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Thursday January 8th 2026
Taste Of Phillips Dedicates Mural At Hans Christian Andersen School October 29!
Taste Of Phillips: October 28-29. Mural Dedication. October 29 at 11:00am at Andersen School between 26th and 27th Streets on Andersen Lane, and will be part of St. Paul”'s Annual “A Taste of Phillips” Art Festival. Local artists will display their work at St. Paul”'s, beginning with a reception and poetry/spoken word/music night, Friday, October 30 at 7:00 pm. Saturday”'s activities include an art scavenger hunt and hands-on activities, in addition to the dedication. Â
For the past 16 months, St. Paul”'s Lutheran on 28th Street and 15th Avenue has been teaching mosaic and mural arts, through its Semilla project.  You may have seen the beautiful mosaic planters popping up at various locations in the community. St. Paul”'s Artist-in-Residence, Greta McLain, is an accomplished muralist and mosaic artist, having taught at South High, Windom, Ramsey and El Colegio, and worked on murals in Philadelphia, Memphis, Buenos Aires and Paris. She worked on the mosaic pillars at Seward Coop, the inside mural of Plaza Verde and with St.… Read the rest “Taste Of Phillips Dedicates Mural At Hans Christian Andersen School October 29!”
Warrior & Point Blank
Warrior
Warrior (2011)
Lionsgate
PG-13 rated
Running time: 139 minutes
Director: Gavin O”' Connor
Drama/Sports
****1/2
Cast: Joel Edgerton (Bredan Conlon),Tom Hardy (Tommy Conlon), Nick Nolte (Paddy Conlon), Jennifer Morrison (Tess Conlon), Kevin Dunn (Principal Zito), Denzil Whitaker (Stephon).
Three men–two brothers and their father–battle amongst themselves over past wrongs, misgivings and dysphoria over present and future encounters, individually and collectively. Paddy Conlon (played by Nick Nolte in what”'s worthy of a best supporting actor nomination), the father of two sons: the older, Brendan Colon (Joel Edgerton), married to Tess (Jennifer Morrison), with twoa children; and the younger, Tommy Conlon (Tom Hardy), both were mixed martial artists. Brendan is a high school physics teacher in debt up to his ears and about to lose the house. Without telling his wife, he”'s secretly training at a shady, underground club called Tender Club for cash under the table. He”'s suspended by the superintendent of schools when it”'s discovered he”'s training there. His wife isn”'t a happy camper about him returning to the cage and also being temporarily suspended from teaching due to his return to the mixed martial arts world. His brother Tommy returns to his dad”'s house loaded with resentment. Tommy”'s a hero for bravery in Afghanistan and what”'s strange–he goes AWOL.… Read the rest “Warrior & Point Blank”
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