November 14–27, 2019 Vol. 30, No. 23 southwestjournal.com
Mapping pollution in Minneapolis
INSIDE MORE THAN ICE CREAM
New state effort seeks to understand air quality at neighborhood level
Uptown sweet spot starts lunch service A3
By Andrew Hazzard
WAGE THEFT PAYOUT
Bonchon workers get stolen wages returned A4
MUSEUM’S NEW LOOK
The state of Minnesota has historically measured urban air pollution using monitors on top of buildings — an informative strategy, but one that misses the reality at the ground level. “That doesn’t give you a clear picture of what people are breathing in,” said Patrick Hanlon, director of environmental programs for the Minneapolis health department. But now, for the first time, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is collecting hyperlocal data in the state’s two biggest cities. In the spring of 2019, the MPCA finished installing 44 air monitors in every zip code in Minneapolis and St. Paul. “Air quality really varies from neighborhood to neighborhood,” said Dr. Monika Vadali, who is coordinating the project for the MPCA.
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SEE MPCA / PAGE A13
Bryce Tache’s anti-Trump message has brought him massive Twitter following By Zac Farber The Bakken Museum plans major renovation A7
QUILTS FOR VETERANS
He still works a 9-to-5 job in human resources, he hasn’t made a penny and his kids say they don’t really care. But when South Minneapolis resident Bryce Tache types into the Twitter interface on his iPhone, his forceful, declarative sentences about the president of the United States are broadcast to more than 180,000 followers — 93% percent of whom, an algorithm has told him, are not computerized bots but real human beings.
South Minneapolis resident Bryce Tache has more followers on Twitter than Mayor Jacob Frey and Minneapolis’ 13 City Council members combined. Photo by Chris Juhn
SEE TACHE / PAGE A14
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RED DRAGON
The history of the Lyndale bar A19
HOLIDAY LAND
A guide to the season’s events B1
An MPCA monitor tracks air pollutants at the corner of 28th & Xerxes in CedarIslesDean. Photo by Andrew Hazzard
Residents on edge as tunneling starts Met Council tries to assuage concerns over light rail safety, road closures By Andrew Hazzard
As construction of the Southwest Light Rail Transit (SWLRT) extension begins to enter its most intensive phase, attempts by project officials to ease concerns of neighboring residents in Minneapolis are being met with mixed results. Fears that construction of a light rail tunnel in the Kenilworth Corridor would cause structural damage to the Calhoun-Isles Condos building have subsided, but several residents still worry about safety impacts of heavy construction and lengthy road closures in the area. “We’re not whistling Dixie here and we really would like some answers,” said Mary Pattock, head of the Cedar-Isles-Dean Neighborhood Association, at a rail safety meeting on Oct. 30. The meeting, required by a state law passed by Southwest legislators Sen. Scott Dibble and Rep. Frank Hornstein, was both a forum for officials to inform locals about the project’s safety procedures and for residents to ask questions about upcoming construction.
Tunnel work A long-held fear was that digging a half-mile tunnel in the Kenilworth Corridor would
threaten the structural integrity of the CalhounIsles Condos building, a grain elevator converted into residential space in the 1980s. SWLRT project officials met weekly with the Calhoun-Isles Condos Association in the lead-up to construction. Several months ago, CICA resident Nancy Nikora said she was worried the construction process could damage the rigid concrete structure of her building. “We don’t want vibrations from construction be so traumatic that people can’t stand to live in their condos,” she told the Southwest Journal in late March. Now, Nikora said the group’s current consultant believes there is no major threat to the building during construction, though she still has concerns that train vibrations could harm the structure once the light rail line is operational. “We are somewhat reassured by what we have heard on a weekly basis,” she said on Oct. 30. To construct the tunnel, the Metropolitan Council is using two hydraulic press-in pilers, which are designed to reduce noise and vibration SEE SOUTHWEST LRT / PAGE A18
Construction along the Kenilworth Corridor, seen here from the Burnham Road bridge, will include tunneling and bridge construction over the Cedar-Isles channel in the coming months. Photo by Andrew Hazzard
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UPTOWN
La La Ice Cream starts lunch service La La Ice Cream is branching out from dessert, now offering lunch items like salads and sandwiches. Submitted photo
Hennepin Avenue’s La La Homemade Ice Cream has expanded its menu to go beyond dessert. The Uptown sweet spot started serving lunch in October, according to owner Jennifer Lisburg. The ice cream business tends to slow down as the weather gets cold, so offering more conventional food options is a way to bring in revenue in the winter, she said. She’s been serving soups, salads and sandwiches, and has been tweaking the menu in the early goings to find what works the best. “I really want to make it a place for people
who live and work in the neighborhood to come in to get something quick,” Lisburg said. Since opening in Uptown in 2016, La La Ice Cream has served pie and cookies to accompany their ice cream, coffee, tea and hot cocoa, but this is the first time they’ve branched into heartier meals. “We’re going to keep trying new things,” Lisburg said. La La Homemade Ice Cream Where: 3146 Hennepin Ave. Info: lalahomemadeicecream.com
WINDOM
Origin Wellness enters the CBD market A new store specializing in CBD products has opened at 60th & Lyndale in the lower level of Studio TimeOut. Origin Wellness, a store from Minneapolis natives Reid Olsen and Danny Fay, held its grand opening on Nov. 2. Olsen and Fay have a lot of contacts in the hemp and CBD industry. Some of Fay’s family have a hemp farm in Oregon, and Olsen helped launch the Nothing But Hemp store on Lake Street. But the two wanted to branch out and launch their own business. They said they were attracted to the CBD industry after seeing the substance have positive effects on themselves and others. “Being able to help somebody is a great thing,” Olsen said. CBD, or cannabidiol, is a non-intoxicating active ingredient in cannabis that proponents say can help treat a wide range of conditions from epilepsy to arthritis to anxiety. The relatively new industry has exploded with specialty shops, co-ops and grocery stores selling the product. CBD can be consumed in myriad ways, from tinctures and teas to vapes and joints, and Fay and Olsen want to be able to guide each consumer to the right product for them. They ask customers what they’re seeking relief from and try to point them to a brand and ingestion method best suited to their ailment. The two have done a lot of research into CBD and say they are only buying products from producers they know and trust. “It takes the fear away from the customer,” Fay said. They also carry a line of Honest Paws CBD products for dogs, which they say have been big sellers for people hoping to help relieve their pets’ arthritis and anxiety. Early popular products have been CBD
Origin Wellness, a new CBD shop in Windom, was founded by Danny Fay (left) and Reid Olsen. Photo by Andrew Hazzard
flowers sold in bulk or in pre-rolled joint form (think conventional marijuana without the high) and CBD-infused bath bombs (available for humans and dogs). The business partners searched all over the Twin Cities for a location and were eyeing a spot in St. Paul before hearing about an opening in the lower level of Studio TimeOut on Lyndale Avenue. Olsen, who grew up in Southwest Minneapolis, said he was delighted to find the space, which connects to other like-minded businesses and has a sizable parking lot. “We couldn’t have found a better fit because the whole complex is wellness related,” Olsen said. Origin Wellness is open 10 a.m.–8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.–5 p.m. on Sundays.
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UPTOWN
Former Bonchon employees celebrate wage theft settlement Bonchon Korean Fried Chicken in Uptown was the first place where Sharon Record worked as a server, so the restaurant’s tip share policy didn’t strike her as odd when she started. At the end of each shift, she said, Bonchon managers would give her about half of the tip money from her tables. The rest, she was told, was going to kitchen staff. “I didn’t know any of the standards going into it,” she said. Eventually, the servers of the restaurant gathered and realized this was not normal. A new host started who spoke Spanish — the language used by most of the kitchen staff — and learned the cooks weren’t receiving tip money like management had told the servers. The workers organized and fought back, and last month they celebrated a wage theft settlement that saw workers like Record receive thousands of dollars in stolen wages. The settlement, reached by the City of Minneapolis Labor Standards Enforcement Division with Bonchon, came after the Restaurant Opportunities Center of Minnesota (ROC) partnered with the former Bonchon workers to try to get their lost wages back. “When we fight, we can win,” said Erin Lynch, a ROC organizer at a rally celebrating the victory outside Bonchon’s new Dinkytown location in late October.
Former Bonchon workers and the ROC held a rally outside Bonchon’s Uptown location at Lake & Hennepin in May to put pressure on the firm, which reached a settlement with the city in which money and damages owed were paid out to past employees. When Record was working on Bonchon, she needed to find a second job to pay the bills. If she had been given all the money she earned, she said she’d have had more free time to pursue school and pleasure. Now, Record said she knows her rights and stands up for herself in the workplace. She’s working one job and attending nursing school today. ZAC, Inc., which operates Bonchon’s Uptown franchise, said in a statement that the company was “pleased to reach a resolution with the City of Minneapolis” in the investigation and is looking forward to “moving on, growing our business and continuing to support and serve our customers, employees and community.” ROC said wage theft is far too common in the restaurant industry, pointing to a recent federal Department of Labor investigation on Eat Street that found 12 Nicollet Avenue restaurants owed employees more than $300,000 in stolen wages. “As workers in the restaurant industry, we deserve better,” Lynch said.
Former Bonchon Uptown workers held a rally celebrating their wage theft settlement at the new Bonchon in Dinkytown on Oct. 22. Photo by Andrew Hazzard
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The Calhoun Square shopping mall has changed hands for the fourth time this century. The Uptown mall has been acquired by Chicago-based Northpond Partners, according to the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal. Northpond bought the mall from the Minneapolis-based Ackerberg Group and J.P. Morgan Chase for $34.5 million, MSPBJ reported. The Ackerberg Group led efforts to buy the mall in 2014 for $67 million, according to Hennepin County property records. Northpond also owns Icehouse Plaza at 25th & Nicollet. The firm did not respond to a request for comment by press time. This year longtime tenant Famous Dave’s left the mall, as did outdoor retailer Arc’teryx and Libertine bar and restaurant. Several suites inside are currently vacant.
Calhoun Square has reportedly been sold to Chicago-based developer Northpond Partners. File photo
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Cheeky cards, calming scents at WaxPaper WaxPaper, recently opened at 44th & Beard, specializes in unique greeting cards and candles. Submitted photo
For years, Lyn Williams kept a discreet collection of “behind the counter” greeting cards for customers who wanted to deliver a cruder message at her Linden Hills floral shop Brown & Greene. At her new store, WaxPaper, those cards are proudly displayed — and flying off the shelf. WaxPaper is Williams’ new concept: a card and candle shop attached to Brown & Greene Floral at 44th & Beard. She opened the doors in October and has been selling a healthy amount of the greeting cards in the “Naughty” section. “We sell a ridiculous amount of any card that says f---,” Williams laughed. For many of the 18 years she’s run Brown & Greene, Williams sold cards and candles, but she never could give those items as
much space as she wanted. When The Linden Tree fabrics store closed in the spring, Williams looked into leasing the space next door. She and her team spent months building it out and designing a clean, efficient place to sniff candles and laugh at cheeky cards. “This is a very calm place,” she said. WaxPaper sources candles from across the U.S., including Minneapolis-based Koselig Candle Co. and Kansas City’s Mixture candles, who have sold her an exclusive line of their Christmas-themed Siberian fir scent for the holiday season. WaxPaper Where: 4404 Beard Ave. S. Info: waxpapermpls.com
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Andy’s Diner coming to Uptown The team behind the Andy’s Garage stall inside the Midtown Global Market is preparing to open a new location on Lake Street in Uptown. Andy’s Diner is planning to open in mid-to-late December in the former Bruegger’s Bagels space at Lake & Humboldt, according to co-owner Frank Chase. “We feel like it’s a good spot,” Chase said. The diner will offer mostly the same fare as Andy’s Garage — an array of cook-to-order burgers, sandwiches, homemade chips, cheese
Andy’s Diner is planning to open at Lake & Humboldt in mid-to-late December. The diner is currently renovating the former Bruegger’s Bagels location. Photo by Andrew Hazzard
curds, malts and shakes. But they’ll be trying some new things, too, like offering all-day breakfast and take-home chicken dinners. Chase opened Andy’s Garage in Midtown Global Market in 2008. The first few years were tough, he said, but the restaurant really started to hit its stride in 2013. At Andy’s Diner, Chase will be a co-owner with his longtime kitchen manager Miguel Gatica. With ample nearby housing and the new Son’s of Norway apartment project almost completed, Chase is hopeful the new diner will become a neighborhood drop-in spot for a quick, quality breakfast, lunch or dinner. At Midtown, Andy’s can’t serve beer or wine, but Chase plans to offer both at his new location. He said they’ll be offering draft beer from fellow Global Market resident East Lake Brewery. While Chase said they’ll “never give up” their Midtown stall, the two have been looking for a location to expand for a couple years. At the 1500 W. Lake St. space, they think they’ve found the right size and location. They also hope to be a middle ground between fast food and fancier dining options currently in the area. “We wouldn’t have jumped into it if we didn’t know we’d be doing a good job,” Chase said. Andy’s Diner Where: 1500 W. Lake St. Info: andysmgm.com
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A first-time apartment developer’s plan for a four-story, 23-unit building in Tangletown appeared to be cleared for construction, but the project has hit a snag after a group of more than 30 neighborhood residents successfully appealed the Planning Commission’s approval of a parking variance for the building. Now the developer, Joshua Segal, is heading back to the drawing board and revising his proposal for the Fullertown Flats project at 4736– 4740 Grand Ave., a half block north of the 48th & Grand commercial intersection near Fuller Park. Segal, the co-founder of the fitness studio Urban Cycle, said he wants to keep the height and footprint of the building the same but lower the number of units to 12–14, which would help bring the project in line with a city rule requiring at least one parking space per unit in areas without access to high-frequency transit. Segal said this means monthly rents would average significantly more than the $1,800 he’d previously predicted. Segal’s initial plan called for just 10 parking spaces for the building’s 23 units, and city staff argued in favor of granting the parking variance because of a 2015 ordinance eliminating parking requirements for small apartments located within a quarter mile of bus stops visited at least every 15 minutes during midday. While the site of Segal’s building was technically ineligible for this transit incentive reduction, city planner Lindsey Silas noted that the site is within a quarter mile of bus stops for five different lines and said it has “excellent access to transit.” Tangletown residents vehemently disagreed with this assessment and hundreds signed a petition opposing the parking variance. During an Oct. 31 Zoning and Planning Committee hearing on the parking variance appeal, Denise Takeshita said she would love to be able to rely on transit, but she often must drive to the Wedge to catch a bus with frequent service. “It’s not an efficient bus system if you’re not going to Downtown,” she said. “While this site is near transit, it’s not near great transit.” The Zoning and Planning Committee sided with the residents appealing the variance. Committee members Lisa Goodman and Jeremy Schroeder said they agreed with the appellants’ attorney that there were no practical difficulties unique to the property that merited a variance to the parking requirement. Segal argued that the site’s 9.5-foot grade change made it impossible to build underground
parking, but the grade change wasn’t mentioned on Segal’s application for the variance. Schroeder, who represents Tangletown as Ward 11’s city council member, said Segal’s argument wasn’t “fleshed out to the detail we’d need.” “It is a very clear-cut issue that it does not meet the requirement for the transit variance,” he said. More than a dozen residents testified during the hearing, with many saying that Segal’s proposed apartment building will change the character of neighborhood, increase noise and make Grand Avenue more difficult to navigate during snow emergencies. Residents also raised concerns about numerical errors and inconsistencies on Segal’s application and said they wished he had done more to solicit their input on the project. After the hearing, a frustrated Segal said that the committee’s decision was influenced by the “uproar from the neighborhood” and that “we got bullied.” “I respect the neighbors, but I thought it was a little bit dramatic,” he said. “The emotions and the politics won. I’m not this big bad developer. … We just asked for a parking variance that was really in line with what the city wanted. … I had looked at houses in Tangletown and considered moving my family here, but I don’t know if I feel that way right now.” Segal’s proposed apartment is currently zoned for high-density, multi-family development up to four stories in height, though no buildings in the immediate vicinity are taller than two stories. Segal’s plot of land is one of the few areas in the city scheduled to be downzoned under the Minneapolis 2040 plan, which calls for buildings of no more than 2.5 stories on the site. (The 2040 plan also calls for the elimination of off-street parking minimums for new development throughout the city.) Working to rejigger the configuration of the apartment building, Segal said he may decrease the size of the lobby to fit an 11th parking space on the main floor and that he was considering adding four parking spaces to the building’s second level, accessible via the south alley. Segal said he would submit a revised proposal by the end of November. Since the Planning Commission has already approved the project’s site plan, a new proposal complying with the parking minimum could bypass the commission and go directly to city staff for review.
