Category: Nokomis

Is this guy for real?

CHEERLEADING BY ED FELIEN Normally, when the school board appoints an interim superintendent, that person lays low, doesn’t make waves, especially if they want to be appointed permanent superintendent.  But Michael Goar has come roaring out of the gate.   Determined to make his mark on the MPS, he immediately announced…

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NENA hires Amy Arcand as interim executive director

According to NENA’s website, its new interim executive director, Amy Arcand, “has 15 years of experience working with neighborhood organizations in Minneapolis and her consulting business, Willow Consulting, specializes in community engagement and coalition building, interim executive management, group facilitation, and organizational development. Amy is passionate about increasing citizen involvement…

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Mitch and John, Part One

BY ED FELIEN It recently came out that the new Republican House Majority Whip Steve Scalise gave a speech to a David Duke group of white supremacists and neo-Nazis in 2002.  Scalise claimed he had no idea what the European-American Unity and Rights Organization (EURO) group stood for, or that…

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What’s happening at McRae Park?

BY ED FELIEN According to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, “The football/soccer field, four ball fields and two broomball rinks will be closed from July 1, 2015, through mid-summer 2016. This is to ensure the proper growth of the new natural turf field.” The playing fields will be closed…

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Remembering Jim Knutson

BY KIERAN FRAZIER KNUTSON My dad, James H. Knutson, passed away today from acute erythroid leukemia. He was with family and the arias of  Leontyne Price. He married my mom when I was a little boy and was a great father to me and my sister, Katrina. He was the…

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Stop the Wars! Ground the Drones!

Photo by Kim DeFranco Sandra Glover led chants as more than 200 people joined a Minneapolis antiwar protest on Saturday, March 21. They marched up Lake Street from Hiawatha Avenue to Walker Community Church at 31st Street and 16th Avenue. The protest was called to mark 12 years after the…

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Wine and beer OK for La Ceiba Bistro

BY ED FELIEN On Tuesday, March 24, the City Council License Committee unanimously recommended approval of a “C-2 On-Sale Wine with Strong Beer license [that] shall permit amplified or non-amplified music by three (3) or fewer musicians.” for La Ceiba Bistro at 3500 Bloomington.  They satisfied the city requirement for…

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Target Center all over again

BY ED FELIEN The Minneapolis City Council has agreed to pay an additional $24.5 million to renovate the Target Center so Glen Taylor can charge more for admission.   Taylor is the publisher of the Star Tribune and owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves—the worst team in the NBA.  They are so…

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Remembering James H. Knutson

BY KIERAN FRAZIER KNUTSON My dad, James H. Knutson, passed away today from acute erythroid leukemia. He was with family and the arias of Leontyne Price. He married my mom when I was a little boy and was a great father to me and my sister, Katrina. He was the…

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Mitch and John, Part Three

BY ED FELIEN The second coming of the Klan happened after the Great Migration of blacks to the north seeking industrial jobs in the cities during the second decade of the 20th century. “Birth of a Nation” was an instant sensation when it was released in 1915.  D.W. Griffith’s film…

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Longfellow Art Crawl 2015???

Organizers of the 2014 Longfellow Art Crawl have announced they will not be planning and administering an art crawl in 2015, citing other time commitments and        priorities. For its first five years, artist and graphic designer Bob Schmitt served as art crawl administrator, overseeing the entire process, coordinating other volunteers,…

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