wedge neighborhood newspaper april 2013
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Minneapolis Neighborhood Newspaper serving Lowry Hill East Neighborhood since 1971.TRANSCRIPT
10th Ward Environment ForumWatch the Forum Video Online http://bit.ly/120IsDM
(Videography by Jennifer of “4 Flash Productions Media”)
Photo by Bruce Cochran Participating 10th Ward candidates were from left to right: Ken Bradley, in-cumbent Council Member Meg Tuthill, Lisa Peterson Bender, and Kendal Killian. Candidates responded to questions during the March 28 event regard-ing environmental issues and climate change in Minneapolis.
Upcoming Election Dates www.minneapolismn.gov/elections
Tuesday, April 16 – Minneapolis Democratic Farmer Labor Party (DFL) precinct caucuses
Saturday, April 27 – DFL 10th Ward Convention, Jefferson Elementary School
November 5 – General Election using RCV (Ranked Choice Voting combines the municipal Primary and the Gen-eral Election into one event, so there is no Primary in 2013.)
Profiles in LeadershipSeeking your vote in the 10th Ward
(See page 4 for our third installment)
By Trilby Busch
Last October, Michael Land-er, the developer of new apart-ments, condos, and town-houses along the Uptown Greenway, presented plans to demolish two houses at 24th and Colfax Avenue South in the Wedge and erect a four-
Vol. 44, No. 4 FREE April 2013
LoWry HiLL EasT NEigHBorHood assoCiaTioN NEWsPaPEr “Where every story has three sides” www.thewedge.org
Will Steger on Climate Change
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New Music at The Beat8
Temple Tags11
Is the Wedge just a Federation?
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See 2320 COLFAX page 4
Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association Annual MeetingWednesday, April 17, 6-8:30pm at Je�erson ................................................................ ................................ ................................
Stop, Demo or Move?Redevelopment at 24th and Colfax awaits HPC Decision and potential house moving
An Open Letter to Readers, Old and NewWe need your help.
The Wedge newspaper has slowly watched our revenue decline over the past few years as the product of four forces: the economic downturn, difficulty in delivering to a growing number of security apartment buildings, online advertising competition, and next generation readers that get their news exclusively online.
Unless we are able to maintain our financial viability again, via various new strategies, we ask that you consider two things:
1. What value you place on having relevant, local news and analysis delivered to your doorstep?
2. Do you appreciate the value of community building that only a local-news driven printed newspaper can deliver?
If either of these characteristics is a high priority for you, then please consider making a donation in any amount at http://givemn.razoo.com/story/Lhena-The-Wedge.
Without your help The Wedge newspaper may be required to shut down for good very soon.
Thank you for your continued feedback and support through these challenging times.
Bruce Cochran, Editor The Wedge newspaper
By Bruce Cochran
Hoping to capitalize on the rise of electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes, a new store is open-ing at 2817 Hennepin in the old Geetanjoli Sari Fashion location.
If the retail store is able to pass the City regulatory inspection by not selling any tobacco or related products–like bongs, then the future store will be able to bypass the City’s tobacco dealer license.
E-cigarettes are still fairly new on the market and the FDA hasn’t quite got a handle regulating the product or the long-term effects of inhaling vaporized nicotine, so until that happens dealers are able to sell the products over the
counter without a license. The amount of nicotine inhaled can be customized by the user.
What that means for smokers may be a relief for those stolen seconds outside buildings drag-ging on traditional cigarettes for a quick fix while enduring the cold during winter. In Minneap-olis, e-cigarettes can be smoked inside.
Grant Wilson, Licenses & Con-sumer Services Division for the City concedes that until the FDA makes its regulatory decision, e-cigarettes which emit only nico-tine vapor and not tobacco, can-not be regulated by the indoor smoking ban in Minneapolis.
Where there’s Smoke there’s...well...there’s Not Really SmokeElectronic cigarette store debuts in Wedge
LED lights up wheninhale sensor activated
Battery Micro-processor
Nicotine/propyleneglycol mixture
Heater
illustration by Kelly Newcomer
By Bruce Cochran
When a fairly new restaurant opens and weathers a long winter with little pedestrian traffic, you would expect they'd be clamor-ing for a warm spring to return more street traffic. So much to everyone's surprise on March 25 there was a sign posted on a shut-tered PrimeBar that they were closed and were saying goodbye.
According to Hennepin Fourth District Court, an action was filed by Calhoun Square on Feb-ruary 20 against PrimeBar for lack of rent payment. Court was held on March 4 for both parties who each retained representa-
tion. On Sunday, March 24 evic-tion papers were served to repre-sentatives of PrimeBar.
Photo by Bruce Cochranopen not quite 9 months. PrimeBar closed on March 25.
PrimeBar Gets the BootAbrupt ending catches patrons off guard
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Meeting with the LHENA Z&P Board in March, Ackerberg Group representative, Thatcher Imboden presented an update on MoZaic Phase I: what is done, what is left and the next step for Phase II.
BackgroundMoZaic is a mulitiple-phase project hat was first proposed in 2005. The first phase of the proj-ect was completed in 2012 that included a 10-story building containing 65,000 square feet of
office, 436 public parking stalls and 11,000 square feet of retail space located just north of La-goon Avenue at Girard Avenue. The first phase of the project added a new access point to the Midtown Greenway trail with a pedestrian/bike bridge at Girard Avenue that connects the Mo-Zaic Art Park, which contains over a dozen art installations, to the LHENA residential neigh-borhood to the north. The Mo-Zaic Art Park provides a public gathering space to the few that currently exist in Uptown.
Phase IIThe next phase of MoZaic will replace a surface parking lot located on the west side of Fre-mont Avenue just north of La-goon Avenue. The project will primarily contain office space, although the final mix of uses is still being analyzed. The project will expand public amenities as part of the next phase, but very little retail. The office space of-fering comes on as Ackerberg
Jefferson Community School 1200 West 26th Street, Lower-level cafeteria
Why should you attend the LHENA Annual Meeting?
GAThER AND ChAT (SOCIAL hOuR FROM 6PM-6:30PM)
Enjoy this springtime opportunity to visit with neighbors dur-ing the social hour from 6 to 6:30 pm. Also, talk with elected officials - take this time to ask your important questions. Peruse tables with information from various organizations, such as the Center for Energy and Environment/Community Energy Services, Midtown Greenway Coalition, Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition and more.
FOOD AND REFREShMENTS
Delight in a variety of savory and sweet treats provided by local sponsors.
SuRPRISE GuEST SPEAkERS
Check our LHENA facebook page for updates.
RECEIVE yOuR LhENA LEGACy AWARD
Selected homeowners will be presented with a LHENA Legacy Award certificate. LHENA aims to present certificates for all neighborhood homes over 100 years in age. This is the fifth con-secutive year of LHENA Legacy Awards! If you are interested but have not received a certificate, please contact the LHENA office to be added to the list.
VOLuNTEER
Learn about the variety of ways you can become involved and support the betterment of the neighborhood. Join a non-elected neighborhood committee:
• Branding• Environment• Fundraising• WedgeNewspaper• Zoning&Planning
BECOME A BOARD OR NEIGhBORhOOD REVITALIzATION COMMITTEE MEMBER
Elections for the LHENA Board of Directors and Neighborhood Revitalization Committee will take place at the annual meeting. The LHENA Board has seven openings and the NR Committee has 11 openings. Consider this chance to take a hands-on role in shaping neighborhood improvement. Nominations will be taken at the meeting. Any Lowry Hill East resident, property or business owner is eligible to run. Volunteers must be available to attend monthly Board/Committee meetings and other events as needed. LHENA Board members serve a two-year term; NRP Steering Committee members serve a one-year term.
For more info:
612.377.5023
www.thewedge.org
www.facebook.com/TheWedgeNeighborhood
Twitter: @TheWedgeNhood
Start cleaning out your clos-ets, attics, and garages. The 10th Annual Wedge Neighbor-hood Garage Sale is coming up on Saturday, June 1, from 9 am until 3 pm. Previous years’ sales have had more than 50 homes participating.
For a registration fee of $10, participating sales will be listed on the official Wedge Neighborhood Garage Sale map, which we will distribute to each sale and at businesses throughout the neighborhood. We will advertise the sale in The Wedge, the Star Tribune newspaper and website, and on Craigslist and Facebook. Signs will also be posted along Hen-nepin and Lyndale Avenues.
Registration begins May 1. The Wedge Neighborhood Garage Sale is sponsored by the Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Asso-ciation (LHENA). For details, visit www.thewedge.org. Find us on Facebook at www.face-book.com/TheWedgeNeigh-borhood. Follow us on Twitter: @TheWedgeNhood.
Neighborhood Swap, June 8-9LHENA’s Second Annual Neighborhood Swap will be taking place on June 8, from 10
am to 4 pm, and June 9, from noon to 3 pm, both days in Mueller Park. All are welcome; whether you want to get rid of items you no longer use or take home items to treasure as your own. It’s completely free, all are welcome, and in fact, no mon-etary transactions will even be allowed. (But do check out the list of acceptable items before you start hauling your whole living room to the park, to be published prior to sale.)
