‘Miscellany’ Archives
SEPTEMBER Midtown Phillips Board Meeting
SEPTEMBER Midtown Phillips Board Meeting: Tuesday September 9, 6:30-8pm. Stewart Park (Arts & Crafts Room), 2700 12th Ave S, Minneapolis Plan to engage local block clubs for collective discussion on crime. (30 min.) Discuss Banyan/MPNAI Partnership MOU. (20 min.) Motion to approve hiring of staff member in partnership with Waite House. (10 min.) Financial report (10 min.) Discuss the housing committee”'s goals (10 min.) Elect new chair member (10 min.) SEPTEMBER Midtown Phillips Community Meeting: Tuesday September 23, 6:30-8pm. Stewart Park (Multi-purpose Room), 2700 12th Ave S, Minneapolis Recap of discussion on traffic calming on 26th and 28th. (30 min.) Solid Waste and Recycling opened a new Residential Organics Drop-Off at the South Transfer Station. The Residential Organics Drop-Off is open all hours the South Transfer Station is open: Tuesdays ”“ Friday (12:30 ”“ 7:30) and Saturdays (8:30 ”“ 3:30). Kellie Kish, [...]
Exuberance & Excitement Exudes At Franklin Learning Center & Library
By Franklin Learning Center Staff Students come to the Franklin Learning Center to learn English, improve their reading and writing skills, prepare for the GED, or get ready for the U.S. citizenship test. Learners come from more than 20 different countries and range in age from early twenties to middle eighties. Some study for a long time, and some stay for only a short while. Yet while all students are different, they share a strong determination and commitment to life-long learning. Originally from the city of Galkayo in the northern part of Somalia, Gaheyr Warsame came to study at the Franklin Learning Center in 2011, not long after he first arrived in Minnesota. For the last three years, Gaheyr has been studying very diligently and coming very regularly. He has already studied at FLC for more than 1500 hours! His hard work has led to good results. Gaheyr has finished the math books on fractions, decimals, percentages, and introductory algebra and geometry; now he is working on [...]
Letter to the Community: In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre at Crossroads of Change
By HOBT Board of Directors In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre (HOBT), the funder and organizer of the annual MayDay Parade and Festival and one of Minneapolis”' most beloved community assets, is embarking on a new path to reimagine its future with the aim of ensuring the organization”'s long-term viability and success. HOBT”'s vital mission ”“ to bring people together for the common good through the power of puppet and mask performance ”“ will remain at the core of its puppet center identity, along with its performance, education and community-building work. While HOBT continues to lay the foundation for its sustainability into the next decade, it is currently faced with inadequate cash flow to support the full range of programming it has offered in the post-recession economy. The reasons include the inability to replace overhead funding lost after the expiration of a multi-year operating support grant (and the increasingly limited [...]
