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arl Bakken employed a “ready, fire, aim” approach when inventing the first wearable transistorized cardiac pacemaker in the 1950s. His namesake museum in the West Calhoun neighborhood gives young people the opportunity to take a similar approach while learning about everything from electricity to Frankenstein. “The museum is really a reflection of (Bakken’s) interests and passions,” said David Rhees, the museum’s former longtime executive director. “People who visit will get a sense that it’s a place that is open to new ideas and really wants to help advance science in a way that helps advance humanity.”

Bakken museum founder Earl Bakken passed away on Oct. 21 at the age of 94. Bakken’s museum receives thousands of visitors annually, including about 10,000 students on field trips. Photo courtesy The Bakken Museum

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BLOCKED IN THE BIKE LANE Citations rise, but illegally parked vehicles remain a common annoyance for cyclists By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@southwestjournal.com

The edge of the roadway is a space in demand for pickups, drop-offs and the short-term parking of delivery vehicles of every type, from boxy white Amazon vans to Sysco’s refrigerated semis. It’s also a space where drivers frequently come into conflict with bicyclists. On-street bikeways comprise more than half of Minneapolis’ lauded 244-mile cycling network, mostly in the form of dedicated bike lanes striped next to a curb or street parking — places where it is illegal for motor vehicles to park or even stop, with few exceptions. But stop they do, even when those bicycle lanes are separated from motor vehicle traffic by a row of plastic bollards, as on Blaisdell Avenue South, or a wide cement curb, as on 11th

Avenue east of U.S. Bank Stadium. Evidence often turns up on social media, and one Twitter user posted a photo of a car parked on the wrong side of the 11th Avenue curb just days after it was installed this fall. Cyclist Jay Gabler said he doesn’t get as annoyed with delivery vehicles, which just as often block motor vehicle traffic when no loading zone is available, as “with the cars and vans that block bike lanes with impunity while they idle for whatever reason, whereas they would rarely just hang out in a car traffic lane.” “Let them block parking or other lanes,” said Willy Lee, a cyclist who lives in South Minneapolis and works on the West Bank. “I’m in grave SEE BIKE LANE PARKING / PAGE A18

Up or out Displaced Loring Park businesses navigate next steps By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com

Monell “Locks” Castellan set up a barber chair on the Nicollet Avenue sidewalk outside his empty Upper Cuts Barber Shop with a sign: Closed for reconstruction. After 17 years in business, Upper Cuts and other storefronts on half of the 1400 block will be demolished to make way for 232 apartments and ground-floor retail. But Castellan considers himself lucky. He’s still operating a second location at 116 W. Lake St., and he’s talking to the developer about leasing a space when the new project opens in the spring of 2020. He wants to open a barber school to give back to the community, a place for kids to cut hair and learn professional skills, “not as a hustle, as a career,” he said. Reuter Walton Companies co-founder Nick Walton said he’s also talking to Market Bar-B-Que and Salsa a la Salsa

about returning to the block, although no leases are signed for the five retail bays. “We always wanted smaller, local, entrepreneurial retailers, and as many of the existing as possible, to be in the new building,” he said. “I’m fortunate the developer worked it out with me,” Castellan said, thinking of other businesses that won’t be coming back. “… They’ve got to start from scratch, and they’ve been there as long as me.” As part of the Minneapolis 2040 longrange plan for the city, staff members said they heard one issue from the business community come through loudest: “Probably the No. 1 thing I heard was concerns about displacement of businesses because of development, because of rising rents, because of the lack of ownership of SEE UPPERCUTS / PAGE A11

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Old School by Steeple People is now open with a roomier layout at 19th & Nicollet. Photos by Michelle Bruch

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Old School by Steeple People Steeple People’s non-profit thrift shop is back in business, and customers lined up outside the door on opening day Oct. 21. Some neighbors came back two or three times with donations in hand, so replenishing the shelves hasn’t been a problem. “We beat the record sales for Steeple People overall on the first day,” said store manager Joe Partyka. “A lot of foot traffic.” “They’re happy we’re back,” said Molly Johnson, assistant manager. Steeple People’s former location at Franklin & Lyndale was purchased for new development, and the board spent years looking for a new location they could afford. Some had given up hope when the shop closed in 2017. But a handful of volunteers kept pushing to revise the business model and continue searching, eventually securing the space in Stevens Square. The new store layout is roomier than the original, and that’s by design. “I walked around with a yardstick,” Partyka said. “… We’re trying to make it look very homey and cozy.” They’ve allocated space for comfy chairs surrounded by books where people can relax with a magazine from the free box. A children’s area is stocked with a chalkboard and toys. Shelves hold jewelry, small electronics, World War II prints, old typewriters, never-worn Minnetonka Moccasin sandals, a mug from Matt’s Bar, vintage Prada shoes and an alligator purse. “We get some pretty fun stuff,” Partyka said. “We come around the corner wearing things all the time,” Johnson said. Prices are a bit higher than the former location to cover the cost of the pricier lease and raise more money for charity. But Partyka said he’s still aiming to price goods accessibly for all, stocking luggage and essentials for people without a permanent address.

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A box near the entry collects functioning, clean donations that a single person can carry. The Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church also collects donations 9 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Sundays. Staff aim to reuse all donations in some fashion, sending overflow to the nearby Clothes Closet or Salvation Army. “We’re trying not to do the landfill as much as possible,” Partyka said. The nonprofit gives proceeds to a variety of charities selected by the board, including the Dignity Center, which aims to help people reach stability. A grand opening celebration with live music is Nov. 4. Old School operates at 1901 Nicollet Ave. 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and noon–6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

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Minneapolis Craft Market, which showcases work by emerging and established makers. Hot drinks are available for purchase in the greenhouse, where temps fluctuate between 40 and 60 degrees. The market is dog-friendly. The holiday market runs 9 a.m.–2 p.m. Sundays.

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The Emily Program A former convent that’s been vacant since 2003 is under renovation in Linden Hills. The Emily Program, an organization that treats eating disorders, is converting the building into supportive housing for clients 18 and older. The building will house the program’s most severe cases that require 24-hour care. “We run waiting lists almost all the time,” said Jillian Lampert, chief strategy officer. The organization currently operates housing in St. Paul, Cleveland and Seattle. Culinary staff members prepare meals and snacks on-site, teaching clients to prepare their own meals as well. All-day programming includes nursing care and psychiatric care. Average stays are 34 days. The target opening date is the fall of 2019. The Emily Program serves clients of all ages and genders with disorders like anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and compulsive overeating. Lampert said they’re seeing more demand for adolescent services as the stigma of seeking help lessens over time. Just 15–20 percent of people who need help actually receive it, she said.

One public advocate is Jessie Diggins, an Olympic gold medalist in cross-country skiing who will speak at The Emily Program’s 25th anniversary celebration Nov. 3. “People look at her as a hero,” Lampert said. Diggins wrote in a blog last summer about her own issues with body image. She said checking into The Emily Program saved her life. “The last thing I’d ever want is for a young skier struggling with body image to hear a rumor, and think that I came home from the Olympics with a medal because of disordered eating,” she wrote. “On the contrary, getting help and becoming healthy again was the ONLY way I could have made it through the stress, pressure and expectations of the Olympics and the following spring. Without the confidence to say ‘I’m great as I am, thanks’ I couldn’t have faced the media day after day and pursued my goals without feeling like I was about to crack into pieces. … I finally started to embrace my muscles and be proud of them, and the cool things they allowed me to do.”

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A revised development proposal for the site of writer Brenda Ueland’s former house, located in Linden Hills at 2614 ½–2620 W. 44th St., would now hold fewer stories and more units. The subject of intense debate, Ueland’s house was demolished following a City Planning Commission vote in 2017 to allow an eight-unit condo development. The commission voted to allow only three stories, rather than the four stories

proposed, in order to match the neighborhood scale and character. The revised three-story, 42-foot proposal now before the city would require demolition of an additional house on the site. The plans include 36 apartments, 22 of them studios, and 36 enclosed and underground parking spaces. The project would require city approval to build above 35 feet near the water and build more than 26 units.

Thirty-six apartments would stand on the site of a single-family home, three detached parking garages and a vacant property formerly owned by writer Brenda Ueland. Rendering by Tushie Montgomery Architects

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Bryant-Lake Bowl changes hands Graphic designer Erica Gilbert started working at Bryant-Lake Bowl 12 years ago because she heard the staff needed help. She continued at Bryant-Lake Bowl as she worked weekend art fairs, designed onesies and created graphics for places like Barbette. Now she plans to stay indefinitely as the new owner. “I’ve done every job here I can do,” she said. “The next step was to ask Kim [Bartmann] if I could buy it.” Hearing rumors that outside parties wanted to acquire the restaurant, Gilbert decided to ask Bartmann if she could buy it herself. “I’m sure other people would be interested, but I wanted it to be Erica,” Bartmann said, dismissing the rumors.

The business changes hands on its 25th anniversary. Everyone seems to have a memory attached to the place, Gilbert said. “People should know the story,” she said. Reopened on Halloween in 1993, BryantLake Bowl was an early adopter of composting, nonsmoking rules and grass-fed beef. The restaurant was the first to pour beers by Fulton, Bell’s and Lagunitas. The menu will continue changing with the seasons, but no drastic changes are anticipated. Gilbert recommends everything on the breakfast menu: the breakfast burrito with jalapeño fries and the egg sandwich and the “to-die-for” thick brioche French toast with maple syrup. “Everything is staying the same,” she said. “… I just want to make sure it’s here in the future.”

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Allina Health expands and upgrades facilities near Uptown Allina Health is heavily investing in Southwest Minneapolis. The health care provider plans to open the area’s third location on the second floor of Calhoun Village at 3200 W. Lake St. in the spring of 2019. Allina extensively renovated its Isles clinic at 2800 Hennepin Ave. last summer and operates another clinic in the Uptown Row building on Lake Street. The new Allina Greenway clinic at Calhoun Village will feature a full lab and radiology, internal medicine and podiatry. At the revamped East Isles location, the new

design by bdh + young aims to improve the layout and provide a warm atmosphere that brings the outdoors in. Providers tend to have full schedules, seeing 80–90 patients per day. The Isles clinic of allfemale providers specializes in internal medicine or more complicated patient cases, with additional specialties that include women’s health, osteopathy and mental health services. The clinic offers early morning appointments, 24-hour scheduling and online care for common conditions.