Why Swap?
Have you ever been on a col-lege campus around move-out time? It’s a dumpster diver’s wildest dream, and an anti-materialist’s most horrendous nightmare. The Neighbor-hood Swap will be an opportu-nity for residents to get rid of their stuff sustainably, whether moving or doing spring-clean-ing projects. And for those of us not moving, it’ll be a great opportunity to share and find useful new possessions. Well, “new,” in the used sense.
Waste is an environmental and social justice issue. While we all know that materials fester in the landfills, there are sig-nificant components to waste that few of us experience in our daily lives. In the materi-als economy, everything flows
through the big picture system, which we mostly don’t see at all. A thing that you throw out isn’t just a thing going to the landfill. According to “The Sto-ry of Stuff,” for every one trash bin of stuff that we throw out, there are seventy trash bins of stuff that were created in the extensive mining, processing, packaging and shipping that go with it upstream before it gets to you as the consumer.
Waste isn’t just what we expe-rience – it’s a gargantuan issue that is masked by manufactur-ing and distribution systems, and because it’s invisible, we don’t conceptualize the full ex-tent of the problem. It impacts societies and parts of the world that are far removed from the consumer, who often aren’t benefitting from the item to begin with. Check out the on-line project “Story of Stuff ” if you want to delve into this concept more. The landfill and incineration components of waste are important, but it is critical to look at the process by which it gets there, too.
One-stop Swap
Lowry Hill East wants you to help impact this system. Bring your stuff to Mueller Park on June 8 and 9 and come on by for a free one-stop Swap. It will be a fun weekend in the park. Or, bring a picnic and keep your eye on what’s out there.
ThE WEDGELOWRy hILL EAST NeighborhoodAssociationNewspaperThe Wedge is a monthly publication of the Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association (LHENA). Distribution is free to residents and businesses of the Lowry Hill East Neighborhood. Mailed subscriptions are $20 per year.
The Wedge newspaper exists to address neighborhood events, issues, and causes, while providing a public forum for the community to share information and ideas and to voice individual opinions and concerns within the Lowry Hill East neighborhood.
Stories, opinions, letters, photographs, and drawings are always welcome. Email [email protected] for assignments or to share your ideas. The deadline for submitting items is the 17th of the month prior to publication. The display ad deadline is the 15th of the month prior to publication.
Editor Bruce Cochran [email protected]
Office Administrator Caroline Griepentrog [email protected]
Advertising Representatives Susan Hagler: 612.825.7780 [email protected]
Harry Savage: 612.799.1523 [email protected]
Kelly Newcomer: 612.804.7302 [email protected]
Wedge Committee Chair Linda McHale: 612.823.1270 [email protected]
Layout & Illustration Kelly Newcomer [email protected]
Regular Contributors: Vanessa Moore Ardolino, Caroline Griepentrog, Thatcher Imboden, Kathy Kullberg, Beth Marsh
The contents of this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of LHENA or its board members. The Wedge reserves the right to exercise discretion in publishing any material submitted and further reserves the right to refuse any advertisement. Questions about The Wedge may be directed to the editor or to The Wedge committee chair. ©2013 LHENA, all rights reserved.
LHENA 1200 West 26th St. Minneapolis, MN 55405, 612.377.5023 [email protected]
Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association Board of Directors
Ryan Bender ...................612.669.3042Susan Bode .....................612.872.4077Will Bornstein ................952.913.6887Bill Casey ........................612.803.9246Burt Coffin ......................612.310.7707Tim Dray ........................612.209.6790Bryan Friess ....................612.886.2545Daniel Haley ...................612.871.7339Elise Maxwell .................612.668.3953Linda McHale.................612.823.1270Shae Walker ....................612.730.7013
Neighborhood Revitalization Program Steering Committee
Jen Beckham ..................612.871.1755John Bode .......................612.872.4077Brian Friess .....................612.886.2545Daniel Haley ...................612.871.7339Blake Hanson .................651.485.3635Lewis Kuhlman ..............507.381.7749Fiona Pradhan ................612.926.4356Georgia Rubenstein .......651.261.9684
610 W. 28th St.Minneapolis MN 55408 612.825.3019 Lyndaleucc.org
LyndaLeUNITED CHURCHO F C H R I S T
Lyndale United Church of Christ in SpringHouse Ministry Center
(3 churches, 1 building)
7pm easter Vigil, Saturday, March 30
SundayS 9:15 am Christian education for all ages 10:30 am Worship (in the South Sanctuary)
Christ tended to attract an assorted crowd, too.
Part of SpringHouse Ministry Center at 28th & Garfield, Mpls.
discoversalem.org
Sundays: 8:30am Traditional Service
9:15am Sunday School10:30am Jazz Worship
Day Camp June 24-28
LHENA EVENTS
OPINION
A RTS
DEVELOPMENT
BUSINESS
PUBLIC SAFETY
LHENA Calendar
OPINION
A RTS
DEVELOPMENT
BUSINESS
Candidate Support for Lisa Peterson Bender
I'm writing to express my support for Lisa Bender's campaign for the Ward 10 City Council seat. I was inspired to support Lisa after meeting her and hearing about her vision for our Ward. Her goal of improving the accessibility of our streets to pedestrians and bicyclists, and improving public transit is one that speaks to me particularly, and her words are backed up by her experience in this area, both as the founder of the Minneap-olis Bicycle Coalition and her work at MnDOT making walking and bicycling to school safer for children. I also feel that she is a candidate who knows how to work with many different types of people to get things done, and that she will bring a much-needed ability to reach out to the many different populations in our diverse Ward.
Sincerely,
–Victoria M. ThompsonWedge resident
Candidate Support for Lisa Peterson Bender
In and around Lowry Hill East, we are seeing a surge of new de-velopment. This is generally a welcome trend, especially when new projects fill in empty or underutilized lots on our commer-cial corridors. But if density increases without any correspond-ing improvement in our transit system, the new people that live in these projects will need to buy more cars and park them in already-congested neighborhoods to get around. We need our City Council to commit to making our transit system faster, more convenient, and more connected to the rest of the city so that we can enjoy the benefits of development while avoiding many of the drawbacks. One reason I support Lisa Bender for Ward 10 is because her urban planning background and com-mitment to transit issues makes her uniquely qualified to solve the development challenges facing our neighborhoods.
– Will BornsteinWedge resident(Bornstein is Vice President of the Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association Board of Directors)
We value your insights and points of view. Please send letters to the editor or longer opinion pieces to [email protected]
LETTERSTO ThE EDITOR
Please note that LHENA Board and committee meetings are held at Jefferson Community School, 1200 26th Street, in the Media Center, Room 204, un-less otherwise indicated.
Date [TBD]LHENA Neighborhood Revitalization Committee
The Neighborhood Revital-ization Committee regularly meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7 pm. This committee focuses on imple-menting the LHENA Neigh-borhood Revitalization Pro-gram Phase II Action Plan and other revitalization strategies. The plan is divided into sec-tions: housing; infrastructure; crime & safety; and youth, arts & commerce. Members serve on a volunteer basis and are elected to one-year terms at the annual meeting in April.
Wed., April 10, 6:30pm LHENA Zoning and Planning (Z&P) Committee
The Z&P Committee regularly meets the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 pm. This committee reviews any project, development, or zon-ing request in the neighbor-hood. A good fit for anyone interested in city planning, ar-chitecture, and transportation.
Thurs., April 11, 6:30pmLHENA Branding Committee
The Branding Committee meets the second Thursday of each month and is tasked with redesigning LHENA’s logo and brand.
LhENA Board of DirectorsNo meeting in April, due to LHENA Annual Meeting
The LHENA Board of Direc-tors regularly meets the third Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. LHENA’s mis-sion is to represent the inter-ests and values of Lowry Hill East residents, property and business owners to the larger community and government. The LHENA Board makes
neighborhood building and land use recommendations to the City, maintains financial oversight of the organization, publishes The Wedge newspa-per, organizes neighborhood social events, and serves as a forum for neighborhood con-cerns. Members serve on a volunteer basis and are elected to two-year terms at the an-nual meeting in April.
Wed., April 24, 7pm Environmental Committee
The Environmental Commit-tee meets the fourth Wednes-day of each month and focuses on activities related to sustain-ability. The committee also collaborates with surrounding neighborhood associations to reduce waste in Uptown.
It’s Time for Spring Cleaning! Wedge Neighborhood Garage Sale, June 1 LHENA Annual Meeting
Wednesday, April 17, 6-8 pm .................................................. .......
Wed., April 176-8pm
LHENA Annual MeetingJefferson Community School, Lower-level cafeteria, 1200 26th St.
Food and refreshments provided. Gather with neighbors, learn about vol-unteer opportunities! Run for and/or elect members to the LHENA Board of Di-rectors and Neighborhood Revitalization Committee.
