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Jacob Frey elected mayor Frey built an election night lead that grew as votes were tabulated

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acob Frey, who campaigned on a “fresh start” for Minneapolis, pledging to tackle an affordable housing crisis and forge ahead with police reforms, emerged from a field of 16 to win the 2017 mayoral contest.

Frey, who led with close to 25 percent of first-choice votes on election night, was declared the unofficial winner just

By Dylan Thomas dthomas@southwestjournal.com

before 2 p.m. on Nov. 8, about 18 hours after polls closed in the city’s third go-round with ranked-choice voting.

The Ward 3 City Council member appeared to have a strong chance of winning, but it took five rounds of counting second- and third-choice votes to push him past the margin of victory.

SEE FREY / PAGE A12

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Landlord’s licenses in limbo

Election reshapes City Council

Questions linger as Stephen Frenz sells properties

The Council will welcome five new members in 2018

By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com

By Dylan Thomas, Michelle Bruch and Nate Gotlieb

City Council members will vote in the coming weeks on whether to revoke a major landlord’s rental license.

The vote follows an administrative hearing officer’s conclusion that the ownership structure behind Minneapolis apartment properties deceived city officials.

“I’m willing to go. I’m willing to get out of the business, and I’ve made steps to do that,” said landlord Stephen Frenz, who said he plans to appeal any revocation action.

“However, you can’t possibly say you care one iota about affordable housing and act the way you have acted,” he said, referring to the conduct of city officials.

As Frenz has sold his properties in recent months, city staff has raised questions about

After an historic election, the 13-member City Council will welcome five new members in 2018, including three who unseated incumbents.

The entire North Side will have new representation on the Council. Jeremiah Ellison, son of DFL U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, defeated Blong Yang in Ward 5, and Phillipe Cunningham unseated Council President Barb Johnson, who for 20 years has represented Ward 4.

Cunningham was one of two transgender people of color elected to the Council, an unprecedented event. In Southwest’s Ward 8, a seat left open by Elizabeth Glidden’s decision not to run for a fourth term, voters chose Andrea Jenkins by a large margin.

lingering ownership interests and declined to issue new rental licenses to at least eight landlords. At issue are some sales made under contract for deed, transactions where the city said Frenz and Spiros Zorbalas retain an ownership interest and good cause exists to deny rental licenses based upon past “fraudulent practices.”

The letters have angered Frenz, who alleges discrimination against new owners. The letters have also worried tenants living in buildings without valid rental licenses.

Eric Hauge, director of organizing and public policy at HOME Line, said he’s received calls from renters near 31st & 22nd as well as 2201 Aldrich Ave. S. SEE FRENZ / PAGE A15

Incumbent John Quincy lost his seat in nearby Ward 11 to Jeremy Schroeder, the policy director for a housing nonprofit.

And in Ward 3 — which will send its current council member, Jacob Frey, to the mayor’s office — technology consultant Steve Fletcher came out on top after three rounds of ranked-choice vote tabulating.

Incumbents Cam Gordon (Ward 2), Lisa Goodman (Ward 7), Lisa Bender (Ward 10), Andrew Johnson (Ward 12) and Linea Palmisano (Ward 13) won decisive victories in their respective wards, with each race decided on first-choice votes.

Ward 6 Council Member Abdi Warsame was re-elected on first choice votes but on SEE COUNCIL RACES / PAGE A13

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From plastic to concrete Public Works is eyeing upgrades to the protected bikeway network in 2018

By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@southwestjournal.com

Concrete curbs and vegetated medians could replace plastic bollards along portions of the city’s protected bicycle lane network in 2018.

Minneapolis will have about 20 miles of protected bicycle lanes by the end of the 2017 construction season but just a few blocks of curb-protected bike lane, found on Oak Street near the University of Minnesota campus. The Public Works Department aims to extend that curb next year, one of six similar projects transportation planner Elizabeth Heyman said were in early development for 2018.

Heyman said the retrofit projects were planned for streets that already have bicycle lanes, many of them separated from motorvehicle traffic by the now-familiar white plastic bollards. Curbs and medians offer “greater physical separation” from motor-vehicle traffic, she noted, and could be even more effective at encouraging people to ride.

“There’s new, up-and-coming research every day that shows people feel more comfortable with these types of designs,” Heyman said.

Concrete curbs and medians are also tougher than the plastic bollards used to delineate on-street bikeways, which are often flattened or knocked out of position by wayward motorists, she added. While not yet common in Minneapolis, they can be found on the streets of Chicago, New York, San Francisco and other U.S. cities.

Safety and comfort Ethan Fawley, executive director of Our Streets Minneapolis, said the plastic bollards have their advantages.

“We can get a lot more miles at lower cost with bollards,” Fawley said, noting they are also easier to move and adjust as the city responds to the needs of road users. But the nonprofit has been pushing the city to add routes with the “high-quality, comfortable feel” that more robust barriers provide, he said.

“We definitely are excited,” Fawley said.

A 2014 Portland State University study surveyed people in five U.S. cities that have added protected bicycle lanes and found they increased ridership and were preferred by

between 32nd and 42nd streets.

While a segment of curb-protected bike lane on Oak Street was built with parking lot bumpers lined up end-to-end, a second block-length curb added in November reflects the city’s preferred design: roughly two feet wide and 6–7 inches tall. The curbs will be used in combination with plastic bollards, Heyman said.

While the curbs are more expensive up front, they may prove cheaper in the long run if they reduce the maintenance costs associated with the plastic bollards, which must be replaced when they are lost or broken, she said. Public Works also plans to monitor how the curbs and median perform in terms of storm water drainage, snow clearance and street sweeping.

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A rendering of what the curb-protected bicycle lanes Public Works is planning for 2018 could look like. Submitted image

both bicyclists and nearby residents. Canadian researchers in 2012 published a study of 690 cyclists injured while biking on the streets of Vancouver and Toronto, and their findings suggested cyclists were safer riding in bike lanes physically separated from motor vehicle traffic.

In Minneapolis, protected bicycle lanes play a key role in Council-approved strategies to add bike facilities that feel safe and comfortable to a broader range of cyclists and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by making it easier for more residents to use bicycles on local trips.

Although they aren’t in the city’s plans for 2018, Fawley said planters were “absolutely the preferred form of protection.” They are not just strong but tall, sending a strong message to drivers to stay away. And they can be used to beautify urban streets, he added.

Six projects Funding for the six projects would come from the city’s protected bikeways program. Mayor Betsy Hodges’s 2018 budget includes $1 million for that program, but budget talks are ongoing and Heyman said Public Works was still evaluating how much it could accomplish with that level of funding.

In addition to the Oak Street project, there are plans to upgrade existing bike lanes to curb protection on Plymouth Avenue between Penn and University avenues; on 11th Avenue between South 6th Street and West River Parkway; and on 12th Street between 2nd and 3rd avenues. Various options, including a curb, are being considered for 3rd Avenue South between 12th and 16th streets, and Public Works is looking to test a planted median on a block or two of Blaisdell Avenue somewhere

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Nick Mason, who serves on the Bicycle Advisory Committee, suggested a solid curb could prove more effective than widely spaced bollards at discouraging motorists from illegally driving or parking in bicycle lanes, a common annoyance for cyclists.

Mason, who also serves as deputy director of BicycleMN, a nonprofit that advocates for bike safety statewide, said it’s understandable bicyclists would seek out protected lanes, especially with the rise of distracted driving.

Districted drivers aren’t typically a problem on the city’s network of off-street trails, which Mason described as “second to none,” but opportunities to expand that network are now few and far between.

“There aren’t opportunity to build trails anymore,” he said. “We’ve taken all we could.”

Although the retrofit projects planned in 2018 will be upgrading streets with existing bicycle lanes, Mason noted the expansion of the protected bicycle lane network has “a real safety effect” for all road users. The projects often involve narrowing or reducing the number of motor vehicle lanes, which has the effect of reducing speeds and the risk of serious injury in a crash.

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Author and “lefse king” Gary Legwold is teaching the secrets to perfect lefse at his Lynnhurst neighborhood kitchen.

“The interaction between the grill and the lefse is art,” he told a recent cooking class as he draped lefse onto a 500-degree grill.

Legwold, a former Wayzata High School teacher, went on to pursue a writing career that includes 800 magazine articles on health and fitness. In the early ’90s, he wrote an article for Minnesota Monthly that detailed his “first hilarious, painful” experience making lefse. The topic sparked his interest, and he traveled to small towns throughout Minnesota meeting the best lefse makers he could find.

He wrote his first book on lefse in 1992, worrying that the tradition was dying. He decided to survey the country 25 years later to see how lefse was faring.

“The bottom line is lefse is doing better than ever,” he said, explaining that factories

have difficulty keeping up with demand during the holidays.

His new book “Keep On Rolling! Life on the Lefse Trail and Learning to Get a Round” includes lefse wrap recipes, an original song, and visits to factories and festivals. (He reports that Oregon’s “Portlandia” has also become Lefselandia.) He visits a congregation in Sacred Heart, Minnesota that rolls more than 4,000 lefse rounds each year and is working to rebuild the church, which was struck by lightning two years ago.

Legwold has also written two books about lutefisk. As conversation topics, lutefisk and lefse tend to light up reserved Scandinavians, he said.

“Our culture kind of needs that boost,” he said. “Winter can be bleak, but it’s never bleak when you’re rolling lefse.”

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“Global vegetarian comfort foods. For some people, it might seem like an oxymoron,” said Thomas Dambrine, a “Franco-Minnesotan” who grew up in the Lorraine region of France and previously worked at Appetite For Change and the family-focused Bean Sprouts Café.

Dambrine said staff want to make vegetarian and vegan foods comfortable for all guests, and dishes would be approachable in terms of price as well as taste. Menu ideas include mashed potatoes with a gravy flight and Turkish moussaka with roasted eggplant, potatoes, zucchini and béchamel. A full bar will offer wine and kombucha on tap, local beers and cocktails.

Staff members are designing a “jungle gym” for kids, surrounded by plants.

When asked about the so-called curse at the former Figlio’s space, where three restaurants have since come and gone (Parella, Primebar and Il Gatto), Dambrine noted that Figlio operated for 25 years and many wish it had never closed.

“We know that this is a really great location.

It always helps when something for you is not just a business,” he said.

He said the restaurant would operate under a “triple bottom line” that focuses not only on profit but good stewardship of the planet and a good partnership with employees.

The restaurant is paying $15 per hour, offering its employees benefits, profit-sharing and an open view of the books. To make the wage level work, employees will be trained in all areas of the business.

A new nonprofit called the Fig Foundation would support child and adult education around plant-based eating and climate change.

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Nighthawks under new management Restaurateur Kim Bartmann wants to save Nighthawks. She said the restaurant went a bit sideways since founder Landon Schoenefeld left nearly a year ago, and staff members want to simply serve quality food in a neighborhood setting.

“We’re not going to radically change anything,” she said.

Kramarczuk’s footlong hot dogs are back on the menu, and pancakes (including banana

pecan and blueberry lemon) are back on the dinner menu.

The kitchen is operating under the oversight of Chef Kelly Merry, who has worked with Bartmann restaurants that include Bread & Pickle and Barbette. The Birdie space off the back of the kitchen has returned for private dining and pop-up events.

“We feel a lot of pressure to do a good job and help turn it around,” Bartmann said.

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Kowalski’s Market & Wine Shop Kowalski’s has stretched into the former Walgreens space at 2440 Hennepin Ave., and the additional 10,000 square feet is making room for cold-pressed juice, a Starbucks kiosk and Cooks of Crocus Hill.

CEO Kris Kowalski Christiansen said many of the store’s offerings have grown, including expanded cheese, bulk foods, wine and beer and bakery selections. Make-at-home meal kits are available near the deli, prepared with Kowalski’s ingredients. The store is adding clothing and offering more gifts.

Made-to-order pasta is ready in five minutes or less, create-your-own burrito

bowls are on the way, and a hibachi station offers meals with a choice of protein, veggies, base, sauce and garnish.

Designers took advantage of large windows and lightened the flooring to make the store feel lighter and brighter.

Expanded café seating is available with complimentary Wi-Fi. “You don’t have to go anywhere else,” said Store Manager Jordan Nikolov. “We have everything here.”

Kowalski’s continues to offer grocery delivery and curbside pickup.

51ST & EWING

Restaurant owner proposes apartment project The owner of Arezzo Ristorante is proposing a 14-unit “boutique” apartment building across the alley from the restaurant.

The three-story building would replace three rental homes that developer Adam Smith said he owns at 5048, 5052 and 5056 Ewing Ave. S. He said the units would range from about 750 square feet to 1,500 square feet. The ground floor would hold 19 enclosed parking spaces.

Smith said he’s owned Arezzo for more than 16 years, through good years and challenging years. The apartment would be his first development, although he said his father made a career in homebuilding and Smith started the construction company Adson Homes with his brother years ago.

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rooms (rather than laundry closets), hardwood floors and granite countertops.

“I think this is a great amenity for the area,” he said.

He estimates that rent would be $2.50 per square foot.

After meeting with city staff, Smith said he expects to seek medium density multifamily R4 zoning on the site, which is currently zoned R1A, a single-family district.

Smith met with the Fulton Neighborhood Association board last week. In response to concerns about management of the site during construction, Smith highlighted his nearby restaurant.

“I have a vested interest in making sure there is parking because I have a business here,” he said. “I’m going to do my best.”

Pending city approval, the project would break ground in mid-2018.

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WEST CALHOUN

‘Minnesota micro’ apartments A five-story apartment proposal has been downsized to three stories at 3823 W. 31st St., a site that currently holds a single-family house.

CPM Companies’ plans dropped from 29 units to 15 units. Unit sizes would range from 450 square feet to 510 square feet, with a front-yard patio and a 600-square-foot common area on the first floor.

At a West Calhoun Neighborhood Council meeting in June, CPM co-founder Dan Oberpriller said residents are living with “less square footage than ever,” and architects are designing spaces with large windows and high ceilings to make units feel larger. He said the project could provide apartments for a mix of incomes without any government subsidy.

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Oberpriller said they couldn’t efficiently build a ramp on the site, and said he tries to provide the right balance of parking.

“It’s hard to fit two people in a unit of this size,” Oberpriller said. “That does reduce the number of cars.”

Surface parking spaces would stand along the west side of the site. CPM told the West Calhoun neighborhood early this fall that parking would number eight spaces.

The project is slated to go before the City Planning Commission on Dec. 4, requiring approval for factors including setbacks and the location of the patio and parking lot. The site’s current zoning is R6, a high-density multiplefamily district.

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The shows on Nov. 25 feature “Mystery Science Theater 3000” creator Joel Hodgson, Louie Anderson (performing via video), Mary Jo Pehl, Alex Jackson, Tom Baumgartner and emcee Kristin AndersenAnderson. The performers added a second show after the first sold out.

Family members said this week that Minjares is out of the intensive care unit, eating and no longer using an oxygen tank.

“So before he went in for surgery his oxygen level was at a 10 and now he’s at a 1!!!! He can finally breathe again and not struggle anymore.

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Aside from opening Pepitos, Minjares has worked as a standup comedian and actor, performing at the Mixed Blood Theater and appearing in film and television roles on “The Truman Show,” “Untamed Heart” and “Seinfeld.”

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SWLRT crash wall requires mitigation Steps must be taken to mitigate the negative effect a mile-long crash wall would have on a potentially historic Minneapolis railroad corridor, according to a Federal Transit Administration report.

The Metropolitan Council added the 10-foot-high barrier to its Southwest Light Rail Transit project late this summer. Met Council’s plan to extend its METRO Green Line 14.5 miles to Eden Prairie calls for light rail trains to exit Downtown Minneapolis along the Wayzata Subdivision, and the rail corridor’s owner, BNSF Railway, demanded a crash wall in exchange for its use.

The thick, concrete wall will run from roughly the Interstate 394 bridge, near the future Bryn Mawr Station, to just north of the Interstate 94 bridge, separating parallel freight and light rail tracks. Met Council had previously planned for some corridor protection in that area but agreed with BNSF to connect and extend several shorter segments of wall.

Met Council’s shared-use agreement with BNSF also calls for a new “tail track” where Northstar Commuter Rail vehicles can be stored between trips Big Lake. Tail track construction will widen the corridor and remove some walls and embankments considered part of the potentially historic railroad corridor, the second of two “adverse effects” requiring mitigation under the terms of the National Historic Preservation Act. The Wayzata Subdivision is a small segment of the much longer St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railroad/Great Northern Railway Historic District, which extends all the way to the North Dakota border. The Minnesota

Department of Transportation had previously determined that the district is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.

The FTA is requiring MnDOT’s Cultural Resources Unit and the SWLRT project office to develop the mitigation plan in consultation with the Minnesota Historic Preservation Office, the City of Minneapolis, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board and Hennepin County. There will also be opportunities for public input on the wall, including its design.

In a Nov. 7 letter to Met Council, the FTA set a 45-day deadline for completion of a draft mitigation plan.

