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:
Lake Street Council has several events coming up
very soon. First, we hope you'll join us for our next Lake Street
business social, coming up on September 19th from 4:30 - 6:00 PM at
It's Greek To Me, on the corner of Lyndale & Lake. This
is a great opportunity to network and get to know your Lake Street
neighbors.
A
few weeks after that is the third in our series of marketing panel
discussions. This one's happening on October 9th from 8:00 -
10:30 AM at Patrick's Cabaret, 3010 Minnehaha Ave. The series has progressed
from advertising advice to media relationships and will conclude with
business-to-business marketing and PR advice. We have invited area business
owners who have demonstrated sound marketing and PR plans that have produced
profits. Reservations can be made now on our website,
with discounts for Lake Street Council or Longfellow Business Association
members. Reserve your spot today!
Now that it's September, high
schools are back open and the Lake Street
Ambassadorshave finished up for the year. We had eight kids this
year, our most ever, and we estimate that they picked up over 700 bags' worth
of trash over the past three months. They were featured on both KARE 11
and KSTP,
and got to meet Mayor Rybak and a lot of the business owners here on Lake
Street. We thank all who were involved with the program this summer, and
remind everyone that keeping Lake Street clean is a year-long
event!
Good news at the Midtown Global Market,
as Andy's Garage is back in business, serving burgers, fries,
malts, and other classic American foods. Also be sure to try their homemade
potato chips, which they've had out for sampling
recently.
"If you were to seriously try to eat your way down
Lake Street, from Lake Calhoun to the Mississippi River, you could spend a
lifetime and never succeed in completing the task," says Jeremy
Iggers. He recommends the "much more realistic goal" of attending
the Taste of
Lake Street event this Saturday at Lake & Elliot. And of
course the other big event this weekend is the Mexican Independence
Day celebration on Sunday. Check the calendar below for more
details.
Lake Street Calendar - Upcoming
Events:
September 10th:
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.
September 10th: The Rabbit Show, at
Bryant Lake
Bowl 7:00 PM, 810 West Lake Street "This one-hour
cabaret-style showcase offers a wide variety of short dances by John Munger's
Third Rabbit Dance Ensemble and by guest artists representing the rich diversity
of Twin Cities dance. With humor, excitement and clarity, this is thoughtful
dance for real people."
September 11th: Southwest LRT
Information Meeting 12:00 - 1:15 PM, 3100 Hennepin Ave. (Calhoun
Square) "Learn
more about the Hennepin county study that is looking into the possibility of
connecting the southwest suburbs to Downtown Minneapolis, through Uptown.
The
project is entering the Draft Environmental Impact Statement phase and your
participation is encouraged."
September 11th:
World Peace Day, at Midtown Global
Market 12:00 - 8:00 PM, 920 East Lake Street "Join us for a
community celebration with people from all walks of life under one roof."
Storytellers, vocalists, local Hare Krishna and Buddhist communities and others
will be
there.
Beginning September 12th:
Bad Jazz in Tickled Pink, at Open Eye Figure
Theatre 506 E. 24th St. "Conceived on the
banks of the Mississippi River in 1983, Tickled Pink, serves up the old
familiar with three men playing to the best of their abilities, both rare and
well done."
September 13th:
Ingebretsen's Scandinavian Festival, at Midtown Farmers'
Market 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM, corner of 22nd Ave. & East Lake
St. "Come celebrate Scandinavian heritage!Back by popular demand, Ingebretsen's
will be here to offer you Lefse Dogs, live music from different parts of
Scandinavia, and merchandise from Ingebretsen's Scandinavian Gifts and
Food."
September
13th: Minneapolis Rotary Club's Taste of Lake
Street 3:00 - 7:00 PM, corner of Lake St. & Elliot
Ave. Over a dozen Lake Street restaurants participating. Ticket and raffle
proceeds go to Minneapolis food shelves.
September 13th:
Rock For Democracy Block Party, at Bryant Lake
Bowl 4:00 - 10:00 PM, corner of Lake St. & Bryant
Ave. Live music, street entertainment, and locally produced and organic foods
and beverages. See more at www.rockfordemocracymn.com.
September
13th & 14th: Do Haath (A Pair of Hands), at Pangea World
Theater 7:00 - 9:00 PM, 711 West Lake Street "When Ram
Autar is drafted to clean the latrines for the soldiers at war, the ways of his
newly-wed wife, Gori, create an uproar in the household and the neighborhood
where she and her mother-in-law live and work." Free and open to the
public.
September
14th: Mexican Independence Day
Celebration 12:00 - 6:00 PM, 4th & Lake An 11:30
parade from Bloomington Ave. to 3rd Ave. followed by a celebration featuring
many local Latino businesses, food vendors, schools,
churches and nonprofit organizations serving the Latino community. 20,000 -
25,000 people are expected to attend.
September 16th:
Two Chairs Telling, at Open Eye Figure
Theatre 7:30 PM, 506 E. 24th St. Nationally recognized as a teller of Appalachian and Texas
women's stories, Elizabeth Ellis, combines the personal, the humorous and a
razor sharp sense of justice in her stories. She joins the Grande Dame of the
Twin Cities' African American storytelling community, Nothando Zulu, for an
evening of "truth telling women getting down to it."
Beginning September 19th:
A Life In The Theatre, at Jungle
Theater 2951 Lyndale Ave. S. "David Mamet celebrates the
love, admiration, humor, and sadness that accompanies the passing of the
artistic torch from one generation to the next."
September
23rd: Author Reading, at Magers &
Quinn 7:30 PM, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S. William
Kent Krueger will read from his new novel Red Knife."The
newest book in William Kent Krueger's award-winning Corcoran O'Connor series
finds the charismatic private investigator caught in the middle of a racial gang
war that's turning picturesque
Tamarack County,
Minnesota, into a bloody
battlefield."
