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Coach Karim Jackson says, “Stretch you arms way out!” “Keep them up.” “Now you have it! “That’s Good!” Clyde Turner Theatre’s In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre Basketball Camp Community Soul At East Phillips Park Cultural & BY SANDY SPIELER* Update to Our Perhaps it seems like a contradiction to be a professional Community Center-17th Ave. & theatre with a community soul. Our internal dilemmas--- Phillips Community Center-13th Ave. about speaking our artistic voices while also giving com- Community munity participants a voice; about providing our company with livable wages while keeping the theatre work inex- August 2017 Is MORE than pensive and affordable---are not separate BY CORRIE ZOLL from the external dilemmas of the larger HOBT’s Vision: 3 Years 3 Goals world. Indeed, such a path contains all Over the past three years, HOBT has Basketball! the recurring dilemmas of seeking to live been working toward a transformational BY CAROL PASS a soulful life in the midst of our nation, plan to build a more resilient organization, The highlight of summer for hundreds of Phillips kids is where everything is valued primarily as a to address the issues of owning an aging the Clyde Turner Youth Basketball Camp. Approximately commodity of the marketplace. Walking and distressed building, and to better eighty boys and girls from nine to seventeen years of this dilemma is part of being “in the heart serve its neighbors. age filled the East Phillips Park Gym the week of August of the beast.” The Avalon Theatre: HOBT Says! & 14th and the Phillips Community Center the week earlier. In 1979, company member and poet Welcomes Renters They came for basketball and got a whole lot more. Clyde Stephen Linsner suggested the name “In The plan centers on a rebranding of Turner’s Camp is an Educational Basketball Academy the Heart of the Beast” as a metaphor for HOBT’s Avalon Theater at the corner of where basketball is utilized as a conduit to learning skills our theatre. He wrote, 15th Avenue South and East Lake Street as and skill application for success on and off the court. It “To be puppeteers in the Heart of the Beast a neighborhood art center. HOBT will continue to own and provides sport opportunities for group social learning, …is to find ourselves in the great world Beast made of operate the building, and will continue to use it to present leadership, development of good decision-making skills families, races, ages, classes, corporations, and nations, programming. and a sense of accountability. The Camp is made possible people, (and creatures!) all different, working out a way to Nearly all of HOBT’s programming can be condensed by a partnership with the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux live together. so that it relies on the Avalon Theater stage 20 weeks of the Community, East Phillips Improvement Coalition (EPIC), …is to work puppets. To hold life in our hands, to sense year. This leaves 30 weeks each year to fill the space with Minneapolis Parks & Rec. and Past Athletes Concerned how we are all like puppets---worked by instincts, voices, arts programming and events that represent the cultures About Education (PACE). and forces above and below us. present in the neighborhoods served by HOBT. Imagine I saw this unique concept unfold on Thursday as the …is to carry and protect something very old like a heart live music, dance, theater, film, birthday parties, wed- gym started to fill at 11:00 AM. Clyde called the group to within us, a secret, a promise. Like carrying a flickering dings and more. The additional income will strengthen order at a little after 11:30 and introduced Dequon Oliver. candle through a dark place. Like carrying a family in a HOBT’s ability to work toward its mission to bring people Basketball Camp Theatre’s Soul HOBT Community Update see page 6 see page 7 see page 7 “A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it’s lowest ones” The Alley Newspaper • September 2017 2 – All Top of the page quotes by Nelson Mandela
BY ERIN THOMASSON Phillips West Youth and All Ages Programs at K-12 Homework Help Neighborhood Tues, Wed, & Thurs, 3:30-7:30 the Franklin pm ***Starting Sept. 12*** Upcoming Events The Alley Library www.phillipswest.info P.O. Box 7006 Free in-person tutoring for K-12 th Mpls.,MN 55407 students. No advance sign-up September 7 (Thursday) 6:00 Call Editor 612-990-4022 needed. For more information, to 7:00 p.m. – Phillips West in the Centrum Room (2400 [email protected] see www.hclib.org/homework. Monthly Community Meeting! Park Avenue). Free parking is www.alleynews.org Sponsor: Friends of the Hennepin Join your neighbors and other available in the rear of building Follow us on twitter.com/alleynewspaper County Library. 1314 E. Franklin Avenue Community Partners for updates Alley Communications, a 501C-3, Family Storytime Complete program list or from Local City Government off of Oakland Avenue. Free info Not-for-Profit Corp. publishes The Fri’s, 10:30-11 am & Minneapolis Police. We will Jakeeno’s Pizza Dinner will be Alley Newspaper and other media. 612- 543-6925 provided! If you would like more All ages and their parent or www.hclib.org also have Hennepin County caregiver. Talk, sing, read, write Mon, Fri & Sat: 9am–5pm Community Action present to information or would like to get “When the great newspapers don’t say involved in the neighborhood much, see what the little independent and play together sharing books, Tue, Wed & Thurs: share their programs that can ones say.” – Wendell Phillips stories, rhymes, music and 9am –8pm benefit residents! The meeting please contact Crystal at 612-879- Sun: 12-5pm movement. will take place at the Center 5383 or email her at pwno2005@ Donations are needed, welcome, Franklin Teen Center Programs Grades 8-12; registration for Changing Lives Building yahoo.com and Tax Deductible. Volunteers who had a part in mak- Teen Tech Workshop required. Combine your loves of ing this issue: Robert Albee, Denny Wed.’s, 4:30-6 pm writing and drawing into visual Bennett, Patrick Cabello Hansel, Make music, videos, animation storytelling. Learn about creative East Phillips Improvement Coalition, and other projects using both writing techniques, and also Will Delaney, Frank Erickson, Linnea high- and low-tech tools; iPads techniques used in graphic novels Hadaway, Abbie Hanson, Hennepin County Franklin Library and Staff, and 3D printers to synthesizers and comic books. Collaborator: Hennepin County Traffic, Talia and sewing