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Giving Voice Chorus unites people with memory loss and their caregivers in song By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@southwestjournal.com
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abby Matzdorff and her mother, Donna Lou Leehey, joined Giving Voice Chorus because they were looking for something to do together. Her mother, Matzdorff said, “has always been musical.” As they chatted after a recent rehearsal at
MacPhail Center for Music, Leehey didn’t remember that she sang soprano in her high school choir, or that the group went on to win a state competition. “Some of these things happened so long ago, you forget,” she said, after hearing her daughter recount the story. But Leehey hadn’t forgotten
Lyndale renters face rent hikes; landlord says increases long overdue By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com
Renters in the Lyndale neighborhood are speaking out about rent increases slated to go into effect early next year. They reported rent increases at eight buildings up to $205; Qt Property Management said increases of 8–12 percent average $74 per month at 86 units. The renter advocacy group Inquilinxs Unidxs por Justicia (United Renters for Justice) said the change impacts 3018, 3020, 3032 and 3114 Pillsbury Ave. S., as well as 3019, 3023, 3027 and 3030
Pleasant Ave. S. Marta Pacheco said she’s concerned about her daughter. Her apartment at 3018 Pillsbury Ave. has roaches and it leaks from the ceiling. Pacheco pointed out mold along the ceiling edges in her bedroom. She said the landlord came and painted, and the problem returned within three weeks. Pacheco said she currently pays $675 per month, including parking. She received a SEE RENTERS / PAGE A12
music’s place in her life. “I raised five children,” she said. “I had to sing quite a bit to get them to sleep.” About half of Giving Voice Chorus’ members are dealing with age-related memory SEE MUSIC / PAGE A17
5 Jeanie BrindleyBarnett leads Giving Voice Chorus in rehearsal inside MacPhail Center for Music’s Antonello Hall. Photo by Dylan Thomas
Nonprofits ee surge in donations, volunteer interest after Trump’s election Trump railed against abortion, Muslim immigration during campaign By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southtwestjournal.com
Carol Stoddart of the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota said she and her coworkers were “diving into taking action” within hours on the morning after Republican Donald Trump was elected president. Stoddart’s office wasn’t alone.
Across the Twin Cities, progressive nonprofits have reported surges in donations, volunteer interest and social media followers in the weeks since the election. Nonprofit SEE NONPROFITS / PAGE A10
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Steeple People Steeple People plans to close on Jan. 31. After 37 years of operation and three years spent searching for a new location, operators said they haven’t found an affordable storefront. The thrift store must leave by Feb. 28 to make way for a new apartment project on the corner. “We’re still looking, but it’s going to take a miracle to find a place that we can afford,” said Manager Bob Janssen. “We’ve been privy to good rent at this old dilapidated building at Lyndale & Franklin. Every place we looked at, we would lose money.” Steeple People Board President Lee Carlson said they considered the Cheapo Records space on Nicollet and another spot at 1901 Nicollet Ave., and neither location panned out. Because half of their clients come from the neighborhood, they’ve been focused on relocating nearby. But gentrification in recent years means their below-market rent can’t be found, he said. The store is currently offering a holiday sale,
and another sale is likely in January to draw down the inventory. Donations to the store will end later this month. Carlson said he’s hesitant to crowdfund money to subsidize a move. “We’re in the business of giving money, not accepting it,” he said. Carlson said they’re still open to a new location, ideally about 5,000 square feet located between Lake Street, I-35W, Hennepin and Franklin avenues. Steeple People was founded in 1979 by members of Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church. In that time, the organization has given nearly $1 million in grants to community organizations and outreach ministries. The store is operated by a handful of paid staff and nearly 100 volunteers. “It’s a blow to all of us,” Janssen said. “We’ll see what happens.”
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Janne Flisrand announces Ward 7 candidacy LOWRY HILL — Ward 7 City Council Member Lisa Goodman will have at least one challenger in her 2017 re-election bid: Janne Flisrand, a professional consultant who sits on the board of the non-profit transportation and land use website streets.mn. Flisrand, a 20-year Minneapolis resident who owns and occupies a Lowry Hill apartment building, announced her candidacy Nov. 17. In going up against Goodman, she’s challenging an incumbent who’s been re-elected four times and commands one of the biggest campaign war chests on the Council, with a greater than $96,000 cash balance, according to her latest campaign finance report. “I’m running because I really want to make Minneapolis a city that works for every person in it,” Flisrand said. “That’s every resident and business owner, people living in apartment buildings and single-family homes, people of every race and ethnicity and people with less access to money and power. That’s near and dear to my heart, and I want to take an active role in making that happen in the city.” Goodman, first elected in 1997, confirmed she plans to run a sixth term representing Ward 7 next year. An official announcement will come at a later date. “I think campaigns already are too long, so I wasn’t planning already to start the next campaign,” she said, adding that her focus at the moment was on helping others and herself recover from the “trauma” of the national election. “Lisa’s been in the role a long time and I respect deeply the work that she’s done and the contributions that she’s made to the city,” Flisrand said. “I am a progressive leader and I think I am the progressive candidate. We are a progressive city, and so I think that my vision is aligned with the city and the people of Ward 7.” A self-described “urbanist,” Flisrand
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riday night at the Turf Club in St. Paul, as Colin Campbell and the Shackletons roared their way through a set of Replacements covers born during the freedom-stifling Reagan-Bush years, my friend Joe Fahey yelled into my ear his latest reason for disgust at the prospect of an America under Grand Wizard Trump. “The Impressionists had to go underground during Nazi rule in Germany,” said Joe, in response to my lukewarm take that the Trump sheeple are finally happy because they’ve never embraced things like the Replacements, or indie rock, or hip-hop, or anything considered to be even mildly alternative or emanating from the much-maligned progressive liberal bubble. Well, the sheeple finally have their Tea Party czar who validates their dim-witted entertainment, misery-loving-company reality TV and endless televised talent shows, so now they can sit back in their La-Z-Boys and go full-on Wall-E and watch the stupidfest while the rest of us wake up every day and find a reason to believe and a reason to continue to make cool things. “The Nazis banned everything they thought was weird or that they didn’t understand, and so they hated the Impressionists,” said Fahey, a visual artist and songwriter who writes with the sort of nuance and poetry that tends to go unappreciated by fascist regimes. I did an art-history refresher: According to Wikipedia, “Degenerate art was a term adopted by the Nazi regime in Germany to describe modern art. Such art was banned on the grounds that it was un-German, Jewish, or Communist in nature, and those identified as degenerate artists were subject to sanctions. These included being dismissed from teaching positions, being forbidden to exhibit or to sell their art, and in some cases being forbidden to produce art.” Hear that, sanctuary city artists and musicians? It’s no overstatement to say that this is the history we’re in danger of repeating; for proof we need only look at the chill on thought and expression that’s taken hold in the media over the last month. While the likes of the New York Times’ Charles M. Blow and others continue to rail against the madness of a pending Trump presidency, I’m seriously disturbed by the lack of outrage from the mainstream media, especially around these parts, where speaking truth to power has been a hall-
mark of the press. But the combination of election fatigue and not wanting to piss off Trump-loving advertisers or bosses has landed all of us in self-censorship territory and, after putting Trump on the front page or top of the news every day for the last year, our local media has obviously given up and taken to heart what postelection USA Today staffers were told by their brass: “Stick to sports.” Meanwhile, there is a known white supremacist in the White House, a cabinet that looks like a Klan meeting, and a president-elect who has boasted of sexually assaulting women and who tweeted Tuesday morning, “Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag — if they do, there must be consequences — perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!” Never mind that burning the flag is still protected under the U.S. Constitution, this is the sort of seemingly benign censorship and protofascism that leaves me wondering where we’ll be a year (month?) from now. Will Marilyn Manson be on trial for his video depicting a violently decapitated Trump? Will Alec Baldwin be in jail for his “Saturday Night Live” lampooning of the Grand Wizard? Will newspaper columnists and talk show hosts be chastised, fired, trolled? Since the election I’ve heard several artists, writers and activists talk about feeling defeated and purposeless in the face of so much fear and loathing, but it says here that — and I’m talking to myself more than anything else, here — we must stay vigilant amidst America’s grotesque growing pains. In a Facebook post earlier this week, my likeminded friend from the progressive liberal bubble Brian Drake quoted Yale historian and Holocaust expert Timothy Snyder, who offered book suggestions for the growing resistance (“The Power of the Powerless” by Vaclav Havel, “1984” by George Orwell, “The Captive Mind” by Czeslaw Milosz, “The Rebel” by Albert Camus, “The Origins of Totalitarianism” by Hannah Arendt, and
“Nothing is True and Everything is Possible” by Peter Pomerantsev) and some point-bypoint advice, including: “Do not obey in advance. Much of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then start to do it without being asked. You’ve already done this, haven’t you? Stop. Anticipatory obedience teaches authorities what is possible and accelerates unfreedom.” “Stand out. Someone has to. It is easy, in words and deeds, to follow along. It can feel strange to do or say something different. But without that unease, there is no freedom. And the moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow.” “Make eye contact and small talk. This is not just polite. It is a way to stay in touch with your surroundings, break down unnecessary social barriers, and come to understand whom you should and should not trust. If we enter a culture of denunciation, you will want to know the psychological landscape of your daily life.” In the current psychological landscape of my daily life, I have hope, as always. I hope that Trump proves to be like the aliens in the beautiful new film “Arrival,” who initially serve as a common enemy for humankind, but in the end bring people together. I also take solace in the sort of subversive spirit that sneaks through via outlets like The Current (89.3 FM), who pointedly but without comment played Pere Ubu’s “Final Solution” the other day, as Joe Fahey’s words about the Nazis rang in my ears. Written and recorded in 1975, “Final Solution” takes its name from a Sherlock Holmes tale and from the name the Nazis gave to its plan to exterminate the Jews. Pere Ubu stopped performing it when Nazi punks adopted it as an anthem, but as it blasted out of my car speakers the other day, it sounded a lot like the soundtrack to America 2016 and provided a sobering reminder of what happens when the proletariat lays down and allows evil men to do their bidding unchecked. Jim Walsh lives and grew up in South Minneapolis. He can be reached at jimwalsh086@gmail.com
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Moments in Minneapolis
Uptown for the Holidays Holiday shoppers in December 1948 traversed an Uptown that is simultaneously very familiar as well as disconcertingly different. In this photograph, taken on Hennepin Avenue looking south towards Lagoon Avenue, some of the district’s iconic buildings are clearly visible — the Uptown Theatre and the building now home to William’s Pub, for example — but look more closely and you’ll notice how much the landscape has changed. Most significantly, on the left an uninterrupted bank of buildings extends all the way to Lake Street; today Lagoon Avenue slices through where the Chapman Graham ice cream parlor once stood. Photo courtesy of Hennepin History Museum; for more information about the museum, please visit hennepinhistory.org.
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Your bias is showing Your most recent publication (Nov. 17–30) was thrown again on our front doorstep this morning. Your headline (“Political environment shifts around Minneapolis”), coupled with the overwhelming results of the most recent elections, has prompted me to write you with a
recommendation. I recommend you change the name of your publication to more rightly identify your affiliation. Thus, please consider the following names: “Southwest Liberal Journal” or, perhaps, the “Southwest DFL Journal.” Identifying yourselves as you are would reflect some integrity on your part, and, for the few of us who are not DFL, arrest any hope
or expectation of ever finding any balanced reporting. It would be a refreshing change for us, and you could become a model for all the others in your line of work. Genevieve Lubbers Lynnhurst
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Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which provides relief for undocumented immigrants between the ages of 15 and 31 who arrived in the U.S. as children, provided they meet certain requirements. The Obama administration has granted about 6,000 young people in Minnesota DACA status since the program’s inception in 2012, Keller said. A report from his organization concluded that DACA has encouraged young immigrants to stay in school, enabled them to get drivers’ licenses and expanded their job opportunities.
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leaders say people are feeling a sense of urgency in combating Trump’s platform on issues such as abortion and immigration as well as the rhetoric surrounding his campaign. “People are really concerned about what’s going to happen under our president-elect,” Stoddart said. “They’re really understanding the challenges to the Constitution that many of his campaign promises pose.” Stoddart said her organization raised $87,000 from more than 1,000 donors on the annual Give to the Max Day, well above its goal in the $30,000 range. She said the organization had about 85 requests from people who wanted to volunteer in the two weeks after the election. It receives maybe two requests in a typical month, she said. Stoddart said she anticipates there may be some effort to limit voting in Minnesota, where the GOP gained a majority in both the House and Senate. She also said her organization is prepared for the issue of voter ID to resurface. She added that she’s concerned about the rights of immigrants, noting that a colleague based in southern Minnesota was subjected to xenophobic and hostile language while volunteering on Election Day. “For the first time in his life, he was fearful because of his ethnicity,” Stoddart said. Patti Walsh, development and outreach coordinator of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, also expressed concern that Trump’s election has emboldened people to use more hateful rhetoric.
CAIR-MN called for increased protection of Muslim students after a student allegedly threatened to shoot a Muslim Somali-American student in the Stillwater school district. The organization also reported two cases where Muslim girls allegedly had their hijabs pulled by other students. Walsh told a story about talking on the phone to a Somali woman who asked if she would have to go on a Muslim registry or to an interment camp. She said she worries Islamophobia will flourish under the Trump administration, noting that she is concerned about civil rights. “These people are already marginalized,” she said. “It’ll just be more so.”
