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Open Streets Minnehaha – a final celebration of summer (maybe)

October 18, 2021 October 18, 2021

BY STEPHANIE FOX While a number of events around Minneapolis were canceled during this COVID summer, others were simply moved to fall, including Open Streets Minnehaha. Now scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 24, Minnehaha Avenue will be blocked to traffic from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. (just about an hour before…

Dinkytown today – some ‘old-timers’ and some new adventures

October 18, 2021 October 18, 2021

BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE I went back and read Southside Pride’s pieces on Dinkytown from the past few years. (You can do that too, if you go to our online version southsidepride.com and type Dinkytown into the search bar.) It was, with 20/20 hindsight (plus now we have 2021 hindsight…

City wants to dump the water yard in Phillips

October 11, 2021 November 1, 2021

BY ED FELIEN On Friday, Oct. 8, the Minneapolis City Council voted seven to six to reverse course and put the city’s water yard in the Phillips neighborhood at the Roof Depot site. This was done primarily at the urging of Council President Lisa Bender. She said the city has…

What’s happening on 42nd Street and 28th Avenue

October 11, 2021 October 11, 2021

BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE As we’ve mentioned in a previous year, it’s easy to see the small business hub at 28th Avenue and 42nd Street as a small town within the city, with 42nd Street being “Main Street” of the mythical town of Standish-Ericsson, or Stan-Eric for short. As usual,…

Southside Pride Sample Ballot

October 4, 2021 October 18, 2021

Mayor: 1. Sheila Nezhad 2. Kate Knuth City Council: Ward 1: Elliott Payne Ward 2: Cam Gordon Ward 3: Steve Fletcher Ward 4: Phillipe Cunningham Ward 5: Jeremiah Ellison Ward 6: Abdirizak Bihi Ward 7: Nick Kor Ward 8: Andrea Jenkins Ward 9: Jason Chavez Ward 10: Aisha Chughtai Ward…

Comings and goings and moving to new spots in and around the Midtown Global Market

October 4, 2021 October 4, 2021

BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Midtown Global Market’s 2021 is faring better, slightly, than its 2020 did. There have been four or five vendors who have left the market, some for larger spaces elsewhere, and two or three new ones have moved in since we last visited. There has also been…

School openings, community schools vs. GOP culture war, labor and funding shortages, changes at the federal level

October 4, 2021 October 18, 2021

BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE New Secretary of Education At least we don’t have Betsy DeVos anymore! In March of this year the new Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, was appointed, and he couldn’t be any more of a refutation of DeVos if he had been designed by a computer that…

The MPD budget

October 4, 2021 October 18, 2021

BY TONY BOUZA The Minneapolis Police Department budget document itself is a turgid piece of bureaucratic invention intended to obfuscate and mislead you into thinking your $200 million is being sensibly spent. It ain’t. The pages are replete with references to how sedulously they monitor and invest your dollars, how…

How could I forget Sociable Cider Werks? Plus, new restaurants and other food news, and one mini-review

October 4, 2021 October 18, 2021

BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE More great cider! Last month The Dish 2.0 covered a couple of innovative cideries in Minneapolis, and we didn’t even mention Sociable Cider Werks! I apologize for that, and I am going to make up for it by telling you all the cool things Sociable has…

Who is running in the 6th Ward?

September 20, 2021 October 4, 2021

BY ED FELIEN Southside Pride sent the following to the two candidates running to represent the 6th Ward on the Minneapolis City Council, Abdirizak Bihi and the incumbent, Jamal Osman: “Southside Pride will be publishing a Guide for Voters in the 6th Ward in our upcoming Riverside edition coming out…

Bethany Lutheran Church closed Sept. 12

September 20, 2021 September 20, 2021

BY ELAINE KLAASSEN “The Times They Are A-changin’ ” is ever true. Sunday, Sept. 12, was a “bittersweet” morning, said Bethany’s Pastor Jeffrey Schulz at the final worship service of Seward neighborhood’s Bethany Lutheran Church. An ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church of America) congregation at 25th and Franklin Avenues, it was…

The ups and downs of Selby Avenue

September 20, 2021 September 20, 2021

BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Selby Avenue’s hilly, bumpy history When Selby Avenue was first named on a map, in 1854, the site of the present Cathedral of Saint Paul (the fourth and final one to bear that name) was occupied by a 40-acre farm belonging to Jeremiah Selby. This land,…

Chicago Avenue from McRae Park to the Crosstown

September 13, 2021 September 13, 2021

BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE McRae Park is one of the friendliest parks, much beloved by its surrounding neighborhoods. It stands as a green and welcoming gateway to the business hub of Chicago and 48th and the southern parts of south Minneapolis beyond. Current use information for parks and rec centers…

Celebrate! Open Streets Lyndale Avenue

September 13, 2021 September 13, 2021

BY STEPHANIE FOX Each year, thousands of people flock to Open Streets events in Minneapolis. During these city celebrations, streets are closed to automobile traffic for blocks and people walk, bike and even skate, visiting booths and businesses along the way. But then, COVID-19 happened. In non-pandemic years, there are…

Notes from the desk of peace activist Polly Mann (b. Nov. 19, 1919)

September 13, 2021 September 20, 2021

The desperate need for prison reform Linda Franks of Baton Rouge, La., turned a room in her beauty salon into a meeting place for the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Reform Coalition, exemplifying what is happening to prison reform all over the country. One example is Vanessa Fano’s brother who…

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Ed Felien • Elaine Klaassen • Polly Mann • Tony Bouza • David Tilsen • Debra Keefer Ramage • Stephanie Fox • Johnny Hazard

Open Streets Minnehaha – a final celebration of summer (maybe)

Dinkytown today – some ‘old-timers’ and some new adventures

City wants to dump the water yard in Phillips

What’s happening on 42nd Street and 28th Avenue

Southside Pride Sample Ballot

Comings and goings and moving to new spots in and around the Midtown Global Market

School openings, community schools vs. GOP culture war, labor and funding shortages, changes at the federal level

The MPD budget

How could I forget Sociable Cider Werks? Plus, new restaurants and other food news, and one mini-review

Who is running in the 6th Ward?

Bethany Lutheran Church closed Sept. 12

The ups and downs of Selby Avenue

Chicago Avenue from McRae Park to the Crosstown

Celebrate! Open Streets Lyndale Avenue

Notes from the desk of peace activist Polly Mann (b. Nov. 19, 1919)

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