‘Miscellany’ Archives
AUGUST Midtown Phillips BOARD Meeting
Tuesday August 12, 6:30-8pm. Stewart Park (Arts & Crafts Room), 2700 12th Ave S, Minneapolis ”“ Barry Rogers has been selected as the Midtown Phillips accountant. He will introduce himself, talk about his firm, his new role with the Neighborhood Community Relations office and provide to the Board a tutorial on how to read a Financial report. (30 min.) ”“ Discuss recent neighborhood crime. (30 min.) ”“ HOUSING: Action to create a Housing Committee. (15 min.) ”“ NEW BUSINESS. (15 min.) AUGUST Midtown Phillips COMMUNITY Meeting: Tuesday August 26, 6:30-8pm. Stewart Park (Multi-purpose Room), 2700 12th Ave S, Minneapolis ”“ Legislative update by Rep. Karen Clark. (30 min.) ”“ NEW BUSINESS. (50 min.)
Midtown Phillips Neighborhood Association offers Support for Outreach & Engagement on National Night Out – Tues Aug. 5th
The 31st Annual Mpls. National Night Out is Tuesday, August 5th, 2014. The Midtown Phillips Neighborhood Association, Inc. has reimbursements up $250.per event for neighborhood block gatherings from its City funded community engagement strategy. Requirements: Inclusive outreach for participants within the block. Minimum of 20 neighbors in attendance. Reimbursement: Submit a description & 2 photos of your event to midtownphillips@gmail.com Submit what you did for outreach & include a copy of a flyer, email, etc. If you have access, please post your event on midtownphillips facebook page! Support Midtown Phillips in distributing information and recruiting participation in: October 2014 Clean Sweep, July 2015 Midtown Festival, & monthly community meetings. (more…)
A Traditional Somali Hut, Aqal Soomaali, erected on Lake Street
A traditional Somali hut was donated by a community in Xingalool, Puntland, transported to Mpls., temporarily erected on Lake Street near Blasdell Avenue during Somali Independence Day June 21 displaying its iconic nomadic heritage. The Somali Artifact and Cultural Museum that opened at Plaza Verde 15th and Lake Street last year facilitated the gift and will display it at its new location beginning July 11th. The Museum is committed to providing opportunities for cross-cultural education and thus is partnering with the Hennepin Theater Trust to co-curate a gallery by animating vacant city spaces with art. The Somali Museum”'s Made Here gallery at 319 1st Avenue North, Mpls. 55401 opens July 11. Traditional arts are endangered due to upheaval, migration, and the increasing urbanization of Somali society. The Somali Museum”'s collection of over 700 artifacts offers hope that the tradition will continue and is the only center dedicated to preserving and promoting [...]