2013
$150 cash prize for highest total team score
$150 cash prize for highest total team score
To Register: www.facebook.com/TheWedgeNeighborhoodEmail [email protected] the LHENA office - (612) 377-5023
BOWL-O-RAMALHENA presents
Sunday, April 28, 5 - 8pm
Ackerberg Previews MoZaic Phase IINeighborhood engagement expected in April
Photo illustration provided courtesy of Ackerberg Group
See MOZAIC page 10
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Story and photos by Trilby Busch
Bisected by high-traffic streets, Lowry Hill East is divided into three sections by zoning desig-nations: the area south of 28th Street, the large section between 24th and 28th Streets, and the apex north of 24th. Each of these sections has a distinc-tive character and its own set of concerns. While there is no way to distinguish between the demographics of each section, looking at the Wedge as a whole in comparison to the greater city sheds some light on a major
issue facing the neighborhood currently and in the future: re-development of the Wedge apex north of 24th Street.
The most recent source of de-mographical data is the 2010 census, which shows the pop-ulation of the Wedge to dif-fer significantly from that of the city of Minneapolis.* The Wedge has a higher percent-age of white residents (84% versus 60%), residents 18-44 years of age (78-50), structures with two or more units (91-50), renter-occupied units (83- 51), residents with a bachelor’s de-gree or higher (62-43), and per-sons living alone (59-40). On the other hand, the Wedge has fewer households with children (15-44), owner-occupants (17-49), householders over 65 years of age (3-8), and residents un-der 18 (5.5-20).
While the median income of Wedge residents is about 4% less than the city’s ($43,922 ver-sus $45,625), the income of the majority is centered around the
median, with fewer on the high end. Only 17.5% of Wedge resi-dents make more than $3,333 per month, as compared with 54% citywide; on the other hand, 43% of Wedge residents earn less than $1,250 monthly, as opposed to 18% citywide.
From 1990 to 2010, the popula-tion remained fairly stable, 5,933 versus 6,150. But the Wedge has a huge turnover in residents from one year to the other, 40% versus 24% citywide. More than half of Wedge residents (54.5%) moved into the neighborhood
in 2005 or later, compared with 37% citywide. Only 2.7% (versus 9% citywide) called the Wedge home prior to 1979. Not surpris-ingly, renters outnumber home-owners about 5:1.
Those are the demographics of the Wedge as a whole as of 2010. While we don’t know demo-graphic differences in the three Wedge sections, we can look at what distinguishes them physi-cally. The southernmost section is currently undergoing signifi-cant changes. Formerly an in-dustrial corridor along railroad tracks, the area south of 28th Street is being transformed into a high-density residential area of apartments, condos, and townhouses. The total number of new units under construc-tion (839) and already built (1,061) south of 28th Street is 1,890. Assuming that each unit will house 1.5 residents (the current Wedge average), these nearly 2,800 new residents will swell the current population of the Wedge by 47%, and consti-
tute about one third of the total population.
The interior of the big section between 24th and 28th Streets is largely comprised of pre-World War I houses and apart-ment buildings, with two-and-a-half-story walkup apartment buildings scattered among them. After its 1970’s downzon-ing to lower density, the Wedge middle has remained the most stable area, with the vast ma-jority of residential buildings being occupied as they were thirty years ago. This section is home to most of the residents who have lived in the Wedge the longest. It has the most duplexes and single-family houses. This section, however, is cut in two by a major traffic artery (26th Street), and of the 28 blocks here only 12 whole blocks are zoned R2B.
The northernmost section, the apex north of 24th Street, is the smallest. In the first half of the 20th century, large houses, a school, and a church occupied this area. Some of the houses were used as stu-dent housing for this school and for the Dunwoody Insti-tute. After the middle section was downzoned, high-density zoning remained in place for the Wedge apex. This writer’s count of the structures located in the area between 24th and Franklin revealed the follow-ing distribution: 5 pre-WWII apartment buildings; 19 post-WWII apartment buildings; 14 houses with 4 or more residen-tial units; 60 houses with 3 or fewer units. Today a half-dozen single-family homes north of 24th Street are in R2B zoning, but the remainder is zoned for commercial or high density residential.
Because of this high-density zoning, the apex is slated to be the next area facing big chang-es. Mayor Rybak and the City Planning Department have targeted the Wedge, Whittier, and other neighborhoods to the east for more high-density residential development. When the available space along Gre-enway is filled, developers’ at-tention will turn to the Wedge apex. A hint of what’s to come is the current proposal by the Lander Group to demolish the houses at 2316 and 2320 Colfax and replace them with a four-story apartment building. It’s only a matter of time that other redevelopment proposals will be offered to replace houses in the R6 part of the apex. If a proposed building conforms to R6 zoning, which allows for buildings as high as five stories, it can go in without neighbor-hood approval.
The Wedge population has al-ready seen a shift away from the number of families with chil-dren and a shift toward a greater proportion of young renters. In
the coming months and years, Wedge residents will have to decide if they prefer new apart-ment buildings that offer many more units or if they’d rather have the 74 turn-of-the-century houses (two fewer if the Lander project is built) lining the streets of the apex.
In 2011 Council Member Meg Tuthill requested that Commu-nity Planning and Economic Development (CPED) staff put on their work plan a review of LHENA’s 2004 Zoning Study. This was proposed to preserve the mixed scale and diverse character of the neighborhood.
With the high proportion of Wedge residents being renters and a high year-to-year turn-over, it’s apparent that only a small percentage of residents are involved in LHENA and
neighborhood events.
No matter what your opinion is on future development in Lowry Hill East (Wedge), I rec-ommend you make your voice heard. Otherwise those deci-sions will be made without you.
[*See: www.mncompass.org (October 2011)]
Trilby Busch is affiliated with the Healy Project, a group dedi-cated to preserving the architec-tural legacy of Minneapolis mas-ter builder T. P. Healy. (which is currently working on incorpo-rating as a nonprofit.) She wrote the initial 1983 article on Healy, “Legacy of a Master Builder” for Twin Cities magazine. She’s re-tired from teaching college Eng-lish, has lived in the same 1885 Wedge house since 1976, and was Wedge editor in the ‘80s.
story apartment building on the site. Since then, the project has encountered re-sistance from some Wedge residents and from the Healy Project, a group dedicated to preserving the architectural legacy of Minneapolis mas-ter builder T. P. Healy. The center of contention is the Orth House, 2320 Colfax, designed and built by Healy in 1893.
In January, Anders Chris-tensen, researcher for the Healy Project, sent a letter to the City disputing the Plan-ning Director’s determina-tion that the house at 2320 Colfax is not an historic re-source. Minneapolis statutes mandate an appeal process, so on March 15, after the de-veloper filed an application for demolition permits for the houses at 2316 and 2320, Christensen filed an ap-peal with the City regarding 2320. The Heritage Preser-vation Commission (HPC) will hear the appeal on Tues-day, April 16. Until the hear-ing and determination by the H.P.C., the City review process on the Lander pro-posal will be suspended. On March 19, a demolition per-mit was issued for 2316.
On March 5, project archi-tect Pete Keely presented the project to the City’s Plan-ning and Zoning Commis-sion. However, because the developer is now requesting four zoning variances that were not previously pro-posed, Keely will have to re-turn to the LHENA Zoning and Planning Committee to request its approval. Previ-ously, motions before the LHENA Z&P Committee and the LHENA Board to approve the Lander project resulted in tie votes and the motions did not pass.
Minneapolis architect John Cuningham, Healy’s great-grandson, toured the house with an eye to redeveloping the existing structure. (Cun-ingham’s firm, the Cuning-ham Group designed the Uptown Small Area Plan.) In addition, the Healy Proj-ect has found a potential fi-nancial backer for such an adaptive reuse project.
Meanwhile, preservationists have begun making contin-gency plans should the de-molition permit eventually be issued for the Orth House. Nicole Curtis of the “Rehab Addict” show on the HGTV cable channel is looking into the possibility of moving the house to a lot further east on Franklin. She and Min-neapolis house mover John Jepsen of Jepsen, Inc. have examined the house and de-termined that such a move would be feasible. Jepsen says that because it’s made of wood, the 6,400 square-foot house is relatively “light.” The most difficult part of
the move would be probably be getting the house up and down the grade at Franklin and Lyndale Avenues.
Trilby Busch is affiliated with the Healy Project, a group dedicated to preserving the architectural legacy of Min-neapolis master builder T. P. Healy. (which is currently working on incorporating as a nonprofit.) She wrote the initial 1983 article on Healy, “Legacy of a Master Builder” for Twin Cities magazine. She’s retired from teaching college English, has lived in the same 1885 Wedge house since 1976, and was Wedge editor in the ‘80s.
Photo by Bruce Cochran above is an example of a much larger building in the process of moving 1 mile away in 1991. in order to move across the Univer-sity of Washington (seattle) campus via city streets in 1991 it was required to make some tight intersection turns as seen above. on the Historic register, the Penthouse was the first Theatre in the round (arena) built in the United states. This 160 seat theatre was completely renovated in 1991 when it was moved from its original south campus location.
See KILLIAN page 9
2320 COLFAX from page 1
2800: A two-and-a-half-story walkup, three houses, and two apartment buildings under construction.
2600: Houses, duplexes, and walkup apartment buildings.
2300: Back of funeral home parking lot and four 1890’s houses, all rooming houses. (The two at the far end are the ones to be demolished.)