NOTED: A developer is reviving a pitch for new apartments at a surface parking lot next to the Buzza Lofts at 1006 W. Lake St. and 2900 Colfax Ave. S. The proposal for 130 units in a six-story building hit a roadblock in 2014 because the National Park Service objected to the impact on views of the existing Buzza building and a plan to demolish part of a historic tunnel to the Midtown Greenway. The developer Dominium used historic tax credits to renovate the Buzza building, which gave the federal government a five-year window

to recapture funds if the developer did not continue meeting historic standards. That window has expired, but Dominium staff said the catalyst for the project is the site’s designation as an “Opportunity Zone,” a program established by Congress that provides tax advantages to invest in certain areas. In Southwest Minneapolis, borders of the Opportunity Zone are Hennepin and 1st avenues and 28th and Lake streets. The project would include an outdoor pool deck and 268 parking stalls, which amounts to one stall per unit for the entire Buzza site.

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Work on a temporary navigation center that will allow for the relocation of people living in a large encampment near Franklin & Hiawatha got underway in October. The City Council on Oct. 16 approved $1.5 million for development of the navigation center, planned for a 1.25-acre site near the Franklin Avenue Metro Blue Line light rail station. Less than two weeks earlier, the Council declared an emergency, allowing it to move more quickly through the steps required to move and shelter the dozens of people at the encampment. Modeled on similar facilities in cities like Seattle and San Francisco, the navigation center is meant to guide those experiencing homelessness into temporary shelter or supportive housing. It will be located on land owned by Red Lake Nation, which intends to develop the site into affordable housing next year, and the city. Demolition of existing buildings on the site began less than a week after the council approved funding for the navigation center. Speaking to the Housing Policy and Development Committee on Oct. 24, City Coordinator Nuria Rivera-Vandermyde said place-

ment of families and individuals living at the encampment was “happening rapidly” even as work on the navigation center got underway. Rivera-Vandermyde said 18 families had been placed in shelters and another three families in supportive housing. Supportive housing beds for 17 individual adults had been secured. Several dozen others either had applications in for housing or were on wait lists. Rivera-Vandermyde said the population of the camp, which had grown to several hundred people over the summer, had held steady in recent weeks. The city was set to accept a $150,000 donation from the Pohlad Family Foundation that will be used to pay for a navigation center project manager. Recruited for the job was Margaret King, who previously worked as director of housing programs at Seattle’s Downtown Emergency Service Center. If her contract is approved, King is expected to coordinate the efforts of a partnership that includes the city, state and Hennepin County as well as Red Lake Nation, Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors and Minneapolis nonprofits that work with the homeless.

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Public hearings set for 2040 plan The city has scheduled two public hearings on Minneapolis 2040, its once-a-decade update to the comprehensive plan. The comprehensive plan guides land use and development, and the city is required by law to update the plan every 10 years. Minneapolis 2040 aims to lay the groundwork for what its authors describe as “equitable growth” over the next two decades, when Minneapolis’ population is projected to grow to 465,000 from 416,000. Published online in the form of an interactive website in March, the plan reflects 14 goals adopted by the City Council, which include promoting growth, adding living wage jobs and affordable housing and maintaining a sustainable and diverse local economy. The City Council is expected to vote on the plan in December before submitting it to the Metropolitan Council. The land use changes outlined in the plan will be set in ordinance when the city updates its zoning code in 2019.

After nearly 10,000 comments were submitted over the summer, city planners revised Minneapolis 2040 and released an updated version in September. It stepped back from one of the most controversial aspects of the plan, which would have opened almost all neighborhoods to fourplex development, instead recommending triplexes the size of single-family homes be allowed in most neighborhoods. The revised plan also lowered the recommended increase in allowable building heights along some transit corridors where the city aims to encourage denser development. A similar change was made to the recommended building height limits in the transition areas between some busy streets and the surrounding residential neighborhoods. The first public hearing was Oct. 29 during the regular Planning Commission meeting. The City Council hosts a second public hearing 4:30 p.m. Nov. 14 in room 317 at City Hall.

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Committee acts to make 4D program permanent After seeing the results of a pilot project aimed at preserving naturally occurring affordable housing, the City Council in October acted to make the program permanent. The 4D Affordable Housing Incentive Program was championed by Mayor Jacob Frey, who announced the launch of the pilot program in April and the very next month identified its expansion as a priority in his affordable housing agenda. The program offers landlords of marketrate apartment buildings an incentive to sign up for a state program that offers a property tax reduction in exchange for holding down rents. The City Council’s Housing Policy and Development Committee on Oct. 24 approved a plan that would make the pilot permanent with annual funding. If approved by the full City Council, the ongoing 4D program will be run by Community Planning and Economic Development staff working with the city Assessor’s Office. The affordable housing targeted by the program is described as “naturally occurring” because rents are below market rate without the support of a government subsidy. Owners of those units can apply to Minnesota Housing Finance Agency for low-income rent classification status, also known as 4D, which comes with a 40 percent property tax reduction on the affordable units. For the pilot program, which was open to market-rate multifamily housing buildings with at least 10 units, the city covered the $10-per-unit fee charged by MHFA to 4D

applicants. Landlords agreed to keep the units affordable for a decade. The city received 22 applications to the pilot during a brief enrollment period this spring. Affordability commitments were secured for 207 units ranging in size from studios to two-bedrooms. City staff estimate the 4D program could add another 700–1,500 units in 2019. To participate, landlords must agree to keep a minimum of 20 percent of units in a 4D-qualified building affordable to households earning 60 percent or less of area median income, New eligibility guidelines would open the program to buildings with as few as two units. Landlords would also be eligible for city solar energy incentives and grants of $100 per affordable unit for up to 10 units. Landlords are also required to limit rent increases to 6 percent or less annually for tenants of participating 4D units, although exceptions could be made to fund deferred maintenance projects or compensate for a significant increase in operating costs. The pilot is expected to shrink the city’s tax base by the equivalent of $124,571 in 2019, according to a staff analysis, although that loss could be offset by new development. Even if the program expanded to 1,500 units in 2019, the impact is expected to be small, reducing city’s tax capacity by just 0.2 percent. A staff report notes Minneapolis is losing those units at “an alarming rate,” but about 15,000 naturally occurring affordable housing units remain.

Officials cheer Crown Hydro decision News that Xcel Energy took steps in October to cut off planning for a proposed hydropower facility at St. Anthony Falls was cheered by elected officials who represent the Minneapolis riverfront area. Crown Hydro had since 1991 been pushing a plan to harness the falls to generate electricity. It was an industrial vision for a riverfront that has been revitalized with new parkland and housing. In October, Xcel issued a notice of termination to Crown Hydro that would cut off funding from a 2002 grant. Xcel’s decision followed the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission’s decision earlier in the month to withdraw the remaining $3.5 million in funds from what had been a $5 million grant to Crown Hydro. Both the city and the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, which plans to significantly

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By Jim Walsh

Zero our hero

ne day when our late, great dog Zero was just a little black ball of fur of puppy love, as energetic a mix of black Labrador and Australian shepherd as has ever graced this cruel world, I was talking with a friend who had just put down her beloved pal. I was on my way to throw sticks and tennis balls and swim in the Mississippi River with my buddy that day, and we were both free and easy and supremely unaware of how very lucky we were — and yet so we were, oh yes, we were — so when my friend Judith, a veteran dog owner and lover, said something about what we owe our dogs, it stuck with me then and every day over the last wonderful 13 years. “Wonderful” because that’s how long our family was lucky enough to be with Zero, about whom my son Henry so wisely said last Friday around noon, as my daughter Helen and their mother and my dear friend Jean sobbed over our going-to-sleep-forever member of the family as he lay on the living room floor that he’d patrolled so valiantly all these years: “Zero knew us all better than we know each other.” Nods amongst the sobs, hugs on top of those. That he did. Good night, buddy. Such a good boy. Pretty black. Best dog ever. Off to the big dog park in the sky. No worries, my boy. Don’t be afraid. Go get it. Run free. Love you so much, ZZ. Love you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Z. Laughs amidst the tears. We ran through his greatest hits, his hilarious highlight reels, his goatlike eating habits, his crazy bark. We reminded each other of the time he waltzed through the Famous Dave’s kitchen, of the myriad soccer, baseball and softball games he loved attending and being part of, and of his constant, glorious, ridiculous, mortifying humping that made us the laughingstocks and pariahs of the Lake of the Isles dog park. We massaged him and kissed him goodbye. Ouch. Zero was my constant companion, so much so that I can feel him on my hip as I write this, just as I can still feel him attached to my voice and hip from our walks. He loved the snowy late nights when it was just him and me on the streets going down to Lake Harriet, silently moving through the big billowy snowflakes and quiet city. Our favorite hang was at the Lyndale Park Rose Garden near Lake Harriet, which we paid our last visit to last Tuesday, on a glorious fall afternoon that

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Zero (2005– 2018) looking for action in the Rose Garden, summer 2016. Photo by Jim Walsh

brought him all sorts of smells, sniffs and sunshine. He went downhill fast over the next couple days. His paw stains are still on the seats of my car. There’s a lesson in dying, one that we learn from the dearly departed over and over again, and anew. From Z in life as in death I learned about presence, gratitude, unconditional love and the value of simple joys and cheap thrills. Part of my wisdom was inspired by the conversation I had with my friend that sunny day long ago, when I was so carefreely headed to the river with my beast. “I hope I did him right,” she said, of her recently departed companion. “I hope he had a good life because of me.” Meaning, of course: Did she fulfill the contract, the one we all make with our pets? We take care of their needs and in return they give us love, laughter, warmth, cuddles and in short order become, yes my son, our confessors, confidantes, best friends, partners in crime. We are the stewards to our dogs’ life experience, masters of their universe and gateway to the world — not to mention playmate, partner-in-goof-offery and always-game running buddy. I kept the spirit of Judith’s words in mind all these years, and I made sure Zero knew how much I loved being with him, that I wasn’t simply doing my dog-sitting duty. I made sure I always appreciated him and all our times together because deep down I knew that one day I’d have to say goodbye. Friday was that day. As he laid there on the

living room floor, with all our hands touching him and our friend, Dr. Christa Williams of Caravan Vet, having administered the merciful barbiturate, I was happy to be with my loved ones and to have ZZ’s life flash before me, and happier still to say that I know we did him right. He had a good life, filled with love and adventure, and he brought us closer and pulled us through so many good and bad times, and his memory and the gratitude that we shared for being all together to send him off was a gift that will live on. “Always keep a diamond in your mind,” as the great soul singer Solomon Burke put it, and as such I’ve squirreled away my Zero diamonds for safekeeping, and most are already bearing sweet nostalgic fruit. So faithful column readers, here is my advice after a weekend of writing, reading, listening to sad music and crying, beyond all the usual carpe diem and gratitude/presence jive. What I’ve come to know firsthand in the last few days applies to all sorts of loss, but this one goes out especially to the dog lovers. Take it from me and Z: Do your dog right and do it now, because the day will come when you won’t have the chance to, and on that day you will feel the loss deeply in your bones, so much so that you’d give just about anything to have that little guy put his snout in your lap and beg for one more lap around the lake together. Jim Walsh lives and grew up in South Minneapolis. He can be reached at jimwalsh086@gmail.com.

