, you’ve likely gleaned that I’m not very keen on the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board’s outdated, chemical-laden approach to managing our public parks, ball fields and other outdoor spaces under their control. Today, though, I want to acknowledge something they did recently that was actually good.

If you haven’t already heard, in late May Minneapolis joined other cities, including St. Paul, Minnetonka and Northfield, in using goats to help manage invasive plants like buckthorn and garlic mustard. My husband, Mike, and I saw the goats in action near Cedar Lake East Beach (Hidden Beach) in early June. And I have to say that one week into their 10-day stay, those goats had pretty much denuded the 6-acre area they were corralled in. It was wonderful to see and hear them as they wandered around with their babies munching on greenery. Apparently, their next stop will be the northwest portion of Wirth Park in late July.

Rented from Diversity Landworks of La Crescent, the goats were protected by two layers of fencing and an on-site shepherd, Jesse Dale. While the creatures can’t control invasive species in just one visit, the hope is that repeated visits will at least keep problem plants in check. It the Park Board sees positive results they say they may cut down on the amount of glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup) and other herbicides they are currently using. Let’s hope that’s the case.

Go goats!

Garlic mustard According to the signs posted by the Park Board, goats like to eat invasive species, such as buckthorn, garlic mustard and honeysuckle. That’s great. But since most of us don’t have goats in our own yards, we can help eradicate that horrible plant by pulling it.

If you’re not sure what it looks like, Google “garlic mustard” and note what it looks like in the first and second year. Garlic mustard grows tall and produces seeds in its second

year of growth, and just one plant can produce thousands of seeds that can stay viable in the soil for five or more years.

Keeping this plant out of our yards will also help reduce its spread in wild areas, which are overrun by it at this point. Dig or pull garlic mustard out of the ground so you get all of the roots. Don’t leave it on the ground or throw it in your own compost pile.

Bag it up for the city’s compost collection because the high heat they can generate in their piles will kill the seeds. Can’t dig it up?

At least cut the flowers off so they don’t go to seed.

Garden tours It’s garden tour season, of course. Here are two tours that I’d especially like you to know about: • Saturday, July 8: The Hennepin

County Master Gardener’s Learning Garden Tour features eight gardens in Southwest Minneapolis. This self-guided tour, which supports Master Gardener community programs, will be held 9 a.m.–4 p.m. rain or shine. To celebrate the tour’s 10th anniversary there will be food trucks at three sites, as well as a drawing to win a one-hour master gardener consultation. To purchase tickets go to: hennepinmastergardeners. org/events/hcmg-learning-garden-tour.

• Saturday, July 22: Our garden is

one of many being featured on the 13th-annual Tangletown Gardens Garden and Art tour. All of the gardens will be open 9 a.m.–4 p.m. rain or shine and, as always, the proceeds help support charities, garden projects and public art in the Twin Cities. Tickets can be purchased at Tangletown Gardens in Southwest Minneapolis or online here: tangletowngardens.com/product/gardentour/.

Check out Meleah’s blog, everydaygardener.com, for more gardening tips or to email her a question or comment.

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By Dr. Teresa Hershey

New options for managing pet allergies

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t’s allergy time of year again, and our pets are feeling it just like we are.

Seasonal allergies can lead to itchy, inflamed skin and are the most common underlying cause of chronic skin and ear infections in dogs. Do you have a dog that constantly has black debris coming out of his ears, is always licking her feet or gets hot spots regularly? Then you likely have a dog with allergies.

Dogs can be allergic to everything we are, like pollens, grasses and trees. An allergy is when the body mounts an immune attack against one of these substances that it considers a foreign invader. The skin and ears get inflamed, and then the yeast and bacteria that are on the skin normally take advantage of this inflamed skin and overgrow to cause an infection.

Because of this underlying allergy, just treating the infection will not solve the problem. For example, you may clear up an ear infection temporarily by treating with an antibiotic or topical cream, but in pets with allergies, if you don’t make a plan for managing the allergic problem long term, the ear infection will quickly reoccur.

Allergies are very frustrating for pet owners and veterinarians alike, but there are some new allergy therapies available now that are very effective and have fewer side effects than traditional therapies.

The traditional way we have managed allergies is with antihistamines, steroids or topical treatments.

Antihistamines like Benadryl still have their place for dogs with mild allergies. Benadryl is inexpensive and safe and is available over the counter. In dogs with mild allergies, Benadryl is a great place to start with treatment.