The Wedge launched a candidate series for 10th Ward candidates. Every month candidates have had the opportunity to provide you with their argument
for support in the November election. Our third month’s submission comes from Kendal Killian. (Nate Griggs has declined to submit at this time.) See
wedgenewsmpls.wordpress.com for previous profiles.
Dear neighbors,
Talking to people throughout Ward 10 is my favorite part of my campaign. In the last few months, I’ve knocked on over 1,000 doors and have had hun-dreds of conversations. I like to ask people, “What do you love about living in our neighbor-hood?” I’m running for city council because we deserve a council member who respects all of us, and all of our reasons for living here.
Out going door to door, I’ve met cab drivers and doctors, rappers and jazz musicians, journalists and web designers. And more than a few attorneys. As one voter asked me, how do we maintain the special sauce that makes our part of the city so charming?
To me it’s about diversity. Delib-erately surrounding ourselves with dramatically different life-styles and cultures makes our own lives better. Whether it’s the neighbor petitioning his neighbors to acquire a beehive, the pizza parlor that wants to stay open until 3:00 AM, or the east African family who does everything different from the performance artist next door, this is why we live here. I believe that the vitality, the richness, the unique character of our cor-ner of the city comes from its diversity, not in spite of it.
We have a talented field of can-didates here in Ward 10, so it’s an appropriate question when folks ask, what makes me differ-ent? As one supporter told me: “Kendal, I support you because you have the political chops to get things done for our ward, and the progressive values to make sure it is done right.”
I’m honored someone thinks that. In fact, here are four ini-tiatives I’d like to work on for our Ward:
1. Nicollet Avenue reclaimed at Lake, with mixed-use development lining those “new” blocks. I would hope – and would push for – a commercial and housing mix that will serve all of the area’s residents.
2. New transit options for Nicollet, the Greenway, and Hennepin that encourage riders to patronize business-es all along their routes, and not just serve as a point-to-point shuttle.
3. Aggressive reinstatement of the renter’s tax credit, combined with an educa-tion effort to make sure our most at-risk neighbors know to take advantage of it, and to help keep our neighbor-hood’s diversity strong.
4. Better neighborhood co-ordination of temporary snow emergency lots, to help residents without off-street parking weather snowstorms with fewer stresses.
I have the progressive values and know-how to represent Ward 10 on the city council. As the Public Affairs Coordina-tor for the Minnesota Associa-tion of Professional Employees I go to work to help build, se-cure, and expand the dream of a professional middle class for thousands of Minnesotans. I’ve worked for MCTC where I helped develop a program for less advantaged young people to help them afford college.
My involvement in the DFL did not begin the day I announced my campaign. I have been im-mersed in the progressive movement for over a decade, working tirelessly for the DFL and its local and statewide can-didates. Since 2004, I have been a leader for get-out-the-vote efforts right here in our neigh-borhood. My work has resulted in deep relationships with pol-icy makers across the city and state.
This is demonstrated by the following endorsements for my campaign: Deputy Senate Majority Leader Jeff Hayden (DFL-62), Representative Kar-en Clark (DFL-62A), Senator Patricia Torres Ray (DFL-63), Minneapolis Park Board Com-missioner Brad Bourn and Metropolitan Council Member Adam Duininck.
“Kendal and I have worked together for years, engaging
The Three Wedges Who Lives in Lowry Hill East?
The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners reappointed two Hennepin County resi-dents to the Hennepin County Library Board on March 12 and appointed two new members on March 26.
Caitlin Cahill of Maple Plain and Gary Thaden of Minne-apolis (Lowry Hill East neigh-borhood) were reappointed; their new terms will expire on December 31, 2015. Wynfred Russell of Brooklyn Park was appointed to complete the term
of NuRocha Williams, who re-signed in November 2012 and whose term expires at the end of this year. Also newly ap-pointed to the Library Board is Doris Rubenstein of Richfield, who replaces Claudia Kelly. Rubenstein’s term will expire on December 31, 2015.
County Board Chair Mike Opat said, “Impressively quali-fied applicants continue to far outweigh the number of va-cancies we have on the Hen-nepin County Library Board,
and I am grateful to each one of them for their passion and dedication. I have great confi-dence in their abilities to con-tribute to the ongoing growth and success of one of the finest library systems in the nation.”
For more information about the Library Board, call 612.543.8504 or visit www.hclib.org/pub/info/library-board.cfm.
Wedge Resident Thaden Reappointed to Library Board
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What Minnesotans ‘Can-Do’ about Climate ChangeBy Will Steger, Arctic Explorer and President, Will Steger Foundation
Dear Wedge Residents,
As a Minnesotan, I am proud of our state’s can do spirit. It helps give us the ability to overcome challenges that may seem im-possible. When I was a kid this spirit is what first inspired me to be an arctic explorer. This spirit also compels me to take a stand in the face of a crisis.
Right now there is a crisis brew-ing over the future of the arctic, and right here in Minnesota.
Climate change is not specula-tion or a theory; over the past 25 years I have seen it with my own eyes. As an explorer I have seen first hand how glaciers, which seemed so vast and im-posing have shrunk or disap-peared in a short amount of time. For instance, in 1990 I crossed Antarctica, including the Larsen Ice Shelf which is
now almost completely gone. The Larsen A shelf disappeared in 1995 and the Larsen B shelf collapsed in March 2002 after one of the warmest summers on record.
The Ayles and Ward Hunt Ice shelves in Canada’s High Arctic of Ellesmere Island have disin-tegrated. The Ward Hunt was
where I left for the North Pole in 1986, and now no expedi-tion can reach the North Pole without some form of flotation. Greenland is now seeing run-ning water on the top of the ice cap, and the summer sea ice on the Arctic Ocean has lost half its thickness and surface area in less than a decade.
The connection between cli-mate change and melting ice caps is very simple. Right now pollution from factories and
cars around the world is col-lecting in our atmosphere and increasing the Earth’s tempera-ture. These rising temperatures are causing the pack ice to melt in the arctic.
The effects of climate change are not confined to the arc-tic. Here in the U.S., climate change means more intense hurricanes, longer droughts, and other potentially cata-strophic changes to our weath-er in the years ahead. In Min-nesota, climate change will bring hotter summers, heavier blizzards, and the potential for flooding from more driving rainstorms. We already saw the impact in 2012: the flood in Duluth, the drought in our agricultural areas, hot temper-atures in the Twin Cities, and the fires near my hometown of Ely, Minnesota.
Although climate change is a serious threat, there is time to take action. Dealing with this challenge, which may seem impossible, holds many great opportunities for Minnesota farmers, workers, and busi-nesses. Minnesota’s communi-ties hold the key to fighting cli-mate change by implementing locally owned renewable ener-gy. Addressing climate change gives us a unique opportunity to balance our commitment
to protecting the environment and creating new jobs.
Six years ago, our state took a big bipartisan step to cleaner energy and a stronger econo-my, proving that we can cre-ate thousands of jobs. But our work is not done.
Now, we have an opportunity to take the next big step forward – transitioning to clean, renew-able energy like wind and solar power, increasing energy effi-ciency, and making it easier to generate local power.
We are working to support in-creasing the state’s Renewable Electricity Standard to 40 per-cent by 2030, establishing a solar energy standard of 10 percent by 2030, and a series of policies that will make providing local power generation easier and more cost effective, as well as advancing building and industrial energy efficiency initiatives.
Wind energy provides up to 3,000 direct and indirect jobs in Minnesota. Meanwhile, more than 100 businesses already exist throughout Minnesota in the solar industry. Implement-ing a solar energy standard will create over 2,000 permanent jobs in the first year after the standard is passed, and thou-sands of jobs over the life of the policy. The 10 percent solar en-ergy standard would also help put solar on more than 200,000 rooftops across the state, mak-ing it easier for the average Minnesotan to be an energy producer, not just a consumer.
Meanwhile, energy efficiency investments create more jobs than equivalent investments in fossil fuels. The U.S. in 2010 had at least 830,000 jobs related to energy efficiency, and that number is increasing at 3 per-cent per year.
The thousands of educators, students and youth that we work with through the Will
Steger Foundation recognize that we must take measures to rapidly advance a clean energy economy in order to secure a healthy and prosperous Minne-sota for their generation. Youth are the moral imperative for action. There is no denying cli-mate change is a threat we have to face. Now is the time for us to summon our can-do spirit and face this crisis and I am confident that we can.
If you want to get involved in the Minnesota Clean Energy and Jobs Campaign, visit www.cleanenergyjobs.mn. If you are an educator or youth leader, we have opportunities for you to get involved! Visit www.willste-gerfoundation.org.
The Will Steger Foundation is educating, inspiring and em-powering people of all ages to engage in solutions to climate change. Learn more at www.willstegerfoundation.org.