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By Steve Brandt

Crime and punishment

any of us get through our lives with no more contact with the criminal justice system than a traffic ticket. Such was my experience until two incidents six months apart brought me closer to our system for crime and punishment. In one case I was the victim. In the other I was the perp. Neither case was particularly consequential, the sort of drama from which TV crime shows are fabricated. But each deepened my understanding of the system. Take first my unexpected mutation from a generally law-abiding citizen to the status of the accused. It was a sunny July day. I was running a few errands on my bike. A block or two ahead on Blaisdell Avenue a sedan had snaked into the bike lane that’s delineated by white plastic posts, white paint and no-parking signs. It was sort of a trigger for me. For the last 18 months of my career as a reporter based in downtown Minneapolis, after the Strib moved from its own building into a rented office tower, I commuted mostly by bike. Previously, I’d been two-wheeling the eight-mile roundtrip to work once or twice a week during the warmer weather. But distaste for paying downtown parking rates turned me into a bike commuter on all but the iciest days. Frequently, I’d encounter vehicles blocking the bike lanes along Park and Portland, Blaisdell or First avenues. It’s against state law to park or even stop in a bike lane, and I’d grown quite righteous about defending cyclists’ hard-won space. Maybe too righteous. I’d

commonly slap a fender or rap it with my knuckle as I passed to protest having to swerve into the traffic lane. As I approached the latest offender on Blaisdell, I saw a passenger get out but the driver remained. And sat there. So I thought nothing of rapping on his fender as I passed. A block layer, the driver passed me, rolled down his window, and asked me to pull over until he could check for damage. So confident was I that my mere knuckle couldn’t have damaged sheet metal that I humored him. To my surprise, there was a dent maybe the size of a dime on his fender. He began talking of compensation. I pointed out that he was in my space on a block in which three no-parking signs were posted and that there was space to park legally on the other side of the street. He called a cop, pointed out the dent, which I didn’t deny causing, and I was soon the recipient of a ticket for criminal damage to property in the fourth degree. I quickly looked up the statute, and began devising possible defenses. Fourth-degree criminal damage requires intent to cause damage. My intent had been not to damage but to warn as I passed. I debated whether to fight the ticket. Hiring a lawyer would be expensive, but self-representation had a steep learning curve, and I was cognizant of the adage that he who represents himself has a fool for a client. I had months to mull my plea as the case dragged on through four pretrial hearings at which my matter kept getting postponed and postponed. Finally, the city prosecutor offered

to drop the charge if I paid claimed restitution of $235, based on a body shop’s estimate. I balked a little because there was no evidence that the driver had actually repaired what the police report described as a ding, just as he hadn’t repaired several previous dents. But ultimately I paid up since the charge was dropped. Appearing in court four times allowed time for observation. First, such slow-moving justice has consequences. I’m a retired guy, but imagine the economic penalty to a worker to have to take time off four different mornings. Second, it’s one thing to read studies of racial bias in the justice system. It’s another to show up and find yourself the only white defendant in a courtroom of black and brown faces. The experience came close to adding me to the one in four Americans with something besides a traffic ticket as a criminal record. And as the group We Are All Criminals (weareallcriminals.org) reminds us, four in four Americans have done something defined by the law as criminal, the difference being who among us got caught. When a candidate for county attorney emerged this year to challenge the current prosecutor with strategies to instill more racial justice in the system, I knew which campaign I’d sign up for. I had just disposed of my case when weeks later I found myself on the other side of the law as a victim. After an eye exam one morning, I showed up at the gym for my usual weight room workout. Walking past the weight rack,

another lifter and I bumped slightly against each other. He said nothing, so I moved on. A few minutes later, I had just parked myself at a weight machine when a blow seemingly out of nowhere landed on my cheek, the sucker punch sending my glasses flying. I looked up and the same guy stood in front of me, saying nothing when I asked incredulously what that was for. With the help of another exerciser, I found the remains of my shattered frames. By that time, staff told me that the perpetrator had also struck a much younger guy, likely breaking his nose. Both of us pressed charges. His was third-degree assault because of the broken bone, while mine was a mere fifth degree since the blow left no visible mark. I mainly wanted restitution for the glasses. It turns out that, between my medical insurance and the state crime victim compensation fund, I’ve been made whole without restitution. But the man who struck us was committed as mentally ill after evaluations and was sent to a mental hospital for a competency restoration program. At this point, my hope is that the gentleman gets the help he needs rather than seeing him punished. But this brings up a larger issue in the criminal justice system, where at least onethird of those populating the jail are there for allegations stemming from their mental health issues: Adequate treatment programs might prove much more cost-effective than jail time. Meanwhile, my wife extracted a promise that so far I’ve kept — no more banging on illegally parked cars.

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#MeToo training reaches community bystanders, bars By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com

At The Pourhouse, ordering an Angel Shot will alert staff to discreetly call a cab, bring an escort to safely leave the building, or call the police. Signs in the bathrooms spread the word, and staff training aims to prevent violence. Beyond the bars, average community members are encouraged to pay attention too. A community bystander intervention training is Nov. 13 at Jefferson School, taught by the Sexual Violence Center and organized by the Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association. “Think of a situation that haunts you. You just wish that you had done something and you didn’t,” said Kristen Houlton Shaw, executive director of the Sexual Violence Center. “… What could you have done?” They challenge bystanders to get involved if they see something wrong. Houlton Shaw said that doesn’t mean wearing a superhero cape and confronting the aggressor, which can backfire. Better strategies include interrupting the conversation, slipping the victim a card or figuring out a way to talk to the victim immediately or the next day, she said. In the United States, one in three women and one in six men have experienced some form of sexual violence in their lifetime, according to a 2010–2012 survey by the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention. Houlton Shaw said it happens more than most realize. “I know, because I work here,” she said. Everyone thinks they’re a good person, and wants to believe people would turn to them for help, she said. But in reality, victims often don’t go to anyone for help, due to nerves, fear or shame. “It can be so healing to have a stranger come up to you and say ‘Hey, that didn’t look OK to me. Are you alright? Can I help you?’” she said. Houlton Shaw recommends taking cues from the victim to avoid misperceptions — a heated argument, for example, might not be a problem for everyone. But bystanders should pay attention if they see someone leading away an intoxicated person at a party. “There are so many different manifestations of sexual violence in our culture, and the one consistent theme is that it thrives in silence,” she said. Lowry Hill East volunteers are meeting with Uptown bars this month to gauge interest in joining the Safe Bars program. They are reaching out to other neighborhood groups as potential partners and encouraging customers to ask about training at places they frequent. “The idea would be to have a ‘Wedge Safe Bar’ or ‘Uptown Safe Bar’ sticker that bars can make visible to patrons, as well as an

equivalency status for bars that already do this kind of training,” said Alicia Gibson, chair of the Lowry Hill East Community Life and Safety Committee. The Safe Bars program, based in the D.C. area, trains staff to stand up against sexual harassment and assault, and it’s creating a team in Minnesota to train local venues. Under a separate program at bars and restaurants including The Pourhouse, Mercado, Borough and Parlour, The Exchange, Monello and Constantine, staff are trained to be discreet and stay calm. If someone asks for help, staff alert security and work to remove the person from an offender’s line of sight, perhaps by drawing the victim away for a question about a credit card or drink order. “I know it sounds kind of cloak and dagger, but it’s little nuances we can implement so they can walk to their car,” said Becky Judd, a human resources consultant. She doesn’t worry too much about abusers seeing posters in the bathrooms and decoding the angel shot. Often, abusers don’t think they’re doing anything wrong and don’t make the connection, she said. She said the angel shot has been requested about a dozen times in restaurants where she’s trained staff. One incident involved a serious

Interact Center brings New Orleans sound to the Guthrie

Becky Judd, a human resources consultant, trains bar and restaurant staff to be attuned to people who feel they are in danger. Photo courtesy of Becky Judd

domestic violence situation, others involved dates that weren’t going well and another involved calling a cab for a woman who didn’t want to leave with her boyfriend. “A lot of times they just want a cab home or want a walk to their car because for whatever reason they don’t feel safe,” she said. “… Protection is empowering. We’re here to help you, we’re not just serving food and taking your money.” The free community bystander training is 4:45 p.m.–7:45 p.m. Nov. 13 in room 327 of Jefferson Community School, 1200 W. 26th St. Follow-up sessions are 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Jan. 15 and 11 a.m.–2 p.m. March 16. To register, visit eventbrite.com/e/bystanderintervention-training-tickets-51828309870.

Messiah Moses Albert, in town from New Orleans, plays a young Louis Armstrong in “Hot Funky Butt Jazz” at the Guthrie. Photos courtesy of Interact Center

By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com

It’s rehearsal time at the Interact Center, which showcases artists with and without disabilities. Zena Moses and her 5-year-old son Messiah are in town from New Orleans, playing voodoo queen Marie Laveau and a young Louie Armstrong. Interact’s Naa Mensah is dancing center stage, playing Essie. Their audience today is the 60-member cast, who dance in their seats and jump up when it’s time to rehearse their scenes. “This is going to look really good at the Guthrie,” one man said. The Interact Center’s new show “Hot Funky Butt Jazz” will take the Guthrie stage Nov. 2–18. Created by Jeanne Calvit, a resident of the Wedge originally from Baton Rouge, the show takes inspiration from Union Sons Hall, which operated as a Baptist church by day and the “Funky Butt Hall” by night. Moses said she appreciates that the production goes far beyond teaching lines. Everyone learns the history of the characters. “A lot of folks don’t know who Buddy Bolden is,” she said. A loud and expressive cornet player, Bolden led a band that created a new sound for dancers and often played at the Hall until 5 a.m., according to the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park. The band is generally considered the first to play jazz.

Bolden’s popularity grew until 1907, when he was committed to the Louisiana State Insane Asylum, and he lived there until his death. In the early years of jazz, some felt threatened by the new sound, and jazz was considered taboo and shunned by church folks, Moses said. But the era came to be known as the Jazz Age.