machines. Led by the The Loft Literary Center. Funded Hansel, Sue Hunter Weir, In the Heart library’s Teen Tech Squad. by Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural of the Beast Theatre, Tim McCall, Dhalinta Horumar sare rabta / Heritage Fund. Midtown Phillips Neighborhood Young Achievers Franklin Learning Center: Association, Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board—Communications, Thur’s, 4:30-6 pm 612-543-6934 Minneapolis Swims, Peter Molenaar, U dabaaldag Dhaqanka Free, one-to-one tutoring for Dave Moore, Maggie Moran, Maddie Soomalida, sameyso saaxiibo adults who are learning English Norgaard, Brad Pass, Carol Pass, cusub iyo in aad isticmaasho hab and math, preparing for the Phillips 50+ Wellness, Phillips West nololeed cafimaad leh. Lamaane: GED and citizenship exams, Neighborhood, Project for Pride in Living, Erik Renk-Grant, Julie Roles, WellShare International. and gaining life skills. We are Semilla Healing and Arts Center, Celebrate Somali culture, make always looking for community Sandy Spieler, Sunny Sevigny, Jessica new friends and practice healthy volunteers! No experience Shaykett, Clyde Turner, Mary Watson, lifestyles. Partner: WellShare necessary; we provide training John Charles Wilson, Crystal Trautnau International. and materials. [email protected]. Windschitl, Corrie Zoll Write, Draw, Create! Delivery: To every Phillips Wed., Sept. 26, 5-6:30 pm Community residence by Sara Nelson Delivery; to 170 businesses, places of worship, institutions in Phillips and Transit adjacent neighborhoods by Peter Molenaar Loos, Fare Hikes, and Detours Board of Directors: Cathy Strobel- Ayres, President; Sue Hunter Weir; BY JOHN CHARLES WILSON Leon Oman, Treasurer. Finally! A month with Phillips- Monthly Alley Communication Board Meetings: 6:30 PM 3rd Wed. specific transit news, after two Call for Location. months of waiting. The Lake Street light rail sta- Letters and e-mails to Alley tion is being renovated, including Communications and/or its Editor fixing the elevators and escala- become the property of Alley Experience a world tour of tastes, arts Communications dba The Alley tors, cleaning and re-coating/re- and crafts at our public market. Newspaper and may be chosen for painting surfaces, replacing bro- Lake Street and 10th Ave S | Minneapolis publication. ken glass, and putting in new signs and lights. MIDTownglobalmarket.org Senior Editor: Harvey Winje, Now if only the Met Council [email protected]; 612-990-4022 would do something about the non-rush hours, was not adopted. elevators smelling like urine. I Route and schedule changes Co-Editor & Designer: Jonathan recommend installing a “Portland affecting Phillips for the August Miller [email protected] Loo” (http://www.theloo.biz) 19, 2017 pick are as follows: Robert Albee, Ventura Village News at light rail stations, park and Minor schedule adjustments for Editor; Brad Pass East Phillips Editor, WELNA Sunny Sevigny, Midtown Phillips ride lots, and other transit facili- the Blue Line and Routes 5 and 9; News Editor; Susan Ann Gust, BYI ties. The Portland Loo is a metal weekday afternoon times will be Section outdoor toilet designed for areas adjusted “to better accommodate HARDWARE where people often misuse pro- ridership” on Route 21; Route 11 Advertise: [email protected] vided facilities. It is vandalism- will have minor changes to reflect 612-990-4022 resistant and affords just enough the new schedule at Washburn “Let me make the newspaper and I privacy and comfort to be usable High School. care not who makes the religion and while not encouraging loitering or Route 2 must detour because the laws.” – Wendell Phillips improper use. Passersby can’t see the Franklin Ave. bridge over your genitals, but they can hear I-35W will be closed. It will take • KEYS MADE everything and see if more than five minutes longer than usual Deadline for one person is inside. between points east and west of • LOCKS RE-KEYED Non-rush hour local fares are the freeway. In addition, Route 27 October issue going up from $1.75 to $2.00 and will run once every 30 minutes at • 5 GALLON PAINT is Sept. 15 rush hour local fares are going all times, rather than increasing up from $2.25 to $2.50 as of to once every 10 minutes at rush • EXCELLENT PRICES October 1, 2017. Express and hour. This route uses 26th and 28th Northstar fares are also increasing Streets to zoom between the Lake • RUG DOCTOR RENTAL by 25 cents across the board. The St. light rail and McDonald’s by Transit Assistance Program, an I-35W and Lake. Last but not • EXPERT WINDOW/SCREEN REPAIR experiment which provided lower least, Route 67 is being reduced fares to people with low incomes, from every 20 minutes to every • TRAILERS FOR RENT– becomes permanent with a fare 30 minutes at non-rush hours of $1.00 at all times, the same as weekdays and Saturdays. The 67 OPEN AND ONE ENCLOSED the revised limited mobility fare. provides a pleasant alternative to 2201 East Franklin 612-332-4393 A proposed extension of reduced busier routes between the Franklin 2438 Bloomington 612-729-3526 fares for children 6-12 and senior Ave. light rail and downtown Saint citizens to all times, instead of just Paul. The Alley Newspaper • September 2017 “You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.” 3 History: what and who chooses? After 150 Years Gone, But Not Forgotten Lincoln that celebrates the contri- Tales from Pioneers butions of pioneer women. There & Soldiers Cemetery is a large block of granite with a plaque dedicating it “To Our Sue Hunter Weir th Nation’s Defenders.” Where it 150 in a Series came from, and when, is one of our enduring mysteries. In his book “In the Memory The marble marker for territo- House,” author Howard Mansfield rial pioneer Philander and Mary raises questions about who we, Prescott was encased in stone in as a society, choose to remember the 1940s. Around the same time and why. The “why” has less to a similar, though smaller monu- do with the accomplishments of ment was erected to honor Charles those being remembered and more Christmas, Hennepin County’s to do with our sense of who we first surveyor. There is a memo- are as a society. Some people’s rial monument to Annie Holl, who stories get told; others’ stories do was instrumental in preserving the not. Who decides? cemetery in the mid-to-late 1920s. In 1993, when he wrote the Few people today recognize the book, he made an observaation names of Philander Prescott, that describes what we are wit- Charles Christmas, or Annie Holl nessing today: “History is like but at one time those names were that; you’re gone but a hundred, fairly well known. a hundred and fifty years, and “Gone, But Not Forgotten” is someone takes you off your ped- a common inscription on head- estal, or they leave your name off stones but those words are often
