Allées of Energy

By Harvey Winje

Sue Hunter Weir writes here about an “Allée Dream Coming True” ”“ the hope and reality of trees lining both sides of the road into Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery with each tree”'s canopy touching in the center and framing an arch over the path. This desire by cemetery planners decades ago may have been inspired by allées like Austrian artist Gustav Klimt”'s (1862-1918*) vision when he painted the tree-lined allée pictured here.

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Allée Dream Coming True

East view Allée Memorial Day 2013

By Sue Hunter Weir

It”'s been ten years since we planted 150 trees in the cemetery. The trees are well grown now as are the children who helped plant them. On May 17, 2003, Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery was the regional Arbor Day planting site. It was a landmark year for the cemetery; it was its 150th anniversary. The theme for the day was “Renewing Our Legacy: 150 Trees for 150 Years.”

Hundreds of volunteers came to plant. There were elected officials, Boy Scouts, city staff, friends, neighbors and people who have an occasional urge to hug a tree. Minnesota Territorial Pioneer newspaperman James Goodhue (played by re-enactor Shawn Hoffman) was on hand to greet guests. The Minneapolis Police Band provided the music.

Children paraded down the cemetery”'s only road led by the Tree of Life from In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre. In the spirit of Johnny Appleseed the children wore pots and pans on their heads and carried large spoons and ladles. They stopped at each new tree, watered it and offered the following blessing:

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“Avenue of the Arts” REBRANDING PHILLIPS AS A COMMUNITY OF THE ARTS

By Patrick Cabello Hansel

St. Paul”'s Lutheran, working with partners throughout the neighborhood, is working on a project to create an Avenue of the Arts in Phillips, where residents and people who pass through will see the community as a living museum and arts studio, where many talents are lifted up and celebrated. The first leg of the proposed Avenue of the Arts will begin this summer, and will extend from In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre on Lake Street at 15th Avenue and two blocks north to St. Paul”'s Church on the corner of 28th Street and 15th Avenue.

“We have seen over and over how art can inspire and unite people,” Pr. Patrick Cabello Hansel of St. Paul”'s says. “Many people have stopped me to say ”˜we”'ve seen one of the mosaic flower planters in the neighborhood, and they make such a difference”'.” Through its Semilla arts program, St. Paul”'s has taught mosaic and mural arts to over 1,500 people, throughout Phillips, and increasingly in communities from St.… Read the rest ““Avenue of the Arts” REBRANDING PHILLIPS AS A COMMUNITY OF THE ARTS”