Venture North, Young Cyclists, (and Elders, too!)
Saddened and dismayed by the news that a man in North Minneapolis was killed recently during a bike burglary, I want to let everyone know that there is good bike news on the Northside: Venture North bike and coffee shop is open for business! I wandered over there on Sunday with an old Schwinn Hollywood [...]
Our Summer of Riots
Speaking at an an outdoor rally on the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota on April 27, 1967, Martin Luther King warned his audience: “I have an obligation to vigorously condemn the conditions in our society that cause people to feel they have no other alternative than to engage in self-defeating violence. Riots [...]
El Amin’s Fish House
Back in 2008 I was going door to door in North Minneapolis passing out literature for the Democratic party supporting Barack Obama. At the end of my route was a tiny restaurant near the corner of Penn and Broadway called El Amin’s Fish House. Inside were two deli cases, one full of fresh fish on [...]
Love Songs and a Requiem
Prepare to be transported, comforted and captivated by Sing Me to Heaven: Love Songs and a Requiem, the Saint Paul Vocal Forum’s (SPVF) upcoming set of November performances, inspired by the tenth anniversary of 9/11. New SPVF artistic director Karin Barrett comments, “How do we express the inexpressible? Through the power of music we [...]
Endless Victory Memorial Drive
This image is from Postcardy and if you haven’t been over there you should click here and check out the amazing collection! The trees and memorials located throughout Victory Memorial Drive were established to honor the memory of the servicemen of Hennepin County. A statue of Abraham Lincoln, flanked by flowering trees, greets visitors [...]