of your portrait.” After last week’s more of a wish than a reality. Tim McCall events in Charlottesville, statues, Those who knew the person bur- monuments, and markers honor- ied under those markers die or Mike Barth, Pioneer and Soldier Cemetery Caretaker “through rain or shine” on the lawnmower or here on a ing the military leaders of the move away and after a few gen- bobcat helping Brian Orth setting a Veterans grave marker. Confederacy are coming down but erations only those with genea- those men who are gone are not sure how many new markers need pen. The Daughters of Union with tens of thousands of books logically-minded descendants are forgotten. In the past month we to be placed but it’s safe to esti- Veterans made a generous dona- written about the Civil War, those remembered. Markers are obliter- have replaced thirteen Civil War mate that it is somewhere between tion to cover the cost of setting men are not likely to be forgotten. ated by weather, time, and vandal- era markers. They are all located 50 and 100. We’re already at the markers. Brian Orth provid- The monuments and mark- ism. Many of us have photographs in Blocks A and B in the south- work on putting together a list of ed the equipment and expertise. ers in Minneapolis Pioneers and of unidentified people who may or east quadrant of the cemetery, and markers to order for 2017-2018; Mike Barth, the cemetery’s care- Soldiers Cemetery are mostly may not have been relatives. No they are beautiful. The markers it will include some replacements taker, and some of his colleagues in memory of individuals and one seems to have imagined the are white marble with light black but also some markers for sol- from the Minneapolis Street none of them would be viewed possibility that at some point there or gray veining and have the sol- diers who never have had them Department provided invaluable as offensive or hurtful. There is wouldn’t be anyone left to tell us diers’ names and military units including three recently discov- help. Tim McCall helped identify a flagpole that was a gift of the who those people were. carved inside of a shield. ered African-American Civil War those whose markers were in need Women’s Auxiliary in the 1930s, One of our on-going projects There are also a number of veterans. of replacing and documented the two Depression-era stone bird- is to replace broken and illegible veterans, perhaps dozens, who There were many people installation of the new markers. baths, and a large boulder with markers for all of our known vet- have never had military mark- involved in making this hap- Stop by and remember. a sentimental quote by Abraham erans. We want to make sure that ers. Tim McCall, the cemetery’s archivist, has discovered a number The Way of the Monarch of men who served but who had 3440 BLOOMINGTON AVE. not previously been identified as POWDERHORN PARK soldiers and so have no mark- at Pioneer and Soldiers MINNEAPOLIS ers. Others who were known to M-F 6:30-6 be veterans don’t have markers Cemetery SAT 7-5 • SUN 7:30-5 because, according to cemetery 729-5627 records, their “military unit [was] Monday Sept. 4th 1:30 PM rganic unknown.” Correct confirmation O & of military unit in which particular Fair Trade Coffee soldiers served is now available on the internet. FREE Wireless Internet At this point we’re not exactly
The Way of the Monarch fol- is. Additionally, she has enliv- lows the spectacular metamorpho- ened space in war zones, sacred sis and migration of the monarch sites, on the streets and by rivers butterfly. This beloved creature across the country and the world, transforms from egg to larva to dedicated to ending violence on caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly all levels. to international traveler. Besides her theater work with Laurie Witzkowski is a maker many ensembles, she has appeared of theater, music, ritual and gar- on stage, screen and recordings dens in both English and Spanish. as a vocalist, musician and con- She has been creating at In the ductor. Drumming! Dancing! Heart of the Beast for several Working with kids and dirt and decades, wearing every hat there seeds! She just can’t help herself.
The EPIC Report – September 2017 www.eastphillips-epic.com
National Night Out In East Phillips - 2017
Once again, the diverse East Phillips community came out in large numbers to celebrate National Night Out (NNO). Neighbors attended block parties that engaged folks originally from all corners of the globe, sharing fun, food, games and conversation at parties throughout the community. Mixing cultures allowed some to crack open a piñata for the first time, and others to try basketball moves they never imagined demonstrated by new friends. This is East Phillips, where out of our global roots, we are still “celebrating Food + Fun Equals a diversity”, while building the strengths of our respective Strong Community Adios Piñata communi ties, never doubting that this is still possible. Ideally Minneapolis involves all segments of the community in building healthier, safer and more enjoyable For Your Calendar: To get involved in EPIC and East Phillips, neighborhoods . NNO encourages people to get to know each Join us at any or all of the meetings below. other and work together to prevent and address crime and EPIC Board of Directors meets on the Second Saturday in September due to Labor Day weekend. other neighborhood problems. It is an occasion to celebrate Next Meetings: Saturday, 9/9/2017 and 10/7/2017 at 10:00 AM. at 2433 Bloomington Ave. S. past successes, discuss current challenges and issues, and re- dedicate to collaborative efforts with neighbors, police, EPIC Community Meetings are on the Second Thursday – Next Meetings; th Thursday, 9/14/17 and 10/12/2017 at 6:30 PM. At the Community Center, 2307 17 Ave. S. businesses and others to improve the quality of life in our Agenda includes Neighborhood Industrial Pollution, Crime Initiatives, and EPIC project updates. City. Every year Minneapolis tops the list of NNO Block parties in the nation and if the par ties in East Phillips are any The East Phillips Park Programming Partnership meets on the LAST Tuesday – Next Meetings; indication, 2017 will not be an exception. Tuesday 9/26/17 and 10/31 /17 at 11:30 AM. at the Community Center. Lunch is served.