A community open house on the crash wall is scheduled for 5 p.m.–7 p.m. Nov. 15 at Bryn Mawr Community School, 252 Upton Ave. S. Met Council staff plans to share and take comments on design options for the wall.

The agency also plans pop-up events that week on the Kenilworth Trail to gather comments from bicyclists and pedestrians.

While the wall will be 10 feet high on the freight rail side, it will appear just 4–8 feet tall on the light rail side, the same view trail users will have.

The taller side faces the Bryn Mawr neighborhood. In a resolution passed in October, the Bryn Mawr Neighborhood Association put in writing concerns that the wall would create a new physical barrier between the neighborhood and the city and that it could reflect sounds from passing freight traffic toward nearby homes.

Met Council plans to begin construction on the $1.9-billion SWLRT project next year.

Passenger service is expected to begin in 2022.

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All the world’s a stage...

Plans set to counter sex trafficking during Super Bowl Local officials on Nov. 1 laid out plans to prevent and disrupt sex trafficking during the Super Bowl week and beyond.

During the game week, law enforcement agencies plan on continuing efforts to recover victims, interrupt trafficking and arrest perpetrators, Minneapolis Police Sgt. Grant Snyder said.

Meanwhile, local agencies plan on increasing public awareness, enhancing services for victims and preventing and disrupting buyers and sellers.

Officials explained these efforts in front of the Minneapolis City Council Committee of the Whole. They stressed that the work is ongoing but that the Super Bowl on Feb. 4 presents an opportunity to bring more attention and resources to it.

“Sex trafficking happens 365 days,” said Amanda Koonjbeharry, who oversees Hennepin County’s No Wrong Door initiative. “We don’t want folks just engaged in this point in time, but we want folks fighting this horrendous crime all the time.”

Snyder said the Guardian Angels operation and associated recovery operations would be the cornerstone of law enforcement’s approach during the Super Bowl week. The law enforcement team will include officers and federal agents from about 20 different jurisdictions, he said.

Guardian Angels is a law enforcement program that targets buyers of underage sex.

Agencies have officers pose as juvenile victims and aim to arrest buyers who are knowingly seeking such victims.

Typically 7–12 percent of people who respond to the initial ad make it through all elements of a crime and show up to be arrested, Snyder said.

In terms of an investigative presence, the majority of law enforcement’s efforts will be focused online, Snyder said. He added that the Minneapolis Police Department plans on collecting information from out-of-state agencies through its online portal.

Law enforcement also will be prepared to respond on the streets, Snyder said, adding that he doesn’t foresee a huge increase in that activity.

According to University of Minnesota researchers, there’s some data showing the Super Bowl, like other large events, correlates with an increase in online sex ads. But the researchers say that impact is short-lived and often overblown in the media and other reports.

Lulete Mola, director of community impact

for the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota, said the work around the Super Bowl is a continuation of efforts that have been happening for about six years.

The Women’s Foundation of Minnesota launched a five-year, multimillion-dollar campaign in November 2011 aimed at ending sex trafficking in Minnesota. Foundation leaders aimed to decrease demand for child sex trafficking, educate and mobilize public support, redefine sex-trafficked minors as victims of a crime and ensure access to specialized housing and treatment.

The campaign helped usher in major changes in Minnesota. The state Legislature passed the Safe Harbor Law in 2011, which redefined youth who engage in prostitution as victims and survivors, not criminals. The Legislature had also dedicated $11 million as of this past January to provide services to survivors.

The next phase of the campaign aims to reduce demand for sex trafficking; create protection strategies; increase visibility, outreach and services; and build systems and infrastructure.

Koonjbeharry said Mayo Clinic is developing a gift registry that will allow people to donate items to shelters. The organization is looking to launch the registry in early December, she said.

She cited a pair of public-awareness campaigns funded by the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota, including one targeting men and boys. The Duluth-based organization Men as Peacemakers is leading that campaign, which is called “Don’t Buy it” and promotes the message that sex trafficking isn’t a victimless crime.

On the street level, agencies and nonprofits such as The Link will have more staff available, increase drop-in center hours and put more teams of outreach workers onto the streets, Executive Director Beth Holger-Ambrose said.

She said the agencies are working to increase the number of shelter beds available during the 10-day Super Bowl festival.

Officials with the Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee expect more than 1 million visitors during the 10-day Super Bowl festival, which begins Jan. 26. That includes an estimated 125,000 arriving from out of state as game-goers and fans, according to a committee spokesman.

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Municipal election spurs high turnout Turnout for the 2017 municipal election was 42.45, an increase of more than 8 percentage points over 2013 turnout, the last time the mayor, City Council and Park Board members were on the ballot.

Minneapolis Elections and Voter Services reported 105,911 ballots were cast this year, including 11,958 by absentee or early voters, a record. It more than doubled the number of absentee ballots turned in four years prior. More than 11 percent of voters voted early or absentee.

Fifty percent of eligible voters cast a ballot in Southwest’s Ward 13, the highest turnout rate in the city. Turnout topped 40 percent in all wards except 4 and 5, which cover North Minneapolis, and Ward 10, which includes the Whittier, Lowry Hill East, CARAG, East Calhoun and East Harriet neighborhoods.

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By Jim Walsh

Give to the (Music) Max Day

H

umanity has been at its worst of late, with all sorts of examples of bad behavior and unsavory suspects that can make a body want to throw the toxic baby out with the bathwater. But thanks to that sometimes ineffable thing called the Minneapolis music community, last week I was reminded of how many good people I know, how many strong musicians and artists and creative souls I have the privilege of regularly bumping into and how good all that gathered collective music energy can feel in this, as MGMT sings it, “little dark age.”

I too often take the homegrown music embarrassment of riches for granted, but not today. As all sorts of unsavory-to-positively horrific headlines oozed through the rest of the world, I was lucky to escape to rooms filled with good-natured people gathered together in song and whose main bond is through music and nights spent together in dark bars, listening to music that lifts a body out of the ugly and ordinary into the extraordinary.

More than once was the word “family” invoked when I mentioned my amazement to fellow club-goers, for the good reason that we’ve been through a lot together: Lives and deaths and so many nights like the ones we had last week, tonight, this week. Together and alone, as they say, because even if you didn’t make it out last week, even if the hygge hibernation got the best of you, you know what I’m talking about because you’ve been there, and you’ll be there again.

Sunday night I stood in the 7th Street Entry with my friend John Swardson. “I really can’t believe this,” I said to him, awestruck by the sight of all the familiar beatific faces and thinking about how long we’ve been practicing this ritual, while at the same time wondering about other places in the world that might foster a similar scene.

Chris Riemenschneider was behind us, chatting with fans and signing copies of his new book, “First Avenue: Minnesota’s Mainroom.”

Curtiss A was on stage, ripping through his old friend Slim Dunlap’s “Rocking Here Tonight.”

Steve McClellan was haunting the room he helped launch; Prairie Fire Lady Choir was getting ready to slay the Replacements’ “Can’t Hardly Wait” and more, and musicians from every scene you can name were present and accounted for, celebrating a great book about a great club and a living legacy.

This all came on the heels of ridiculously exuberant events celebrating the publication of Andrea Swensson’s new book, “Got To Be Something Here: The Rise of the Minneapolis Sound,” the long-awaited release of the Husker Du retrospective “Savage Young Du,” a sold-out Sarah Morris CD release party at the Hook & Ladder and a fantastic feel-good benefit at the Turf Club for Jason Nagel, a longtime local music champion and deejay who’s successfully

Curtiss A rocking the 7th Street Entry Nov. 12 in celebration of Chris Riemenschneider’s new book, “First Avenue: Minnesota’s Mainroom.”

Photo by Terry Walsh

fighting cancer. Provincialism be damned, it was a special week in a special town, and this Wilco week promises yet another, as Jeff Tweedy and crew have always felt deeply rooted and connected to the scenes they helped nourish.

“Live music is good for the soul,” as the late great Sue McLean put it, and around these parts it’s an export to be proud of, although a relatively new one. I searched the term “local music” in the new Star Tribune archives and found the first usage was just once in the 1800s, a smattering of “local music lovers” from 1900–1915 and the odd “local music” drop throughout the ’30s–’60s, mostly about opera singers. The term gets more traction in the early ’80s and into the ’90s, followed by a surge of references to “local music” in the 2000s.

We’re living through history, in other words, though all the magic isn’t done by magic. It takes organizing, practice, people, energy, discipline, ideas, creativity and money — which is where the average local music supporter comes in.

The annual nonprofit fundraising feast Give To The Max Day (givemn.org) happens Thursday, Nov. 16, and to help keep the foundation of the mother-ship scene and all her orbiting scenes healthy, music venues and musicians are asking for help. Donors can make contributions to their favorite causes all day Thursday, but where’s the local music lover to start? One man’s suggestions: Hook and Ladder/Firehouse Performing Arts Center: The cities’ best new non-profit music club.

She Rock She Rock: Encouraging women and girls to play and perform music.

Hopewell Music Cooperative-North: Making it happen with up-and-coming Northside musicians and students.

DEMO: Music business education, support, shows, workshops.

The Minnesota Music Coalition: Bringing musicians together for gigs, workshops, education, more.

Dissonance: Essential education and support around the issues of sobriety and health.

Foothold Twin Cities: Not a music charity, per se, but a housing fund co-founded by a musician (my brother Terry).

The Warming House: The best little listening room in South Minneapolis.

Summit Music Series: A swingin’ and diverse party, as curated by the super supportive arts advocacy organization Springboard For The Arts.

Make Music Twin Cities: Along with Porchfest, the most DIY music-making event in the twin towns.

Minnesota Music Educators Association: Because music teachers are pretty much the best people on the planet.

Give if you can, every little bit helps. Now put down the newspaper, turn off the TV, shut off your phone and go hear some live music tonight.

As Jon Batiste put it, “With so many ways to communicate at our disposal, we must not forget the transformative power of a live music experience and genuine human exchange.”

Jim Walsh lives and grew up in South Minneapolis.

He can be reached at jimwalsh086@gmail.com

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By Steve Brandt

Ready to roll with $15 an hour

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hile some business owners looked forward with trepidation to the city’s recent mandate of sick time accrual for nearly all Minneapolis employees, Dan Swenson-Klatt has three years of experience that proves it works for his business.

And while other small entrepreneurs fear the impact of $10.25 hourly wage that kicks in next July for businesses with fewer than 100 employees — a first step toward an eventual $15 per hour — the employees at SwensonKlatt’s Butter Bakery Cafe already average $14.60, with the lowest paid earning $13.50.

The Working Families Agenda outlined in 2014 by a coalition of labor, community and religious groups is taking hold at Butter thanks mainly to Swenson-Klatt’s vision of the kind of business he seeks to run.

In his 13th year in business, now at Nicollet & 37th, the former teacher-turned-entrepreneur envisions his eatery as a community gathering place that sources its raw inputs from sustainably run farms and treats employees fairly.

But he makes those decisions with a careful eye on cash flow. When the sick leave proposal emerged, he decided the business was healthy enough to try it on his own, without waiting for a city mandate.

He used the same accrual formula that was incorporated in the city ordinance: one hour of leave accrual for every 30 hours worked, up to a 48-hour maximum. Swenson-Klatt allows unused time to carry over but limits the time’s

use to 48 hours in a calendar year.

In the first year, a half-dozen of the café’s 20 or so employees used their time off, a use that expanded to most workers in subsequent years. Swenson-Klatt allows employs to dip into this paid-time-off bank not just for illness, but also for a day off or family needs.

“All of a sudden I realized that I had created a really valuable benefit for them,” he said over a cup of tea.

He sees several benefits. First, employees are less likely to show up sick for work at a job that involves preparing and serving food. Second, it encourages longevity among his workforce, saving the hassle of training new hires and strengthening worker buy-in to the shop.

All that for a cost he estimates at 2 percent of payroll. That’s the extra cost of keeping a worker on payroll while they’re not working and scheduling someone to cover for the missing worker.

That’s not insignificant to an owner who just last April started paying himself a regular paycheck from the business he’d nurtured for a dozen years.

The decision to change his pay practices went through a more complicated evolution.

His is mainly a business at which beverages and baked goods are sold at a counter, with fresh-cooked meals delivered to tables. The only tipping was at the counter tip jar. But that led to a pay differential between those at the counter and those preparing food, something

that made some workers uncomfortable. Some front of house staff were making as much as $16–$20 hourly during certain shifts.

His has literally been a business where family members helped out, but he also strives for that feeling among the staff.

“There was this discomfort of ‘Well, I shouldn’t be making that much more than anyone else,’” he said.

So he put the issue out to staff, and some workers devised a formula to equalize things.

That cut several dollars an hour off of frontcounter wages. A couple people left for wait staff jobs elsewhere. But the rest said $15 hourly counting equalized tips would work.

Tips were shared according to who was working a shift.

This brought the range from the highest to the lowest compensated worker within about a dollar an hour, giving Swenson-Klatt cost data to make menu price changes.

But there was some extra calculation to divide tips for each shift. And Swenson-Klatt is among those discomfited by the entire ethos of tipping, with its implication of a power relationship and the potential for harassment. So he sat down with staff again and then devised a system that pays for experience and the type of work done.

He calculated a worker’s average compensation on an hourly basis over a four-month period. Some workers had earned more because they had the seniority to sign up for

higher-tip shifts. He then pledged to maintain that level of compensation even without tips, regardless of business fluctuations.

The new no-tip policy started last April.

The wage range runs $13.50–$17 hourly. That means that Butter will be able to absorb the first step next year of the city mandate toward $15 an hour. His $14.60 per hour average means he’ll need to make only modest adjustments to hit the $15 level that other small businesses must meet by mid-2024, with big employers facing a 2022 compliance date.

“I have staff who feel real secure and can budget, or who could say I could afford fewer hours to I need more hours,” Swenson-Klatt said. The business is within 3-4 percent of what it needs to cover the guaranteed wage costs, so he nudged a few prices.

Meanwhile, Swenson-Klatt spent hours at the Legislature fighting a bill that would have preempted local wage and sick hour ordinances, which was vetoed by Gov. Mark Dayton.

“There is a small group of us who have a desire to see general equity within our industry,” he said. But he hears the fears of other restaurateurs. “They have a fear I feel too that it’s going to be real hard to keep the cash flow going, to keep the doors open.”

That’s balanced by public feedback, such as he experienced when he went to all-compostable materials, in advance of the industry.

“I have folks who come in, and say, ‘Thanks for being out front,’” he said.

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Moments in Minneapolis

By Cedar Imboden Phillips

Sewing for the soldiers

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olunteers from Zion Swedish Lutheran Church’s Red Cross unit turned out in full force in 1918 to assist with World War I efforts.

The church’s women and girls knitted socks and sewed pajamas, sheets, napkins and handkerchiefs for soldiers; they also sewed clothing for wartime refuges.

Their efforts were so prolific that the group moved out of the church’s main building at 31st & Pillsbury and into temporary dedicated space on the second floor of a commercial building at Lake & Nicollet. The office buzzed with activity; older women worked during the daytime hours, while younger girls in school or with jobs came at night. Here, volunteers work while wearing protective face masks — a preventative measure against the deadly influenza pandemic that was spreading rapidly across the globe.

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Condo height appeal rejected Linden Hills developer wants four-story building

By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com

The Minneapolis City Council Zoning & Planning Committee on Nov. 9 rejected a developer’s appeal to allow a four-story condo near Lake Harriet.

The committee denied the developer’s appeal to modify a conditional use permit to allow for the four-story building. The action came on a voice vote after comments from nearby residents and the developers, John Gross and Andrew Commers.

“I just think it’s simply too big in the sightline,” Ward 7 Council Member Lisa Goodman said. She added that she thinks city staff came to an elegant compromise, which was to allow for a three-story condo.

Gross and Commers are looking to build a four-story, eight-unit condo on the site, which includes several parcels on 44th Street between Upton Avenue and Lake Harriet Parkway. They need a conditional use permit to build above two-and-a-half stories, because of the nature of their project and the area’s overlay zoning district.

City staff recommended allowing for three stories to ensure the building would be compatible with the scale and character of the neighborhood. The City Planning Commission approved that recommendation last month.

However, Gross and Commers have said a three-story condo wouldn’t be economically viable. Their team has argued that four stories would complement existing uses in the area and wouldn’t negatively impact surrounding properties.

A rendering of a fourstory condo building proposed for 44th Street in Linden Hills.

Rendering courtesy City of Minneapolis

They’ve also argued that the building would have limited visibility from the lake and would blend in with the surrounding neighborhood to the extent it would be visible.

Some neighbors and nearby residents have spoken against allowing for four stories. Others argued against allowing over two-and-a-half stories.

One nearby homeowner said Nov. 9 that the condo would tower over her yard and

noted that it would appear to be five stories from the sidewalk level. Another said the project would be out of scale in the neighborhood and would set a precedent for development near Lake Harriet.

More than 55 people have written to city officials to express concerns about the proposed height. Before the Oct. 16 Planning Commission meeting, the Linden Hills Neighborhood Council Zoning & Housing

Committee and the East Calhoun Community Organization Livability Committee each voted to oppose granting the permit.

