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Sunday December 14th 2025
Xcel Underground powerline Substations Planning-Public Hearing in June
By Shirley Heyer, MPNIA rep to the Hiawatha Project Substation Design Advisory Committee
Xcel held 3 design workshops with an Advisory Committee of 20 folks, including neighborhood reps, for proposed Hiawatha and Midtown South Substations (SS) as directed by Minnesota Pubic Utilities Commission. Final schematic designs to be presented June Public Hearing”“ watch for time and place.
At 3rd mtg.April 9, Architecture Alliance, artistic design architects of the SS walls, requested 5 ideas from each rep. describing their concept (not details) of “artistic” design.
The design is for 20”'-22”' high walls surrounding each SS. 2 main concepts emerged; that there be different artistic wall designs because of disparate surroundings.
Arch. Alliance will merge the ideas for the Adv. Subcomm. in early May to be sure they are on the right track.
The SSs are extremely large using all space at each location. The Hiawatha SS is modeled after the Elliot SS (11th Ave. S. east of M-dome). Also see the Elliot SS from the I-35 freeway into downtown off Hiawatha Ave. It goes around the north side of the Metrodome and the Elliott SS can be seen up above to the right. The Hiawatha SS will be similar in size and design except the Hiawatha SS”'s distribution structure will be 50”' taller.… Read the rest “Xcel Underground powerline Substations Planning-Public Hearing in June”
Sing Your Song
Harry Belafonte Sing Your Song
Sing Your Song
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(2011)Â Documentary /S2BN Films
Cast: Harry Belafonte (himself), Leadbelly (himself), Sidney Poitier (himself), Fran Scott Attaway (himself), Marge Champion (herself). Running time:105 minutes. Director: Susan Rostock.Â
“Sing Your Song” is produced by Harry Belafonte”'s youngest daughter, Gina, a stupendous documentary on the living African American legend, Harry Belafonte at age 84. “Sing Your Song” is one of those overdue documentaries for which one can breathe a sigh of relief that the subject of the documentary is still living.
The handsome, yellow-toned Mr.Belafonte as the years of the civil rights movement rolls on would meet such giants as the actor-orator-activist -singer Paul Robeson, actor Sidney Poitier, singer-actor Sammy Davis Jr., actress Shelly Winters and singer-Afro-centric woman Nina Simone.
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El Taller A.C. Social Justice Theatre Portrays Commonalities using Brazilian Augusto Boal”'s “Theatre of the Oppressed Forum” methodology At 15th Ave St. Paul”'s Church May 7th 7PM
El Taller A.C. (The Workshop, non-profit) Puebla, Mexico-based social justice theatre organization, is literally crossing borders to bring the message that borders affect people on both sides, albeit in very different ways through their tour Women Opening Borders: A Journey in Equity, Culture and Art.
The troupe members””six Mexican citizens and one US citizen will present two actor-written and -directed plays. El Taller A.C. challenges audience members to resolve a myriad of forms of violence that most directly affect women: the challenges faced by migrant women, sexual harassment at work, domestic violence, and prejudice due to sexual orientation. The primary focus of the tour is a show about a single mother who is compelled to migrate to the US in order to provide better for her children who stay behind in Mexico. The piece is entitled Camino de Esperanza / Esperanza”'s Passage and uses Brazilian Augusto Boal”'s (1931-2010) methodology, Theatre of the Oppressed: Forum Theatre, which invites audience members to step into the shoes of one of the characters in order to change the final outcome of the play.
The other piece, Mujer no se escribe con M de Macho / You Don”'t Spell Woman with the Same ”˜M”' in Macho is an upbeat one-woman farce divided into three monologues.… Read the rest “El Taller A.C. Social Justice Theatre Portrays Commonalities using Brazilian Augusto Boal”'s “Theatre of the Oppressed Forum” methodology At 15th Ave St. Paul”'s Church May 7th 7PM”
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