EPIC’s and NCR’s Role: The East Phillips Park Cultural & Community Center is located at 2307 17th Ave. S. and is
To help support this important event and the block clubs in fully accessible.
th East MaryPhillips, Gonsior EPIC Provides – EPIC up to $100.00 of funding to each The LAST East Phillips Community 17 Ave. Garden meeting of the year is: th registered NNO block club party in East Phillips. The Saturday, 9/9/2017 at 9:00 AM in the GARDEN located at 2428 17 Ave. S. Treasurer Neighborhood & Community Relations (NCR) department, The Garden Steering Committee meets Saturday, 9/2/2017 at 9:00 AM in the Garden whose mission is to foster community engagement provides * East Phillips Residents wanting a 2018 Garden Plot, contact Brad Pass at 612-916-8478 this funding to neighborhood organizations. The most ************************************************************************************************************** effective means of engaging people is getting them together Special Events: to share food and fun. Incredibly, NCR rules still prohibit the th purchase of food and entertainment. They verbally champion Phillips Community Clean Sweep: Saturday, October 14 – 9:00 AM meet at Welna for community engagement, while prohibiting the most effective breakfast, your free T-Shirt & cleaning supplies – Clean the ‘hood – then at Stewart Park for means to accomplish it. We take this moment to once again free lunch, entertainment, information tables and much more. encourage NCR to allow funding for our barbeques, inflated Garden Fall Harvest Party: Saturday, October 21st – 4:30 PM in the Garden – 2428 17th bounce houses and piñatas as seen in the pictures above. Ave. S. – Pot-Luck, Pumpkin Carving Contest, Fire, Smores and more. Designed and Paid for by East Phillips Improvement Coalition
Get a FREE 2016 Clean Sweep T-Shirt www.midtownphillips.org | 612.232.0018 | [email protected]
BOARD MEETING AGENDA: Held every second Tuesday in Stewart Park Tuesday September 12, 6:30-8pm @ Stewart Park (Arts & Crafts Room), 2700 12th Ave. S., Minneapolis I. Introductions II. Review and Approve August Minutes III. Financial Report IV. Discuss Allocation of GMHC funds PHILLIPS CLEAN SWEEP V. Staff Report SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2017 VI. Community Announcements and Public Comment 9am-10am Enjoy a Free Breakfast and Pick-Up Free Supplies Plus, get a FREE 2017 CANDIDATE’S FORUM: Clean Sweep T-Shirt Come and hear the candidates running for the ward 9 council member CHECK IN AT EITHER OF THESE LOCATIONS: seat talk about issues that are important to you! • Welna Ace Hardware Parking Lot – 2438 Bloomington Ave S Tuesday September 19, 6-8pm • Lutheran Social Services – 2400 Park Ave S (enter on 24th St) @ Quruxlow Restaurant, 1414 E Lake St, Minneapolis 9am-12pm Phillips Clean Sweep! Meet your neighbors, help pick up litter, and clean up your COMMUNITY MEETING AGENDA: neighborhood! Organize your neighbors! Held every fourth Tuesday at different location each month. 12pm-2pm Check our website for locations: www. midtownphillips.org Free Lunch and Entertainment Plus Neighborhood Information & Fun at Stewart Park (2700 12th Ave S) Tuesday September 26, 6:30-8pm Bring out your trash! @ XX, Minneapolis The Phillips neighborhoods have raised funds to provide free pick up I. Introductions for residents during Clean Sweep. They will pick up extra household II. Review and Approve August Minutes trash, old furniture, carpet, household construction and tires. Materials should be out the night before III. Presentation on I-35 Corridor Reconstruction Project and no later than 9am October 14th. IV. Overview of Clean Sweep (No hazardous wastes are picked up and any appliance or recyclables V. Community Announcements and Public Comment are picked up on the next city recycling pick up day.) FFI: call 952-996-6490 This Monthly Alley Newspaper Half Page was paid for by Midtown Phillips Neighborhood Association, Inc. VENTURA VILLAGE SEPTEMBER 2017 • VOL. 6 NO. 8
N E I G H B O R H O O D NEWS OPEN STREETS - Sunday, Aug 27 HURRAH FOR PEAVEY PARK! The Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board and the Minneapolis City Council are funding a version of the Ventura Village & West Phillips Neighborhoods’ Plan for Peavey Park! Work on this major renovation began on Monday, August 14th, with the groundbreaking for the new basketball courts. It will continue through the summer of 2018 with a total redesign of the other areas of the park. The Ventura Village and West Phillips Neighborhoods began developing plans for Peavey Park in the summer of 2010, when they approached and engaged Professor Ignacio San Martin, Chair of Urban Design and Director of the U of M’s Metropolitan Design Center. With San Martin’s guidance, the neighborhoods began a two-year process of community engagement leading to a Redesign of Peavey Park that would foster community use and reduce negative problems long plaguing Peavey Park. The plan was presented to the MPRB Board and accepted, but not considered for implementation until the 2014 South Service Area Master Planning process began. That process took two years, so in 2016 the MPRB Board finally officially approved the Peavey Park Redesign, with funding from the City’s 20 Year Neighborhood Park Plan Funding. At this time, there is no picnic shelter included in MPRB’s funding for Peavey Park. As a result, our neighborhoods, along with the MPRB are again working together, to make a picnic shelter a realty. Ventura Village’s Community Engagement Committee has begun to design a viable shelter similar to the image (left) and raise funds. Half the funds have been secured; we are seeking help in raising the remaining monies.
If you can contribute, contact us by sending an email to [email protected].