After the Nov. 9 hearing, Gross said the committee’s decision was “deeply disappointing.”

He noted that he could build a denser building on the site, but he indicated that wouldn’t be too popular, either.

“A by-right development would be no better for neighbors,” he said.

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Frey praised the other mayoral candidates in comments delivered at his campaign headquarters and said it was time to heal the wounds of a tough campaign.

“Moving forward, item no. 1 on the docket is to start uniting,” he said.

Mayor Betsy Hodges, a former Ward 13 City Council member who won the mayor’s office in 2013, congratulated Frey on his victory.

“I told him that I know he loves Minneapolis and that I am committed to a smooth transition,” she wrote in a statement.

Frey, 36, is a Virginia native and attorney whose Council ward includes the booming North Loop. Other top finishers included state Rep. Raymond Dehn; Hodges; Tom Hoch, the former Hennepin Theater Trust president and CEO; and attorney-activist Nekima Levy-Pounds.

During the campaign, he fought against a narrative that portrayed him as less progressive than Dehn, Levy-Pounds or Hodges — a potential weakness in a year when the electorate pushed the City Council to the left. In a closing argument delivered to supporters on Nov. 3, Frey framed his willingness to seek compromise and listen to opposing views as strengths.

“People said we were too young, too ambitious and not from here,” he added during his post-election press conference.

“They also attacked us because we weren’t willing to take an ideological purist position on every single issue, but it’s our position that that’s not the right way to run a city.”

Youth as an asset Ward 13 City Council Member Linea Palmisano, who endorsed Frey less than a week before the election, said said some critics attempted “to paint Jacob Frey as in the pockets of developers and other kinds of money” when, in her view, many candidates tapped those same sources but were outmatched by Frey’s fundraising prowess.

“I’m really concerned about the future of the Minneapolis DFL and the future of us as a party,” she said. “These races were pretty nasty, and how do we heal that?”

The election also shook up the City Council, bringing behind-the-scenes tensions into the open. Three incumbents lost their seats, including Council President Barb Johnson, and five of its 13 members will be new in 2018.

Lisa Goodman, who won re-election to her Ward 7 City Council seat, said she was “very hopeful” Frey’s leadership could help to close those rifts.

“I think he’s going to be a different kind of mayor from the status quo, because he is someone who genuinely wants to work with everybody,” she said.

Frey’s political experience is limited to his single term on the Council, but that didn’t seem to bother voters. Goodman noted former mayor R.T. Rybak hadn’t held any elected office before he defeated incumbent Sharon Sayles Belton in the 2001 election, the first of three consecutive electoral victories.

“This is the kind of job, running a $1.5 billion organization, that you get better at over time,” Goodman said. “Clearly, more experience would be good, but it’s not mandatory.”

She said Frey’s youth had been an asset on the Council, noting that he led efforts to legalize ride-sharing companies and regulate short-term rentals, two key aspects of the so-called sharing economy.

“His perspective is more of a forwardthinking, future-type person, and I think that’s good for the city,” she said.

A ‘cheerleader’ Don Quirk, a voter who lives in a Downtown precinct of Ward 7, ranked Hoch and Frey on his ballot, although he couldn’t remember in which order just moments after leaving his polling place inside Westminster Presbyterian Church. He said he had no strong preference for one or the other and didn’t rank a third choice.

Quirk said his top priority was “keeping Minneapolis growing and economically vibrant.”

“I think I’m looking for someone more like R.T. Rybak,” he said.

Quirk said he agreed with Hodges on many issues but was concerned about the city overreaching in some areas, including the minimum wage. He said wages were best approached as a metro- or statewide issue — a position Hodges took herself before siding with supporters of a municipal minimum wage ordinance.

Another voter at that same precinct, Sam Palecek, said he didn’t like how Hodges handled the police shootings that occurred during her tenure, particularly the fallout from the 2015 death of Jamar Clark. Activists occupied the Fourth Precinct police station for 18 days following Clark’s death.

Palecek ranked Frey third on his ballot, after Hoch and Dehn.

Will Christianson made Frey his first choice, and said his top issues were Downtown safety, police-community relations and housing. Christianson said Frey was “not afraid of complex policy issues,” had shown an ability to assemble coalitions and was a vocal “cheerleader” for Minneapolis.

Mayor Betsy Hodges appeared briefly and spoke to the crowd at her election night party, held at Gandhi Mahal restaurant. Photo by Dylan Thomas

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a much narrower margin, and it took more than one round of vote tabulation for incumbents Kevin Reich (Ward 1) and Alondra Cano (Ward 9) to reclaim their seats.

Results of the election remain unofficial until they’re certified. The City Council, acting as the Municipal Canvassing Board, was scheduled to take that action after this edition went to press.

The following is a look back at Election Day, and the day after, in Southwest.

Ward 6 City Council Member Abdi Warsame took over 50 percent of first-choice votes to win re-election in Ward 6, but challenger Mohamud Noor was close behind at 47 percent. Just 239 votes separated the two. A third candidate, Fadumo Yusuf, garnered less than 3 percent of first-choice votes.

Noor filed a formal request for a recount, a City of Minneapolis spokeswoman confirmed Nov. 13. On Facebook the night after the election, Noor wrote that Warsame’s lead was because of “alleged illegal behavior including bringing voters from outside Minneapolis to participate in our elections, and campaigning at multiple poll locations.”

“Many locations had more people voting from that address than could lawfully occupy the residence,” Noor wrote.

Warsame disputed the claims in an interview.

He said he hadn’t heard of any incidents or complaints, adding that it’s unfortunate these kind of stories come out whenever there is a race in the East African community.

“We have to respect the will of the people,” he said.

The city’s unofficial turnout total for Ward 6 was 47 percent. Warsame said the election reflected the national feeling, noting huge turnout in his ward. He said voters wanted to send a message after the election of President Trump last year.

Warsame said he’s excited to work with mayorelect Jacob Frey, whom he supported in his campaign to unseat incumbent Betsy Hodges.

“We’re from the same generation,” he said of Frey. “He cares about the issues that matter to my ward and to a lot of my constituents.”

Ward 7 Council Member Lisa Goodman is heading into her sixth council term after receiving 52 percent of first-choice votes.

Candidate Janne Flisrand followed with 31 percent of first-choice ballots, with Teqen ZéaAida taking 9.8 percent and Joe Kovacs taking 6.6 percent.

Goodman ran a campaign that focused on her experience, efficiency and effort to bridge the gap between budgetary constraints and progressive goals. Goodman said she’s eternally grateful for the support in a Facebook post.

“Being an elected official isn’t easy, but talking to thousands of people over this last year has allowed me to feel as though my service over the past 20 years has been appreciated, and I’m excited to serve the 7th Ward for four more,” she said. “… And though we may disagree, I will take to heart the conversations I’ve had throughout this election and carry them forward.”

Ward 8 With 73 percent of first-choice votes, Andrea Jenkins became the nation’s first African American transgender woman elected to a major city’s council.

“Wow,” Jenkins said, greeting supporters and family members at her election night party at Curran’s Restaurant.

“I love you, I love this community, I love this city. Guess what, if I take a knee before I play a football game, I love this country,” she said.

Jenkins said she plans to fight for justice and fight for the most marginalized people. The city needs affordable health care, affordable housing and police accountability, she said.

Jenkins urged her supporters to continue

showing up and keep her abreast of community issues.

“If we want to see change in this community, it’s not going to come just from me,” she said.

Outgoing Council Member Elizabeth Glidden said she expects Jenkins to “change this city, and honestly change this nation.”

Jenkins said in a statement that the days of being marginalized are over.

“We don’t just want a seat at the table — we want to set the table,” she wrote. “At a time in our history when the federal government is undermining the progress that has been made in women’s rights, access to health care, immigrant rights, disability rights, LGBT rights, we must stand up and fight back. Cities are the frontline of defense in these efforts, and I am proud to do this work.”

Jenkins’ Green Party challenger Terry White received 12.8 percent of first-choice votes and congratulated Jenkins in a Facebook post.

DFLer April Kane, who did not run an active campaign, and Libertarian candidate David Holsinger, garnered less than 10 percent each of the ward’s first-choice votes.

Ward 10 Council Member Lisa Bender is the first 10th Ward candidate to return for a second term in 20 years, winning with 64 percent of first-choice votes. Candidate Saralyn Romanishan received close to 21 percent of first-choice votes, David Schorn received 9 percent and Bruce Lundeen received nearly 6 percent.

Bender said she was honored by the win.

“Onward,” she said in a social media post.

Romanishan thanked supporters “for fighting the good fight.” The night of the election, the Facebook page she administers, Minneapolis Residents for Responsible Development Coalition, updated its name to Minneapolis Coalition for Responsible Governance “to better suit the role we have grown into.”

Bender’s campaign emphasized her work to raise the minimum wage, pass paid sick time, focus on racial equity and pass a Complete Streets policy that prioritizes biking and walking. At a candidate forum last fall, Bender said in a closing statement that constituents should practice respectful dialogue and acknowledge that fellow residents have different opinions.

“As your council member I serve all of you,” she said. “… I would ask that we find a way to work together better when I am re-elected in November.”

Ward 11 Jeremy Schroeder narrowly defeated twoterm incumbent Ward 11 City Council Member John Quincy in the second round of ranked-choice voting tabulation.

Schroeder had 30 more first-choice votes than Quincy and 534 more than candidate Erica Mauter after the first round. He received nearly two votes for every one Quincy received in the second round.

In a Facebook post the day after the election, Schroeder wrote, “I’m honored to have earned the privilege of serving our Ward 11 community at City Hall. I’m proud of the race we ran and can’t wait to get to work. Thank you for putting your confidence in me. I won’t let you down.”

Schroeder, a policy director for a housing nonprofit, campaigned on elevating working families, adding affordable housing and sustainability, and he pledged to bring more responsive and transparent leadership to City Hall. He noted his previous work building coalitions and experiences driving campaigns to secure benefits for low-wage workers and abolish the death penalty.

Quincy, who was first elected to the City Council in 2009, pitched himself as an experienced leader who had a strong grasp of city workings. He cited accomplishments such as a higher minimum wage and his role as the council’s majority leader and chair of the Ways & Means/Budget Committee in explaining why he was best for the job.

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By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com

Community celebrates anniversary of Hale-Field pairing When Cindy Booker was in first grade at Hale Elementary School, she tasted Tater Tot hot dish for the first time.

“I think for some of my friends, that was the first time they had collard greens,” she said.

Booker shared the memory Nov. 9 at the 45th-anniversary celebration of the pairing of Hale and Field schools in South Minneapolis.

The two schools were largely segregated by race before they paired in the fall of 1971, a move that parents and students from that time say has paid off significantly.

“It taught us so much when we were so little, and it really helped me through my entire life experience,” Booker told a packed crowd at Field that included parents and teachers who led the pairing.

Before the pairing, Field was majority African American and Hale was almost all white. The pairing was the idea of parents at Field, who had to work to sell it to those at Hale.

“You’ve never seen such lively PTA meetings as during those days,” former Hale parent Jane Galbraith said.

The School Board was interested and supportive, Galbraith said, though it took effort to garner support from the Hale community. Hale had been a solid school, she said, with many teachers nearing retirement.

“Every classroom was kind of a little kingdom on its own,” she said.

Many teachers at Hale left when the schools paired, Galbraith said, and some classrooms became shared between teachers. Both schools also received extra funding for the pairing, which went toward hiring school aides.

Jill Vecoli had a daughter who went from Hale to Field in fourth grade. She said most of the parents who weren’t happy about the pairing said it was because they didn’t want their kids on the buses. At the time, most Hale kids walked to and from school, and some parents wanted their kids to come home for lunch.

“All those things were valid to a point, but many of them didn’t want their children to go to school with black children,” said Vecoli, whose husband was president of the Hale PTA

Hale and Field elders (from left to right) Gerry Sell, Gayle Adelsman, Celeste Franson and Bessie Griffin were among those honored Nov. 9.

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around the time of the pairing.

Vecoli recalled contentious PTA meetings and unpleasant phone calls from people opposed to the pairing. One of the remarkable things that happened, she said, was that a pastor of the Catholic church adjacent to Hale made it clear that the church’s K-8 school would not accept people from Hale who weren’t members of the church.

Vecoli was part of a group of about 12 women who planned a 40th-anniversary celebration of the pairing five years ago. The group enjoyed each other’s company so much that they still get together every-other month.

She recalled Hale parents watching their kids get on the busses on the first day of the pairing and then driving over to Field to watch

Former Hale/Field students (from left to right) Heidi Adelsman, Cindy Booker and Zamara Cuyún during a panel at the pairing anniversary event.

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Ward 13 Linea Palmisano won re-election by a wide margin Tuesday and will serve a second term as the Ward 13 City Council member.

Palmisano took 83 percent of first-choice votes, enough to be declared the unofficial winner after just one round of counting. Bob Reuer, a small business owner who also ran

against Palmisano in 2013, won 16 percent.

Only the three-way Ward 12 race had a more lopsided result on election night, with incumbent City Council Member Andrew Johnson winning re-election with 87 percent of firstchoice votes.

Palmisano said her opponent ran on “the idea that some of these things we have been doing at City Hall are unwise,” a criticism she said she would take seriously, pledging to move forward

the kids get off the bus. The kids did just fine, she said.

Field, which took the kids in grades 4-6, made some changes to the school, including placing students in larger units, or groups. The kids got experiences they wouldn’t have otherwise, Vecoli said, such as environmental studies and opportunities to learn about new cultures.

“Like any bunch of kids, there were things that happened, but it had very to do with any kind of racial issue,” Vecoli said.

Gregor Pinney, who covered the pairing for the Minneapolis Tribune, said most of the Hale parents were against the pairing at the time. Not long after the pairing, the district was subject to a lawsuit alleging intentional segregation, he said. The district was under federal supervision for about 10 years after the lawsuit.

Heidi Adelsman was in fourth grade at Hale at the time of the pairing. “It was life changing for me,” she said. “It was really a wonderful experience.”

She told the elders at the event that “you gave us the gift of realizing there’s such a richness in who we are with our differences and how we are the same.”

Zamara Cuyún began at Field in 1985 in the Gold Unit. She said 20 years later, she found out that she and her husband couldn’t afford to live in the neighborhood.

Cuyún at first placed her two kids in a predominately non-white school, but in 2009, she pulled them from that school and placed

them in Hale. Within a week, her son was diagnosed with dyslexia. Within a few weeks, her daughter’s homeroom teacher was able to get her daughter the support she needed.

Cuyún said she was appreciative of the support but that the move came at a price for her kids’ self-esteem. Her son, Luis, became Louis for five years, she said. Her kids didn’t bring rice and beans to school for five years, either.

“They had to leave parts of themselves at home,” she said.

Greg King, an education organizer for the faith-based group ISAIAH who had three kids go through Hale and Field, said we as a society need to be willing to ask ourselves, “How am I advocating for every kid?”

“I think diversity is an amazing asset,” he said. “For a kid like me, who grew up as Filipino American in a white community, it means self-esteem and bringing up differences as something to share and be proud of. Diversity for a kid who’s in majority means learning empathy, learning compassion. It means developing a vocabulary that allows you to identify with and better navigate the world.”

Booker said she’s hoping schools can get back to diversifying their schools and staffs.

She said she’s had young employees tell her bluntly that they’ve never had an African American teacher or supervisor before. Diversity, she said, “teaches everyone. It doesn’t just teach students of color. We need to be accountable for that.”

with Reuer and his supporters in mind.

Reuer, the owner of a sewer and drain company, presented himself as a candidate who would dig his heels in at City Hall. He said the municipal minimum wage, paid sick time ordinance and restrictions on menthol cigarette sales were hurting small businesses.

Reuer posted this message to his Twitter account the morning after Election Day: “To all who supported me in the city council elec-

tion I want to say thank you! I truly appreciated all of the hard work and dedication that went into my campaign.”

Palmisano won her Ward 13 seat in 2013. The ward was previously represented

by Betsy Hodges, who that year won her campaign for mayor.

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“It’s good that the city is enforcing their codes, but this process of license revocation oftentimes puts residents in the worst-case position,” Hauge said.

Taking action Tenants are taking action to seize control of one building at 3105 22nd Avenue South.

They petitioned this month for relief under the Tenant Remedies Act, alleging that they are being asked to make illegal rent payments to a company without a valid rental license.

The tenants are asking the court to return their rent payments and appoint an administrator to oversee the property.

“That’s by far the best way to protect yourself,” said Legal Aid Managing Attorney Luke Grundman.

Grundman said the city could technically order the evacuation of such a property immediately. He said he’s seen it happen before — although residents typically have 30 days to leave, and city inspectors tend to be willing to work with families.

“It’s harsh because they didn’t do anything wrong,” he said.

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Properties sold Frenz said he may have been one of the largest market-rate affordable housing providers in the city, charging rents around $745 for a one-bedroom unit. He said he’s sold some of his properties to about a half-dozen longtime employees who are performing maintenance work on properties themselves.

Selling on contract for deed allows them to buy with fewer resources, he said, and contract for deed transactions allowed him to sell his buildings quickly.