About Will Steger
Will Steger is a recognized au-thority on the Polar Regions. He has spent more than 50 years traveling through the Arctic re-gions, advocating for the Earth’s preservation and advising on permanent solutions to climate change. Steger holds a Bachelor of Science in geology and Master of Arts in education from Uni-versity of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, in addition to five Honorary Doctorates. Steger led the first confirmed dogsled jour-ney to the North Pole without re-supply in 1986, the 1,600-mile south-north traverse of Green-land (the longest unsupported dogsled expedition in history) in 1988, and led the first dogsled traverse of Antarctica (the his-toric seven month, 3,741-mile International Trans-Antarctica Expedition) in 1989–’90. Steger has continued his commitment to the environment and education through the Will Steger Founda-tion by inspiring and empower-ing people to engage in solutions to climate change.
As I write this, I am awaiting another Mon-day morning snow
storm to hit. I’m beginning to think winter will never end. I’m thanking my lucky stars I learned Hardcover Theater’s “Pollyanna” currently warm-ing the stage at Bryant Lake Bowl because I need some in-tensive optimism to turn my frown upside down.
Like most people, I have not revisited the story of this perky young girl since I was young myself. I may have even dis-missed Hardcover’s family-friendly adaptation if it were not for the adamant way Director Steve Schroer’s began his press release: “Resistance is futile: You will love this little girl!”
Celebrating its 100th years since publication, the version of “Pollyanna,” audiences will see this month is a fairly faith-ful rendition – more faith-ful, apparently, than the 1960 Disney version. However, that was not Schroer’s original plan when he decided to tackle this popular book.
“It all begins with the fact that I’m a terrible person,” he said in an email. “I’m mean and cynical, and if anyone in my vicinity has a pleasant thought, I always try to stomp on it. And so my original intention was to stomp on ‘Pollyanna.’ But when I read the book, my icy heart melted. See, I had assumed that Pollyanna’s op-timism was somehow inhu-man, that she was like a little machine spitting out upbeat comments no matter what the input. But she’s not. She’s had a tough life. Being optimistic doesn’t come easily to her; she has to work at it.”
While we may have to work at leaving our homes on a cold night to watch the show, it sounds to me that Pol lyanna, played by B e t h a n y S i m m o n s , will do most of the heavy lifting. We just need to watch her show the residents of a dispir-ited town all the reasons they have to be grateful, and that will be enough to change our own attitudes.
Besides, as the press release declares, “what have you got to lose except your cynicism?” After such a cold and snowy
winter, I’m willing to give this girl a chance.
“Pollyanna” runs at 7 pm, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays ,
April 4-6 and 11-13. Bryant Lake Bowl is located at 810 Lake Street. For more informa-tion visit www.bryantlakebowl.com or call 612.825.8949. See THE BEAT page 10
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Hardcover Theater’s ‘Pollyanna’ Promises to Melt the Iciest HeartsBy Vanessa Ardolino, Wedge Arts Reviewer
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Parents as Sexuality EducatorsApril 5, 2013, 6:30-8:30 p.m.With Tatum Bishop of Family Tree
An Exploration of Bullying in Schools With a Focus on Embracing LGBT StudentsApril 12, 2013, 6:30-8:00 p.m.With Tammy Aaberg of Justin’s Gift
What Do I Tell My Kids About the Pain in the World? How Do I Help?April 28, 2013, 9-10:15 a.m.Facilitated by Marit Appeldoorn, MSW, LICSW, Child Psychotherapist
First Unitarian Society of MinneapolisLiberal Parenting Discussion SeriesWe seek to deepen our understanding of parenting issues through respectful, open dialogue with like-minded, liberal parents.
All events are free and all are invited. Free childcare is provided, but please make request a week in advance.
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“Resistance is futile: You will love this little girl!”
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By Vanessa Moore Ardolino, Wedge Arts Reviewer
The patrons of The Beat Cof-feehouse sipped their drinks, chatted with friends, and clicked away on their laptops. Meanwhile, along the the walls beside their tables, prints, paintings and photographs, appeared to casually call for their attention. Little did the patrons know that the artwork was the realization of a dream shared by members of the newly formed Collective Effort Co-op – a group determined to keep their talents honed in a world that can quickly wear down a person’s creativity.
It can be especially hard for
artists those first few years out of college. After an intense pe-riod of time in which they cul-tivate their craft and surround themselves with like-minded people, upon graduation, many find themselves cast adrift in a world seemingly in-different to their special brand of creativity.
I remember this happening to one of my first roommates af-ter college. Just months after receiving rave reviews for her coffee table embedded with waffles and her tactilely earthy pottery, she was disheartened to find herself having to push her artistic inclinations aside in order to focus on paying her
New Artist Co-op Holds Debut Exhibition at The Beat
“The gardener” by amy greene.
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Listed Alphabetically by Venue. Events subject to change. See wedgenewsmpls.wordpress.com for more listings.
Barbette1600 West Lake Street, 612.827.5710, barbette.com/events
The Neighborhood TrioMonday, April 8, 10:00 pm
John DevineThursday, April 11, 10:00 pmwww.devinesax.com
Jazz Nocturne with John GanapesMonday, April 15, 10:00 pmfacebook.com/JGJazzNocturne
James WallaceThursday, April 18, 10:00 pm
The Neighborhood TrioMonday, April 22, 10:00 pmwww.theneighborhoodtrio.com
Bryant Lake Bowl810 West Lake Street, 612.825.3737, bryantlakebowl.com/calendar
Sarah Morris and Matt MobergApril 8 – 7:00pm, (doors 6:00) $7sarahmorrismusic.com/shows
Stuart DavisApril 12 – 10:00pm (9:30 doors) $15 advance/$20 day of show
Tea and Sympathy Cd Release Show, Sunday, April 21, 7:00pm (doors 6:00) $8 advance/$10 day of show
Cause Spirits & Soundbar3001 Lyndale Ave S Minneapolis, 612.822.6000, spiritsandsound.com
The 3rd Annual Mikey Max Heals The World: A Birthday Charity Event
featuring: Hot Ashes, Enemy Planes, Sean Anonymous, Fort Wilson Riot, Desert VestFriday, April 5, 9pm, 21+, $7 donation
Fortified Five, Dallas Orbiter, Larry Wish & His GuysSaturday, April 6, 9pm, 21+ , $5
Ed Schrader’s Music Beat (LOAD records), Skoal Kodiak, Animal Lover, DJ ShostakoMonday, April 8, 9pm, 21+ , $5
What Tyrants Tuesday, April 9, 9pm, 21+ No Cover
“Loud Wednesday’s Residency” featuring: WITCHDENWednesday, April 10, 9pm, 21+, No Cover
Hiss In The CongosThursday, April 11, 9pm, 21+, No Cover
Ex Nuns, Mystery Date, Rabbit Holes (ex Voytek)Friday, April 12, 9pm, 21+, $5
Red Desert, TONNAGE, Droids Attack, Torch the SpiresSaturday, April 13, 9pm, 21+, $5
Jim Ruiz Set, Kinda KinkyTuesday, April 16, 9pm, 21+, $5
“Loud Wednesday’s Residency” featuring: WITCHDENWednesday, April 17, 9pm, 21+, No Cover
Grolar Bears, Black Diet, The Golden Bubbles Friday, April 19, 9pm, 21+, $5
“Loud Wednesday’s Residency” featuring: WITCHDEN Wednesday, April 24, 9pm, 21+, No Cover
Cheapo Records1300 West Lake Street, 612.827.8238 www.cheapodiscs.com
Joseph OftSaturday, April 13, 3:00 pm
Marx and the YogisSaturday, April 20, 3:00 pm
Dulono’s Music607 West Lake Street, 612.827.1726, www.mscb.com/mscb_dulonos.htm
The Middle Spunk Creek Boys Friday, April 5 and Saturday April 6, 8:00 pm, no cover
Cousin DadFriday, April 12 and Saturday April 13, 8:00 pm, no cover
Bob and Lynn DixonFriday, April 19 and Saturday April 20, 8:00 pm, no cover
Famous Dave’s BBQ & Blues3001 Hennepin Avenue, 612.822.9900, famousdavesbluesclub.com
Cassie TaylorFriday, April 5, 9:00 pm ($6 Cover)
Hooker & BlowSaturday, April 6, 9:00 pm ($7 cover)
Sunday, April 7The Everett Smithson Band at Sunday Brunch, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Battle of the Blues Bands Finals, 4:00 pm (No Cover)Open Blues Jam with Moses Oakland, 8:00 pm (No Cover)
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young people and non-tradi-tional constituencies in our city,” Senator Hayden says. “By deliberately reaching out and bringing everyone to the table, Kendal will be a lead-er in closing the real equity gaps we face in Minneapolis. He knows how to get things done,” Hayden added.
I am proud of my volunteer advocacy work as well. I’m on the Board of Directors of Out-front Minnesota and the Advi-sory Board for Health Care for All Minnesota. I’m a founding board member of Young Pro-gressive Majority Minnesota (YPM). YPM engages young people in politics, increasing voter turnout. In 2012 all four YPM endorsed legislative candidates won, allowing the DFL to retake the majority in Saint Paul.
I do this work because I fun-damentally believe that we all do better when we all do bet-ter. We must craft policies at the city level that proactively reach out to and engage tra-ditionally underrepresented communities, and start to close the vast opportunity gaps that persist here.