There needs to be huge Thank You’s to all who helped in this process— Inspector Lucy Gerold and Professor San Martin—and a remembrance of those who came before us, who worked so hard to improve Peavey Park. Before there was a Ventura Village or a West Phillips, Phillips Neighborhood Improvement Association (PNIA), People of Phillips (POP), and Hope Community members worked diligently to make our community a wonderful place to live. They also developed Peavey Park Plans, but sadly never realized. Let us all rejoice in finally reaching success! — Mary Watson
COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO REVIEW PEAVEY PARK PLANS
Two options remain for community engagement on Phase 2 improvements: 1) Stop by the Franklin Open Streets celebration on Sunday, August 27th, Noon to 4:00 PM. You'll find MPRB staff at the Councilman Abdi Warsame is joining with intersection of Franklin and Park Avenues, as part of the Franklin the Phillips West and Ventura Village Open Streets event. Stop by with friends, family and neighbors to Neighborhoods to host a PUBLIC SAFETY learn about the project and give your input on Phase 2 BRAINSTORM SESSION improvements. to discuss strategies 2) Take the Online Survey open through Sunday, August 27th. Whether for reducing crime in the Chicago/Franklin or not you took the earlier survey, your input is needed for this Avenue area. Please take the time to follow-up survey. It focuses on design and other options for the new playground, plus concepts for a potential picnic shelter north of the participate in this engagement. Your playground. concerns and ideas are important. Thanks!
UPCOMING VENTURA VILLAGE MONTHLY MEETINGS: PIANOS ON PARADE Sponsored by Franklin Street Bakery WEDNESDAY, SEP 13TH: BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING: 6:00 PM In Partnership With WEDNESDAY, SEP 13TH: GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: 7:00 PM Trinity First Lutheran School Ventura Village Neighborhood TO BE ANNOUNCED: WELLNESS, GARDENING & GREENING: 6:30 PM Franklin Area Business TUESDAY, SEP 26TH: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE: 6:00 PM THURSDAY, SEP 28TH: HOUSING & LAND COMMITTEE: 5:30 PM THURSDAY, SEP 28TH: CRIME & SAFETY COMMITTEE: 6:30 PM PLAY US A TUNE @ OPEN STREETS!
Ventura Village Meetings are upstairs in the Phillips Community Center at 2323 - 11th Avenue South • Minneapolis • 612-874-9070 6 “May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.” The Alley Newspaper • September 2017
Clyde Turner
Basketball Camp all of which he assured, would be lege and/or professional basket- from page 1 attained. A few of the youth wore ball. In his words, “We try to The Breaks of the Game Clyde Turner t-shirts which read; include a strong life component in Dequon was one of the youth in “Work Hard, Play Hard, Study our camps. Obviously, we preach Clyde’s Basketball Camp twenty Hard – Excel in Life – Beat the basketball fundamentals, team- on the court and off plus years ago. He is now a busi- Odds”. work, and sportsmanship, but we Dedicated basketball fans ness man and owns a very success- As the basketball part of Camp also incorporate the importance seeing or reading about Turner ful barber/beauty shop in the area. got started, Clyde led the kids in of having educational goals and BB Camps will undoubtedly be Before basketball coaching and a rigorous round of stretching and career aspirations.” (GopherHole. reminded of The Breaks of the practice began, Dequon gave an limbering exercises. Yes, I said com, May 24, 2004). A big part of Game, one of the best (if not inspiring talk about how his dream Clyde led the kids, doing exer- Clyde’s goal is to serve the kids of the best) basketball books of all came true and challenged the cises many 16-year-olds struggled economically challenged neigh- time by David Halberstam about youth in his audience to DREAM with. As the day progressed, his borhoods and, especially, to open the Portland Trailblazers in the big as well. He counseled the kids staff of coaches quickly split the the doors wider to the youth of the late 70s. It talks about highs of to equate the “R” in DREAM to youth into age and ability compat- Native American Community. their championship team (consid- the word “Resource” – ie, find ible groups and led them in ball Turner, after a stellar two years ered one of the best teams at play- resources such as parents, school, handling, dribbling, defensive and as a Gopher Basketball player in ing as a unit of all time because church, etc. to help realize their offensive drills, all stressing team- the early 1970s and a shot at the of each player’s self-sacrifice) dream. The “E” is to “Educate” work and sportsmanship as well as pros, returned to the U of M, got a and how quickly things unrav- yourself in-order-to prepare for improving their basketball skills. master’s degree in social work and eled over the next three seasons. the dream. “A” is to “Apply” It was amazing to see the coor- devoted his life to helping children It also explores issues of racism yourself in all you do, and “M” dinated effort that over the week and families in the Twin Cities. He in America, classism, white privi- is keep yourself “Motivated” in turned kids into basketball players served for years in the leadership lege, and labor rights and disputes. all decisions on your way to your and gave them all life lessons to of Big Brothers/Big Sisters, he goal. He then asked the youth to build their futures on. put in 13 years with the Family gym full of kids have been waiting a fantastic life experience to the share their dreams which included Clyde enlists the help of many Alternatives Program, managed all summer for, the Clyde Turner youth of Phillips. the law, farming, politics, human coaches for the kids, most of the Child Protection Program for Basketball Camp. TC Daily Planet - Feb.1, 2011 and veterinarian medicine, and whom were one-time participants Ramsey County and this is his Our thanks to Clyde Turner and many more wonderful DREAMS in his camps and all played col- 31st year of providing what this his wonderful coaches for offering The Alley Newspaper • September 2017 “Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.” 7 Maggie Moran Maggie Moran The World’s a Stage beneath this marquee, at Lake What have you been eating at Open Street, at Lake Street Open Street Mpls Street Open Street Mpls In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre (HOBT) recently received a $275,000 gift from the Sarah Bowman Trust.
