Lake
Street News Brief
www.lakestreetcouncil.org
February 10, 2009
February 10, 2009
Lake Street Council's mission is to build
a cohesive strategy to ensure the ongoing vitality
of the Lake Street Corridor business community.
a cohesive strategy to ensure the ongoing vitality
of the Lake Street Corridor business community.
- Lake Street Council's annual
meeting is coming up soon, on March 17th from 8:00 - 9:30 AM
(doors open at 7:30). This year we're holding it at La Vina,
the great new restuarant and banquet hall at the corner of 4th &
Lake. We have State Senator Patricia Torres Ray as our guest
speaker. She's interested in getting the state legislature more in
touch with the needs of the local business community, and vice versa. Get your
tickets now!
- Another big event
coming up for us soon is the 15th
Annual Food & Wine Experience, on February 28th and March
1st at the Convention Center. Last year our Lake Street table won the
award for Best Edible Experience, and we're back this year with
Bryant-Lake Bowl, Manny's Tortas, Pham's Deli, Produce Exchange, Safari
Express, Salty Tart, and Andy's Garage representing Lake Street at
different times over the two days. It will be another great opportunity
to increase awareness of all Lake Street has to offer! If you'd like to
see us there, tickets are currently on sale at their website.
- Lake Street will be a busy place for Valentine's
Day this weekend. Bryant Lake Bowl will be putting on the
final two shows of their long running "Adventures
in Mating" production. From 2 - 3 PM, East Lake Library will
be presenting a show from award-winning musician, storyteller, and
writer Jack Pearson. The two Lake Street White Castles will be
carrying on their yearly "Love Castle"
tradition starting at 5 PM. And for something very different, Midtown
Global Market will be holding an event they call "Shred the Love".
>From 3 - 5 PM, members
of the public are invited to bring old love letters, photographs, teddy
bears, clothing, and other items that hold memories of an ex-love.
There will be devices such as a paper shredder, punching bag, large
scissors to de-stuff the teddy bears, and other ways to help give
closure to love lost. Should be interesting!
- Speaking
of the Global Market, tonight is the night to watch Bizarre
Foods with Andrew Zimmern, at 9:00 PM on the Travel Channel.
The "Sexy Foods Special" will feature several of MGM's vendors and
will be broadcast nationally, so tell everyone to tune in!
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And even after Valentine's Day is over, flowers still matter, so Soderberg's is offering a Valentine's Relationship Maintenance Sweepstakes. The winner gets 12 dozen roses, one dozen a month for a whole year. Fill out this form at Soderberg's site with your secrets or funny story and you could win. The deadline is February 28th.
Lake Street Calendar:
February 10th: MayDay
Community Meeting
7:00 - 9:00 PM, 1500 E. Lake St. (In the Heart of the Beast Theatre)
A time to brainstorm about the theme for this year's MayDay Parade and Festival. Meetings are free to attend and no reservation is needed. This will be the 35th year for the MayDay Parade.
February 13th, 20th, & 27th: Mary a la Carte, at Bryant Lake Bowl
7:00, 810 W. Lake St.
"This hilarious, one-woman show is back every Friday in February after two previous sold-out runs at the BLB. Step into Mary’s Home Cookin’ Diner where all the stories are true and audience members order their comedy right off the menu. Sit back and laugh as the sassiest waitress in town serves it up, non-stop. You may just need the Heimlich Maneuver! "
February 19th: Lyn-Lake Small Area Plan Community Meeting
7:00 - 8:30 PM, 3101 Bryant Ave. S. (Bryant Square Park)
The City of Minneapolis has worked with Lyn-Lake area neighborhoods and businesses to develop a small area plan and seeks feedback on the recommendations for the plan drive future development in the Lyn-Lake area. Following the meeting, the draft will be made available for a 45-day public comment period before it is presented to the City Planning Commission and the City Council for adoption.
February 20th & 21st: Off-Broadway Review Cabaret, at Patrick's Cabaret
8:00 PM, 3010 Minnehaha Ave.
A night of dance, music, and storytelling from several local artists.
February 26th: Author Reading, at Magers & Quinn Booksellers
7:30 PM, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S.
Charles Baxter reads from the paperback of his recent book Soul Thief. "During Nathaniel Mason’s first few months as a graduate student in upstate New York, he is drawn into a tangle of relationships with people who seem to hover just beyond his grasp. There’s Theresa, alluring but elusive, and Jamie, who is fickle if not wholly unavailable. But Jerome Coolberg is the most mysterious and compelling. Not only cryptic about himself, he seems to have appropriated parts of Nathaniel’s past that Nathaniel cannot remember having told him about. It is Jerome who seems to trigger the events that precipitate Nathaniel’s total breakdown, and Jerome who shows up 30 years later--Nathaniel having finally reconstituted his life--to suggest, with the most staggering consequences, that Nathaniel’s identity may in fact not be his own."
