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Sunday December 28th 2025
The United States continues centuries of terrorism; stealing land, intimidating, flooding, killing, and betrayal of treaties and human rights
These nine organizations hosted this support and awareness fundraiser event Sat Nov 12th from noon to 5 pm along the American Indian Cultural Corridor of East Franklin Ave.: Native American Community Development Institute ”“ NACDI, Pow Wow Grounds, Bois Forte & White Earth Urban Offices, Minneapolis American Indian Center, American Indian Movement Interpretive Center, Native Lives Matter, All My Relations Gallery, Two Rivers Gallery, Aaron Lightfeather, (Friday Family) Traditional Ojibwe song and dance workshop. There was a Silent Art Auction in Powwow Grounds Coffee Shop and a Gallery Show: “On Fertile Ground: Native Artists in the Upper Midwest”.
The festivities were Opening song by Aarons group, Lapoints with Lakota Prayer, Water talk with the LaPoints, Wakemup Productions – Smart Wars Performance, Blue Dog/ Angela Vig, Los Nativos, Round Dance and Raf, Andrew Broder/ Crescent Moon, Tall Paul, Danny Blake, Troy Amlee, Round Dance/Closing, and A Comedy Hodgepodge of Plays by New Native Theatre at the Minneapolis American Indian Center 1530 East Franklin Ave. There was also a Gallery Show at Two Rivers Gallery “Dakota Insanti: Reclaiming Identity” & Community Sewing Bee. All proceeds went directly to the Water Protectors on the ground.
$23,000. was raised and went directly to various winter encampment needs of the Water Protectors at Standing Rock determined by consensus of local leaders.… Read the rest “The United States continues centuries of terrorism; stealing land, intimidating, flooding, killing, and betrayal of treaties and human rights”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
**** & 1/2 stars
“Hacksaw Ridge”
Summit Entertainment
Biography/War
(R)
I envision climactic moments in war films going back decades; when I see soldiers coming over the threshold with guns in hand, bullets and bombs sounding all around them, as they face their enemies. War movies, such as Steven Spielberg”'s “Saving Private Ryan” (1998), Ken Annakin and Andrew Marton”'s “The Longest Day” (1962), Francis Ford Coppola”'s “Apocalypse Now” (1979), Raoul Walsh”'s “Objective, Burma” (1945), to name a few, that left me hanging on to my seat. “Hacksaw Ridge” is no different.
Andrew Garfield, as Desmond Doss, a Seventh-day Adventist and a conscientious objector, feels it”'s his duty to serve in the Army during World War II except without touching a gun. Of course, this stance of refusing to carry a gun is in direct conflict with the Army”'s policy. However, Doss”' stance doesn”'t sit well with his superiors or his fellow soldiers in the barracks where he faces persecution. The men are training to go to Okinawa in the Pacific Theater. He”'s even arrested for not following orders just when he”'s about to go home to marry his girlfriend Dorothy (Teresa Schuttle).
Doss is permitted to be an Army medic which pays off great dividends by his heroic feats saving at least 75 men without firing a shot.… Read the rest ““Hacksaw Ridge””
La Natividad Returns to Minneapolis An urgent plea to open homes, cities, the world, and hearts with love.
BY STEPHANIE ROGERS
This Holiday season, In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre and St. Paul”'s Evangelical Lutheran Church reprise the popular, bilingual La Natividad performance and celebration with performances from December 15 to December 22. It”'s an event that has become a tradition for many in the neighborhood, and is more relevant than ever as we look towards 2017.
La Natividad is a modern-day retelling of the Nativity story, brought to life on the streets of Minneapolis. Drawing on the theatre”'s long history of collaboration, socially relevant theatre, and community participation, La Natividad frames the Christmas story within the context of a Mexican-American Immigrant experience. The pregnant Maria and her fiancé José (portrayed by both live actors and giant puppets) lead the audience along 15th Avenue in South Minneapolis. Who will offer them shelter?
In a traditional Mexican Posada, actors portraying Mary and Joseph guide a procession of neighbors as they travel from house to house, looking for shelter.… Read the rest “La Natividad Returns to Minneapolis An urgent plea to open homes, cities, the world, and hearts with love.”
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