One of the buyers is Rickey Misco, who described himself as a longtime friend of Frenz who has worked for Frenz in the past. Property records indicate that Misco Holdings LLC purchased five rental buildings near 31st & 22nd for $7 million under contract for deed in August with a down payment of $30,000. One of his properties is the focus of the aforementioned tenant remedies action.

Misco said he’s already purchased refrigerators and stoves and dealt with pest control.

“I’ve been given an awesome responsibility to be able to provide safe, comfortable housing,” he said. “… I’ve done this for years for other companies, and now I get a chance

to do it for myself. I don’t want riches or castles, I just want to make a difference.”

He said Frenz has been treated unfairly by the city and the media. He said he’s watched Frenz boot drug dealers from his property, hire off-duty officers and personally handle repairs. Frenz should have been granted more time to clean up Zorbalas’ properties, Misco said, because he inherited a mess.

“If he hadn’t have ran out of time, he would have turned all these buildings around,” Misco said. “… He was the darling of Minneapolis.”

It’s good that the city is enforcing their codes, but this process of license revocation oftentimes puts residents in the worst-case position.

— Eric Hauge, director of organizing and public policy at HOME Line

Ownership interest The city revoked rental licenses of three Zorbalas properties in 2011, alleging more than 2,000 violations at his properties in five years, and the revocation stood on appeal. Frenz said he purchased all of Zorbalas’ 38 properties in 2012, and the purchase was celebrated at the time because it allowed tenants to stay in their homes.

Recent findings by an administrative hearing officer said Zorbalas retained an ownership interest in the properties and recommended that the city revoke Frenz’s rental licenses.

“Through testimony it was disclosed that Zorbalas and his entities were majority owners in ERH [Equity Residential Holdings], holding an 80% interest in the company, with Frenz and Frenz’ entities accounting for 20% of the interest,” states findings by Administrative Hearing Officer Danielle Mercurio. “Frenz admitted that Zorbalas had a direct individual ownership stake in Equity Residential Holdings, LLC from 2012 through at least 2015.”

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By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com

City honors participants in Building Energy Challenge The City of Minneapolis recognized the operators of six buildings Nov. 2 for their efforts in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Awardees included operators of the Stinson Ramp in Northeast, the Basilica of Saint Mary, the Hennepin County Government Center, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage’s four-building campus, Butler Square and Calhoun Square.

Operators of each took steps to curb energy use in 2016, such as installing LED light bulbs or more efficient boilers or HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) equipment.

Each operator received a wooden plaque from City Council Vice President Elizabeth Glidden and Katie Jones Schmitt, who runs the city’s Building Energy Challenge. Halston Sleets, a policy aide for Mayor Betsy Hodges, spoke before the ceremony.

“The work that we all do in combating climate change is not always visible, but it’s absolutely critical,” Sleets said.

A Minneapolis ordinance requires operators of commercial buildings 50,000 square feet and over and city-owned buildings 25,000 square feet and over to benchmark their buildings’ energy consumption and report it to the city. The idea is to determine opportunities for improvement, recognize high performers and measure progress toward the goals in the city’s Climate Action Plan.

“You can’t manage what you don’t measure,” Glidden said.

The Building Energy Challenge came out of the benchmarking program, Jones Schmitt said. The challenge, which is voluntary, has

Minneapolis City Council Vice President Elizabeth Glidden (right) shakes hands with Hennepin County Energy Manager Leah Hiniker on Nov. 2 at the Building Energy Challenge awards ceremony. Photo courtesy City of Minneapolis

participating building operators actively pursue a 15-percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in their buildings by 2020. In turn, they receive recognition from the city and potentially save money.

“It’s just another one of those things that

brings attention to energy efficiency,” Jones Schmitt said. “Any time that we can lift up energy efficiency as something to be focused on, it helps move the needle.”

All 15 participating buildings have shown reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, Jones

Schmitt said. As a group, they’ve also reduced energy use by 9 percent.

Calhoun Square, for example, has seen its energy use cut in half in the past few years because of major lighting and HVAC upgrades, according to the city. The Ackerberg Group, which manages the building, has swapped out two oversized HVAC units, installed programmable thermostats and worked with tenants to upgrade to LED lighting.

Property manager Angela Richter said it’s been exciting to participate in the challenge, noting that the company won an award last year, too.

She said they’re fortunate that The Ackerberg Group ownership values energy efficiency.

“They’ve been extremely willing to let us do all these projects as a capital expense,” Richter said.

She said Calhoun Square has seen a 50-percent reduction in electrical expenses in the parking ramp alone. The rest of the building isn’t too far behind, she said.

Minneapolis’ Climate Action Plan called for the city to reduce citywide greenhouse gas emissions 15 percent by 2015 and 30 percent by 2025, using 2006 levels as a baseline. For commercial and industrial buildings, the plan called for them to achieve 20 percent energy efficiency from the growth baseline by 2025.

The city exceeded the 2015 emissions goal by 2.8 percentage points.

For more information on this year’s challenge winners, visit minneapolisenergybenchmarking.org.

Midtown Greenway Coalition installs new signage The Midtown Greenway Coalition has installed new wayfinding signage in the trench portion of the 5 1/2-mile-long trail.

The signs inform trail users where to exit to get to Lake Street or Eat Street. The coalition has also installed new banners in all sections of the greenway to indicate that Lake Street or Eat Street is nearby.

The coalition designed the banners and signs in partnership with the Lake Street Council.

The City of Minneapolis funded them through its Great Streets Program, which supports neighborhood business districts.

“The reaction from the community has just been amazing,” coalition Executive Director Soren Jensen said of the signs. “Everybody has been very pleased to see them.”

Jensen said people are hungry for better wayfinding in and around the greenway. The goal of the signs, he said, is to help people realize they’re close to Lake Street and Eat Street.

“When you’re down in the greenway trench it’s really kind of hard to know where you are sometimes,” he said.

The banners start on the greenway near Emerson Avenue and continue east, Jensen said. He added that plans are in the works for more extensive wayfinding along the greenway.

That will include helping people get to the greenway in the first place, he said.

Matt Kazinka, sustainability program coordinator for the Lake Street Council, said it initially took him a long time to get familiar with where he was on the greenway in relation to Lake Street.

He noted the council’s work with the coalition and Hennepin County on a broader study of how to improve connections between Lake Street and the greenway. Some of the business nodes along Lake Street have nearby exit ramps but others, such as the node at Lake & Bloomington, do not, he said.

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By Eric Best / ebest@southwestjournal.com

Six new faces, three incumbents elected to Park Board Voters elected a swath of fresh faces to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.

Only three incumbents — At-large Commissioner Meg Forney, District 5 Commissioner Steffanie Musich and District 6’s Brad Bourn — will return to the nine-member board next year.

In District 1, which includes all of Minneapolis east of the Mississippi River, Northeast and Southeast residents elected DFL-endorsed candidate Chris Meyer over Mohamed Barre and Green Party-endorsed candidate Billy Menz. Commissioner Liz Wielinski will vacate her seat after two terms, including several years as president of the board.

Kale Severson was elected to represent the North Side in District 2, which stretches to include the North Loop neighborhood.

Severson beat out longtime coach Mike Tate to replace Jon Olson, a four-term commissioner whose father Ole Olson also served on the board. Severson, a DFL-nominated candidate, once ran as a Green candidate for a spot on the City Council.

The race in District 3, a triangle-shaped district that includes the Cedar-Riverside,

Minneapolitans also sent a clear message that they want our parks to play larger and different roles in uplifting people’s lives and ensuring that everyone, regardless of the zip code they live in, the gender they identify as, the color of their skin, or the language they speak have the same access to world class parks and programs.

— Brad Bourn, District 6 commissioner

Chris Meyer, District 1

Kale Severson, District 2

Powderhorn Park and Longfellow neighborhoods, has been close since AK Hassan and Abdi “Gurhan” Mohamed both failed to win the DFL nomination. Hassan was elected over Mohamed and Green candidate Charles Exner.

Jono Cowgill narrowly defeated Tom Nordyke, a former Park Board president, to represent some of the most-visited park areas in the city, including the downtown Minneapolis riverfront and the Minneapolis Chain of Lakes Regional Park. Cowgill, an urban planner, is a member of the Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association.

District 5 Commissioner Steffanie Musich easily won a second term leading the southeastern corner of the city, which includes Lake Nokomis, Lake Hiawatha and Hiawatha Golf Course. Musich, who won the DFL nomination, was challenged by Bill Shroyer and Andrea Fahrenkrug.

Commissioner Brad Bourn was elected to a third term on the board, besting Bob Fine, who previously served four terms as a parks commissioner. Bourn won in the first round of voting with about 600 votes more than Fine’s roughly 7,500 votes. Republican candidate Jennifer Zielinski and independent Bob Schlosser also sought the District 6 seat.

Voters elected incumbent Meg Forney and two newcomers, Londel French and LaTrisha Vetaw, to the three citywide seats on the board.

Forney did not abide by the DFL nomination and continued to run after French, Russ Henry and Devin Hogan received the party’s support.

Vetaw garnered the most overall support from voters, capturing nearly 23,000 votes

AK Hassan, District 3

Jono Cowgill, District 4

Steffanie Musich, District 5

Meg Forney

Londel French

LaTrisha Vetaw

Brad Bourn, District 6

At-large commissioners

after four rounds of tabulation. Forney, just a few hundred votes behind, was the other clear favorite, with about 22,500 votes.

French was elected after four rounds of tabulation with nearly 18,000 votes, blocking candidate Mike Derus, who received the support of a number current commissioners and City Council members, from winning a seat.

A group of younger, more racially diverse candidates led many Park Board races this year thanks in part to Our Revolution, a local group dedicated to the platform of former presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders; the group supported several candidates who won the DFL nomination.

“Minneapolitans also sent a clear message that they want our parks to play larger and different roles in uplifting people’s lives and ensuring that everyone, regardless of the zip code they live in, the gender they identify as, the color of their skin, or the language they speak have the same access to world class parks and programs,” Bourn said on Facebook. “I believe this new board is up to all of these tasks and more.”

The new board will take up several large projects left by current park commissioners.

Wielinski and other commissioners were behind the 20-Year Neighborhood Park Plan, a long-term funding plan that will pay for neighborhood park maintenance and repair over the next two decades. A new equity matrix developed by park staff is designed to direct funding to areas in the city facing racially concentrated areas of poverty and those that have been traditionally overlooked in the past.

The Park Board has begun work on Water Works, a destination park site along the downtown Minneapolis riverfront that will be realized over the next six years. In November, the board began work to restore Hall’s Island in Northeast Minneapolis. So far, the board has only planned and funded a first phase of the project, which will need further phases to bring pedestrian bridges, an observation platform and other improvements to the island just north of the Plymouth Avenue Bridge.

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News

By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com

Artist seeks to bridge the highway divide The artist designing the forthcoming 40th Street Bridge railing over Interstate 35W grew up nearby.

Seitu Jones said he watched home demolition and freeway construction every day on his way to junior high and then high school.

“It is an honor and very flattering to come back to my old neighborhood and create a project that hopefully speaks to the values of the folks that I grew up with,” he said.

Jones grew up near 45th & 4th, which he described as an African American community where residents of varying backgrounds worked as janitors or lawyers or doctors. The neighborhood had great expectations for his generation, he said.

“I wanted to create a portrait of that neighborhood for all the folks that travel on 35W,” he said.

Jones refined the design concept with members of the Kingfield and Bryant neighborhoods as well as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park Legacy Council. More than anything, neighbors wanted the bridge to represent a connection between the communities, he said.

Jones designed imagery of treetops and rooftops that’s visible to both drivers and pedestrians crossing the bridge. An open hand will appear in ceramic relief on the four bridgeheads as a gesture of welcome. West African Adinkra symbols will also appear in the center pilaster.

“His proposed railing concepts are derived

I wanted to create a portrait of that neighborhood for all the folks that travel on 35W. — Seitu Jones

The 40th Street pedestrian bridge, pictured in 2015, is slated for reconstruction in 2018. Photo

by Michelle Bruch

from photos of the neighborhood and play with shape, line and perspective, providing a view of the nearby houses and tree canopies,” states a project summary submitted by Mary Altman, the city’s public arts administrator.

“On the face, this design appears to be simple, but it is actually extremely complex, with varying widths of steel pickets making up the lighter and darker shapes that form the house and tree shapes.”

Jones said freeway construction impacted a high percentage of African American communities nationwide. Former U.S. Secretary of

Transportation Anthony Foxx said in a 2016 speech that in the first 20 years of construction of the interstate system, a majority of the people displaced were people of color.

“The freeways followed the path of least political resistance,” Jones said.

He said the new design provides an opportunity to connect “both communities along that freeway, to open them up.”

The bridge is scheduled for construction in 2018. For project updates, visit dot.state. mn.us/35w94.

Left: Drawings by Seitu Jones illustrate the 40th Street bridge railing design. Image courtesy of City of Minneapolis

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Above: Artist Seitu Jones plans to embed open hands on the 40th Street pedestrian bridge to welcome communities on either side. Image courtesy of City of Minneapolis

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Public Safety Update

By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com

Murder charge in death under I-394 bridge A 42-year-old man without a permanent address faces murder charges in the June murder of a Minneapolis man under the I-394 bridge near Linden & Dunwoody.

Duane John Blackbull was charged with the non-premeditated murder of Kristie James Steinke, age 48.

When Steinke died last summer, his life was honored by a volunteer group called Project 6:8 that travels “under the bridge” every week with hot meals. The group said

Steinke was known by the name Wolf.

“He was a leader, caretaker and warrior, facing every obstacle with strength and perseverance,” Project 6:8 posted on Facebook.

“He was always kind and respectful and willing to lend a helping hand. The bridge will not be the same without him there.”

According to court documents: Police arrived at 8 a.m. June 8 to find the victim naked on his stomach, and paramedics pronounced him dead. Police found a rock

covered with a blood-like substance nearby.

Investigators canvassed areas frequented by the homeless, and learned that Blackbull and Steinke argued about Steinke sleeping with Blackbull’s girlfriend while Blackbull was in prison, according to court documents. A witness said Blackbull returned from the argument laughing, saying he “kicked the sh-t out of ” the victim and threatening to kill the witness if he told anyone, court documents said.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office said Steinke died of complex homicidal violence.

Prosecutors are seeking an aggravated sentence on the grounds that the victim was treated with particular cruelty.

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Frenz said in an interview that Zorbalas has engaged in occasional conversations about buying, selling and financing, but has had nothing to do with employees and day-to-day management. He questioned the hearing officer’s qualifications to judge the matter.

called tenant remedies actions, instead of doing their rental license revocation process,” Hauge said. “We think that’s a much better tool that treats the tenants as partners, instead of a bargaining tool.”

The city could file actions on behalf of an entire building, he explained, and petition for an administrator to take over.

“We just think it’s a much better way than a two or three year long revocation process that has proven to result in really bad outcomes,” Hauge said. “The Zorbalasto-Frenz sale happened because they were pushing on Zorbalas’ license. A different process at that time might have had a much better outcome.”

Council Member Lisa Goodman said city

officials are spending more time trying to figure out how to handle rental license revocations while prioritizing tenants. Regarding Khan’s properties, where licenses have already been revoked, she said staff are taking a multidisciplinary approach to the issue.

“It’s the affordable housing team, the lawyers and the [regulatory] services people thinking about how we can ensure that these folks don’t get kicked out and become homeless. We’re concerned about that,” Goodman said.

A Council committee is scheduled to vote on the rental licenses on Nov. 28. A full City Council vote follows on Dec. 8, with a 60-day option to appeal.

Frenz also gave Zorbalas a 50 percent ownership interest in The Apartment Shop, according to the court documents.

The findings said Frenz required Zorbalas’ approval to write checks larger than $1,000, and the buildings had net operating income goals.

“Over the years that followed, Zorbalas communicated with Frenz about a variety of operational matters, from when gas at the apartments would go on for the winter months, what vendors would be paid and when, and directing Frenz when and what renovations would be allowed,” states Mercurio’s findings.

Prioritizing tenants Hauge voiced frustration with the length of the revocation process and appeals. He cited city license revocation actions for landlord Mahmood Khan that date back to 2015, where after years of appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Khan a hearing over his rental license last week.

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Cornering the market

By Carla Waldemar

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ere’s a shout-out for the best young chef you’ve never heard of. Catch the wave now, so that when she wins a James Beard award down the road, you can go all smug and knowingly intone, “Well, yeah…”

Her name is Karyn Tomlinson, and her new title is chef de cuisine at Corner Table. Yes, that Corner Table, but her boss is no longer cooking. Instead, he was recently spotted on the floor expediting the carefully composed plates his new hire has conceived of in her new, forward-reaching menu.

The restaurant’s new chapter also includes a different menu format. Following Restaurant Alma’s lead, diners now sign on for a $45 prix-fixe dinner, with four choices within each of its three courses (dessert is an extra add-on).

The only difficulty I encountered was entirely Karyn’s fault: I nearly swooned from indecision because I craved all the items — every last one. So, wiping the teardrops from my notes, let me report on what we chose, as our charming server stood by with the patience of a kindergarten teacher.

