BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Any time you see a Going Out of Business Sale sign, you know some lives are changing, as an institution  is coming to its end. But what if that business has been in the same location, in the same family, and with only two owners, since…

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BY ED FELIEN The front nine at Hiawatha is open.  It’s rough in spots. The fairways on 2 and 6 and 7 have spots that look like a moonscape, but the greens are probably in better condition than they’ve ever been.  The plus side for serious or casual golfers is…

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In collaboration with Forecast Public Art and artist Randy Walker, Roosevelt High School has been working on the “Connections Gallery,” an art installation and permanent structure in front of the school with changeable components that Roosevelt students and the community can enjoy and use.  The Connections Gallery will be dedicated…

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BY ED FELIEN The Minneapolis Commission on Civil Rights will host a public forum on affordable housing at Pillsbury House on Wednesday, Aug. 27 from 6 to 8 p.m. Nekima Levy-Pounds, Professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, will moderate the event, and one of the members…

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The League of Longfellow Artists (LoLa) invites the public into artists’ home studios and backyards, as well as neighborhood cafés, bars and shops, to showcase the wide range of fine arts and practical crafts made by artists and artisans of the greater Longfellow community of South Minneapolis. The sixth annual…

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BY ED FELIEN If you believe the Bible is the word of God.  And if you believe God spoke to the Jews, then you also believe: Deuteronomy 7: 6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a…

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BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE On St. Paul’s Grand Avenue, along a route noted for upscale markets, high concepts and trendy boutiques, is a store that so easily holds its own, you would never suspect its secret. Despite being a model of retail excellence, this store and others in its chain…

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BY ED FELIEN Gaza has been Arab since the dawn of civilization.  The city of Gaza was the home of the Philistines at the time of Moses.  It was an Egyptian city with an Egyptian religion and social customs.  According to the Torah the Arabs wouldn’t let the Jews pass…

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BY STEVE HUNEGS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR “Friends in need are friends indeed.  Here tonight, we are friends indeed.” It is worth recalling this exhortation by Governor Mark Dayton at last week’s Israel community gathering when reading Ed Felien’s recent column on the ongoing conflict between Israel, a liberal western democracy, and…

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BY TAMAR MYERS Banks must release more data on Minneapolis mortgage loans in order to truly investigate alleged race-based discrimination in housing loans, a July 23 City Council committee meeting starkly revealed. University of Minnesota law professor Myron Orfield presented his report entitled “Twin Cities in Crisis: Unequal Treatment of…

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BY CHARLEY UNDERWOOD As I read and write about food security issues, I often come across stuff by survivalists, or “preppers” as they are sometimes called.  They are a group of mostly individualists who store food, grow food and often have a lot more faith in guns and weaponry than…

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BY RAINA GOLDSTEIN BUNNAG The State Fair isn’t usually a place people go to eat a healthy meal.  When a quick search for “Minnesota State Fair” and “salad” delivered the result “Jell-O Salad Ice Cream,” I knew this article wouldn’t be easy to write.  Yet, I’m here to prove that…

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BY CARLA WALDEMAR Blackbird 3800 Nicollet Ave. S. 612-823-479 www.blackbirdmpls.com Yes, once in a while, truth in advertising does prevail. Perhaps the Gold Standard is Blackbird cafe’s promise: “Our goal is to make Minneapolis yummier by offering a high quality meal at a good value.” And what they neglected to…

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The E Minnehaha Parkway Resurfacing Project, from 27th Ave. to 38th Ave., will begin Aug. 12. The westbound portion will begin after the eastbound is substantially complete. The intersections at 38th Ave. S. and 39th Ave. S. will remain open to traffic. It will last approximately seven weeks. Detours and…

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BY DEB RAMAGE It smells like the 1980s: a   little bit stale tobacco smoke, a little bit unwashed dog. This is appropriate, I guess, because this same record    store with a different name (Oarfolkjokeopus, a very different name) was the high tide point of the Minneapolis music scene  during a…

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