HOBT Community Update capital campaign. These funds from page 1 will make several things possible including: together for the common good. Engaging a capital campaign Making an updated facility more feasibility study to assess our accessible to more users serves a community’s support for the proj- deep need for rehearsal and per- ect. formance space in the Twin Cities. Producing architectural draw- For HOBT’s neighbors in the ings and graphics to visually com- Midtown Phillips, East Phillips municate what we intend to do. and Powderhorn Park neighbor- Strengthening staff capacity to hoods, that means more weekends take on the additional work that that the Avalon Theater marquee will be required. is lit, more nights with activity Developing a new business on the corner of 15th & Lake, plan to ensure that HOBT pro- and more opportunities to connect gramming and guest programming with neighbors across cultures. strike a balance between program- HOBT’s Next Steps ming that furthers HOBT’s mis- HOBT believes that a capi- sion and programming that sus- tal campaign will be needed to tains HOBT’s finances. raise three million dollars to make While HOBT has been aware this vision possible. Funds will be for over a year that this work needed for upgrading the build- would be needed to transform the ing’s basic infrastructure, for mak- organization, the timing of Sarah Susan Gust ing the building more accessible Bowman’s gift will bring the orga- to a wider range of audiences, and nization from its current position for changes that will transform the to a point where a capital cam- building into a powerful asset for paign is underway. realizing this vision. 2016 Critics’ Accolades: The Scandinavian KUBB Game brings cultures together by Ingebretsen’s, at Lake Street Open Street Mpls, July A Special Gift from Sarah Story of Crow Boy, Queen, & 23rd 2017 Bowman Basement Creatures mer arts education programing terly Puppet Cabaret events fea- fiscal-year fundraising appeal. In the Heart of the Beast Puppet In 2016, three Twin Cities exploring culturally-specific sto- turing new work by local pup- With less than two weeks left, the and Mask Theatre (HOBT) recent- theater critics listed three differ- ries of people who make a differ- peteers. appeal is $6,000 toward a $24,000 ly received a $275,000 gift from ent HOBT productions in their ence in the neighborhoods where HOBT will continue to offer goal to end the current fiscal year the Sarah Bowman Trust. Sarah year-end top ten lists of best these youth live. residencies to thousands of youth on target and start the new fiscal Bowman was a longtime support- performances, including THE An eighteenth season of in schools and other settings year in a strong position. HOBT er of HOBT and for several years STORY OF CROW BOY devel- Saturday Puppet Shows for Kids across the Twin Cities and across welcomes gifts of any size to dem- was part of the “Sun Flotilla” oped by Sandra Spieler, Steve will present low-cost matinee the state. onstrate wide community support of red canoes that bring the Sun Epp, Momoko Tanno and Masa puppet performances for fami- Sandy Spieler will lead a for its work. Puppet across Powderhorn Lake Kawahara; QUEEN written by lies who live nearby, including 44th annual MayDay Parade, Corrie Zoll is Executive at the climax of HOBT’s annual Erik Ehn and Junauda Petrus and Spanish language and bilingual Ceremony and Festival scheduled Director of In the Heart of the MayDay Ceremony. Sarah passed directed by Alison Heimstead; performances. for May 6, 2018. Beast Theatre away suddenly in an accident in and BASEMENT CREATURES HOBT’s theme will culminate Through the month of August, 2016, and her death rattled this which was written produced by in the February 18 premiere of HOBT is conducting an end-of- community. HOBT was unaware Davey Steinman after he origi- NEIGHBORHOOD OF MAKE- of its prominent place in her estate nally developed the piece as part BELIEVE by Bart Buch. The Theatre’s Soul “stay home and work in the place planning until after her death. of HOBT’s Puppet Lab program. show uses the life and work of from page 1 where you live, where you find This gift will have signifi- HOBT’s 2017-2018 Season Fred Rogers as a frame to tell horse drawn wagon. your community, in the heart of cant impacts on the communi- In the meantime, HOBT will stories about our own neighbor- …is to travel the roads of histo- the beast.” ties served by HOBT. Three years continue to present high quality hoods. The premiere will coincide ry and loss, in search of something Sandy Spieler is Artistic from HOBT’s 2014 financial cri- programming to further its mis- with the 50th anniversary of the like a new heart: new communi- Director of HOBT sis, and one month away from sion to bring people together for premiere of MISTER ROGERS’ ties, new families, new work, new *This is an excerpt from the the end of our fiscal year, HOBT the common good through the NEIGHBORHOOD. holidays. 7th Chapter “From the Mud— is proud to say that these funds power of puppet and mask per- For a seventh year, Alison …is to tell the story of people Puppets From the Pulse—Song will not be needed to balance formance. HOBT is in the midst Heimstead will lead Puppet Lab, who live in the heart of the beast— Twenty-five Years of Puppet the organization’s operating bud- of implementing a two-year pro- an opportunity for four emerging as courageous and resourceful as Theatre on East Lake Street” get. HOBT intends to complete grammatic theme exploring what artists in to experiment wildly they really are.” written by Sandy Spieler with- the current fiscal year on target, it means to be a good neighbor. within the field of puppetry and This name was inspired by a in the book, THEATRE OF and has a balanced budget for In the coming season, this theme share their work with an audience. phrase written by the Cuban poet WONDER: 25 YEARS IN THE the coming year. Instead, this gift shows up in multiple ways: Sandy Spieler will continue to Jose’ Marti, though often attribut- HEART OF THE BEAST, pub- from Sarah Bowman makes much In the seventh year of HOBT’s develop her work around issues of ed to Che Guevara. Che had urged lished by University of Minnesota bigger things possible. Phillips Project, 150 youth at three water quality, including a commu- North Americans who wanted to Press, 1999. Excerpts from page Sarah’s gift of $275,000 is criti- partner sites will participate in nity residency in Michigan. be part of the Cuban revolution to 45-46 and page 50. cal to moving HOBT toward this high quality afterschool and sum- Steve Ackerman will lead quar- “What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made The Alley Newspaper • September 2017 8 to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” The Semilla Center for Healing and the Arts and Annual Block Party @ St. Paul’s Lutheran 28th and 15th Avenue. Gardening, Art, Growth and Laughter
