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Friday December 19th 2025
June 2025 Events
Ode To Walt Whitman
Through June 8
Open Eye Theatre
506 E 24th Street
$15 – $30
Created & Performed by Bart Buch, Ode To Walt Whitman is a tender, silent puppet poem – a dialogue between Walt Whitman and Federico Garcia Lorca that contrasts Whitman’s America, a nation full of lovers and comrades, with what Garcia Lorca sees, an America inundated with machines and tears. For tickets, visit openeyetheatre.org/ode-to-walt-whitman.
Creation.Story
Through July 26
All My Relations Arts
1414 E Franklin Avenue
Free
Creation.Story is a group exhibit featuring artists who invoke the oral traditions and creative expressions in their Očhéthi Šakówiŋ heritage, and as such continue this thriving tradition. Artists featured are Jhon Goes In Center, James Star Comes Out, Mikayla Patton, Randilynn Boucher-Giago, Dwayne Wilcox, Dyani White Hawk, Marlena Myles, Talon Ducheneaux, Keith BraveHeart, Jaida Grey Eagle, Kylee Wanatee-Thunderhawk, Angela Babby, Destiny Big Crow, and Billy Janis. For gallery hours and additional programming, visit allmyrelationsarts.org.
Four Sisters Farmers Market
Thursdays through October
11 AM – 3 PM
1414 E Franklin Avenue
Free
Enjoy local food, handcrafts, and community at the Four Sisters Farmers Market every Thursday from June 5th through October 30th.… Read the rest “June 2025 Events”
Join the 5th Annual Poetry and Jazz in the Sacred Ground
By PATRICK CABELLO HANSEL
The 5th Annual Poetry and Jazz in the Sacred Ground takes place at the historic Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery in south Minneapolis on June 21 at 2 pm. The cemetery was recently named one of only two sites in Minnesota on the National Register of the Underground Railroad.
This year’s event brings together award-winning poets Donna Isaac (author of In the Tilling)¸ Dralandra Larkins (author of Before I Lie), and Patrick Cabello Hansel (author of Breathing in Minneapolis, among other collections). Local poets who’ve written a poem about ancestors are welcome to sign up for an open mic.
Music will be provided by Larry McDonough on keyboard and Richard Terrill on saxophone.
Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery is located at 2945 Cedar Avenue South (the corner of Lake Street) in south Minneapolis. It is a beautiful place to wander, listen to music and poetry, and reflect on one’s own ancestors. The event is free and family friendly. There is free parking in the cemetery and refreshments served.
For more information, contact Patrick Cabello Hansel at phcreate@gmail.com… Read the rest “Join the 5th Annual Poetry and Jazz in the Sacred Ground”
Keep citizen journalism alive!
I Bet Trump is a Bad Cook
from the series Peace House Community Journal…
By MARTI MALTBY
One of the worst pieces of advice I ever followed was that I should throw a piece of spaghetti at a wall to test whether it was done. Looking back, I realized the person who told me this was either playing a practical joke or was the victim of someone else’s joke.
All that throwing spaghetti at the wall accomplishes is a waste of food and a mess on the wall. It is so much easier to just bite a piece of spaghetti to see if it is as soft as you want it. Whether spaghetti sticks to the wall has nothing to do with its consistency or flavor.
Of course, this is where we get the expression “throw it at the wall and see what sticks”. It means trying every option all at once and seeing what works. So far, that seems to be a pretty good description of Donald Trump’s Presidency.
I’m sure that Trump (or at least the people who have his ear) have an overarching goal for what the United States will look like by the end of his term.… Read the rest “I Bet Trump is a Bad Cook”