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Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on AmericanIslamic Relations, said the organization would challenge Islamophobia. Photo courtesy CAIR-MN
Emily Shaftel of Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota said in an email that her organization received 500 new volunteer applications in the week after the election compared with the 10 it receives in a typical week. She wrote that the organization has received an “outpouring” of local donations and gift in the name of vice president-elect Mike Pence, a staunch abortion opponent. In addition, she wrote that local community members have planned fundraisers for Planned Parenthood such as dance parties, art shows, comedy shows and yoga classes. Margaret Levin of the Sierra Club North Star Chapter said her chapter has seen an increase in gifts since the election and a “huge increase” in people contacting it. Levin said about 40 people had filled out the organization’s online volun-
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Holiday spending will rise this year, survey says St. Thomas researchers expect Twin Cities shoppers to spend more this year.
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The rumored closing of the downtown Macy’s store wouldn’t have much of an effect on the holiday shopping habits of metro residents, according to the Holiday Sentiment Survey from researchers at the University of St. Thomas. Photo by Eric Best
Shoppers in the metro region will spend more this holiday season, according to new survey results from researchers at the University of St. Thomas. The university’s annual Holiday Sentiment Survey predicts Twin Cities shoppers will spend $918 per household this shopping season. The new numbers, the highest projected amount in the survey’s 15-year history, show an increase of $68 or about 8 percent over last year, when researchers expected spending to drop slightly. Holiday shoppers will spend a total of $1.24 billion this year, up 9 percent from last year’s project $1.14 billion, based on responses from more than 300 metro-area residents. Despite the projected increase, this year responses were slightly less optimistic, with 15 percent of respondents saying they plan to spend more compared to last year, 25 reporting they would spend less and 61 percent saying they’d spend about the same. The results fall within the range of predictions of national surveys like Deloitte & Touche, which is predicting an increase of 3.6 to 4 percent in holiday spending, and PwC U.S., which expects a 10-percent jump. “There were no big surprises in our findings,” said Sandra Rathod, one of the survey’s researchers and a faculty member of the Opus College of Business, in a statement. “It is clear that Twin Cities shoppers are optimistic and their responses generally reflect national surveys and projections for 2016.” The survey also takes a look at where shoppers plan to spend their money and what they plan to buy. Gift certificates, cash, clothing/accessories and books all remained in the top five most popular gift choices compared to last year. Of 14 categories, video games, jewelry and furniture rounded out the bottom of this year’s results. St. Thomas researchers have seen huge changes in where Twin Cities residents plan to shop. In 2002, the survey’s first year, respondents said they planned to spend just 7 percent of their holiday shopping budget online. Now that number is 39 percent, roughly the same as the percentage going toward items in big malls like Southdale or Rosedale.
“The Internet has gone in a few years to barely being there to being an equally planned place to spend,” said Lorman Lundsten, a researcher and a professor emeritus of marketing. The most popular e-commerce sites continue to be “Internet-only” sites like Amazon — the survey’s most popular website by far — and “bricks to clicks” retailers like Target, along with Macy’s, Kohl’s and Best Buy. “Brokerfacilitator” sites like eBay and deal sites such as Groupon were the least popular. For brick-and-mortar stores, Mall of America, Rosedale and Southdale continue to be the top shopping destinations for shoppers to visit at least once this season, though this year shoppers said they planned to do most of their shopping at the Mall of America, Ridgedale and Burnsville Center. The survey includes 16 shopping destinations across the Twin Cities and neighboring suburbs. The survey has also seen the rise of outlet malls and retail centers like Woodbury Lakes, the Premium Outlets of Eagan and Albertville Outlet Center, which ranked 7th, 10th and 14th, respectively, on the list of sites where shoppers expect to do most of their shopping this year. “They’re in there fighting with the share of the market with the malls. That’s really something,” Lundsten said. The survey included a bonus question asking respondents if the closing of the downtown Minneapolis Macy’s store at 7th & Nicollet would affect their spending behavior. While no closing plans have been released, Macy’s announced last fall that the store, once the longtime home of Dayton’s department store, was one of several potential redevelopment projects. A vast majority — 83 percent — said they didn’t expect it would change their habits and eight percent said they would do the same amount of shopping at Macy’s, but at a different location. Downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul have struggled to capture the attention and money of shoppers, Lundsten said, with the two areas ranking 10th and dead last on the list of where respondents plan to visit at least once this season.
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letter that said a new 12-month lease would increase her rent to $775 per month, or they could opt for a six-month lease at $815, or a month-to-month lease at $855. If they took no action, rent would automatically increase by 30 percent, the letter said. Jason Quilling of Qt Property Management said work orders are in process and they’re taking care of those in a timely manner. Quilling said they are raising rents on buildings that haven’t seen an increase in 24 months, at a time when property taxes and utility costs are going up. He said the increased rates go into effect Jan. 1 and Feb. 1. “We’re still below market and keeping an affordable product,” he said. One-bedroom units down the street go for $900 per month, he said, while comparable Qt rates are $775. “Rents right next store might be $100 more,” he said. “Twenty-four months without an increase, I would say it has been quite overdue. We’ve been talking about this for a while, and it’s time for this to go up.” He said more than 25 of his tenants had signed new leases in the past two weeks. “You can’t paint a picture that we’d evict 100 people,” he said. “Does that sound like any kind of business practice?” A petition of 54 renter signatures said the rent increase is “unreasonable,” and asked that current rates be maintained. “We’re united here, we’re fighting and we’re struggling so we don’t lose that much rent. It’s too much they’re asking us to pay,” said resident René Yumbla. Resident Luis Caguana said it feels like the landlord doesn’t understand their lives and what kind of money they make at work. “I’m thinking about looking for a new place to live,” Caguana said. “I’m not sure yet.” The average rent rate in Southwest Minneapolis in the third quarter of 2016 was $1,186, according to Maxfield Research. In the third quarter of 2012, the average rent was $899. Council members Elizabeth Glidden and Alondra Cano have spoken to Qt staff about the rent increase.
Twenty-four months without an increase, I would say it has been quite overdue. We’ve been talking about this for a while, and it’s time for this to go up. — Jason Quilling of Qt Property Management
“I was very concerned hearing about this,” said Glidden. “It did seem to me like a large increase at one point in time.” Glidden said she asked the owner to consider more gradual increases, and said she was concerned the change would lead to quite a few tenants leaving the property. She said she’s seeing the issue play out elsewhere in the city as well. “Properties are raising rents, and this is forcing out tenants, often those who are lower-income and often people of color,” she said. “As a general comment, I am so concerned about what’s happening. “The city is looking at all different kinds of mechanisms we can employ to help with housing.” One recent policy change allows the city to invest in mortgage-backed securities where the mortgages are for “naturally occurring affordable housing.” The city’s involvement to preserve such properties is expected to result in lower debt service costs for purchasers, according to city staff, and could lower rents for tenants by $600–$900 per year. Inclusionary zoning regulations under consideration would introduce more affordable units into the city, and Glidden said another policy idea coming forward soon would look at infill housing opportunities to create more long-term affordable housing. “This is important for the public at large to understand the conditions that residents are facing,” she said.
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MPS students learn about Native American history and culture Aaron Erdrich said he didn’t learn much about Native American history while growing up on Indian reservations in Minnesota and South Dakota. This past month, Erdrich helped to ensure Minneapolis Public Schools students are learning about his culture and traditions. Erdrich spent a morning teaching students at Kenwood Elementary School about the Native American flute, playing them songs and telling them the flute’s Dakota origin story. He also explained to them how craftsmen make the flutes and answered questions about Native American history. “I’m just glad that I can share the history,” said Erdrich, who is of Dakota and Ojibwe descent. Erdrich’s visit to Kenwood was one of dozens of events the district held in celebration of Native American Family Involvement Day on Nov. 17. Schools served a traditional Native American wild rice dish and hosted performances by Native American dancers and rappers in celebrations
throughout the week. Erdrich learned to play flute from his uncle, Bryan Akipa, a Dakota flute maker and player and recipient of a lifetime honor from the National Endowment for the Arts. Akipa has been playing and making flutes for more than 20 years, specializing in the ancestral five-hole flute that Erdrich says is a modern-day rarity. Erdrich’s visit coincided with the opening of a Native American art curriculum at Kenwood. Students learned from Dakota and Ojibwe artists about topics such as beadwork patterns, different Native painting styles and native Minnesota species. About 1,250 Native American students are enrolled in MPS, or about 3.6 of the total student population. The district has an Indian education department that works to develop curriculum, connects families to schools and works with Native students on college planning. — Nate Gotlieb
southwestjournal.com / December 1–14, 2016 A13
Solhem Companies is pitching 71 apartment units with ground-floor live-work spaces at 3009-3013 Holmes Ave. Rendering by Momentum Design Group
Solhem proposes micro unit apartments near Lake & Holmes By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com
Solhem Companies is proposing a six-story apartment filled with “micro units” at 3009– 3013 Holmes Ave. The apartment sizes would range from about 380 square feet to 850 square feet and would lease at about $1,200–$2,000 per month. The project would include 71 units, with 39 parking stalls in one level underground and a half level above ground. The project’s design would include extensive glass and balconies to create an indooroutdoor environment. “We’ve only built in pedestrian zones, and each rendition is more transparent,” developer Curt Gunsbury said. “… You can literally be in your living room and outside at the same time.” He said the rooftop would be available for residents, with “ponding” roof features like moss to handle stormwater. Gunsbury described the site’s current commercial buildings as two of the ugliest lots in the neighborhood. The new project would stand between the existing six-story Solhem apartments on Holmes and the Jon English Hairspa building on Lake. “We really don’t see this as part of Holmes Avenue, we see this as part of Lake Street,” Gunsbury said. “It’s part of the vibrancy of Lake Street.” He said the Sons of Norway building would likely be torn down for redevelopment in the coming years, to be replaced by a high-density project. “We want this building to interact with that building,” Gunsbury said. “That’s what we’re designing it to face.” At a recent community meeting in East Calhoun, some residents objected to the height of the project, citing the precedent the height might set for the Sons of Norway site. “All of a sudden we’re looking at eight stories in the middle of our neighborhood,” said Lee Todd. The site’s zoning allows four stories or 56 feet, and the city can grant a conditional
use permit to build higher. In this case, the developer is seeking a main roof height of about 74 feet, with an elevator overrun that reaches about 90 feet. Resident Peggy Melbye said she lives nearby in the “beautiful” 3021 Holmes Ave South Apartments originally developed by Solhem and later sold to Laramar. She said she’s concerned about the proposed height and the traffic it would generate. “People have cars, even if they [only] use them on a weekend,” she said. Gunsbury said at another of his projects with 48 units and 30 parking stalls, two parking spaces remained untaken after the project was leased up. “We think it will work out just fine,” he said. Solhem typically charges monthly rates of $150–$175 per stall, and some residents suggested tenants are opting to park on the street rather than pay the charge. Gunsbury noted that new city regulations don’t require any parking in new development near high-frequency transit. Solhem has developed other micro unit buildings in Minneapolis, including Nolo Flats in the North Loop and Coze Flats in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood. Gunsbury said the appeal of micro units goes beyond young people. “Because they’re so small, a lot of people are using them as a second space,” he said. He noted a doctor in Rochester rents one of his micro units to spend weekends in Minneapolis. The developer is not seeking to rezone the site to allow more density. The project would require city approval for a floor area ratio increase to 4.64 from the 3.24 allowed by ordinance. The project is also seeking side and rear yard setbacks. Pending city approval, the developer would aim to begin construction in the spring. Additional project information is available at eastcalhoun.org.
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Northeast arts district welcomes new leader Dameun Strange has taken the helm of the growing Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association
Eric Best / ebest@southwestjournal.com
The Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association, the nearly 20-year-old nonprofit that organizes Art-A-Whirl and supports the area’s artists, has welcomed a new leader. Dameun Strange, a Twin Cities-based community organizer and composer, assumed the position of NEMAA’s executive director in mid-October following Alejandra Pelinka’s leave earlier this year. Strange, the association’s second executive director and one of just two full-time staff, is now tasked with growing the more than 900-member artist collective after years of work to establish the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District and the local creative economy. Brenda Kayzar, NEMAA’s interim executive director and president of its board, said they chose Strange for his ability to engage communities, which could help NEMAA reach its next audiences. “Today, with the growth of the arts in Northeast, which is a big part of NEMAA’s success, we were really looking at wanting to bring somebody in that could benefit from all the work that [Pelinka] did in setting up every process for the institution, but do more engagement with the community,” she said. “The search process has really demonstrated to us how the awareness of NEMAA has grown, especially within the arts community.” Strange comes to the association from the Bush Foundation where he worked as a philanthropy fellow. Prior to that, he has done community organizing work with ACORN, Minnesota United for All Families and Grassroots Solutions. Strange, who lives in St. Paul, has also been on the board of Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Hopewell Music Cooperative North, Transit for Livable Communities and several other local organizations. The Washington, D.C., native moved to the Twin Cities to attend Macalester College where he got a degree in English and music. A musician and award-winning composer, Strange has drawn from his studies in classical, jazz and West African music. He adapted Langston Hughes’ poetry into a song cycle for a 2011 Fringe Festival show and is now composing an opera based on the life of
Dameun Strange, a Twin Cities-based community organizer and musician, assumed the position of executive director of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association in October. Submitted photo
Alberta Williams King, the mother of Martin Luther King Jr. Strange is no stranger to NEMAA or its main event, the annual spring studio crawl known as Art-A-Whirl, having performed with participating bands over the years. “What I really want to be is a storyteller as a musician and composer. I think that’s what the arts can do, to really make visible narratives that are often unheard and that’s what I try to do as a composer,” he said. Strange takes the helm of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District as city leadership, including Mayor Betsy Hodges, look to bolster the local creative economy, something that wasn’t always acknowledged before NEMAA rose to prominence. “The conversation around the arts really veered toward that it’s an extra,” Kayzar said.