Through February 28th: Snowman, at Open Eye Figure Theatre
506 E. 24th St.
"A contemporary fable about cold weather. An inexplicable snow falls in a small town and spring hasn’t come for years. With the endless snow comes a problem of hygienic proportions: a town of frozen adults. The mayor has the frozen carted away to an ice forest, and those who remain in the village are numbed into acceptance."
Beginning March 3rd: Beneath the Surface, at In the Heart of the Beast Theatre
1500 E. Lake St.
Featuring magic toilets, dancing pipes and roaring rain, at this show’s core is an investigation of contemporary water issues and a celebration of our everyday drinking water. The question, “Where does the water come from, and where does it go?” leads to a fun-filled look at the water cycle, the bottled water phenomenon, and the Mississippi watershed that is a part of us all.
Through March 8th: Hitchcock Blonde, at Jungle Theater
2951 Lyndale Ave. S.
"What was the dark secret that caused the great Alfred Hitchcock to obsess over beautiful blondes in jeopardy? A spine-tingling mystery unfolds at a villa in the Greek isles, where a British professor and his young assistant shift through the clues. Meanwhile in 1950's Hollywood, the Master prepares to film his infamous shower scene."
7:00 - 9:00 PM, 1500 E. Lake St. (In the Heart of the Beast Theatre)
A time to brainstorm about the theme for this year's MayDay Parade and Festival. Meetings are free to attend and no reservation is needed. This will be the 35th year for the MayDay Parade.
February 13th, 20th, & 27th: Mary a la Carte, at Bryant Lake Bowl
7:00, 810 W. Lake St.
"This hilarious, one-woman show is back every Friday in February after two previous sold-out runs at the BLB. Step into Mary’s Home Cookin’ Diner where all the stories are true and audience members order their comedy right off the menu. Sit back and laugh as the sassiest waitress in town serves it up, non-stop. You may just need the Heimlich Maneuver! "
February
14th: The Dolly Wagglers, at In the Heart of the Beast Theatre
10:00 AM and noon, 1500 E. Lake St.
A traditional fairy tale with a Luddite spin set to triumphant show-stopping melodies of yesterday and today. Part of HOBT's Saturday morning puppet shows for kids.
A traditional fairy tale with a Luddite spin set to triumphant show-stopping melodies of yesterday and today. Part of HOBT's Saturday morning puppet shows for kids.
February 19th: Lyn-Lake Small Area Plan Community Meeting
7:00 - 8:30 PM, 3101 Bryant Ave. S. (Bryant Square Park)
The City of Minneapolis has worked with Lyn-Lake area neighborhoods and businesses to develop a small area plan and seeks feedback on the recommendations for the plan drive future development in the Lyn-Lake area. Following the meeting, the draft will be made available for a 45-day public comment period before it is presented to the City Planning Commission and the City Council for adoption.
February 20th & 21st: Off-Broadway Review Cabaret, at Patrick's Cabaret
8:00 PM, 3010 Minnehaha Ave.
A night of dance, music, and storytelling from several local artists.
February 26th: Author Reading, at Magers & Quinn Booksellers
7:30 PM, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S.
Charles Baxter reads from the paperback of his recent book Soul Thief. "During Nathaniel Mason’s first few months as a graduate student in upstate New York, he is drawn into a tangle of relationships with people who seem to hover just beyond his grasp. There’s Theresa, alluring but elusive, and Jamie, who is fickle if not wholly unavailable. But Jerome Coolberg is the most mysterious and compelling. Not only cryptic about himself, he seems to have appropriated parts of Nathaniel’s past that Nathaniel cannot remember having told him about. It is Jerome who seems to trigger the events that precipitate Nathaniel’s total breakdown, and Jerome who shows up 30 years later--Nathaniel having finally reconstituted his life--to suggest, with the most staggering consequences, that Nathaniel’s identity may in fact not be his own."
Through February 28th: Snowman, at Open Eye Figure Theatre
506 E. 24th St.
"A contemporary fable about cold weather. An inexplicable snow falls in a small town and spring hasn’t come for years. With the endless snow comes a problem of hygienic proportions: a town of frozen adults. The mayor has the frozen carted away to an ice forest, and those who remain in the village are numbed into acceptance."
Beginning March 3rd: Beneath the Surface, at In the Heart of the Beast Theatre
1500 E. Lake St.
Featuring magic toilets, dancing pipes and roaring rain, at this show’s core is an investigation of contemporary water issues and a celebration of our everyday drinking water. The question, “Where does the water come from, and where does it go?” leads to a fun-filled look at the water cycle, the bottled water phenomenon, and the Mississippi watershed that is a part of us all.
Through March 8th: Hitchcock Blonde, at Jungle Theater
2951 Lyndale Ave. S.
"What was the dark secret that caused the great Alfred Hitchcock to obsess over beautiful blondes in jeopardy? A spine-tingling mystery unfolds at a villa in the Greek isles, where a British professor and his young assistant shift through the clues. Meanwhile in 1950's Hollywood, the Master prepares to film his infamous shower scene."