From “First,” duck confit for me — a deeply flavored circlet of fat-rich duck meat frosted with a mince of sharp, palate-cleansing kalamata olives. It’s set upon a mix of sturdy heirloom beans (navy, kidney, etc.) and flakes of (too) mildly flavored pecorino cheese.

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The second course served as an intriguing entr’acte.

Mine, a Minnesota take on an Italian risotto, with sweet

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corn standing in for rice. It’s married with crème fraiche, dill and a nice little prod of heat. In the middle of the bowl lounged a glam king prawn, sweet and buxom.

My friend’s pappardelle provided another local stand-in. Rather than an accent of the usual Italian cheeses, the chef’s choice was that Norwegian staple, gjetost (yes, it’s sweet as caramel). Bits of roasted cauliflower, shallot, hearty, salty speck (nice wake-up, that) and subtle note of sage nailed the composition. (Or choose pork belly or buckwheat tart.)

Time for the third act. Pot roast? Halibut? Next visit.

This evening I went for the Wild Acres duck breast: a pair of hearty, ruddy slices steeped with flavor, set upon (huh?) rye porridge, which added a well-matched nuttiness as well as welcome chewy texture. A stewed seckel pear sweetened the plate, while a pool of snowy birch cream pulled it all together. (Karyn’s done a stage at Copenhagen’s famed Noma.)

My friend pursued the vegetarian offering: a slice of strong-flavored celery-root pave abetted with a porcini-onion bechamel sauce, the come-hither crunch of savory hazelnuts, a sweet jolt of preserved fig and a dash of wine.

Dinner commences with a complimentary quartet of mini-popovers bearing a crust of salt flakes, to be paired with buckwheat honey-infused butter. If you can still manage a finale (sorry, we caved), feast upon sweet potato doughnuts, a frozen banana parfait or buckwheat sable with buttermilk ice cream.

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Above: Corner Table chef de cuisine Karyn Tomlinson.

Left: Duck breast on rye porridge accompanied by a stewed seckel pear.

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Mill City Cooks

Recipes and food news from the Mill City Farmers Market

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new product is hitting the tables at the Mill City Farmers Market’s indoor winter market — and just in time for a digestive boost during the rich holiday eating season!

Adrienne Logsdon of Kiss My Cabbage is introducing probiotic sippers, which are packed with the same health benefits of her lacto-fermented sauerkrauts and kimchis.

These sippers have a bold and spicy ginger flavor and come in convenient bottles perfect for traveling or sipping at home.

Like other raw cultures, these probiotic sippers contain nonpathogenic “friendly bacteria.” Not only are these little organisms friendly, they are extremely beneficial to our digestion and immune system and are said to have anti-carcinogenic and antiinflammatory properties. Bacteria in the digestive tract also aid in breaking down

components like lactose and starches, which is good news for those who are sensitive to dairy and gluten.

Adrienne is no stranger to these health benefits. She first started making sauerkraut one year when fellow Mill City Farmers Market vendor, Burning River Farm, had a bumper crop of cabbage.

Adrienne figured that it wasn’t right to keep all that goodness just between a few friends and farm hands — everyone deserved to be able to eat it! So she started Kiss My Cabbage to sell the kraut to the public and educate others about raw cultures and their health benefits.

If you’re not eager to drink your daily dose of friendly bacteria, try the accompanying recipe. It uses Adrienne’s sauerkraut and fresh goat cheese from the Mill City Farmers Market in a Ukrainian dumpling called vareniki.

Vareniki are closely related to the Polish pierogi. They make great appetizers for winter holidays or just warm snacks during the cold months.

You can pick up the local ingredients you need for this recipe at the Mill City Farmers Market’s upcoming winter markets, located inside the Mill City Museum from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Nov. 18, Dec. 2 and additional Saturdays through the end of April. Learn more at millcityfarmersmarket.org.

Adrienne Logsdon of Kiss My Cabbage at the Mill City Farmers Market.

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UKRAINIAN VARENIKI DUMPLINGS By chef Nick Schneider Ingredients (for the filling) ½ cup sauerkraut (regular, coriander or caraway juniper from Kiss My Cabbage) 1 pound goat cheese (fresh chevre or semi soft goat cheese from Singing Hills Dairy)

Ingredients (for the dough) 1¾ cup all-purpose flour (from Sunrise Flour Mill) ¼ cup whole wheat flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 large egg 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil ½ cup sour cream

Method Mince the sauerkraut and drain it slightly before mixing in the goat cheese. Set aside.

To make the dough, sift together the flour and salt and set aside. In a separate bowl, mix together the sour cream, oil and egg. Add this mixture to the flour mixture. Mix with paddle for 3 minutes or knead by hand for 5–6 minutes. If the dough is sticky add extra flour. Rest dough covered for 30 minutes.

Roll out the dough on a lightly floured work surface. Using a metal cutter, cut into circles sized according to the size dumpling you want. Fill each piece of dough with a little filling covering the center but leaving enough room on the edges to seal. Seal by pressing with tines of a fork or using fingers. Set on a floured tray until cooking.

To cook the vareniki, have a pot of boiling salted water ready. I use 1 quart of water per serving, approximately. Add the dumplings, boil for 2–3 minutes or until the dumplings float, which won’t take long for a small batch. Remove with slotted spoon to a sauté pan with melted butter and sautéed onions.

Probiotic sippers are packed with friendly bacteria.

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MARKETS

2017

Minneapolis Craft’za

New for 2017, Craft’za will feature 60 different artists each day of this two-day juried-market event. With the wide range of products and price points, it’ll probably be the most productive shopping you’ve ever done in a building once devoted to beer. Keep your energy up with Butcher Salt and Gastrotruck food trucks (Saturday) and Simply Steve’s and Potter’s Pasties (Sunday). Bonus: live music on Sunday afternoon.

When: Nov. 18 and 19, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Where: Grain Belt Bottling House, 71 13th Ave. NE Info: craftza.com. Free. Parking lot plus street parking.

Did you know: The Grain Belt Bottling House was designed by Boehme and Cordella, the same Minneapolis firm who designed the Turnblad Mansion, now the American Swedish Institute.

Ingebretsen’s book signings and trunk show

Pop in and pay homage to a Lake Street institution that has stood by its neighborhood through thick and thin. For nearly a century Ingebretsen’s has offered customers ways to stay connected to their Norwegian heritage, whether through food, decor or classes you can take in-store. This holiday season, they’ll have two book signings and a Legends in Wool Trunk Show. Be sure to explore their meat market while you’re there — you’ll learn why there are lines out the door as Christmas gets closer.

When: Nov. 18 book signing (Patrice Johnson, author of “Jul: Swedish American Holiday Traditions”); Nov. 24 trunk show

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(lauriejacobi.com); Nov. 24 and 25 book signings (Anne Gillespie Lewis, author of “A Perfect Tree for Christmas” and “Merry Nordic Christmas”) Where: Ingebretsen’s Market, 1601 E. Lake St. Info: ingebretsens.com, 729-9333. Free.

Capella Tower holiday markets

Take a walk midday downtown to the gleaming, spacious Capella Tower Atrium. It plays host to interesting events regularly, and their holiday markets (one each in November and December) are a savvy downtowner’s way to shop for gifts that are local and handmade.

Be a crowd pleaser even more when you bring home the take-and-bake food options.

When: Nov. 21 and Dec. 21, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.

Where: Capella Tower Atrium, 225 S. 6th St. Info: facebook.com/capellatower. Free. For questions or more info: communitymanager@ capellatowerat225.com.

Minneapolis Craft Market outdoor winter market

Don your plaid (or not—your call) for Plaid Friday or Small Business Saturday. Shop for handcrafted and gourmet holiday goods (a different lineup each day) while you enjoy hot mulled cider and eats from food vendors. On Friday, it’s the fourth anniversary of Sociable Cider Werks, so there will be no shortage of merriment, including new cider releases every hour, plus live music.

When: Nov. 24 and 25, noon–5 p.m.

Where: Sociable Cider Werks, 1500 Fillmore St. NE Info: sociablecider.com, 758-0105 Did you know: Minneapolis Craft Market was

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Oh Joy Holiday Pop-Up Pop over to this holiday market to find unique goods from Universal Pants (women’s clothing meant to fit all sizes, using repurposed fabric), Studio CYRK (bags with vintage MN postcards printed on fabric), Dulceria Bakery (artisanal Mexican pastries) and more. A hot cocoa bar will keep everyone buzzing, and for just $1 donated to the Angel Foundation, your gifts will be wrapped for you. Plus, nearby businesses (and co-sponsors) Urban Cottage and CAKE will be open during the same hours. Oh, (shopping) joy!

When: Dec. 8, 5 p.m.–8 p.m. and Dec. 9, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

Where: Rachel Greenhouse Agency, 5163 Bloomington Ave. S. Info: rachelgreenhouse.com, 501-5565.

Did you know: The Angel Foundation’s mission is to help families struggling with an adult cancer diagnosis so that they don’t have to choose between paying their bills and paying for their treatment.

established in 2015 based on the London street market concept. They host holiday markets in many locations (see “Events” on mplscraftmarket.com).

Shop Small Holiday Market

Midwest Pantry’s mission is to unify Minnesota’s local food creators to make the state the no. 1 place to start and grow

Fest!

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southwestjournal.com / November 16–29, 2017 B5 a food business. Their 5th-annual holiday market will feature locally made artisan and organic foods, to be sure. But there will also be custom art pieces, health and beauty products, jewelry, pet treats and more.

Free childcare on site provided by Fitness Crossroads will make shopping a bit easier.

When: Nov. 25, 11 a.m.–3 p.m.

Where: St. Anthony Community Center, 3301 Silver Lake Road, St. Anthony Info: midwestpantry.com. Free parking.

39th-annual Old-Fashioned Holiday Bazaar

Browsing for holiday gifts in this stately building is bound to have you humming “It’s Christmastime in the city….” Quality handcrafted items by area artists include wearable art, handmade lotions, paintings, jewelry and more. Shoppers will have a chance to win one or more of 75 items, donated by each of the exhibitors. Treats and festive music will be on hand too.

When: Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 10 a.m.–8 p.m.; Dec. 2, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Where: Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., St. Paul Info: landmarkcenter.org, 651-292-4375.

Admission $5; free for under 12.

Did you know: The interior of the Landmark Center, completed in 1902, features a fivestory courtyard with skylight.

Holiday No Coast Craft-o-Rama

There’s food there (lots). Plus entertainment in the plaza both days. And you can get all your holiday shopping done in one place.

Yep, that sounds efficient. And fun! Held annually since 2005, this urban, indie-style arts and crafts show will feature everything from woodworking to ceramics to fashion accessories (and a lot more).

When: Dec. 1, 3 p.m.–8 p.m. and Dec. 2, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

Where: Midtown Global Market, 920 East Lake St. Info: nocoastcraft.com, midtownglobalmarket.org. On-street parking and parking garage available.

Horse Crazy Holiday Market

A family-friendly event in its fifth year, this holiday market for horse lovers will have you

rethinking your backyard. (Could we fit a horse back there?) Over 100 vendors, artisans and exhibitors will offer their wares, but more than that, there’s the feeling of community.

The founder of HCM partners with non-profit organizations like This Old Horse (a rescue sanctuary) and strives to show people how they can have horses in their lives even if they’re not a rider. And dog lovers? You’ll want to stop by too.

When: Dec. 2, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. and Dec. 3, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Where: Warner Coliseum, Minnesota State Fairgrounds, 1265 Snelling Ave., St. Paul Info: facebook.com/horsecrazymarket.

Admission $5; free for 12 and under. Go to “General Information / Get to the Fair” on mnstatefair.org for maps and directions.

Free parking.

Paws for the Holidays

All proceeds from this holiday boutique benefit Leech Lake Legacy, an animal welfare organization that empowers Native American communities to enrich the lives of animals by providing resources and sharing information. Stock up on holiday wreaths, decor, accessories, pet items and more.

When: Dec. 2, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Where: Hughes Pavilion, 7499 France Ave. S., Edina Info: leechlakelegacy.org. Venue is on the lower level between Chuck E. Cheese and Q Cumbers.

Black Forest Inn Christmas Market

Can’t make it to Germany this year? Step into the beer garden and experience a model Christmas Market before you hit the real thing inside this cozy restaurant and bar. You’ll find local artists’ works, handmade crafts, jewelry, cookies, bread and more. And to take the chill off? Every Sunday there’s a fire pit (plus treats!) in the beer garden, 1 p.m.–6 p.m.

When: Dec. 9 and 10, noon–6 p.m.

Where: Black Forest Inn, 1 E. 26th St. Info: blackforestinnmpls.com, 872-0812.

Did you know: Every Friday in December, the Black Forest Inn donates 20 percent of their food sales to causes and organizations that work with immigrants in their community.

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612 Sauna Society

There’s nothing like a steamy sauna session to clear the head — or de-stress during the holiday season. Members get first dibs on “bench time,” but for an entire month, 612 Sauna Society is offering reservations to the public. What’s it all about? A chance to honor the Finnish ritual of getting very hot and then cooling off at a rinse station. Bonus: having a really cool answer at work on Monday when someone asks, “Do anything interesting over the weekend?”

When: Nov. 13–Dec. 17 Where: Landscape Love (landscapelovegardens.com), 4355 Nicollet Ave. Info: 612saunasociety.com. Tickets $20. For questions or more info: volunteer@612saunasociety.com Did you know: Originally planning to create a tiny house, the founder of 612 Sauna Society shifted gears and decided to create a traveling sauna in 2014. By winter of 2015– 2016, it had had over 2,000 participants.

‘Sound of Music’ sing-along

Big-screen Technicolor and an entire audience queued up to sing along with Julie Andrews: Now that’s a unique way to spend Thanksgiving weekend. The evening’s host preps the audience with vocal warm-ups and walks them through their complimentary “magic moments fun pack” containing props to be used throughout the film. Attendees are encouraged to dress up for the fancydress competition, and everyone in costume is invited onto the stage. How do you say “Wow!” in German?

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Where: Riverview Theater, 3800 42nd Ave. S. Info: riverviewtheater.com, 729-7369. Tickets $12; $7.50 children and seniors.

Did you know: While many similar theaters of this era have closed, the Riverview — which opened in 1948 — has survived and looks much the same, including mod couches and chairs to relax in before the show.

Holidazzle

Gather up the whole gang and head to beautiful Loring Park in the heart of Minneapolis for holiday shopping, ice-skating, movie nights and a Kids Zone. Meet Santa Claus and take in evening fireworks, plus check out the interactive illuminated art “Wolf and Moose” installations. Food and drink options — Kramarczuk’s sausages and Fulton beer, to name two — will keep everyone jolly and energized.

When: Nov. 24–Dec. 23 (go to holidazzle.com for hours and events by day) Where: Loring Park, 1382 Willow St. Info: holidazzle.com. Free. For questions or more info: holidazzle@mplsdowntown.com or help line at 376-SNOW.

Christmas Saturdays at James J. Hill House

Slow down and take a step back in time.

(Maybe put the cell phones away? Just saying.) Explore all three floors of the James J. Hill House — helpful staff will be stationed throughout the home to answer questions.

Kids can collect special items in each room that they’ll use to make a Victorian cornucopia in the parlor.

When: Nov. 25, Dec. 2, Dec. 9, Dec. 16 and Dec. 23, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

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Where: James J. Hill House, 240 Summit Ave., St. Paul Info: mnhs.org, 651-297-2555. Admission $10 adults, $8 seniors and college students, $6 ages 5–17, free ages 4 and under; $2 discount for MNHS members. Art activity ends at 4 p.m.

Approximate visit time: 1.5 hours.

Did you know: Completed in 1891, the mansion was the largest and most expensive home in Minnesota, containing 36,500 square feet on five floors.

Gingerbread house making

Have you been thinking, “I could make a pretty good gingerbread house?” Here’s your chance, and don’t wait to register because this event sells out quickly. A premade house is supplied, and you (and your decorating team) get to deck it out with frosting and a variety of candy.

Worst-case scenario: It doesn’t meet your expectations… and you eat it instead.

When: Dec. 2, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Where: Linden Hills Park, 3100 W. 43rd St. Info: minneapolisparks.org/events, 370-4913.

Admission $11 resident ($15 nonresident).

Did you know: Gingerbread being made into houses originated in Germany during the 16th century.

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Where: Lyndale Farmstead Recreation Center, 3900 Bryant Ave. S. Info: minneapolisparks.org, 370-4948.

Tickets $8.

A ‘Little Women’ Christmas

Close your eyes and imagine it’s the 1860s at Christmastime. Are you coming up blank because you’re not sure what that was like?

This special holiday tour will capture what the holidays were like for Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women” characters. Take a peek into their world as they played Victorian parlor games, learned about the fashion of the era and ate freshly baked gingerbread cake. End with a visit to the museum shop for vintageinspired gifts and ornaments.