I’m sure you agree. I sincerely hope you consider support-ing me at caucuses (April 16) and the convention (April 27). Please contact me directly 612.234.2335 to discuss any topics important to you.
Together, we can make our great community even better.
In solidarity, Kendal
About Kendal KillianOffice: Seeking the DFL en-dorsement for City Council in Ward 10Age: 34Occupation: Public Affairs CoordinatorAddress: 3644 Bryant Ave. S.Family: Wife, KellyEndorsements: Deputy Senate Majority Leader Jeff Hayden (DFL-62), Representative Kar-en Clark (DFL-62A), Senator Patricia Torres Ray (DFL-63), Minneapolis Park Board Commissioner Brad Bourn and Metropolitan Council Member Adam Duininck.
Contact: votekillian.org, 612.234.2335, [email protected]
bills. I feel that if she had found something like the Collective Effort Co-op, she wouldn’t have had such a rough transition into the post-art-major world.
This Co-op is part of a new ar-tistic initiative, Forming and Performing Arts, founded by Amy and Douglas Greene.
“Forming and Performing Arts is an idea that we’ve had for the last few years,” said Amy in an email. “It is the organization that we’re building that will be an umbrella for some of the more specific projects we are starting in hopes of further-ing art within our community. Forming and Performing Arts’ goals include promoting area artists, hosting events, and en-couraging people to think cre-atively. Collective Effort Co-op is one of those specific projects wherein local artists gather to collaborate, create, and exhibit art together.”
The show, “Nostalgia of the City,” at The Beat, was the Co-op’s first official exhibition with 12 artists participating.
I was particularly taken by Amy Greene’s “The Gardener,” colored pencil on black paper. Her medium choice made the
green strokes of the tree roots and “gardener” glow.
Nicholas Vanderloop’s 4-part series, “Minneapolis,” made me think of the “en plein air” movement of the 19th century, where artists painted outside on small, portable canvases. His 6x8-inch oil and acrylic depictions of the city made me long to stand where he stood to capture the city in such a spirited way.
This sense of spirit was appar-ent in many of the other works as well, and it seems this ener-gy is what helped spur the cre-ation of the Co-op and Form-ing and Performing Arts.
“What prompted us to run with this idea is what would prompt any artist to create something meaningful – pas-sion,” explained Amy. “We had graduated from college and wanted to do something that we knew would make a differ-ence. We went to school for art and design, we had a strong connection to our location and community, and sitting in an office was simply not an option for us. We started talking to artists and musicians, friends and family, and realized that we were not alone. There were plenty of people in our neck of the woods with the same artis-
tic drive, yet they had nowhere to work out their ideas, no one to help critique their art, no gallery to show their talents, and no community to keep the motivation and passion alive.”
The Co-op appears to be sustain-ing these artists in many benefi-cial ways, especially through the opportunities to collaborate. I found several pieces on which two names were inscribed. For example, Noah Czarnecki-Free-man collaborated with a couple of artists on some acrylic paint-ings. I particularly enjoyed his work with Jonathan DeDecker, “Dynamics of Displacement.” Fat squiggles of orange en-velop deep hues of blue, black, pink, and orange. I almost see thick fingers and Picasso-like faces emerging from the round-edged chaos.
I encourage you to stop by and appreciate the efforts of this new co-op. While sipping your latte, be aware that the jolt of energy you feel may be as much from the artists’ exu-berant energy shining through their art as from the caffeine.
“Nostalgia” will run until April 14. The Beat Coffee-house is located at 1414 28th Street. For more information visit www.thebeatcoffee.com or call 612.367.4743.
KILLIAN from page 4THE BEAT from page 7By Wendy Schadewald
Rating Legend: (4=Don’t miss, 3=Good, 2=Worth a look, 1=Forget it
“Admission” (PG-13) (2.5)
[Language and some sexual ma-terial.] — An engaging, well-acted, low-key film in which a stern, 16-year veteran, Princ-eton admissions officer (Tiny Fey), who is estranged from her mother (Lily Tomlin), falls for the manager (Paul Rudd) of an alternate school after breaking up with her cheating, live-in boyfriend (Michael Sheen) and then tries to help a gifted, offbeat student (Nat Wolff) gain admis-sion to her ivy league school de-spite opposition from her boss (Wallace Shawn) and ambitious rival (Gloria Reuben).
“A Place at the Table” (PG) (3.5)
[Thematic elements and brief mild language.] — An edu-cational, eye-opening, gut-wrenching, inspirational, 90-minute, 2012 documentary that discusses the horrific and rising problem of “food inse-curity” (that is, hunger) in the U.S. where 50 million people go hungry everyday and the myri-ad of factors that contribute to it, including disproportionate and/or limited government sub-sidies in many arenas, through candid interviews with a seven-
member Colorado family barely making ends meet, Pastor Bob Wilson, “Sweet Charity?” author Janet Poppendieck, “Stuffed and Starved” author Raj Patel, End Hunger Network Founder Jeff Bridges, Philadelphia working poor mother of two children Barbie Izquierdo, “Food Poli-tics” author Marion Nestle, En-vironmental Group President Ken Cook, chef and “Top Chef ” host Tom Colicchio, NYC Co-alition Against Hunger Execu-tive Director Joel Berg, school cook Ree Harris, Massachusetts Department of Health Director Dr. Alfio Rausa, Massachusetts Representative and Co-Chair of the Congressional Hunger Center James McGovern, “Hid-den in America” 1966 film Ex-ecutive Producer Jeff Bridges, Share Our Strength Chairman and CEO Bill Shore, Witnesses to Hunger Founder Dr. Marion Chilton, teachers Leslie Nichols (5th grade) and Odessa Cherry (2nd grade), “Living Hungry in America” author Dr. J. Larry Brown, renegade lunch lady Ann Cooper, Bread of the World President David Beckmann.
©1986 through 2013 by Wendy Schadewald. The preceding films were reviewed by Wendy Schadewald, who has been a Twin Cities film critic since 1986. To see more of her film reviews, log on to www.shortredheadreelreviews.com.
Photo by Colin Schwanke inirie is greg siganos (above on lead vocals), aaron ohnsorg and Erik Christianson.
Confessions of a Music JunkieInIrie plays The Beat on April 6By Bruce Cochran
One of the best things about seeing live local music is get-ting the chance to catch a band as they search for their sound. You can be there in the begin-ning when the band is still fine tuning their subconscious–but still aren’t afraid to experiment. And just like tap beer, you won’t taste the full body until you hear them in person.
I recently had the chance to listen to the Minneapolis band InIrie. Prepping to release a full-length recording this spring, the band will play The Beat Cof-feehouse, 1414 28th Street, on April 6, along with City of the Weak, Attention Whore, Give It Up, and Kick.
I usually give the music three turns over several days to make sure I’ve given it a chance and to make sure I’m in the right mood to appreciate it. It’s seldom that I come across something so horrid I don’t even want to give it away. I’d rather listen to the failed side of musical ex-periments than anything overly mastered for widest appeal. If you haven’t guessed it already, I’m a music snob. So the last thing I want to do is perpetu-ate anything I find artistically abhorrent. I’m one of those big-headed freaks that doesn’t get offended by anything, except
painful music. I rant about it like I was saving the world from the next End-Permian Mass Ex-tinction.
But, I’m also an active hypocrite. I listen to enough guilty pleasure music to make me the Carrie Bradshaw Fan Club president.
Anxious to give the CD a spin, I popped in InIrie’s 6-track disc and I was pleasantly surprised.
Big picture?... I think InIrie is right at that sweet spot where they aren’t over produced, and haven’t written music according to popular tastes, yet are still re-fining their sound for their own artistic satisfaction.
Jumping across tracks, you’ll immediately feel the lead vo-cals–most of the songs revolve around relationships and even the quality of the singer’s voice is a relentless reminder of that. At times it drags, probably because I think, the lyrics are still finding their voice.
Reading the liner notes–as I of-ten have trouble making out the lyrics from songs, I came across a chilling verse on “Don’t Crash” that provides a window to more.
“Well, I think the ambulance is late cause we’ve lost color in our face, we never gave the chance
to pray. So don’t kill me.”
If this band was just about the voice, they could be easily la-beled and forgotten, but there’s more here that’s keeps nagging at me to listen again.
You see this band has no “horror vacui”–fear of empty space. Du-eling energies between the lead vocals and grinding guitar pro-vide for full spectrum sound. The band’s most interesting moments occur at the connections between song sections as you lead along melodic strings that bridge the gap between tempo, sound and style within the same song.
So bend your ear–either online or at the show and tell me I’m tone deaf, high, should keep my day job (this is my day job) or remotely correct. We welcome your comments at [email protected].
More info www.thebeatcoffee.com www.InIrie.BandCamp.com
Bruce Cochran is Editor of the Wedge newspaper, lives in Uptown and the only time he’s ever been paid in association with playing music, it’s been a plea to stop.
