‘Miscellany’ Archives
July ’24 Events
Learn mosaic techniques and work in community Monday evenings at Semilla Center’s Mosaic Mondays. Photo: SEMILLA CENTER FOR ART AND HEALING Mosaic MondaysMondays, 6 - 8 PMSemilla Center for Healing and the Arts2742 15th Avenue SFreeWe are bringing mosaics back to Semilla! We will host Mosaic Mondays and Open Studio every Monday from 6-8pm. We’ll teach Mosaic techniques, and folks are also welcome to bring their own art projects too. Let’s hang out in the Semilla studio and work together in community!¡Los mosaicos han vuelto a Semilla! Tendremos Lunes de Mosaíco y Estudio Abierto todos los lunes de 6 a 8 pm. Enseñaremos técnicas de mosaico o puedes traer tus propios proyectos de arte. ¡Pasemos un rato en el estudio de Semilla y trabajemos juntos en comunidad! Youthline 3rd of July BBQWednesday, July 33 - 5:30 PMPeavey Park730 E 22nd StreetFreeYouth through age 17, get ready for a 3rd of July BBQ celebration! Join us for tasty treats, summer vibes and exciting games. [...]
Free Summer Cooking Classes and Resources
By MICHELLE SHAW Kicking off MEB’s 5th year of offering free cooking classes with Chef Lachelle Cunningham at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church. Chef Lachelle tops off the Smoked Mushroom Flatbread with lots of delicious and nutritious homegrown veggies! PHOTOS: Rico Morales If you didn’t make it to the Minneapolis Edible Boulevards (MEB) June cooking class with Lachelle Cunningham, check out the recipe and video on the MEB Facebook page. The smoked mushroom flatbread was “heaven”, as one person said, and got attendees thinking about how to cook with ingredients grown in their gardens. Huge shout-outs to Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church and Chef Lachelle for co-hosting and to the Green Zone grant for sponsoring the program.On July 13, we will welcome Jess Toliver of jessdeliciousliving.com to the Old Highland Peace Garden, where we’ll be making a delicious rice noodle salad with peanut sauce. Then we’ll return to the Southside on August 1 for a rare weekday class, [...]
In Praise of Ventura Village
from the series Peace House Community - A Place to Belong By MARTI MALTBY Marti Maltby This article may sound like I’m currying favor, or being really self-serving, but I want to praise what I see in the alley and in Ventura Village. When I started writing articles for the alley about five years ago, I didn’t really expect anyone to read them. I thought this was a small neighborhood newspaper that sat in racks at the local grocery stores and were recycled when the next edition came out. I have been proven wrong many times over. I don’t know how many times people have commented to me about something I wrote, and I still find myself thinking, “You actually read my article? Why?” It turns out A LOT of people are really interested in what happens in their own neighborhood and want to engage with each other, both through print and in person. I shouldn’t be that surprised. I like reading the alley myself, even though I don’t live here. I don’t read every [...]