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Bakken Museum gets new look By Zac Farber / zfarber@swjournal.com
A new glass tower entrance to the Bakken Museum will overlook Bde Maka Saka and the wetlands in front of the museum. Submitted rendering
The 44-year-old science museum on the western shore of Bde Maka Ska is preparing for a major renovation that will bring new interactive exhibits, modernized classroom space, improved accessibility and a dramatic lakefront entrance. The Bakken Museum was established in 1975 by Medtronic co-founder Earl Bakken to house his collection of historical books and artifacts relating to science and technology. In 1998, as it turned its focus to STEM education, the museum built an 8,400-square-foot addition. Today, about 45,000 students per year learn about science, technology, education and math through the museum’s on- and off-site programming. When the 1998 addition closes for construction this January, the museum’s Spark of Life exhibit will be completely removed and a number of the museum’s popular items — including the theremin, the 60,000-volt Wimshurst generator and the 1937 Raoul Dufy painting “La Fée Électricité” — will be placed into storage for the first time in more than two decades.
“Collections pieces [need] to be rotated off of the floor for preservation purposes,” said Michael Sanders, the Bakken’s president. “This is an opportunity to refresh the exhibit galleries.” Museum staff are staying tight-lipped on the details of new displays and programming in advance of a Nov. 16 “Bakken to the Future” fundraising campaign. (See Community Calendar, page B10.) A June presentation to the West Calhoun Neighborhood Council described the museum’s plan for the renovated galleries as using “facilitated and unfacilitated activities and hands-on interactives” to explore four main subject areas: networks, perception, robotics/artificial intelligence and bionics/ assistive technologies. The 1998 wing of the museum will stay closed throughout the six-month construction project, though the original West Winds mansion, home to Ben Franklin’s Electricity Party, will be open for reduced weekend hours. The renovated museum is expected to open to the public in July 2020.
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A revised proposal to expand Calhoun Towers calls for adding a 26-story apartment tower and a cluster of three smaller apartment buildings to the 5.4-acre complex in West Calhoun — replacing earlier plans to build two 20-plus-story towers and two mid-sized buildings on the site. The Minneapolis Planning Commission unanimously approved Bader Development’s redesigned expansion on its Nov. 4 consent agenda without any opposition. Bader’s previous two-tower concept had been approved in 2018, but the firm returned to the commission in August after deciding the design was not financially feasible, according to documents submitted to the city. The updated proposal calls for three sevenstory apartment buildings to flank the 26-story tower — for a total of 743 new units. That’s just one shy of the total new units approved in 2018. One-fifth of the new units will be set aside as affordable housing for households earning 60% of the area median income, Bader said.
The Minneapolis Planning Commission approved an expansion of Calhoun Towers that will bring 743 new apartment units to West Calhoun. Submitted image
If completed, the Calhoun Towers apartment complex would have 856 units in all. The revised proposal would bring 769 new parking stalls, about 100 fewer than would have been built with the 2018 two-tower concept. The buildings will be constructed from 2020 to 2027. Construction would begin in 2020 on the new 26-story tower, according to the plans. Work would begin on two of the three-story buildings while the tower is being constructed, with the third building, adjacent to the Southwest Light Rail Transit line, beginning construction when the SWLRT easements expire. A temporary surface parking lot will be installed in the early phase of the project and is required to be removed by the end of 2023, according to city documents. The first seven-story building would be reserved for affordable housing, which the developer plans to lease out at the same time as the new tower. The Calhoun Towers site is adjacent to the future West Lake light rail station and the Midtown Greenway. The project will include a city-required transit plaza with public space, seating, bike racks and landscaping. The developer will also add sidewalk connections to Abbot Avenue and West 31st Street, according to project documents. Bader intends to create a “campus-like” environment around the buildings, with well-landscaped grounds and a pocket park connecting to Excelsior Boulevard. The existing 22-story, 113-unit Calhoun Towers building was constructed in 1962, and, as the name implies, the plan has always been to add more towers. But those plans largely stalled out before Bader purchased the existing building and site in 2016.
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Vehicle for change Van is a canvas for South Minneapolis artist
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he owner of the van that cruises South Minneapolis with “Climate Emergency” and other messages splashed across the side of its big white canvas wants to remain anonymous for this column, because the world is crazy and “because the world still hates women.” If you’ve seen it, it has the power to stop you in your tracks. A reminder, in these relatively peaceful streets of South Minneapolis, that all is not peaceful. To be sure, the art van provides a momentarily jarring perspective that comes like a one-car protest, or a one-vehicle May Day-Art Car parade. “I painted the van the second I got it,” said the art van artist, sitting in a Kingfield coffee shop recently. “Literally, it was completely white, worth still probably a lot of money. My daughter and I went and got tons of spray paint and painted it the second I got it. “The current one says ‘Climate Emergency,’ but I’ve already decided that’s not good enough. I just told my daughter I don’t like it, that it wasn’t enough, that it’s too lame. It should be more thought provoking. Anytime you do something, within a day people have tuned it out, so that’s why I continuously paint it. I like things that ask questions more.” Over the past few years, the art van has broadcast several messages: “Don’t give up!,” “The U.S. runs child concentration camps for profit,” “Any country that will tear children from their parents’ arms will shoot you down in the street — Mel Reeves” and “There’s a history of untold cruelty that hides in silence in this country — Bryan Stevenson.” It’s a brave act to broadcast such truths in this sleepy little hamlet, but it’s all in a day’s work for the art van artist. “It was painted with ‘Black Lives Matter’ in huge letters during the Fourth Precinct protests during Justice For Philando [Castile],” she said. “I asked a group of young artists to paint it when I was living in St. Paul. They painted a beautiful portrait of Philando and that was there for quite a long time. “But sometimes it’s just art, and I’ll just paint some personal thing I want to say. Usually it’s some kind of social justice [statement]. I’ve asked other people to paint it, and children to paint it. I brought it down South and had people paint it on the trip all the way up.” A gifted artist whose work has been displayed in coffee shops, bars and galleries, the art van artist takes to her moving canvas to express outrage about the world, but social commentary isn’t her main guiding light. “I don’t even know if [the inspiration to paint the van] is about what’s going on now,” she said. “I’ve always been like this, and I’ve always just had to work with what I’ve had. A lot of this stuff comes from, ‘What do I have?’ Or if I feel powerless, you have to wake yourself up
The art van in its latest “Climate Emergency” incarnation and previous looks. Submitted photos
that you’re never completely powerless. I was ill and I couldn’t do what I used to do and also I didn’t feel accepted into other social justice groups that were doing things around issues I care about. It was really cliquey and I don’t know, I guess I’m a weirdo and I never felt that I could get in there. “I’ve always wanted to do things my own way. Immediate. And that’s what the van is. I was, ‘What do I have?’ The only thing I have is this van, and it’s immediate, and I can do whatever I want and no one can say anything, you know? It’s for sale, though.” Until it is sold, the van remains a canvas. It has participated in several protests and marches, including the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee march on International Workers Day last year and the 2017 Paddle To Protect canoe journey/protest in support of the Stop Line 3 marches organized by Honor The Earth. “I really don’t want to sell it,” said the art van artist. “I love it. Every time we’re about to sell it, I’ll get mad about something and say, ‘Let’s paint this.’ I love it for that very reason: I can do whatever I want to it, say whatever I want. I know that cops can … you can get harassed, and we’ve had some of that. The van has been reported as an eyesore for being too colorful many times. One guy came up to me in the Diamond Lake area
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and said, ‘What’s with the paint job? Are you a bunch of clowns?’ It was interesting how hostile he was. White guy, just livid. It was just an abstract art [work], and in fact some of the ones that create the most hostility are the ones that are just abstract, no messages. They just get livid. But this guy actually started a Twitter campaign against the van for a couple of weeks. “So you wouldn’t think it, but it’s been rough! I always tell my daughter, ‘It’s funny how lines and shapes can just make people so angry.’ But kids always love it. And a lot of times kids will see it and point it out to their parents, and their parents will turn away and pretend they don’t see it because they don’t want to talk about it with them. It’s weird.” Would she recommend everyone paint their cars? “If you have no power and people are always telling you that, you can write [a message] across your face or put it on your skin,” she said. “As far as ‘Should everybody be doing it?,’ I don’t try to tell people what to do, because people do things in their own way and this is my way. But yeah, part of me does wonder why aren’t more people, like, shouting? I get afraid, too, but I force myself to wake myself up. “There are so many things going on; it’s not like I’m saying everyone should be [painting their vans for] climate emergency, but it’s something. You know, say something.” Jim Walsh lives and grew up in South Minneapolis. He can be reached at jimwalsh086@gmail.com.
CORRECTIONS The Green Digest column on page A12 of the Oct. 31 issue erroneously described the composition of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. It is a five-person commission composed of members appointed by the governor and confirmed by the state Senate. No more than three members may belong to a single political party. The Green Digest column on page A14 of the Oct. 3 issue misstated how long Ward 9 City Council Member Alondra Cano has served in office. She is currently two years into her second term. In the article “Nonprofit takes on troubled apartments” on page A1 of the Oct. 31 issue, the story should have stated that Mrs. Dominguez fought a rent hike from the fourth owner of her property, not the the third owner.
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New Kenny lunchroom, kitchen approved The Kenny Community School is getting a new lunchroom and kitchen. The facilities will be part of a 5,200-square-foot addition on the school’s northwest side. The new structure will replace a “temporary” addition — built in 1961 — that houses three classrooms. The existing lunchroom and kitchen will be converted into three new classrooms, so the school won’t lose any classroom space. Kenny, built in 1953 next to Kenny Park between 57th and 58th streets, has 468 K–5 students. Currently, its meals are prepared in a central district kitchen and reheated on site. Principal Bill Gibbs said the school has five separate lunch periods — one for kindergartners and first-graders and one each for the other four grades. The new facilities will allow for on-site cooking and fewer lunch periods. Gibbs said the project could include replacing the building’s lighting. Plans call for demolition of the existing addition to start March 1 and for conversion of the existing kitchen/lunchroom to start in the summer. The aim is to be done before next school year, Gibbs said.