“This is like genius in the margins,” Calvit said. The cast sees a natural connection between the Interact Center and the story of the birthplace of jazz. “These are the people who have already been counted out,” said Moses. When asked about working with actors at

Interact, Moses said this show isn’t any different from other productions. “Truth be told, I’m on disability,” she said. “You limit them before they limit themselves. … Everyone has good days and bad days.” “It’s all about putting a good show on,” Calvit said.

The Interact Center will take the Guthrie stage to show how “Funky Butt Hall” in New Orleans became the birthplace of jazz. Cast members include, left to right, Zena Moses, Messiah Moses Albert, Jeremy Phipps, Naa Mensah and Michael Wolfe.

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buildings,” said Heather Worthington, the city’s director of long-range planning. “And it’s a real concern in the business community right now.” Consequently, she said the issue was elevated to become part of the city’s anti-displacement work. A revised draft of Minneapolis 2040 adds small business retention as a priority. New policy ideas would help displaced shops relocate within new development, add affordable commercial space to new development, support longer-term leases and give advance notice of property sales.

Moving on The owner of Ryan’s Pub moved back to Belfast, Castellan said. (The owner could not be reached for comment.) Red Eye Theater will spend the next year finding a new space, although co-founder Steve Busa said affordable spaces are hard to come by. Salsa a la Salsa continues to operate daily at the Midtown Global Market, stating on its website that “Change is always a good thing and with it comes new opportunities.” Market Bar-B-Que is opening a new location at 220 Lowry Ave. NE, and the owner is considering a satellite location in the new development. Asian Taste closed, and the owner could not be reached for comment. First Choice Child Care is down to one location in the Phillips neighborhood, and it’s building a second in North Minneapolis. Operator Nasro Abshir said that when the daycare closed, some of their families lost jobs because they couldn’t find alternate child care. She said the block encompassed successful businesses owned by women, immigrants and people of color, groups that city officials often say they support. “We all want Minneapolis to improve, but it seems like in order for that to happen, we have to leave,” she said. McQuillan Bros SWJ 110118 H2.pdf

A portion of nearby Stevens Square gentrified between 2000 and 2015, while Loring Park did not gentrify, according to the University of Minnesota’s Center for Urban & Regional Affairs (CURA), which documented Stevens Square increases in median home value and residents with bachelor’s degrees. Gentrification is associated with both business retention and business disruption, according to research by Rachel Meltzer published in 2016 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Her study of New York City found that displacement is not more common in gentrifying neighborhoods, but when it happens, spaces sit empty longer, and they’re more likely to attract chains. South Minneapolis residents interviewed for the CURA study repeatedly expressed a fear of “Uptowning” their neighborhoods, exchanging small, eclectic stores for bigger chains. The Uptown trade area’s average rent is nearly $2 more per square foot than the citywide average, according to a 2016 Perkins + Will retail study, and its concentration of 160 fullservice restaurants is second only to downtown.

Developing retail The developer of 1400 Nicollet, Nick Walton, said he’s trying to set rents for both housing and retail as low as possible. Most apartment rents would be $1,100–$1,850 per month, he said. Commercial rents would be $18.50 per square foot net, he said, with generous tenant improvement allowances to help build out the spaces. Walton said those rates are more than or close to what the businesses paid before, but it’s half the typical market rate for space in a new project. The worst outcome would be empty retail space, he said. “You have to be able to charge enough in the housing above to help offset the rent in the retail below,” he said. Walton said it’s great urban design to include retail, but it’s difficult to do based on pricing, 10/24/18

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Upper Cuts Barber Shop owner Monell Castellan, left, cuts Brian Moore’s hair outside his former storefront on the 1400 block of Nicollet. He is negotiating to open a barber school in the block’s new development. Photo by Michelle Bruch

location and available retailers. The new project couldn’t accommodate the size of the former daycare or theater. He said the largest and best tenant he’s ever signed was Target in Uptown, but there aren’t many tenants like it. “It’s much simpler to have housing units than it is to have retail,” he said.

The city’s role In approving the development project last summer, planning commissioners said there was nothing they could do for the businesses. “We don’t look at affordability. We don’t look at displacement, and that’s missing,” said Council Member Jeremy Schroeder (Ward 11). “If the city is serious about its equity goals, we need to make sure that’s applied in absolutely every single part.” Planning Commissioner Alissa Luepke-Pier encouraged residents to talk to policymakers about the issue. Citizens for a Loring Park Community offered Neighborhood Revitalization Program funding to help bring businesses back to 1400 Nicollet. “We believe these small businesses that helped revitalize Eat Street deserve better than to be excluded from this development,” wrote Gary Simpson, board president. Lowry Hill resident Janne Flisrand, who often speaks in favor of more housing and

density, told the city that displacing business owners of color would exacerbate the city’s racial disparities. The new project should duplicate the block’s retail square footage and offer first options to existing businesses at comparable rents, she said.

‘Pushed out’ Castellan said he unsuccessfully lobbied his neighbors to buy their pieces of the property around nine years ago. “Look what happened. We got pushed out,” he said. On the Nicollet Avenue sidewalk, Castellan talked with Brian Moore, one of the barbers temporarily out of work. Now Moore is home with the kids while his wife goes back to work, and he’s headed to school in preparation for barber school licensing. “[Castellan is] one of those business people who is accepting of everybody and gave everybody a chance,” he said. “This was the chance I needed. … He gave me the opportunity to work and to eat. He helped me build my life in Minnesota.” He and Castellan greeted customers like Gary Gass and joked with MPD officers Steve Kingdon and Greg Kosch. “Did you buy the block?” asked one passerby. “Not yet,” Castellan said.

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Moments in Minneapolis

By Cedar Imboden Phillips

What’s that smell? Luteﬁsk season!

Bakken, a Minneapolis native who co-founded Medtronic and commercialized the first implantable pacemaker, died Oct. 21 at his home in Hawaii. He was 94. Bakken founded his namesake museum in 1975 as a non-profit foundation for his collection of medical-electrical devices and early books on therapeutic uses of electricity. He moved the museum into its current home in 1976, helping it grow from a place for his collection into a museum with exhibits and classes for young people. Rhees, who became executive director in the early ’90s, said he was charged with expanding The Bakken’s K–12 programming and attracting new visitors when he started the role. He said he and his staff started by doing exhibitions that would have broad appeal, such as one called “Treasures of the Bakken,” and that they also expanded the museum’s field trip program. In the late ’90s, the organization made the decision to add a new wing onto the lower part of the museum, expanding the building by about 12,000 square feet. That made it easier for the museum to operate K–12 programming and welcome the general public, Rhees said. Nowadays, the museum has a full-time staff of 17, in addition to a part-time staff of 20, Executive Director Michael Sanders said. About 10,000 students visit the museum annually on field trips, and over 30,000 people visited it in 2017, he said.

Quiet but passionate

Image from Hennepin History Museum’s collection.

f it’s November, that means that lutefisk season in Minneapolis is officially underway! Lutefisk is dried cod soaked in lye. Here in Minnesota, lutefisk is strongly associated with the region’s Scandinavian immigrant heritage. This can be clearly seen through the story of Minneapolis’ Olsen Fish Co., founded in 1910 by a pair of Norwegian immigrants. For most of its history, Olsen’s was located on 5th Street in the North Loop, but in 1998 it moved to its current location near Broadway & 2nd. The employee in this undated photograph is preparing lutefisk; in the background are barrels of the finished product, many destined for shipment to the region’s many community lutefisk dinners. Cedar Imboden Phillips serves as the executive director for the Hennepin History Museum. Learn more about the museum and its offerings at hennepinhistory.org or 870-1329.

Rhees first met Bakken when The Bakken Museum conducted a national search for a new executive director in 1992. He said his first impression of Bakken was that he was “very much the stereotypical Norwegian” who was quiet and not particularly demonstrative in his emotions. Still, Bakken “had a lot of passion for the things that mattered to him,” Rhees said, noting science, education and health care as examples. “When it came to those topics, he could become very animated and passionate.” Rhees said Bakken remained “keenly interested” in the museum even after he retired to Hawaii in 1994, noting his generous financial support of it. He said Bakken was very proud of the work the museum staff did to get kids interested in science, noting that the museum became a home away from home for some kids. “Every time he came back into town, he just loved sitting down and talking to young people,” Rhees said. Rhees also noted the connection the museum has made with the neighborhood in recent years, in part because of its fieldtrip program. The museum has become firmly embedded in the community, he said, hosting a polling place and West Calhoun Neighborhood Council meetings. Sanders, the current executive director, said he visited Bakken in Hawaii several times after taking over in 2015 and that he also had semiregular FaceTime meetings with him. Bakken was interested in a broad range of subjects and didn’t mind exploring the fringes of science, Sanders said. He always had a stack of books on his desk and had become especially interested in putting women in leadership roles, Sanders said. “He was convinced politics and corporate leadership would be better if more women were involved,” Sanders said. A self-described nerd, Sanders said Bakken was quiet about but proud of his accomplishments. He noted Bakken’s work with the native Hawaiian community, which included founding the North Hawaii Community Hospital, and he said Bakken was proud of the impact he had had on peoples’ health. “He would tell people that if they felt they had received extra years of life, they should try and give back,” Sanders said, noting his Bakken Invitation awards program.

Earl Bakken was passionate about a variety of subjects, from health care to education, according to David Rhees, former executive director of The Bakken Museum. Photo courtesy The Bakken Museum

Bakken gave millions of dollars to charities for years, Sanders said, and was always giving his staff credit for any successes. He said Bakken was interested in expanding access to science and technology, an interest that drives The Bakken Museum’s outreach program in schools. The Bakken Museum includes 11,000 books and 2,500 artifacts, Sanders said, from early pacemakers to a natural history manuscript from the year 1280. The museum isn’t actively seeking out new objects for its collection, though it works with people who may be interested in donating objects, he said.