When: Dec. 8, 6 p.m.–7 p.m. and 7 p.m.–8 p.m.; Dec. 15, 6 p.m.–7 p.m. (SOLD OUT) and 7 p.m.– 8 p.m Where: Alexander Ramsey House, 265 S. Exchange St., St. Paul Info: mnhs.org, 651-296-8760.

Julefrokost Christmas luncheon

Scandinavian hospitality! You don’t have to be Danish American — or a member of the Danish American Center — to take part

in this decidedly Danish holiday luncheon.

Practice your pronunciation as you enjoy gravlaks, frikadeller, medisterpolse, risalamande and more. Easier said, it’s a delightful meal of pickled herring, seafood, salmon, meatballs, sausage, salad, almond dessert, cookies and more. No surprise, this popular event sells out quickly.

midmorning meal that includes pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, fruit, coffee and juice. Attendees can take part in an art project they create and take home.

When: Dec. 16, 10 a.m.–noon Where: McRae Recreation Center, 906 E. 47th St. Info: minneapolisparks.org, 370-4909.

Tickets $4 children 12 and under; $6 participants 13 and over.

When: Dec. 9, 11 a.m. social hour, noon lunch Where: Danish American Center, 3030 W. River Parkway S. Info: dac.mn, 729-3800. Tickets $32 members, $40 nonmembers.

Frosty Fiesta

A chilly Saturday: What to do, what to do?

Head over to this holiday-themed party where kids can romp in a bounce house, do crafts or play family bingo. Expending pre-Christmas energy: always a good idea. Popcorn and more will be for sale, for sustenance.

Plymouth Christian Youth Center annual children’s Christmas gift sale Help children in North Minneapolis experience the joy of giving. This event lets kids pay $1 to pick out 5 new gifts for their loved ones. A caring volunteer guides them through the process. If you’d like to help, you can donate money, donate gifts or re-gifted new items or volunteer your time setting up the week of Dec. 4 or working the day of the sale on Dec. 9. Over 300 volunteers are needed, and groups are welcome.

When: Dec. 16, 1 p.m.–4 p.m.

Where: Powderhorn Recreation Center, 3400 15th Ave. S. Info: minneapolisparks.org, 370-4960.

Energy: Made Here launch event

Stroll through the sleek space at this downtown locale and view the work of more than 30 Minnesota artists. Every piece explores the theme of energy (something we all need during the holidays). This Made Here experience also includes a walking tour of 20 window displays in the West Downtown Minneapolis Cultural District — aka WeDo — plus live music, performance artists and a holiday artist market. Refreshments available from Mercy bar and dining room.

When: Dec. 9, 9 a.m.–1 p.m.

Where: Plymouth Christian Youth Center, 2210 Oliver Ave. N. Info: pcyc-mpls.org. For questions or more info: Call Catrice at 643-2026 or write to giftsale@pcyc-mpls.org. Click Donate Online at pcyc-mpls.org/gift-sale/ or mail donations to PCYC Children’s Christmas Gift Sale, 2210 Oliver Ave. N., Minneapolis, MN 55411.

Did you know: This is the 52nd year of this event, and it is funded and run entirely through the donations of volunteers.

When: Dec. 19, 5 p.m.–8 p.m.

Where: ART Gallery at Le Méridien Chambers Hotel, 901 Hennepin Ave. Info: lemeridienchambers.com, 767-6900. Also wedompls.org and hennepintheatretrust.org.

Santa Brunch

Kids can get their picture taken with Santa (and whisper wishes in his ear) at this

Star Tribune holiday cookie contest winners

Julmarknad at the American Swedish Institute

Go somewhere and sample winning recipes from a cookie contest? Yes, that sounds just fine, thank you. Rick Nelson from the Star Tribune will talk about the contest and what makes a great holiday cookie. Enjoy hot cider and coffee too — then vote for your favorite cookie for the visitor’s choice award. And don’t forget to spread the holiday love by sharing a favorite recipe.

This stunning locale is hopping all year long, and Julmarknad is their liveliest weekend of the holiday season. Bring your gift list and shop more than 40 local artists with unique offerings.

(Check out ASI’s Museum Store for even more.)

Sip a glass of glögg while you bask in live music, dance and storytelling. Kids can do handcraft projects and look for Santa (or tomte).

When: Dec. 2, 12:30 p.m.–4 p.m.

Where: Mill City Museum, 704 S. 2nd St. Info: mnhs.org, 341-7582. Admission $12 (event is included with museum admission); $10 seniors, veterans/active military, college students; $6 ages 5–17; free ages 4 and under, plus MNHS members.

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A holiday gathering for merrymakers age 55 and up, this afternoon soiree will feature tea and refreshments in a relaxed atmosphere. The seasonally decorated space offers the chance to slow down and have a conversation with friends old and new.

When: Dec. 8, 1 p.m.–2 p.m.

When: Dec. 2, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Dec. 3, noon–5 p.m.

Where: American Swedish Institute, 2600 Park Ave. Info: asimn.org, 871-4907. Tickets $10 adults, $7 seniors, $5 children 6–18; free for children 5 and under and for ASI members.

Did you know: Make Merry: Spirited Glögg Tours let you sip this warm wine while you tour the decorated holiday rooms from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Finland and Romania — plus enjoy light bites from ASI’s restaurant, FIKA.

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The Volk Presents: A December to Remember

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An annual holiday fashion show, December to Remember will raise money for Allina Mental Health’s Mercy Hospital.

The entertainment kicks off early with a social hour featuring a live fashion gallery from La ChouChou Productions plus a chance to do holiday gift buying from a selection of fashionforward small businesses (local, of course). A highenergy fashion show follows, displaying the collections of over ten local designers.

‘Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberly’ “Pride and Prejudice” fans will delight in the chance to join the Bennet sisters at the Darcy home for Christmas. This story is set a few years after Austen left off, showcasing middle sister Mary. As she analyzes her place in society as an unmarried woman, she finds herself drawn to shy bookworm Arthur de Bourgh, who has more than one admirer. This charming holiday romance resonates with themes and humor that are thoroughly modern.

When: Dec. 3, 6 p.m.

Where: Cedars Hall, 602 University Ave. Info: eventbrite.com (search event name).

Tickets from $25. VIP seating available at two levels: front row ($55) and second row ($35).

When: Nov. 18–Dec. 30: Tues.–Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Where: Jungle Theater, 2951 Lyndale Ave. Info: jungletheater.com, 822-7063. Tickets from $35. A variety of ticket discount options can be found under “Tickets” on the website.

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Cabaret Dinner: Home for the Holidays

Slow down and take an evening to remember (or discover) what “dinner and a show” can mean. Part of their Cabaret Dinner Series, this holiday-themed evening at the historic Nicollet Island Inn features classic cocktails, award-winning cuisine and holiday music from some of the Twin Cities’ best musicians.

The beautiful greenery and twinkling lights are on the house.

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When: Dec. 21 and 22, 6 p.m. cocktail reception, 6:30 p.m. dinner, 7:30 p.m. entertainment Where: Nicollet Island Inn, 95 Merriam St. Info: nicolletislandinn.com, 331-1800. Tickets $89 including tax and gratuity. Price includes appetizers (cash bar), 4-course dinner and entertainment.

Did you know: The bar at the Nicollet Island Inn — including its original stained glass — is over 150 years old and came from a drugstore in a small New Hampshire seaport town.

Directed and choreographed by Jennifer Weber, artistic director of the Brooklynbased theatrical hip-hop dance company Decadancetheatre, this modern twist on a classic is an energetic experience for the whole family. A supercharged cast of all-star dancers, a DJ and a violinist retell E.T.A. Hoffman’s story, this time set in 1980s Brooklyn. One of hip-hop’s founding fathers, MC Kurtis Blow, will appear as the special guest MC. When: Nov. 21 and 22, 7:30 p.m.

Where: State Theatre, 805 Hennepin Ave. Info: hennepintheatretrust.org, 339-7007.

Tickets from $28.50.

Merry & Bright: A Big Brassy Christmas with Charles Lazarus

player Charles Lazarus and friends fill Orchestra Hall with the sounds of the season, from holiday favorites to their brand new renditions. He’s joined by a talented quintet, vocal powerhouses Tonia Hughes and Bruce Henry and the Lazarus Brass, who are also members of the Minnesota Orchestra.

When: Dec. 1, 8 p.m.

Where: Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall Info: minnesotaorchestra.org, 371-5656.

Tickets from $20.

Did you know: The Charles Lazarus 2016 Valentine’s Day concert, Fly Me to the Moon, sold out Orchestra Hall.

The New Standards Holiday Show

The holidays hold surprises, right? This trio of talented Twin Cities musicians ensures the audience gets just that as they welcome an all-star lineup of surprise special guests.

Chan Poling (The Suburbs), John Munson (Trip Shakespeare, Semisonic) and Steve Roehm have created a festive tradition — over ten years running — that many people consider a must-do this time of year.

When: Dec. 1, 8 p.m. and Dec. 2, 2 p.m. (family friendly) and 8 p.m.

Where: State Theatre, 805 Hennepin Ave. Info: hennepintheatretrust.org, 339-7007.

Tickets from $25.

Advent vespers

One of the largest holiday music events in the Twin Cities, with over 10,000 worshipers participating annually, this program celebrates the beginning of the Christmas season with traditional and contemporary hymns, anthems and carols. A moving experience of music and liturgy, it’s set

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in the majestic sanctuary of Central Lutheran Church in downtown Minneapolis.

When: Dec. 1, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.; Dec. 2, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Where: Central Lutheran Church, 333 S. 12th St. Info: augsburg.edu/music/vespers, 330-1265.

Suggested donation $25.

Did you know: The current Central Lutheran Church building dates to 1928 and is an example of the neo-Gothic style of architecture, with a ceiling height of 65 feet.

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Hear the warm sounds of the VocalEssence a cappella chorus as they salute many of the composers that call Minnesota home.

Offering a blend of the most beloved music of the season, they’ll also present new carols as a nod to the 20th year of their national carol competition.

When: Dec. 9 and 10, 4 p.m.

Where: Plymouth Congregational Church, 1919 LaSalle Ave. Info: vocalessence.org, 871-7400. Tickets from $20. Star of Wonder family concerts will also be held on Dec. 9 at 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.

and Courtney Patton. Their blend of country, folk and Americana music fits the venue name to a T (or horseshoe).

When: Dec. 7, 7 p.m.

Where: Turf Club, 1601 University Ave., St. Paul Info: turfclub.net, 651-647-0486. Tickets $15 adv., $20 door.

Did you know: The Turf Club’s name is

King of Kings

Lorie Line brings her traditional holiday show to St. Paul for the first time. Celebrating the magnificent story of Christmas, Line’s show includes her world-class Pop Chamber

Orchestra along with a featured guest vocalist. Kids are invited to the stage for “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” and Santa makes an appearance, too.

When: Dec. 10, 3 p.m.

Where: Fitzgerald Theater, 10 Exchange St. E., St. Paul Info: fitzgeraldtheater.publicradio.org, 651-290-1200 (Minnesota Public Radio members only); 800-514-3849 (non-MPR ticket sales). Tickets $54 ($49 for groups of 10 or more). Tickets are also available at etix.com or in person at the Fitzgerald Theater Box Office Tuesday–Friday, noon–5pm.

Holiday in Harmony

Three experienced jazz vocalists — Vicky Mountain, Dorothy Doring and Connie Dussl of SongSister— bring the holidays to you in a very swinging way. Their joy of harmonies is infectious, and it’s framed by clever arrangements and a sassy stage presence.

Well-known instrumentalists Phil Aaron

The OK Factor Christmas CD release

Cellist Olivia Diercks and violinist Karla Dietmeyer are releasing their holiday album, “Have Yourself an OK Christmas.” The evening will feature special guests and other festive surprises as this classical-crossover duo shares all 13 tracks of the album at The Warming House, a cozy 40-person venue in south Minneapolis.

When: Dec. 1, 9 p.m. (doors at 8:30 p.m.)

Where: The Warming House, 4001 Bryant Ave. S. Info: thewarminghouse.net, 824-4906.

Tickets $10. Pre-purchase CD with admission: $20. Sodas and snacks are available for purchase. This venue does not allow alcohol.

It is ADA compliant but not wheelchair accessible.

Did you know: The Warming House opened in 2016 as a nonprofit organization and true “listening room.”

Will Downing: Soulful Sounds of Christmas

When: Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Ordway Theater, 345 Washington St., St. Paul Info: ordway.org, 651-224-4222.

Tickets from $37.

Hard Candy Christmas

Venture into one of the Twin Cities longrunning music venues for a country-tinged holiday show. Hard Candy Christmas features experienced songwriter musicians Sunny Sweeney, Jamie Lin Wilson, Brennen Leigh

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Sit back and let the smooth voice of this R&B singer ease you into the holiday season.

Having sold more than 4 million albums in a career that spans decades, Downing’s baritone voice strikes a chord as he offers signature interpretations of classics as well as original hits.

‘The Polarizing Express: Dysfunction Junction’ Funny’s their specialty, so kick back and forget about holiday stressors for the night (or at least two hours). This troupe promises laughs, adult beverages of your choice and “The Twelve Days of Christmas” thrown into the mix. Directed by Caleb McEwen.

When: Opened Nov. 10; runs through Jan. 27, 2018 Where: Brave New Workshop, 824 Hennepin Ave. Info: bravenewworkshop.com, 332-6620. Tickets from $38.

Did you know: In addition to their own theatrical productions, the Brave New Workshop has a Creative Outreach division that offers speaking and training for Fortune 500 companies.

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When: Dec. 14, 8 p.m.

Where: Jazz Central Studios, 407 Central Ave. SE Info: jazzcentralstudios.org, 520-1066.

Tickets $10. Jazz Central Studios is a lowerlevel venue with a street-level entry (door is marked 407); it is not handicap accessible.

This is an all-ages venue; no alcohol is allowed. Guests may purchase soda, and there will be food for purchase at this event (main dish, dessert) for $3–$5.

Christmas Together

Minnesota-based pianist and composer Steven C. Anderson recorded his latest CD, “Emotive,” in the round under the stainedglass dome of the Cathedral of St. Paul, encircled by 18 string players and singers.

He’ll play songs from that album as well as “Christmas Beyond,” plus traditional Christmas favorites. This third-annual free concert will also feature Saint Cecilia and Saint Gregory Choristers and Lawrence Lawyer, director of sacred music for the Cathedral.

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When: Dec. 14, 7:30 p.m. (doors 6:30 p.m.)

Where: Cathedral of St. Paul, 239 Selby Ave., St. Paul Info: stevencmusic.com, eventbrite.com (search Steven C—Christmas Together). Free.

Did you know: Steven C has sold more than 2 million records and has performed with Mannheim Steamroller and the London Symphony Strings.

Love for the Holidays

Her career spans more than 50 years, from the ’60s girl-group era to singing backup for Aretha Franklin, Cher and Elvis Presley. She sang “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” annually for nearly 30 years on the Late Show with David Letterman. She’s a Rock & Roll Hall of Famer who has also acted in movies and lit up Broadway. Darlene Love will bring holiday classics and more for a one-night-only show.

You can bet it’ll be merry — and rockin’.

When: Dec. 15, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Ordway Theater, 345 Washington St., St. Paul Info: ordway.org, 651-224-4222.

Tickets from $47.

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‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ An all-time audience favorite musical at the Children’s Theatre Company, the tale of Whoville lets kids boo the most loathed Christmas villain. Songs and rhymes frame this fantastic story — guaranteed to grow anyone’s heart three sizes.

When: Opened Nov. 7; runs through Jan. 7 Where: Children’s Theatre Company, 2400 3rd Ave. S. Info: childrenstheatre.org, 874-0400. Tickets from $15. Group ticket prices available. ASL-interpreted, audio-described and sensory-friendly performances are available.

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’Twas the Jam Before Christmas

Feel some local love for the incredible music community ‘round these parts. Join The Peterson Family for their jam before Christmas: a mix of traditional, soulful and always festive songs. Linda, Billy, Ricky, Patty, Paul and Jason will be joined by first cousin Russ as well as some very talented third-generation (Tracy, Taylor) and fourthgeneration (Olivia, Clara) performers.

When: Dec. 17, 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Where: Dakota Jazz Club, 1010 Nicollet Mall

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Info: dakotacooks.com, 332-5299. Tickets $25.

Did you know: The Peterson Family is known as Minnesota’s First Family of Music.

Dan Rodriguez Holiday Show

Grab a chance to hit a cool Minneapolis music venue at a decent hour (read: you work the next day) and with your kids, even.

This all-ages, fully seated show lets you enjoy dinner while taking in a mix of holiday tunes and originals from this talented local songwriter and performer.

When: Dec. 17, 5 p.m. (4:30 p.m. doors)

‘A Christmas Carol’ performed by Gerald Dickens

Join in for this unique opportunity to see the great-great grandson of Charles Dickens give a one-man portrayal of A Christmas Carol.

Playing Scrooge, Marley and the Ghosts, Dickens breathes vibrant energy and drama into every role. Guests are encouraged to don costumes. Period punches and concoctions will be available.