BY TALIA HANSEL AND AUBREY DONISCH storm sewers in our neighborhood The Young Leaders Program of goes directly to the Mississippi The Semilla Center for Healing River, without being treated. and the Arts @ St. Paul’s Lutheran Young Leaders also traveled all has come to an end for the sum- over the city to meet with commu- mer of 2017. The past six weeks nity artists and activists from loca- have been full of gardening, art, tions like the All My Relations growth and laughter. Gallery to the Mississippi The Young Leaders brought the Watershed Management community together at St. Paul’s Organization to Walker Art Center annual Block Party—they brought (and everywhere in-between). their A-Game and their water Like our Boulevard Garden, the conservation knowledge to share. Young Leaders have grown strong By performing a dance about and have developed in their skills water, the Young Leaders moved of guidance, kindness, awareness, St. Paul’s and Semilla Center’s annual the community in a new way by and advocacy. In the style of our showing gestures of what water Peace Garden, the Young Leaders means to them and why Water is have shown more care for their Taste of Phillips Art Festival Life (Agua es Vida). community and more camaraderie BY PATRICK CABELLO HANSEL 2742 15th Ave. S. Youth and adults who live, work A central piece of our work was among themselves. Get ready for some fabulous Writers of any level or experi- or volunteer in the Phillips neigh- planting native plants in boulevard The Young Leaders would like art! October 28, 2017, 4-9 pm: St. ence: we want your work! The borhood are invited to submit to gardens. These plants serve two to thank everyone they have been Paul’s and Semilla Center’s annu- Phoenix of Phillips literary maga- this community journal. Deadline purposes: first, they help attract able to meet this summer—we had al Taste of Phillips Art Festival. zine is accepting submissions of is September 30. E-mail sub- pollinators. Second, because their a blast! Hands-on art. Live music: acous- poetry, essays and short stories missions to semillacenter@gmail. roots are deep, they hold more Talia Hansel, is Community tic, Latin American & more! Youth for its 4th edition: “Healing”. com or mail them to: Semilla soil, which in turn, helps hold and Ambassador for Young Leaders Photography Show. Great food Writing about healing in the wid- Center for the Arts @ St. Paul’s, clean more storm water runoff and Aubrey Donisch, is Youth and silent auction. Dedication of est sense—healing of mind, body 2742 15th Ave S. Minneapolis, from the sidewalk. Everything bit Program Director our Peace Garden on 28th Street. and soul, healing of community, MN 55407. of storm water that runs into the All at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, healing of the earth—is welcome. 4 Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle Billy Joel, BY THE PHILLIPS WELLNESS 50+ TEAM It’s challenging to know what to do to stay healthy. Advice from The “Piano experts seems to change from month to month, and it’s hard to Man” keep track of what’s most impor- that allows for good quality of tant. life and independence. That’s why the Phillips • Lower incidence of stroke, reflects a Wellness 50+ group strives to diabetes, heart disease and take on four simple-to-remember other chronic conditions. message in behaviors: • Decreased depression, stress • Getting 150 minutes of physi- and other emotional health cal activity each week (that’s issues. lyrics and 30 minutes a day for five days • Lower overall mortality. each week). Phillips Wellness 50+ is an ini- persona • Eating five servings fruits and tiative to increase health and well- vegetables a day. Think of a being, by and for people in the Billy Joel wears a jacket serving as about a half of a cup. Phillips neighborhood. with the Star of David during • Drinking little or no alcohol We invite you to join us for the encore of his 43rd sold out (no more than an average of one a weekly group walk. Meet us show at Madison Square Garden drink a day for women; two per in the lobbies of Ebenezer Park on August 21, 2017 in New York day for men). Apartments and Ebenezer Tower City • Eliminate smoking and other every Tuesday night at 5:45 PM. Pop great Billy Joel donned tobacco products. After the walk we gather to learn, a yellow Star of David at a con- Doing these four things can connect and support each other. cert in New York in a powerful produce important benefits, Contact Donna Nordin at 612- but silent statement against white including: 741-5180 or dnordin2@comcast. • St. Paul’s Lutheran Church • 2742 15th Ave S • Minneapolis MN 55407 • supremacy following the violence • Better functional health (being net for information. ______in Charlottesville. able to do everyday things) The Phillips Neighborhood Clinic is a FREE walk-in clinic operated The Piano Man, who is rare- by University of Minnesota health professional students. ly overtly political, returned on ______Monday night to play his encore at Madison Square Garden sport- →All students are supervised by licensed doctors. ing the Star of David on the front →No appointments or insurance necessary. and back of his suit, photos posted →Spanish interpreters are available. online by fans showed. 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The Alley Newspaper • September 2017 There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” 9 What’s going on in there? Phillips Aquatic Center Update