A 5,200-square-foot addition to Kenny Community School will include a new lunchroom and kitchen. Submitted rendering
“Construction shouldn’t have a whole lot of disruption to the school,” he said. The Minneapolis school district is hoping to get the project out to bid Nov. 15, he said. The district is in the process of shifting to on-site cooking, rather than preparing food at a central kitchen and having schools reheat it. It plans to have on-site cooking at all schools by 2025. The Planning Commission approved the plan on Nov. 4. — Nate Gotlieb
CALL FOR WINTER POETRY It’s a short holiday shopping season this year, but there’s always time for poetry. The Southwest Journal’s winter poetry section will come out in December. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, Nov. 19. Please spread the word and send your best work to wilhide@skypoint.com.
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Pedestrian death Thank you for publishing the story “Road rage: Pedestrian death on Lyndale ignites protests” in your Oct. 31 issue. In particular, I want to thank you for reporting on who Ted Ferrara was as a human being — this has been a missing component of the media coverage thus far. On behalf of the Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association, I send condolences to Ted’s friends and loved ones. This is the event we have feared and have been working to prevent. Lowry Hill East (aka The Wedge) is one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the city and has one of the highest walkability scores in all of Minneapolis, arguably in the state. Yet crossing one of the main roads out of our neighborhood — Franklin, Hennepin, Lyndale or Lake — can be a terrifying experience. The 2017 Minneapolis Crash Study confirmed our anecdotal experiences: Three of the most dangerous intersections in the city occur in the neighborhood we call home. When we first began working to address the unsafe conditions of our roads (especially for pedestrians and cyclists), we were surprised by how difficult it was to even determine who is responsible for making these roads safer. We have been trapped in a tangled web of overlapping county and city authority, with ultimate decision-making power existing far away among those who have likely never been to The Wedge and who don’t understand the crucial role walking and biking plays in the lives of the people who live here.
We are grateful to our local county commissioner Marion Greene for announcing a community meeting on Dec. 2 to discuss these concerns. In light of Ted’s tragic death, we hope that Greene and our other local leaders will make the strongest possible case for us. As they do so, here are some relevant facts to add to the conversation that should cause real concern for Hennepin County leadership. According to the 2017 Minneapolis Pedestrian Crash Study, eight out of the city’s 10 intersections with the highest total of pedestrian crashes involve county roads: Lyndale, Lake and Franklin are among those eight. According to the city’s Vision Zero study, 60% of the top 10 bicycle crash intersections involve county roads. To put it plainly, the county is failing us. We have asked our local leaders to put in place a temporary solution to improve pedestrian safety between Franklin and Lake by January 2020 to implement a more permanent solution by June 2020. The Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association and its members are eager to support our local and regional leaders in meeting these reasonable safety requests. In addition, we are also asking all of you who drive through our neighborhood to look up and to SLOW DOWN. The county can make improvements and the city can pass all the road safety laws we want, but if the people behind the wheel don’t take responsibility as drivers to care more for the lives of others, the injuries and deaths will continue to occur. Alicia Gibson President of the Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association
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In 2008, Kenwood resident Donna Minter, a psychologist working as a mental health evaluator for the Wisconsin court system, traveled to Virginia to take a five-day training on Donna Minter building resilience to trauma. Halfway through the training she had an epiphany: Trauma wasn’t just a narrow mental health problem affecting individuals but was a broad psychological concept incorporating collective historical injuries, ordinary violations of human dignity and structural forces like racism and sexism. “I thought, ‘I’ve never seen anything like this before, and I bet there are a couple people in Minnesota who would like to take this training,’” Minter recalled. Fast forward more than a decade and the nonprofit Minter founded in 2010 now has a $200,000 annual budget and has trained more than 3,200 people in strategies for “breaking free of cycles of violence.” The Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute’s participants have come from diverse backgrounds: Survivors of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse, a group of refugee women who lived through Liberian Civil War and a landlord who used restorative justice techniques to help resolve conflict between tenants are among those who’ve benefited from the training. This summer, the institute received a $10,000 award from the Minneapolis Health Department’s violence prevention fund, and in October the Washington, D.C.-based Alliance for Peacebuilding applauded Minter’s work by giving her one of three national excellence awards. When Kirstin Burch took the training in 2016, she was working for the nonprofit Zoom House, helping families transitioning from homelessness. She said she learned that trauma was something larger than she had realized. “When I used to hear that word, I would think of big-T trauma,” she said. “My brain
would go to a hurricane or a violent attack. … I wasn’t looking at everyday problems — dysfunction in families, isolation, mental health — as core components of trauma and how trauma is experienced in your body.” Burch said “understanding that [everyone] has experienced trauma on some level helps me to be less defensive and more open.” And in her work at Zoom House, she said, the organization changed its approach to engaging clients. “We shifted from, ‘Move in, sign your lease, fill this paperwork out, do this intake form, do this screening,’” she said, “to, ‘Are you OK? Are you comfortable here? Do you have everything you need in your apartment? Have you eaten? Do you need a keychain?’” The model for the Peacebuilding Leadership Institute’s trauma training comes from a curriculum developed in the wake of 9/11 at Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. The training teaches that traumatic events or acts of violence can push people into either a victim cycle (marked by fantasies of revenge and feelings of powerlessness, shame and anxiety) or an aggressor cycle (where people embrace good vs. evil narratives, lash out in the name of self-defense and create and sustain unjust structures and systems). Participants are then taught strategies to break free from these cycles (such as forgiving their offenders or acknowledging others’ stories) that can help bring them to a place of reconnection and reconciliation. “Understanding this has helped me to have language about my own experiences and also to offer a lot of grace and compassion to other people,” said Crixell Shell, one of the institute’s three part-time trainers. Minter said most of the institute’s trainees work at government or social service organizations; the Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center, Hennepin County and the state Department of Corrections have all sent staffers. “They come because they want to learn this to help others,” Minter said, “and then they learn, ‘Oh my goodness, this applies to me, too.’” In October, the institute moved into its first brick-and-mortar office, near Minnehaha Falls. In addition to trauma training, it offers racial healing workshops and other classes.
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Reconstructing Franklin Avenue
Hennepin County is in early planning stages for a project that could revamp Franklin Avenue between Lyndale and Bloomington avenues in South Minneapolis. County Road 5, or Franklin Avenue, is not currently scheduled for reconstruction, but the pavement is getting old and, with several new developments added along the road in recent years, county engineers are studying it for potential improvements, said Jordan Kocak, the county’s bicycle and pedestrian coordinator. Outreach for the project began this fall with early studies and meetings with advisory groups and neighborhood organizations. The county plans to release a preferred project layout in early 2020 and to finalize that design in the spring after additional engagement. When the actual reconstruction would take place is unclear. Minneapolis’ Vision Zero crash study has
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Work is currently focusing on completing excavations, installing a new water main and constructing the new bridge’s foundation. Greenway users are currently rerouted to a two-way bike lane on West 28th Street between Girard and Bryant avenues. It is now expected to reopen in late December, according to Hennepin County.
Nice Ride moving to more electric bikes
Nice Ride Minnesota will move away from dockless service and greatly expand its electric bike offerings in 2020, the organization announced Nov. 6. The bike share service will end its 2019 season in November, with plans to remove green, docked bikes by Nov. 17 and blue, dockless bikes by Nov. 30, according to a press release. But the dockless bikes will not be returning in 2020, when Nice Ride plans to introduce 2,000 new pedal-assisted ebikes. Those new ebikes will be parked at dock hubs or can be attached to any public bike
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identified Franklin as among the city streets where there is a marked trend of pedestrians, cyclists and drivers sustaining severe or fatal injuries. From 2007–16, the intersection of Franklin & Nicollet had the second most bicycle-vehicle crashes and the third most pedestrian-vehicle crashes in Minneapolis. Franklin & Lyndale had the 11th most vehicle crashes in the city, according to the study. “We’re aware that safety is an issue here,” Kocak told a Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association committee in October. Franklin Avenue is marked for future bike lanes by both county and city plans, and Kocak said they are seriously considering either protected on-street or curb-protected bike paths on the road. Other improvements will look to improve pedestrian spaces and crossings, boost landscaping and streetlights and improve vehicle flow by adjusting turn lanes and road design.
Fremont Bridge project behind schedule
The reconstruction of the Fremont Avenue bridge over the Midtown Greenway is taking longer than expected, meaning cyclists and pedestrians will be detoured onto West 28th Street well into December. Hennepin County officials said the delay came from unexpected time needed to install a robust shoring system to support excavation activities for the new bridge.
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rack using an attached cable lock for an extra $1 fee, Nice Ride announced. This year, Nice Ride piloted about 200 ebikes. Pending the results of a traffic study, the bike share program also plans to build about 200 “light-weight” bike share stations, which would have more infrastructure than current dockless stations but without the kiosks found at traditional hubs. Prices for traditional Nice Ride bikes will be unchanged in 2020, but ebikes would cost an extra 10 cents for every minute in use, or 5 cents for those using the reducedfare program.
Seeking connections to the Orange Line
As Metro Transit prepares to launch service of a new bus rapid transit line along the Interstate 35W corridor, planners have been thinking about how residents will reach the route in the first place. The Orange Line is a 17-mile BRT route that will connect Downtown Minneapolis and Burnsville via I-35W. Scheduled to open in 2021, it will largely replace the Route 535, a line where transfers make up just 20% of passengers, according to Metro Transit senior planner John Dillery. The Orange Line, with its frequent all-day service and larger, nicer buses, is expected to get a lot more transfer riders, he said. So the question is: Where will they come from? Metro Transit is currently trying to figure that out by surveying riders and hosting open houses to hear how people plan to access the new service. But so far, Dillery said, they’ve heard more from suburbanites than city residents. The Orange Line will have stations at 46th Street and Lake Street in South Minneapolis, and Metro Transit is trying to figure
out how riders will connect there and is open to suggestions. They’re currently studying the bus routes in South Minneapolis and the suburbs, looking for potential changes to make connecting to BRT service smoother. In Southwest, those lines include Routes 4, 6, 18, 21, 46, 146 and 156. Metro Transit is also hoping to bring in more local riders on foot and bike. The agency is considering ways to improve the sidewalks and wayfinding near the 46th Street station to attract more South Minneapolis residents to the Orange Line. The new transit station at Lake Street will bring better pedestrian access, a direct connection to the Midtown Greenway and more bike parking and should be a much nicer place to hang out than before, Dillery said. Project manager Christina Morrison said riders will be able to get from 46th Street Station to Downtown in about 13 minutes, and from Lake Street to Downtown in 10 minutes or less. “It’s going to change the way people in the Midtown area travel,” she said.
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Fulton veterans honored with Quilts of Valor Nonagenarians feted during Veterans Day celebration
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World War II veterans Sheldon Mandel, Chape McCabe and Harold Lundin (left to right), who live at The Waters on 50th senior center in Fulton, smile with their newly bestowed Quilts of Valor. Photo courtesy of The Waters on 50th
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Linden Hills youth and family minister fired By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@swjournal.com
A Linden Hills church’s youth and family minister has been fired for not maintaining “good boundaries, judgment and candor,” according to a Nov. 11 email sent to parishioners. St. John’s Episcopal Church’s rector, the Rev. Lisa Wiens Heinsohn, wrote in the email that there were instances in which Shane Sanders Marcus did not “observe Safe Church practices and standards.” She assured the church’s community that no children were harmed. Heinsohn declined to elaborate on the nature of Marcus’ offenses. She said the church has no reason to believe there would be police reports or lawsuits. Marcus declined to comment when reached by phone. The Safe Church standards, determined by the Episcopal Church in Minnesota, dictate how adults in the church should behave with children and youth and outline best practices for out-of-church activities and trips. Marcus’ job responsibilities included overseeing confirmation classes, Sunday school and youth groups, among other activities.
“We take the safety of children and youth very seriously,” Heinsohn wrote in her email to the St. John’s community. “I realize that this may be a cause of grief for many of you. Shane has brought many gifts to his ministry at St. John’s and has formed deep relationships with us. We pray blessing, healing and growth for him as he discerns his future.” Marcus joined the St. John’s staff in summer 2016, according to the church website. He has a bachelor’s degree in religion from Houghton College and a master’s degree in divinity from Yale Divinity School. He has worked and volunteered in youth ministry since 2006. St. John’s Episcopal, founded in 1903, served about 300 households as of February 2018. It’s part of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota and one of three Episcopal churches in Southwest Minneapolis. Marcus’ last day at St. John’s was Nov. 11. Heinsohn wrote that the church would hire an interim replacement for him through InterServe Ministries while staff conducts a search for a permanent youth and family minister.
Rebranding looms for East Calhoun The East Calhoun Community Organization is down to two possibilities for its name, with one familiar finalist. The neighborhood will choose between changing its name to East Bde Maka Ska or sticking with the acronym ECCO but stripping the abbreviation of the words it represents. Residents voted in August to change the name of their neighborhood organization, a move groups have pursued since Lake Calhoun was changed to its Dakota name, Bde Maka Ska, to stop affiliating with the legacy of John C. Calhoun, a 19th-century vice president who supported slavery and the Indian Removal Act.
The neighborhood organization solicited potential names from residents and narrowed submissions to 10 choices that were put to a vote in October. Any adult living in the neighborhood — bound by Lake Street to the north, 36th Street to the south, Hennepin Avenue to the east and Bde Maka Ska to the west — can vote online, via a postcard being mailed to all addresses or in-person from 7–9 p.m. on Dec. 5 at the organization’s meeting at St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church.