When: December 17, 7:30 p.m.(6 p.m. doors) Where: Aster Cafe River Room, 125 Main St. SE Info: astercafe.com, 379-3138. Tickets $25 advance, $30 door. This is an open-seating event; no assigned seats.

Did you know: The historic River Room at the Aster Cafe features a handmade coppertopped bar.

City Center atrium: Keri Noble

When: Dec. 20, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.

Where: City Center, 33 S. 6th St. Info: kerinoble.com. Free.

Did you know: Keri Noble’s song “If No One Will Listen” was recorded by Kelly Clarkson and included on her Grammy-nominated album “All I Ever Wanted.”

Katie McMahon’s Celtic Christmas

This family-friendly program has become a beloved O’Shaughnessy tradition at the holidays. McMahon’s soprano voice leads a program of traditional Christmas songs, along with stories and lively Irish dance.

When: Dec. 22, 7:30 p.m.

Where: O’Shaughnessy Auditorium, St. Catherine University, 2004 Randolph Ave., St. Paul Info: oshag.stkate.edu, 690-6700.

Tickets $28.

Take a musical lunch break in downtown Minneapolis and hear this talented Twin

‘Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins’ An interactive adventure for the whole family, this Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company play tells the story of a weary traveler’s growing anticipation of the Hanukkah holiday. As he reaches his destination, he learns goblins have been preventing the celebration for years. Urged by the townspeople, he’ll spend eight nights in the synagogue helping to bring Hanukkah back.

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Cities musician perform holiday songs and more. A Cities 97 radio personality, Noble is also an accomplished songwriter who recently came out with a new CD, “Find My Way Home.”

When: Dec. 10 and 17, 1 p.m. (Additional shows for school groups on different dates; call for info.)

Where: Highland Park Community Center, 1978 Ford Parkway, St. Paul Info: mnjewishtheatre.org, 651-647-4315. Tickets $20.

Enter through the doors facing Ford Parkway; proceed up the ramp toward the theater. Fully accessible (wheelchairs included). Parking on site.

Did you know: Chris Griffith received an Ivey Award in 2009 for his puppet design for Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins. He’s designing all new puppets for this production.

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By Meleah Maynard

How raccoons turned our gardens into a toilet

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ere’s a fact you might not know, and probably, actually, don’t want to know: raccoons like to defecate communally. Yep, that’s right, they like to poop as a group, which is fine, I suppose, until the place they decide to call their toilet is already your front yard.

Gross? Totally. But that is what happened at our house this summer, and I want to tell you the story, partly because it’s disgusting and bizarre, but also because maybe you’re like me and you think it’s fun to learn interesting stuff about other living creatures.

If so, stay tuned. If not, now is your chance to RUN AWAY. Here is the thing: I love wildlife to the point where I know I drive some people mad when I’m all, “Oh, calm down. It’s just a few gopher holes and, no, I won’t tell you how to kill them.”

Or, “Yes, squirrels and chipmunks do damage some plants and take bites out of tomatoes. But they’re cute and the outdoors belongs to them as much or more than it does to us. So, no, I won’t tell you how to kill them.”

This live-and-let-live mindset is plain old good karma to my husband, Mike, and me. So when a family of raccoons started visiting our yard most nights this summer, we watched in wonder as they emerged from the sewer (Linden Hills’ sewers seem to be filled with raccoons) and trundled in a line down the path to the huge oak tree near our front door.

Up the tree they would go, and then they’d stare silently down at us for a while before getting bored — or maybe comfortable — with our wine drinking and card playing or whatever.

Pretty soon a couple of them would scooch over to the bird feeders and start shoveling food into their mouths with both paws.

We noticed right away that, unlike squirrels, who behave like maniacs when they have to

share food, the raccoons were very polite to each other, even go so far as to move out of the way so that somebody else could get closer to the good stuff.

All of that snacking must have left the coons feeling parched because every morning, one of the two water bowls we leave out for thirsty critters was always empty. The other, smaller bowl was mostly empty too. But that bowl was always filled with mud, sticks and a bit of bird food or berries.

Curious, I looked it up and learned that raccoons often dunk their food in water before they eat it. Scientists used to think that’s because they were washing their food, but further study revealed that raccoons dunk things in water to make their paws more sensitive to touch. Why? I’m so glad you asked.

You see, raccoons don’t have the best vision, which is partly why you often see them tapping their paws on the ground rather than just looking right at stuff. Anyway, what raccoons do have is the same nerve groupings in their forepaws as primates, including humans. Getting their hands wet, scientists have found, increases nerve responsiveness, amping up their sense of touch so they can better understand important stuff about whatever they are about to stick into their mouths.

Freak out and scream “RABIES!” if you want.

But the truth is, and you can look this up, most raccoons do not have rabies and even if they do, transmission to people is extremely rare. Our raccoon family showed no signs of aggression, and Mike and I really enjoyed having them in our lives.

The one worry for us was our dog, Lily, who thinks all creatures want to play with her. So we were careful not to let her our after dark. If she just had to go, we went with her, and everything was fine.

A group of raccoons began making regular visits to the author’s yard this summer.

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Well, everything was fine until the pooping started.

I was filling the water dishes one day when I noticed a neat pile of really dark little turds. At first I thought they might be from a cat because half the neighborhood lets their cats live outside (do not get me started on that topic). But this poo was black, like charcoal, and oddly tubeshaped. I took a picture, which I chose not to share with you. You’re welcome.

I looked it up and sure enough — raccoon poo. We weren’t thrilled but figured, hey, everybody has to go sometime, and threw it away.

(Yes we know raccoons can be infected with round worms. We wore gloves.)

A couple of weeks passed and there was more poo, only this time there were three piles instead of one. Adding to the grossness was a huge mound of barfed-up berries, which seemed to have come back up whole, so I guess they didn’t agree with somebody’s tummy.

After that, things got worse fast and we were waking up to five, six, even seven piles of poo (some from coons who clearly needed to see

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a gastroenterologist), as well as an increasing amount of barf. So now our yard was not only a toilet, it was also a vomitorium. AWESOME. Again, I turned to the Internet for answers, and that’s when I found out that once raccoons find a lovely place that feels safe and comfortable, they turn it into their own personal group toilet. I can sort of see that, I guess. But for a lot of reasons, Mike and I don’t want to muck out our little friends’ crapper and vomitorium every day.

So, though we were sad to have to do it, we stopped filling the bird feeders, took away the water dishes and sprinkled fox urine granules all over the place, which is supposed to scare critters away. I can tell you this; the stench of fox urine has scared us away from our front porch.

We’re still dealing with some poop and barf, though less often. So, yeah, lesson learned. Now if we could just figure out a way to install an actual outdoor toilet that they could use.

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

By Rachel Allyn

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’m feeling overwhelmed by living in a house that has accumulated way too much stuff. Sure, I like to buy things and hold on to things, but doesn’t everyone, and yet others seem to manage it? I don’t even invite people over anymore.

I used to be able to cram my mess into my office, but now most of the rooms in my house are simply too full. How can I begin to declutter?

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ecluttering is only a portion of the solution. Before you can create space in your home you need to create space and clarity emotionally, getting to the root of your behaviors.

First, let’s distinguish whether you’re a pack rat, a collector or a full-blown hoarder.

A hoarder is defined as someone who acquires more than can be used and stored in their space, keeps useless items such as old newspapers, containers or trash, restricts others from using or borrowing their items and finds these behaviors interfere with important activities, such as getting to work and maintaining social connections. This is distinguished from

someone who is a collector and finds their stockpile of “Star Wars” figurines, baseball cards or salt and pepper shakers something they cherish and show off to others. As for the pack rat, the magnitude of the problem is much smaller and often gets resolved with their annual spring-cleaning garage sale.

Sometimes a person can be a pack rat or collector, but then a traumatic event or loss sets them over the edge to becoming a hoarder. This is because hoarding is an outgrowth of some underlying anxiety. It’s considered a relative of obsessive-compulsive disorder and can also be seen alongside illnesses like dementia or schizophrenia.

Recent neuroimaging studies show a link between hoarding and extreme anxiety when confronted with making a decision. If you procrastinate and lack overall organization, you could be more predisposed to hoarding.

There is also a genetic link among those who develop hoarding.

Whatever category you fall into, the same basic coping mechanism is occurring: compulsively shopping and obsessively needing to collect and keep material objects to distract

from feeling loss, grief or post-traumatic stress.

This prevented you from dealing with important feelings that needed acknowledgement.

You tried to create an insular bubble of stuff around you, which brought initial, temporary relief to your anxiety, but has now led you to feel more anxiety and a shameful secret.

Recognize that these possessions you buy

and surround yourself with are providing a false refuge for you. This attachment to inanimate objects is filling a void.

Transition from finding security in things to finding solace in your purpose, meaning, relationships and spirituality. My favorite musician, Michael Franti, sings, “The best things in life aren’t things, they’re living and breathing … they’re something you can believe in.”

We live in a world in which stress can surround us, and we all seek ways to avoid it (some are healthy, some not).

After you’ve begun to work through your anxiety, past trauma or other grief with a therapist, then you can make a plan for returning, reselling and recycling. Otherwise you will just refill your cleared space with new possessions.

I recommend support from a professional both inside and outside of the home, such as a declutter coach.

Hoarding can become a serious problem. If this is indeed what you’re suffering from, treat yourself with empathy and understanding.

Have hope that with hard work and support, one day you’ll no longer be weighed down by your “crap” and can enjoy a lightness of being.

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Neighborhood Spotlight. East Edina

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Edina would follow suit two decades MORNINGSIDE later. Edina had no official neighborhoods until 2013, when the City Council voted to designate 45 neighborhoods.

Lake Harriet Neighborhoods are encouraged but not required to organize, and so far just nine neighborhoods, all clustered on the eastern side of the city, have completed the process for city recognition, accordWHITE OAKS ing to the city’s website.

As in Minneapolis, neighborhood organizations largely serve as a conduit for communication with city government and 50TH & FRANCE as a venue to address local concerns.

Eight Edina neighborhoods lie just across the border from Southwest MinARDEN neapolis. Morningside, Arden Park, Creek PARK Knoll, Chowen Park and Strachauer Park have completed the city’s official recognition process; White Oaks, 50th & France 54TH ST and Minnehaha Woods have not.

The most populous of the MinneapoCREEK KNOLL lis-adjacent neighborhoods is MorningMINNEHAHA WOODS side, with an estimated 1,852 residents.

Just 47 people live within the boundaries of the 50th & France neighborhood, but that could change with the CollabCHOWEN orative, a still developing plan with both PARK residential and retail components.

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Accessible by the old Como-Harriet Streetcar Line, Morningside grew faster than the rest of Edina, and in the ’20s it seceded from the still largely rural suburb.

Edina and Morningside wouldn’t reunite until 1966.

Also considered an Edina Heritage Landmark is the Edina Theater sign, a 1980s reconstruction of the 1934 Art Deco-style original, which was destroyed in a tornado.

The 1869 Jonathan Grimes House, 4200 W. 44th St., is the oldest in Edina and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A page of the city website dedicated to the house notes its Gothic Revival style was probably inspired by architectural pattern books.

One of the area’s earliest settlers, Grimes built the house a decade after acquiring a mill on Minnehaha Creek, where grains were milled for the local market. He also established the 16-acre Lake Calhoun Nursery and supplied street trees to Minneapolis, notably catalpas.

Minnehaha Creek spills over a 4-foot dam in Arden Park, continues on a southward path and then abruptly curves north before crossing the border into Minneapolis on its way to the Mississippi River.

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Neighborhood Spotlight. East Edina

Clubs continue tradition of Morningside

By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com

The Morningside neighborhood of Edina was once its own village, after residents voted to secede from the city in 1920.

Residents voted to rejoin Edina in 1966, but they haven’t completely abandoned the Morningside name. More than 150 residents are members of the 80-year-old Morningside Women’s Club, which meets monthly during the school year at Edina Morningside Community Church. Another 150 are part of the 15-year-old Morningside Athletic Club, which meets weekly for pickup sports games. Here’s a look at the two neighborhood institutions:

Morningside Women’s Club When asked what the Morningside Women’s Club does, 2017–2018 President Jilene Framke smiled.

“What don’t we do?” she responded. “In between the luncheons speakers, board meetings and the fundraising, there’s a whole lot of socializing going on within our club sections.”

The club’s general membership meets monthly for lunch or tea, followed by a speaker. It also presents college scholarships to Morningside students who are graduating from Edina High School and hosts an annual holiday market, set this year for Nov. 18.

Members also say they enjoy the 11 different social sections the club offers. The sections are smaller groups that revolve around topics such as gardening, knitting, French and more.

The club is open to all residents and friends of the Morningside neighborhood. It attracts residents old and young, with childcare available at its monthly meetings.

Member Judy Plant said she has met

Morningside Athletic Club members gather for a group photo after a softball game. Photo courtesy Ed Mathie

many interesting, creative and smart women through the club, adding that the luncheon programs are informative, uplifting, entertaining and diverse. She wrote in an email that she’s learned to play bridge because of another member and has been part of a weekly game for the past six years.

Member Jenner Stevens also noted the excellent programs and lunches from Turtle Bread.

“I always leave our meetings feeling like I am a part of something special,” she said.

The Morningside Women’s Club will host its annual holiday market 9 a.m.–2 p.m. Nov. 18 at

A look at the annual Morningside Women’s Club Holiday Market, which will run from 9 a.m.–2 p.m.

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Club members were on a father-son trip to a St. Paul Saints game a few years back when they saw the actor and comedian, who also is a part owner of the minor league team. “(Murray) said, ‘Who are all you guys?’ because we all had (Morningside Athletic Club) hats on,” club member Jeff Carlson recalled.

Murray said the group was like a “middleaged men’s fraternity,” according to Carlson.

“He said, ‘I want in,’” Carlson said.

So count Murray as a club member, albeit a very informal one.

The more formal members have built a pretty impressive structure over the years.

The group started about 15 years ago, when seven men met at Weber Park in the neighborhood for a pickup football game. It’s evolved into a club that holds weekly pickup soccer, football and hockey games, depending on the season. They also host basketball tournaments, soccer games, chili bowls and community service leaf-raking events.

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“A lot of friendships come out of it,” Carlson said on a recent Saturday morning, where about 14 members gathered for a pickup soccer game at the domed Braemar Field.

Member Steve Engel said he became involved in the club about 10 years ago when he was looking for a pickup soccer game. He said he likes knowing a lot of people in the neighborhood and that it’s nice to have a sense of community.

He added that he’s surprised how serious the members were about the games but said they were welcoming to all skill levels and people.

Carlson said guys gain confidence as they get in better shape, noting the skill level of the soccer players. Everyone lives within a 20-block radius of one another, he added.

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Neighborhood Spotlight. East Edina

West of France Avenue A conversation with Edina Mayor Jim Hovland

By Brian Lambert

Is there really any effective coordination with Minneapolis on planning for completely co-mingled, adjoining areas, like 44th and 50th & France? From my conversations, Minneapolis officials resort to a lot of wonky mumbo jumbo in suggesting there are “compatible goals,” but here on the Edina side I pick up a lot of exasperation.

Attorney Jim Hovland is in the midst of a run as mayor of Edina that began in 2005 and, following his most recent re-election, will stretch on to at least 2021.

No mayor of any city or village anywhere ever enjoys 100-percent job approval. A street of a dozen merchants or homeowners will have at least a dozen different ideas about city services and planning. But — unscientific survey here — Hovland gets consistently good marks for handling the mechanics of city government and working the town.

An (old-school) Republican who switched to over to the Democrats a decade ago, Hovland is a remarkably reliable presence at city and private functions all over Edina, seemingly every night of the week. Asked if he ever wastes an evening at home with a beer and a ballgame, he chuckled, “Not too often.”

We met at the Starbucks next to Lunds & Byerly’s on West 50th Street, where he greeted a half dozen patrons, to talk about matters related to “east Edina.” The following has been edited for length and clarity.

Southwest Journal: Edina is currently working on a new comprehensive plan for development citywide.

Simultaneously, a small area plan for the 44th & France district is going through presentations and public meetings. Given your comments at a recent Council meeting about the evolving reality of first ring suburbs like Edina, where you’ve pointed out that time and population growth have forever changed the reality of the relationship between cities like Edina and Minneapolis, I’m curious how you see the need to accept the realities of, for example, greater density, playing in these long-term policies?

Hovland: Well, the perspective for the eastern part of the city, east of (Highway) 100 and north of 50th, since that’s what we’re talking about here, has to be on maintaining neighborhood character. While there are some areas where more density can be accommodated, you still have to maintain that neighborhood character.

In the situation at 44th & France, we had a developer (Ted Carlson) come forward with a plan and we asked him to hit the pause button, which he did, until the small area plan can be completed. The specific issue there, it seems, will come down to height, with everyone now talking about tapering (Carlson’s planned four-story, 64-unit apartment complex) down to the neighborhood.

There’s going to be an accommodation to increased density, but not too much. It will be, I think, kind of like what we did over at 49 1⁄2 St. (with the soon-to-commence, 110-unit, fivestory Collaborative project).

But the benefits of increased density overall may be seen better down around Southdale.

