‘Miscellany’ Archives
Learn How Having an Assistance Dog Changes Lives
Can Do Canines to Host Open House November 9th By CAREN HANSEN, Marketing & Communications Manager at Can Do Canines Lead Trainer Emily Hedenland and Yana, an assistance dog in training, demonstrate important skills at a recent Can Do Canines open house. Photo: Caren Hansen Can Do Canines will host an open house on Saturday, November 9, from noon to 2 pm, at its Can Do Canines campus (9440 Science Center Drive, New Hope, Minn.). Potential clients, volunteers, or anyone who might be interested in supporting the organization is invited to attend to learn how an assistance dog changes the life of a person with a disability.Through a self-guided tour, attendees will be able to watch a trainer working with an assistance dog, talk with a dog host volunteer and staff members from the volunteer department, pose questions to client services coordinators, and meet graduate teams from five types that Can Do Canines trains dogs: hearing, mobility, seizure, diabetes, and childhood [...]
Behind the Signs
By MARY ELLEN KALUZA The May Day Cafe sign design has changed a few times over the years. The story of the first sign that covered up the former Powderhorn Community Co-op sign is lost to memory. Two highly skilled and creative sign painters are behind the subsequent charming variations: Phil Vandervaart created the first with the sunflower in the coffee cup, and collaborated with Forrest Wozniak (http://www.forrestwozniak.com/#info) on the current sign.Phil, an iconic artist, has been sign painting since the 1970’s. His work is EVERYWHERE in Minneapolis and beyond. You can’t leave the house without passing one of his signs, like the original Welna Hardware Store on Bloomington Avenue, the Cedar Cultural Center, the Hard Times Cafe on the West Bank, and so many more. His work has appeared on government buildings, churches, bars, the American Swedish Institute…the list is endless. See his portfolio at http://www.signpainterphil.wordpress.com.Forrest began apprenticing with [...]
Seen Around Town August ’24
After weeks of rain, the sun and warmth finally showed up on Thursday July 11, just in time for a joint-open house held by the Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI) and the American Indian Community Development Corporation (AICDC). Attendees came out to enjoy food and conversation, topped off by fabulous tunes from local artist Downtown Jada Brown - summer has arrived! PHOTOS: Laura Hulscher Patrick Cabello Hansel, reading some of his poetry in Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery at the Fourth Annual Jazz and Poetry Festival on June 29, 2024 with other y members of the Not Yet Dead Poets Society whose work appears in “The Nations Underground: Writing With Our Ancestors.” It was beautiful poetry on a beautiful day. PHOTO: Courtesy Sue Hunter Weir