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LAGOON CINEMA1320 Lagoon Avenue612.823.3020
4/5 Beyond The Hills The Sapphires4/12 A Fierce Green Fire Trance4/19 Gimme the Loot4/26 In the House My Brother the Devil
UPTOWN THEATRE2906 Hennepin Avenue 612.392.0402
4/5 The Place Beyond the Pines4/12 To The Wonder*4/19 The Company You Keep
*(Movie will either open at Uptown or Lagoon)
Lagoon Cinema & Uptown Theatre
(Listed in order of release date and subject to change)
Local residents travel by this house every day - by car, bus, bicycle or walk - and never re-ally see it ... the big light green house on the northwest corner of 24th Street and Colfax Ave-nue ... and never give it a second thought. But that all might be changing in a few short months. The turn of the century Victori-an might suffer the fate of being replaced by a four story, 48 unit apartment building. What tales could this once grand property tell that would be lost?
The present function of the house has been as a much needed rooming house for single men for over the past thirty years. Perhaps we have noted its occasional claim to infamy when the ambulance or police car showed up at its door. Perhaps we noticed when the new vinyl siding covered the ugly clapboards. Perhaps we noted the lack of vehicles in its empty parking lot which once was graced with a three story carriage house. Now a noted infill developer wants to tear it down and its northerly neighbor, 2316 Colfax, clothier Fred Young’s home, in favor of a more contemporary upscale apartment building.
But when this once grand home was built in 1893 it too was in the upscale contemporary style of a noted developer: Theron P. Healy. And the first owner was none other than Edward Orth of the Minneapolis Brew-ing Company. His father, John Orth, one of the first German families in St. Anthony, had come to Minneapolis in 1851 and built the famous Orth Brewery building which was later combined in 1890 with several other local establish-ments to create the conglom-erate of Minneapolis Brewing and Malting Company. In 1891 the current Grain Belt Brewery was constructed on the John Orth site and in 1893 began producing Minneapolis’ fa-mous Grainbelt ale. The brew-ery buildings are now listed on the National Registry of Historic Places and are one of the signature complexes of the Minneapolis skyline housing a library, artists studios, and art galleries. Soon after the merger, the Orth sons left the business to go into real estate.
Edward Orth was also president of the City Ice Company, Orth Brothers and the Coe Commis-sion Company. His growing family desired a grand home in
the fashionable Lowry Hill area to reflect his status and bought 2320 Colfax from one of the most sought after prolific build-ers of fine homes in Minneapo-lis, T.P. Healy, in 1894. The fam-ily not only entertained family and friends but was located in the same neighborhood as oth-er German entrepreneurs - the Glueks, Hahns, and Schopers. However by 1903, the Orth fam-ily had moved to Lake Harriet and Edward Orth died suddenly in 1910 at the age of only 54.
In 1903, the imposing house was sold to another up and coming entrepreneur, Thomas N. Kenyon, his wife Effie, and their two children, Norma and Donald. The matching frame carriage house in the rear housed not only the family horses but the latest in motor-ized transportation. Kenyon was an avid aficionado of auto-mobiles and was proud to own Minnesota license number 873. (In the early 20th century the driver carried the license num-ber not the vehicle.) Housed in the carriage house next to the car was a pair of fine driving horses which often took prizes in equine competition.
Thomas Kenyon was born in New York state in 1863, moved to Minneapolis in 1882 and worked as a traveling salesman handling drug specialties for a Michigan firm. After several years he bought the business and was the originator of Kon-don’s Catarrhal Jelly, a cough and cold remedy widely rec-
ognized throughout North and South America and England. He grew the business largely on distributing free samples in regions subjected to colds and hay fever. Kondon’s cold rem-edy was as well stocked in the average medicine cabinet as Doan’s Pills, Cuticura Soap, and Dewitts Throat Lozenges.
Thomas Kenyon also held po-sitions as the Director of the Minneapolis National Bank and Vice President of the Citi-zens State Bank of Monticello.
The house at 2320 Colfax was centrally located and known as a hub of the social season hold-ing many charitable events for Fowler Methodist Church.
Thomas and Effie’s daughter Norma was married to Asa Johnson Hunter in the spring of 1911. Asa J. Hunter was the grandson of Dr. Asa Emery Johnson, an early pioneer of St. Anthony arriving there in 1857. Dr. Johnson, primarily a bota-nist, in 1873, formed with 10 other forward-looking men the Minnesota Academy of Natural Sciences and was its first presi-dent. He was also a co-founder of the Hennepin County Medi-cal Society and was among the first doctors to use quinoa to treat typhoid fever. Dr. Johnson passed away in 1906.
Similar to its 1990’s notoriety, the Kenyon house was also a site of a police visit in the fall
If your walls could talk . . .
Tales of Two NeighborsPart I: Orth – Kenyon Home: 2320 Colfax Avenue South
By Kathy Kullberg, Lowry Hill East Historian
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Bryant Square Park, Rec Plus 3101 Bryant Avenue South, 612.230.6400, [email protected] Rec Plus program runs at Bryant Square Park and 14 other Recreation Centers. Registration began March 19, 2013. Ages: grades 5-12 (must have completed Kindergarten). Cost: $172/week Minneapolis resident rate, $38/day. Dates: Monday-Friday, June 10 – August 16, 7:00 am to 6 pm
highpoint Center for Printmaking912 West Lake Street, 612.871.1326 highpointprintmaking.org
Culture Camp Explore the world of theatre, printmaking, puppets, bookmaking, and dance at Children’s Theatre Company, Highpoint Cen-ter for Printmaking, In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, and Zenon Dance School.To register for Culture Camp call 612-215-2520. Age Groups and Themes: 6 – 7 yrs old: Super Heroes Unite!; 8 – 9 yrs old: Hypnotic Robotic; 10 – 11 yrs old: Choose Your Own Adventure. Cost: $275 ($250 member of any of the five participating organizations). Dates: Monday-Friday, August 12-16, 9 am to 3 pm
5 Centers For Art – No Business Like Show Business The music, the
make-up, the costumes, the props! Spend a day of theatrical art-making at five Twin Cities art centers: Min-nesota Center for Book Arts, IFP MN Center for Media Arts, Textile Cen-ter, Highpoint Center for Printmak-ing, and Northern Clay Center. Reg-ister through Northern Clay Center at 612.339.8007 Ages: 9-12. Cost: $295 ($275 member of any of the five par-ticipating organizations). Dates: Mon-day-Friday, June 24-29, 9 am to 3 pm
5 Centers For Art – Down by the River Celebrate the beauty of nature and learn about Minnesota ecosys-tems and waterways through the 5 Centers for Art Camp. Spend a week off the beaten path at a different art center each day: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, IFP MN Center for Media Arts, Textile Center, Highpoint Cen-ter for Printmaking, and Northern Clay Center. Register through North-ern Clay Center at 612.339.8007 Ages: 9-12. Cost: $295 ($275 member of any of the five participating organi-zations). Dates: Monday-Friday, July 22-26, 9 am to 3 pm
Intermedia Arts 2822 Lyndale Avenue South, 612.871.4444 http://www.intermediaarts.org/Summer-Day-Camps-and-Classes
Elements of Hip Hop Experience the elements of Hip-Hop including Rapping, DJing, Dancing, and Visual Art. Final performance for friends and family. Curated by Hip-Hop Art-ist Desdamona. Ages: grades 7-12. Cost: sliding scale. Dates: Monday-Friday, July 8-12, 9:30am to 4pm
Aerosol & Graffiti Art Renowned artists Jojo and Peyton Scott Russell will take you on a journey through the fascinating world of Aerosol and Graffiti Art. Learn all about the his-tory, culture and technique behind this often misunderstood art form. Ages: grades 7-12. Cost: sliding scale. Dates: Monday-Friday, July 15-19, 9:30am to 4pm
Theater: Be Heard, Be Seen, Be Work with theater artists Robert Farid Karimi and Harry Waters Jr. to idea generation, character develop-ment, ensemble work, and perfor-mance as you work together to create a theatrical piece that gets to the heart of what you care about in your world. This camp will end with a final per-formance. Ages: grades 7-12. Cost: sliding scale. Dates: Monday-Friday, July 22-26, 9:30am to 4pm
Animation Nation In this fun and super interactive class, you will work with local animator John Akre to cre-ate your own animated work. Ages: grades 7-12. Cost: sliding scale. Dates: Monday-Friday, August 19-23, 1 to 4pm
Writing Short, A Lit Camp In this fast-paced, exercise-driven literary class, you’ll explore the ins & outs of short-form or “flash” writing. Ages: grades 7-12. Cost: sliding scale. Dates: Monday-Friday, August 19-23, 1 to 4pm
Lake Calhoun Sailing School3010 E Calhoun Pkwy (lesson location, not mailing address) 612.927.8552 lakecalhoun.org
Sailing lessons on Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis, MN, from April through October, beginners to racing. Ages: 4-18 Cost: $225-$380. Dates: Monday-Thursday, June 10 - August 15, 9am - 12pm and 1pm - 4pm. Call for specifics or visit lakecalhoun.org
Painter Park620 West 34th Street, 612.370.4911, stop in to register, or contact: Mitch Waukau, Painter Park, [email protected]
Kinder Kamp Playing outside, swim-ming at Bryant Square pool, bug col-lection, lots of crafts and more! Ages: 3-6 year olds, potty-trained. Cost: TBA. Dates: Monday-Friday, 9 am – 12 pm (no camp July 1-5).
