From the quotidian to the sublime
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE The business hub around Chicago and 48th Street said good-bye to two casual restaurants this summer, then said hello to their replacements within the past month or so. Pepito’s, the very long-lived Mexican family-style restaurant associated with the Parkway Theatre, closed its doors. But lovers of…
Kingfield and Lyndale neighborhoods host Open Streets
resistance persistence: Recap of August, new September events
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BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Do you realize what an insane month August was? Locally, we had merely days before the statewide party and non-partisan primaries, an allegation against a major DFL candidate—Keith Ellison, currently 5th District Congressperson, but running for Minnesota Attorney General—of domestic violence. Ellison won his primary, and…
Still out of control
New murals!
Very disappointed
Artsy-craftsy Chicago Avenue
ELDERBERRY JAM: School Board elections
Minnesota Farmer-Laborism: One hundred years old
CONFESSIONS OF AN UNREPENTANT MAOIST: The new Farmer-Labor Association
Grand Avenue summer browse
resistance persistence: July ends, August persists, September is coming on fast
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BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE On July 29, at the North Regional Hennepin County Library (1315 Lowry Ave North), Twin Cities DSA held a four-hour-long Special Endorsing Meeting, which was attended by about 70 members and a couple dozen press, observers and campaign workers. There were seven candidates asking for endorsement.…
What’s happening with Lake Hiawatha?
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BY ED FELIEN At its meeting July 25, the Park Board finally responded to a question from its Lake Hiawatha Community Advisory Committee. The CAC asked whether future plans for Hiawatha could include an 18-hole golf course. The Board answered: “The Board of Commissioners intends for the CAC to bring…