The dose of Benadryl for dogs is one milligram per pound. For example, a 25-pound dog will take 25 milligrams of Benadryl and a 100-pound dog will take 100 milligrams of Benadryl every eight to 12 hours. The downside of Benadryl (or other antihistamines) is that, for dogs with moderate to severe allergies, Benadryl isn’t strong enough to stop the allergic reaction.

Topical medications, like shampoos, sprays and creams with steroids, antifungals or antibiotics in them, are also used to help manage allergy symptoms.

For dogs that have very localized problems — foot itchiness, for example — we can sometimes get away with a local treatment. Topical medications can be effective if the client is able to administer them properly and regularly and the dog doesn’t immediately lick the medication off.

You and your veterinarian can decide if topical management of allergies and secondary infections is a good fit for you and your dog. The biggest problem I see with topical medications is compliance. It is not always easy to rub a cream on the skin, especially if the dog is very furry.

Steroids, like prednisone, have also been used for many decades to manage allergies.

Prednisone is very powerful and effective, but it has a lot of side effects that make it undesirable for long-term use.

Taking steroids long term prematurely ages the patient. Steroids will thin out the skin, weaken tendons and muscles and put undue stress on internal organs. Plus, they make your dog drink a lot and urinate a lot, so you need to be able to take your dog outside frequently to avoid accidents in the house.

Prednisone is cheap, and for short-term use is fine. I typically tell clients that if we have to use steroids for

more than six weeks out of the year, we should discuss some of the new allergy management options that are available.

As a veterinarian, I love two new allergy medications that have become available over the past several years. Apoquel and Cytopoint are powerful medications against allergies but without the side effects that we see with steroids.

Apoquel came out several years ago. Unlike prednisone, which suppresses the whole immune system, Apoquel is not as broad spectrum of an immunosuppressive drug. It targets primarily cytokines, substances released by immune cells that are involved with coordinating an allergy response. It works quickly and with very few side effects. It is not side effectfree, however, and it is important that your dog undergo blood monitoring if he takes Apoquel long term.

Apoquel has been known to reduce white blood cells and elevate liver enzymes. At our clinic, we recommend a blood check one month after starting Apoquel and then every six months after that to screen for any side effects from the medication.

Cytopoint is an injectable medication that your veterinarian administers at the clinic. It is an even more targeted approach to stopping the itch cycle then Apoquel.

Cytopoint binds to one specific cytokine called Interleukin-31 (IL-31). IL-31 has been shown to be responsible for most of the itchiness that is seen with allergies. By binding and inactivating IL-31, some patients are completely itch-free until the shot wears off. The Cytopoint shot will last for four to six weeks in most patients.

Cytopoint is very new for general practitioners. We have only had it available since the beginning of this year. So far, no real side effects have been reported. However, it is an immune modulating drug, and for that reason we are exercising caution and recommending blood monitoring with this medication as well.

Apoquel and Cytopoint are terrific, and I am so happy that I have these new allergy medications to offer my clients. The big drawback to these medications is the cost.

Depending on the size of the dog, it can cost $70–$150 per month to treat an allergic dog, and that doesn’t include the cost of blood monitoring. They are new medications, so hopefully the cost will come down over time.

Also, because they are so effective at controlling allergies, there is a cost savings in that you won’t have to see the veterinarian so often to treat those secondary infections that arise.

Your dog doesn’t have to suffer through another allergy season. Talk to your veterinarian about the new allergy medications that are available. You and your dog will be happy that you did.

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Gadget Guy

By Paul Burnstein

Before you buy

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hen purchasing technology devices and systems like printers, computers, home theaters and more, there are a number of things to look for.

The following list is a starting point for questions to ask and information to gather while researching a technology purchase:

What is the warranty and return policy? Will I have the opportunity to test out the product?

Be wary of any products that do not guarantee satisfaction. Technology can be tricky and you may not know if it is a good fit for you without trying it out first.

What is their return policy? Does the warranty cover a year or only 30 days? I would be hesitant to purchase something with a very minimal warranty.

If the product is defective, try returning it to the retailer first; I have found returning to the retailer to be less time consuming than having to go through the manufacturer.

I am not a fan of extended warranties, but they can save you a headache later, especially for a high-priced item. Keep it in mind and weigh the cost of the warranty versus replacing the product.

What additional hardware (computer, smartphone, tablet) or software (Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS) is needed?

Many devices run with a computer or smartphone being used to read results or track activity like a Fitbit or other wearable device.

If it is software, make sure it is for the correct operating system. If additional hardware or software is needed, make sure you have that factored into the total cost of owning the device or system.

What is the initial cost? Is there an ongoing subscription fee? Is there any long-term commitment?

Understanding the price is always important, and sometimes there is a monthly fee associated with monitoring and/or servicing the device. Make sure you understand your total cost of ownership.

