‘Cover Stories’ Archives
Why is the Phillips Neighborhood Named “Phillips?” Why Should We Care? 11-11-11
By Jim Stewart In the September Alley Newspaper we learned that our neighborhood was named after Wendell Phillips, a spectacular, inspiring fighter for social, economic and racial justice who lived in Boston over 150 years ago. (1811-1884) We learned that he hated slavery and racism, fought for workers’ rights, demanded equality for women [...]
Phillips’ 200th Birthday Party & 36 Years of the Alley Newspaper
Attend the ALLEY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Annual Meeting and Fundraiser with an exciting celebration of *Wendell Phillips’s 200th Birthday and 36 YEARS of The Alley Newspaper !!! 11-11-11 (November 11, 2011) 6:00- 8:00 pm St. Paul’s Church East 28th Street and 15th Ave. South in Minneapolis *Nov 29th is the 200th Birthday of [...]
What’s on your mind? What makes you optimistic about life in the neighborhood? What makes you angry. Tell Wendell Phillips on 11-11-11
Phillips Community is named after Wendell Phillips an extraordinary champion of racial and economic justice. Just how cool is that? The community’s name announces to the world that the people of Phillips stand for equality for each of us and justice for all of us! Phillips was born 200 years ago in Boston, Massachusetts. He became famous [...]
Why Phillips? Why Care?
By James Brewer Stewart Why is the Phillips Neighborhood named Phillips?–Who was “Phillips”?–Why should anyone care? Simply because this “Phillips” stands for a real person–Wendell Phillips–one of the world’s most admired fighters for human rights and for equality for everybody– No Exceptions–women and men, young and [...]
1st Annual Bridging Festival was a Blast!
By Dallas Johnson Our 12 hour event on 8/13 (two dozen activities moving through 10 sites) exceeded our wildest expectations. The active embodiment of an invitation, the majority of the day was hands-on and interactive. It was well attended and numbers grew with each stop along 24th St. From collecting the water at dawn, bringing the water [...]
Ingebretsen’s Celebrates Nine Decades for Nine Weeks
By Carsten Smith Every birthday is worth celebrating, but some birthdays are worth an extra special effort. For Ingebretsen’s Scandinavian Gifts, that birthday is the ninetieth, which will be celebrated this October. “My grandfather opened the store here because it was a Scandinavian neighborhood at the time. The neighborhood has changed, [...]
Thrones
by Louis Alemayahu Peace, Welcome, Enter all you Kings and Queens of various hues, Find your thrones, rest your bones, look to the four directions. This place-of-presiding was made for you: breathe and be. (more...)
Touchstone Plaza at Peavey Park “Bridges” Generations
By Robert Albee Imagine a public art project that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and is promptly neglected—no, make that abandoned—by the very community that commissioned the work in the first place!. That’s the legacy of Touchstone Plaza, located on the southwest corner of Chicago Avenue and East Franklin Avenue in Peavey Park. I [...]
Bridging Festival will “Bridge” Phillips from Little Earth to 35W
10:00 AM to 7:00 PM • August 13 By Dallas Johnson First Annual Bridging Festival & Mural Installation Celebration is Moving Through Phillips August 13th The Bridging Minneapolis Project is partnering with In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre to present The Bridging Festival, a hands-on, interactive event progressing [...]
Wendell Phillips Bicentennial in Phillips
By Harvey Winje Dave Moore and I, went to Cambridge and Boston Massachusetts in early June to be a part of the Wendell Phillips Bicentennial Symposium, Social Justice: Then and Now. We were inspired and ready to help plan Alley Communication’s celebration this Fall near his birthdate, Nov. 29th. Watch for future announcements.See Dave’s [...]