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nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, sulfur dioxide and coarse particles (PM10). Through the project website page (tinyurl.com/mplsairquality), residents can examine the air quality around them and compare it with other communities. The city is hoping the results from the monitors will help them understand where to target improvement efforts. When the city did ground-level pollution research in 2015, it identified high levels of perchloroethylene, or perc, particularly near dry cleaning businesses. Using the Green Business Cost Sharing program and other grants to assist companies in switching to cleaner technology, Minneapolis has effectively eliminated perc pollution, Hanlon said. “The steps the MPCA are taking right now are the most crucial. Before we take the steps to clean the air, we need to understand the areas that are at the highest risk,” said Jesse Berman, a University of Minnesota professor of public health who studies environmental epidemiology.
As the MPCA begins compiling the data from the monitors, Minneapolis is about to learn how great those neighborhood variances really are and what strategies could be helpful in cleaning the dirtiest pockets of city air. In Southwest Minneapolis, monitors are in Bryn Mawr, Cedar-IslesDean, Fulton, Kenny, Kingfield and Lyndale. Air quality in the metro is well-regarded by national standards and our pollution levels are below limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency, Vadali said. But to do even better, the state and its largest cities need to know where and in what form pollution is taking place.
Building an understanding Right now, the MPCA is in the informationgathering phase of the project, Vadali said, and hopes to release a preliminary data breakdown by the end of the year. When the project began, the MPCA had to adjust to how sensitive the sensors are. For example, if a landscaping company brought in a few large trucks for a project near a sensor, that level of small activity could be picked up by the monitor and appear alarming. To avoid false positives, researchers would like residents to “adopt” nearby monitors and inform the MPCA of increased activity. “That was a small learning curve for us,” Vadali said. The monitors collect real-time data of several pollutants, including fine particulate matter (PM2.5) — which comes from vehicles, power plants and fires — as well as carbon monoxide,
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Tache has more followers on the platform than Mayor Jacob Frey and Minneapolis’ 13 City Council members combined, and the thoughts he has during his bus ride to and from his downtown office are routinely shared thousands and tens of thousands of times by people around the world. What’s been foremost on Tache’s mind since 2016 is the political meltdown in Washington, and Tache’s online popularity derives, in part, from his ability to articulate the rage of the American left in simple, insistent, authoritative language that both denounces evil and offers reassurance. Like many other Twitter users, Tache shares hokey jokes, viral gifs of cute animals, encomiums to his favorite musicians and photos of his husband’s baked goods. He publicly grieves his late father and boasts about his two adolescent sons. He spreads optimistic bits of newsy chatter about climate activism, the fight for LGBTQ rights and ordinary acts of human kindness. Yet the message he projects the strongest, one which he has been repeating again and again since shortly after the inauguration, is that “Criminal Trump” is an aberrant figure who needs to be removed from office. “I don’t know when articles of impeachment will be drafted,” Tache wrote on Oct. 18. “But I DO know they will be so indisputably damning that any Republican who votes not to impeach & convict will forever be known as a traitor to the United States of America.” Tache’s appeal rests in his ability to maintain this mood of high-urgency indignation month after month and tweet after tweet, using hashtags like “#QuidProQuoTrumpsGottaGo” and “#TrumpBooed” and asking his followers questions like, “Who else thinks Trump is going to have a really, really, REALLY bad week?” He said his follower count blossomed in the months after the election when he started getting retweeted by celebrities like Rosie O’Donnell.
Bryce Tache (left) stands outside his South Minneapolis home with his friend Adam Hettler, whom he met on Twitter. Photo by Chris Juhn
In person, Tache is warm and gentle, with an affect somewhat more hesitant than his Twitter persona. He said his time on Twitter helps him ward off the “hopelessness and despair” he feels when he learns that his country’s leader is “locking kids in cages” and pressuring other nations to interfere in U.S. elections. In the summer of 2018, Tache started the #StandOnEveryCorner protest movement near his home by Pearl Park. The movement grew to include people in more than 40 states demonstrating against the Trump administration’s family separation policy by waving hand-drawn signs on street corners. Since then, Tache has received multiple offers to speak at larger-scale protests, but he said he prefers not to be “the person yelling.” “My Twitter voice is stronger than a voice that I would share in a public protest,” he said.
Choosing how to engage Local residents like Tache who’ve acquired large followings on Twitter can find themselves in a strange state of quasi-celebrity. “It’s taken my anonymity from me,” said John Edwards, a soft-spoken Lowry Hill East resident
whose pro-development, pro-transit Twitter account, WedgeLIVE, has attracted more than 5,600 engaged followers and many vocal critics. “I don’t think I wanted to be a public figure.” While Edwards has had a few uncomfortable in-person encounters while walking in Uptown, he said that 99% of the attention he’s received has been “pleasant and non-threatening.” If he engaged more with national politics, he thinks things would be different.
Once we accept something as true, it’s hard to dislodge it. A lot of people are going to take what you say at face value — they’re not necessarily going to follow the link or read more on the topic.” — Emily Vraga, University of Minnesota
“I find that local Twitter is a lot more tame and enjoyable than if you subject yourself to tweets about national politics,” he said. “[Then] it’s a bunch of people who couldn’t possibly run into each other on the street, and so they say some pretty terrible things. It feels much nastier.” Jana Shortal, a KARE 11 anchor who lives in South Minneapolis, said people online continuously make gross comments about how she presents in her gender. “It’s pretty well documented that any sort of minority or marginalized community is going to get it worse on Twitter,” she said. “People are more emboldened for whatever reason by having a nonpersonal engagement with a keyboard — you can be far more aggressive than you can in a face-to-face encounter.” Shortal said the dark side of the internet hasn’t stopped her from sharing personal opinions with her nearly 40,000 Twitter followers, but she makes a conscious choice to limit how much she weighs in on national political conversations. “I have never talked to Rudy Giuliani, I have never talked to the president, I have never talked to Nancy Pelosi,” she said. “I’m not an expert, so my opinion in that genre doesn’t really matter.” She’s decided it’s best not to respond to every daily outrage, but she refuses to stop speaking out. “I will voice my opinion on things that go to the national scale if they affect me as a human — as a human queer person, as a female, as a Jewish person. ‘Can LGBTQ people be fired?’ is before the Supreme Court. I have not stayed silent on that, but you’re also not going to see me tweet about it 35 times.”
‘An accidental influencer’ Tache said having a high-profile online presence has had its benefits — when he tweeted that his 13-year-old son had been bullied, RuPaul sent the boy an affirming message — but he also feels a heightened sense of obligation to make sure he gets his facts straight and to only share articles vetted by the mainstream media. SEE TACHE / PAGE A15
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“I have sometimes passed along information that was not true,” Tache said. “There have been some fake photos that quickly went viral and [I shared them] not realizing they were fake. I’ve apologized and said I was wrong.” Emily Vraga, a University of Minnesota journalism professor who has studied misinformation on social media, said people with large online followings should be especially careful to only share accurate information. “Once we accept something as true, it’s hard to dislodge it,” she said. “A lot of people are going to take what you say at face value — they’re not necessarily going to follow the link or read more on the topic.” Tache said that while he believes it’s important to broaden his view of the world by seeking information from as many sources as possible, he doesn’t want to “pretend to act like a news outlet.” He describes himself as “an accidental influencer” and said he has a responsibility “to amplify other voices and help other people whose messages resonate with me gain followers as well.” He tries to keep tabs on Twin Cities Twitter users — no easy feat when you follow more than 90,000 accounts — and he takes partial credit for Mayor Frey’s recent surge in Twitter popularity amid a public spat with President Trump over the security bill for his Target Center rally. Yet despite being recognized while volunteering at an Elizabeth Warren rally, Tache denies that he’s a celebrity, and he still geeks out when his posts are retweeted by B-list stars like Debra Messing or Kathy Griffin. Tache’s New Year’s resolution was to tweet less, and he’s now down to under three hours per day, though his son Xavier maintains that “he’s on it too much.” Ultimately, Bryce Tache is a goofy guy whose global following is the result of a strange twist of fate.
Tache leads a Nov. 11 street protest near Pearl Park. Photos by Chris Juhn
“I invite G7 leaders to have the next Summit at my home in Minneapolis,” he joked on Twitter after Trump announced plans to host the G-7 summit at his Florida resort, in violation of the Constitution’s emoluments clause. “You’ll have more fun. It isn’t against the law. And my husband is a great baker! See you soon?” The heart-shaped “like” icon below Tache’s quip was tapped by more than 7,000 people — though, who knows, a few hundred of them may have been robots. Tache said the secret to his popularity is that he “tweets from the heart.” “What’s surreal about it is likes and retweets — none of it really matters,” he said. “So it’s kind of funny.”
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Bauer posed, “If our goal is to get more people participating, why are we hosting events for people who are already participating?” But the Rosemount tour was about more than preaching to the compost choir. As Bauer explained, there is power in the opportunity to connect personal commitments to all the visceral, biological and smelly processes that turn countertop scraps into garden nutrients. “We want people to become a conduit of information,” she said. “When you see it in person … it makes you become a storyteller for your own actions.” These stories don’t have to travel very far to be effective. For Bauer, she simply had to travel
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better position Minneapolis to close the loop in a more cyclical food waste system. Still, the green cart program is by far the best option for most Minneapolis residents who want to make changes in their contributions to the city waste stream. In late October, the Tangletown and Kingfield neighborhood associations organized a trip to the organics recycling facility in Rosemount as part of their efforts to boost neighborhood composting sign-ups. Bauer is well aware that “the people who go on a tour like that are probably already converts to organics recycling.” And so, as
to her childhood home in Lynnhurst, where her mother, Jill Schubert, still lives. Schubert, a recent composting convert, has been a Lynnhurst resident since 1979. Her path to composting began through a combination of observation, personal guilt and some loving familial pushes. Bauer first approached Schubert about organics recycling in early 2019 when the Tangletown Neighborhood Association was conducting interviews to supplement their application for a Hennepin County recycling grant. According to Bauer, their conversation surfaced a simple yet fundamental question for Schubert: “What’s stopping me from doing it?” As Schubert added, “I had this guilty feeling every time I drove up and down the alley seeing green carts behind everyone’s houses and not mine.” Once Schubert’s interest (and a bit of guilt) was piqued, Bauer didn’t let up. She invited her mother to an organics recycling workshop and offered gentle yet consistent reminders. “We probably had the conversation three times before I said OK,” Schubert said. It was at that point that Bauer took action and signed her mother up. For Schubert, it wasn’t just that the invitation was personal — it was from family. “As a parent it’s important to support the things that are important to your kid,” Schubert said firmly. “And I knew this was an important part of Sally’s work.”
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Minnehaha Parkway discussion to resume
Supreme Court to hear Bde Maka Ska case
The results of a Minnehaha Parkway traffic study aimed at examining the future of through traffic on the road will be presented at two upcoming community meetings. As part of the Minnehaha Parkway Regional Trail Master Plan, an effort to shape the parkland along Minnehaha Creek for the next 20 years, Minneapolis park planners are considering limiting vehicle access along the parkway. The master plan would discourage through traffic on the parkway by installing roadway barriers at Humboldt and Portland avenues and removing a one-way stretch of the parkway from Pillsbury to just east of Nicollet Avenue. A staunch community backlash to the plan led to an organized “Preserve the Parkway” campaign that motivated likeminded citizens to oppose the plan. That opposition led planners to remove designed barriers to vehicles at Lyndale and Nicollet avenues from the proposal and order a traffic study to better understand vehicle flow. In August, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board put the master planning process on hiatus while it conducted the study. The traffic study will be presented to the Minnehaha Parkway Regional Trail Master Plan community advisory committee at 6 p.m. on Nov. 19 at the Powderhorn rec center, 3400 15th Ave. S., and to a community open house at 6 p.m. on Nov. 21 at the Windom South rec center, 5843 Wentworth Ave.
The Minnesota Supreme Court heard arguments Nov. 13 on whether a state commissioner had proper authority to change the name of Lake Calhoun to Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota name recognized by the Minneapolis Park Board and Hennepin County. (The hearing was held too late for the Southwest Journal’s press cycle.) In April, the state Court of Appeals ruled that former Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Landwehr lacked the authority to rename the lake in 2018. The court ruled state law requires official lake name changes to be made by the Legislature for titles in state record for more than 40 years. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board began the process of changing the name in 2015 as places around the United States reconsidered names and monuments honoring those who supported slavery, like former Vice President John C. Calhoun, the lake’s namesake. The Hennepin County board also voted to change the lake name in 2017, shortly before the DNR officialized its name change. A group opposing the change, “Save Lake Calhoun,” filed a lawsuit opposing the legality of the name change. The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office argued on behalf of the state. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names has officially changed the name of the lake to Bde Maka Ska at the federal level. Supreme Court opinions are generally issued about four months after hearing arguments.
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Given Schubert’s long-held environmental practices, composting didn’t come as too much of a stretch. A self-professed “child of the ’60s” Schubert raised her two daughters with an attentive eye toward environmentalism. She remembers Sally participating in the neighborhood Kids for Saving Earth Club, a youth environmental organization founded in the late 1980s to educate and empower children to act for a healthy planet. For Bauer those lessons remain lodged deep — particularly when it comes to recycling.
