Nokomis
Keeping it local at 48th and Chicago
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Mike Kmiecik (pronounced ki-mick) is the proprietor of Bikes and Pieces, currently operating in the storefront right by the corner of 48th and Chicago. He is also the visible and active leader of SCABA, the South Chicago Avenue Business Alliance. SCABA was launched over 30 years…
Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Over here, we have the Bernie Sanders phenomenon. Sanders, a “self-avowed” democratic socialist, has somehow managed to make a pact with the Democratic party, which has allowed him to operate in an inside-outside strategy and gain seniority and clout in the U.S. Senate. This was a …
Bernie Sanders campaign in South Minneapolis
Seward Co-op held a very successful job fair
Seward Co-op held a very successful job fair on Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Sabathani Center. This was a culmination of months of bridge-building and outreach in the surrounding neighborhoods of the second grocery store, the Friendship store, currently under construction on 38th Street, across from Sabathani. It is also…
Incinerator PR campaign to keep trashing Minneapolis? (Since we don’t know—all we can do is ask)
BY LARA NORKUS- CRAMPTON A recent article published in the online periodical Politico gives a glowing review and revisionist history of our 27-year-old Downtown Garbage Burner, HERC. The article is part of the “What Works” series, which lists JP Morgan Chase Bank as a sponsor as of April 2015. Perhaps…
Powderhron Birdwatch: Alaska adventure eclipsed by home sweet home Powderhorn
Is the airport safe? Really?
BY ED FELIEN FAA statement on July 31: “On Friday, July 24, the Federal Aviation Administrat-ion temporarily suspended certain operations on Runway 30-Left and Runway 35 at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.” They suspended operations because the heavy congestion was causing planes to intersect each other’s flight patterns while trying to…
Maximize your SNAP/EBT dollars at the Midtown Farmers Market
At home on Chicago Avenue
Bad fences make good neighbors
Poison in Minnehaha Park
Charley Underwood, longtime Southside Pride garden columnist, wrote on the Minneapolis Issues List: I was out foraging this afternoon, scouting out several of my favorite places to gather juneberries (aka serviceberries or saskatoon, etc.). One of those places is along the grassy strip between the parking lot and Minnehaha Falls. …
The King is coming in September
Saving the Grandview Theater
Is the airport safe? Really?
BY ED FELIEN FAA statement on July 31: “On Friday, July 24, the Federal Aviation Administrat-ion temporarily suspended certain operations on Runway 30-Left and Runway 35 at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.” They suspended operations because the heavy congestion was causing planes to intersect each other’s flight patterns while trying to…