Benefiting humankind Justin Spencer, the museum’s associate director of education for youth and family programs, said he was blown away by Bakken’s kindness and empathy as well as his desire to solve problems. Spencer said Bakken would always talk with kids about using science skills to make the world a better place. It’s an idea around which Bakken appeared to base his life. According to Medtronic, a minister had told a teenage Bakken at his confirmation in 1937 to “use science to benefit humankind.” Bakken said he recognized later that that was his spiritual calling. A University of Minnesota graduate, Bakken did part-time work repairing delicate lab equipment at Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis during grad school, according to Medtronic. Demand for his services grew, and eventually Bakken and brother-in-law Palmer Hermundslie formed the company. The duo built relationships with doctors at university hospitals in Minneapolis in the early years, eventually meeting a staff surgeon named C. Walton Lillehei, according to Medtronic. Bakken developed the first pacemaker at Lillehei’s request in 1957, and he and Hermundslie reached a licensing agreement with the inventors of the first implantable pacemaker about three years later. The company expanded rapidly in the following years and now employs over 86,000 people around the world. Sanders said Medtronic’s growth was always around the idea of helping people, noting its expansion into medical technology beyond pacemakers. He said Bakken wanted to make sure that everyone saw Medtronic’s mission, which had not changed since 1960, and that he wanted Medtronic employees to see his Hawaiian estate. Medtronic employees sometimes visit the museum, Sanders said, noting Bakken’s life inspires a lot of what happens at the museum. He said the museum would be breaking new ground with its exhibits and reintroducing itself to audiences in future months and years. “The best way to honor Earl is to do what The Bakken does better and do it for a long time,” Sanders said.

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Neighbors, conservancy work to green HennepinLyndale corridor A Minneapolis nonprofit planted grasses and shrubs in the Hennepin-Lyndale corridor this year, aiding a longtime effort by residents to make the area more welcoming to pedestrians and visitors. Green Minneapolis partnered with several neighborhood groups, the city and the Minnesota Department of Transportation to install plants at four sites along Hennepin and Lyndale avenues near the Walker Art Center. The plantings came about a year after the city finished road construction in the corridor, a project that included adding crosswalks, improving light timing and eliminating a northbound lane of traffic along Hennepin Avenue. “This is a major gateway for the city,” said Beth Shogren, executive director of Green Minneapolis. “Improving it is right in line with our mission.” Green Minneapolis is a non-profit conser-

vancy focused on enhancing the vitality of downtown Minneapolis through greening, according to Shogren. The organization operates and maintains The Commons park in Downtown East and serves as the fiduciary on behalf of Minneapolis for the Peavey Plaza project. The conservancy noted in a press release that the Hennepin-Lyndale corridor holds some of the region’s most important institutions and civic spaces, such as the Walker Art Center, the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Loring Park and the Basilica of St. Mary. It said that the corridor to date has been traffic-focused and uncomfortable for pedestrians. MnDOT provided funding for the plants, according to the release. Area institutions and building owners have committed to providing annual contributions for maintenance work, said John Van Heel, the project leader for Citizens for a Loring Park Community.

The nonprofit Green Minneapolis worked with residents, area institutions and several government units to install plants in the Hennepin-Lyndale corridor near downtown this year. Photo by Christopher Sticha

The effort comes about 10 years after residents in Lowry Hill and Loring Park began advocating for corridor improvements, according to Craig Wilson, a former Lowry Hill Neighborhood Association president. The Great Recession cut short MnDOT’s vision for major changes to the corridor, he said, but residents pressed the city to include improvements after it received a grant to resurface the area. “It was ultimately a matter of establishing trust

with Public Works and letting them know that we should be seen as a resource,” Wilson said. Green Minneapolis has 10 other areas in the corridor where it hopes to plant trees and grasses. Shogren said she’d love for the organization to replicate such work all across downtown. “If the private sector wants something to happen, and they are willing to contribute their dollars to improve the city, we can make really significant improvements,” she said. “This is a fantastic example of that.”

Bloomberg to support local climate change efforts Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will provide Minneapolis with $2.5 million in assistance and support over the next two years to help it work toward its climate goals, he announced Oct. 29. The package will include a “philanthropyfunded team member,” training for senior leadership and citizen engagement, according to a press release from Bloomberg’s charity, Bloomberg Philanthropies. Minneapolis will use the assistance to help implement its climate goals, which include increasing low-carbon modes of transportation and implementing a citywide solar strategy. The announcement came as Bloomberg Philanthropies continues its $70 million

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By Sheila Regan

Park Board approves Graco deal The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board voted to accept a $3 million donation for a new park in Northeast Minneapolis along the Mississippi River, and they plan to name it after the donor. The move at the Oct. 17 Park Board meeting settles a legal dispute with Graco Inc., a local corporation that makes industrial pumps and sprays, with whom the board has been fighting with for three years. Park Board President Brad Bourn described the gift as “the single largest donation from a philanthropic donor in the modern history of the parks.” The future Graco Park, located northeast of the Plymouth Avenue Bridge, will be part of Above the Falls Regional Park and overlook Hall’s Island, which the Park Board is currently restoring. The park won’t be developed until 2022, but that’s 10 years earlier than the neighborhood would be getting a new park without the donation. “When Graco and the Minneapolis Park Board looked at the totality of the situation, we realized that our goals are much more in line than they are divided, and we came together and put together an impressive compromise,” Bourn said. As part of the deal, Graco plans to drop a lawsuit over an easement sought by the Park Board to complete a riverfront trail,

Glyphosate banned in parks The future Graco Park site. Photo by Sheila Regan

and it will grant the easement to the Park Board for free. The Park Board plans to sell a 2.2-acre portion of the larger 11-acre site — formerly home to the Scherer Brother Lumber Co. — to Graco for $1.1 million, which both parties agreed was its fair-market value. Graco plans to develop the site. A number of Graco employees showed up to the Park Board meeting to speak in favor of the new park and new name, but there were a few detractors. Alexis Penney, who lives near the park, was against granting the company the naming rights. “I’m down with public-private partnerships, but land grabs and privatiza-

tion of public land needs to be looked at extremely critically, particularly on this project,” Penney said. According to Commissioner Chris Meyer, Graco originally wanted to have their logo on the sign for the park. “That was a deal-breaker for us,” Meyer said. “That would have indicated that it belonged to them instead of to the public, so that will not be on there.” Instead, the sign will indicate the park is part of the Above the Falls Regional Park, with the name of the park below it, and will contain MPRB logo.

Interim superintendent presents budget Interim Superintendent Mary Merrill, whose contract with MPRB has been extended through the end of 2018, presented her proposed $120.1 million budget at the Oct. 17 Park Board meeting. The budget comes with a 5.5 percent recommended increase in the Park Board’s property tax levy. Developments in the budget include cutting one project designer position,

converting one arborist position to a forestry outreach position and reducing the forestry department’s budget for tree purchases and contracted tree planting and stump grinding. “The economic downturn greatly impacted the MPR ’s ability to deliver youth services,” Merrill said at the meeting. “And while (the 20-year Neighborhood Park Plan) addresses neighbor-

hood park infrastructure, it does not address the needs of recreation services and programs, or what I call the ‘people side’ of parks. I have been working closely with the board, staff and our many partners to begin this important work.” View budget documents at minneapolisparks.org/budget. Opportunities for public comment are scheduled for Nov. 7, 14 and 28 and Dec. 5.

The Park Board voted Oct. 17 to put a moratorium on the herbicide glyphosate, a product first brought to market by Monsanto in 1974 under the name Roundup. The moratorium goes into effect Jan. 1. Glyphosate was found to be “probably carcinogenic in humans” by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in 2015, although other health regulatory bodies in Canada, Europe, Australia and the U.S., including the Environmental Protection Agency, have not backed up IARC’s findings. Meanwhile, it has been linked to declining bee populations, according to one study published by scientists at the University of Texas in Austin, last August. The moratorium comes in opposition to the desires of the Friends of the Wild Flower Garden, a non-profit group that supports Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary. Kathleen A. Connelly, director of the support organization for the park, said the group had called for certain exceptions for the ban. “This would include killing buckthorn that has grown too large to be removed without disturbing environmentally sensitive areas, as well as clearing areas of poison ivy where volunteers would be working in the woods,” Connelly wrote in an email, adding that the group does not speak for MPRB. For the majority of the Park Board commissioners, however, there was no room for exceptions. “This is poison,” said At-large Commissioner Londel French. “Why do we need all these tests and stuff to realize whether the poison is good or bad? … Let’s just get rid of it.” The Park Board is setting up a 15-member technical and community advisory committee to research glyphosate alternatives, as well as alternatives to other toxic pesticides used throughout the park system, with their first report due on April 3. The committee will include nine community members nominated by the board (one by each commissioner) and six technical experts nominated by Assistant Superintendent of Environmental Stewardship Jeremy Barrick.

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Refreshing the to-do list Fire prompts a second edition of Tom Weber’s best-of-the-Twin Cities book

By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com

Tom Weber hadn’t necessarily planned on writing a second edition of his book “100 Things to Do in the Twin Cities Before You Die.” But that changed this past year, after a fire in a St. Louis warehouse destroyed almost all remaining copies of the book, along with hundreds of other titles. Weber, a former Minnesota Public Radio News reporter and host, rewrote the book at the request of his publisher, Reedy Press. He noted in an interview this month that some places listed in the first edition closed since its publishing in 2015. “A couple of the things that were in the first edition closed and just aren’t a thing anymore,” he said. “Some other stuff has come along that is exciting, so it was fun to add that to the new edition.” “100 Things to Do” contains year-round and seasonal activities across the Twin Cities, such as lawn bowling at Brit’s Pub and touring the Capitol in St. Paul. In between, the book includes special events, such as the annual U.S. Pond Hockey Championships on Lake Nokomis, along with insider tips and suggested itineraries. Weber said the book is meant for both people who live in town and for those visiting. But he said it could be especially useful for those who struggle to think of things to do when hosting out-of-town guests.

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“Here now you’ve got a book that you can either go through yourself or just hand to your guest the night before and say, ‘Pick something out, and we’ll go tomorrow,’” he said. Weber spoke with the Southwest Journal about the process of writing a book and some of his favorite activities in Minnesota. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.

But it got done and you were happy with it? I was. (But) the warehouse that stored the remaining copies of the first edition burned down. Fortunately, nobody was hurt, but then they made the decision (to create the second edition). They didn’t have to go back and reprint and make a second edition, but they did.

Southwest Journal: How did the idea of writing this book come up? Weber: It’s not a very sexy story. This is part of a series. There’s “100 Things to Do” in Seattle and Denver and all these cities. And the publisher’s based out of St. Louis, where I used to live. My friend, a good friend of mine, wrote the St. Louis version of the book, which is the first of this series, and basically said, ‘Hey, they’re going to need a Twin Cities (version) at some point, why don’t you write it?’ And that’s essentially how it came to pass. But there is a side benefit, because at the time I was doing my MPR thing, and I would interview a lot of authors, and I was always interested in the process of writing a book, what authors go through. So even though this is a pretty small book and wasn’t a heavy lift compared to some other books out there in the world, it was nice to go through that process just to have that in my brain as I went back and talked to authors.