Don’t purchase a product with a subscription fee if you are not using the features.

Look for a comparable product without monthly fees. The Ring Video Doorbell is a good example: It offers a small fee for recording and saving videos.

Once the product is purchased, is there a contract holding you to a period of time where you must continue to pay a subscription fee? TiVo is a great service, but in order for it to work, you either need to pay monthly or purchase a lifetime subscription. Just as

suggested above, ensure you need the subscription and therefore the contract. If not, consider a comparable product without the long-term commitment.

When should you buy the most recent model versus an older model?

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Technology changes quickly and it is often best to buy the newest model to ensure it will be relevant as long as possible. I would suggest this for computers. However, for smartphones you will get a better deal buying the slightly older model.

The same goes for TVs: If you don’t need the 4K TV today, buy the HD TV and save some money. Ask if they have an upgrade program to allow you to get a discounted newer model when available.

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What are the features and functions?

Does this product fulfill my needs? Does it have the features and functions that I require?

For many products, there are product options that are more or less full-featured and the cost will vary based on the features. Make sure the product you choose fills your needs fully; if not, find one that does.

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What do the reviews say?

If possible, read reviews on the technology product.

Do a Google search for reviews and see what others have to say. Go to the product website and see if there are reviews there. If the product is on Amazon.com, that is a great place to read user reviews; Newegg.com and Bestbuy.com are also good sites for reviews.

Is accessibility an issue?

Do you have any limitations or health concerns that may affect your use of technology? Are the buttons on the remote too small? Is it too hard to read the screen? Think about your current devices and any troubles you may have with them.

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THE NEW GRIOTS FESTIVAL

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By Jahna Peloquin

ARTCRANK: 10TH ANNIVERSARY For the past decade, Artcrank has transformed bike poster art into an art form all its own, expanding from its original Minneapolis show to pop up in eight more cities across the U.S., plus London and Paris. Attended by art lovers, poster collectors, hardcore cyclists and craft beer drinkers alike, the Minneapolis version of the popular poster art show features prints by 50 local artists in limited-edition runs of 30 at $40 a pop. In honor of its 10th anniversary, this year’s event will showcase the greatest hits from previous shows from artists including Adam Turman, Jennifer Davis and Amy Jo, plus food trucks and free valet bike parking.

When: Saturday, July 8 from 4 p.m.–10 p.m.

Where: Fulton Production Brewery, 2540 2nd St. NE

Cost: Free Info: artcrank.com

To get at the heart of the New Griots Festival, one needs simply to look up the definition of the word “griots”: a class of traveling poets, musicians and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa.

Founded in 2015 by Josh Wilder and Jamil Jude, two Twin Cities transplants who felt isolated as young black theater artists in a predominantly white theater community, the New Griots Festival is dedicated to celebrating, advocating and advancing the careers of emerging black performing artists in the Twin Cities.

Building off the success of the 2015 festival, the festival has been invited into the Guthrie Theater’s 9th Floor Initiative, a program that transforms its entire ninth floor into a community hub offering affordably priced productions and impactful, relevant new works. This year’s New Griots Festival expands from three to ten days, doubling the number of performances and community classes and adding a live in-studio component as well as networking events and panel discussions about the importance of the work of black artists.

When: July 6–17 Where: Guthrie Theater, 818 S. 2nd St. Cost: $9 Info: guthrietheater.org

X GAMES MINNEAPOLIS

‘THE SHOP’

With the upcoming 2018 Super Bowl and the 2019 NCAA Final Four for men’s basketball, the U.S. Bank Stadium is quickly becoming one of the hottest sports venues in the country. This month, the excitement continues when it hosts the 2017 Summer X Games, which features some of the best skateboarders, BMX bikers and motocross racers in the world.

(It’s also slated to host the 2018 edition.) Annually, the games draw more than 100,000 fans and around 250 athletes over the course of the four-day event. Each night is capped off with a concert, which are included with the admission passes for the games. Performers include A Day to Remember (Friday), Flume (Saturday) and Atmosphere (Sunday), plus an off-site concert at the music venue First Avenue on Thursday featuring rappers Prof, Aesop Rock and deM atlaS.

The barbershop has long been a cultural touchstone for African-American communities, acting not simply as a place to get a haircut but as a meeting space to discuss ideas and the news of the day and a respite from the outside world. Public Functionary, a boundary-pushing contemporary art gallery in the Northeast arts district, is celebrating the iconography and culture that grew out of the black barbershop with “The Shop,” an exhibition in collaboration with Minneapolis artist Crice Khalil. Khalil’s work takes inspiration from the worlds of hip-hop and graffiti to document the issues and motifs of the pan-African and African-American experience, using them as a lens in which to view race, class and the “American dream.” For “The Shop,” he’s curated works from a broad, multi-generational array of African-American artists from varying artistic disciplines, including paintings, photography, screen prints, drawings and digital art that relate to the barbershop’s importance to the black community.

