BY LUCIA W. SMITH On a chilly Saturday morning in November, children gathered with families and colleagues in Stewart Park, across from Abbott Northwestern and Minnesota Children’s Hospitals, including the Mother Baby Center, to commemorate that other “Children’s Press Conference” held a year earlier, Nov. 7, 2023, outside Gaza’s largest…
BY ED FELIEN We just received an announcement that Heart of the Beast is planning to sell the Avalon theater property and move to an as yet undetermined new home where “the new location will be centered on learning and development by providing after school programs, camps, storytime, artist and…
BY ED FELIEN Next year, the city of Minneapolis will elect a mayor and a city council to four-year terms. We understand Omar Fateh, Emily Koski and DeWayne Davis are challenging incumbent Mayor Jacob Frey. We sent Koski this questionnaire, but she did not respond by press time. We did…
BY KAY SCHROVEN The 2024 Southside Summit kicked off on Friday evening, Nov. 8, at the historic, renovated Coliseum building (E. Lake St.) A crowd of about 100 gathered over a delectable buffet provided by Baba’s Hummus House and Mana’eesh Bakery. Many of the attendees are, have been or want…
BY JONAH SEDELMEIER The Trump administration’s deportation plan has sparked significant concern for Latinos across the United States. In South Minneapolis, a community known for our vibrant and diverse population, the potential implications of this policy are profound. The Trump “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States”…
BY JILLIAN KRINSKY In a state where opioid-involved drug overdose deaths have more than quintupled in the last decade, a hero comes to the forefront: Narcan. Naloxone, which is commonly known by Narcan, is an anti-overdose medication that reverses the effects of an overdose. While primarily given through a nasal…
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Openings and closings Some openings of note: I don’t know if this is something we didn’t know how much we needed or not, but a new place called L2 Tii Cup has opened in Uptown (27th and Hennepin) and they sell Boba cocktails and Taiwanese street…
BY MARK CONNOR Elaine Klaassen has written a book that captures readers in the freedom of her vision, grips us in the rhythm of her voice, and holds us in the arms of her love, releasing us in forgiveness and redemption. “La Penultima” is a memoir that had to be…
BY ELAINE KLAASSEN You don’t usually think of a boxer as a lovable guy, but in the case of Mark Connor, you do. I can say without hesitation that he is, indeed, a lovable pugilist. I worked with this dreamer, idealist, melancholy soul at Southside Pride and Pulse of the…
BY VICTORIA SHROYER They didn’t do it. No, the mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, grandparents and grandkids, aunts and uncles, cousins and even more distant relatives of those whose lives and lands are being forever destroyed by the U.S. Military Industrial Complex and its auxiliary – the Israeli Occupation…
BY ED FELIEN You ran a great campaign. You took the right message to the right people, but they just weren’t ready to hear it. White male privilege is a lot to give up. Socially conservative men – Latinos, Muslims, Blacks and Whites — believe their sperm is sacred and…
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Models of care – a constantly changing landscape. The last few editions of Gracefully have focused on people who remain independent when past the age of 65 or beyond, and ways to ensure you’re among them. We have a few more of those resources to share,…
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE The holiday smorgasbord Here we are again in beautiful November, with winter holidays just around the corner. And here is Southside Pride again to tell you what’s on, among both the traditional and the innovative, and even the downright weird. As per the last few years,…
BY STEPHANIE FOX The 2024 election season is over except for the shouting (lots and lots of shouting). But, although Minnesota and the City of Minneapolis has one of the highest voter turnouts in the country with highly engaged voters, many people don’t know what goes on behind the scenes.…
BY ED FELIEN A super-majority of the Minneapolis City Council issued a Housing First statement of principles and objectives. Finland has a policy of Housing First as a solution to homelessness: first, get them a safe place to stay, then get them a job, and then make them pay rent. Here…
