Lake Street News Brief

www.lakestreetcouncil.org
October 2, 2007

The Lake Street Council's mission is to build a cohesive strategy to ensure the ongoing vitality of the Lake Street Corridor business community.

The Latest on Lake:

October is ushering in a new host of events on Lake Street! For one, it's time once again for In the Heart of the Beast Theatre's Saturday morning puppet shows. For almost Saturday from now through March, join HOBT at either 10:00 AM or noon for performances for kids of all ages. After the 10:00 AM shows, HOBT will be doing puppet making workshops across the street at Plaza Verde, for kids 3-12 and their adult companions. The workshops are only $4 a person and the puppet shows are $1 for neighborhood residents and $3 otherwise, a great deal for everyone who comes.
Saturdays are also great days to come to the Midtown Global Market, where events are taking place the next three weekends. Coming up on the 6th is the Midtown Yoga Festival, which goes all day from 7:30 AM - 9:00 PM. Check out over 30 local yoga vendors, cultural entertainment, mediation, lectures, bodywork and more. There will be yoga demonstrations for people of all ages and abilities on-site. The following week on the 13th is the Dia de la Raza Celebration, part of Hispanic Heritage Month, from noon to 8:00 PM. Live music and salsa dancing will be featured, with door prizes those who show up might win. Finally, on the 20th is the Global Chili Cook-Off from noon - 3:00 PM. Sample over 15 global chili recipes prepared by business owners of the Market and vote for the winner of the “Public’s Choice Award.”
Finally, don't forget the Lake Street event that's been 100 years in the making: Schatzlein Saddle Shop's 100th Anniversary Celebration, on October 14th from noon to 3:00 PM, on the street outside their shop at 413 West Lake Street. Horses will come back to Lake Street, along with the Wells Fargo stagecoach, live entertainment, pony rides, in-store specials, giveaways, anniversary cake, and a whole lot more. And don't forget to look at the Lake Street calendar below for even more great events this month!
Visit Blue Moon Coffee Cafe's new website to see their current and upcoming events, remind yourself of their atmosphere, and to print out coupons to use the next to stop in.
Be sure to read City Page's recent review of Los Andes Restaurant, at 317 West Lake Street. Authentic Ecuadorian and Colombian food is available at generous portions for very reasonable prices.
Two new businesses have recently moved in at the Chicago-Lake intersection, Bling Bling Beauty Supply at 2932 Chicago Ave., and Taqueria Los Ocampo at 809 East Lake, with casual Mexican fare open until late hours.

Lake Street Calendar - Upcoming Events:

October 4th - 7th: A Disease Called Freedom, from Pangea World Theater
7:30 PM, 1500 East Lake Street (Avalon Theatre)
"Working in a jazz aesthetic, collaboratively creating performance at the intersections of ensemble members' stories, a Disease called Freedom uses the metaphor of the River as a point of departure."

October 6th: 2nd Annual Murder & Mayhem Tour, at Pioneer and Soldiers Cemetery
1:00 PM, Cedar Ave. & Lake Street
Hear "breath-taking" stories and anecdotes of how sometimes murder and sometimes mayhem "landed" people in the historic cemetery.

October 10th: City of Minneapolis Transportation / Streetcar Meeting
6:30 - 8:30 PM, 3000 Minnehaha Ave. (3rd Precinct Community Room)
One of nine public meetings the City of Minneapolis is hosting to discuss the City’s draft Ten-Year Transportation Plan and its Streetcar Feasibility Study.

October 12th & 13th: Everything Except English, at Patrick's Cabaret
8:00 PM, 3010 Minnehaha Ave.
"Remembering that not even Columbus came here speaking English, we celebrate with a show where not a word of English will be spoken - and you'll get it all, not matter what tongues are in your head!"

Through October 14th: Speed-the-Plow, at Jungle Theater
Various times, 2951 Lyndale Ave. S.
"David Mamet's comic and scathing look at Hollywood poses the question whether personal and artistic integrity can co-exist with sex, popular demand and the bottom line."

October 18th-20th: Naked Stages 2007, at Intermedia Arts
8:00 PM, 2822 Lyndale Ave. S.
The culmination of a nine month mentorship program. 5:1 Meaning of Freedom 6:2 Use of Sharpening and Sex, Sugar, Sin, & Spirit presented in a double feature.