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“[We’re] trying to get people to look at artists as entrepreneurs. … You can’t talk about artists as something extra. They’re producing something. There’s a tangible there.” Kayzar said the next task for NEMAA, whose core membership consist of artists in Northeast Minneapolis’ large studio buildings, is to draw in a new generation of members. “For the sustainability of Northeast, there also has to be an awakening of the fact that maybe someday that young artists will move into a studio space,” she said. The challenge is not that there aren’t enough artists, Strange said, but that they have to bridge the gap between younger, often multidisciplined artists and the career artisans who occupy much of the studios in Northeast Minneapolis. “You have photographers who are DJs, and
painters who are dancers. They’re starting to do both or multiple things at the same time,” he said. Strange said beyond expanding membership and fundraising, he is looking to add a summer event to round out NEMAA’s programming. Currently, the organization relies on its 14-member volunteer board, contractors and more than 200 volunteers to throw the biennial juried exhibition Wintertide and the annual Fall Fine Arts Show. Art-A-Whirl, now nearing its 22nd year, draws more than 30,000 people to studios each spring. It’s undetermined what the event could be, whether it’s an online-only fundraiser or even another festival, Kayzar said.
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here are quite a few different streaming services out there and they all offer different features. One of the newest features is that many streaming services are now offering their own original programming, which you can only watch by subscribing to their service. Will a streaming service provide you with everything you need, or will it only supplement your viewing? Let’s find out. Amazon Video is most effective if you are already an Amazon Prime subscriber, as it includes loads of free movies and TV shows for on-demand viewing with a Prime membership. The shows are full catalogues (all seasons) of older shows, recently aired past seasons and original programming. You can pay to purchase individual episodes of current episodes or subscribe to a full season of a current show. It’s recommended as a supplement to live television either through cable, over-the-air antenna or live TV streaming service. As of my writing this, DirecTV Now has not yet been released, but the limited information available seems to indicate this will be an option for streaming live television with over 100 channels. It is unknown if the ability to pause and skip live TV will be included or not. Without knowing the channels, I can’t yet recommend the service, but the goal is for it to be a cable replacement. Hulu airs television shows shortly after they originally air so that you can watch them at your convenience. There are commercials, but you can pay for a limited-commercial plan. There is
also the rumored upcoming Hulu Live service, which will presumably offer live television. Hulu also has some original programming and non-original movies and TV shows in their back catalogue. It is easy to search the Hulu website to see if your favorite shows are included. Hulu also has non-first run movies available for streaming. Hulu is another potential cable replacement. Netflix provides past shows and movies as well as original movies and series. For the past shows, they generally have the full catalogue, or all past seasons of a show. While their original programming is available to all at the same time, their non-original programming, including movies, can be a bit outdated. It’s recommended as a supplement to live television either through cable, over-the-air antenna or live TV streaming service. Sling TV has live television with limited channels and no ability to
record shows for later viewing; you watch live television. Some of the channels allow pausing of live TV, but not all. The goal is to replace your cable with Sling, but, again, you need to confirm that their channel lineup has all of the channels you are looking for and ensure that you are comfortable solely watching live TV as it airs. Not all local network television channels are available, but you can add on premium
movie channels. Netflix and Amazon Video are great options to supplement here. Sony Playstation Vue, to be clear, does not require that you have a Sony Playstation video game console (however, it can be played through the console). Like Sling, Vue plays live TV with a limited number of channels and does not include some local network channels. However, Vue includes a “cloud DVR” which allows you to record your favorite shows for playback at your convenience. The ability to record is what makes Vue stand out today and makes for a great cable replacement option (verify that it has the channels that you need). You can also subscribe to premium channels through Vue. As with Sling, Netflix and Amazon Video are great options to supplement here. Viewing these streaming services still requires that you have the right equipment. Some of these are built into smart TVs (Netflix is built into everything). Otherwise, there are inexpensive streaming boxes that can be purchased to get you up and running. Are you still subscribing to cable? Paul Burnstein is a Tech Handyman. As the founder of Gadget Guy MN, Paul helps personal and business clients optimize their use of technology. He can be found through www. gadgetguymn.com or via email at paul@gadgetguymn.com.
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MPS wraps up first-ever Visit Our Schools Month Principal Ginger Davis Kranz led about eight families around Webster Elementary School in Northeast this past month, showing them classrooms, the school’s project lab, the cafeteria and more. Kranz explained the unique aspects of the school such as its family-style dining, integration of Spanish into classrooms, no-homework policy and learning hallway with a magnetic white board. “We really try to make learning playful at Webster,” Davis Kranz said. “… We work really hard to let kids problem solve on their own.” Kranz was one of dozens of Minneapolis Public Schools staff members who led a school tour during the district’s inaugural Visit Our Schools Month. The program allowed families to visit the district’s elementary schools on five designated tour days. It ran Oct. 15–Nov. 7, although families can still take tours. The program was the first step in getting individual schools to begin driving their own recruitment efforts, said MPS Director of Enrollment Management and Student Placement Services Bryan Fleming. “We want every building to have a recruitment mindset,” Fleming said. “This was the first sort of paradigm shift toward that goal.” Fleming said 1,127 families visited MPS elementary schools as part of the program, surpassing the district’s goal of 1,000. In comparison, he estimated the district hosted about 405 families at last year’s school showcase, the old recruitment event that Visit Our Schools Month replaced. The program is part of MPS’ push to begin the 2017-18 school-placement process earlier than in past years. The district in the past didn’t host its schools showcase until January or February. In addition, it didn’t open its online schools-request portal until mid-December for high school students and until January
Webster Elementary School Principal Ginger Davis Kranz. Photo by Nate Gotlieb
for elementary and middle school students, Fleming said. The district on Nov. 15 opened the portal for the 2017-18 school year. Fleming said the earlier timeframe allows the district to be more thoughtful about its budgeting process and transportation, among other areas. He said it’s a little early to tell how MPS is doing in recapturing families who live in the district but enroll their kids in other schools. However, he said he is most concerned about enrollment on the city’s North Side, particularly in pre-K, kindergarten and first grade. “That’s our biggest orchard that we need to
be cultivating for our families,” he said. Fleming said the district saved $15,000 by replacing the schools showcase with Visit Our Schools Month. The district spent $25,000 on the showcase last year, compared to the $10,000 it spent on this year’s program. The district received “overwhelmingly positive” feedback about the program, he said, noting that families appreciated the opportunity to visit in the schools in person. Lake Harriet Lower Campus Principal Merry Tilleson said she thought the program was really successful, adding that families requested tours outside of the designated tour days. She said 140 people visited the school as part of the program.
Graff eaffirms p ce of all students in MPS Superintendent Ed Graff reminded the Minneapolis Public Schools community after Election Day that all students are welcome in the district regardless of who
holds political power. Graff wrote in a letter to families that the district supports all students and families no matter their political beliefs. He wrote that all
Hopeful messages and drawings, such as this one, lined 47th Street up to Southwest High School earlier this month, thanks to a group of Linden Hills residents. Photo by Nate Gotlieb
students and their families have a place in the community and that the district’s strength lies in the uniqueness of every child. “Our district will continue to be a place of respect,” he wrote. “We welcome all students and families in our schools and celebrate the diversity of their race, gender, religion, culture, disability and sexual orientation.” Graff reiterated that message at the Nov. 15 School Board meeting. He said MPS would continue to be a place of inclusion, stay true to its values and lead by example. He shared a song produced by Roosevelt High School music teacher Adrian Davis called “I Can’t Do it Alone” that encapsulates those themes. School communities across the district have been posting and projecting similar messages through signs, social media messages and more. A group of neighbors in Linden Hills, for example, drew inspirational slogans and pictures on the sidewalk leading up to Southwest High School one weekend. “Although it was a really small gesture, it absolutely felt like something that would change somebody’s day for the better,” said resident Erin Farrell, who led the group.
Davis Kranz, the Webster principal, said the program brought families into the school earlier than usual. The first tours felt slower, she said, but word is getting out about the school, which reopened last year. Northeast resident Anna King was one of those who toured the school as part of the program. King has a daughter who will be a kindergartener next school year and said she loved the building’s modern feel, its openness, the free breakfast for every child and the familystyle dining. Visit schoolrequest.mpls.k12.mn.us or highschoolrequest.mpls.k12.mn.us for more information on the school-request process.
School Board seeking student rep The Minneapolis Board of Education is looking for its next student board representative. All Minneapolis 10th and 11th graders are eligible. Applications are due Dec. 8. Contact Student Engagement Program Coordinator Janae Krantz-Odendahl at 612-6681202 with any questions.
Edison seniors win scholarships for overcoming adversity Two Edison High School seniors have won college scholarships geared toward high-achieving students who have overcome adversity in life. The non-profit Minnesota Children’s Defense Fund awarded Kayla Cross and Kenneth Walton two of its five $5,000 “Beat the Odds” scholarships. The two were among nearly 200 who applied from the Twin Cities area.
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loss, typically early to mid-stage Alzheimer’s disease. The other half is made up of their care partners: the husbands and wives, children and grandchildren who help them live at home. “This is a group of people who are who they are today,” said Marge Ostroushko, co-president of the Giving Voice Initiative, which recently developed an online toolkit so that others can replicate the two-year-old chorus’ model. If someone is struggling that day, or if they tell the same story they told at rehearsal last week, that’s OK, Ostroushko said. “Nobody makes mistakes here,” said Al Trostel, who sings in the chorus with his wife, Parker. Al, a former professor of business administration and chair of his department at the University of St. Thomas, was diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment about four years ago. He has been married to Parker, a minister, for 43 years, and the couple lives in Uptown. Al still drives — even better than before, according to Parker — but his mild cognitive impairment led him to pare back his life and avoid situations that made him confused or uncomfortable. Their weekly rehearsals at MacPhail are “joyous,” Parker said. “It makes your brain move, and it’s fun,” she said. Matzdorff and her mother drive into MacPhail each week from Minnetrista, and the 40-minute car ride is just long enough to listen to a CD of the chorus’ current songs. They’ll listen again, and sing along together, on the way home. “Oh my gosh, it’s my favorite day of the week,” Matzdorff said. “Every week on Wednesday, mom says, It feels like it’s been a long time since we’ve been to choir.”
‘A choir family’ Ostroushko, a radio and events producer, developed the idea for the chorus with her friend Mary Lenard, a former executive director of the Alzheimer’s Association Minnesota-North
Dakota Chapter. Both have personal experience with the disease; Lenard’s late father had Alzheimer’s, as does Ostroushko’s mother, who lives in Rochester, N.Y. They brought the idea of a chorus to a local support group for people with Alzheimer’s and their caretakers, and when the enthusiastic response led them to start searching for a music director, they set a lunch meeting with Jeanie Brindley-Barnett, a charismatic choral director with extensive experience in adult music education. Brindley-Barnett co-founded of MacPhail Music for Life, a program that engages adults aged 55 and older in music classes and ensembles. Brindley-Barnett directs the chorus, which began meeting for weekly two-hour rehearsals at MacPhail’s Antonello Hall in 2014. She started with 30 singers; today, Brindley-Barnett directs a group of 60 in the morning and another group of 40 at afternoon rehearsal. A new choir started in St. Paul this fall. Ostroushko said many in their group sang in choruses, church choirs and barbershop quartets. Some left those groups when they could no longer fully participate. Others, like Jerry Parks and his wife, Karen, who live in Plymouth, didn’t ever consider themselves particularly musical. When Jerry was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s a decade ago, at age 56, he was determined to continuing learning, and Karen said he talked about taking up the guitar. He heard about Giving Voice Chorus at The Gathering, a regular meet-up for people experiencing memory loss, and ended up joining that inaugural group of 30 singers. Jerry, who is in the moderate stage of the disease, said he never thought of himself as a singer, and was deeply embarrassed when, as an elementary student, he had to sing a solo in front of his class. “Sixty years later, he’s learning he can sing,” Karen said. She said Giving Voice Chorus is the “highlight of our week.” “This has been an outlet for me, too,” Karen
The reason that we did the toolkit is we feel like we’ve really made this work, and that’s what the singers have said to us. — Marge Ostroushko, co-president of the Giving Voice Initiative
said. “The socializing for the caregivers is fabulous. “It’s another support group, absolutely. We are a family, a choir family.”