The discussion over plans to limit vehicle traffic on Minnehaha will resume with a presentation of a traffic study at two upcoming public meetings. Photo by Andrew Hazzard
The MPRB approved an additional $37,725 for consultant fees on the project at its Nov. 6 meeting to pay for conducting the traffic analysis, which the firm subcontracted out to Spack Consulting, according to Park Board documents. The HKGi firm now has a $351,000 contract for the project.
“Recycling was drilled into me as a child,” she said. “I would carry a metal can around with me in my backpack all day rather than throw it away.” As a grandparent, Schubert hopes to set an example for her grandchildren that mirrors the ideals she instilled in her own kids. She said she doesn’t want her home to be a source of mixed messaging, even if that confusion is about a banana peel that goes un-mulched. “Sally is teaching this to her children,” Schubert said. “How can they come to their grandma’s house and all of the sudden they have to throw their compost in
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the trash or down the garbage disposal?” Now, with three months of curbside composting firmly under her belt, Schubert plans to spread the word to her friends and neighbors. “That [personal] invitation is a great next step,” she said. If someone invites you to do something, I think it would reduce resistance.” In addition to these tactful routes, as Schubert observed wryly, it turns out repetition and a small dose of guilt really may be the ticket to upping participation in city composting programs. “Obviously I’m more susceptible to peer pressure than I ever imagined.”
COMPOSTING BY NEIGHBORHOOD An interactive map showing what percentage of people have signed up for the city’s curbside organics recycling program is available on our website at tinyurl.com/compost-mpls.
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Flagging issues On two occasions in June, flaggers contracted to control traffic through the construction zone improperly allowed freight trains to enter the Kenilworth Corridor when people were working in the area. No one was harmed in those incidents, which Alexander said resulted from working with a different contractor than Twin Cites & Western Railroad (TC&W) in the early stages
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can be susceptible to pollution to the point where even a small variation in air quality can have a large public health impact, Berman said. “It’s important to understand these small variations in pollution across an urban area,” he said. Berman’s recent research even shows a link between air pollution and violence. His old lab partner, now a professor at Colorado State, was studying wildfire smoke and reviewing connections between crime and air pollution. Berman applied FBI crime statistics, which break down crimes as violent or nonviolent, to more typical air pollution and found lower air quality is correlated with more violent crime. High air pollution increases the chances that minor conflicts people experience in their daily lives revert to basic aggression and violent confrontations, Berman said. Those trends held steady in urban and rural areas and across socioeconomic and racial lines: More pollution means more violence. “We kind of think it will exacerbate the fight and flight reaction in people,” he said. The effects of climate change are making
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As part of the tunnel construction, Cedar Lake Parkway will close near the Kenilworth Corridor for six months this spring. That closure has some residents worried emergency vehicles will be delayed responding to issues in the area. Assistant Fire Chief Raymond Cruz said the city’s fire department has road crews that go out daily to map construction and detours to find the most efficient way for responders to navigate the city. “They are very good at doing that,” he said.
pollution worse, according to data from the past decade, Vadali said, with the warming global climate contributing to higher levels of pollution. “That entire baseline we would expect to see is a little higher,” she said.
Environmental justice Although Twin Cities air quality is relatively good, differences in pollution do exist between neighborhoods, though Vadali said they haven’t found any “alarming” disparities yet. In Southwest, the Lyndale monitor regularly records higher levels of PM2.5 pollution than the Fulton monitor and more frequently records levels higher than the 12 micrograms per cubic meter standard set by the EPA, though both average well below the standard. In general, being closer to a major roadway or industrial site means pollution is worse, Vadali said. “A lot of where those major roadways go through are in low-income areas,” Hanlon said. Kyle Samejima, executive director of Linden Hills-based Minneapolis Climate Action (MCA), believes most people already have an idea of what the neighborhood by neighborhood pollution data will show.
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“All of these things are affected by your zip code and your zip code is affected by systemic racism and poverty,” Samejima said. MCA tries to improve the environment and disparities through community solar programs, which allow people to get their energy from a solar farm instead of installing expensive panels on their own homes, and by offering energy efficiency help for low-income residents. Right now, the organization is trying to promote using tap water to low-income residents and
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blame others for the overlap of construction activity in the area. “Who is the entity who can say, ‘Hey, that’s too much?’” Goodman asked. Fire Department and Met Council officials contend working through frustrating delays is part of the construction process. “Fortunately, or unfortunately, there is a lot of development happening in this area,” Alexander said.
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Many residents said Hennepin County’s recent reconstruction of the West Lake Street and Excelsior Boulevard intersection and other nearby private development projects have contributed to an unsustainable amount of work in the area, something Met Council officials said they communicate about but can’t control. City Council Member Lisa Goodman (Ward 7) accused Alexander of trying to
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in the cut-and-cover tunneling. The press-in piler was used to install a wall on the Kenilworth trail near West 21st Street in October. Nikora said she went to see the machine in action and said it was “surprisingly quiet.” While CICA residents have fewer fears, the condo organization is still in mediation with the Met Council on a construction agreement for the project. The agreement, also required by state law, will lay out the best way to avoid building damage during construction. Project manager Jim Alexander said they are working to get the agreement in writing but said the Met Council won’t be giving CICA the binding agreement the organization is seeking for guaranteed damage money, calling it “not good public policy.” To measure vibration and noise during the tunneling process, the Met Council has installed several monitors on and inside adjacent buildings to track potential cracking or other issues. The Met Council did a vibration study last year to test the area’s limits and said they are testing all equipment to ensure it doesn’t exceed vibration thresholds before work. Several people asked what would happen if the tunnel failed, a scenario project officials say is extremely unlikely and one for which they do not have a plan in place. “I don’t even know if that’s remotely possible,” Alexander said. Tunnel construction is scheduled to begin near Park Siding Park in November.
of the project. Now, he said, the railroad and Met Council are partners and veteran flaggers are working in the area. No further problems have been reported, and Alexander and TC&W representatives tried to assure residents that the project would live up to safety standards. “What we just heard is the Met Council did not do it right the first time,” Pattock said. Kenilworth freight line traffic includes trains hauling ethanol, which has long been a safety concern in the area. Many, including Hornstein, worry that construction work in the area increases the likelihood that a derailment causing an explosion could occur. “That’s why the incident with the flaggers was so concerning,” Hornstein said. The meeting included a general presentation about emergency planning and evacuation basics from Barret Lane, director of Minneapolis’ emergency management office. But Hornstein and some area residents want a much more detailed evacuation plan in place for those living along the Kenilworth Corridor. “My concern with the Met Council is there was an opportunity to address these issues in the environmental impact statement and they punted,” he said. Hornstein, who chairs the Legislature’s transportation committee, would like to see the Met Council, Minneapolis, Hennepin County and the railroad companies join with local residents to come up with a detailed safety plan for the area.
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recent immigrants to help them save money and reduce pollution by working with community groups and speaking to ESL classes. MCA is trying to highlight the link between air quality and racist practices like redlining. “Can you imagine the Northern Metals recycling facility in Linden Hills or Fulton or Kenwood?” Samejina asked, referencing a scrap metal processing building in North Minneapolis that was closed in September after admitting to fabricating its pollution records.
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The Red Dragon has been serving cocktails on Lyndale Avenue since 1977. Photo by Anna Botz
A history of a beloved Lyndale Avenue dive bar By Bill Lindeke and Andy Sturdevant
The following is excerpted from the recently published book “Closing Time: Saloons, Taverns, Dives, and Watering Holes of the Twin Cities.” The book, published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press, also dives into the histories of The Blue Nile, the CC Club and the Black Forest Inn.
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n one of the far corners of the food internet sometime in the late 2000s, an anonymous poster took it upon herself to re-create, from memory, the Wanderer’s Punch, the drink made famous by the erstwhile Nankin Cafe in Downtown Minneapolis, and where she claimed to have worked. She was used to making the drink in huge batches, so she had to break it down for a home bar. It’s mostly rum — three kinds — with orange juice and grenadine, served in a fishbowl with some cherries. “Don’t let its pretty pink color fool you,” she warned. “It is called the Wanderer because when you try to get up from your barstool, you commonly find yourself unable to walk a straight line.” The Wanderer’s Punch itself staggered a notso-straight line from Downtown Minneapolis to Lyndale Avenue at some point in the 1970s or ’80s — shedding some a’s and e’s, picking up a few o’s, and becoming known as the Wondrous Punch. From when it opened in 1919 to when it closed in 1999, the Nankin Cafe was one of the best-known and most beloved spots in town. It had grown out of the small but active Chinese American community that had been in Minnesota since 1876, with many of its members running restaurants. By 1910, a few years before the Nankin opened, there were 10 Chinese restaurants in Minneapolis and six in Duluth. In the years since the restaurant closed and memories of the Wanderer’s Punch become hazier, the Red Dragon’s Wondrous Punch has taken its place in the local collective consciousness. At one point, a fashionable Downtown bar revived the Wanderer’s Punch using the original Nankin recipe provided by the Wu family, the Nankin’s final owners. It was served in a branded souvenir glass. Very few locals who’ve spent a portion of their lives exploring the city’s bars
don’t recognize the Wondrous Punch’s name immediately. It’s the drink you invoke when you want to tell a story about excess. It’s a Minneapolis original that you can’t believe really exists and seems redolent of another era — an era of much stronger drinks and no pretense to either ironic bemusement or mixological sophistication. The Downtown bar that had revived the Wanderer’s Punch only revived the recipe; they absolutely refused to sell it in a 33-ounce glass like the original at Nankin. Those branded souvenir glasses are 14 ounces. More than that just seemed too much. The Red Dragon has never worried about crossing such a line. You order a Wondrous Punch at the bar and you get 20 ounces. It is, like the blogger said, a pretty shade of pink. In the dimly lit environment of the Red Dragon, it almost seems to glow. “It’s our policy,” the neon green laminated bar menu reminds you, “that we do not return drinks!!” That extra exclamation mark lets you know you’re truly on your own. Ask people who remember the Wanderer’s Punch, and they’ll tell you that, despite the similarities in size and ingredients, the potency of the Red Dragon’s version makes the Nankin original seem like a box of apple juice from a schoolkid’s lunch bag. The 20-ounce goblets at the Red Dragon are also their own kind of souvenir. A bouncer’s job is always to keep rough characters from coming in, but the Red Dragon bouncers occasionally need to stop drunk patrons from sneaking out with the cherished fishbowl glassware. Lai Wong opened the Red Dragon in early 1977 in a former dance academy on Lyndale Avenue, where Norwegian ballerina and film star Vera Zorina once rehearsed. Wong had been the head chef at the Nankin Cafe for many years, and he brought with him his culinary expertise — as well as a few cocktail recipes. The dining room side in particular retains the spacious, high ceilings of its earlier iteration. The Dragon held a grand opening celebration on Super Bowl Sunday, offering free
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MARKETS & SHOPPING HOLIDAY GALLERY SHOP Peruse eco-friendly handmade fiber gifts from over 100 artists. Find wearables, home decor and gifts — plus books, professional art supplies and tools, fiber craft kits and other unique finds. See work from artist Wendy Richardson, who specializes in over-dyed vintage textiles, accessories, apparel and quilt fabrics. When: Nov. 1–Dec. 24. Monday–Thursday, 10 a.m.–7 p.m.; Friday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sunday, noon–4 p.m. Where: Textile Center, 3000 University Ave. SE Info: textilecentermn.org, 436-0464. Parking lot at 3018 University Ave. SE.
PLATE & PARCEL HOLIDAY MARKET Formerly the Linden Hills Holiday Market, Plate & Parcel takes place in the spacious greenhouses of Wagner Garden Centers every Saturday and Sunday through Dec. 22. Bustling with Christmas trees, festive winter home and garden decor and the wares of over 60 different vendors, it’s a one-stop shop for holiday lists and decorating. When: 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Dec. 22 Where: Wagner Garden Centers, 6024 Penn Ave. S. Info: mplscraftmarket.com. Large on-site parking lot plus free street parking.
