Lake
Street News Brief
www.lakestreetcouncil.org
April 7, 2009
April 7, 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.
The Latest on Lake:
- We are branching out into online
video as part of our Lake Street marketing efforts. Our first
video was shot at Manny's Tortas, where Manny Gonzalez shows us
how he prepares his delicious Manny's Special torta. Check it out on YouTube,
or see it embedded in the Manny's
Tortas page of our Visit Lake Street site.
If you'd like your business featured in a future video and have an idea for what you're like to shoot, please let us know!
- We're
also making many of our favorite Lake Street photos on our Flickr account.
The photos can be browsed by location, business, business type,
and event. Both our YouTube videos and Flickr photos show up
automatically on our Meet
Minneapolis webpage.
- Speaking
of photos, the photoblog Powderhorn 365 is definitely worth
visiting often. They frequently post photos from the Powderhorn Park
neighborhood. Here are some recently posted shots of Chicago-Lake
Liquor, Taqueria
Los Ocampo, and Lake
Street at night.
- CANDO,
the neighorhood organization for the Central neighborhood, is currently
seeking a marketing firm to help them develop a plan to market the
neighborhood. See this
PDF on their website for more details, and please forward it on to
any interested parties you may know.
- The City of Minneapolis is awarding innovative
community micro grants to help fight graffiti. Up to $10,000 per
organization may be awarded. See their webpage on graffiti
to learn more and to apply.
- The Minneapolis Workforce Council currently has 10 vacancies available for two-year terms. The Council provides policy and program guidance for all activities under the Job Training Partnership Act. Learn more here.
Lake Street Calendar:
April 8th: Owls
in the City, at East
Lake Library
3:00 - 5:00 PM, 2727 E. Lake St.
in honor of spring break, the library is pleased to host Martha Zemur, local artist, naturalist and educator, in the aptly named program, Owls in the City. Learn about owls, their personalities and habitats, then make an owl mask to take home.
April 10th: Family Easter Celebration, at Midtown Global Market
5:00 - 8:00 PM, 920 E. Lake St.
Bring your camera and have a photo taken with the Easter Bunny. There will also be many free activities including egg coloring, cookie decorating and live family entertainment. Enjoy dinner specials from participating restaurants in the Market. Kids are also invited to bring an Easter basket to collect candy from many Midtown Global Market vendors.
April 11th: A Rhythm of Joy, at East Lake Library
2:00 - 3:00 PM, 2727 E. Lake St.
Kids have an opportunity to explore Indian culture while experiencing the artistic connections between body, mind and spirit. Learn how to interpret stories and perform intricate footwork - a creative opportunity to enhance both dance and mathematics skills. Katha Dance Theater will be joining at the library and everyone is welcome to attend! Call Anne at 612-630-6550 with any questions.
April 15th: Public Hearing for Proposed Newsrack Fees
1:00 PM, 350 5th St. S. Room 317 (City Hall)
The Public Safety and Regulatory Services Committee of the Minneapolis City Council will consider a proposal to establish a license fee for the general administrative and enforcement activities for newsracks. Affected parties are invited to express an opinion at the public hearing.
April 15th: Midtown Community Restorative Justice Training
5:30 PM, 1201 E. Lake St.
A light meal will be served at 5:30The training starts at 6:00 & includes information on MCRJ's model, confidentiality & mandated reporters, cultural sensitivity, creating the contract, and volunteering for MCRJIt's FREE to attend, but please rsvp by Friday April 10 to Alex Suskovic at 612-543-2197 or asuskovic01@gmail.com.
April 16th - 25th: My Never Being Loneliness: A Double Bill, at Open Eye Figure Theatre
8:00 PM, 506 E. 24th St. (additional 10:00 PM show on the 25th)
Open Eye's Open Studio presents an evening of two new works! Undying Regrets for the Future by Melissa Birch. Outdated perceptions are dismantled and the status quo is entrusted to the past as a zealous choreographer and a prominent carnival director help maneuver the path toward abandon. Chicken Baby by Molly Van Avery. At the center is a show about a woman who gives birth to a baby chicken. Around the edges narratives unfold and intermingle in this multi media exploration.
Through April 18th: 9x9x9, at Bryant Lake Bowl
Thursdays and Saturdays at 7:00, 810 W. Lake St.
"Vicki is having a bad day. Her dad is cheating with her best friend, her little brother has issues and she's just landed in a battle between Heaven and Hell. Things can only go up from here...or very far down."
April 21st: "Greening Your Business" Expo
5:00 - 7:30 PM, 704 South Second Street (Mill City Museum)
The City of Lakes Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis, is excited to announce this expo, an after hours business-to-business focused event for the business community to learn more about incorporating sustainable practices into the workplace. See more at their website.
April 23rd: Roundtable Discussion on Supporting Neighborhood Businesses
7:00 - 9:00 PM, 1828 SE Como Ave. (Joe's Market & Deli)
Cam Gordon hosts this roundtable, and will be joined by Longfellow Business Association Co-Chair Scott Cramer, Seward Civic and Commerce Association President Jim Welna, Southeast Business Association Executive Director Michael McLaughlin and representatives of the West Bank Business Association for a conversation about the vital role of small businesses and business associations in our local economy.