When: July 1–15; opening reception Saturday, July 1 at 7 p.m.; artist conversation Thursday, July 13 at 7 p.m.

Where: Public Functionary, 1400 12th Ave. NE Cost: Free Info: publicfunctionary.org

When: July 13–16 Where: U.S. Bank Stadium, 401 Chicago Ave. Cost: $40–$60 daily; packages range from $100–$750 Info: xgames.com/tickets

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WHERE TO WATCH 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS

‘MOTOWN THE MUSICAL’ Following a national tour that landed in Minneapolis a year after its Broadway debut in 2013, “Motown the Musical” is making a triumphant return to the Twin Cities. Based on the autobiography of Motown record label founder Berry Gordy, the musical follows the personal and professional highs and lows of the hit-maker and his label, and his relationships with Motown artists Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and a Jacksons 5-era Michael Jackson. Bursting with 55 classics from the Motown catalog with a book composed by Gordy himself, the crowdpleasing, high-gloss production transcends the “jukebox musical” genre thanks to director Charles Randolph-Wright’s excellent production, Patricia Wilcox’s energetic choreography and a powerhouse cast, whose live vocals are said to rival that of the hits’ original singers.

When: July 11–16 Where: Orpheum Theatre, 910 Hennepin Ave. Cost: $39–$134 Info: 800-982-2787 or hennepintheatretrust.org

Watching fireworks remains the favorite way of celebrating America’s independence. Some of the biggest star-spangled bashes in the state take place in Minneapolis, including Red, White and Boom. Taking place near the Stone Arch Bridge, this Park Board-hosted display is jam-packed with more colorful explosions per minute than just about any in Minnesota, attracting more than 75,000 to the shores of the Mississippi River. The full day of festivities also includes a half-marathon, relay and 5K, live music and family activities.

When: 6:30 a.m. races, 6 p.m.–10 p.m. live music and family activities, 10 p.m. fireworks Where: 100 6th Ave. SE Cost: Free Info: minneapolisparks.org

Gold Medal Park One of the most underrated spots in downtown Minneapolis, Gold Medal Park at 11th & 2nd offers a more traditional viewing experience. Throw a blanket on the grass, toss a ball around and gaze up at the fireworks while you lie down and relax.

Stone Arch and Central Avenue bridges There’s no better place to watch fireworks than right over the river. Bring a lawn chair and arrive early — the bridges fill up quickly.

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Boom Island Slightly upriver from where the fireworks are set off, Boom Island Park (724 Sibley St. NE) offers ample space to set up a blanket and picnic and is less likely to be crowded than other areas while still offering a great view of the fireworks.

St. Anthony Main Several spots along St. Anthony Main (Main St. SE, located northeast of downtown on the east side of the Mississippi River) make for prime viewing locations, including the area’s many restaurant patios.

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By Linda Koutsky

From quarry to city

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ontinuing last column’s spotlight on Minnesota geography (“Minnesota rocks”), we’ll look at architecture built from stone quarried right here in the state. If you missed part one, a brief synopsis of how our diverse geologic landscape was formed can be found at tinyurl.com/y9dlngcy.

But before we get to the actual buildings, do you remember the three basic rock classifications? They’re igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. Knowing how rocks were formed helps you spot them.

All three of these rock types have been quarried in Minnesota, and many are still cut from the ground today. It’s fun to spot the rocks as you travel through towns across the state and even the country.

If a Minnesota building with stone on it was built before the 1960s, there’s a pretty good chance the stone was from Minnesota. A couple big exceptions to this are the Minnesota State Capitol (that’s our granite on the lower part, but most is Georgia marble) and the Basilica of St. Mary (the granite foundation is from Minnesota but the rest is from Vermont).

Below are definitions of the three rock classifications and a few buildings where you can see them.

SEDIMENTARY

Layers of sediment, minerals, plants, or shells got cemented together over time under pressure and under water. Think of the colored sandstone layers along Minnehaha Creek near the Mississippi River. Brownstone and limestone are sedimentary rocks.

They are too fragile to take a high polish and are usually left in rough blocks or in slabs with a matte finish.

Platteville Limestone

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Three quarters of the earth’s crust is made of cooled lava from volcanoes. Basalt, the common gray rock found on the ground all over the place, is igneous. So is granite.

