Lake
Street News Brief
www.lakestreetcouncil.org
February 17, 2009
February 17, 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.
Our thanks to Blue Construction, our first Gold Member and sponsor of this week's e-news. Become a gold or silver member yourself today!
Lake Street Council's annual meeting is coming up March 17. Buy your tickets online!
The Latest on Lake:
- We've
launched a new feature on our Visit Lake Street website.
In it, we are asking people from the local business and resident
communities to talk about their favorite Lake Street places, and what a
perfect day on Lake Street would be for them. Read the first
installment here. We hope to make this a regular feature, so if
you'd like to share one of your own, please let us know by replying to
this e-mail.
- Another new venture
we've launched this week is a Twitter account,
which will complement our Visit Lake Street site and share the latest
things to do and see on Lake Street as we get them. We've already built
up a nice following of Twin Cities locals. Please follow us if you have
an account of your own, or just click the link to see the latest!
- The annual Food & Wine Show is now sold out for
February 28th, so if you want to see us there and don't have a
ticket yet, be sure to buy one for March 1st. We'll have Manny's
Tortas, Pham's Deli, Salty Tart, Bryant Lake Bowl/Barbette, Andy's
Garage, Safari Express, and the Produce Exchange there with us rotating
in over the course of the two days.
- Pangea
World Theater has new videos up on
their website that feature playwright Meena Natarajan talking
about Pangea's upcoming show, Conference of the Birds. The show
runs March 12th through March 29th at the Avalon Theater, home of In
the Heart of the Beast, at 1500 E. Lake St.
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Chase Brook Farm Market, in the Midtown Global Market, has some new local products available at their store: take & bake strudels from Ruhland's Strudel House in Eagan, and fresh salsa from "The Salsa Lady" Nancy Peterson. And of course they still carry a variety of hormone-free meats, eggs, dairy, and other items.
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Speaking of the Global Market, the Twin Cities Decider had an article last week from Carla Waldemar on the best local chocolatiers, and the Salty Tart got a mention for their Valentine's treats. They have something delicious every day of the week!
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And finally, your scribe will likely be away on jury duty next week, but the Lake Street news brief should return in two weeks. In the meantime, keep checking that Twitter feed for the latest news.
Lake Street Calendar:
Wednesdays & Fridays: Children's Storytimes, at East Lake Library
2727 E. Lake St.
On Wednesdays, the library offers Preschool Storytime, featuring songs, fingerplays and fun stories, from 10:30-11:00 AM. On Fridays, 2- and 3-year-olds have their own haven at Toddler Storytime from 10:15-10:45 AM. They learn letters, sounds and words in a shorter, quieter type of storytime. And finally, babies aged 0-24 months find a place at Baby Lapsit storytime, Fridays at 11:00 AM. Brief stories and songs are followed by open playtime, great for meeting new friends. Test out different storytimes and find one that’s right for you and your child. To learn more, call (612) 630-6550 and ask for Anne.
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.
Beginning February 19th: 8th Annual Political Theatre Festival, at Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave. S.
How could commercialism, grandmothers, reality TV, hip-hop culture and posthumous debates on classicism possibly relate with one another? Find out during this year's Political Theatre Festival, where politics and art intersect on the stage. This year social justice is explored through a global collection of plays directed and performed by favorite local artists, as well as a special presentation of REPRESENTA! Bilingual Theatre for the Hip-Hop Generation.
February 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 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 21st: Land of 10,000 Lakes, at In the Heart of the Beast Theatre
10:00 AM and noon, 1500 E. Lake St.
Help Dr. Hardwater and his assistant Gotagorda answer questions about water, like “where does it come from? and where does it go?” Part of HOBT's Saturday morning puppet shows for kids.
Help Dr. Hardwater and his assistant Gotagorda answer questions about water, like “where does it come from? and where does it go?” Part of HOBT's Saturday morning puppet shows for kids.
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."
February 27th: Early Mornings with Elizabeth Glidden
7:30 - 9:00 AM, 4762 Chicago Ave. S. (Turtle Bread)
This month features R.T. Rybak with an update on the revised 2009 City budget.
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."