Dear Editor, I am writing regarding the piece by Dave Gutknecht titled “Russophobia Feeds War on Russia,” published in the September 2025 edition of Southside Pride. You have done a great disservice to our community by publishing this piece. I take issue with this piece from the content and personal…
Dear Editor, I am writing to support the candidacy of Becka Thompson for Ward 12 on the Minneapolis City Council. I have worked with Becka on Minneapolis Park Board issues. She has always shown a willingness to listen, and work toward a better Minneapolis Park system. I support her goals…
Council Member Jason Chavez’s letter to constituents: Dear neighbor, I am reaching out to you today about street vendors and the challenges neighbors have expressed. This email will include an update on the work my office has done to address this issue in a comprehensive way, the work my office…
Rest in Peace Jim Welna 1953-2025 Our community lost a treasured neighbor when Jim Welna passed away from pancreatic cancer on May 26th. Jim and his wife Sue operated Welna II Hardware on East 22nd Avenue and Franklin for 24 years, but Jim’s impact went far beyond the store. He…
BY AHMED THARWAT President Trump sent Lebanese-American Tom Barrack to Lebanon as a special envoy to discuss post-Hezbollah Lebanon. Mr. Barrack, is a long-time friend of Trump, a private equity real estate investor and the founder and executive chairman of Colony Capital. This top American diplomat was meeting on Tuesday…
BY MOHAMMED SAMEER We are not exaggerating when we say that in Gaza we die for a piece of bread. The lines for flour trucks are longer than our lifespans. The scene repeats itself daily: children pushing, the elderly collapsing, women crying — all for a bag of flour that…
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Openings and closings and other changes The only opening I have is Shepherd’s Table at 3708 East 34th St. It’s not a restaurant but more of a cheesemonger / market / deli. There are a lot of closings, though. Palmer’s Bar closed on Sept. 14 as…
BY ED FELIEN Henrik Ibsen wrote “A Doll’s House” for a Danish theater in Copenhagen in 1879. It was part of the 19th century consciousness-raising literature of the early Women’s Suffrage Movement. The growing middle class of small business and professional people who went to the theater thought of themselves…
Truman Bednar (alternating in the role with Mason Yang) plays young Jim Hawkins, the cabin boy in search of Treasure Island, in a new production at Children’s Theatre Company running through Oct. 19. Tickets may be purchased online at childrenstheatre.org/treasureor by calling the Ticket Office at 612-874-0400. Ticket prices start at…
BY ED FELIEN The Frey campaign is serving sour grapes to anyone who cares to buy their analysis of what happened at the DFL City Convention that endorsed Omar Fateh for Mayor. Last month we detailed the process by which thousands of people in April elected some of their neighbors…
BY ED FELIEN On Aug. 19 the State DFL Constitution, By-laws and Rules Committee determined that the City DFL endorsement of Omar Fateh wasn’t valid and people in the city couldn’t do anything about it. We couldn’t hold another convention. And, what’s more, we can’t even meet for two years…
BY STEPHANIE FOX Chicago Avenue was once called Ames Street and it is unclear why the new name “Chicago” was chosen in the 1870s. Today, this street is lined with houses, churches and hospitals, including the acclaimed Children’s Hospital and Allina Health Care. Visitors to this diverse street can also…
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Chicago Avenue – home to some wonderful community service organizations We will be looking at two of these organizations. First is Tubman – Chrysalis Center at 4432 Chicago Ave. The overall organization, now just called Tubman, is nearly 50 years old. They provide a huge array…
BY STEPHANIE FOX The last Open Streets celebration of 2025 will be the return of the event to Uptown on Hennepin Ave., between 26th and 34th Streets, on Saturday, Sept. 20. At Open Streets, car, truck and motorcycle traffic is banned, but pedestrians, bikes, skateboards and roller blades are not…
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE The B Line is here As of June 14 of this year, the Metro Transit B Line has replaced the historic, unique bus route that was #21. There is a new local bus in Minneapolis for short trips, the endpoints are slightly different in both cities,…
