Lake Street News Brief
www.lakestreetcouncil.org
September 23, 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:

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Lake Street Council's Annual Wine Tasting & Silent Auction fundraiser is now set for November 12! We've booked El Nuevo Rodeo again, at 27th & Lake. The fun starts at 5:30 PM and goes til 8:00. Tickets are now available to buy online. Don't miss one of Lake Street's funnest events!
We continue to improve our Visit Lake Street website. This past week we added a new blog, that will give visitors to the site a place to see the latest Lake Street updates, and give them another reason to keep coming back to visit. Check it out, comments welcome! This will be another branch of our online outreach, along with our Facebook and Twitter pages, and of course the weekly e-news.
The new El Centro Pupuseria & Restaurant just moved in to the Bloomington & Lake intersection at 1532 E. Lake St. Heavy Table's restaurant critic Lori Writer took notice, and just gave them a glowing review. “El Centro’s pupusas are very good, better than most, and their tostones, Panes de Pollo, fresco, and horchata are outstanding. I can’t wait to try everything else on their menu.”
Last week, more than 60 former employees of the Minneapolis Sears had a reunion at the Midtown Global Market. Fox 9 was there and their report is now online, complete with video.
Jungle Theater's new play Mary's Wedding opened last weekend, and the Star Tribune is now up with a review. It runs through October 25.

Lake Street Calendar:

Lake Street Council Sponsored Events:

September 25th: Business Day at City Hall
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM, 350 S. Fifth St.
Your chance to have a discussion with Council Members about ways the City and the small business community can work together for the benefit of all. Head over to the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce's website for the details and to register online.

October 9th: Star Tribune Marketing Workshop
10:00 - 11:00 AM, 425 Portland Ave.
Hear about the best way to make use of various forms of advertising, and hear from American Rug Laundry's Sam Navab on how they have found success with their advertising strategies. Check the website for more details, including how to get free parking. No cost to attend! RSVP to joe.haselman@startribune.com or 612-741-4532.

More Events:

September 24th - October 18th: Palace of the End, presented by Frank Theatre
2637 27th Ave. S. (Ivy Building for the Arts)
Palace of the End is composed of three monologues, all based on factual people and events, whose characters and words are imagined by the playwright. It recently received the 2009 Amnesty International Freedom of Expression award at this summer’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival, a prize that recognizes productions of excellent artistic merit that build understanding and engagement of human rights.

September 25th: Early Mornings with Elizabeth Glidden
7:30 - 9:00 AM, 4762 Chicago Ave. S. (Turtle Bread)
This month will feature a small business roundtable, with business owners from the 8th Ward.

September 25th: Breakfast with Gary Schiff
7:30 - 9:00 AM, 1515 E. Lake St. (Mercado Central)
Suzanne Koepplinger, Executive Director of the Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center will be speaking about the alarming trend of American Indian women and girls being sexually trafficked in much higher numbers than other ethnicities.

September 26th: Midtown Yoga Festival, at Midtown Global Market
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM, 920 E. Lake St.
Free yoga classes, live Kirtan performance, demonstrations, exhibitors, gifts, and more.

September 26th: Midtown Farmers' Market
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM, 22nd & Lake
All products are sold to you direct from MN and WI farmers, producers, and artists. The market offers a bounty of fruits, vegetables, flowers, plants, cheese, meat, bread, and other delicious local foods, as well as handmade soaps, greeting cards, jewelry, and much more. The Market accepts Visa, Mastercard, EBT, FMNP, and SFMNP.

September 26th: Amazing Dollar Sale, at Hymie's Vintage Records
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM, 3318 E. Lake St.
One day only, all records $1. Include LPs, 45s, 78s and more.

September 26th: Yarn Spinning Demonstration & Book Reading, at Ingebretsen's
1:00 - 5:00 PM, 1601 E. Lake St.
>From 1:00 - 3:30, Detta Juusola of Detta’s Spindle will demonstrate spinning dog hair into yarn. She also has some hands-on materials for children and adults who want to try their hand at spinning for themselves. From 3:30 - 5:00, Jan Zita Grover, author of A Home for Dakota will read from her book. A Home for Dakota is the story of a shelter dog and the young girl who realizes that she capable to taking care of a dog with many challenges. The artist’s model for Dakota will be joining Jan.

September 26th: "North Woods River" Author Discussion, at Magers & Quinn
7:00 PM, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S.
Eileen McMahon and Theodore Karamanski discuss their book, North Woods River: The St. Croix River in Upper Midwest History. North Woods River is a thoughtful biography of the river over the course of more than three hundred years. Eileen McMahon and Theodore Karamanski track the river’s social and environmental transformation as newcomers changed the river basin and, in turn, were changed by it. The history of the St. Croix revealed here offers larger lessons about the future management of beautiful and fragile wild waters.

September 27th: Sunday Brunch, at Midtown Global Market
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM, 920 E. Lake St.
Each Sunday, a chef from a Midtown Global Market restaurant will prepare and sell brunch in the Market's Central Plaza. This week's brunch comes from Salty Tart.

September 27th - October 2nd: Restaurant Week
Participating restaurants will present specially priced meals (lunch, dinner, or both) that showcase their culinary offerings in the local dining scenes. Lake Street area restaurants are participating, including moto-i, Herkimer, Amore Victoria, Stella's Fish Cafe, and Sushi Tango.

October 2nd & 3rd: Mark The Encounter, at Open Eye Figure Theatre
7:30 PM, 506 E. 24th St.
Mark The Encounter is a new one-man show written and performed by Chris Sullivan. His performance work explores the positions of power in one on one communications, and specifically the notion of submission and control, particularly as related to the dynamics of family, and in relationships of love and hate. In this work, five characters all played by Sullivan, are presented in twelve “acts”.

October 2nd & 3rd: Kinetic Kitchen, at Patrick's Cabaret
8:00 PM, 3010 Minnehaha Ave.
Presented by Sarah LaRose-Holland. Featuring: Denise Armstead’s DAdance, David DeBlieck’s Wicked Sister Dance Theatre, Julie Warder, and Christopher Yaeger’s Dance Hall Days.

October 4th: Taste of Lake Street, at Midtown Global Market
1:00 - 5:00 PM, 920 E. Lake St.
Savor fantastic food tastings from 40 Lake Street area restaurants plus wine & beer tastes. Tickets $25 in advance ($30 at the door) and include all Food and Beverage "tastes". Entertainment by local musicians, wine auction and games. Fabulous raffle prizes, door prizes and more! All proceeds go to Minneapolis food shelves.

Through October 25th: Mary's Wedding, at Jungle Theater
2951 Lyndale Ave. S.
Starring Alayne Hopkins and Sam Bardwell. The year is 1914, and a young bride-to-be dreams one last night of love and war. Even with an ocean between them, Mary and Charlie inhabit each other's dreams. But as the dark clouds of World War 1 gather overhead, the strength of their bond is about to be tested. This moving and magical play is a love letter to the power of memory, hope and innocence...