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By Howard McQuitter II
Howard McQuitter II
Annie Baker won the Pulitzer Prize for writing The Flick and her directing debut film is Janet Planet. I will regretfully say, watching Janet Planet is more than a challenge and uncompelling to say the least. I can also comment that the film takes place in a picturesque New England in 1991, when a single mother, Janet (Julianne Nicholson) and her very manipulative, eleven-year-old daughter, Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) live in a cabin. Lacy is not enjoying summer camp so she tells her mother if she doesn’t come and get her, she will kill herself. The girl has already lied to the camp leaders by saying her mother’s boyfriend had been in a car accident and is dying.
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As for Janet, she seems to go through three transitory relationships. First, she has a slow-witted, weird boyfriend, Wayne (Will Patton) who looks like he should change his diet and begin an exercise program. When Wayne unceremoniously exits from the scene, Regina (Sophie Okonedo), enters as an old friend seeking a place to stay after her breakup with a boyfriend.… Read the rest “Janet Planet”
Representative Ilhan Omar spoke in solidarity with our park workers. PHOTO: Peter Molenaar
For this year’s July 4th, I celebrated our nation’s first revolution by attending a rally at the Minneapolis Labor Center. Over 300 parks workers had gone on strike. “Solidarity Forever” was the theme. Why would a retired foundry worker like me bother to support parks workers? Here is the answer: Park workers create beautiful sanctuaries for people like me and you. Should we not pay them a decent wage? Hey, no more tax breaks for the rich folks, please, and for God’s sake, no more costly wars. Remember the ancient cormorants which visit Powderhorn Park every year… the ducks, geese, and the occasional loon… even the soaring eagle which inspired the fancy dancer at Cedar Field. This is why we love our park workers!
Solidarity forever!
Peter Molenaar advocates a broad united-front, even as he describes socialism as the future solution.
After weeks of rain, the sun and warmth finally showed up on Thursday July 11, just in time for a joint-open house held by the Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI) and the American Indian Community Development Corporation (AICDC). Attendees came out to enjoy food and conversation, topped off by fabulous tunes from local artist Downtown Jada Brown – summer has arrived! PHOTOS: Laura Hulscher
Patrick Cabello Hansel, reading some of his poetry in Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery at the Fourth Annual Jazz and Poetry Festival on June 29, 2024 with other y members of the Not Yet Dead Poets Society whose work appears in “The Nations Underground: Writing With Our Ancestors.” It was beautiful poetry on a beautiful day. PHOTO: Courtesy Sue Hunter Weir
Parks for the People
from the series Raise Your Voice
By PETER MOLENAAR
For this year’s July 4th, I celebrated our nation’s first revolution by attending a rally at the Minneapolis Labor Center. Over 300 parks workers had gone on strike. “Solidarity Forever” was the theme.
Why would a retired foundry worker like me bother to support parks workers? Here is the answer: Park workers create beautiful sanctuaries for people like me and you. Should we not pay them a decent wage? Hey, no more tax breaks for the rich folks, please, and for God’s sake, no more costly wars.
Remember the ancient cormorants which visit Powderhorn Park every year… the ducks, geese, and the occasional loon… even the soaring eagle which inspired the fancy dancer at Cedar Field. This is why we love our park workers!
Solidarity forever!
Peter Molenaar advocates a broad united-front, even as he describes socialism as the future solution.
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