April 23rd: Author Discussion of "Subterranean Twin Cities", at Magers & Quinn
7:30 PM, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S.
"Don’t try this at home—read the book instead! (it smells better) We tend to send things underground that we are not interested in ever seeing again. Sewage. Garbage. In the past, we have used the underground to age such provisions as cheese and beer. In Subterranean Twin Cities, geologist, historian, and urban speleologist Greg Brick takes us on an adventurous, educational, and—thankfully--sanitary tour beneath the streets and into the myriad tunnels, caves, and industrial spaces that make up the Twin Cities’ fascinating and surprisingly vast underground landscape."
April 24th & 25th: The Somewhat Vaudeville Variety Show, at Patrick's Cabaret
8:00 PM, 3010 Minnehaha Ave.
An evening of singing and dancing, hip-hop dance, house dance, breaking, tap, jazz/wacking, burlesque and comedy. A mix of old and new school cabaret style performance.
April 25: Chicago Avenue Corridor Community Planning Workshop
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, 1098 Andersen Lane (Andersen Elementary School, Lunchroom A)
A neighborhood workshop with professional planners from around the country to explore possibilities for the Chicago Avenue corridor from I-94 to Lake Street, preparing for a Minneapolis city study later in 2009. RSVP by April 13th to Crystal Trutnau at 612-879-5383 or pwno2005@yahoo.com
April 30th - May 2nd: Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, presented by Pangea World Theater and Intermedia Arts
7:30 PM, 2822 Lyndale Ave. S.
Incisive writer and performer Kristina Wong mixes sharp humor and psychology in Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, a swear-to-god-not-autobiographical, serio-comic portrayal of the high incidence of anxiety, depression and mental illness among Asian American women.
May 3rd: 35th Annual MayDay Parade & Festival, presented by In the Heart of the Beast Theatre
1:00 PM, down Bloomington Ave. into Powderhorn Park
Every year, tens of thousands line the street to see this lively parade of puppets and floats go down the street and into Powderhorn Park, with a festival featuring music, dancing, poetry, food, canoe rides, and more!
Through May 3rd: Crime & Punishment, at Jungle Theater
2951 Lyndale Ave. S.
"Performed in 90 minutes with only three actors, this brilliant drama compresses all the tension and pathos of the classic novel into a powerful evening of theater. Dive into the greatest crime story ever written, a tale of murder, motive and redemption that plumbs the depths of the human soul."
Tuesdays through June 2nd: Open House at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
7:00 PM, 2924 4th Ave. S.
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School-Twin Cities has begun recruiting 9th and 10th graders for the 2009-2010 school year. Cristo Rey is a private, college-prep high school that serves families of all faiths/ethnic groups who are of modest means. All students at Cristo Rey are enrolled in college preparatory classes and nationally 95% go on to college after graduating from Cristo Rey. All students participate in our Hire4Ed program, where student have a cooperate internship in banks, law firms, hospitals, etc. earning 70% of their school costs. Transportation, financial aid and scholarships are available. For more information or to register for an open house, please call Annemarie Hansen, Director of Admissions, at 612-545-9704. Se habla español.
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3:00 - 5:00 PM, 2727 E. Lake St.
in honor of spring break, the library is pleased to host Martha Zemur, local artist, naturalist and educator, in the aptly named program, Owls in the City. Learn about owls, their personalities and habitats, then make an owl mask to take home.
April 10th: Family Easter Celebration, at Midtown Global Market
5:00 - 8:00 PM, 920 E. Lake St.
Bring your camera and have a photo taken with the Easter Bunny. There will also be many free activities including egg coloring, cookie decorating and live family entertainment. Enjoy dinner specials from participating restaurants in the Market. Kids are also invited to bring an Easter basket to collect candy from many Midtown Global Market vendors.
April 11th: A Rhythm of Joy, at East Lake Library
2:00 - 3:00 PM, 2727 E. Lake St.
Kids have an opportunity to explore Indian culture while experiencing the artistic connections between body, mind and spirit. Learn how to interpret stories and perform intricate footwork - a creative opportunity to enhance both dance and mathematics skills. Katha Dance Theater will be joining at the library and everyone is welcome to attend! Call Anne at 612-630-6550 with any questions.
April 15th: Public Hearing for Proposed Newsrack Fees
1:00 PM, 350 5th St. S. Room 317 (City Hall)
The Public Safety and Regulatory Services Committee of the Minneapolis City Council will consider a proposal to establish a license fee for the general administrative and enforcement activities for newsracks. Affected parties are invited to express an opinion at the public hearing.
April 15th: Midtown Community Restorative Justice Training
5:30 PM, 1201 E. Lake St.
