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

August 9, 2021 September 6, 2021

Call it murder The Catholic Agitator of June 2021, a monthly newsletter, carried an article by the journalist Chris Hedges, entitled “The Age of Social Murder” which should be required reading for all of us. He defines the murderer’s weapon as global warming, seldom defined or recognized as such. Each…

Bloomington Avenue reopenings and new openings

August 2, 2021 August 2, 2021

BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Bloomington Avenue is looking OK these days. I love to see it, because a year ago, I wasn’t sure. Businesses along Bloomington tend to be either very small and/or creative and unusual. Eateries capitalized on being cozy and intimate, and had to pivot to takeout, which…

Magical thinking

August 2, 2021 August 16, 2021

BY TONY BOUZA Another proposed system change to reform the police. How we love gimmicks and formulaic answers. And yet, in our real lives, we mostly tend to be more practical. In the end we usually find that the person matters and the system can be manipulated. Talented folks make…

The Dish 2.0 – restaurant news and two mini-reviews

August 2, 2021 August 16, 2021

BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Dining rooms reopened and indoor café returns The Seward branch of Pizza Lucé has opened its dining room. Quite a few other Lucés have been open for indoor and patio dining for a while now. But this one doesn’t have a patio, so that may have…

Brought together in sorrow and a hope for justice…

July 19, 2021 August 2, 2021

BY ELAINE KLAASSEN The day before Easter, 2021, I went to George Floyd Square to meet with Marquise Bowie, a member of Agape, and Marcia Sanoden, a “make-the-world-a-better-place” reader of Southside Pride, to talk about her offer to volunteer at Agape and what that might encompass. But we didn’t sit…

Highland Park – revisiting old favorites, discovering new ones

July 19, 2021 July 19, 2021

BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE When you live in south Minneapolis, your only knowledge (if any) of Highland Park in St. Paul may be Ford Parkway and its mostly upscale businesses. That’s because Ford Parkway is accessed via the bridge over the Mississippi River which is at East 46th Street on…

The foolish public servant who wants to do good

July 12, 2021 August 2, 2021

BY ED FELIEN When I was a small boy attending Mass at St. Helena’s Church, I remember a sermon by my favorite priest, Father Don Schnitzius. The way Father Don told the story of The Ten Talents was slightly different from Matthew, Chapter 25, but the message was essentially the…

Civil disobedience and civil disorder

July 12, 2021 August 2, 2021

BY ED FELIEN On Sunday, June 27, Andrea Jenkins, the Black trans Minneapolis City Council Member, had her car surrounded by about a dozen protesters as she was trying to leave a Pride event in Loring Park. The ward she represents includes three of the four corners of George Floyd…

Local sports and fitness venues begin to resurrect as the pandemic fades

July 12, 2021 August 2, 2021

BY STEPHANIE FOX Minneapolis YWCA The YWCA has three Minneapolis locations, Downtown, Midtown and Uptown, and all were busy with activities and events. Then came the pandemic and things changed. During the governor’s shutdown the only thing open was child care. While the mandate eliminated most sports, activities that could…

What’s happening on Richfield’s 66th Street

July 12, 2021 July 12, 2021

BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE There has not been as much change in the past year on 66th Street as we have experienced in South Minneapolis. One or two small businesses have moved to new locations here. A few have closed; it’s not clear if it was the pandemic or just…

The race for City Council in Ward 8

July 5, 2021 July 12, 2021

BY ED FELIEN On Thursday, June 24, Southside Pride wrote to Andrea Jenkins and Julie Stroeve, the two known candidates for City Council in Ward 8. We asked each candidate to please answer the following questions and send their responses by noon Monday, June 28. Only Julie Stroeve answered the…

Cedar Avenue – new housing, new businesses and old favorites

July 5, 2021 July 5, 2021

BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Cedar Avenue, in the high 30s and low 40s of cross streets, is sort of my backyard, my stomping ground. So I was caught off-guard by the multi-story apartment building with a Lunds & Byerlys grocery store as its anchor tenant popping up seemingly overnight sometime…

Exile

July 5, 2021 July 19, 2021

BY TONY BOUZA Policing in America, today, is about where medical science was in the 19th century—desperate for reform but staggering blindly under the problems. Hacksaws, in the Civil War, got plenty of mileage. Wounds got fingered and microbes ignored. Progress came and discoveries flowed with surprising ease, right? Actually,…

The Dish – a takeaway, a trip to the mall, and a vision of the future

July 5, 2021 July 19, 2021

BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Where I get information about restaurants In case you wonder where I get information about restaurants, either to pass on news of the restaurant world here or to decide what to review next, I mostly get it from the same place I get a lot of…

A supernumerary encomium–[What?] A review of Tony Bouza’s autobiography

July 5, 2021 July 19, 2021

BY ELAINE KLAASSEN Former Minneapolis Chief of Police Tony Bouza at 92 has written “Confessions of a Police Misfit,” a short autobiography that covers a long life filled with remarkable experiences and observations. Along the way, he has much to say about history, current affairs, his peers, anyone else on…

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Regular Columnists

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

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

Bloomington Avenue reopenings and new openings

Magical thinking

The Dish 2.0 – restaurant news and two mini-reviews

Brought together in sorrow and a hope for justice…

Highland Park – revisiting old favorites, discovering new ones

The foolish public servant who wants to do good

Civil disobedience and civil disorder

Local sports and fitness venues begin to resurrect as the pandemic fades

What’s happening on Richfield’s 66th Street

The race for City Council in Ward 8

Cedar Avenue – new housing, new businesses and old favorites

Exile

The Dish – a takeaway, a trip to the mall, and a vision of the future

A supernumerary encomium–[What?] A review of Tony Bouza’s autobiography

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