‘Events’ Archives
July Events
Puppet artist Felicia Cooper performs "How to Know a Whale”Photo provided by artist At the May People’s Land Network gathering, attendees planted wintersown seedlings at the new raised bed at Hosmer Community Library at 347 E. 36th St. The May People’s Land Network conversation focused on public land sharing for growing food. Credit: Plant Grow Share Food, Land, Art, and Community! Power Tree Quilting Session for Phillips neighbors Wednesday, July 6, 5:30-7:30PM Tamales y Bicicletas, 2820 15th Avenue South Join Million Artist Movement at Tamales y Bicicletas garden, in collaboration with Native Youth Arts Collective. Make a quilt square while we discuss and explore what community safety means to us and dive into our radical imaginations as we reflect on our past, present while using art to envision the future of our communities. This is part of a series of quilting events and conversations through August 2022. Art and ideas generated will be [...]
Cemetery Events Summer ’22
Summer Events at Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery Photo courtesy of TIM MCCALL Check the Friends of the Cemetery Facebook page for more events in the summer and later in the fall. Want a tour but don't see one that works? Contact Sue Hunter Weir at s-hunt1@umn.edu to talk about setting one up. Open Streets East Lake Street Saturday, August 13, 11 AM-4:30 PM Stop by and play old-fashioned games (there will be prizes for the kids), take a self-guided smartphone tour, and talk with volunteers. Murder, Mayhem and More (sponsored by Preserve Minneapolis) Sunday, August 21, Tours at 10 AM and 1 PM 10 AM: Tour will cover the southeast quadrant of the cemetery which includes many of the oldest graves, as well as the grave of our most notorious criminal, and those of notable territorial pioneers. 1 PM: Tour will cover the southwest quadrant of the cemetery, including the grave of William Goodridge, a pre-Civil War conductor on the Underground Railroad, [...]