UP NORTH HOLIDAY GIFT GALLERY Explore the creations of regional artists while you get a head start on holiday shopping. The gallery space is transformed into a market filled with handmade items including mittens,
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jewelry, pottery, aprons and paintings. Stop in on Nov. 16 to be part of a raffle of artisan-crafted items. When: Free opening reception 5–8 p.m. Nov. 14. Open 9 a.m.–9 p.m. Monday–Friday; 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Saturday through Dec. 27 (closed Nov. 28, Dec. 24–25). Where: Edina Art Center, 4701 W. 64th St., Edina Info: edinamn.gov/150/Art-Center, 952-903-5780
MILL CITY FARMERS WINTER MARKET Pop inside to stay warm and still experience this farmers market that has goods from over 40 local farmers, food makers and artists. Enjoy live acoustic music while you shop for handmade gifts including body products, jewelry and homeware. Kids can take part in the Power of Produce veggie-tasting club, then help you pick out weekly groceries from local and organic vendors. When: 10 a.m.–1 p.m., Nov. 16 and 23 and Dec. 7 and 14 Where: Mill City Museum, 704 S. 2nd St. Info: millcityfarmersmarket.org, 612-341-7580
NORTHERN CLAY CENTER HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE Get the holiday gift wheels turning as you peruse ceramic pots in the gallery, watch artist demonstrations and participate in free hands-on clay activities. Enjoy locally made treats, cider and Somali coffee — plus complimentary gift wrapping on anything you purchase. When: Noon–4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17 Where: Northern Clay Center, 2424 Franklin Ave. E. Info: northernclaycenter.org, 339-8007
THE ARTFUL PRESENT: HOLIDAY ART & GIFTING EVENT Browse sculptures, wood-fired stoneware serving dishes, wax and resin jewelry and paintings at the gallery — many are in smaller sizes to make them easily giftable. Artist Kei Gratton will sell her tarot paintings (and do readings for a few lucky guests). This building-wide holiday market also includes neighbor stores ŪMEI and Spring Finn & Co., plus three pop-up shops and live jazz music. When: Noon–6 p.m Friday, Nov. 22, and 10 a.m.–8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 Where: Veronique Wantz Gallery, 901 N. 5th St. Info: veroniquewantz.com, 254-2838
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MERRY THRIFTMAS Find festive fashions, holiday decorations, bakeware and more — all at thrifty prices. Personal shoppers are on hand to help you put together a holiday outfit for less than $25. Buy baskets or vintage coolers to use instead of gift wrap. When: 9 a.m.–9 p.m. Monday–Friday; 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Open through Dec. 31 (closed Nov. 28, Dec. 24–25) Where: Value Village, 6528 Penn Ave. S. Info: arcsvaluevillage.org
Seeking green this holiday season? Head to Midtown Global Market for this annual event whose theme this year is My Green Community. Check out holiday gift ideas from 80-plus vendors, enjoy live music and stage demonstrations and peruse over 30 global food options. A family exploration space and a passport to fill out for prizes keeps it fun for kids, too. When: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 Where: Midtown Global Market, 920 E. Lake St. Info: doitgreen.org. $1 donation accepted at the door.
JULMARKNAD A delightful holiday market — with a nod to Sweden, of course — the Julmarknad offers cozy strolling over cups of coffee or mulled wine. More than 55 talented local and regional artists offer handmade items as Nordic music and dance groups perform and on-site cafe FIKA serves
MN CHRISTMAS MARKET Shopping with a charitable twist: It’s a merry way to multitask. The homegrown brands and makers at this annual holiday pop-up donate 7% of sales to a local charity. This year’s charity is The Reel Hope Project, an organization that is committed to helping kids in foster care find forever homes. When: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17 Where: Nicollet Island Pavilion, 40 Power St. Info: mnxmasmarket.com
festival-style food (including a holiday bake sale). New: a Friday night preview party to tour the holiday exhibition, where you can get first dibs on shopping, talk with curators and enjoy appetizers and glögg. When: Preview party, 6–8:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6; Julmarknad, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, and 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 Where: American Swedish Institute, 2600 Park Ave. Info: asimn.org, 871-4907. Tickets: $15 adults, $10 seniors, $6 ages 6–18. A.S.I. members and children under 5 get in free. Preview party tickets: $75.
NORDIC JULEMARKET You don’t need to have Scandinavian roots to shop and drink your way through the festive scene at the fourth annual Nordic Julemarket. Taking cultural inspiration from the five Nordic countries — Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden — this holiday market adds traditional folk music and dancing into the shopping mix. And for energy: food trucks onsite. When: 3–8 p.m Friday, Dec. 6; noon–8 p.m Saturday, Dec. 7; noon–6 p.m Sunday, Dec. 8 Where: Utepils Brewing Co., 225 Thomas Ave. N. Info: nordicjulemarket.com
WINTER MARKET Stop in to Downtown Minneapolis’ Sisyphus Brewing for a cozy afternoon of crafty vendors, a warm taproom and all kinds of tastings of their craft brews. Will a stout, pilsner or ale help you make better gift-buying decisions? Well, since there’ll be 15 vendors’ wares to choose from, let’s go with yes. When: Noon–5 p.m Saturday, Dec. 7 Where: Sisyphus Brewing, 712 Ontario Ave. W. Info: sisyphusbrewing.com
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A festive evening for adults, the third annual December wine and stroll lets grown-ups pop in and out of area shops, enjoying a glass of wine as they make headway on holiday shopping. Businesses offer discounts, special offers, gifts or swag bags, and the streets outside are filled with music as St. Kate’s a cappella group Femme Vocale sings holiday carols.
View Imperial-era Christmas ornaments, greeting cards and other Christmas memorabilia at the Museum of Russian Art. Imperial porcelain from the Romanov household is also on display. And don’t miss the tree decorated with Faberge-themed ornaments. When: Nov. 16–Jan. 26 Where: Museum of Russian Art, 5500 Stevens Ave. Info: tmora.org, 821-9045. Tickets: $12 adults, $10 seniors 65+, $5 students, free for children 13 and under. Free for museum members.
When: 5–9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12 (Individual store hours may vary.) Where: 43rd Street and Upton Avenue South, Linden Hills Info: explorelindenhills.com
HOLIDAY FEZTIVAL OF TREES Take a walk through beautiful and unique trees at this third annual event that’s both fun and a fundraiser for the Zuhrah Shriners’ operational needs. In between the ooh-ing and ahh-ing at trees, you can purchase a raffle ticket to win a tree (including everything under it), and St. Nick is there for the kiddos, too. Holiday shopping choices are on hand, plus food and beverage for purchase.
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WOMEN’S ART FESTIVAL Starting in 1992 with a handful of artists, the Women’s Art Festival has grown to this year’s 136 vendor booths and a full live music schedule. The bright, airy space where it’s been held since 2014 supports the festival’s mission to provide a welcoming place for local women artists to show and sell their creations. Food, beverages and treats are available from a womenowned coffee shop. When: 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14 Where: Colin Powell Youth Leadership Center, 2924 4th Ave. S. Info: womensartfestival.com. Free covered parking in the Wells Fargo ramp one block away.
Let the fires and spirits warm you at this unique center dedicated to the world of fire arts. At their fourth annual holiday market, find unique gifts while supporting local artisans — past wares have included ceramics, paintings, sculpture and 3D printed puzzles. The center offers classes and studio rental, and 30% of the proceeds from the holiday market go toward their scholarship fund.
When: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21; noon–8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 22 and 23 Where: Zuhrah Shrine Center, 6120 Blue Circle Drive, Minnetonka Info: holidayfeztivaloftrees.com. Free.
When: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14 Where: Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center, 3749 Chicago Ave. Info: cafac.org, 294-0400
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If “subtle” isn’t in your vocabulary when it comes to Christmas decorations, make sure you stop at this South Minneapolis distillery to experience their holiday version of a tiki grotto. It’s a Christmas-themed pop-up cocktail bar with kitschy decor and the holiday libations to match. If you want to blend gift shopping into the mix, stop in on a Sunday night in December for the Hygge Holiday Market (4–8 p.m., Dec. 1, 8, 15 and 22).
LUTEFISK DINNER A HANDMADE HOLIDAY MARKET Bring the kids, bring the dog, order a beer and make holiday shopping fun (and a family affair). Talk with local artists and makers while you try the Belgian-style beers that are the specialty of this handsome Loring Park brewery. Every Saturday has a different lineup of vendors, so you can check back as you check off your list. The final Saturday market’s aptly named Procraftinate. When: Noon–5 p.m. Dec. 7, 14 and 21 Where: Lakes & Legends Brewing, 1368 LaSalle Ave. Info: lakesandlegends.com or mplscraftmarket.com, 999-6020
If you’ve never been to a lutefisk dinner, well…there’s no time like the present! Experience a Scandinavian-American holiday tradition of having lutefisk baked and served with cream sauce and melted butter. And if fish isn’t your thing (or lutefisk isn’t your thing), there are other choices including Swedish meatballs, potatoes, homemade lefse and more. Kids activities, a photo booth, and live music round out the day. Norweigan sweaters encouraged.
When: Begins at 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25; open seven days/week. Where: Lawless Distilling, 2619 28th Ave. S. Info: lawlessdistillingcompany.com, 276-1000
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THE WISH TREE Help a child have a nicer holiday by choosing a wish off the beautiful Christmas tree that stands tall in the IDS Center’s Crystal Court. Kids gather by the tree, sing, meet Santa and then place wishes on the tree. Through this Parents in Community Action program, anyone is welcome to choose a wish (either on that day or in the weeks that follow), then purchase the item and place it under the tree. Get warm fuzzies in this classic, heart-ofMinneapolis locale. When: 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25 Where: IDS Center Crystal Court, 80 S. 8th St. Info: ids-center.com
about assistive technologies by transforming paper from 2D into 3D pop-up greeting cards. When: Nov. 29 through mid-December, during museum hours Where: Bakken Museum, 3537 Zenith Ave. S. Info: thebakken.org, 926-3878. Free with cost of admission to museum. Admission: $10 adults, $8 seniors, $8 ages 13–24, $5 ages 4–12, free for children 3 and under. Free for museum members.
WELLS FARGO WINTERSKATE If it’s been a while since you went ice skating (where are those old ice skates, anyway?), no problem. WinterSkate lets you use skates at no charge, and everyone will be so busy admiring the Minneapolis skyline that they won’t notice your rusty skills. Skate sizes vary and are available in the warming house on a first-come, first-served basis. When: Nov. 29 through early March. Skating is open during all Loring Park hours of operation. CenterPoint Energy warming house is open 3–9 p.m. Monday– Friday, 9 a.m.–9 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Sunday. Reduced hours noon–4 p.m. Dec. 24 and noon–6 p.m. Dec. 31. Closed Christmas Day. Where: Loring Park, 1382 Willow St. Info: mplsdowntown.com/winterskate. Free.
HOLLY TROLLEY AND VINTERNATT Hop aboard a magical visit into the past, when streetcars were the norm. Decked out for the holidays, it’s a fun 20-minute ride for the whole family—plus Santa, who visits with each child on the trolley. Vinternatt is an evening version, with 500 luminary and lighted Christmas trees along the route. Get free marshmallows for toasting over a fire; refreshments available for purchase. When: Holly Trolley runs noon–3:30 p.m Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 7 and 8; Vinternatt runs 6–8:30 p.m. Dec. 7 Where: Lake Harriet Trolley Depot, 4200 Queen Ave. S. Info: trolleyride.org. Holly Trolley is $4 and guests are asked to bring a new, unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots; Vinternatt is $5.
HOLIDAY DOUBLES MIXERS AT INNERCITY TENNIS Balance out the cookie-eating and couch time of the holiday season by gathering a group together to hit some tennis balls. InnerCity Tennis is hosting adult holiday doubles mixers that end with a light dinner and drinks, plus one-evening camps to polish your serving, returning or net play skills. While you’re there, explore the options at this center whose focus is creating
opportunities for kids to reach their greatest potential. When: Doubles mixers: 6–8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30, and Friday, Dec. 27. Serve and return camps: 6–7:30 p.m. and 7:30–9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 26, Net play camps: 6–7:30 p.m. and 7:30–9 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30. Where: 4005 Nicollet Ave. S. Info: innercitytennis.org, 825-6844. Doubles mixers, $35; skills camps, $25.
WINTERLIGHT TOURS OF PURCELL-CUTTS HOUSE Tour this 1913 Prairie School-style house as it’s decorated for the holidays to reflect the upper-middle class “progressive” lifestyle of the Purcells around 1915. The tour is 45 minutes and led by costumed docents explaining the gifts, toys, food and social traditions of the period. The home has been restored and is now part of the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. When: Weekends, Nov. 30–Jan. 5 Where: Tour begins at Mia, 2400 3rd Ave. S. (shuttle service to house leaves 15 minutes before tour) Info: tinyurl.com/winterlight-purcell, 870-3000. Tickets: $5 adults, free for K–12 students and children under 6 and for Mia members. Due to its historic design, parts of the house are inaccessible to some people with limited mobility.
HOLIDAY-THEMED FAMILY DAY Mark your calendar for the second Sunday of every month — Family Day at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. December’s theme is “Make Play,” and the focus is on being merry. It’s a chance to do hands-on art activities including creating your own puppets and making them come to life. When: 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 Where: Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2400 3rd Ave. S. Info: tinyurl.com/dec-family-day, 888-642-2787. Free.
COOKIES AND COCKTAILS WITH SANTA While grown-ups have a cocktail — Royal Foundry produces spirits in the classic British tradition — kids get to decorate cookies, get their faces painted and meet Santa. Plus, there’s balloon artistry, snacks and glitter tattoos. Cheers to that! When: 3–5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 Where: Royal Foundry Craft Spirits, 241 Fremont Ave. N. Info: royalfoundrycraftspirits.com, 208-1042. Tickets in person or online: $20 children ages 3 and up, $10 adults, free for children under 3.
Four Southwest High School AVID students — Ashley Ortega-Cano, ZemZem Siyad, Nadiya Bteibet and Betsy Melina Carrasco — are participating in the Rosie the Lawyer program this fall. Founded in 2017 by Mardell D. Presler, the intent of Rosie the Lawyer is to expose high school girls to female attorneys and judges, roles that are high paying and tend to go to males. Through the program, these students, regardless of whether they choose a legal career or not, consider how college provides financial independence, realize the value of mentoring and develop a comradery among themselves as they finish high school and transition into college. Senior Melina Carrasco says “The professionals we meet come from different backgrounds, and the fact that they are successful inspires me. I also like seeing women in power.” Above is a picture of the four students with Associate Justice Anne McKeig of the MN Supreme Court. Justice McKeig is the first Native woman state supreme court justice in the nation, appointed in 2016 by Governor Dayton.