Sharing their toolkit News stories about Giving Voice Chorus have drawn national and even international interest in the program. A new toolkit in development for much of the past year launched in September on the nonprofit’s website, and it outlines in detail how to start in independent chorus for people with Alzheimer’s. “It’s not a small thing to do. Frankly, it needs to be done well,” Ostroushko said. “The reason that we did the toolkit is we feel like we’ve really made this work, and that’s what the singers have said to us.” There are already groups starting up in Eau Claire, Wis., and Chicago. The Health Arts Society, a foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, plans to launch its own chorus in February, and they recently sent music director Kathryn Nicholson for a training session in Minneapolis. Nicholson described the chorus the “culmination” of her training as a choral director, nurse and counselor at a hospice care facility. “It’s magnificent really, the idea,” she said. At the pre-Thanksgiving rehearsal, Nicholson stepped up to the podium to lead the chorus
in “Return Again,” a chant-like song composed by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach. She divided the singers and had them singing different verses at the same time in a round. The chorus, rehearsing for two December performances, ran through a repertoire that ranged from “Ode to Joy” to “Daddy Sang Bass” to the Beatles’ “With a Little Help from my Friends.” They closed the rehearsal with “Happy Trails,” then filtered out of the hall in pairs to put on their winter coats in the lobby before heading out into the snow. Part of the group stayed behind to eat a chili lunch while flurries blew past the second-story windows. These days, Anne Sterner is usually one of those volunteers serving snacks and cleaning up after rehearsal. Sterner joined the chorus in 2014 with her mother, Doris, who was 83 and struggling with dementia. “It was a really difficult time for her,” Sterner said, describing the kind of isolation people experience when they can no longer cook or drive for themselves. “… The things she did all her life weren’t there anymore.” Singing with Giving Voice Choir was something they both enjoyed, and, for Sterner, who lives in Southwest Minneapolis, it was a relief to have a place where she didn’t have to talk about her mom’s disease. The other care partners just knew. That’s why, a year after her mother passed away, she’s still volunteering with the chorus. “I’ll do that forever if they continue to let me, because it meant everything to us,” she said.
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By Annie Van Cleve
Citations in Minneapolis: Who gets cited? Where and why?
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f you ride your bike on Hennepin Avenue, it’s probably not a good idea to ride on the sidewalk — not just because it’s illegal to ride on the sidewalk in a business district, but also because you’re more likely to get a ticket for riding here. The same is true on Nicollet Mall and at the University of Minnesota. Of the 1,101 citations given by the Minneapolis Police Department for bicycle-related traffic violations between 2009 and 2015, 50 percent were in one of these three areas, according to a report analyzing bike-related citations and related arrests released in October by Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition volunteers. Authors Melody Hoffman and Anneka Kmiecik wrote the report based on analysis of publicly available data from the Minneapolis and University of Minnesota Police Departments. They undertook the project to try and understand whether racial bias and profiling was relevant to policing of people on bikes. While they concluded it is probable, there was not enough information available to reach a definite conclusion. Nevertheless, information they uncovered gives a fuller picture of the experience of bicycling in Minneapolis and how that experience may vary depending on location and individual identity.
Who tends to get cited? In Minneapolis, 70 percent of area bicyclists are male and 30 percent are female. The race/ ethnicity of people given a bicycle-related citation is not known because the Minneapolis Police Department was not tracking this statistic during the study period. It is known that 77 percent of citations were given to men. More information should be available in the future, since the MPD announced in September that they will track the race and ethnicity of all people stopped for traffic violations, including people on foot and bicyclists. Of the 169 people who were stopped for a bike-related offense and subsequently
arrested or logged as a suspect, 96 percent were male. Race and ethnicity is known in these cases because police reports were filed. According to those reports, 48 percent of the 169 individuals were black and 35 percent white. In Minneapolis, the population is 18 percent black and 61 percent white. A report by the American Civil Liberties Union, “Picking Up the Pieces, Policing in America: A Minneapolis Case Study,” finds that blacks are 8.7-times more likely to be arrested for low-level offenses than whites. Those who were subsequently arrested or filed as a suspect after being stopped for a bicycle-related offense were mostly between the ages of 20 and 29. Juveniles (those under the age of 18) were the second-largest age group arrested. Of the 41 juveniles arrested, 28 were black. This tends to align with the ACLU report, which found that black youth were 5.8-times more likely to be arrested for low-level offenses than white youth in Minneapolis. Fifty-five percent of bicyclists arrested or logged as suspects were initially stopped for riding on the sidewalk in a business district (49 people total) or because they lacked a front light (44 people total). These reasons were more commonly used to stop black cyclists. Hoffman pointed out that people are more vulnerable on bikes, and we have to consider the lived experience of a vulnerable person on a vulnerable form of transportation. “If your goal is to stay invisible, you might not have lights or you might ride on the sidewalk to stay out of the way,” she said. White cyclists were more commonly arrested in cases where they were initially stopped for running a red light or stop sign.
What behavior resulted in citations? Bicyclists who were stopped and only received a bicycle citation but were not arrested or logged as suspects were also commonly stopped for riding on the sidewalk (40 percent of the time) but were only
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stopped for riding without a light 8 percent of the time. Bicyclists received citations for failing to follow traffic laws 38 percent of the time. This commonly meant running red lights or stop signs, failing to yield or riding against traffic.
Where were citations commonly given? Fifty percent of the citations given were in downtown or at the university around major attractions, like cultural venues, shopping and restaurants. Streets like Nicollet and Hennepin attract a lot of people but either don’t have dedicated bike infrastructure or have limited infrastructure. Part of the reason for this concentration of citations is related to what the police call “traffic initiatives” and what laypeople call stings. The report’s authors found that federal grants handed down from the Department of Transportation fund some of this work. “One thing striking to me is the traffic initiatives – in which police are paid overtime for pre-planned operations, like ticketing bicyclists on Nicollet Mall,” said Hoffman.
What can we conclude? The lack of information about the race or ethnicity of bicyclists who received citations means it’s not possible to say racial disparities are apparent in the policing of people on bicycles. The analysis of police reports shows a higher incidence of arrest among black people that is not reflective of the population and makes it “highly probable” that racial disparities are also a problem in policing of people on bikes. However, the sample size of 169 reports is too small to conclude this is the case. “What the report suggests is that other racial disparities also apply to bicycling. It is one more puzzle piece,” said Hoffman. Since the MPD has announced it will
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record the race and ethnicity of all people stopped, more information will be available in the future. The report authors recommend doing more analysis as this information becomes available. For now, the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition is focusing on creating a five-year plan related to enforcement of bicycle laws. At a meeting following the unveiling of this report, Hoffman said some of the ideas discussed included policy work, exploring ways advocates could work with police and targeted outreach in areas where people are more likely to be cited. Individuals who are interested in getting involved should contact the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition. A meeting to continue the discussion is planned to take place in the second week of December. While data may not provide a definite answer to the question the authors of this report initially set out to answer, the report does provide insight about the way the experience of bicycling varies across our city. The more we understand about the experience of bicycling in Minneapolis, the more effective we’ll be at advocating for conditions that make bicycling accessible across the city.
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Public Safety Update By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com
East Isles daycare provider faces charges for attempted murder, hit-and-run Following the hanging of a toddler, multiple hit-and-run collisions and a suicide attempt over a major freeway, all the victims involved in a woman’s alleged crime spree Nov. 18 have survived and are recovering. East Isles resident and daycare provider Nataliia Karia, age 42, is charged with attempted murder in the second degree (without premeditation) and two counts of criminal vehicular operation. After several days at a local hospital, she was booked in Hennepin County Jail. Her attorney declined to comment. Central neighborhood resident Salvador Lema, who was hit and dragged for more than 10 blocks, is in stable condition and in quite a bit of pain, but is able to speak, said his attorney Will Sutor. “His first concern is his family and how long he’s going to be out of work,” Sutor said. Lema has four children and works two jobs. A GoFundMe account for donations to offset his family expenses and medical bills has raised more than $14,000. The second injured pedestrian is Jacob Carrigan, a vegan butcher at Herbivorous Butcher who was biking to work. Carrigan also has a GoFundMe account set up for his benefit, and he expressed thanks to supporters in a recent post: “Being in an accident is scary on many levels and thinking about legal and financial stuff is a burden I’d wish on no one,” Carrigan wrote. “That said, this has been a moment of a loving
community coming together with support, and that is so heartwarming it makes me want to SIIIING (and dance, but that will have to wait. Maybe I can cook you yummy food eventually?).” The following summary of the Nov. 18 incident is according to documents filed by the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office and a police search warrant: A man dropping off his three-year-old at daycare at 2712 Humboldt Ave. S. greeted Karia, who said she “couldn’t take it anymore” and told him to look at what she did. He heard a baby crying, and descended to the basement to discover a baby hanging in the air from a noose. Child-sized tights were hanging from a pipe in the ceiling, which were tied together and wrapped around the baby’s neck, and the child’s face was discolored. He pulled the baby down and fled and called his wife, who called 911 and came to the daycare to look after the other children. According to the complaint, Karia left in a minivan and rear-ended a vehicle stopped at 28th & Grand, causing a chain reaction that hit an additional vehicle. Lema left his vehicle to check on the other drivers, and Karia allegedly sped around the cars, striking Lema and dragging him for more than 10 blocks. Sutor said Lema was trapped under the minivan, and he made an effort to keep his head up to avoid a more serious injury. He said bystanders were banging on the car to get the driver to stop.
According to court documents: Karia allegedly drove through several intersections without stopping, ran a red light at 28th & Park and hit Carrigan, who was riding in the bike lane and crossing at a green light. She headed north on Park until someone drove in front of her to get her to slow down. She stopped and got out at 18th & Park, and attempted to jump off the bridge onto I-94 below. Civilians prevented her from jumping until police arrived. The 16-month-old child received treatment in the pediatric intensive care unit and had severe ligature marks around his neck and on his face, according to the complaint. Lema sustained a broken ankle, broken ribs, a traumatic brain injury and burns on his chest and back, according to his lawyer and court documents. The complaint said Carrigan’s leg was severely broken, requiring surgery and a permanent rod placed in his leg. Assistant Police Chief Kris Arneson said at a Nov. 18 press conference that the motive for attempted murder is unknown. The Humboldt Avenue house was a licensed daycare facility, she said, and the woman cared for less than six children. “It’s horrific,” Arneson said. “… We don’t know what was happening with her. As soon as we’re able to talk to her we’ll be able to ascertain that, I hope.”
Police search for driver in fatal hit-and-run A woman struck by a vehicle at Nicollet & 43rd died Nov. 28, police said. Investigators are seeking the public’s help to identify the driver and the vehicle in the hit-andrun incident, which occurred Sunday, Nov. 27 at about 5 p.m. Police said the woman was crossing
Nicollet at the 43rd Street intersection, and the driver continued northbound on Nicollet. The vehicle is described as a dark sedan. Police are looking for witnesses and any surveillance video. Anyone with information can text an anonymous tip to 847411 (Tip411) or O N L I N E
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Eco-friendly gifts aplenty at the Green Gifts Fair Hundreds of shoppers attended the annual Green Gifts Fair in November at the Midtown Global Market, where more than 80 vendors sold eco-friendly wares. Vendors ranged from more established businesses such as the Wedge Community Co-op and Patagonia to individuals selling products such as belts made from recycled bike parts. Visitors also had the opportunity to drop off old holiday lights for recycling, create eco-friendly gift wrap and more. Here were four of the more unique products at the fair, along with the backstories of their vendors.
Leather bags and accessories from Couch Skinner Cost: $10 & up Where you can find them: facebook.com/couchskinner
Pat Johnson grew up in a northern Minnesota household where you “recycled and reused everything.” For the past few years, she’s incorporated that attitude into her latest career venture: Making leather bags and accessories out of old couches. Johnson, a Minneapolis resident, travels to about a dozen art shows a year, selling her Couch Skinner bags and accessories. She sells clutches, wristlets, larger bags and more and is
planning on starting a website in 2017. “There’s resources everywhere if we just look alternatively,” Johnson said, noting that a lot of old couches have good leather on them. Johnson’s idea for the business started about five years ago, when her daughter asked her to make a wristlet out of leather. She used leather from an old couch to make about two dozen wristlets, which she sold quickly at an art show. Johnson said she finds her couches on Craigslist or from people she knows, adding that she gets about 30 bags out of a given couch. She said she tries to maximize the leather she gets off each couch, using the bigger pieces for her bigger bags. “Like at a butcher shop where they tell you the cuts of meat,” she said. “… I can do that with a couch.” Johnson sells most of her products for between $30 and $45, but she has offerings anywhere between $10 and $100. She said that in the past she has shipped items to people who found her at shows.
Coasters, notepads and magnets from Vinyl Afterlife Cost: $3–$15 Where you can find them: vinylafterlife.com, facebook.com/VinylAfterlife
Minneapolis resident Pat Johnson has turned her penchant for recycling and reusing into a line of leather goods.
Paul Burnham started making products out of used vinyl records about eight years ago, originally making a coaster for his brother. That led to the creation of his business, Vinyl Afterlife, for which Burnham uses old vinyl records to create magnets, sketchpads and more. Burnham sells his products at about six shows a year as well as at Hymie’s Vintage Records on East Lake Street and Time Bomb Vintage on Minnehaha Avenue. The Farmington resident said he began thinking about repurposing products when he worked at Junket: Tossed & Found, adding that thousands of scratched, warped and broken records get trashed each year. “It saves that cool, nostalgic art,” he said of his business. “It keeps them out of (the landfill) and brings people some joy and use out of it.” Burnham said each of his products is completely unique. He said his favorite item is made from a Led Zeppelin album that has a spinning wheel on the cover.
an annual sale at her house. “They used to throw them away, and we reuse them,” she said of the samples. Bags come in a variety of colors and sizes.
Artwork from Raju’s Arts Cost: $40–$100 for smaller pieces, $200–$800 for larger pieces Where you can find them: dogreenart.com, facebook.com/rajusarts
Artist Raju Lamichhane uses old newspapers and other materials typically thrown out, such as junk mail, plant and tree leaves and more, to create his artworks. The native of Nepal doesn’t use any additional ink or colors in his works and sells them in art shows around the Twin Cities. Lamichhane posts his art-show schedule on his Facebook page and website. He says his bird pictures are popular, as well as commissioned works of customers’ dogs and cats.
