News & Views of Phillips Since 1976
Tuesday December 16th 2025
Transit: The August pick
By JOHN CHARLES WILSON
As of Aug. 17, 2019, Metro Transit is making several minor changes to its schedules that affect the Phillips neighborhood, and a couple of major changes outside the area which are notable due to the sheer amount of change involved.
First of all, the changes in Phillips:
Ӣ Route 2 will allegedly have an extra trip added in the mornings for customers going to the U of M; however, no new schedule has been published.
Ӣ Route 5 will have about five rush hour trips abolished, its southbound run is moved from 8th to 6th St., and times will be changed slightly to reflect the new stopping place at the Mall of America.
Ӣ Route 21 will have some 21E trips which end at WendyӪs by the new Aldi changed to 21D trips which cross the river and end at Saint Thomas College. Five rush hour trips are being eliminated as well.
Ӣ Route 22 will lose one early morning trip in each direction.
Ӣ Route 53 will lose one early morning trip to Saint Paul.
Ӣ Route 111, a U of M express, will have minor time adjustments.
Now, for the two major changes in the “outside world”:
”¢ The Green Line, as has been discussed for the past several months, will be replaced by buses on its 2 a.m.… Read the rest “Transit: The August pick”
What”™s Up at the Franklin Community Library September 2019
By ERIN THOMASSON
All Ages
Live at Franklin: Kashimana
Thursday, Sept. 5, 5:30-7:30 pm
Kashimana has a rich, soulful blues voice; her compelling songs paint stories of her experiences growing up in Nigeria and Kenya, traveling through Africa and Europe, and living in the United States. Kashimana will perform an original set for Franklin Library”™s live music series. Funded by Minnesota”™s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
Electronic Music Workshop
Wednesday, Sept. 18, 6:30-7:30 pm
Grades 3-12. Make beats and experiment with electronic music production in a space that empowers girls, non-binary and trans youth. All are welcome! Collaborator: Beats by Girlz.
West African Drumming & Dance, Thursday, Sept. 19, 5-6 pm
Learn traditional rhythms and dances from Guinea in West Africa. Practice basic hand technique, patterns and timing on the djembe. Learn fun energetic dances with steps which will be broken down for all levels, accompanied by live drumming. All are welcome. Collaborator: Duniya Drum & Dance.
Live at Franklin: Tufawon
Saturday, Sept. 28, 3-4 pm
Tufawon is a Dakota/Boricua hip-hop artist. His music addresses Indigenous resiliency, politics, health, defending Mother Earth, and fighting against oppressive systems. Tufawon will perform an original set for Franklin Library”™s live music series. Funded by Minnesota”™s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.… Read the rest “What”™s Up at the Franklin Community Library September 2019”
Semilla Center for Healing: Peace Lantern Procession on Sept. 21
By Patrick Cabello Hansel
Saturday, Sept. 21 is International Peace Day. It was established in 1981 by a unanimous vote at the United Nations, with a hope that all nations would recommit to building a Culture of Peace.
Without a doubt, our neighborhood and our world are in desperate need of recommitting to building peace.Â
The Semilla Center for Healing and the Arts are hosting a Peace Lantern Procession on Sept. 21, at 7 p.m., at St. Paul”™s Lutheran Church. We will walk with lanterns to various spots in the community that are crying out for peace. The event will also feature music, interactive activities, food and the projection of Semilla”™s Youth Photography Show.
A special lantern making workshop will be held at St. Paul”™s on Sunday, Sept.8 at 1:30 p.m. St. Paul”™s is located at 2742 15th Ave. S. For more information, call 612-724-3862 or e-mail: semillacenter@gmail.com
THE PHOENIX RISES!
Want to see your work in print? Consider submitting to our neighborhood”™s literary magazine The Phoenix of Phillips. Writers of any age are welcome to submit for this fall”™s issue, whose theme is “Hope.” There will be a special poetry contest for youth, announced in October. Writers can send their poems, short stories and essays to semillacenter@gmail.com.… Read the rest “Semilla Center for Healing: Peace Lantern Procession on Sept. 21”
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