Did they lose a lot of copies of your book in that fire? They lost all the remaining copies of my book, and I don’t know how many that is. They lost all their books. Like they lost every bit of their stock. I had about 50 I just happened to have ordered right before the fire, so I had about 50 left over.

Was there anything that surprised you about that process? Yes, because I think that it’s always a measure of the writer, in terms of if you’re much a procrastinator or not. Suddenly you sign a contract to write, and you’re given six months or eight months, however many months to write it, and guess what? Three months go by and you don’t do a ton of work. So I found myself, frankly, to be more on the procrastinating side of things and, you know, just a little self-reflection there I guess.

And you were excited about rewriting and updating it? Yeah. You know, I was, because things change, and frankly a couple of the things that were in the first edition closed and just aren’t a thing anymore. Some other stuff has come along that is exciting, so it was fun to add that to the new edition. I know you talked in a few interviews about adding Can Can Wonderland (the St. Paul artsbased entertainment venue). Yeah. Man, I love that. I really like Can Can. And frankly I shouldn’t, because I’m an introvert. I really do get fatigued when I’m there, because it’s just so overstimulating, but I just love it. I love that they have a really good connection to local artists. I love that they’re just trying to be as quirky as possible, so I think they’ve got a cool thing going on. Any other new additions that would be good to highlight? Another new one that I put in that I think

existed when the book came out but I just wasn’t as aware of it is roller derby. Roller derby is one of the most family-friendly sporting events I’ve ever come across just in my time of doing anything, of seeing any activity. Everyone that’s competing, everyone that’s helping to put on the event is a volunteer, and they’re really doing it for love of the game. They’re just in it because they love it. And it’s such an intense sport that you really do have to sit down and really learn it if you want to know how it’s played. But it’s really easy to do in the location, because everyone there is so nice. You sit down next to a stranger and just ask them how the game is played, and they’ll bring you along.

You had said in an interview that you had come up with a lot of items in the first book based on your lived experiences. Is that fair to say? Yeah. When the first edition came out, people said, ‘How long did it take you to get your 100 things together?’ And my answer was, ‘You know, arguably seven years’ — because that’s how long I had lived in Minnesota at the time. Because you just go through life. I moved to Minnesota in winter of 2008, in January, and I just immediately started looking for stuff to do, especially because it was winter, right? You don’t want to get trapped inside when it’s cold. And so one of the first things I did when I moved to Minnesota was I went to the Luminary Loppet, which I loved. I had no idea then that I was going to write a book, but when the book came along later, all these things that I had done over the years just naturally helped and were the start list of things to do. Is the Loppet still one of your favorite things to do in Minnesota? Oh yeah. The 100 things are not ranked. It’s not a preference, but if I were going to

I would put that absolutely number one. First of all, it’s just so pretty. You’ve just got all the candles and the luminaries. One of the things I’m struck by is you’re in the middle of the lake and there are thousands of people there and it’s dark, but it’s nice with these candles. And yet it somehow always seems so quiet. I’ve never understood how that happens, but it’s just wonderful.

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danger when I try to go around and traffic is coming at 40 mph.” Steve Mosing, a city traffic operations engineer, said it’s a problem Minneapolis has tried to address through a combination of roadway design, signage and driver education, with mixed results. “It’s kind of like shoveling water,” he said. “It’s just a tough nut to crack.”

Citations increasing The fine for parking in a bicycle lane is $25, but few Minneapolis drivers ever paid that fine before 2016. Charges for parking or stopping in a bicycle lane were filed just seven times in all of 2015. By the following year, the total jumped to 376. In 2017, it was 586 cases. Charges for stopping or parking in a bicycle lane had been filed 500 times in 2018 as of Aug. 31.

The Minneapolis Traffic Control Unit is a division of Regulatory Services. The city did not provide an official from the department for an interview, instead responding with an emailed statement. “Traffic Control has made efforts to increase enforcement so bicycle lanes are kept clear, including adding some technology so that 311 complaints get more quickly to agents in the field when there are problems reported. Delivery vehicles found blocking bike lanes are ticketed,” the statement read. In response to additional questions, another email from the department stated that Traffic Control was ticketing vehicles stopped or parked in bicycle lanes in 2015 and earlier, “but they were cited for a more general illegal stopping infraction that didn’t specify bike lanes,” which may explain why court records showed so few citations in 2015. Minneapolis Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator Matthew Dyrdahl said blocked

bicycle lanes may not be the top concern he hears from cyclists, but the complaints do reach him, particularly via social media. “And, obviously, I ride my bike a lot and I see bike lanes blocked,” he said, adding that he’s taken note of some problem areas, including the Seven Corners district just east of downtown.

Feeling unsafe Like many experienced cyclists, Dyrdahl is confident enough on his bike to simply ride around illegally parked vehicles. But he knows not everyone is, and as Minneapolis shifts its practices and policies to encourage more people to bike, blocked lanes could be an impediment. “When someone is parked in a bike lane, it’s high stress,” he said. “It doesn’t feel good.” Asked whether blocked bicycle lanes are a safety issue, Dyrdahl replied: “It is a safety issue if people feel it is” In August, a truck driver in New York City was charged with driving while intoxicated and other crimes when he struck and killed an Australian tourist on a bicycle. According to news reports, the cyclist was hit after she swerved to avoid a van in an on-street bicycle lane. Most bicycle-versus-car crashes in Minneapolis happen at intersections, and being struck from behind is a serious but relatively infrequent type of crash for cyclists, said Nick Mason, deputy director of the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota and a member of Minneapolis’ Bicycle Advisory Committee. But even the perception that blocked lanes are unsafe can impact a person’s willingness to bike, he added. “This is also one of the reasons why we want to build a network that works for all riders,” Mason said.

Raising awareness A Sysco semi-truck parked in the bicycle lane on 12th Street in downtown Minneapolis. Photo by Dylan Thomas

Since March, the Twitter account @tcblockedlanes has posted photographs of cars in bicycle lanes and crosswalks mostly in and around downtown, sometimes several

times a day. The account’s co-creator, Alyssa Kohn, said she envisioned @tcblockedlanes as a “community account,” a way to crowdsource data about lane blocking and possibly identify problem areas. She encourages other users to tweet pictures of blocked lanes and tag their posts “#tcblockedlanes.” There are similar Twitter accounts posting blocked-bike lane photos in cities from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to San Francisco, and even some with a narrower focus on frequent offenders, like @FedExInBikeLane. “It’s very average for me to open 20 things a day” from other Twitter users, Kohn said. She also wants cyclists to report blocked lanes by calling 311 — as people have done 1,137 times since 2015, according city records — and she asks them to post the outcome of their calls online. Before she started @tcblockedlanes, Kohn said she would often hear friends complain that “nothing happens” when they call 311 to report illegally parked vehicles. She didn’t believe them until she started tracking the results of her own 311 calls, including multiple reports on a truck that repeatedly blocked her sister’s bike route to school at the University of Minnesota. It finally moved, she said, only after she used @tcblockedlanes in March to tweet at Mayor Jacob Frey and Ward 2 Council Member Cam Gordon. “I don’t trust everything that I put through 311 anymore,” she said. “I’ve seen with my own eyes that nothing has happened when they say it has.” Mason confirmed that he, too, had “definitely seen more than one example” of 311 reporting a problem was resolved when it wasn’t. Kohn said any part she can play in making Twin Cities streets safer is also her way of dealing with loss. A friend was struck and killed in a crosswalk while jogging on a Mississippi River parkway last year. “It’s kind of therapeutic to me to hope to make it visible and make change,” she said.

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Candidates talk budgeting, equity at forums The four at-large Minneapolis School Board candidates talked budgeting, governance and equity during several forums in October. Parent Kimberly Caprini said if elected she would hold office hours in areas of the city where there haven’t been any. Former teacher Josh Pauly said one of his core values is equitable financial investment, adding that he wants to listen to all voices but not prioritize the loudest ones. Parent Sharon El-Amin said she wants to create space for parents to “come in and connect,” adding that she would make sure to be reachable as a board member. Two-term incumbent Rebecca Gagnon said she wants to continue looking at differentiated transportation and class and school sizes to meet the needs of different communities. The candidates’ comments came less than a month before Election Day. The four are running for two seats on the nine-member School Board. Caprini is a lifelong Minneapolis resident and parent of two who’s been active in North Side schools for over 12 years. This is her second run for School Board. El-Amin, another MPS parent, is president of North High School’s Polar Parent Organization and a member of the school’s site council. Gagnon has served on the School Board since 2011 and also has kids who attend or attended MPS. Pauly leads a nonprofit focused on civic engagement and taught in the Minneapolis district for three years. Greg King of the nonprofit social-justice organization ISAIAH moderated the first of the forums, held Oct. 15 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Ventura Village. Former Minnesota Public Radio News journalist Tom Weber moderated a second, held Oct. 22 at Franklin Middle School in Near North. Video of the forums can be found at goo.gl/26Uxeu and at goo.gl/Hsq JrV. All four candidates expressed support for the district’s upcoming referenda, according to Weber. All four said at the Oct. 22 forum that they would renew third-year Superintendent Ed Graff ’s contract if they had to vote that day. Caprini said she’s running for the at-large seats because she wants to make sure the district

is reaching children who are “falling through the gaps.” She said she’s evolved within her advocacy as a parent over her years working in schools and that she wants to build connections between schools and community partners. El-Amin said she would bring a wealth of business experience to the role, adding that the School Board needs more urgency. She said she wants to ensure that Minneapolis kids have opportunities to succeed when they finish high school. Pauly said he’s running because he thinks the district has to do better for its schools and community, adding that he thinks the board needs the perspective of a future parent and a millennial. Gagnon said she’s running for reelection because the School Board needs stability and experience, noting that she’s served with 17 different School Board members and several superintendents over her eight years on the board. When asked how MPS could increase resident student enrollment, Caprini said the district has to provide parents and students with what they want and be more respectful of home cultures. El-Amin said parents need to be offered opportunities to learn how to advocate for their children, while Gagnon said transportation and safety are the biggest factors. Pauly said the district needs to make sure it’s giving students and families what they want. When asked if the district’s current policies are adequate to address suspension disparities, Pauly said the district has to acknowledge systemic racism in community and schools. He said restorative justice practices are implemented piecemeal in schools and that it would be important to ensure teachers receive that training. Caprini said data need to be further disaggregated to better understand the disparities and students who are suspended multiple times. El-Amin said the district will continue to see suspension rates go down if teachers are receiving the professional and cultural training they need. Gagnon said she believes the district has the right policies but doesn’t have the resources it needs to implement practices such as restorative practices. She said schools need

