Archive for October, 2022
Urban Farm, Not Toxic Harm! City Taking Steps to Demolish the Historic Roof Depot Building
By THE EAST PHILLIPS NEIGHBORHOOD INSTITUTE Negotiations with the city of Minneapolis have failed, and now the city is proceeding with its planned demolition of the historic Roof Depot building at 1860 East 28th Street after walking out of negotiations with East Phillips residents. Now our families, our community and our environment face 888 diesel trucks and toxic arsenic that will further pollute our already overburdened neighborhood. East Phillips is being treated as an industrial wasteland, and it’s making our community members sick! The City Council was scheduled to take a vote on demolishing the Roof Depot building in late September. We can stop this if the East Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI) can raise $200,000 to post bond for a legal injunction. The old Roof Depot site in the East Phillips neighborhood sits atop an arsenic plume where arsenic-based pesticides were produced and stored by a company that once occupied it. The building’s continued presence [...]
Library News October ’22
By CARZ NELSON All information listed here is accurate as of September 15, 2022. For the most recent information, check out the library website at www.hclib.org. FRANKLIN LIBRARY HOURS Monday 9 AM to 5 PM Tuesday 12 PM to 8 PM Wednesday 12 PM to 8 PM Thursday 12 PM to 8 PM Friday 9 AM to 5 PM Saturday 9 AM to 5 PM Sunday 12 PM to 5 PM CAREER AND JOB ASSISTANCE Meet with a CareerForce employment specialist at Franklin Library for job and career help. Stop by for individual assistance with job searching, resume writing, and more! Franklin Library October 5 at 1 PM to 3 PM STAR TURTLE Join Z Puppets Rosenschnoz for the launch of Star Turtle, a musical adventure with a Turtle and Wabbit in the Cherokee language. Dagsi Turtle and Jisdu Wabbit are traveling through time and space on a quest to help Grandmother Turtle. Sing along and you, too, can help fuel their Turtleship to bring the Cherokee language into the future.. Recommended for ages [...]
Events October ’22
Untitled (Kwame Brathwaite Self Portrait at AJASS Studios), 1964 c., printed 2016 Archival pigment print, mounted and framed, 30 x 30 in, 76.2 x 76.2 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles. Image: Kwame Brathwaite WOVEN: from life itself On view through October 30 Norway House 913 East Franklin Avenue Free Inspired by Norway House’s Minnesota Peace Initiative, WOVEN: from life itself celebrates disability pride in canon with other identities. By presenting the diverse cultural and ethnic community that surrounds Norway House in the Ventura Village neighborhood, WOVEN offers a unique voice in depicting peace and coexistence. https://www.norwayhouse.org/calendar/gallery/woven Picture Gallery of the Soul On view through December 10 University of Minnesota Regis Center for Art (East) 405 21st Avenue South Free The Katherine E. Nash Gallery presents A Picture Gallery of the Soul, a group exhibition of over 100 Black American [...]
