Lake Street News Brief
Lake Street Council's
mission is to build
a cohesive strategy to ensure the ongoing vitality
of the Lake Street Corridor business community.
Three weeks to go
until our annual wine tasting & silent auction fundraiser! Buy tickets online
now.
The Latest on
Lake:
- Xcel Energy, who came to our last
board meeting to present on their plan to build two new power
substations in south Minneapolis, will soon be holding a series of
open houses on that subject. The first open houses will be on October 29th
from 12-2 PM and another from 5-7 PM. Then on November 6th two more will be
held, also from 12-2 and 5-7. All open houses will take place at the
Midtown Exchange, in the lower-level conference room. Xcel
will provide information about their plans and have time for attendees to ask
questions and give their input.
- The
new restaurant and sake brewery moto-i, located at 2940 Lyndale
Ave. S., just had their grand opening. It's the first sake brewery restaurant
located outside of Japan. We welcome another unique business to Lake Street!
You can listen here to a
KFAI interview conducted today with moto-i owner Blake Richardson, who
also owns the nearby Herkimer.
- Congratulations to Sea Port
Market, the latest winner of Goodwill Easter Seals's Customer
Service Star Award for Midtown Global Market businesses. Goodwill
reported that their shopper was greeted warmly by the attendant and got great
descriptions of the product.
- This Saturday is the last market of the
season for the Midtown Farmers'
Market. Don't miss this last chance to stock up on your favorite
foods and products from the local vendors.
Joyce Krook, the community relations leader at
Allina/Abbott Northwestern Hospital and Lake Street
Council board member, is retiring next week after a long and fruitful at
Allina. A celebration of Joyce's career will take place on the 27th, at the
Park House Ballroom (2120 Park Ave.) from 4:00 - 6:30 PM.
Lake Street Council thanks Joyce for her invaluable contributions on our board
and the huge impacts she had in both the local business and residential
communities. We urge everyone who can make it to come to this event and show
their gratitude.
October 21st: Block
Leader Training
6:30 - 8:30 PM, 3000 Minnehaha Ave. S. (Minneapolis
3rd Precinct)
Worried about crime or livability issues in your neighborhood?
If you live on a block that does not have an active block club, take advantage
of this opportunity! RSVP to 612-673-2856 to attend.
October 22nd: Lake
Street Construction Meeting
2:00 PM, 105 West Lake Street
(Champions)
County & City project staff discuss the latest construction
updates and listen and respond to business concerns.
October
22nd: Longfellow Grill Debuts Drop Top Amber Ale
6:00 -
9:00 PM, 2990 W. River Parkway
$1 pints of Drop Top. A special guest from
Widmer Brothers Brewery will be on hand to poor beers & chat.
October 22nd -
25th: Beakman LIVE, at In the
Heart of the Beast Theatre
1500 E. Lake St.
A live
stage spectacle, based on the Emmy award winning children’s TV show
Beakman’s World. The show features large scale, wacky science demos
with plenty of audience participation and trademark goofy
humor.
October 23rd: MAD DADS Ten Year
Celebration
6:00 - 9:00 PM, 1201 Broadway Ave. N. (Shiloh
Temple)
MAD DADS 10 year anniversary Dinner Celebration and Fundraiser
honoring Minneapolis chapter president VJ Smith. Scheduled guest speakers are Minneapolis Congressmen Keith Ellison,
Mayor Rybak and Pastor Eddie Staton, co-founder and current National President
of MAD DADS .
October 24th:
Breakfast with Gary Schiff
7:30 - 9:00 AM,
1515 E. Lake St. (Mercado Central)
Breakfast with Gary will explore why
25-50% of Minnesota’s immigrants are refugees, compared to 8% nationally. Guest speakers include Douglas
Johnson, executive director of Center for Victims of Torture, Hussein Samatar,
director of the African Development Center, and Pham Thi Hoa, executive director
of
CAPI.
October 24th
& 25th: Kinetic Kitchen, at Patrick's
Cabaret
8:00 PM, 3010 Minnehaha Ave.
The Kinetic Kitchen
returns. Featuring: Christopher Watson Dance Company, Denise Armstead,
Christopher Yaeger and the C Street Dancers, and Aurora Dance.
October 25th:
The
Amazing Gnip Gnop Circus, at In the
Heart of the Beast Theatre
10:00 AM & Noon, 1500 E. Lake St.
A classic glow-in-the-dark ping-pong ball circus. Part of
HOBT's Saturday Puppet Shows for Kids series.
October
25th: 2nd Annual Global Chili Cook-Off, at Midtown Global
Market
12:00 - 3:00 PM, 920 East Lake Street
Sample 10+ unique kinds of chili
created by Global Market chefs and vote for your favorite.
$3 donation requested, proceeds go to Perspective Kids Cafe
program.
October 25th: Kids Book Club, at East Lake Library
2:00 - 3:00 PM,
2727 East Lake Street
This month's book is Dead Reckoning: a Pirate Voyage
With Captain Drake by Laurie Lawlor. "Emmet, a
fifteen-year-old orphan, learns hard lessons about survival when he sails from
England in 1577 as a servant aboard
the Golden Hind--the ship of his cousin, the explorer and pirate Francis
Drake--on its three-year circumnavigation of the world."
Through October 26th:
Stitch, Bitch N' Die, at Bryant Lake
Bowl
7:00 PM Saturdays & Sundays in October, 810 West Lake
Street
"Murder! The newest member of the knitting group has been brutally
stabbed with a pair of knitting needles! Who is guilty? Who is innocent? Who
will finish their scarf
first?"
Through October 26th: A Life In The Theatre, at Jungle Theater
2951 Lyndale
Ave. S.
"David Mamet celebrates the love, admiration, humor, and sadness that
accompanies the passing of the artistic torch from one generation to the
next."
Wednesdays & Thursdays in October: Twin
Cities Radio Live, at Vera's
Cafe
8:00 - 10:00 PM, 2901 Lyndale Ave. S.
Twin Cities Radio
on the Net presents you with the best local and world class Indie artists and
musicians. All shows at Vera's are Live, Acoustic, and NO COVER.
Through November 2nd:
archy and mehitabel, at Open Eye Figure
Theatre
506 E. 24th St.
"This humorous poetic romp is
created for the stage by two of the Twin Cities most comedic and loved
performers. Cockroaches...Cleopatra...rubbish...royalty. Join Sarah
Agnew and Jim Lichtscheidl as they serve up Don Marquis' archy and
mehitabel, new and skewed where '...men and insects are the same, both
transient flecks of starry dust that out of nothing came.' "
November
2nd: Neighborhood Night 15 Year Celebration, at Bryant Lake
Bowl
6:00 PM - 2:00 AM, 810 West Lake
Street
Free
bowling, food and drink specials as a thank you from BLB to their neighbors for
their continued business as BLB turns 15 years old. 