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Former Minnesota Public Radio News host Tom Weber (left) moderates a forum with at-large Minneapolis School Board candidates Kimberly Caprini, Sharon El-Amin, Rebecca Gagnon and Josh Pauly (from left to right) on Oct. 22 at Franklin Middle School. Photo by Nate Gotlieb

wraparound services such as counselors and social workers, suggesting the district explore co-locating services from outside providers in school buildings. Weber also asked the candidates if they think there are any line items in the budgets that should be considered “must-haves” instead of “nice-to-haves.” Gagnon said one such item would be access to sports and outof-school extracurricular activites, while Pauly said it’s important that students have access to counselors and social workers. Caprini agreed with both and added that she’d like to see a transition day for incoming sixth- and ninthgraders, while El-Amin said there must be counselors in each school. At the Oct. 15 forum, the candidates talked through issues of transportation and of parent concern with a principal’s ability to advance academic equity, among others. In response to a story from the parent concerned about a principal, Pauly noted that the board does not directly hire principals, but he said it should hold the superintendent

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For more than a millennium, the ancient Egyptian cities Thonis-Heracleion and Canopus were hidden beneath the blue-green waters of the Mediterranean Sea. Ancient texts testified to their existence, and artifacts uncovered by archeologists hinted that they were located somewhere in the silty delta lands near the mouth of the Nile River. But it wasn’t until the late 1990s, when a sonar survey of the Bay of Abukir turned up tantalizing anomalies several miles off the Egyptian coastline, that archeologists knew they had to search beneath the waves. SEE SUNKEN CITIES / PAGE B12

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The camera is fast to load and takes very nice pictures. I found colors to be rich and sharp with good detail in the photos. The phone has Bixby, Samsung’s answer to Siri or Google Assistant, built in. Bixby can be called up via voice or a dedicated button on the left side of the phone. While I did not use Bixby much, it has matured and appears to be a solid digital assistant. The S Pen, mentioned before, is a stylus that connects to the phone and pops out as needed to control actions on the phone. It can write on the screen for editing, drawing or note-taking. The S Pen has a super capacitor that allows for 30 minutes of usage with just 40 seconds of charge time. (It gets charged inside the phone). New this year, the S Pen can remotely control phone actions via Bluetooth from a button on the stylus; these include taking photos by pressing the button or changing slides for presentations. I liked using the S Pen for photos. I could hold the phone and press the stylus for capturing the pictures. The phone’s retail price is $999.99. Overall this is a great device as long as you can handle the size of it. It is not a onehanded phone, but the size helps enable a gorgeous screen and a large battery that will get you through the day. I like this phone a lot and appreciate its size, but I can’t quite figure out many uses for the S Pen. Paul Burnstein is a tech handyman. As the founder of Gadget Guy MN, Paul helps personal and business clients optimize their use of technology. He can be found through gadgetguymn.com or via email at paul@gadgetguymn.com.

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By Rebecca Noble

Looking forward to winter markets

he 2018 outdoor season of the Fulton, Kingfield and Nokomis farmers markets came to an end the last weekend of October. Huge thanks to all the amazing vendors, volunteers, board members and sponsors that made the 2018 season a great one. The weather may be getting colder, but your local shopping habits don’t need to slow down. Get everything you need to make local fruits, veggies, meats and cheeses the stars of your holiday and winter feasts this year when you shop at the indoor Neighborhood Roots winter markets. Vendors from all three Neighborhood Roots farmers markets will be in attendance. The November market will be full of tasty foods and unique gifts so that you can get your holiday shopping done early. The markets in January, February and March will be festive affairs with an amazing variety of local goods. You can

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support local agriculture and keep your family healthy all season long. Using local, pasture-raised meats in your meals this winter is a great way to create delicious, impressive dishes. Your dinner guests will taste a huge difference in flavor when you cook them pasture-raised meats, and you will feel great knowing the money you spend on holiday meals is going directly to hardworking, caring small farms. We are so lucky to have several wonderful small farms bringing meats to the markets this year. Shop for lamb, goat, beef, pork and chicken from Johnson Family Pastures, Wise Acre Farm, Braucher’s Sunshine Harvest Farm and Dancing the Land Farm. There will still be tons of local produce available at the November winter market, and much of what is available this time of year stores well, so come prepared to stock up on cold-hearty fruits and veggies. More than 15 growers will be bringing apples, garlic, onions, squash, beets, potatoes, carrots, brussels sprouts, cabbage, turnips, leeks, microgreens and more to the market. One of the true highlights of the indoor winter markets is farmstead cheese. Farmstead is a special classification given only to cheese makers who raise the animals whose milk they later use to create cheese. Your taste buds will be blown away by the incredible goat, sheep and cow’s milk farmstead cheeses from LoveTree Farmstead, Singing Hills Goat Dairy and Cosmic Wheel Creamery. In addition to farm goods, each winter market will have tasty baked items, fermented

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veggies, herbal teas, coffee, preserves; sauces, and much more. Several creative food makers will be cooking up delicious options for breakfast and lunch, so come to the market hungry and ready to try something new. The Neighborhood Roots winter farmers markets are more than just a great place to stock up on your favorite local foods; they are a fun winter festivity. The beautiful Bachman’s greenhouse is a taste of spring in the depths of winter. Each market will have beer and wine available for sale by the glass along with great live music all morning long. Be sure to stop by the photo stage to snap some memories, and don’t forget to buy a raffle ticket for the chance to win an amazing market gift basket. All proceeds from beer and wine sales and raffle ticket sales go to support the Neighborhood Roots farmers

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markets and help ensure that our markets keep going strong for years to come. Thanks to Bachman’s Garden Center, Lakes and Legends Brewery and our awesome vendors for their generous contributions. The markets would not be possible without the support of our sponsors. Special thanks to HERO Heating & Cooling, Augustine Team and Nicollet ACE Hardware. Join us at every winter market this season and be sure to invite your friends and family. For a complete list of vendors, music and activities, sign up for our newsletter at neighborhoodrootsmn.org. Rebecca Noble is the market manager for Neighborhood Roots. She has been working with the organization since 2014.

Recipes and food news from the Mill City Farmers Market

Heading indoors

n Nov. 7, Mill City Farmers Market opens the doors to its Winter Market inside the Mill City Museum — no admission needed! Mill City continues to bring its curated selection of over 40 local and sustainable farmers, food makers and artists to this beautiful downtown location inside the former Washburn A Mill near the Stone Arch Bridge and Guthrie Theater. The Winter Market, which runs 10 a.m.–1 p.m. select Saturdays from November to April, is Minneapolis’ trusted year-round source for weekly groceries, handmade gifts and holiday meal essentials. Grab a friend, your grocery list, a reusable shopping bag and see what Minnesota farmers and makers have to offer!

WINTER MARKET SCHEDULE 10 a.m.–1 p.m. inside the Mill City Museum, 704 S. 2nd St • Nov. 10 & 17 (Thanksgiving harvest markets) • Dec. 1, 8 & 15 (holiday markets) • Jan. 12 & 26 • Feb. 9 & 23 • March 9 & 23 • April 13 & 27

What you’ll find at the Mill City Winter Market: `` Winter storage and greenhouse crops, including salad greens, herbs, mushrooms, onions, garlic, squash, carrots, potatoes, radishes and other root vegetables `` Artisan cheeses, eggs, fish, meat, dried beans, pasta, fresh bread, kombucha, pickled vegetables, jam, salsa and more `` Locally grown Christmas trees, spruce tops and other winter décor `` Farm-to-table breakfast and lunch `` Power of Produce kids’ veggie tasting club `` Live acoustic music `` Handmade gifts, body products, homeware, jewelry and more from local artists Find the local ingredients you need to make a crowd-pleasing dip at the upcoming Winter Markets (see recipe). Intimidated by hacking up a big squash? Check out the Mill City Cooks table on Nov. 7 for live demonstrations on how to “butcher” hardy winter vegetables like squash! More fall recipes and information about the market are available at millcityfarmersmarket.org. — Jenny Heck

SQUASH AND CHEESE DIP By market chef Beth Jones We all love butternut squash, but why not try something new like one of the colorful varieties of winter squash available at Mill City’s winter farmers markets? This recipe calls for red kuri squash, a round, medium-sized, reddish-orange squash with a sweet and nutty taste. Makes about 4 cups. Ingredients 1 medium-large butternut, red kuri or other medium size sweet squash, washed and cut in half lengthwise, seeds scooped out 2 teaspoons plus 1 Tablespoon olive oil Salt and pepper, to taste 4 sprigs thyme 1 large yellow onion

1 cup grated Burr Oak or Fresiago cheese from Shepherd’s Way Farm 1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg 1/4 cup cream (optional) Sliced carrots, radishes, beets, broccoli, other seasonal vegetables or fresh bread, for serving

Method Preheat the oven to 425. Rub each half of the squash, inside and out, with a teaspoon of olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place cut-side down on a baking sheet on top of the thyme sprigs. Roast until a fork poked into the non-hollow end of the squash slides in easily, about 45 minutes. While the squash is roasting, heat the extra tablespoon of olive oil in a medium saute pan. Cook the onions until well caramelized and soft, and set aside. When the squash has cooled, scoop out the flesh and mash roughly with a fork. Add the cheese, the leaves from the roasted thyme sprigs, nutmeg and salt. Stir in the cream and caramelized onions. Scoop into a shallow oven-safe ceramic or glass dish, top with more cheese and bake for 8–10 minutes. Serve with seasonal veggies or fresh bread for dipping.

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Neighborhood Spotlight. Kenwood/Cedar-Isles-Dean

Artist creates ‘Heart of Uptown’

Cedar-IslesDean resident Stacia Goodman designed and built a 19,000-tile mosaic heart sculpture for developer Ackerberg’s new MoZaic East office building. Photo by Nate Gotlieb

New piece will sit outside MoZaic East building By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com

Cedar-Isles-Dean resident Stacia Goodman has been making art for public spaces, including office buildings, hospitals and airport terminals, for nearly 10 years. Her latest piece will be among her most notable yet. Goodman’s latest sculpture, called “Heart of Uptown,” will be installed outside of developer Ackerberg’s new MoZaic East office building in Uptown later this year. The work includes 19,000 colorful mosaic tiles pieced together in a heart shape, with panels of mirror spread throughout. Passers-by will be able to place their hands on a sensor panel on the 12-foot-tall sculpture and interior speakers will play back their heartbeats. Goodman said the work is the first interactive mosaic sculpture she knows of. “It’s a bit of an experiment,” she said. “But it will be a really great piece of public art for people to enjoy on many sensory levels.” Public art has been Goodman’s calling for the past 10 years, ever since she created a two-storytall mosaic for Kenwood Community School’s 100th anniversary celebration in 2009. Goodman has since created works for schools, community centers, churches and even the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, where a pair of her mosaic murals is permanently on display.

