Lake Street News Brief
www.lakestreetcouncil.org
  March 17, 2010

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a cohesive strategy to ensure the ongoing vitality
of the Lake Street Corridor business community.

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Lake Street Council Annual Meeting

We had a great annual meeting on Tuesday the 16th! One of our favorite activities at this event is recognizing some of the many businesses and individuals who help make Lake Street great. This year we gave out six awards. Community Responsibility Awards went too Gandhi Mahal, Top Shelf, and Kathee Foran from In the Heart of the Beast Theatre. Capacity Building Awards went to Highpoint Center for Printmaking and Midtown Global Market's Taste Bud Tart. And our Startup & Innovation Award went to Sauce Spirits & Soundbar. Congratulations to all our awardees!

Six people were elected to the Lake Street Council board. Council Member Gary Schiff, Marty Shimko from US Bank, and Debbie Tucker from Hennepin County were all re-elected for three year terms. Nubberd Gonzalez from Goodwill Easter Seals, Joe Gilpin from Wells Fargo, and and Trung Pham from Pham's Deli were newly elected to the board.

To close, we featured a panel on Building Our Community's Economic Future, with Ron Price from LISC, Morgan Zehner from Zehner Consulting, and Tony Hull from Transit for Liveable Communities. They shared their insights on a variety of topics, such as what makes Lake Street unique, the strengths it can offer during an economic downturn, how to approach business recruitment, and how to best design a roadside so that it works best for businesses and customers using all forms of transportation. The panelists concluded by agreeing that a bright future for Lake Street starts with supporting the hopes, dreams, and lives of the area's residents.

Throughout the event we had opportunities to reflect on past successes and our path ahead, including the debut of our Action Plan for the next 5 years. Thank you to everyone who attended!

Lake Street Calendar:

Meetings & Gatherings:

March 17th: Public Meeting on Draft Bike Lane Proposal for 1st and Blaisdell Aves.
6:30 PM, 3537 Nicollet Ave.
Public Works will host a public meeting  to present the draft proposal of bike lanes on 1st and Blaisdell Avenue S., between 15th and 40th Streets. As part of this project, note that parking changes are being explored on 1st Avenue between 33rd and 40th Streets.

April 7th: Block Leader Training, at Minneapolis 3rd Precinct
6:30 - 8:30 PM, 3000 Minnehaha Ave.
Join other leaders throughout the city to develop skills for effectively working with your neighbors. Call 612-673-2856 to learn more and RSVP.

Entertainment & Other Events:

March 19th: "If You Lived Here You’d Already Be Home" launch party, at Magers & Quinn
7:30 PM, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S.
In twenty-one brief, funny stories, John Jodzio’s new book If You Lived Here You’d Already Be Home tells of his characters’ disappointment, frustration, and longing for a home that seems forever out of reach. By turns bleak and hopeful, cruel and tender, this is an exciting literary debut by a writer to watch.

March 19th & 20th: Transgender Cabaret, at Patrick's Cabaret
8:00 PM, 3010 Minnehaha Ave.
Patrick’s presents the first of its GLBT series. Featuring: spoken word with Ali Sands, performance art by Vas Littlecrow, HipHop artist Heidi Barton Stink, hip-hop dance by Taiyo and Xavier, spoken word with Enzi Tanner.

March 19th-22nd: Seeds, at Open Eye Figure Theatre
7:30 PM Friday, Saturday, Monday, 4:00 PM Sunday, 506 E. 24th St.
Seeds showcases two new works by emerging artists Kyle Loven and Eric Van Wyk, whose work is supported by funding from the Henson Foundation. Loven performs his one-man trptych, my dear Lewis, combining puppets, objects, video, and original music by George Maurer. O the Sky! by Eric Van Wyk employs shadow puppetry, objects and figures to tell the story of a man who leaves a big city in the east to travel west.

March 20th: Ring Around the Rain Garden, at In the Heart of the Beast Theatre
10:00 & noon, 1500 E. Lake St.
Explore how we are part of the web of life, the way we live upon and care for Mother Earth, and how we can better protect our water resources. Part of HOBT's Saturday morning puppet shows for kids series.

March 20th – 27nd: Studio 413 presents ‘Interiors & Exteriors’, at Vine Arts Center
2637 27th Avenue South
Art moves us in and out. 25 artists exploring the dialogue between the inner and outer life of the artist and the viewer.  A single work of art expresses the artist’s interior dialogue with the exterior materials chosen.  The resulting work may depict an exterior landscape, an interior still life, or an abstract that provokes the viewer into a previously unknown interior place or to see exteriors in an entirely new way.

March 22nd: A Freedom Seder, at Glaciers Cafe
5:30 - 8:30 PM, 3019 Minnehaha Ave. S.
Our Freedom Seder brings people together from diverse backgrounds to share the story of Passover and its message of freedom. Full Seder meal $18 per person, children’s price is the cost of their age. RSVP to 612-746-1504.

Wednesdays through March 24th: Intaglio Class, at Highpoint Center for Printmaking
6:00 - 9:00 PM, 912 W. Lake St.
This course introduces participants to a variety of basic intaglio techniques including traditional and contemporary methods. A variety of etching tools, papers, and printing processes will also be demonstrated. Learn to create images comprised of line, texture, and tone printed from copper plates using such things as hard and soft ground, aquatint, sugar-lift and more! Oil based inks will be used throughout the course. All experience levels are welcome. Inks, tools, one copper plate and 2 sheets of 22" x 30" printmaking paper will be provided.

Fridays through March 26th: Fish Dinners, at St. Albert the Great
4:30 - 7:30 PM, 2836 33rd Ave. S.
Two speedy serving lines and classic church bingo from 5:30 to 7:30. Award winning baked and fried tilapia, potatoes, meatless spaghetti, cole slaw, rolls, desserts and beverages. Tickets are: $10 adults, $9 seniors (65+), $5 age 6-12, age 5 & under FREE.

Fridays & Saturdays through March 27th: Detour, at Bryant Lake Bowl
7:00 PM, 810 W. Lake St.
Adapted from Edgar G. Ulmer’s classic 1945 film noir piece, DETOUR tells the story of a hapless New York nightclub pianist who hitchhikes to Hollywood to join his girl Sue. Along the way, he runs into a sleazy gambler and a blackmailing dame who bring him nothing but grief. In the end, no matter what he does, his every move plunges him deeper into trouble...

Through March 28th: Blithe Spirit, at Jungle Theater
2951 Lyndale Ave. S.
"When successful novelist Charles Condomine and his wife Ruth invite a local psychic to conduct a séance at their dinner party to gather material for his next book, they fully believe her to be a harmless fraud.  But Madam Arcati successfully conjures up the ghost of Charles’ annoying and temperamental first wife, Elvira, who decides not to honor the vow 'until death do us part.'  Instead, Elvira settles in to haunt the house—and her spouse!—in this sparkling comedy that celebrates the glamour of the 1940s and the timeless wit of Noël Coward.  Featuring the Jungle’s beloved Wendy Lehr as Madame Arcati."

April 4th: Easter Brunch, at Longfellow Grill
7:00 AM - 3:00 PM, 2990 W. River Parkway
All you can eat family-style Easter brunch with three courses. Call 612-721-2711 to reserve your spot.

Through May 30th: 17 Swedish Designers, at American Swedish Institute
2600 Park Ave. (6:00 PM opening reception on the 29th)
Featuring the work of seventeen of the most notable designers in Sweden today -- and they're all women. The exhibit includes more than 60 examples of design in the form of furniture, textiles, and functional and decorative works in glass, ceramics, wood, steel, and other materials.