‘Events’ Archives
Phillips Community Clean Sweep, An Annual Community Tradition
By JANA L METGE & NATHANIEL ANDERSON Mark the Date! It's that time of year again for the Annual Phillips Clean Sweep. Join your neighbors on Saturday, October 10th. Start the morning at 9:00 am with breakfast provided by Allina at Welna Hardware. Pick up supplies, grab one of the coveted annual Phillips clean sweep tshirts, network, catch up on news from our neighbors who gather this time every fall. This year's T-shirt design was created by a youth from Banyan Community. These T-Shirts have become a tradition and a treasure for those coming to Clean Sweep each year! One huge feature of this Clean Sweep is that we raise funds to pay for the Garbage Trucks. Trucks go through the Alleys and pick up old furniture, electronics, household trash, appliances, and tires. Household Hazardous Wastes are NOT picked up during this event. They need to be taken to a Hennepin County event for hazardous waste pick up. Litter pick up happens in all 4 neighborhoods of the Phillips [...]
Oct. ’26 Events
The alley recommends confirming all events beforehand. What Could Not Be Erased: Ledger Art by Joe PulliamThrough October 9Two Rivers Gallery1530 E Franklin AvenueFreeWhat Could Not Be Erased features the work of acclaimed Oglala Lakota ledger artist JoePulliam, who puts forward a powerful tradition of Lakota ledger art that has shaped Lakotapeople for generations. Learn more about Pulliam’s art at the Two Rivers Gallery page onfacebook. For gallery information, go to 2riversartgallery.org. WAABERIGA DHAMMAADKIISA / at the end of daybreak Through October 26Gage Gallery610 22nd Avenue SFreeIn their exhibit developed during the 2026 Soomaal Visual Arts Fellowship, artist nafyarexplores identity through the lens of personal memory and digital archives using cyanotype,painting, and video installation. nafyar is interested in the effects of displacement and alienationon memory and culturemaking; their work discusses notions of fixed linear time that havecreated holes in which the [...]
Imagine the Future We Want
Is the Future Coming? Is it Already Here? By JOE HESLA Hey 9th Ward people! We and the whole metro area fought off the Operation Metro Surge. But what are we facing now? A federal presence still threatening our neighbors. An election process being systematically attacked. Wildfires in our Boundary Waters. Predatory mining threatening water quality while imminent grave water shortages spread throughout our state and the country. All while the rich get richer and working people struggle even more just to survive. What do you want for your future? What is worth fighting for? Let’s imagine the future we can all thrive in! Come on over Saturday, Sept 26 to the All Nations Indian Church and let’s create it together! Program: The iconic Unlawful Assembly will kick off the eventFun, Interactive Activities to Create the Future We Want:Protect Our DemocracyConnect for ClimateDefend the ElectionsHumane ImmigrationTax the RichCoffee & Light Food will be served Event [...]