Goodman is not a formally trained artist. Her passion for mosaics stems from a beginner’s mosaic class she took about 15 years ago. She said she realized immediately that she loved making mosaics more than other mediums she had tried. “I see the world in patterns,” Goodman said. “Mosaics let me create them, working directly with my hands and tools and preferably getting messy in the process.” Goodman’s relationship with Ackerberg started about five years ago, she said, after CEO Stuart Ackerberg saw her mural at the St. Louis Park Rec Center. She subsequently created a bulletin board mural for the lower level of Calhoun Square, which Ackerberg owns, and another mural for the lobby space of a building on Lagoon Avenue. “He’s really kind of a dream client,” Goodman said of Stuart Ackerberg. According to Goodman, Stuart Ackergberg got the idea of a heart-shaped sculpture for MoZaic East while on vacation in Mexico. She said the company gave her wide latitude to create the heart how she saw fit, which was abstract, contemporary and urban. Marc Basara, development associate for Ackerberg, said the company wanted a mosaic piece for MoZaic East, which made Goodman

a logical choice for the project. He said the company liked Goodman’s proposal and added that it typically tries to give its artists freedom to shape the pieces in their vision. Goodman hired the Mendota Heights-based production company TivoliToo to make the fiberglass form that comprises the sculpture’s inner structure. She is working with a German engineer on the interactive hand sensors. She said the sculpture fits into her philosophy about art, which is to bring it to places where people work, shop and play. It’s a philosophy that stems from her rural upbringing, when she didn’t have access to art, she said. “Art should be accessible to all people and all locations, regardless of their circumstances,” she said. Goodman typically works to include “upcycled,” or discarded items, in her pieces, such as the discarded pencils and coffee mugs she used in her Kenwood mural, for example. She said her advice to aspiring artists would be to under-

stand that there will be rejections along the way, noting that she receives a number of rejections for every project application she submits. Jamie Marshall, executive director of St. Louis Park Friends of the Arts, said he enjoys how strategic and thoughtful Goodman is about incorporating her pieces into the venues in which they sit. “She really makes sure to connect with the space and the people who will be there,” he said. Basara said Goodman thinks about the big picture with her pieces and how they will maintain and hold up in the future. She noted Goodman’s strong partnership with her husband, Len, with whom she works to execute her projects. “They both really play off one and other in the design and imaginative aspect of (the work),” Basara said. Ackerberg would like to have “Heart of Uptown” installed before Christmas, Goodman said. Basara said MoZaic East would be open by the end of October. Dine-in • Take Out • Delivery • Catering Gift Certificates Available

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Neighborhood Spotlight. Kenwood/Cedar-Isles-Dean

Newspaperman for life By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com

Rodgers Adams retired from the Star Tribune 20 years ago, but he’s still writing the news, with an exclusive circulation of 107 residences at the Lake Point Condominiums. Adams and his wife arrived at the building at West Lake Street & Dean Parkway in 1998, in the middle of a big “brouhaha.” “As you can imagine in any condo, there is probably nothing as big a controversy as decorating the hallways,” he said. He attended one meeting to hear a neighbor lament that they didn’t know what was going on. “I’m not a politician, so I couldn’t really help them with how to find a compromise. But I am skilled at trying to tell them what’s going on,” he said. So he started writing a free newsletter. He’s published “Lake Point Views” since 1999, walking through the building about once a month to slide copies under the doors. In the early days, Adams wasn’t sure how the project would land. With an intensely small circulation, would coverage of controversy drive the building into separate camps? “Our experience with that has been that facts matter,” he said. “And that factual reporting is healing. … Give people facts, and things move much more smoothly.” In the beginning, he had run-ins with board members who objected to him quoting directly from board conversations, which occasionally turned nasty. “They called me up to their place and said, ‘Isn’t it true that there are two kinds of journalism? … When you report what the board

Retired Star Tribune reporter Rodgers Adams now writes a newspaper for residents of his condominium building in Cedar-IslesDean. Photo by Michelle Bruch

does, that’s journalism. When you report what they say at the board meetings, that’s sensationalism,’” he said. “I said, wait a minute. From my experience what people say at those board meetings is often more important than what they do.” Through the newsletter, Adams investigated building renovation plans when a lawsuit prompted an attorney to keep the details secret, and he’s written about topics like the Minneapolis 2040 plan. His beat involves covering the condominium association and neighborhood association meetings for Cedar-Isles-Dean and West Calhoun. His wife Ruth, a retired English and speech teacher, is copy editor, marking up articles and passing them back to him. Born in 1937, Adams has always been interested in news. At age 8, he ran through the neighborhood alerting people that President Franklin Roosevelt had died. He and a couple

of childhood friends started the “Humor Herald,” originally using a hectograph printing process. They printed jokes and sports stories and the floor plans of a new courthouse (Adams’ dad was a judge). The newspaper editor in town said he couldn’t handle the competition and hired them as junior high “contract employees” with little desks at an annex to the newspaper. Adams attended Columbia University and went on to spend 38 years as a reporter, editor and newsroom administrator at the Star Tribune. He initially wrote for the Minneapolis Star, an afternoon paper, which required him to arrive at the office around 4:30 a.m. “Ever since then, I’ve been an early riser,” he said. He covered the City of Bloomington’s 1961 attempt to annex the Black Dog power plant

from Burnsville and the City of Minneapolis’ work to pave all of its residential streets, previously covered in oil and gravel. The Star was filled with shorter stories during Adams’ initial time there. The city editor believed any story could be told in six paragraphs. When Adams became city editor, he favored longer, explanatory stories to provide more background. Adams worked on a committee that brought police and journalists together to address an ongoing issue of police withholding names of people they arrested. The parties agreed on a bill that required the release of all names with exceptions in specific cases. “The basic premise of the newspaper was nobody in a democracy should be arrested secretly,” Adams said. He also helped redraft freedom of information laws, requiring meetings and information to be public with few exceptions. He received a Freedom of Information Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014 from the Minnesota Coalition on Government Information and an award for his work on First Amendment rights in 1981 from the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists. When the Star Tribune was sold to McClatchy, Adams decided he’d had enough change, and it was time to retire. He didn’t retire permanently. The Oct. 31 issue of Lake Point Views is sliding under doors now. “I’m really a future person, not a past person,” he said.

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The caregiver’s dance Anna Marie Shogren puts art and healing in conversation By Sheila Regan

Like many artists and creative professionals, dancer and choreographer Anna Marie Shogren has a day job. Over the years, she’s had an assortment of work experiences as a caregiver. For a long time she was a personal care assistant, and she has also worked with kids who have special needs and older adults with dementia or other cognitive or physical restrictions. For the last few years, Shogren has taught therapy-based movement classes in a variety of senior living situations. She spent a lot of time helping people move, such as assisting the transition into a chair or bed. And she thought a lot about how much problem solving goes into being able to physically move through space with another person. “So many of the skills have really been supported by my training in dance,” Shogren said. “That’s why I paired these two communities.” Over the past year, she has been investigating the notion of caregiving through her dance practice “At first I was trying to get at that quality of movement in my own body,” she said. “(Then) I thought about wanting to put dancers in the position of the healthcare workers and allowing audience being the ones cared for.” In January, Shogren invited a live audience to a participatory dance piece. “Professionals,” an hour-long film documenting the event, records the dancers approaching the audience one by one. In the vocabulary of a healthcare practitioner, they demonstrate the “correct” way to move someone, placing audience members in a tableau. Moving someone “correctly” is supposed to be the safest for the lifter and the person being lifted. “There are leverage techniques for a lot of various abilities and body types,” Shogren said. But in some cases, moving someone correctly isn’t so black and white. “Life is so varied and different and messy,” she said. “In so many situations, moving someone the correct way is not going to work.” The person might be bigger than the caregiver, or they may have had a stroke, making

A dance piece inspired by choreographer Anna Marie Shogren’s work as a personal care attendant was performed at the Minneapolis Central Library during Northern Spark in June. Submitted photo

one side of their body more weighted than the other. Shogren is curious about ways in which improvisation might be the safest course of action. After making the film, Shogren decided to switch roles, allowing the audience to “play” the caregivers and move the dancers according to precise verbal instructions. She presented that version first at the 9X22 dance series at the Bryant-Lake Bowl and then again last summer at Minneapolis Central Library for the Northern Spark Festival. Now, Shogren is taking her project to the Weisman Art Museum as part of a residency

program that partners the University of Minnesota’s medical school with the museum. Shogren is working closely with nursing students and educators at the Center for Aging Science and Care Innovation in the University’s School of Nursing to explore the connections between dance and caregiving. Through the residency, Shogren has access to nursing students, faculty nurses and nurses-intraining so that she can learn about the process of training nurses and generate ideas, according to Kristine Talley, CASCI’s Director. “I think Anna has some really innovative ideas about the interaction between caregivers

and older adults who need assistance,” Talley said. “Her ideas are fresh and exciting.” The hope, according to Talley, is “to create some kind of activity that can be used between caregivers and the people they are helping, to help them connect more on a human level.” Ultimately, Shogren will create a dance that can be used as a morning ritual, before a stretch activity or even as a one-on-one activity. “I’m thinking about dance as a community ritual,” she said. “It’s a micro-dose of dance for the whole community.” As part of the residency, Shogren and her SEE CAREGIVER’S DANCE / PAGE B8

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DRAG STORY HOUR It’s drag for kids with Drag Story Hour, a fun, glittery, LGBT friendly and family friendly event that inspires the imagination. Emily Zimmer (aka Old Man Zimmer) and Pedro Pablo Lander (aka Doña Pepa) lead a magical morning of performances, stories, songs and fabulousness in this gender-ﬂuid event. Special guest Utica Queen won the Drag Superstar contest last May in an event put on by popular local DJ Flip Phone. It’s an all-ages experience and free as part of the Walker Art Center’s Free First Saturdays.

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Soo Visual Arts Center opens two new exhibitions this month, with opening reception celebrations happening on the same night. Sophia Heyman’s “Without Us,” challenges traditional approaches to American landscape painting by imagining nature without the lens of conquest or refuge from humans. Meanwhile, Alex M. Petersen’s “In the Future We’ll All Be Fun,” explores gender, technology and post-humanism through graphite drawings and acrylic paintings.

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