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.
The Latest on
Lake:
- There are just NINE DAYS left
until our annual wine/beer tasting and silent auction, one of
the best events on Lake Street. We've now printed the program for the evening
and it is available on our website,
so be sure to check out all the great wines, beer, and items we'll have for
you at El Nuevo Rodeo. For this year's silent auction, we have signed
Muhammad Ali boxing gloves, tickets to the Vikings, Wild, and
Timberwolves, gift certificates to your favorite shops and restaurants, and a
whole lot more. And while you're looking it
over, don't forget to buy tickets on that same page!
- We hope you've received our newest Lake
Line newsletter in the mail. If you haven't seen it yet, you can
download and read it here. See
updates on our area rack cards project, our Visit Lake Street website, a
report from our marketing panels, a spotlight on Open Eye Figure
Theatre, and more!
- Peace Coffee had a nice feature in
the Star Tribune recently, which said they are "changing the world a cup at a
time." It's about they're supporting fair trade coffee and sustainable
delivery practices, and making money while doing so.
- Another recent Lake
Street story, this one from the Southwest Journal, took
a look at Al Hagen and Yesterday's Auto.
After a long history of selling vintage cars, Yesterday's Auto is
transitioning to an appraisal business with some of the retail space at 2800
Lyndale Ave. being leased out to other businesses.
- Don't miss the November edition of
The Alley newspaper, which we've now made available.
Of note to Lake Street are several tributes to Joyce Krook's
work at Allina/ANW, a story on the Produce Exchange in the
Midtown Global Market, and another great story from Pioneers and
Soldiers Cemetery.
- The Midtown Greenway
Coalition has posted sketches of the proposed walkway on the
Greenway's north edge between Chicago Ave. & Portland Ave. Check
them out.
- Town Talk Diner was recently taken over
by Theros Restaurant Group, the people who also run the St. Clair Broiler and
Rudolph's. Gift certificates to their restaurants are another auction item to
bid on at our fundraiser!
November 5th:
Energy Workshop for Renters, presented
by Longfellow Community
Council6:30 - 8:00 PM, 3435 36 Ave. S.
(Longfellow Park)
"Join the Longfellow Community Council for an important
discussion on how to cut back on energy costs in rental units! We will
have speakers from the Center for Energy and the Environment and Community
Action to discuss ways you can save! Enjoy dinner on us and a chance to win a
$50 gift certificate to the Reuse Center. This is a family friendly event
and CHILDCARE is provided. Spanish translation is also
available."
November 7th-10th: Miss America, at Open Eye Figure
Theatre
7:30 PM with an extra 10:00 PM show on Saturday, 506 E.
24th St.
"In Miss America, Peggy Shaw and
Lois Weaver turn their unapologetic critique and riotous humor loose on the
dissolution of the American Dream. A beauty pageant on a landfill full of too
much information in the midst of a giant
storm, Miss America exposes what is lost in a society that is
still hopelessly clinging to winning.
November 7th &
8th: Flaming Cabaret, at Patrick's
Cabaret
8:00 PM, 3010 Minnehaha Ave.
Lisa Ganser curates and
hosts Flaming Cabaret at Patrick’s Cabaret featuring new short film Garage Sale
by Tyler Jensen.
November 8th: Anatole, at In the
Heart of the Beast Theatre
10:00 AM & Noon, 1500 E. Lake St.
The French mouse, Anatole, is a respectable business-mouse and the
first vice-president in charge of cheese tasting of the Duvall Cheese Factory.
See what happens when the factory cat appears! Part of HOBT's Saturday
Puppet Shows for Kids series.
November 8th:
Jaana Mattson Jewelry Opening, at Corazon
5:00 -
8:00 PM, 4646 E. Lake St.
Special guest Thomasina will have her famous Cashew
Brittle.
November 8th & 9th: Yoga and Wellness Festival, at
Midtown Global
Market
11:00 AM - 8:00 PM on the 8th, 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM on the
9th, 920 E. Lake St.
"Visit exhibitor booths of local yoga & fitness
studios, wellness providers & healthy products for your family. Listen to
healing music, sit in on a lecture or demonstration, eat good food, meet people
and have fun!"
November 10th: Backyard Initiative
Kickoff, at Allina
10:00 - 11:00 AM, 920 E. Lake St.
The Backyard
Initiative is Allina's effort to galvanize a coalition of community-based,
government, education and healthcare organizations and community members towards
improving the health and healthcare of residents of the Phillips Community and
surrounding neighborhoods. RSVP to backyard@allina.com or
612-262-4931.
Beginning November
14th: Souvenir, at Jungle Theater
2951
Lyndale Ave. S.
"A wildly funny and surprisingly touching portrait of
real-life musical laughingstock Florence Foster Jenkins - a wealthy society
widow who professed to be a great opera soprano, but instead had an uncanny
ability to stay consistently off-key."
November 14th:
Handmade
Puppet Dreams, at In the
Heart of the Beast Theatre
8:00 PM, 1500 E. Lake St.
Heather
Henson's production company, IBEX Puppetry, presents a selection of puppet film
shorts by independent artists exploring their handmade craft specifically for
the camera.
November 19th & 20th: 20/20 Community Development
Expo
5:30 PM opening reception on the 19th, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM on
the 20th
1300 Nicollet Mall (Hyatt Regency)
Presented by MCCD and LISC
Twin Cities. Bringing together community development practitioners, partners,
and policymakers to celebrate our collective work in the Twin Cities and look
ahead to the future of community development's role in promoting neighborhood
revitalization and regional vitality.
November
20th: Author Reading, at Magers &
Quinn
7:30 PM, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S.
Wellstone
Action Executive Director Jeff Blodgett leads a post-election debrief and
discusses his book Winning Your Election the Wellstone
Way.
November 20th-22nd: I Land, by Pangea World Theater and
Intermedia Arts
7:30
PM, 2822 Lyndale Ave.
"Expands on the
Hawaiian tradition of talk story, combining theater and dance, bringing dramatic
narrative, comedy, hula, and hip-hop dance together to tell a unique and
compelling story."
Through November 23rd: Quickies 2008:
Human Curiosities, at Bryant Lake
Bowl
Fridays & Sundays at 7:00 PM, 810 W. Lake St.
"Observe
oddities of all orders: from (metaphorical) miniature horses, the surprising
rigors of fishing, and radical female terrorists to the betrayal of Mother Time
and the machinations of the modern business man. Now, as we pull back the
curtain on these wonders, peer inside...if you dare!"
November
26th: Thanksgiving Market, at
Midtown Farmers' Market
3:00 - 5:30, 22nd Ave. & E. Lake St.
Pre-order your fresh turkeys and shop the day of for pumpkins,
apples, wild rice, and more.
November 29th: Kids
Book Club, at East Lake
Library
2:00 - 3:00 PM, 2727 East Lake Street
This month's
book is The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin. "Frustrated
at her seeming lack of talent for anything, a young Taiwanese American girl sets
out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog, those of making best
friends and finding oneself, to her own life. 