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Interested shoppers can find Paul Burnham’s Vinyl Afterlife products at Hymie’s Vintage Records and Time Bomb Vintage.
Northeast resident Suzy Janse-Vreeling makes bags out of discontinued upholstery samples, selling them in a variety of colors and sizes.
Nepalese artist Raju Lamichane creates artwork out of recycled newspapers and other materials, selling them at shows around the Twin Cities.
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Park Board once again seeks developer for Northeast riverfront The board is making progress on a number of high-profi e riverfront projects.
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A high-profile piece of riverfront land is slated for development — again. After a proposal to revitalize part of a former lumberyard in Northeast Minneapolis failed to pan out last year, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is once again looking for a new real estate developer for the site. The Park Board is now seeking a real estate developer for the Scherer Bros. lumberyard site directly north of the Plymouth Avenue Bridge on the Mississippi River’s east bank. The board purchased the nearly 12-acre piece of land in 2010 for $7.7 million with a plan to one day rebuild the four-acre Hall’s Island and develop a new riverfront park. About one-third of the site is slated for private development. Park commissioners voted last summer to deny giving Graco Minnesota Inc. exclusive development rights to nearly 3.6 acres on the site’s northwestern corner after negotiations fell through. The industrial abrasive manufacturer proposed two 50,000-squarefoot office buildings and a surface parking lot to expand its riverfront headquarters, which is located adjacent to the site. Right now the area features a newly opened expansion of the Mississippi East Bank Trail and a large plot of grassland that has hosted several outdoor concerts, including Festival Palomino and shows from the bands Wilco and Alabama Shakes. The nearly mile-long trail extension takes walkers and bikers along the riverfront between the Plymouth Avenue Bridge and the 1600 block of Marshall Street Northeast. Through private development on the site, the Park Board hopes to activate an adjacent future park and connect local businesses to the riverfront, according to the request for qualifications. The deadline for the board’s new request for qualifications is Dec. 15. The selected devel-
The Park Board envisions restoring Hall’s Island and developing the Scherer site in Northeast Minneapolis into a destination riverfront park. Image courtesy of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
opment team is expected to work with the board and a 15-member Community Advisory Committee to design a concept for the parcel. The board expects to award exclusive development rights next February and to approve a concept plan the following June. The Park Board is working on several highprofile projects for the riverfront between downtown and Northeast Minneapolis. The board is still in the design stages with the restoration of Hall’s Island, which disappeared several decades ago when a river channel was filled in, connecting the island to the east bank of the river. Last year, it contracted out California-based landscape architecture firm Tom Leader Studios for design, engineering and construction administrative services for
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MPS students see Guthrie play “The Parchman Hour” About 100 Minneapolis middle school students attended a play about the civil rights movement in November through an MPS college-readiness program. Students from Franklin, Anwatin, and Northeast middle schools’ GEAR UP program were in attendance at the Guthrie Theater play “The Parchman Hour.” About 50 participated in a post-show question-and-answer session with the actors. The play tells the story of the Freedom Riders who were imprisoned in Mississippi’s Parchman Farm Penitentiary during the 1960s. The young men and women created a variety show called “The Parchman Hour” in an effort to keep up their spirits. The actors noted that while a lot has changed
since the ’60s, society has plenty of work remaining to secure racial equality. “We need people of all ages to fight for what’s right,” actor Zonya Love said. The students in attendance appeared to take the message to heart. A Northeast student named Kasey said she found the play inspirational, noting that the Freedom Riders sacrificed a lot to make a difference. A student named Illyssa said she found the play intriguing, adding that she liked the ending, when the actors called out the names of people in present day who have been victims of police brutality. “The Parchman Hour” ran through Nov. 6 at the Guthrie. — Nate Gotlieb
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By Michelle Napral
Why am I so tired all the time? Q
This time of year, I always seem to have trouble. Some nights I have difficulty falling asleep and can’t seem to shut off my mind. On weekends, I can’t get out of bed in the morning. I decline invitations to go do things after work, because everything feels like a huge effort. What is going on with me and what should I do?
There are many reasons why you may feel run down. But in our experience, one of the most common causes for feeling exhausted, especially this time of year, is depression. Depression is one of the most common mental health concerns and a frequent reason for someone to visit a health care provider. Depression affects 7 percent of adults, and women experience depression two-to-one compared to men. Often, depression presents itself with other illnesses such as anxiety, eating disorders, substance abuse, diabetes, cancer and other medical conditions. It’s different from having a bad day. Depression symptoms last for weeks and interfere with daily life. While depression is more common when someone experiences loss or stress from death, a breakup, abuse, job loss or a sudden change in finances, it can also occur for no obvious reason. Depression can occur with the change in seasons. Specifically, depression symptoms can worsen in the fall to early winter, and this is known as seasonal affective disorder. A family history of depression may mean you are more likely to also suffer with depression. Drugs and alcohol change the chemical balance in the brain and can lead to depression. Some people use drugs and alcohol to numb the pain, but, in the long run, it just makes depression worse. Physical illness and hormone changes can lead to changes in the brain that contribute toward depression. Common symptoms of depression include feeling sad, down and hopeless most days or no longer enjoying the things you used to do. In addition to these symptoms, if you are depressed, you may lose or gain weight, sleep
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with depression can improve their health, start a regular exercise routine, see a counselor, modify their diet, use light therapy or take medication that help relieve depression. It’s up to you to get help and talk to your family and friends. Therapy can offer emotional support by helping you better understand your thoughts and feelings. A trained professional can assist you in working through issues in your life and relationships. Different settings exist for therapy, and this may be done in a group setting or a one-on-one setting. Therapy can take time before you notice how much it is helping. There are different methods for talk therapy, but they all involve giving insight about your emotions, new tools for dealing with your problems and emotional support for making progress. Antidepressant medication can reduce
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Holiday GIFT GUIDE
IT’S CRUNCH TIME, HOLIDAY SHOPPERS, AND WE’RE HERE TO HELP. We scoured the city for great gift ideas, from Broadway & Central to 50th & France. You may not find exactly what you’re looking for on this list, but hopefully it will inspire you as we rush headlong into the heart of the holiday season.
Uptown Gold pig snow globe This golden porker is perfect for the mantel or holidaydecoration spread, according to the CB2 staff. The store has a variety of holiday gifts and decorations, from ornamental trees to snowmen, including some for under $20. Price: Pig snow globe $19.95, copper tree frame $21.95, gold tree frame $20.76, white tree $16.95 Where you can find it: CB2, 3045 Hennepin Ave. S., cb2.com
COMPILED BY DYLAN THOMAS, ERIC BEST, MICHELLE BRUCH AND NATE GOTLIEB SEE GIFT GUIDE / PAGE B4
Where We Live
Aeon
A JOURNAL COMMITMENT TO HIGHLIGHTING GREAT COMMUNITY CAUSES
Aeon celebrates 30 years of providing a˜ ordable housing
An a˜ ordable housing resource for the community
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When his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, Eddie Chambers quit his job as a Minnesota state trooper to take care of her. Five months later, he found himself homeless. “It was a powder keg ready to go,” he said. “All it took was a spark.” After a time spent living in a friend’s garage, Chambers — who served as a lieutenant in the Marine Corps for four years during the Persian Gulf War — wound up in a shelter for about six months. There, he met a man who asked for his help filling out a housing application for Aeon, an organization that provides affordable housing to low-income and homeless people in the Twin Cities metro area. “He said, ‘Eddie, you’re filling out mine, why don’t you go apply for a place?’” Chambers said. “I thought, why not?” Two weeks later, he received a call from Aeon, and within six months, he had keys for his new apartment in hand.
‘Home is everything’
Location 901 N. 3rd St., #150, Minneapolis
Aeon was founded by a group of community organizations in 1986 as the Central Community Housing Trust to address the need for affordable housing after 350 units were demolished to build the Minneapolis Convention Center. The need for affordable housing is as great today as it was then. Contact Minnesota is one of the least affordable states for renters in the Midwest. Since 2000, the average rent in the metro area has 341˝3148 gone up 7 percent, while the median renter income has fallen 17 percent. More than 14,000 adults and children are homeless on any given night in Minnesota, and data shows that minimum wage earners aren’t able to afford rising rents, leaving many Website without a home. www.aeonmn.org Over the past 30 years, Aeon has gone a long way in making an impact on homelessness and affordable housing in the Twin Cities. It currently houses more than 4,500 residents, including 2,153 families, 522 formerly homeless people and 200 seniors. Year Founded “Our tagline is, ‘Home is everything,’ and we truly believe that,” said Scott Redd, Aeon’s vice president of Resident Connec1986 tions and Supportive Services. “We know that if folks don’t have a stable home they’re not likely to get a good job, and they’re not likely to have good health because they’re buying food they have to consume right away instead of fresh produce.” The biggest source of Aeon’s contributed revenue comes from Beyond Bricks and Mortars, its annual breakfast fundraiser held in May. Its 2016 event, which features residents telling their life-changing stories illustrating Aeon’s impact, raised $538,883. As it moves forward, Aeon is increasingly dedicated to serving those facing the greatest barriers when it comes to housing: Minnesota’s homeless population.
‘When people get a home, it changes their whole life’
Chambers’ studio apartment, located inside a vintage brownstone in the Stevens Square neighborhood of Minneapolis, is cozy but tidy. With its spacious kitchen and bathroom, two walk-in closets, updated appliances, new windows and great view of the downtown skyline, it looks like your regular, run-of-the-mill apartment. “This doesn’t look like affordable housing,” Chambers said. “You wouldn’t know it by looking at it. Not, ‘That’s the ’hood, that’s the projects.’ That’s the beauty of it—it takes away the stigma.” Chambers served on Aeon’s board for nearly a decade. At least a third of the board of 18 directors is comprised of residents of low-income neighborhoods or low-income people, 60 percent is comprised of members of the organization and at least three directors are residents of Aeon. “I was like a sponge,” he said of his decision to join the board. “I wanted to know anything and everything I could about this organization, because they gave me a shot.” He added, “I’m convinced when people get a home, it changes their whole life, because now they’ve got something they can call their own.”
What you can do Donate through a recurring donation or pledge payment, or join the Cornerstone Society, whose members pledge at least $1,000 a year for five years. Participate in Aeon’s Share-a-Meal volunteer meal service, in which volunteers cook, serve and eat a meal with Aeon’s residents. Host a donation drive for items needed by Aeon’s residents, including food shelf items, cleaning supplies, welcome baskets, winter goods and gift cards.
4,500
Total number of Aeon residents in 2015
2,153
Total number of families living in homes provided by Aeon and its partners in 2015
1,190
°Active volunteers in 2015
1,090
Individual donors in 2015
522
Homes provided for formerly homeless people in 2015
39
°A˛ ordable housing properties owned and managed by Aeon
About the Where We Live project This project is an ongoing series spearheaded by Journals’ publisher Janis Hall showcasing Minneapolis nonprofits doing important work in the community. The editorial team has selected organizations to spotlight. Jahna Peloquin is the writer for the project. To read previous features, go to southwestjournal.com/section/focus/where-we-live
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Creative Class
By Susan Schaefer
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THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE CREATIVE ARTS IN MINNEAPOLIS ASTONISHES. Estimated at over $4.5 billion in sales, or eight times that of Minneapolis’ sports sector according to the 2015 Creative Vitality Index (CVI), an economic measure used by the city, it has earned our region a lofty place as a national creative mecca. ¶ Behind such stunning statistics, however, often toil humans whose creativity and innovation fuel this so-called “creative class.” Named after author Richard Florida’s 2002 groundbreaking book, “The Rise of the Creative Class,” the lifestyles and ethos of these creatives do not necessarily echo these economics. ¶ Frequently laboring for the sheer love of their craft, many visual and performing artists, directors, inventors and innovators, produce from an inner creative core more likely fueled by passion than personal gain. These makers are marked by an almost holy drive to create — and when their artistry and intent collide, it often yields something extraordinary in its wake.