Down there I think over time we’ll see more requests coming for increased height and density, and the final analyses will have to be made at that time. (Hovland was the lone Council vote in favor of a twin 20-plus-story towers complex on the west side of France Avenue across from Southdale.)

But the thing is, if you say the primary emphasis of Edina planning is the protection and enhancement of single-family neighborhoods, what are the implications of that? What does that mean?

You think of the obvious things in terms of

An attorney, Jim Hovland served on the Edina City Council before he was elected mayor in 2005.

Photo by Brian Lambert

traffic and beauty and quality of life and public safety. But what about the single-family homeowner who shares the burden of maintaining all this stuff we own together? It’s like owning a massive house. You have to take care of the basement, I gotta take care of the roof. I have to keep it structurally sound.

So I ask: Where and how do we get the best bang for the buck? What’s the best subsidy for the single-family homeowner?

Well, it’s density, frankly. That’s the point I was making at that meeting you’re talking about. Density and height, where it’s appropriate, is the best way to relieve some of the burden from the single-family homeowner.

Watching the neighborhood response to Ted Carlson’s project at 44th & France, I don’t sense a lot of buy-in to the density argument there.

I think you’re right.

Some of the response feels like kneejerk resistance to any kind of change.

For others, it’s more nuanced. They want it “done right,” maintaining “neighborhood character” and such, which of course means different things to different people. All of which comes with the irony that a majority, I think, would like to see a more attractive, pedestrian-friendly district there. How do you sell your view of the positive benefits of density?

Well, you’re putting your finger on something we’ve been wrestling with, too. And that is, how do you have a conversation about density and have it be, for the most part, something people have a common vision about and the places it might be appropriate?

At 44th & France I think the conversation will be how much over three [stories] will be appropriate. But there are a lot of people who don’t want it over two.

But to your point, I do think we need to encourage a wider conversation about density.

At the Council we’ve had people in to talk

about it. And it’s worth pointing out that some of that conversation with some of these experts noted the greater taxable value in rehabbing older buildings as opposed to bringing in big box retailers.

As I say, I have this sense that most of the neighbors around 44th & France would like to see upgrades, in terms of wider sidewalks, landscaping, burying power lines. Can that really happen without being attached to a private development project?

Private, marketplace-driven improvements is one way to do it. But another way to do it is like it was done down at Centennial Lakes, where you lay in a public amenity that becomes such a draw private development wants to spring up around it. That’s what’s happened with The Promenade down there.

The 44th & France Small Area Plan has seen proposals for an elaborate, and what appears to be very expensive, covered parking facility behind The Convention Grill, one with a lovely landscaped park on top.

Yeah, that’s where I was going. It seems to me there could be some kind of public amenity down there that would spur some activity around it. I don’t think it’d have to be just Carlson’s project. I think, with some kind of amenity, developers would look at other properties on that block where Dick’s Barbers is.

The Linhoff photo building seems like a tired building, and you’ve got that quirky looking building next to it with the parking lot underneath and the yoga studio up above. That one doesn’t seem to me to fit the character of the neighborhood.

With the covered parking lot idea, where you landscape the top of it into a park or public space, maybe you can use a [Tax Increment Financing] as a financial source to make some improvements. Maybe you could use a special taxing district.

I remember when we were thinking of making the improvements on the ramps around (50th & France) the numbers went all the way from $3 million to $14 million depending on what you wanted to do. (Edina City Manager) Scott Neal and I got together with R.T. (Rybak) when he was still mayor and Betsy Hodges (then representing Southwest’s Ward 13 in Minneapolis) at the Edina Grill. We said, “Look, you’ve got all these retailers across the street and all their customers parking over here. And we’re paying for all these improvements.”

What I suggested was maybe we should go to the Legislature and ask for something novel, like a special taxing district where your merchants help pay for the parking on our side of the street that they all use.

What we heard back was, “God! The merchants can barely pay for the assessment on the surface lot behind General Sports!” Which prompted us to say, “Well then, why don’t you sell us those two blocks?”

The idea was: We’ll figure out a formula that would give [Minneapolis] some kind of multiple of your tax base. The school district tax base would stay the way it is, and the county’s getting theirs, whether it’s in Edina or Minneapolis. But these merchants could cut their tax bill by two-thirds or a third by being in Edina.

R.T. was sitting there kind of interested. But Betsy wasn’t.

But it arose out of this idea that if these merchants are going to be assessed they ought be assessed in some fair sort of fashion. The reality though is that while (50th & France) is our downtown, it’s just another neighborhood for Minneapolis, like 50th & Bryant for Minneapolis. It’s just not something they’re paying a lot of attention to.

But our council would be happy to sit down with Minneapolis’ and see how we could make those areas more attractive. By working together. That said, in my experience that sort of thing is more ward-driven than mayor or council driven.

Finally, just to fact check a story I heard: Apparently not so long ago the council or the Planning Commission was taking heat from residents over the affordable housing quota on some project, maybe it was the 50th & France development.

And you folks were getting the usual hysteria about an “undesirable element” being encouraged to move into the city, as though these would all be meth dealers or something. Was it your line, in response to another of these complaints: “What exactly are they afraid of? Roaming hordes of dental hygienists?”

[Laughs.] I wish it was. That was a good line.

But it was [Edina Councilman] Mike Fischer who said it. That sort of thing comes up pretty much every time. You can count on it.

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Neighborhood Spotlight. East Edina

50th & France adds an artisan Winter Market

By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com

A new Winter Market will appear in the 50th & France shopping district this year, highlighting artists curated by the Edina Art Center.

“They do such amazing work,” said Art Center general manager Michael Frey. “We want these artists to be recognized and have their work out there.”

Artisan stocking stuffers will appear alongside food vendors like Groveland Confections, Snappy Dog Salsa and Kettle Creek Kitchen at the Edina 5-0 Mall, located between Title Nine and Annika Bridal Boutique off West 50th Street.

The market runs Nov. 25 and Dec. 2, 9 and 16.

As another enticement to draw shoppers to 50th & France, College Nannies & Tutors will provide free childcare with activities like gingerbread house-making and cookie decorating at the Lunds & Byerly’s loft above Caribou Coffee.

The event is a partnership between the Edina Art Center and 50th & France Business Association. For more information and childcare registration, visit 50thandfrance.com.

IF YOU GO: WINTER MARKET When: Nov. 25, 1 p.m.–5 p.m.; Dec. 2, 9 and 16, noon–3 p.m.

Where: Edina 5-0 Mall between Title Nine and Annika Bridal at 3940 W. 50th St.

Left: Artwork by Melinda Wolff, a featured artist at the Nov. 25 Winter Market at 50th & France.

Submitted photo Above: The landmark Edina Cinema sign shines on a winter evening. Photo courtesy of the 50th & France Business Association

A new Nicollet Mall

By Eric Best / ebest@southwestjournal.com

The long wait is over. The 12-block renovation of Nicollet Mall hit the substantial completion milestone this month, three years after construction began on the $50 million project.

City officials celebrated the mall’s Nov. 16 reopening with a guest: the Mary Tyler Moore statue. The Minneapolis icon made its way back home to the mall the weekend before the planned reopening.

Final touches installed within the last few weeks include sculptural lanterns by Blessing Hancock featuring poems from local writers.

New art, movable furniture and other elements arrived earlier, as the mall reopened to pedestrians block by block. The biggest changes include a new “Light Walk” near the IDS Center

and “Prairie Tree,” a large metallic sculpture by artist Ned Kahn.

Even old pieces got updates. The 1960s-era Sculpture Clock got an internal tune-up and other repairs. The 16-foot-tall clock tower was reinstalled near Peavey Plaza earlier this fall.

Steve Cramer, president and CEO of the Minneapolis Downtown Council and Downtown Improvement District, said the project is already spurring private development.

“The pedestrian orientation, greatly enhanced greening, public art and lighting add up to a high-impact, public-private investment that will serve our community for decades to come,” he said in a statement.

Photos by Eric Best and Annabelle Marcovici

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Get Out Guide.

By Jahna Peloquin

‘MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY’ With “Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley,” Jane Austen’s beloved “Pride and Prejudice” has received a holiday sequel. The play was created by San Francisco playwriting duo Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon as a response to the lack of original holiday programming beyond Dickens and “The Nutcracker.” The play reconnects with the Bennet sisters and their spouses as they gather at the Darcy home for Christmas a few years after Austen left off, and its 2016 debut received a rave review from The San Francisco Chronicle, which said it was full of “bursts of smart, infectious humor.” “Miss Bennet” makes its Minneapolis debut this holiday season at the Jungle Theater with a production that should charm and delight even the most casual of Austen fans — and anyone looking for a holiday alternative to “A Christmas Carol.”

When: Nov. 18–Dec. 30 (in previews Nov. 16 & 17) Where: Jungle Theater, 2951 Lyndale Ave. S.

Cost: $35–$45 ($30–$40 students & seniors) Info: jungletheater.com/missbennet

CINE LATINO FILM FEST

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CHOREOGRAPHERS’ EVENING

The Film Society of Minneapolis-St. Paul does much more than just hosting its annual international film festival. It also hosts several mini film fests throughout the year, including its popular Spanish-language Cine Latino.

Returning for its fifth year, this year’s festival showcases another collection of some of the best new Spanish and Latin American cinema that explores social and political issues as well the complexities of human relationships.

Films include “Such Is Life in the Tropics,” this year’s Oscar submission from Ecuador; the powerful documentary “Intimate Battles”; and “Help Me Make It Through the Night,” the debut feature from director José Ramón Chávez Delgado that follows the triumphs and failures of Mexico’s struggling middle class.

The festival also includes special guests from the films, parties, panels and workshops.

For 20 years, the MCAD Art Sale has been a tradition for novice art lovers and serious collectors alike. The event has gained a reputation as one of the nation’s top destinations for affordable, appreciable artwork by up-and-coming artists and designers — many of who go on to have successful careers kick-started by the sale.

Shop close to 7,000 pieces of original art, including paintings, drawings, prints and multimedia works, by 400 students and recent grads of the lauded art institution throughout the three-day sale. Pro tip: Look for hot pink ribbons that signify exciting artists to watch.

For more than 40 years, the Walker Art Center has brought a broad range of innovative Minnesota dance creators and curators to the stage for the annual Choreographers’ Evening. From established names to the best emerging artists, the event is a favorite within the Minneapolis performance scene. This year’s curator is the Sage Award–winning Megan Mayer, a widely respected local choreographer, dancer and experimental photographer and video artist. She’ll present an evening of new works by nearly a dozen up-and-coming local choreographers and dance groups including Dancebums, Vie Boheme and Maleek Washingon.

When: Nov. 16–19 Where: St. Anthony Main Theatre, 115 Main St. SE Cost: $5–$10 per screening; $30–$35 for opening night Info: mspfilm.org/festivals/cine-latino

When: Thursday, Nov. 16 and Friday, Nov. 17 from 6 p.m.–9 p.m. plus Saturday, Nov. 18 from 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

Where: Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 2501 Stevens Ave. Cost: $150 opening night, $20–$25 on Friday, free on Saturday Info: mcad.edu/about-mcad/events/ art-sale

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BRKFST’s signature blend of classic breaking — a dance style that was born out of the hip-hop scene in the 1970s — with contemporary dance and martial arts is at the center of “Seconds,” a new production from the group.

The show explores how individuality and innovation are commodified and censored in consumer culture through the act of “biting” — a term that describes one dancer who steals another’s stylistically unique move in breakdancing, culminating in the classic breaking battle.

When: Thursday, Nov. 30–Saturday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. plus Sunday, Dec. 3 at 2 p.m.

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HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIRS

For this year’s holiday gifting, opt for something handmade. Minneapolis is home to countless craft fairs featuring local makers. Here are several of this season’s best.

CRAFT’ZA

The holiday iteration of the long-running Craftstravaganza, Craft’za features some of the best makers in the area. This year’s indoor event expands from one day to two, with 60 different vendors each day.

When: Saturday, Nov. 18 & Sunday, Nov. 19 from 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Where: Grain Belt Bottling House, 71 13th Ave. NE Cost: Free Info: craftstravaganza.com

HOLIDAZZLE

The newest holiday markets harken back to a European tradition that dates back to the mid-1500s, the outdoor Christkindlmarkt. Minneapolis’s version, Holidazzle, replaces the long-running Holidazzle parade with handcrafted goods, food, hot beverages, appearances from Santa, movie screenings, fireworks, live music and carolers and an outdoor skating rink.

When: Nov. 24–Dec 23, Thursdays through Sundays Where: Loring Park Cost: Free Info: holidazzle.com

MINNEAPOLIS CRAFT MARKET

The roving handcrafted market is popping up all over town throughout the holiday season with a rotating lineup of makers.

Upcoming events include the Linden Hills Holiday Market (every Sunday through Dec. 17 from 9 a.m.–2 p.m. at Sunnyside Gardens, 3723 44th St. W.), Plaid Friday Winter and Small Business Saturday Winter Markets (Nov. 24–25 from noon–5 p.m. at Sociable Cider Werks, 1500 Fillmore St. NE), A Handmade Holiday Market (Dec. 2, Dec. 9 and Dec. 16 from noon–5 p.m. at Lakes & Legends Brewing, 1368 LaSalle Ave.), The Great Northeast Make Merry (Dec. 7, Dec. 14 and Dec. 21 from 4 p.m.–9 p.m. at Sociable Cider Werks) and Procraftinate (Dec. 19 from 4 p.m.–9 p.m. at Lakes & Legends Brewing).

BESPEAK

This annual pop-up holiday market presented by Minneapolis clothing line House of Gina Marie and local hatmaker Celina Kane emphasizes customized, made-to-order goods by nine womenowned local businesses. Shoppers can place orders for items including apparel, accessories, cards, apothecary and home goods, plus grab-and-go items.

When: Sunday, Nov. 26 from 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

Where: Women’s Club of Minneapolis, 410 Oak St. Cost: Free Info: eventbrite.com

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By Linda Koutsky

Old and new favorites BoB’s Produce Ranch in Fridley

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One of the things he reminisces about from his childhood is having tomato preserves on toast. I know that sounds odd, but since tomatoes are technically a fruit, they can be cooked into a sweetened preserve too. But as you might have guessed, it’s hard to find. In fact, I’ve only seen it in stores twice in my life. I’m willing to bet you’ve never seen it.

Having exhausted my list of potential locations to find tomato preserves in Minneapolis, I headed to Fridley to see what I could find there.

BoB’s Produce Ranch, just a mile or so north of 694 on University Avenue, is an old-fashioned deli, bakery and meat market.

Bob Schroer started the business as a seasonal roadside stand in 1959. He sold locally grown fruits and vegetables to nearby customers.

Bob thought having the second “B” uppercase made the name distinctive. The “o” is often an apple. His different approach to marketing and merchandising helped make the company flourish. It moved from a stand to a store, then expanded twice.

There’s also a large sit-down seating area filled with historic photos that’s popular during lunch. Bob passed away nine years ago but his son, a nephew, and a longtime friend own the business today.

As I pulled up to the store I was welcomed by a rickety old farm wagon and colorful handlettered signs promoting homegrown carrots, organic sweet potatoes and Minnesota honeycrisps. The store isn’t very big. In fact it’s more convenience store sized than a supermarket.

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They might not carry tomato preserves at BoB’s Produce Ranch, but the store offers plenty more worth the drive. Photo by Linda Koutsky

But they pack it in. And it feels like an indoor farmers market.

Colorful squash, gigantic heads of cabbage and every other typical fruit and vegetable are displayed in tightly packed rows or overflowing bins. They have the largest (and neatest) assortment of apples, and they are as beautiful as an orchard’s prized display.

Bread loaves, muffins, banana bread, cookies, pies and the quintessential pumpkin and carrot

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BoB’s Produce Ranch also had their own private-label salad dressings and jams. Bingo! I had arrived at my destination. I looked over the vast assortment: strawberry-rhubarb, blueberry, cherry, peach, raspberry, cranberry, apricot, Meyer lemon, fig, mint, sweet potato, apple butter and pumpkin butter. I looked again. No tomato. So I asked the clerk. She said, “Do you mean tomato paste?”

I said, “No, preserves, it’s like a jam.”

We looked together. Then we looked in another location. Then we looked in another one. She offered to try and order some for me.

But then I spotted BoB’s own bread pudding.

It’s Dad’s other favorite.

This’ll do. Happy birthday, Dad! For more destinations and adventures, follow Linda Koutsky on Facebook.

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Bulk nut bins are brimming with peanuts, whole walnuts and a holiday mix. Long deli and meat cases are filled with sandwiches, salads, meat of all cuts and their signature items: supreme potato salad, fried chicken, lasagna and meatloaf. A nearby refrigerated case is filled with numerous styles of herring and lefse from three different makers.

Minnesota-made products are sprinkled throughout the store and also displayed in their own dedicated section. Steak seasonings from Jax and Murray’s, bread mixes from Red Wing, frozen pizza from Askov, Creamette Pasta, Old Dutch Potato Chips and Nut Goodies. You can order these online as gifts too and have BoB’s ship them for you.

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