‘Miscellany’ Archives
Phillips West Neighborhood Upcoming Events
February 2nd (Thursday) 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. ”“ Phillips West Community Meeting! Agenda Items include; an update from the Midtown Global Market, Minneapolis Police Update, Minneapolis City Council Update, 35W Access Project Community Input & ANW Hospital Update. Free Pizza Dinner & Beverages Provided. Meeting will be held at Lutheran Social Service Center for Changing Lives on the 1st Floor in the Centrum Room (2400 Park Avenue).  Free parking available in rear off Oakland Avenue. February 9th (Thursday) 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. ”“ Phillips West 15th Annual Winter Social! Join Phillips West Neighborhood Organization, Community Partners and Hundreds of your Neighbors & Colleagues for a FREE Catered Dinner of Cultural Foods, Door Prizes & Entertainment at the Lutheran Social Service Center for Changing Lives Building (2400 Park Avenue, enter at west side of building free parking in lot off of Oakland Avenue)!!!!! Neighborhood Recourses [...]
Winter Solstice celebrated in stories, dance, and runes
By Carsten Smith The winter solstice marks the time when the days slowly begin to lengthen and the light returns to the world. Celebrated as “Jul” (yule) in Scandinavian countries, Nordic Roots storyteller and singer Kari Tauring and folk dancer Carol Sersland, along with Tapestry Folk Dance Center, bring the joy of this festival of light to the Tapestry Folkdance Center on Sunday, December 18 from 6 to 8 pm. “This Jultid Celebration will be an interactive performance, suitable for all ages and all activity levels,” says Kari Tauring. Kari received a 2011 Minnesota State Arts Board Folk and Traditional Arts Grant to develop a series of workshops and two celebrations. The Jultid Celebration is the first and in March, there will be the Ostara, a holiday that merges into our contemporary Easter celebration. The Jultid celebration is open to everyone. While some of the participants will have attended the story hours and dance workshops that Carol and Kari [...]
Jim Stewart”'s article in The Alley Prompts Visitor to Create a Wood Type Poster of Wendell Phillips
A poster marking Wendell Phillips”' 200th birthday, nailed to a power pole in the former copper mining town of Calumet, in Michigan”'s Upper Peninsula. Daniel Schneider, who lives in Michigan”'s copper district, nailed up 11 of the wood type posters in Calumet and surrounding mining towns on November 11, 2011. A novice letterpress printer, Schneider had printed the posters at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts the previous weekend after reading about Phillips in the November issue of The Alley. He left one edition of 11 eleven prints in Minneapolis to be posted in the Phillips neighborhood. (more…)