A light meal will be served at 5:30The training starts at 6:00 & includes information on MCRJ's model, confidentiality & mandated reporters, cultural sensitivity, creating the contract, and volunteering for MCRJIt's FREE to attend, but please rsvp by Friday April 10 to Alex Suskovic at 612-543-2197 or asuskovic01@gmail.com.
April 16th - 25th: My Never Being Loneliness: A Double Bill, at Open Eye Figure Theatre
8:00 PM, 506 E. 24th St. (additional 10:00 PM show on the 25th)
Open Eye's Open Studio presents an evening of two new works! Undying Regrets for the Future by Melissa Birch. Outdated perceptions are dismantled and the status quo is entrusted to the past as a zealous choreographer and a prominent carnival director help maneuver the path toward abandon. Chicken Baby by Molly Van Avery. At the center is a show about a woman who gives birth to a baby chicken. Around the edges narratives unfold and intermingle in this multi media exploration.
Through April 18th: 9x9x9, at Bryant Lake Bowl
Thursdays and Saturdays at 7:00, 810 W. Lake St.
"Vicki is having a bad day. Her dad is cheating with her best friend, her little brother has issues and she's just landed in a battle between Heaven and Hell. Things can only go up from here...or very far down."
April 21st: "Greening Your Business" Expo
5:00 - 7:30 PM, 704 South Second Street (Mill City Museum)
The City of Lakes Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis, is excited to announce this expo, an after hours business-to-business focused event for the business community to learn more about incorporating sustainable practices into the workplace. See more at their website.
April 23rd: Roundtable Discussion on Supporting Neighborhood Businesses
7:00 - 9:00 PM, 1828 SE Como Ave. (Joe's Market & Deli)
Cam Gordon hosts this roundtable, and will be joined by Longfellow Business Association Co-Chair Scott Cramer, Seward Civic and Commerce Association President Jim Welna, Southeast Business Association Executive Director Michael McLaughlin and representatives of the West Bank Business Association for a conversation about the vital role of small businesses and business associations in our local economy.
April 23rd: Author Discussion of "Subterranean Twin Cities", at Magers & Quinn
7:30 PM, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S.
"Don’t try this at home—read the book instead! (it smells better) We tend to send things underground that we are not interested in ever seeing again. Sewage. Garbage. In the past, we have used the underground to age such provisions as cheese and beer. In Subterranean Twin Cities, geologist, historian, and urban speleologist Greg Brick takes us on an adventurous, educational, and—thankfully--sanitary tour beneath the streets and into the myriad tunnels, caves, and industrial spaces that make up the Twin Cities’ fascinating and surprisingly vast underground landscape."
April 24th & 25th: The Somewhat Vaudeville Variety Show, at Patrick's Cabaret
8:00 PM, 3010 Minnehaha Ave.
An evening of singing and dancing, hip-hop dance, house dance, breaking, tap, jazz/wacking, burlesque and comedy. A mix of old and new school cabaret style performance.
April 25: Chicago Avenue Corridor Community Planning Workshop
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, 1098 Andersen Lane (Andersen Elementary School, Lunchroom A)
A neighborhood workshop with professional planners from around the country to explore possibilities for the Chicago Avenue corridor from I-94 to Lake Street, preparing for a Minneapolis city study later in 2009. RSVP by April 13th to Crystal Trutnau at 612-879-5383 or pwno2005@yahoo.com
April 30th - May 2nd: Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, presented by Pangea World Theater and Intermedia Arts
7:30 PM, 2822 Lyndale Ave. S.
Incisive writer and performer Kristina Wong mixes sharp humor and psychology in Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, a swear-to-god-not-autobiographical, serio-comic portrayal of the high incidence of anxiety, depression and mental illness among Asian American women.
May 3rd: 35th Annual MayDay Parade & Festival, presented by In the Heart of the Beast Theatre
1:00 PM, down Bloomington Ave. into Powderhorn Park
Every year, tens of thousands line the street to see this lively parade of puppets and floats go down the street and into Powderhorn Park, with a festival featuring music, dancing, poetry, food, canoe rides, and more!
Through May 3rd: Crime & Punishment, at Jungle Theater
2951 Lyndale Ave. S.
"Performed in 90 minutes with only three actors, this brilliant drama compresses all the tension and pathos of the classic novel into a powerful evening of theater. Dive into the greatest crime story ever written, a tale of murder, motive and redemption that plumbs the depths of the human soul."
Tuesdays through June 2nd: Open House at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
7:00 PM, 2924 4th Ave. S.
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School-Twin Cities has begun recruiting 9th and 10th graders for the 2009-2010 school year. Cristo Rey is a private, college-prep high school that serves families of all faiths/ethnic groups who are of modest means. All students at Cristo Rey are enrolled in college preparatory classes and nationally 95% go on to college after graduating from Cristo Rey. All students participate in our Hire4Ed program, where student have a cooperate internship in banks, law firms, hospitals, etc. earning 70% of their school costs. Transportation, financial aid and scholarships are available. For more information or to register for an open house, please call Annemarie Hansen, Director of Admissions, at 612-545-9704. Se habla español.
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