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Thursday March 28th 2024

‘Miscellany’ Archives

A Short, Silent Encounter With Racism

By HOWARD MCQUITTER II On Thursday, November 30, 2023, a friend and member of my church (St. Constantine’s Ukrainian Catholic Church) went to a screening of the film Holodomor: Voices of Survivors- Ukrainian Famine/ Genocide (2015), a horrific tale of Stalin moving in on the Ukrainians refusing to give up their farms for collective farming in 1932-1933. There were interviews with some survivors (from the diabolical forced famine) and from those stories told by descendants of their forefathers and foremothers. Much of the dialogue had a Minneapolis connection (namely through St. Constantine and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church), although many in the audience probably were not from either church. It was $20 and I made a last minute decision to go. My friend gave me a ride to St. Anthony Main Theater. I was the only Black person there (I’ve been in that situation numerous times in Minnesota). I took notes during the film like I always do when I review any movie. The pastor for St. [...]

February ’24 Events

February ’24 Events

Keith Braveheart, Buffalo Nation: Creating Community, from the exhibit Okizi (To Heal), on view at All My Relations Art through April 13th. CREDIT: All My Relations Dreaming Our Futures: Ojibwe and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ Artists and Knowledge KeepersThrough March 16Katherine E. Nash Gallery405 21st Avenue SFreeDreaming Our Futures marks the launch of the University of Minnesota’s George Morrison Center for Indigenous Arts, and features work in a wide variety of painting media and esthetic approaches by 29 artists. An opening program will be held on February 3rd from 4-8pm. For more information and gallery hours, go to cla.umn.edu/art/galleries-public-programs/katherine-e-nash-gallery. Okizi (To Heal)Through April 13All My Relations Arts1414 E Franklin AvenueFreeOkizi (To Heal), is a partner exhibition with the American Swedish Institute in response to the traveling exhibition, Arctic Highways: Unbound Indigenous People. Okizi highlights the revitalization efforts that reconnect [...]

Twin Cities Area Solar Co-op Makes Rooftop Solar More Affordable

Twin Cities Area Solar Co-op Makes Rooftop Solar More Affordable

By BOBBY KING, MN SUN State Director Jessica Tank and partner Royce, Minneapolis Solar Co-op members and City of Lakes Community Land Trust homeowners, LMI program participant Nonprofit Solar United Neighbors (SUN) helps Twin City Area homeowners of all incomes go solar with the Twin Cities Area Solar Co-op. The solar co-op will help homeowners: Understand the benefits of rooftop solar and the incentives availableAllow them to use group buying power for a great price and service from a solar installerHelp low-income homeowners tap into incentives that can cover a majority of the cost How SUN’s Solar Co-ops Work.The solar co-op is free to join. SUN has an open-and-competitive bidding process with local solar installers for the group’s business. A committee of co-op members and SUN staff reviews bids and selects a single solar company for the group’s business. All members then get a proposal for solar at their property from the selected installer at the solar co-op [...]

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