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t a recent fundraiser in the North Loop, a small grouping of welldressed, well-groomed women congregate in a tight circle. Gesturing at each other’s ears and chests, nodding knowingly and smiling broadly, all are members of the unofficial but pervasive “Heinz Brummel jewelry fan club.” In the group a prominent local artist and a well-known corporate executive compare notes: “I didn’t know Heinz made those in black,” the artist animatedly chimes about Brummel’s heart-shaped, enamel and silver earrings — which both sport, though in different colors. This scene is repeated at Twin Cities gathering after gathering, particularly amongst celebrants of a certain age. Wearing a Heinz Brummel design to an affair is a status symbol and guaranteed icebreaker — common ground via wise adornment. In certain circles it is impossible to attend a function without a handful of Brummel “sightings.” Why, even the gents don his creations, particularly his iconic peace symbol neckwear in burnished silver. These are so celebrated that touring cast members of the Broadway musical “Hair” playing in Minneapolis in the summer of 2004 special ordered 50 of them! His style is unique, decidedly structural, timeless and unmistakable: most pieces are precision crafted, crisp geometric shapes with bold primary red, yellow, blue and black enamel elements set in flawless silver bezels — always lamentably enticing. Others contain semiprecious stones, have whimsical whirligigs, intricate locks and dangling pearl clasps — literally wearable artworks reflecting the inspiration of the Bauhaus, Calder, Klee and Miro. Women and men who purchase his art undoubtedly understand that each piece is an investment. A legacy. Without doubt, Brummel’s handicrafts
have contributed to the fabled CVI. Though predominately self-trained, referring to himself as a blue-collar studio artist, Brummel’s confections have been carried widely in prestigious, highly discriminating museum shops and fine galleries. He won robust recognition in the early ’80s through the American Crafts Council’s annual St. Paul show; soon, the Walker Art Museum shop and others were carrying his wares. Like his creations, Brummel is precision crafted from head to toe, tall, striking — a perfect example of Midwestern gals’ notions of a “long tall drink of water.” Hailing from Milwaukee, where his German immigrant parents landed in the early ’50s, Brummel inherited some of his innate design skills from his architecturally trained draughtsman father. He dabbled in some architecture courses himself at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, but was also attracted to other visual and performing arts. With the winds of exploration rippling his imagination, Brummel left Green Bay, taking a number of years to discover his European heritage, first working odd jobs in Germany, then finally settling in a bucolic French countryside farmhouse, living communally and pastorally on the land, raising animals, growing food. It was there that he met an itinerant French jeweler who inspired what would become his lifelong trade. His spirit and intellect redolent with European sensibilities, Brummel returned stateside, eventually landing in Minneapolis and enrolling in a metalsmithing course at the University of Minnesota. Trite but true, the rest is history. The early 1980s were the dawning of Minneapolis’ “golden age” arts revival, when the North Loop, NOLO, was simply the Warehouse District, and artists lived in abandoned spaces,
Art is a quest for love. The world really still needs it. — Heinz Brummel, artist, jeweler, yurt maker
some legal and some not. Like many of his creative comrades, Brummel participated full throttle in this wild and vibrant scene, setting up a formal studio arts space in the Traffic Zone. Now NOLO and Northeast Minneapolis are nationally recognized arts districts credited with fueling a creatively vital economy. Years back, Brummel pulled up stakes from this scene, setting up a serious home studio in the edgy 50th & Chicago neighborhood. And while his work is still in fashion and sought after, the man behind the work claims his muse has guided him to new territories. Like many highly successful art-makers, Brummel says that he never “really thought much about the economics of art,” even though it supported a wife and two sons throughout their childhood. Now, amicably divorced with both of his sons grown (one following his father’s footsteps, exploring Germany) his primal instinct to be a good provider is quenched. “It was never my goal to become a ‘marketplace’ artist making commodities for stores. Yet, that is what happened,” he reflects. “I simply liked to make things. That was alchemy. Mystery and magic. I didn’t choose it as métier — rather, it chose me. My art is unequivocally a spiritual thing, deep down in my DNA.”
With a healthy inventory and still-vibrant following, he sought a means to rekindle that passionate spark, embarking on a new enterprise that melded his architectural talents, building skills, environmental awareness and transcendent urges. He turned to yurt-making. Yes, as in Mongolian and Tibetan yurts: circular fabric-draped, teepee-like abodes that fold down to be carried to new locations when climate and necessity dictate. His Chicago Avenue backyard boasts a full-scale model, perfect for a personal retreat, parties and guests, not to mention serving as a sample of his work. He has constructed and sold a few for various clients. Brummel recreated his own bit of that former French countryside at his South Minneapolis home, which is now part workshop, part sustainable gardens, part yurt construction staging area and part soupmaking kitchen. “All in all, I’d rather be concocting steaming pots of delicious, healthy soup, discussing philosophy, politics, art, nature, animals and love with friends. After all, art is a quest for love,” he reassures. Brummel’s is a bungalow where friends and clients are welcomed with graciousness and hospitality, and where he forges more than metal in his studio, but also conversation and congeniality.
FIND HIS WORK Brummel’s wares are carried at The Grand Hand Gallery, 619 Grand Ave., St. Paul, and on his website: heinzbrummel.com
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Holiday GIFT GUIDE
Uptown
Art experience from Bottle & Bottega Create your own canvas painting, decorative wineglass or ornament with guidance from a local artist, without the hassle of set up or clean up. Bottle & Bottega offers painting sessions six nights a week and also does private parties. The shop has holiday-related images for patrons to paint and sells pub-style food, beer and wine. Visit its website to preregister for a slot. Price: $35 to paint a canvas, $40 to paint a wine glass Where you can find it: Bottle & Bottega, 1216 W. Lake St., bottleandbottega.com/minneapolis
Carradice Barley Herringbone saddlebag Brompton Folding Bike This British import is handmade outside of London and comes in a variety of colors, gearing options and handle bar heights. The tires, handlebars and seat fold in toward the frame, making the bike portable for commuters. Price: Green $1,755.97, blue $1,550.97 Where you can find it: Perennial Cycle, 3342 Hennepin Ave. S., perennialcycle.com
Another British import, this tweed-finished saddlebag is larger than the typical saddlebag and is well suited for day rides and commutes to and from work. Perennial sells multiple Carradice bags as well as dozens of bags from other companies. The store also offers a variety of lights, accessories, bikeminded T-shirts and more. Price: $169.97 Where you can find it: Perennial Cycle, 3342 Hennepin Ave. S., perennialcycle.com
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Jewelry from Laurie Kottke Fine Jewelers Kottke has a variety of diamonds and gemstones from every price point, including engagement rings, wedding bands, diamond fashion and gemstone jewelry. Kottke hand selects her diamonds in Antwerp, Belgium, each year and offers custom-jewelry design as well as jewelry and watch repair. Price: Pink and sapphire diamond ring (Yael Designs) $18,000, pink and sapphire diamond earnings (Yael Designs) $9,500, rubellite tourmaline and diamond necklace (Akiva Gil) $9,000. Where you can find it: Laurie Kottke Fine Jewelers, 3204 W. Lake St., lauriekottkefinejewelers.com
Kind Heart spices gift b x This nine-container box includes 1/4 cup jars of spices such as Turkish oregano and powdered ginger, plus a lapel pin, drying towel and refrigerator magnet. Shoppers can also find mini spice-gift boxes at Penzeys. The store has special offers for people who sign up for its emails. Price: Kind Heart gift box $34.95, mini gift box $15.95 Where you can find it: Penzeys Spices, 3028 Hennepin Ave. S., penzeys.com
Mug gift p ck This gift pack includes a mug designed by local cartoonist Kevin Cannon plus a variety of literary gifts, from author playing cards to soaps and socks. All gift packs comes with a $10 Magers & Quinn gift card. The store also has the latest selection of literary offerings available, from Emily Dickinson’s “Envelope Poems” to the locally published book “How to be Perfect.” Price: Mug $29.99, “Envelope Poems” $12.95, “How to be Perfect” $14.95 Where you can find it: Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., magersandquinn.com
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Frasier Fir limited edition candle This candle smells like a Christmas tree and lights up with a pine-needle design. The company behind it, Minneapolis-based Thymes, plants a tree with the purchase of every limited edition product, coordinating with the customer on where it plants the tree. The company has planted more than 127,000 trees this year. Price: $22 for smaller size, $29 for larger Where you can find it: Francesca’s, 3001 Hennepin Ave. S., Suite 301A, francescas.com
Kånken backpack This square backpack comes in 36 colors and is made with a durable fabric that repels moisture better than other synthetic fabrics, according to the company that sells it, Fjällräven. The company created it for Swedish school children in 1978, and it has since become its most “well-loved and iconic” backpack.
Minnesota puzzle Learn your Minnesota geography with this 1,000-piece puzzle designed by a local artist that is exclusive to Patina. It features famous Minnesota landmarks and symbols such as the Jolly Green Giant of Blue Earth, the Honeycrisp apple, Babe the Blue Ox and more. The puzzle is one of dozens of gifts Patina is selling this holiday season, with items ranging from home décor to jewelry and toys.
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Holiday gift bas et stuffers Clancey’s Meats & Fish is always an option for last-minute gift basket assembly. You’ll find pancetta by Red Table, bottles of Prohibition Kombucha, pepperoni from Olli Salumeria, and The Lone Grazer cheese curds from a Northeast creamery ($6). Items that don’t need refrigeration include Beez Kneez clover-basswood honey ($15), B&E’s Trees Bourbon Barrel Aged Maple Syrup ($19), Minnesota popcorn from Fairview Farm ($5), and Gustola Granola, prepared by a local resident with flavors like hazelnut-walnut-blueberrycranberry. The shop also sells lots of Clancey’s T-shirts every season as gifts for the regulars ($15). Price: Varies Where you can find it: Clancey’s Meats & Fish, 4307 Upton Ave. S., clanceysmeats.com
Star Wars: Destiny dice and card game The hot game at Tower Games this season is Star Wars: Destiny, a collectible card game that’s comparable to Magic: The Gathering. The game debuts Dec. 1. The shop recently hosted a prerelease event and sold out 10 minutes before it began. More games are headed to the shelves; Thursday nights are Star Wars game nights at the store. Price: $14.99 starter pack, $2.99 booster packs Where you can find it: Tower Games, 3920 Nicollet Ave., towergamesmn.com
Heartfelt craft Kids and adults can drop in to make gifts every day at Heartfelt. Crafts this season include miniature holiday houses, winter lanterns frosted with glitter and stars, and painted wooden race cars. Another shop favorite is the snow family, which are painted wooden peg dolls dressed in acorn hats and sweater scarves. Owner Lisa MacMartin said busy families appreciate the chance to drop in without an advance appointment. Gift-making is available year-round at Heartfelt, and the selection of crafts changes seasonally.
Convertible mittens Cashmere convertible mittens are among the gifts available at Bumbershute at 50th & France. The mittens are made by Rag & Bone, an American brand out of New York. Mitten flaps flip over to reveal phone-friendly fingerless gloves. All of the jewelry at Bumbershute has no base metals to avoid irritating skin. The shop also carries high-quality modern and contemporary apparel from designers including Alexis Bittar and Joie.
Price: Holiday houses $28; snow family prices range from $10-$18; winter lantern $15; race car $15 Where you can find it: Heartfelt, 4306 Upton Ave. S., heartfeltonline.com.
Price: Mittens, $150 Where you can find it: Bumbershute, 5014 France Ave. S., bumbershute.com
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Odds N Ends carries just about anything decorative, including a colorful “ultimate sewing basket.” There are vintage-style watering cans, masks that cover a wall, pottery, antiques and handknotted wool rugs. The shop isn’t locked in to any particular style or period. The store’s longtime clerk said people are increasingly attracted to unique one-off items. “I buy things that someone would like to take home,” he said.
Scrappy Products bags are made entirely with post-consumer plastic bottle fabric, created to cut down on plastic pollution. Available at b. Resale, they’re designed and made in Northeast, and they include a purple bag dedicated to Prince and a Minnesotan bag labeled “Passive Aggressive.” b. Resale focuses on streetwear and offers gently-used apparel for men and women and pieces by local designers. Price: $22-$24 Where you can find it: b. Resale, 2613 Nicollet Ave., bresale.com
Price: Sewing basket, $39 Where you can find it: Odds N Ends, 4241 Nicollet Ave.
Body products Gift boxes prepared by Lush are full of the shop’s handmade cosmetics and body products. The Secret Garden gift box features Rose Jam shower gel, which is requested year-round but only available for a limited time around the holidays. The box also includes the charity pot, a floral lotion where all proceeds support grassroots charities. And there is a sea salt and citrus oil bar, argan oil body conditioner and lavender and chamomile soap. All of the items are vegetarian and “self-preserving,” meaning they have no synthetic preservatives. Price: Secret Garden gift box, $50 Where you can find it: Lush, 3915 W. 50th St., facebook.com/LUSH50andFrance
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Holiday GIFT GUIDE
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Records by Low, Leonard Cohen Treehouse Records’ recommendations of the moment include albums by Low. The Duluthbased band has a Christmas record that Rolling Stone lists as one of 40 essential holiday albums. (They’re headed to First Avenue Dec. 17.) Staff also suggest music by Leonard Cohen in honor of his passing in November. Vinyl box sets are another popular gift choice, and Treehouse carries artists including Bob Dylan, The Replacements and My Morning Jacket. Price: Low Christmas, $14.99; Leonard Cohen: My Radio Sweetheart BBC Recordings 1968, $19.99 Where you can find it: Treehouse Records, 2557 Lyndale Ave. S., facebook.com/treehouserecords
Ukulele For those who haven’t stopped in a while, Twin Town Guitars has expanded into the neighboring storefront and offers a larger selection of drums and percussion instruments. The shop also carries a selection of ukuleles at a range of price points, perhaps an easy entry point for children or adults to learn guitar. Price: Ukuleles range from the $30 Mahalo to the $1,300 Martin Where you can find it: Twin Town Guitars, 3400 Lyndale Ave. S., twintown.com
Mystery novel “Agatha Christie is always a good present,” says Manager Devin Abraham at Once Upon a Crime. Mysteries set during the holidays include “The Mistletoe Murder” by P.D. James and “Christmas Caramel Murder” by Joanne Fluke, which is set in Minnesota. “Cooked to Death: Tales of Crime and Cookery” is an anthology of food-related mysteries, complete with recipes. And reprints of classic Christmas ghost stories provide a unique stocking stuffer. Price: Aforementioned books range from about $6-$20 Where you can find it: Once Upon a Crime, 604 W. 26th St., onceuponacrimebooks.com
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Downtown
Sig Notebook A creative mind sometimes needs a lot more than a paper napkin to flourish. Wilson & Willy’s carries an exclusive line of notebooks that could fit snugly in a stocking or make for an easy add to a workplace gift-giving game. The notebooks, which are letter-pressed and bound in Minneapolis at Studio on Fire, come in white, black and red and feature the last words from Midwestern writer-adventure Sig Olson: “A new adventure is coming up and I’m sure it will be a good one.” Price: $14 Where you can find it: Wilson & Willy’s, 211 Washington Ave. N.
