Mayday Parade, Tree of Life Ceremony, and Festival coming to Minneapolis this May

By MAYDAY MINNEAPOLIS

The Mayday Parade, Tree of Life Ceremony, and Festival to celebrate the return of spring and to help us heal from our cold and ICE-Y winter will continue on Sunday, May 3, 2026, down Bloomington Avenue and into Powderhorn Park. The Parade starts at noon, and the Tree of Life Ceremony follows the parade around 3 pm. The community is invited to volunteer, apply for paid positions, donate funds, and attend to support this extravaganza of creativity, art, and love, for each other and the planet. Visit our website to sign up for our newsletter and learn details on how to get involved: http://www.maydaympls.org.

Going forward, Mayday will be a community-organized event managed by Mayday Minneapolis, which is operated by a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, Peer Education Health Resources (PEHR) DBA Mayday Minneapolis.

The mission of Mayday Minneapolis is to enliven the Twin Cities community by producing the annual Mayday Parade, Tree of Life Ceremony, and Festival.

The founding volunteer board members of Mayday Minneapolis are artists and organizers who have deep roots in the history of Mayday: Zoe Sommers Haas, Heather Hinrichsen, Catherine Jordan, Dan Newman, Sofia Padilla, Chris Lutter-Gardella, and Vienna Wilson.… Read the rest “Mayday Parade, Tree of Life Ceremony, and Festival coming to Minneapolis this May”

Renovation Set to Start Spring 2026 at South High

By IAN POWER, Staff Writer at The Southerner

The main entrance to South High is many things, but safe and welcoming is not, at least according to the guidelines set by MPS. Foregoing the more stereotypical high school entrance on the west side of the building, students are funneled through a glorified hallway with only a desk for security, but that’s all about to change early this spring. In March of 2026, construction will begin on a multi-million dollar renovation of the school’s entrance, the newest of several similar projects in the Twin Cities, according to lead architect Mauricio Ochoa. In addition to reworking the entrance to improve efficiency and security, the renovations will also rework a large section of the balcony and relocate the main office.

Of the changes being made to South, maybe the most anticipated is the relocation and upgrades to the main entrance, with an entirely new entryway being built at the location of door 6 on 19th Avenue. Once completed, students will enter directly into the main commons. When closed, the two layers of doors will form an antechamber with a security window manned by the newly relocated office, where the identities of students or visitors can be verified before being allowed through the second set of doors.… Read the rest “Renovation Set to Start Spring 2026 at South High”