‘Cover Stories’ Archives
Happy Birthday: Wendell Phillips @ 199 & Phillips Community”'s Carl @ 99
by Harvey Winje Wendell Phillips”' 199th Birthday is November 29, 2010. Phillips Community proudly uses his name and legacy advocating for peace and justice for all. The Alley Newspaper celebrates Wendell”'s 199th Birthday with the exclusive, Special Edition, Spirit of Phillips cartoon collage below by Dave Moore and Linnea Hadaway and with birthday cake on Dec. 3rd at the Alley”'s Annual Gathering (see page 5). The Alley Newspaper will celebrate Wendell”'s 200th Birthday with a special event in 2011. Carl Peterson looks forward to completing and celebrating 99 years on January 6th 2011. Carl is the consummate Elder of Phillips Community with sustained, gentle leadership for 70 years.  Carl is an extraordinary Phillips Community metal artisan and keeper of history.  He has garnered ornate artifacts in his own “Rube Goldberg” museum and with boxes of photographs and papers supplemented by his hundreds of stories. At [...]
Foran has retired from In the Heart of the Beast Theatre A Public Tribute to Honor and Thank Kathee Foran for 14 years at the helm, off stage, dedicated leadership
by Sandy Spieler Thank You Kathee Foran!!!! Please join us in honoring Kathee Foran for her many years of service to In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre and the Lake Street Business community. A thank you party will take place at In The Heart of the Beast Theatre on November 10th from 5:30 to 7:30pm. All are invited! Kathee Foran began work with In The Heart of the Beast as an organizer of educational touring shows and residency programs. In 1996 she became the Executive Director, joining the Artistic Director and a vibrant team of staff artists and administrators to carry out the daily work of the theatre and to assure its ongoing financial viability. Kathee”'s tenure featured several improvements for the theatre”'s home base on East Lake Street including finalizing the purchase of Avalon Theater, and working with the Neighborhood Development Corporation and the Latino Economic Development Corporation  to renovate and open Plaza Verde [...]
Phillips Community Center Update “No, I”'ll take the stairs!” ”¦ Carl Peterson
by Robert Albee, Ventura Village It”'s finally done! Last week we sent to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board a signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for most of the organizations who want to work together with the Park Board in the reopening and ongoing operations of the Phillips Community Center. It”'s located at 11th Avenue and 24th Street in Ventura Village of the Phillips Community. In addition to prospective tenants, others who wish to have an ongoing presence in the building also have signed the agreement. Those seeking to be tenants and are signatories to this MOU are the Waite House/Pillsbury United Communities, Freeport West, Native American Community Clinic, Running Wolf Fitness Center, A Partnership Of Diabetics (A-POD), Ventura Village (Neighborhood), Guri Nabad, a No Child Left Behind After-School Program and Minneapolis Swims. Representatives from the other three Phillips Communities are also signatories to the MOU and include East Phillips [...]