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REINDEER DAY Bundle up the whole family (or a bunch of friends) and head to Linden Hills to roast marshmallows by the fire, browse specials in the stores, pause to listen to carolers in the village and visit with Santa. And get the camera ready: There are real live reindeer. When: 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 Where: 43rd Street and Upton Avenue South, Linden Hills Info: explorelindenhills.com/events/linden-hillsreindeer-day
SANTA IN THE TAPROOM Santa for the kids, interesting beer for you. Stop into this South Minneapolis taproom so the little ones can tell their wishes to Santa while the big kids check out a range of beers including sour, farmhouse, saison and other rustic-style ales designed to buck convention and stretch the flavor profile. When: 3:30–5:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 Where: Wild Mind Artisan Ales, 6031 Pillsbury Ave. S. Info: wildmindales.com, 286-1777.
CANADIAN PACIFIC HOLIDAY TRAIN Pick a stop on the route to see the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train coming through town, decorated for the holidays and raising awareness about hunger. At each stop, there’s free live music (and plenty of colorful lights), and attendees are asked to donate money or food to their community food banks. Performances at the stops listed below are by Meghan Patrick, Tanika Charles and Kelly Prescott.
REINDEER RUN Runners and walkers are welcome to join the fun at this 32nd annual gallop into the holidays. Choose from 5K, 10K, 15K or Kids’ Run and enjoy the fresh air (maybe a good time to wear the hat with antlers) as you make your way en masse around Lake Harriet. Kids (10 and under) each receive a drawstring bag and finisher medal, post-race snacks and a picture with Mr. and Mrs. Claus. When: Saturday, Dec. 14, start times vary based on run Where: 4135 W. Lake Harriet Parkway Info: reindeerrun.com. Toys for Tots: Please bring a new unwrapped toy to the north end of the heated tent (new clothes and toys for teens are needed). Kids’ Run: $15 online, $20 race day. Adult fees start at $30. Prices increase on Nov. 22.
When: Dec. 11. Arrival times: Golden Valley, 4:45 p.m.; St. Louis Park, 6 p.m., Minneapolis, 8 p.m. Where: Full U.S. schedule of stops: cpr.ca/holidaytrain/schedule-united-states
SANTA AND PANCAKE BRUNCH What to do on a chilly Saturday in December? Problem solved. Bundle up the whole family and head to this pancake brunch that includes arts and crafts, plus visits with Santa. When: 10 a.m.–noon Saturday, Dec. 14 Where: Painter Recreation Center, 620 W. 34th St. Info: minneapolisparks.org, 370-4911. Tickets, $5.
PCYC CHILDREN’S GIFT SALE Help kids experience the joy of giving. This event lets kids pay $1 to pick out five new gifts for their loved ones. A volunteer guides them through the process. If you’d like to
help, you can donate your money, gifts or time. Over 3,000 gifts and 150 volunteers are needed to transform the PCYC campus into a gift store. When: 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14 Where: Plymouth Christian Youth Center, 2210 Oliver Ave. N. Info: pcyc-mpls.org, 643-2000.
FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS Let someone else do the driving as you sit back and take in the holiday lights. Bryant Square staff hosts adults on this tour of area houses, from the comfort of a van, followed by a stop at a local coffee shop for a hot drink. When: 5–9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19 Where: Bryant Square Recreation Center, 3101 Bryant Ave. S. Info: minneapolisparks.org, 370-4907. Fee: $20 for Minneapolis residents, $30 for non-residents.
12 BARS OF CHARITY Gather up some friends for a night of charitable toasting in Uptown. This second annual event is a friendly competition between eight local charities, with everyone winning. Participants pick a charity to support, don a sweatshirt in the color of the charity and take a shuttle to participating bars in Uptown. The $15 donation goes to the charity of your choice. There will be drink specials and free admission at all bars. When: 8 p.m.–midnight Friday, Dec. 20; check-in 6–10 p.m. Where: Night begins at James Ballentine VFW, 2916 Lyndale Ave. S. Info: tinyurl.com/12-bars-charity
ON STAGE FAMILY DINNER Have a wacky family dinner (somebody else’s, for a change) at this improv theater. The setup: A family comes home for the holidays, each person with a secret. The clincher? It’s the audience suggesting the secrets, and this skilled improv troupe takes it from there. When: Nov. 15, 22, 29 and Dec. 6, 13, 20, 27; all shows start at 8 p.m. Where: HUGE Improv Theater, 3037 Lyndale Ave. S. Info: hugetheater.com, 412-4843. Tickets: $15.
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TRAVIS ANDERSON TRIO: CELEBRATES GUARALDI HOLIDAY & GEORGE SHEARING CENTENNIAL Kick off December with an evening of energetic jazz exploring both Vince Guaraldi’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and the musical legacy of pianist George Shearing. Guaraldi’s music for the “Peanuts” cartoon fills one of the most beloved holiday albums of all time. Blended with the music of Shearing, who mixed jazz and classical influences to become one of the most popular pianists of the bebop era, it’s an evening to uplift spirits and get toes tapping. When: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, Where: 1010 Nicollet Mall Info: dakotacooks.com, 332-5299. Tickets from $15.
MISS BENNET A charming holiday romance that picks up where “Pride and Prejudice” left off, “Miss Bennet” welcomes you into the Darcy home for Christmas. Middle sister Mary unexpectedly encounters shy bookworm Arthur de Bourgh, who has more than one admirer. Discovering she is hardly his only suitor, she must learn to be the heroine of her own story in this funny tale that resonates with modern themes. Written by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon. When: Nov. 20–Dec. 29; various dates and times. Where: Jungle Theater, 2951 Lyndale Ave. S. Info: jungletheater.org, 822-7063. Tickets from $40. Preview performances (reduced ticket prices) Nov. 20 and 21.
ELF THE MUSICAL, JR. Follow Buddy the elf in his hilarious quest to find his true identity after being raised as a would-be elf in the
North Pole. He’s oversized (for an elf) and can’t make toys well, but his heart of gold reminds everyone of the true meaning of Christmas. When: Nov. 22–Dec. 28, various show times. Where: Stages Theatre, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins Info: stagestheatre.org, 952-979-1111. Tickets: $21–33. Check schedule for special performances including pay-what-you-can, sensory-friendly, ASL-interpreted and audio-described.
TRASHY LITTLE XMAS SHOW AND CRAZY FOR XMAS CD RELEASE Be part of Minneapolis honky-tonk history by joining Trailer Trash as they release their new CD “Crazy for Xmas.” Song titles include “Ugly Xmas Sweater Polka” and “Santa Says Keep It Cool,” which the band describes as the world’s best song about Christmas and climate change. Always tongue-in-cheek and
always a rollicking good time, the show can get anyone (Grinches included) into the holiday spirit. Check site for additional show dates. When: 8–10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29 (doors open at 7 p.m.) Where: Parkway Theater, 4814 Chicago Ave. Info: trailertrashmusic.com or theparkwaytheater.com, 822-8080. Tickets: $20 advance, $25 at the door, $55 VIP.
HOLIDAYS UNDER GLASS Pass through the stunning, airy Crystal Court in Downtown Minneapolis to see the beautiful Christmas tree and menorah — and to hear live music over the lunch hour. Different groups and individual musicians perform all month long, bringing holiday sounds to the center of Downtown. Plenty of benches offer seating on the ground floor. Pause at the skyway level for a view of the festive scene from above. Santa Claus visits on Saturdays following the music, so kids
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JUNIE B. JONES IN JINGLE BELLS, BATMAN SMELLS First-grader Junie B. Jones is super-excited about the upcoming Holiday Sing-Along and Secret Santa gift exchange at her school — but tattletale May keeps ruining all of her fun. When Junie draws May’s name for Secret Santa, she comes up with a plan to get back at her. Will the Christmas spirit prevail? This show is written by Allison Gregory and based on the books by Barbara Park. When: Dec. 6–22, various show dates and times. Where: The Conn Theatre, 1900 Nicollet Ave. Info: youthperformanceco.org, 623-9080. Tickets: $15 adults, $12 children/seniors, $10 weekend groups, $10 weekday groups.
can chat or take a picture (1–3 p.m.). When: Noon–1 p.m. Nov. 29–Dec. 24 (excluding Sundays) Where: IDS Crystal Court, 80 S. 8th St. Info: ids-center.com. Free.
A VERY DIE HARD CHRISTMAS The movie “Die Hard” recently celebrated its 30-year anniversary, so it seems like a good time to take in a Die Hard-themed holiday show. Running for its seventh season, this offshoot of the John McClane flick includes singing, dancing, action, suspense and … OK … bloodshed. Yippee Ki Yay, Father Christmas! Bryant Lake Bowl hosts several other holiday shows; see site for the full schedule of seasonal fun. When: Various dates Nov. 30–Dec. 21 Where: Bryant Lake Bowl, 810 W. Lake St. Info: bryantlakebowl.com, 825-8949. Tickets from $18.
A YULETIDE CELEBRATION CONCERT Join Kari Tauring as she captures the beauty of the winter
season by singing all the songs off her album “A Yuletide Celebration” at its 20-year anniversary. In addition to these original songs for the winter solstice, she’ll perform Scandinavian songs and will be joined — at the show’s finale — by Matt Yetter for pop holiday favorites. When: 7–9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, Where: Riverview Cafe, 3753 42nd Ave. S. Info: karitauring.com or theriverview.com, 722-7234. Tickets: $10.
MICK STERLING PRESENTS: ‘AT CHRISTMAS’ Sit back and smile as you take in an evening of stories and music that will ring true with family members of all ages. Top-notch musicians join Twin Cities favorite Mick Sterling as he presents an evening with beautiful music, laughs and a feeling of togetherness. When: 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9 Where: Dakota Jazz Club, 1010 Nicollet Mall Info: dakotacooks.com, 332-5299. Tickets from $15.
BIG BAND HOLIDAYS: JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS Fifteen soloists, ensemble players and arrangers make up the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and they’ll bring beloved seasonal songs to the stage for this annual concert. Hear soulful, big band versions of classics like “Jingle Bells” and “Joy to the World” — plus spice-it-up tunes like “Brazilian Sleigh Ride.” When: 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, Where: Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall Info: minnesotaorchestra.org, 371-5656. Tickets from $50. Note: The Minnesota Orchestra does not perform in this program.
TWIN CITIES GAY MEN’S CHORUS: BELL BOYS Expect holiday favorites mixed with contemporary works in this bell-themed show that the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus describes as ap-peal-ing! It features the premiere of a new Hanukkah work, “The Coming of Light,” plus festive songs accompanied by The Bells of the Lakes handbell ensemble. When: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 13 and 14; 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, Where: Ted Mann Concert Hall, 2128 4th St. S. Info: tcgmc.org, 624-2345. Tickets from $27, with special pricing for wheelchair seats; see site for full info.
A STOCKING FULL OF AWESOME IX: IT’S A WONDERFUL KNIFE Safe to say it’s a Christmas show you won’t forget. The Danger Committee combines comedy, juggling and thrilling knife-throwing to create a holiday extravaganza. They’ve appeared on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” E’s “Talk Soup” and multiple Las Vegas stages. For this show they’ll bring classic elements and some brand new material. Order up an adult beverage and sit back. If you dare, choose the VIP couch seating near the action. When: Dec. 14–Jan. 4, various dates and show times. Where: Minnsky Theatre, 1517 Central Ave. NE Info: minnsky.com, 930-1517. Tickets from $35. Wheelchair accessible with priority seating for special-needs individuals. Free on- and off-street parking (see website).
HANDEL’S MESSIAH Experience the Messiah as performed by St. John’s Oratorio Chorus, a community chorus drawing singers
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from the entire metropolitan area. Music Director Kira Winter directs this annual concert in its 30th year, held in the beautiful sanctuary of St. John’s, featuring warm woodwork and stained glass windows. When: 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, and 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15 Where: St. John’s Lutheran Church, 4842 Nicollet Ave. Info: stjohnsmpls.org, 827-4406. Free.
AN EARLY AMERICAN CHRISTMAS The Rose Ensemble presents harmonious American music, honoring the style of music that gave birth to bluegrass. Instrumentalists and singers — including special guest Dan Chouinard — in this eight-member ensemble evoke the warmth of hearth and home in this holiday chapel concert. When: 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15 Where: St. Joan of Arc Church, 4537 3rd Ave. S. Info: saintjoanofarc.org (search “concert series”), 823-8205. Tickets: $25 adults, $10 students.
CIVIC ORCHESTRA OF MPLS HOLIDAY CONCERT In collaboration with the Normandale Lutheran choir, this afternoon concert features Christmas carols for orchestra and chorus that have been arranged by St. Olaf professor John Ferguson. In its 68th season, the Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis was the first organized community orchestra in Minneapolis and has served as a model for the dozens of orchestras that have followed.
KOLYADA: WINTER SONGS FROM THE BLACK SEA Experience the diverse music of the Black Sea region at this all-ages winter concert performed by a mix of local music ensembles and artists. Take in the unique folk instruments from the region like the toaca, taragot and gadulka in both secular and sacred music. Marking the solstice, the concert will move from darker tones to a lighter and more joyful feel as the evening progresses.
When: 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15; pre-concert music at 2 p.m. Where: Normandale Lutheran Church, 6100 Normandale Rd., Edina Info: civicorchestrampls.org. Free; donations accepted.