Essential oils Essential oils make for practical gifts, whether they’re used in the bath, in oil diffusers or for their wellness properties. Jeromeo, a massage and wellness center in downtown Minneapolis, offers its own collection of essential oils, dubbed PurëomEO, from owner Scott Johnson. The shop carries a wide array of oils, from popular scents like lavender and peppermint to cedarwood and frankincense, in several sizes. A one-third-ounce bottle generally runs about $4-8, a halfounce bottle goes for around $10-$25 and many 1-ounce bottles cost $20-$40, so you can mix and match to make your own set or help a friend stock up with their favorite kind.
Mortar & pestle The Foundry Home Goods offers all things neutral and timeless in its North Loop store, and a ceramic flat mortar and pestle from John Julian is no different. The elegant kitchen tool, which comes in two styles, spear and ball, is enough to turn a kitchen into a contemporary art gallery while also being useful for making spice mixes or putting together sauces from scratch. The unique flat mortar design is ideal for home cooks to grind down tough spices. Price: $148 Where you can find it: The Foundry Home Goods, 125 N. 1st St.
Price: $4-$40 Where you can find it: Jeromeo In The Loop, 250 3rd Ave. N.
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For the past few years, Askov Finlayson has perfected the traditional winter stocking cap with its own North hats. The minimal acrylic hats are made in Cloquet, Minn., and come in both adult and youth sizes and in nearly 10 colors, including a new line of blaze orange hats for hunters and the new blue-hued holiday edition. And, depending on the color, there are also matching mittens ($24) so North fanatics can really rep their region. Plus, for each North product purchased Askov Finlayson makes a donation to Climate Generation, a nonprofit supporting climate change education.
Giving a friend who cooks some cookware is a gift that keeps on giving, but you don’t have to tell them that. Cooks of Crocus Hill is offering a deal through the end of the year on nearly indestructible enameled cast iron cocottes from Staub, which are pretty enough to go from the oven to the holiday dinner table. These French-made French ovens will probably last longer than any gift your foodie friends will ever receive, so they’ll be serving roasts and stews for holiday gatherings for years to come.
Price: $27-$29 Where you can find it: Askov Finlayson, 204 N. 1st St.
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MiO Collection For kids or families with young kids, Pacifier’s new North Loop boutique has you covered with a wide array of toys for children of all ages. With all the things kids are playing with now — phones, apps and more —Minneapolis-based Manhattan Toy offers an alternative: A natural wood playset to inspire any young builder’s imagination. This 12-piece MiO collection set offers simple, but durable wood pieces and beanbag dolls to get a child started. Plus the set, recommend for ages three and up, can be added on to with the company’s other sets, from a full miniature town to collections of animals and more. Price: $32 Where you can find it: Pacifier – North Loop, 219 N. 2nd St.
Recipes from the Woods For the would-be foragers or hunters in your life, check out “Recipes from the Woods: The Book of Game and Forage,” a new cookbook from French chef and photographer Jean-François Mallet. The collection of 100 recipes covers a wide range of foraging abilities, from a wild boar sausage recipe that could’ve been pulled from “The Revenant” to a wild mushroom pizza made with freshly picked fungi or — even tamer — a wild blackberry jelly with backyard gems. With page after page of beautiful nature photography, the book also makes for a unique addition for a coffee table or office. Price: $45 Where you can find it: Milkweed Books, 1011 Washington Ave. S.
Office Binder Giving the gift of organization may not warrant squeals of excitement, but come spring, you’re bound to hear some appreciation from uncluttered friends and family. Now in the North Loop, stylish stationary store russell+hazel offers a simple and elegant mini binder, which you can then customize to a loved one’s needs, whether it be with an array of calendar tabs ($6-$12), contact pages ($6) or pockets for business cards ($8). If a complete organizational overhaul is necessary, you can opt for an acrylic desk organizer ($24) or a gold-toned stapler ($18) to round out a gift. Price: $10 Where you can find it: russell+hazel, 219 N. 2nd St.
Awamaki baby knitwear Inspire, Smile Network International’s new retail store in Loring Park, offers all kinds of goods produced around the world, including some unique baby booties, mittens and hats from the Awamaki sewing nonprofit in Peru. The Minneapolis-based nonprofit, which provides surgeries and healthcare services for children born with cleft lips and palates in developing countries, works with artisans in the regions it operates. The sewing collective, named for the Quechua word for “empowerment,” produces extremely soft knitwear from alpaca fibers, including baby booties ($25), mittens ($20) and hats ($40). Price: $20-$40 Where you can find it: Inspire, 108 W. 14th St.
Leather leash MartinPatrick3 carries just about anything a guy could want — but what about man’s best friend? While browsing around the ever-expanding North Loop men’s boutique, be sure to check out a new dog display in the back next to the barware. The store offers leather leashes from Hartman & Rose, which will make walking the dog all the more stylish with the added benefits of durability and the natural give of leather. Price: $76 Where you can find it: MartinPatrick3, 212 3rd Ave. N., suite 106
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Northeast
Minnesota Nice Spice seasoning blends Minnesota Nice Spice hand-mixed organic seasoning blends are available in more than a dozen varieties, from Lake Superior Instant Salsa Spice Mix to St. Croix Curry to Twin Cities Grub Rub. It’s not just the flavor that makes them a great holiday gift, it’s Minnesota Nice Spice’s story. Sisters Debb Masterson and Lucy Johnson founded the company and donate a portion of their proceeds to Interact Center, a St. Paul-based nonprofit dedicated to working with performing and visual artists with disabilities, including Johnson, who also designed the company’s logo. Price: $7.95 Where you can find it: Various locations, including local Target and Whole Foods stores and I Like You, 501 1st Ave. NE
The Dylan Tee Urban Violet is restocking one of its most popular items from the past year, The Dylan Tee from an Etsy designer who goes by skylinefever. Jess Elkington, who runs the boutique with her mother, Laura, came across the blended-cotton T-shirt while searching the online marketplace and ordered some for their shops in Minneapolis and Stillwater. The evocative combination of words printed on the gray tee — “CAMPFIRE/ MOONLIGHT/WHISKEY/DYLAN” — must have struck a chord with their Minnesota customers, because that original shipment quickly sold out.
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Amy Rice Art 2017 Coloring Calendar Amy Rice isn’t just cashing in on the adult coloring book craze with her 2017 coloring calendar, a kind of “greatest hits” collection of the local artist’s distinctive (and typically colorful) work translated into black-and-white line art. Rice makes a calendar almost every year, and when she doesn’t she hears from disappointed fans — like her grandmother, who, it turns out, “is really into the coloring craze,” she said. Springtime and flowers come easily to Rice, but every calendar challenges her to come up with “something December-y,” she said. Most of the images in the 2017 calendar are drawn from her 15-year career, but she came up with something new for the 12th month. In addition to various stores around the Twin Cities, you can find Rice’s coloring calendar in her Etsy shop. Or purchase it in-person at Rice’s workspace in the California Building, which is hosting an open studio event Dec. 10. Price: $30 Where you can find it: etsy.com/shop/anicenestpress, plus various real-world locations, including I Like You, 501 1st Ave. NE
MayaMade Apothecary handcrafted soaps The handcrafted soaps produced by local herbalist and aromatherapist Maya Brown are made with all-natural ingredients (organic whenever possible), but what you notice first is just how striking they are, visually — like little blocks of marble with rough-chiseled edges. We found MayaMade soaps at Northeast’s Gumball Boutique, a storefront cornucopia of gift ideas, stocked with handcrafted items from more than 100 local artists and artisans. The soaps just about jumped off the shelf with their surprising colors: one a speckled coral; another creamy yellow, like a block of fresh butter; another jade; and yet another a swirl of blue and amber. Price: $6.50 Where you can find it: etsy.com/shop/mayamade or Gumball Boutique, 158 13th Ave. NE
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Tattersall aquavit The holiday season puts one in mind of family traditions, and if your family hails from Scandinavia there’s a chance you’ve had a nip or two of aquavit, the flavored spirit that puts a Northern European spin on gin. Caraway steps out in front of the blend of botanicals used in Tattersall Distilling’s aquavit, which also includes citrus and fennel. Sip it neat or sub it in for vodka in cocktails. Tattersall sells half-sized, 375-ml bottles at its Northeast distillery and cocktail room ($20 plus tax; limit one per person per day), but full-sized bottles are available at liquor stores across town, including South Lyndale Liquors, Zipps Liquors and France 44.
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Holiday GIFT GUIDE
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Handsome Cycles basket and bag The locally assembled Handsome Cycles are some of the prettiest bikes on Minneapolis’ streets — so good-looking and well designed that the Minneapolis Institute of Art selected the company for a special collaboration that matched Handsome’s bikes to prime pieces from the collection. Handsome is also selling some way-cool accessories, including a wire-framed front basket with a custom-made wood platform (manufactured by one of the company’s neighbors in Northeast’s sprawling Thorp building). A handmade bag produced for Handsome by North St. Bags of Portland, Ore., fits perfectly inside (and a six-pack of cans fits perfectly in the bag, which is insulated — wink, wink). Price: $69.95 front basket with handmade wooden platform; $99 Handsome x North St. basket bag Where you can find it: handsomecycles.com or during open studio hours at Handsome Cycles, 1620 Central Ave. NE, suite 157
Spyhouse Coffee insulated Klean Kanteen The coffee lover in your life already knows about Spyhouse Coffee, the local roaster and café minichain with four locations around town (and a growing national reputation for its beans). Spotted on the shelves of the always-bustling Central & Broadway location: an insulated Klean Kanteen emblazoned with the Spyhouse Coffee logo. That logo gets the canteen’s owner 50 cents off every time they bring it into Spyhouse, so it’s the gift that keeps on giving. Pair it with a pound of Spyhouse beans, and you’ll make any coffee connoisseur very, very happy. Price: $32 Where you can find it: Spyhouse Coffee, 945 Broadway St. NE
MPLS/STP Clothing Co. knit hat A knit hat from MPLS/STP Clothing Co. is the rare holiday-gift trifecta: it’s useful (keeps your ears warm!), it’s made in Minnesota (at Cloquet’s Wear-a-Knit factory) and each purchase contributes to a good cause. For every knit hat they sell, MPLS/STP Clothing Co. donates one hat to Urban Ventures, a Minneapolis-based nonprofit that works to end cycles of poverty. Clint McMahon, one of the company’s co-founders, said the relationship began when they were looking for a way to honor Prince after the musician’s death this spring; they produced a purple teardrop T-shirt and donated proceeds to Urban Ventures, whose music program had also been a recipient of The Purple One’s generosity. Choose from a variety of hat designs, including “DULUTH,” “MPLS” and a hockey-stick pattern. MPLS/STP Clothing Co.’s Northeast studio space will be open for retail sales at least one day each weekend through December, but the hats area also available online.
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Food Building Gift B ocks Northeast’s multi-faceted Food Building hosts a miller-slash-baker, a salumieri and a creamery (not to mention a restaurant, The Draft Horse, and several event spaces). Now there’s a way to bring those Food Building flavors home for the holidays. Three holiday “gift blocks” package treats from Red Table Meat Co., The Lone Grazer Creamery and Baker’s Field Flour & Bread. The Whole Acre gift block includes a full pound of Red Table salami, a wheel of The Lone Grazer’s Hansom Cab cheese and a loaf of holiday bread and a half-dozen cookies from Baker’s Field. Those with more modest appetites can opt for either the Quarter Acre or Half Acre gift blocks. Price: $30, $40 or $75 Where you can find it: foodbuilding.com
Black Spoke Leather Co. leather goods Alongside its well-curated selection of 20th-century clothing and accessories for men and women, The Golden Pearl Vintage at Broadway & Hennepin stocks stylish new items like the spiked leather bracelets, key chains and purses from Black Spoke Leather Co. The line of accessories, produced by local fashion designer Sarah M. Holm, is produced with vegetable-tanned leather, which means they have a lighter environmental impact and should age gracefully. They’re blackened with vinegaroon instead of dye, hand-sewn and finished with olive oil in a traditional multi-step process described on the company’s website, blackspokeleather.com. Price: $30–$125 Where you can find it: The Golden Pearl Vintage, 507 E. Hennepin Ave. American Swedish Institute DTJ 120116 4.indd 1
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Winter lifelines for parents By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com
As winter hibernation begins, families have plenty of options to get out of the house and connect with other parents and kids. Southwest Minneapolis has a new network for working moms as well as a long-running MOMS Club ideal for parents who stay home full- or part-time. And an indoor playgroup runs all winter in East Calhoun.
MOMS Club families gather for toys, pizza and a costume parade at a fall event in Armatage. Photo by Michelle Bruch
Southwest Minneapolis working moms form social network A new network of working moms launched this fall, and it’s growing fast. The group began after Jen Wright noticed several women posting on Nextdoor.com who were interested in connecting with other working moms. She and fellow mom Nicole Kaai set up the new Facebook group, SW Mpls Working Moms, and within a week nearly 300 women joined. More than 60 women expressed interest in attending the first happy hour last month at Harriet’s Inn. “They’re just so glad to have a group where we can all be in solidarity with each other,” Wright said. Working moms often miss out on weekday play dates but still want to connect with other parents, she said. “We can really customize it around the working mom,” she said. Wright lives in Southwest Minneapolis with her husband, two-year-old son, six-month-old daughter and their Boston Terrier. She works full-time and runs a small business helping people with nutrition and athletic performance. “My life is definitely crazy busy,” she said. “It’s so important to stay connected with people in the area.”
