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Friday December 19th 2025
Inkpa Mani at Two Rivers Gallery
Two Rivers Gallery is pleased to present “Pseudonyms | Contemporary Indigenous Portraiture,” a solo exhibition by Inkpa Mani. The show is on display through May 18, 2022. The exhibition consists of oil and acrylic paintings on canvas, and textile hangings depicting visual understandings and the cultural definitions of Indigenous Lakota/Dakota names. In this body of work, Inkpa Mani examines individual portraits from a Native American perspective and their given Indigenous Names within a modern lens.
Two Rivers Gallery is an exhibition space for emerging Native American artists located in the Minneapolis American Indian Center, 1500 E Franklin Avenue –Two Rivers Gallery
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Metro Transit: Bus Service Changes, Coming and Planned
By JOHN CHARLES WILSON
Metro Transit’s quarterly service changes on 26 Match 2022 that affect the alley readership area are as follows:
- The Orange Line’s 15 minute southbound frequency is being extended from 7 to 8 PM.
- Route 2 will have minor adjustments to better reflect current usage.
- Route 5 will have minor adjustments to better reflect real travel times.
- Route 14 will have less morning school day trips to South and Roosevelt High Schools, and will run every 20 minutes instead of every 15 minutes during rush hours.
- Route 22 will have minor adjustments to reflect real travel times downtown and will also be cut to once every 20 minutes instead of every 15 minutes during rush hours.
- Route 27 will have schedule adjustments for better connections with the Orange Line.
In addition to this, Metro Transit is planning to make Route 22 more efficient, starting in August 2022, by simplifying the route and by cutting back on stops to increase speed. The simplifications include cutting back from four to two branches on the north end, and eliminating a minor route deviation at rush hours through a residential neighborhood on the far south end. These changes have little impact on Phillips residents.… Read the rest “Metro Transit: Bus Service Changes, Coming and Planned”
Interview with Local Artist Noelle
By MARY ELLEN KALUZA
Late last summer my 19 year old cat died and I was sad. I told my neighbors and their four children about it. They were sad for me. One day the young neighbors came over with something to help cheer me up. They gave me beautiful paintings of things they knew I liked: butterflies, bees, flowers. And fairies. (I had been asked the previous week if I liked fairies. I replied incredulously, “Who doesn’t like fairies?!”)
Noelle and her siblings were taking art classes online at the time – a COVID inspired pastime. Besides being very touched by their kindness, I was immensely impressed with the paintings, which then inspired this new feature in the alley highlighting young artists in our Phillips Community. Noelle’s creations that were gifted to me are featured here.
I recently sat down with Noelle at her home to ask her about her art and herself. And, I had the great fortune to see several more of Noelle’s paintings while we talked – all beautiful!
How old are you, Noelle? What grade are you in?
I’m eight years old and in 2nd grade.
Describe your art? What do you like to do primarily?… Read the rest “Interview with Local Artist Noelle”
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