BY ELINA KOLSTAD As we enter a new decade, Australia is burning, and in Minneapolis two fires killed residents in affordable housing units in recent months. While bush fires are a common occurrence in Australia, climate scientists have long warned that fires would get worse and here we are. The…
BY JOHN CHARLES WILSON This is the 50th year since public ownership of transit began in the Twin Cities. As such, I find it appropriate to go over the past decades and how the MTC (later MCTO and finally Metro Transit) has performed, and what should be in store in…
BY JOE HESLA If you rent in Minneapolis, times are bad and getting worse. Since the light rail and the phase 2 of the Greenway were completed in 2004, a lot of market rate (read gentrification) apartment buildings have been built along both corridors. Three examples: The Station 38 apartment…
BY ED FELIEN Minnehaha Senior Living, an assisted-living community located in South Minneapolis, has recently added a new library for its tenants and dedicated it to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the poet famous for writing “The Song of Hiawatha.” Doug Ernst, a local historian and Longfellow reenactment presenter, came to Minnehaha…
BY AMY BLUMENSHINE As the drums beat once more to rev up the nation for war with Iran, the moral, religious and psychological consequences get little consideration. As a deacon called by the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) to address the suffering of military veterans and their families, I…
Sunday, Feb. 16, 7 p.m. St. Joan of Arc gym 4537 Third Ave. S., Mpls. Thomasina Petrus presents a concert for Black History Month: “Are We There Yet? Tales from the American Journey.” Thomasina leads a group of musicians and actors in an evening of music and stories, with special…
BY TRACY MCCORMICK The Minneapolis Public School District is weeks away from unrolling three models as part of their Comprehensive District Design. They have said that 60 percent of students (14,000 kids) will move schools under the boundary changes they have considered, and, as director Kim Ellison shared at a…
BY ED FELIEN The New French Bakery is closing its retail store at 26th and 26th. Hillary Oppmann of the Seward Civic and Commerce Association says, “The good news is the business itself is not closing, just the retail outlet. The company will continue to make their frozen breads…
Wednesday, February 12, 7 p.m. 3800 42nd Avenue South in Minneapolis Admission is $10 in advance, $12 at the door. This one-time screening of a one-of-a-kind film about a unique musician and a legendary band is another in a series of special events hosted in recent years by the Riverview…
Despite frigid temperatures, 50 activists rallied on Wednesday, Jan. 8, from 4 to 6 p.m. for the weekly anti-war vigil on the Lake Street Bridge to oppose the assassination of General Soleimani. Women Against Military Madness sponsors a Bridgil every Wednesday from 4 to 6. Everyone is welcome.
BY MEREDITH ABY-KEIRSTEAD On Jan. 4, over 700 people took to the streets of the West Bank in Minneapolis to protest the Trump administration’s attempt to provoke a new war with Iran by assassinating Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian military leader, and by sending more troops, further prolonging the U.S.…
BY ISSRAA EL-KHATIB Last November, I was invited to speak at Darcy Samek’s class at St. Mary’s University to explain more about Palestinian culture and history. It was a marriage and family therapy class that was interested in better understanding the context and values of Arab (Palestinian) immigrants specifically,…
The following is a statement from the artist regarding our previously published Southside Pride article “The future of our trash at Lake Hiawatha”: All of the trash items here are from the Earth Day cleanup at Lake Hiawatha. The cleanup was attended by 104 volunteers on April 20, 2019, and…
Wednesday, Jan. 15, 7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.) The American Swedish Institute, 2600 Park Ave., Mpls. Join us to honor the earth with words and music! Organized by poets and writers Ruth Bly, James Lenfestey, Freya Manfred and musician Tim Frantzich, this free event presents music, poems and…
BY ED FELIEN Beginning in January we’re going to change the way we deliver Southside Pride. Each of our three editions will be will be available at 100 convenient locations: at businesses, libraries, churches and community centers. Home delivery will be discontinued. It was a lot of hard work, but…