Enjoy an architectural stone exhibit at S. 5th St. and 3rd Ave. from the skyway level food court in USBank Plaza (200 S. 6th St.).

Granite Varies in color from light gray to red to black with small or large grains. It’s still a large industry near St. Cloud, but in the early 1900s there were more than 50 granite quarries throughout the state. Granite can be left rough or polished to a glossy finish.

• Hennepin County Government Center (smooth-cut granite from Ortonville) • Marquette Plaza

• Nicollet Island Inn • Parts of the Stone Arch Bridge

Quarried in Mankato, cut into rough blocks or smooth slabs. Its cream-colored matte finish is very distinctive.

• Minneapolis Post Office

• Target Field • St. Paul Cathedral

Not typically used as a building stone, but the old Fitger’s brewery in Duluth is a rustic, fortlike building made of Basalt.

Quartzite Sandstone that has changed into a harder rock.

Quarried in southwestern Minnesota.

• Historic Wesley Center (Wesley United Methodist Church)

• Minneapolis Central Library

• Scottish Rite Temple

• CenturyLink Building

Morton Gneiss (pronounced “nice”)

• WCCO-TV Building • University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis campus • Wells Fargo Center

Basalt

As continents collided and other events changed the planet, rocks that already existed sometimes went through tumultuous changes.

Metamorphic rocks were transformed by heat or pressure and are completely changed into a different rock type.

• Uptown Theater

• First Baptist Church

• I-35W Bridge Memorial

METAMORPHIC

Kasota Limestone

• Stone Arch Bridge

• Plymouth Congregational Church • Lakewood Cemetery’s new mausoleum

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WONDERFUL LINDEN HILLS • $619,900

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EDINA-SOUTH HARRIET PARK • $745,000

Fabulous all-brick home with 4 bedrooms & 3 baths.

Close to both Lake Harriet & Lake Calhoun.

Landmark home in Country Club. Retains its classic appeal with updated kitchen and baths.

Gorgeous & freshly updated 4 bedroom, 3 bath close to Minnehaha Creek.

Charming 1 1/2 story offering 3 beds, 2 1/2 baths, 3 fireplaces, lots of built-ins.

BILL MINGE • 612.759.7686

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LINDA OBERPRILLER • 612.723.4569

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BEAUTIFUL LYNNHURST TUDOR • $600,000

GREAT OWNER OCCUPY DUPLEX • $314,900 Large duplex featuring 2 bedrooms, 2 baths on main level. 1 bedroom, 1 bath upper unit.

This 1954 classic is reimagined and renovated for the next century. 3 beds, 2 baths.

House is exquisite. Seller has superbly mixed the old world with the new modern updates.

C|C GROUP • 612.599.7107

JAMES ROBINSON • 612.227.6359

JEN DILLE • 612.209.0314

LYNDON SMITH • 612.805.9559

Gorgeous and completely renovated 2-story stucco Tudor with 5 beds. Spectacular floor plan.

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EXTRAORDINARY RENOVATION • $475,000

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THIS ONE IS GORGEOUS • $375,000

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OLD WORLD CHARM • $450,000

UPDATED SUN FILLED CHARM • $599,000

STEPS TO CREEK, TRAILS • $299,000

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UPDATED CHARMER • $500,000

Wonderful Kingfield opportunity. Excellent upper owner’s suite with abundant storage.

From the Welcoming front porch to the recently finished 3rd floor. Awesome home/location.

Inviting 3 bedroom, 2 bath two-story. Hardwood floors, built-ins, fireplace, porch, deck.

Gorgeous, with charm throughout. Walk to Linden Hills. Backyard retreat, deck, updated kitchen.

SHERI FINE • 612.720.2442

KAREN ANTONE • 612.720.3087

MORRIE HARTMAN • 612.269.6958

AMY MICHIELLE FREEMAN • 612.578.2588

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MORNINGSIDE BRICK COLONIAL • $799,900 Mint condition, double corner lot, in-demand updates, loaded with period charm & character.

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KICKY KINGFIELD BUNGALOW • $349,000

“TO BE BUILT” HOME • $450,000

ULTIMATE IN CONVENIENCE • $1,350,000

Stylish 1-level living, updated kitchen, open layout, marble bath, central air, fireplace.

Come & customize, change the floor plan, choose your own finishes & make the house YOURS.

Luxury corner unit condo. Contemporary elegance.

Open floor plan with 2 bedrooms + den.

JOSEPH J. ARCAND • 612.821.4232

ALEX BOYLAN • 612.242.9318

SUSAN WAHMAN • 952.334.4663

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