News & Views of Phillips Since 1976
Sunday December 14th 2025
OPENING: PHOTOGRAPHY INSTALLATION OUTDOORS & FULLY PUBLIC
Photographs Taken of People in East Phillips Neighborhood, MPLS.
Saturday, May 12th 6pmÂ
Phillips Garden 2646 Cedar Ave So
$5-10 Suggested Donation
Ten extraordinary photographs will be unveiled in East Phillips Neighborhood on May 12th. Photographer Amanda Spencer spent the summer of 2011 meeting the people of East Phillips Neighborhood, interviewing them and taking their pictures. Her project SEEING PHILLIPS & SEEKING UNDERSTANDING uncovers the daily lives, celebrations, and quiet diversity of an inner city neighborhood.
The fully public installation within East Phillips will have a gala opening with dancers from the East Phillips Nepali community. The display on the front lawn of Phillips Garden, 2646 Cedar Ave. So., will run for 2 months.
As an emerging young artist in Minneapolis, Amanda Spencer focuses on cultural, social and personal identity. Beginning with the nerve-wracking moment last April when she got out of her car in an unknown neighborhood, Amanda took pictures and was given friendship throughout the community. Her work invites the viewer to consider the dignity of Minneapolis”' most diverse neighborhood. The SEEING PHILLIPS & SEEKING UNDERSTANDING project reveals the humanity of Phillips neighbors not the stereotypes that surround them. The photographs are presented with personal stories written by the people in them. … Read the rest “OPENING: PHOTOGRAPHY INSTALLATION OUTDOORS & FULLY PUBLIC”
Sportstalk; Farewell Mama
By Ray Jay and Young Dex
This May issue of Sportstalk is dedicated to, and in honor of my Mother and Dex”'s Grandmother, Mattie Mae Jackson, who passed on April 2, 2012. Mother, born December 5, 1927, has been our sports supporter throughout our lives. Even though she did not know a free throw from a dunk, and to her, off sides meant rummaging through the kitchen during non appointed eating times she greatly encouraged us athletically; constantly reminding us to always put our best foot forward.
Filling in for Dad, Cleveland Jackson, who passed on September 18, 2010; of whom I grew up mad at, for never throwing me a football or a baseball, I later in life finally realized what a good father/Hero Dad actually is. You see, Dad had to work all the time to support a large family, work that included 30 years in the United States Army defending his country. Serving, starting in World War II, at the age of nineteen, he served two tours in the war with Korea and four tours in Vietnam. What an American HERO he is!!!
Mother also encouraged us with Sportstalk, saying, “Keep it fun, entertaining and real.” We Love You Mama and Pops!!!!… Read the rest “Sportstalk; Farewell Mama”
Midtown Phillips Neighborhood Improvement Association News
By Dan Wilder
I am happy to report that at our March monthly members meeting the Midtown Phillips neighborhood voted to support a plan to put a streetcar on the Midtown Greenway. We feel it will bring a much needed connection to the light rail lines and businesses along Lake Street for all the neighborhoods along the Greenway. You can learn more about the Alternatives Analysis study Metro Transit is conducting this year to review options for the Midtown Corridor on our website www.MidtownPhillips.org.
In other news, we have an open board seat that we need to fill on our volunteer board of directors. It is a one year term to fill the seat I left vacant when I stepped into the role of president. I urge anyone who has a desire to help move our neighborhood in a positive direction to come to our next monthly members meeting and run for the open seat. If you can”'t make it in person, please let me know that you”'re interested in running.
If you”'d like to stay informed of upcoming meetings and events in the Midtown Phillips neighborhood, you should check out our new website at www.MidtownPhillips.org. On the website you can also sign up for our monthly newsletter, through which you can receive previous board meeting minutes and an update on what we”'re working on.… Read the rest “Midtown Phillips Neighborhood Improvement Association News”
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