When: 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15 Where: The Cedar Cultural Center, 416 Cedar Ave. Info: thecedar.org, 338-2674. Tickets from $20.
MINNESOTA JEWISH THEATRE COMPANY: HANUKKAH LIGHTS IN THE BIG SKY When a brick is thrown at a menorah set in a child’s window for Hanukkah, community leaders of all faiths come together to help spread a message of tolerance and peace, and 10,000 families display menorahs on Christmas. Based on true events that occurred in 1993 in Billings, Montana, this family play, commissioned by MJTC in 2004, is newly adapted for ages 6 and up. When: 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15 and 22. (Additional daytime shows for school groups Dec. 6–22; call for info.) Where: Highland Park Community Center, 1978 Ford Parkway, St. Paul. Enter through the doors facing Ford
Parkway; proceed up the ramp toward the theater. Fully accessible (wheelchairs included). Free parking on site. Info: mnjewishtheatre.org, 651-647-4315. Tickets: $20 or $15 with a season passbook.
When: 7–8:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15 Where: Plymouth Congregational Church, 1900 Nicollet Ave. Info: boychoir.org, 651-292-3219. Free (donations accepted during the concert in support of the Minnesota Boychoir.)
WINTER CONCERT: MINNESOTA BOYCHOIR Take in the magical voices of the Minnesota Boychoir. With a reputation for excellence over 55 years, the choir has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, the
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CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT: ME LA AMARGATES TÚ One of the world’s leading Sephardic music ensembles will play romances incorporating Ladino language traditions with musical elements from Sephardic Jewish communities.
When: 4–5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17 Where: Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, 3045 Chicago Ave. Cost: Free Info: mlat.org
INDIGENOUS VOICES FESTIVAL: STAGED READINGS THIRD THURSDAY: IN FOCUS Sharon Day’s “I Will Do It for the Water” weaves the escapades of river walk troubadours as they attempt to undo the juju left by Lewis and Clark. In Carolyn Dunn’s “Soledad,” a teenager finds old cassette tapes of her Cherokee father’s once famous powwow songs and presents them as her senior project.
When: Friday, Nov. 15–Sunday, Nov. 17 Where: Pangea World Theater, 711 W. Lake St. #101 Cost: Pay what you can $5–$25 Info: pangeaworldtheater.org/indigenous-fest
BAKKEN TO THE FUTURE The 2019 Bakken to the Future Campaign Launch will unveil renovation plans and share the future of the museum.
Play with a photo booth installation, listen to Nur-d and tour the Graciela Iturbide and Meadow Muska exhibitions.
When: 6–9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21 Where: Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2400 3rd Ave. S. Cost: Free Info: new.artsmia.org
TED HEARNE: IN YOUR MOUTH The poetry of Dorothea Lasky inspired composer Ted Hearne’s 12-song suite, which will be accompanied by a real-time installation by conceptual artist Rachel Perry and stage direction by Daniel Fish.
When: Thursday, Nov. 21–Friday, Nov. 22 Where: Walker Art Center, 725 Vineland Pl. Cost: $26, $20.80 Walker members Info: walkerart.org/calendar
MCAD ART SALE Now in its 22nd year, this sale features nearly 7,000 pieces of art from more than 400 student and alumni artists.
When: Thursday, Nov. 21–Saturday, Nov. 23 Where: Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 2501 Stevens Ave. Cost: Thursday, $150; Friday, $30; Saturday, Free Info: mcad.edu/about-mcad/events/art-sale
THEODORE WIRTH HOUSE TOURS Tours of this National Historic Site, designed by famed park superintendent Theodore Wirth in 1910, last 1.5 hours.
When: Noon–4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24 Where: Lyndale Farmstead Park, 3900 Bryant Ave. S. Cost: Free Info: minneapolisparks.org
When: 5:30 p.m. for the VIP reception, 6:30 p.m. for the main event, Saturday, Nov. 16 Where: The Bakken Museum, 3537 Zenith Ave. S. Cost: $100 for the main event, $200 for the VIP reception Info: thebakken.org
OPENING RECEPTION: CHRISTMAS WITH THE TSARS Be the first to view the holiday world of Imperial-era Christmas ornaments, greeting cards and other Christmas memorabilia from the museum’s collections.
When: 6–8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16 Where: The Museum of Russian Art, 5500 Stevens Ave. Cost: General admission $12, senior admission $10, student admission $5, TMORA members and children under 14 get in free Info: tmora.org
MINNESOTA INDEPENDENT SCHOLARS FORUM: OAXACA: MEXICAN DISCOVERIES Charlie Rogers shares his experiences in Oaxaca pertaining to cuisine, archeological sites, artisan crafts and mezcal.
When: 10 a.m.–noon Saturday, Nov. 16 Where: Washburn Library, 5244 Lyndale Ave. S. Cost: Free Info: hclib.bibliocommons.com/events
ZAMYA AT STEP BACK LISTEN UP: STORIES WE ALL NEED TO HEAR Theater 45° and zAmya Theater present the sixth performance in the Step Back Listen Up series. zAmya Theater is a unique creative process that brings together homeless and housed individuals to create and perform a theatrical production.
When: 7–9 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18 Where: Plymouth Congregational Church, 1900 Nicollet Ave.
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Redeemer Center for Life, which supports job growth, attainable housing and youth development in the Harrison neighborhood, is hosting a party at Utepils Brewing Co., where $1 of each beer purchased goes toward the organization. Donate $20 and get a buy-one-get-one coupon, plus a chance to ring the Utepils taproom bell. There’s also a Venture North raffle table.
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When: 6–9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15 Where: Utepils Brewing Co., 225 Thomas Ave. N. Cost: $20 optional donation for party Info: givemn.org/organization/redeemer-center-for-life
FREE PERFORMANCE AT INTERACT Interact Center for Visual and Performing Arts, an organization that creates art that challenges perceptions of disability, will share original songs and stories in addition to hosting a gallery exhibition with hot cocoa.
When: Performance 1–2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14; social hour until 3 p.m. Where: Interact, 1860 Minnehaha Ave. W., St. Paul Cost: Donation-based Info: Interactcenter.org « Photo courtesy of Interact
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Green Card Voices, a group that amplifies stories told by immigrant communities, hosts a Voice-a-thon for their event at their new office in Whittier’s FLOCK co-working space. You’ll be able to visit their latest exhibit, meet the storytellers, watch videos and share in a meal.
While GTMD is an online event, some organizations actually hold “In Real Life” events as well to thank folks for giving to the best of their abilities. Here are a few local Give to the Max Day events to get excited about.
When: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14 Where: FLOCK, 2611 1st Ave S. Cost: Donation-based Info: givemn.org/organization/green-card-voices-1
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inter is coming, so we’re busy cleaning birdhouses, putting up more feeders and plugging in a few heated water bowls for birds and other wildlife. We know it’s ill-advised to bring every shivering creature into our house when it gets cold. So we do what we can to make the freezing months a little less harrowing by providing some food, shelter and water. Bitter cold makes me worry about all living things that must survive outside. But I probably worry most about wild turkeys. Those strange-looking animals, which are ubiquitous in the city these days, will eat all sorts of things. But they can’t forage for food in deep snow because their little pokey turkey legs just can’t propel them through it, especially when the snow is powdery. So the turkeys hunker down under evergreen trees and shrubs, trying to wait it out. But if the snow doesn’t melt, they will starve to death in just a few weeks. Last winter was the first time I’d ever heard about this sad turkey situation, so we only spent a couple of months trying to feed hungry wild turkeys before the snow melted. This year, we’re prepared to do more. Of course, I know that for a lot of reasons, people aren’t supposed to go around feeding animals in winter. But while some of those reasons are well founded, there’s plenty of dumb, cruel rationalizing going on out there, too. So I looked up why we shouldn’t feed turkeys, and one of the most frequently made arguments falls into the latter category, I’d say.
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I’m paraphrasing here, but the basic rationale is that since a 15-pound turkey usually eats about five pounds of food per week, you would have to put out thousands of pounds of food routinely if you wanted to save more than a few turkeys from starvation. What? How do you ever get anything done with that sort of attitude? I may not be able to feed a whole bunch of turkeys, but I’m sure the ones I can find and feed will be glad to have lived through the winter. How did we get so hung up on turkeys? My husband, Mike, and I see them all the time when we visit his mom’s grave at Lakewood Cemetery. That place is crawling with turkeys
and they almost always seem to be little families, everyone walking around together, necks bobbing as they search the ground for acorns, seeds, berries, worms, spiders, snails, beetles, slugs — even frogs and snakes. I know turkeys can be a nuisance and even aggressive in some situations. But in my experience, they mostly just run off when they see people coming toward them. I mean, who’s really more likely to turn the other into a sandwich? While researching this whole turkey-feeding thing, I did find one good reason not to feed them, and that was because it might make them too tame. No one really wants turkeys
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coming to the door for a snack. And being too comfortable with people might also get the turkeys into trouble if they approach the wrong person and wind up hurt. When circumstances are dire, though, New Hampshire’s Fish and Game website says that exceptions can be made if “there are 15 or more inches of soft powder snow on the ground for a period of 10 or more days.” In that case, the website says, feel free to feed wild turkeys “cracked or whole kernel corn, sunflower seeds, oats, wheat, or non-medicated commercial poultry or turkey rations.” Once the snow starts falling, Mike and I plan to keep plastic buckets of “turkey chow,” as we call it, in the car. Like last year, when we spot wild turkeys, or go to specific places we know they are likely to be, we’ll stop and put out some food. If you’re also interested in feeding wild turkeys when times get tough, another approach is to feed them where you see them roosting this winter, often under evergreen trees. That same Fish and Game site advises spreading the food around, about a half cup per turkey daily, so everyone gets something to eat. Try to do this away from busy roads and buildings. Stop when the snow has melted away enough for them to forage again. Know that your kindness just might help a bunch of weird-looking turkeys live to enjoy another spring. Meleah Maynard is a Minneapolis-based writer and editor who blogs at Livin’ Thing — livinthing.com.
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Local vegetables for the Thanksgiving table
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ooking for a way to bring some local love to your Thanksgiving feast this year? If so, you’re in luck. Hutchinsonbased Loon Organics, along with 40 other farmers, food makers and artists, will be at Mill City Farmers Market’s indoor winter market on Saturday, Nov. 16, and Saturday, Nov. 23. Loon Organics is 40-acre certified organic farm owned and operated by Adam Cullip and Laura Frerichs. With their team, they grow over 250 varieties of vegetables and herbs, many of which are rare, specialty and heirloom varieties with unparalleled taste and are typically unavailable at retail grocers. “The mission of Loon Organics is to nourish mind, body and soil,” Frerichs explains. “We are committed to producing the highest quality vegetables possible with certified organic farming practices. Attention to detail and really clean, beautiful vegetables set our farm’s product apart, and if it doesn’t taste good, we will not grow it.” Cullip and Frerichs’ farming journey began in their early 20s, wondering where their food was coming from. They were able to rent a few acres in Farmington in 2005 and, the following year, became some of the first vendors at the Mill City Farmers Market. You can still find them — along with Brussels sprouts, cabbage, leeks, sweet potatoes, kale, wild rice and honey for the recipe below — at the indoor winter market. Learn more at millcityfarmersmarket.org. — Jenny Heck
WILD RICE AND BRUSSELS SPROUTS SALAD Recipe courtesy of the Mill City Farmers Market The salad adds a perfect splash of crunch and color for the Thanksgiving table! Serves 6–10.
For the salad: 1 pound Brussels sprouts, quartered lengthwise Half a medium purple cabbage chopped into 1-inch pieces (no need to separate each layer) 3 medium leeks 2 medium sweet potatoes, unpeeled and diced small (about half-inch pieces) Olive oil Salt Black pepper Honey 1 bunch kale, de-stemmed and sliced thinly 1½ cups wild rice, cooked in 5 cups water (about 5 cups cooked) 1 cup roasted almonds, crushed Feta cheese, crumbled For the dressing ¼ cup orange juice ¼ cup champagne or white wine vinegar ¼ cup olive oil
some crispy pieces, and you can pierce the sprouts or sweet potatoes easily with a fork.
2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil 2 tablespoons tahini 3 tablespoons honey, more to taste if desired Pinch of salt Black pepper, to taste Method 1. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees with your pan inside. 2. Slice the leeks in half lengthwise and rinse thoroughly under cold running water; then dry them. Slice each half leek into half-inch slices. 3. Drizzle Brussels sprouts, cabbage and leeks with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Toss to coat. Separately, toss the sweet potatoes in oil to coat. 4. Roast (sprouts, cabbage and leeks together; sweet potatoes separately) on baking pan 25–35 minutes, stirring after 15. They are done when there are some nice brown caramelized pieces,
Note: If you do not have an oven to roast (or it is currently occupied by a turkey), these vegetables can be prepared on a hot skillet by adding adequate oil and salt and then sauteing, stirring frequently, until tender and caramelized — about 12–15 minutes. 5. For the dressing, combine all ingredients in a container that closes securely. Shake vigorously until emulsified. Taste and adjust for salt, pepper and honey. Shake again before adding to the salad. 6. Immediately after you remove your veggies from the oven, drizzle with honey — just enough to add a little sweetness. Gently stir to coat. Combine cooked rice, roasted vegetables, kale and almonds in a large bowl; toss with dressing to taste. Sprinkle with feta and serve.
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