Summer Day Camp Games, bi-week-ly field trips, science experiments, arts and crafts, swim at local beach, sports, cooking and much more! Ages: 6-12 year olds, potty-trained. Cost: TBA. Dates: Monday-Friday, 12 pm – 5 pm (no camp July 1-5).
Teen Hang Time Dodge ball, kick-ball, flag football, basketball, and much more outside. Xbox 360, foos-ball, bumper pool and table tennis tournaments. Weekly trips to the beach and go on a field trip once a month. BBQ/cookout for dinner once a month. Ages: teenagers. Cost: TBA. Dates: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2 pm – 6 pm (no program July 2 and 4).
Twin Town Guitars3400 Lyndale Avenue South, 612.822.3334, twintown.com
Youth, Teen & Girl-Powered Band CampsRock while developing improvisation and song writing skills, and conclude with an exciting public performance at the Whiskey Junction!Ages: 8 to 16, Cost: $375, Dates: June 10 to June 21 or July 29 to August 9
Walker Art Center 1750 Hennepin Avenue, 612.375.7600 http://www.walkerart.org/education-community-programshttp://teens.walkerart.org/Many options, call or visit their website
World Martial Arts Center Summer Camp Program 2913 Lyndale Avenue South, 612.823.8233, call or stop in to register, www.wmacenter.com
Morning warm up class followed by an authentic tae kwon do class taught Korean style. Korean and Chinese Language: Children learn how to write their name and understand and speak key phrases of these languages. After-noon field trip and activities: movie, playground, swimming pool, muse-um, library, gymnastics, and exercise. Taught by certified instructors. Values emphasized: team work, positive atti-tude, leadership, confidence, and dis-cipline. Ages: 5 years old and up, Cost: $94/week half day, $149/week full day, Dates: June 24 to August 23.
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City Hall UpdatesCall for artists
The City of Minneapolis Art in Public Places program has an-nounced a unique opportunity for local artists to submit de-signs for utility box wraps.
Minneapolis Art Wraps is an effort to assist interested groups in developing these projects, with the goal of creat-ing a vibrant city-wide gallery that celebrates the range and talent of creative artists living and working here. Wrapping utility boxes is not only a great way to beautify the communi-ties but is also a good effort in reducing graffiti.
The City has released a Call for Artists that is open to profes-sional artists who live or work in Minneapolis. Designs can be in any media that can be translated into a digital im-age and wrapped onto a util-ity box. This includes painting, photography, collage, mosaic quilt making, etc. Selected art-ists will be paid an honorarium
of $1,000. The deadline for ap-plications is Wednesday, April 17 at 4pm.
Neighborhood and non-profit organizations who are inter-ested in developing their own artistic utility box projects, can apply for permission to place their designs on City-owned utility boxes. You can apply at www.minneapolismn.gov/dca/public/WCMS1P-083277.
For more information on both projects, visit www.minneap-olismn.gov/dca/index.htm or contact Mary Altman, Public Arts Administrator, at [email protected].
Registration now open for 38th Annual NUSA Conference
I hope you will take the oppor-tunity to join us for the 38th Annual Neighborhoods, USA (NUSA) Conference on Neigh-borhood Concerns taking place right here in Minneapolis. The conference is May 22-25 and
will be held at the Hyatt Regen-cy in downtown Minneapolis.
The conference is expected to bring over 800 people to Min-neapolis from across the coun-try. The conference will pro-vide helpful tools for engaging our community by exploring unique challenges, possibili-ties and practical application of successful engagement and community building strategies.
Register now at www.nusa.org/PDF/Off ic ia l-NUSA-2013-Registration-Book.pdf. The Hyatt Regency has also re-served special rates for attend-ees. If you have further ques-tions or would like additional information, please visit the City’s NUSA Conference web-page at www.minneapolismn.gov/ncr/WCMS1P-089093 or contact Carrie Day Aspinwall, Conference Coordinator, at 612.673.2243 or [email protected].
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April 8 Return from Spring Break 8 Site Council 5pm, Media Center. No PTO in April. Last meeting of Site Council and PTO on May 6.
CPEO Graduation 6-8:30pm, Jefferson Auditorium
April 18 Family Night 5:30pm, Jefferson
Jefferson Elementary Community SchoolVolunteers Needed:
Interested in Volunteering in the classroom or for a special event? Opportuni-ties are available to help with family nights, carnival, plant sale and much more. Contact Elizabeth Hale, Family Liaison, at [email protected] or 612.668.2749.
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By Bruce Cochran
On March 26, an unknown tagger vandalized Temple Is-rael at 2324 Emerson Avenue, and The Bridge For Youth at 1111 22nd Street. The graf-fiti coincided with the Temple’s Passover events. Senior Pastor Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman’s initial fear was that it was re-ligiously based. But after re-alizing none of the language seemed to relate to their faith–or religion in general, and that similar tagging showed up at The Bridge the same night, she and the members were put at ease. After having 24 hours to digest the incident, Zimmer-man shared her thoughts:
“I have to say that you know it’s saddening and disappoint-ing that it happened. We don’t understand the intention. I feel less anxious about it. It stirred in us as a community, with a past of vandalism and anti-Semitism this time of year. It’s in our historic memory. So it was startling to find it on the front pillars this time of year. That historic experience is lost on the person who did it. Your actions stir up a collective memory you may not know–but it’s still unclear. We are in-terested in hearing the results of the investigation.
According to their website Temple Israel is “the first syna-gogue established in Minne-apolis and is now one of the 10 largest congregations in the United States.”
Zimmerman confirmed that in fact event crowds lingered until around 10:30 pm Tuesday night. And according to the security video, the incident occurred some time before midnight.
Sgt. Bill Palmer, Minneapolis Police Department, confirmed that the event is currently un-der investigation, including a video of the individual in progress and a can of spray paint left at the scene. No fur-ther details were available as the Wedge went to press.
Temple and Bridge VandalizedTiming strikes a nerve
Minneapolis Action Against Graffiti
Step 1: Report it
Call 311 or report graffiti online at www.minneapolismn.gov/graffiti/graffiti_report.
Clean City crews take photo-graphs of the graffiti so police can track it. You can help by at-taching a photo to your online report. If you plan to clean up the graffiti yourself, you can save time and help accurately track graffiti by photographing the damage and removing it immediately.
Step 2: Remove it
If the graffiti is on your prop-erty, it’s your responsibility to clean it up.
When graffiti is reported, property owners are notified by mail. If the graffiti is not cleaned up within seven days of being notified, the City may remove or paint over the graffiti and bill the property owner for the cleanup cost.
Free graffiti removal solvent is available at all Minneapolis fire stations.
Step 3: Prevent it
There are ways you can prevent your property from being tar-geted by graffiti vandals.
If you see graffiti or any other vandalism in progress, call 911. More info at www.minneap-olismn.gov/graffiti.
Photo by Bruce Cochran Locations hit at the Temple include the front roman pillars, the sign and the school in back (above). according to rabbi Zimmer-man it has been two to three years since graffiti last appeared on the Temple.
notes success filling the MoZaic building and wanting to con-tinue that trend by luring more daytime business to Uptown.
Additional plans for Phase II will improve the east-west con-nection through the area and could also include a bike center with lockers and showers.
The MoZaic site also contains the Lagoon Theater, which has a footprint of 16,800 square feet. When asked about the future of the Lagoon Theatre, Imboden said that Ackerberg is hoping to keep them but won’t know until they get fur-
ther along in the site planning stage.
TImelineA very rough timeline depends on the extent of pre-leasing for the project. Ackerberg is hoping to present some more ideas at the April neighborhood meet-ing. Then they are hoping to receive city and neighborhood approval by this summer and begin construction as early as the end of 2013 to early 2014.
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of 1911. The October 28 Morn-ing Tribune column read: “Girl Charged with Insanity: Victoria Larson, a domestic in the home of T.N. Kenyon was taken to the county jail last night by Deputy Sheriff Johnson and held on a charge of insanity. She has been in this county six months and is said to have often threatened to take her own life. She attempted to put her threat into execution last night and was arrested. It is said her despondency is caused by an unhappy love affair.”
After Thomas Kenyon’s death in 1935, his son, Donald contin-ued as president of the Kondon Manufacturing Company while the Catarrhal Jelly continued to be distributed by druggists internationally well after the 1940s. Donald Kenyon and his wife, Dorothy, lived on in the house for a few more years un-til it was sold about 1937. Effie DeMille Kenyon died in 1943.
The house then suffered the fate of so many grand dwellings
in Lowry Hill East after World War II – it was expensive to maintain and became a room-ing house for many returning veterans and students. Eventu-ally it lost its graceful airy porch and suffered through a fire.
But now 2320 Colfax has a chance to regain it’s original grand showpiece status if only it were not located in a densely zoned R6 site. Will its fate be listed on the Lost Twin Cities rolls or will it survive to anchor the north end of Colfax and again tell glorious tales?
Kathy Kullberg lives in Lowry Hill East.
(Photo courtesy Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis Collection)
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