Archive for February, 2019
Transit: Route changes and the luck of the Irish
By JOHN CHARLES WILSON Here we are, coming up on the Spring “pick.” For those of you not familiar with the term, that is when Metro Transit drivers get to pick their piece of work for the next three months, in order of seniority. That is also when route and schedule changes are made, unless a state of emergency trumps waiting for the next pick. The schedules based on this pick go into effect March 9, 2019. Fortunately, changes affecting the Phillips neighborhood are fairly minor. They are: ”¢ Extra buses eastbound on Route 2 on weekday and Saturday nights. ”¢ Minor schedule adjustments on Routes 2, 5, 9, 14, 19, and 22. ”¢ Routes which currently run on 8th Street downtown are changing over to 6th Street due to construction. These include Routes 5, 9, 19, 22,and 39. This also means the Ramp A/7th Street Transit Center will not be in use. Route 39 will start and end at the Ramp B/5th Street Transit Center instead. Route 14 already goes [...]
What”'s Up at the Franklin Community Library | March 2019
By ERIN THOMASSON Family Storytime Fridays, 10:30-11 am For children of all ages and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share books, stories, rhymes, music and movement. Teen Programs Urban 4-H Club Tuesdays, 5”“7pm We do everything from urban gardening to digital photo/video to theater. Partner: University of Minnesota. Teen Tech Workshop Wednesdays, 5-6:30pm Get creative and make music, videos, animation and other projects using both high- and low-tech tools, everything from iPads and 3D printers to synthesizers and sewing machines. Led by the library”'s Teen Tech Squad. Dhalinta Horumar sare rabta / Young Achievers Wednesdays, 4:30-6pm U dabaaldag Dhaqanka Soomalida, sameyso saaxiibo cusub iyo in aad isticmaasho hab nololeed cafimaad leh. Lamaane: WellShare International. Celebrate Somali culture, make new friends and practice healthy lifestyles. Partner: WellShare [...]
Movie corner ”˜Stan and Ollie”' delightful
By HOWARD McQUITTER II oldschoolmovies.wordpress.com howardmcquitter68@gmail.com 2019, Sony Pictures 4.5 out of 5 A delightful, modest biopic about Stan Laurel (Steve Coogan) and Oliver Hardy (John C. Reilly), the best comedy duo in Hollywood at its golden age. Director Jon S. Baird (“Filth” 2014, “Cass” 2008) and writer Jeff Pope put together a very fine biopic about Stan and Ollie in phases of their careers. The first is when both comedians worked for Hal Roach Studios in 1937, at the height of their careers; the second phase, fast-forward to 1953, their popularity and money has greatly waned. The lion”'s share of the film is spent in the latter period. Stan and Ollie (nicknamed “Babe”) go on tour in Great Britain attempting to rekindle their fame even after the two men split for many years. They start in Newcastle before bouncing around in Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, Nottingham, England; then to Glasgow, [...]
