Lake Street News Brief
www.lakestreetcouncil.org
June 30, 2009

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:

The last part in our driving tour of Lake Street series is now on YouTube! This one goes from 35W to Lake Calhoun and highlights a handful of the many great places to be found there. Visit our YouTube channel to view the previous parts of the tour and all the other videos we've uploaded.
Here's a very cool story from Linda McHale, owner of the Corner Store at 900 West Lake Street: "Over the weekend of June 20 Eric Clapton was at our shop. He heard about our shop while in Japan and stayed an extra day so he could visit us. He spent about two and a half hours looking through our extensive vintage collection and purchased 6 vintage motorcycle jackets. Way cool!"
Roundy's is considering a major redevelopment of the Uptown Rainbow Foods. "Rainbow Foods would be closed for up to a year while Roundy's constructs a new building on the Rainbow Foods site. The new building would feature 10,000 Sq. Ft. of retail space on the ground floor, 250 total parking stalls on the first and second floors, and contain an 80,000 Sq. Ft. Rainbow Foods on the third floor. The Rainbow Foods would be the largest grocery store in the Uptown area and be twice the size than the existing store."

Read more about this proposal on the Our Uptown website.
This past weekend was our first radio live remote, with radio station WDGY 740-AM broadcasting live from the Midtown Farmers' Market. These live remotes are part of our Lake Street marketing campaign for the year that also includes a daily radio ad. Upcoming scheduled future remotes include July 18 at Mercado Central and August 15 in Uptown. Stay tuned!
Last week the Star Tribune profiled the Magic Bus Cafe, which is a regular at the Midtown Farmers' Market and is also showing up to the new Uptown Market. "Inside the bus it's all about hot dogs: long, slender, all-beef-ers made with natural casings (there's also a popular tofu version), split lengthwise, grilled to a tasty caramelized finish and garnished with a bevy of brightly flavored toppings."
Congratulations to LEDC's Ramon Leon and John Flory for their recognition as "Innovative Idea Champions" by the Corporation for Enterprise Development. They'll receive the award on October 29 at the 2009 Innovation Summit in Washington, DC.
Starting July 6, two nearby northbound I-35W ramps will be closing for three weeks: the 35th Street entrance to northbound I-35W and the 31st Street exit from northbound I-35W. More information about this project can be found at http://www.dot.state.mn.us/upa/ .

Lake Street Calendar:

July 6th - 10th: Stilt 'n' Spin Day Camp, from In the Heart of the Beast Theatre
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Powderhorn Park
Learn to stilt walk in a week! Learn the basics of fire-spinning (without the fire)! Perfect for anyone who's ever wondered how the world looks from atop a pair of stilts. For ages 9 - 13. Cost $140. Register online or call 612-721-2535.

July 7th: Summer Turf Maintenance Workshop
10:00 AM - 2:30 PM, 502 Lafayette Rd. N. (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Office in St. Paul)
A new voluntary training program in summer turf maintenance has been developed that is patterned after the Minnesota Road Salt program. The training will focus on the implementation of Best Management Practices for Lawn/Turf Care Maintenance. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Level 1 Certification in Summer Turf Care Best Practices testing will offered at the end of the workshop. For more information and to learn how to register, visit: http://www.pca.state.mn.us/programs/summermaintenance.html

July 9th: Art Out of the Box, at East Lake Library
2:00 - 3:00 PM, 2727 E. Lake St.
Explore images of lions, tigers and other fierce creatures through the eyes of an artist. Learn basic drawing techniques and sketch sculptures by Antoine-Louis Barye, a French sculptor whose "Lion Crushing a Serpent" will be on exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in the fall.

July 10th & 11th: The Art of Sweat! Rhythm Festival, at Patrick's Cabaret
8:00 PM, 3010 Minnehaha Ave.
A yearly festival at Patrick’s Cabaret to celebrate the rhythms of our lives. Curated by Todd Harper. This years line up includes a diverse array of rhythmic offerings: From Brazilian batucada to new woodwind duets: contemporary solo percussion to new/old school hip hop dance; acoustic punk to jazz opera.

July 10th, 17th, & 24th: Bedroom Eyes, at Bryant Lake Bowl
7:00 PM, 810 W. Lake St.
In this “old-fashioned” cabaret, Mistress Ginger, the self-proclaimed “flawless and lawless,” sings the songs “that got your grandmother into bed." With Kenny Kiser on the piano, she croons the tunes of Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, and George Gershwin, among others. Along the way, Ginger shares her own stories of love and lust, ranging from innocent idealism to bitter blues. Within this mix of live music, Ginger premieres her first music video, "See-Line Woman," a dance film taking Ginger from the glitz of the stage to the streets of Uptown on a journey of impregnation and revelation.

July 11th: "Waking Up In Eden" book discussion, at Magers & Quinn
6:00 PM, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S.
"Like so many of us, Lucinda Fleeson wanted to escape what had become a routine life. So, she quit her big-city job, sold her suburban house, and moved halfway across the world to the island of Kauai to work at the National Tropical Botanical Garden. Imagine a one-hundred-acre garden estate nestled amid ocean cliffs, rain forests, and secluded coves. Exotic and beautiful, yes, but as Fleeson awakens to this sensual world, exploring the island's food, beaches, and history, she encounters an endangered paradise--the Hawaii we don't see in the tourist brochures."

July 12th: Bastille Day Celebration, at Barbette
4:00 - 10:00 PM, 1600 W. Lake St.
Live music from local artists, a flea market, organic food & beverages, and much more. A FREE event!

July 16th: Lyndale Neighborhood Garden Expo
6:00 - 8:30 PM, beginning at 3544 Grand Ave.
The public is invited to come celebrate outdoor city living with a tour of gardens located in the Lyndale Neighborhood. This year’s tour will include nine beautiful neighborhood gardens. Tickets are $7.00 each and include one raffle ticket, additional raffle tickets are $3. Tickets are available at the LNA office 3537 Nicollet Avenue or online at www.lyndale.org.

Starting July 31st: The Syringa Tree, at Jungle Theater
2951 Lyndale Ave. S.
"The incomparable Sarah Agnew returns to portray over 20 characters in this virtuoso one-woman show about the abiding love between two families - one black and one white - and the two children that are born into their shared household in the 1960's South Africa."