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:
One of last year's Lake Street
Ambassadors came to us recently looking for a part-time job, and we
thought we should pass this on along with our strong recommendation. If you're
looking to hire for an afternoon and/or weekend position that would be
suitable for a teenager, let us know and we will put you in contact. You would
be hiring someone with a lot of Lake Street experience, both through his
school and the work he did with us last summer.
With construction coming soon, Metro
Transit will be detouring Lake Street buses,
beginning this Thursday. Between Grand and Emerson Avenues, 21 and 53 buses
will be traveling on 31st Street. Remember, for the latest construction
updates, join us at the Wednesday meetings at Champions, details below in the
Events section.
An upcoming fundraiser, "Fashioning A
Dream", will be featuring Patrick Scully from
Patrick's Cabaret as emcee and our local Council Member Elizabeth
Glidden as one of the models in the fashion show. The event will
raise money for a group of students to travel to South Dakota to study U.S.
and Native American history, and takes place on April 12th from 3:00 - 5:00 PM
at Picosa Restaurant (65 Main Street SE). We're hosting both the At-a-glance
information sheet and the Sponsor
a child form on our website; please consider attending and
sponsoring.
The Minnesota Observer Quarterly
was very pleased with a recent trip they took to the Global
Market, which included happening on a great of local musicians. Read about their trip, then
plan one of your own!
Lake Street Calendar - Upcoming
Events:
March
25th: Out Rage Us Cabaret, at Patrick's
Cabaret 9:00 PM, 3010 Minnehaha Ave. "Out Rage Us celebrates
an enigma: a golden age of artistic freedom in increasingly repressive times;
not unlike the cabaret scene in Weimar-era Berlin, but with a distinctly local
and contemporary flavor."
March 26th: Nicollet-Lake
Business Association Meeting 12:00 - 1:00 PM, 105 West Lake Street
(Champions) Featuring police office Tom Thompson on the subject of Crime
Prevent Through Environmental Design.
March 26th: Lake
Street Construction Meeting 2:00 PM, 105 West Lake Street
(Champions) County & City project staff discuss the latest construction
updates and listen and respond to business concerns.
March 28th:
Early Morning with Elizabeth Glidden 7:30 - 9:00 AM, 4762
Chicago Ave. S. (Turtle Bread) State Representatives from the area will be
giving a mid-season report on the 2008 legislative session.
March
28th: Breakfast with Gary Schiff 7:30 - 9:00 AM, 1515
East Lake Street (Mercado Central) Featuring Minneapolis Schools
Superintendent Bill Green, and School Board Members Tom Madden, T. Williams and
Lydia Lee speaking about the future of the Minneapolis School
District.
Beginning March 28th: The Rabbit Hole, at
Jungle
Theater 2951 Lyndale Ave. S. "Becca and Howard Corbett have
everything a family could want until the accidental death of their four-year-old
son leaves the couple drifting apart." Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer
Prize.
Through March 30th (extended): Eleanor's Cabinet,
at Open Eye Figure
Theatre 7:30 PM Fridays and Saturdays, 4:00 PM Sundays, 506 East
24th Street "Funny,
sad, warm and very kid-friendly. That says it all." -Star
Tribune
Beginning April 3rd: Broken Brain Summit, at
Old
Arizona Wednesdays - Saturdays, 2821 Nicollet Ave. S. "Heads
will roll (and sing) when renegade researcher Dr. Dendrite gathers a motley crew
of brain experts for a midnight meeting. A show filled with metal heads, talking
plants, memory loss, anger management plans and a whole lot more!"
Through
April 13th: Puntila & His Hired Man Matti, by Frank Theatre 1907
E. 27th St. (City of Minneapolis Public Works yard) The play "revolves
around a wealth landowner, Mr. Puntila, who is humane, caring and generous when
he is inebriated, but when he suffers his 'attacks of
sobriety'
becomes mean, petty and
selfish."
Through
May 10th: Minneapolis 55408, at Intermedia Arts 2822
Lyndale Ave. S. "Intermedia Arts proudly presents the
12th annual installment of MINNEAPOLIS 55408, the multimedia,
multi-artist exhibition that displays new works from Minneapolis’ most creative
zip
code."
Every Tuesday: Informational Meetings at Cristo Rey Jesuit High
School 7:00 PM, 2924 4th Ave.
S. Cristo Rey welcomes
8th and 9th grade students and their parents to learn more about the school as a
possibility for 9th and 10th grades. For appointments call 612-545-9704. A
college prep education for students from families of low income.
Transportation/financial aid
available.
