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Sunday December 14th 2025
Spectacular May
By Harvey Winje
In the Heart of the Beast”'s MayDay Parade and Festival, hallmarks a new Spring season and the month of May which is full of other wonderful events in the neighborhoods surrounding Powderhorn Park, the destination of the Parade and the site of the Festival of Life that will draw tens of thousands of people on Sunday May 6th.
The Parade and Festival – originated to help unite the neighborhoods surrounding Powderhorn Park – has now, broadened becoming a unifier of individuals, groups, and organizations city-wide, an icon of the City of Mpls. nationally, and, this year, embellished by including the local “Transition Town” movement as an “umbrella” theme that advocates for a more sustainable, oil-independent place to live in South Minneapolis and across the globe.
The hundreds of people creating the Parade and Festival have chosen their focus from HOBT “Avalon” Lobby Story Board and auditorium/workshop workbench banners spelling out the Parade”'s Title and Parade Scene Themes.  As workshop participants have been invigorated, so, too, will Parade participants and Parade watchers be transfixed and transformed by MayDay 2012.
In any other part of town the MayDay Parade and Festival would eclipse other activities through the month. In the BackYard Neighborhoods of Central, Corcoran, East Phillips, Little Earth, Midtown Phillips, Phillips West, Powderhorn Park, and Ventura Village the vitality and height of celebration and activities continues throughout the month invigorated by this “Kick-Off” to Spring and catalyst for community in our community.… Read the rest “Spectacular May”
MayDay 2012-POSTPONED Parade & Festival til Sun May 13: The End of the World as We Know It
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Monthly Diabetes Breakfast Moves to Phillips Community Center
By Robert Albee
After six straight years of monthly breakfasts for people with diabetes, friends and loved ones, the Native American Community Clinic (NACC) is handing this service over to A Partnership Of Diabetics (A-POD) who will be moving the feast to the Phillips Community Center (PCC), 2323 Eleventh Avenue South. According to A-POD”'s Robert Albee, “This has been a time-honored tradition for folks along Franklin Avenue and in Phillips who are diabetic. The wonderful tradition will continue with NACC initially leading the monthly presentations and planning the food selections. We see this as a hand-off, not a take-over!”
With the Grand Re-Opening of the PCC on Saturday May 12th, all of the PCC tenants will be in place and finally the vision cast as a wellness-oriented service and recreation center will be clear. There now will be the opportunity for guests to come to breakfast, stay for exercise downstairs at Running Wolf Fitness Center or sample an open A-POD Meet-up next door to the dining room. Either way, guests will get a better glimpse into how the greatest progress for diabetes self-management in the State of Minnesota is taking place right here in the Phillips Community of Minneapolis. Eventually the swimming pool will be open as well for even greater possibilities for exercise.… Read the rest “Monthly Diabetes Breakfast Moves to Phillips Community Center”
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