MOMS Club connects neighborhood families A long-running MOMS Club in Southwest Minneapolis works to connect moms who live near each other. “It’s nice because you get to know moms in your neighborhood,” said Laura Murphy, who heads the Minneapolis Lakes chapter. About 29 families with 50 kids participate
in the non-profit club. They live in neighborhoods spanning from Kenwood and Lowry Hill to Armatage and Kenny. The group is welcome to all ages, but most kids are preschool age and younger. “We can end up with a big crowd, which is fun,” Murphy said. She said the group works well for moms who stay home full-time or part-time, as most events take place during the day. Along with bigger events for the entire chapter, moms can join smaller weekly playgroups with the families that live closest to them. Murphy said she joined while she was still pregnant. “Three other women had babies within a month of my daughter,” she said. She said moms appreciate sharing notes on everything from preschools to kid-friendly coffee shops. Kingfield resident Meryl Downing said she initially joined another moms’ group that sent
her to meet-ups all over the suburbs, so she appreciates the neighborhood focus. “It’s easier to meet up and easier to see people,” she said. Downing said she’s met good friends through the group, and it’s been nice for her kids to meet friends their own age. “I needed it,” she said. “I had no mom friends.” “A lot of my female friends went back to work,” said Andrea Roeger, a Whittier resident with two kids. Tangletown resident Kristine Leege said she recently moved to Minneapolis from San Francisco with a four-year-old and 16-month-old. “I needed something to go to with other adults to talk to during the day,” Leege said. MOMS Club hosts a cookie exchange around the holidays, an egg hunt in spring and service projects that kids can participate in, such as park cleanups and lunch packing. The club makes a donation to a nonprofit each year. The club asks for a $25 annual membership
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By Linda Koutsky
To a sweet and colorful holiday season
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ith more than 1,300 flavors available on their shelves, Blue Sun Soda Shop boasts America’s largest selection of carbonated beverages. Since opening last year, they have become a destination for soda enthusiasts and party planners. From local to international, the justexpanded store is packed with aisles of colorful selections and an area for taste testing. Many of their sodas are sweetened with pure cane sugar, some are gluten-free, and there’s an entire aisle of diet and low-calorie sodas. Blue Sun Soda Shop also offers a vast assortment of rare and unusual candies and three free pinball machines. I decided to load up on mixand-match 6-packs and cases for my friends and family and checked off most of my gift list. Here are my selections and possible gift tags. Feel free to copy.
Plan on staying a while — the options are astounding. Photo by Linda Koutsky
• Empire Bottling Works’ Ginger Ale (pale stripes, vintage type, great crown logo) • Cucumber Aloe Sparkling Water (nearly clear label with contemporary photo elements)
Your friendship and loyalty are consistent. Orange you glad I got you another great gift this year? May your holidays and New Year be filled with travel and adventure. • Plum soda from Japan • Chicago’s famous Berghoff draft style Root Beer
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• German melon soda
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• Bundaberg Ginger Beer from Australian (with a fun pull top)
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• A Scottish carbonated drink, considered the other national beverage
LUNCH TIP: Located nearby, Laddie Lake Pub overlooks a small lake and serves something I’ve never seen on a menu before — sunfish! (8466 Highway 65 NE, Spring Lake Park)
• Brownie brand sodas (vintage labels circa 1929)
• Norwegian orange soda
• Root Beer with clove and molasses • Grapefruit Cayenne • Spiced Apple Cider Soda • Orange, jasmine, and nutmeg soda • Minty Candy Cane Shake
To a stylish New Year! Your sense of design will delight in these labels. • Juniper Berry Sparkling Soda (award-worthy label in front and behind of soda) • Maine Blueberry Soda (wood-cut-style illustration and distressed typewriter font)
Enjoy the spice of life this holiday season!
• An full case of 24 different kinds of orange soda — in classic, creme and diet varieties
Sugar and spice and all that’s nice. Here’s to the sweet life! • Nostalgic 1960s-era candy bars • Fine jewelry — a matching candy necklace and bracelet set • Mix and match salt water taffy Enjoy your holiday season!! Know of any hidden treasures? Contact Linda Koutsky on Facebook
• Sipp’s, blackberry, mint and lime “Mojo Berry” (sleek, elegant typography worthy of a fine wine label)
• Pumpkin Spice Tonic
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Attainable We
By Mikki Morrissette
Despite everything, our interconnection continues
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n a play by Anthony Clervoe, “The Living,” a character tells the story of how, during the plague, Cambridge closed and Isaac Newton lived on a quiet country estate, taking walks, thinking and pondering gravity. “What Newton found: that the world would fly to pieces, but for a great force, a power in every single body in the world, which pulls it ceaselessly toward every other body, which is pulled ceaselessly toward it in turn. No matter what. We learned what holds the world together, in the plague.” There are many man-made things that push us apart. Anger. Fear. Bitterness. Greed. To varying degrees by individual preference: economic status, gender, race, education, religion, politics. Our brain has a natural tendency to sort and categorize — identifying similarities and differences almost as easily as we breathe — and deciding how to react to those categories. But we also all have the capacity for understanding the power in “every single body in the world that pulls us ceaselessly toward every other body.” There is always, underneath, an invisible current of connection that holds the world together — no matter what. There is nothing we can humanly do to extricate ourselves from each other. No matter how hard we try, or how little we feel we have in common, or how poorly we communicate, or how powerless we feel to create solutions — we are inextricably linked.
“We have become a society focused on ‘who knows best’ without reminding ourselves, every day, simply how much we need each other in order to survive.”
The Omnipresent Whole One theory of the universe is this: there is an omnipresent whole. Everything that has become — air, liquid, solid, body, stars, plants — all that can be sensed as well as all that exists comes from this all-penetrating existence that is beyond ordinary perception. The concept isn’t altogether different from the curriculum I was taught in Catholic grade school. A Supreme Being infusing life into all. Yet it is describing the Sanskrit word “Akasha” — the cyclic womb of all-pervasive matter from which everything has sprung — paired with “Prana” — the sum total of all the force in the universe, mental and physical. An acceptable Western view of that connection for many of us is called “the ecosystem.” As John Muir said, “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it
hitched to everything else in the Universe.” Wisconsin author Aldo Leopold explained it this way: “Time, to an atom locked in a rock, does not pass. The break came when a bur-oak root nosed down a crack and began prying and sucking. In the flash of a century the rock decayed, and X was pulled out and up into the world of living things. He helped build a flower, which became an acorn, which fattened a deer, which fed an Indian, all in a single year.” Our ongoing story, in whatever culture, focuses on the cyclic nature of our connection with the whole. Whether we believe our ashes rise, our ions transform, our force remains, our energy propels anew — we seem to generally agree that we spring from the same universal source. Election cycles can do a lot to obscure that general agreement. The stage no. 4 understanding I’ve been writing about in the Attainable We book and website I’m developing is this: “We have become a society focused on ‘who knows best’ without reminding ourselves, every day, simply how much we need each other in order to survive.”
Strength comes in community I remember having a sick pit in the center of my chest after 9/11, in despair about how I could raise my two-year-old girl, happily dancing in our living room as ambulances
whizzed by to Hospital Row, in a world that felt so full of hate and pain and sorrow. But NYC in 2001 is also where I felt some of the greatest synchronicity of spirit, coming together to honor the fallen with tokens and letters and flowers, offering supplies to the emergency workers in the field. I think of author Kalia Yang, who I talked with recently. She spent the first six years of her life living in a Hmong refugee camp and now tells beautiful stories that lift others up in shared pain and loss and connection. Her father taught her the power of story to transform. Despite being ostracized in the U.S. after he refused to testify during the McCarthy era, quantum physicist David Bohm believed that humans were capable of getting past themselves to co-create a greater future. As he put it: “Creation arises as much in the flow of ideas between people as in the understanding of the individual alone.” For me, there is no savior that provides magical solutions but community with others who believe in compassion and heart. Our interconnection is not ours to control, only to accept, as we put our heads together and share stories that might change attitudes, one person at a time. Mikki Morrissette is creating AttainableWe.com to explore how new science and new storytelling can reduce the man-made fragmentation of the whole.
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Get Out Guide. By Eric Best / ebest@southwestjournal.com
INLINE SKATING AT U.S. BANK STADIUM Skating is finally returning to the home of the Minnesota Vikings. Just like its predecessor the Metrodome, U.S. Bank Stadium will host inline skating events, and the first is this month. The three-hour skating event is open to all ages and won’t have any skates or helmets available for rent, so be sure to bring your own. This will likely be the first skating event of many, with additional dates and times soon to be announced. Tickets will only be available at the stadium box office, including until 7 p.m. on the day of the event.
FUN HOME “Fun Home,” the 2015 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical, debuts at Hennepin’s Orpheum Theatre this month. Based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir of the same name, the groundbreaking musical chronicles the life of the author’s childhood in rural Pennsylvania and her complex relationship with her father, unraveling the mystery of seeing your parents through adult eyes along the way. The honest work is the fi st show written exclusively by women to win the top award for musicals.
Where: U.S. Bank Stadium, 401 Chicago Ave. When: Tuesday, Dec. 13 from 5 p.m.–8 p.m. Cost: $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 12 and under Info: usbankstadium.com
Where: Orpheum Theatre, 910 Hennepin Ave. / When: Dec. 13–18 Cost: $39–$134 / Info: hennepintheatretrust.org
SPIRIT: MADE HERE The Hennepin Theatre Trust is launching its next season of window art displays this month with Spirit: Made Here. The seventh season of Made Here, the country’s largest showcase of storefront window art, will see more than 30 displays from more than 75 artists and students across downtown Minneapolis through next March. An opening event in City Center will feature an artist market, street performers, live music, along with tours with the Trust and a spoken word performance by Kulture Klub Collaborative.
Where: City Center atrium, 615 Hennepin Ave. When: Thursday, Dec. 8 from 5 p.m.–8 p.m. Cost: Free Info: madeheremn.org
KIDS AT THE CASTLE While the American Swedish Institute has plenty going on for the holidays, the castle is hosting morning playdates for kids before the museum opens. The museum promises storytelling, music and movement inspired by ASI exhibits and the Turnblad mansion. This month, ASI focuses on tomtes, the domestic sprites of the holiday season and one of the most popular creatures in Scandinavian folklore. “Kids at the Castle” is recommended for ages 2 to 5.
Where: American Swedish Institute, 2600 Park Ave. When: Dec. 16–17 from 9 a.m.–10 a.m. Cost: $8 per family Info: asimn.org
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HOLIDAZZLE
Where: Loring Park, 1382 Willow St. When: Now through Friday, Dec. 23 Cost: Free / Info: holidazzle.com
The downtown Minneapolis tradition of the Holidazzle will return to Loring Park for a second year this season. Whether it’s ice skating among the winter lights and decorations, shopping from dozens of vendors in the park or fi ding local holiday treats, the free winter celebration has something to offer just about everyone this year. The festival is open 5 p.m.–9 p.m. on Thursdays, 5 p.m.–10 p.m. on Fridays, 11 a.m.–10 p.m. on Saturdays and 11 a.m.–7 p.m. on Sundays.
WHAT TO CHECK OUT AT HOLIDAZZLE FIREWORKS DISPLAYS
Holidazzle will have fi eworks displays each Saturday at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 3, Dec. 10, Dec. 17 and Dec. 23.
MOVIE NIGHTS
Two outdoor movies will be played each week, including: “Home Alone” (Dec. 1), “A Christmas Story” (Dec. 4), “Elf” (Dec. 8), “Happy Feet” (Dec. 11), “Serendipity” (Dec. 15), “Frozen” (Dec. 18), “Ice Age” (Dec. 22) and “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (Dec. 23).
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FREE SKATING
Wells Fargo Minneapolis WinterSkate will be open seven days a week, during all Holidazzle hours. Guests can bring their own skates or use a complimentary pair available in the festival’s warming house. Sizes vary and are available on a fi st-come, fi st-served basis.
KIDS ZONE
This year’s Holidazzle includes a kids zone with a holiday-themed obstacle course, a hay bale maze, an Elves Building Station and crafti g.
LOCAL PERFORMANCES
Local bands, community choirs and dance groups will perform throughout this year’s Holidazzle. Look for the full performance list on Holidazzle’s schedule page.
CARRIAGE RIDES
Carriage rides will take you around the festival on Friday, Dec. 2; Friday, Dec. 9; and Friday, Dec. 16, for free, compliments of Citizens of a Loring Park Community and Friends of Loring Park.
FORTUNE
WINTERFEST
Light Grey Art Lab’s latest exhibition, “Fortune,” is bringing in the new year with bold and gold artwork from around the world. The exhibition has 80 artists riffing on the concept of luck and fortune using gold foil to create a lustrous collection of unique, handmade pieces. With the coming year, each piece will even be available in a calendar format. A free opening reception on Friday, Dec. 2 from 7 p.m.–10 p.m. will feature “Fortune” prints, music and refreshments.
The Mill District is celebrating the holiday season with a winter festival of its own. Winterfest will feature horse-drawn carriage rides, hot chocolate and caroling from Friends of the Mill District singers. The free event, hosted by Friends of the Mill District in tandem with the Mill City Farmers Market, is also collecting donated warm clothing and diapers for YouthLink MN and People Serving People.
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