BY DENNY BENNETT diverse group of kids competes currently seeking funds for two You know something is hap- in swimming and diving meets. different programs. The first is pening, you see the mounds of These meets will bring in families the “Sha-Kym Adams Learn to dirt, the heavy equipment, and the from a variety of suburbs giving a Swim Fund,” named in honor of hard hats, but how is it coming boost to the local economy as the a South High School sophomore along? Is it really going to be a team encourages them to arrive who drowned in Lake Nokomis new Aquatics Center? early, and plan to eat and shop in three years ago. This program will I’m happy to report, that not the area before each meet. provide “gap” scholarships for only is construction progressing, The new structure, which will kids seeking swimming instruc- but it is right on schedule! You can house the new zero-entry, 25-yard, tion, helping to cover anything count on being in the water with shallow, warm-water teaching that the MPRB does not. Just this your Valentine this next winter. pool, has also seen some real month, we received a generous If you drive by the site, you progress! The new pool is in, and and much-needed $10,000 grant can see that the structure holding the concrete has been poured. The from the Bentsen Foundation! the new teaching pool is up and attached photo shows the concrete The other Phillips Aquatics work has begun on the parking lot. being poured into the forms. Center need is for the equipment What you can’t see is the exciting In addition to all of the con- necessary for competitive swim- progress inside the building. We struction work, Minneapolis Parks ming: starting blocks, touchpads, are over the halfway point, and, & Recreation (MPRB) Assistant scoreboard, etc. The MPRB is with each passing week, it will Superintendent Tyrize Cox has estimating the cost of these accou- look more and more like they are been working hard on scheduling trements to be close to $100,000. ready to open! and programming for the facility, The TMT high school team is Throughout the building, the once it opens in 2018. While an counting on using this as a home mechanicals, electric and plumb- exact figure for pool entry, mem- pool. These items need to be col- ing have all been roughed in so bership or swim lessons has not lected, donated, purchased or oth- that the walls, floors and ceiling yet been approved by the board of erwise procured. can progress. In the existing pool directors, Tyrize assured me that To make a donation to either area, the spectator seating is tak- any fees will be very modest, and of these worthwhile funds, email ing shape, and you can almost that scholarships for folks demon- [email protected]. hear the cheering for the South, strating a financial hardship will Denny Bennett is a senior mort- Roosevelt and Washburn high definitely be available. gage banker with US Bank, and school varsity swim team (TMT -- Finally, Minneapolis Swims serves as president of the board Tigers, Millers & Teddies) as this continues to raise money, and is of directors and executive director for Minneapolis Swims, a 501(c)3 12 Local Auto Shops Help Reduce not-for profit corporation whose Photos by Denny Bennett mission is to provide Equity, A new south addition to the original 1972 Phillips Pool and Gym Hazardous Air Pollutants Access and the Opportunities building has taken shape and construction is over the halfway point. that swimming can provide to Throughout the building, the mechanicals, electric and plumbing have all in Minneapolis. He lives in all been roughed in so that the walls, floors and ceiling can progress. Minneapolis with his wife and The new structure will house the new zero-entry, 25-yard, shallow, Helping Minnesota businesses three children. warm-water teaching pool. The new pool concrete is being poured into develop and implement industry- the forms in this photo. tailored solutions that prevent pollution at the source, maximize efficient use of resources, and reduce energy use and costs to improve public health and the PHILLIPS environment. [email protected] BY MADDIE NORGAARD The results are in from this CLEAN SWEEP summer’s Phillips Community Air Quality Improvement Project! SATURDAY OCTOBER 14, 2017 In total, 12 automotive repair shops chose to switch to safer cleaning and degreasing prod- ucts resulting in approximately 3,000 pounds of air emissions reduced per year. Working in part- nership with Hope Community Inc., the Lake Street Council, and the Franklin Area Business Association, a Minnesota Technical Assistance Program (MnTAP) intern helped auto shops
assess the relative safety of their anotherPhoto credit: mechanic at Nicollet Auto Services current products, and then identi- Maddie Norgaard, showing the fied safer alternatives available at safer brake cleaner with Le Le, local retail stores. Participating lead mechanic and manager of Plus, get a shops were given free samples Nicollet Auto Services. 9am-10am FREE 2017 Clean Sweep of safer alternative products and Red and White Taxi Enjoy a Free Breakfast and Pick-Up Free Supplies T-Shirt a starter case to encourage adop- Rongos Auto Service CHECK IN AT EITHER OF THESE LOCATIONS: tion. MnTAP recommended safer Starr Auto Service • Welna Ace Hardware Parking Lot – 2438 Bloomington Ave S products that have no Hazardous Valvoline Oil Change • Lutheran Social Services – 2400 Park Ave S (enter on 24th St) Air Pollutants, are low in Volatile 9am-12pm Organic Compounds, and mini- Air Emission Reductions (per Phillips Clean Sweep! mize Minnesota Chemicals of year)- Meet your neighbors, help pick up litter, and clean up your neighborhood! Organize your neighbors! Concern. • 450 lbs. of Hazardous Air Enlist your block club or church youth group! Above all, just bring yourself and help keep Phillips clean! Thank you to all the auto shops Pollutants 12pm-2pm making a significant contribution • 860 lbs. of Volatile Organic Free Lunch and Entertainment toward better air quality in South Compounds Plus Neighborhood Information & Fun at Stewart Park (2700 12th Ave S) Minneapolis: • 1,765 lbs. of ground-level ozone Alliance Auto (smog) Bring out your trash! Clausen Service Center To learn more about this project The Phillips neighborhoods have raised funds to provide free pick up for residents during Clean Sweep. They will pick up extra household trash, old furniture, carpet, household construction and tires. Duke’s Cars and Towing or to get involved in future safer Materials should be out the night before and no later than 9am October 14th. Green Garage cleaning and degreasing projects, (No hazardous wastes are picked up and any appliance or recyclables are picked up on the next city recycling pick up day.) Intermaco Auto Body please visit MnTAP’s website or FFI: call 952-996-6490 K&J Auto Repair call 612-624-1300. Nicollet Auto Services Maddie Norgaard is a MnTAP Lake Street Tire Intern 10 “It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success.” The Alley Newspaper • September 2017
“Detroit”, features July 23, 1967, www.alleynews.org “Kidnap” & “Detroit” one of the worst race rebellions in the United States occurred. @alleynews There’s really no honest way to sugarcoat the Detroit racial con- flict or, for that matter, any racial rebellion (including three con- secutive years–1966-1968–in my beloved Minneapolis). Bigelow’s work I have always admired and in this case she shows just what too often happens when white police officers (and sometimes non-white police officers) meet Detroit African Americans much goes very wrong. “Kidnap”(2017) The night the police raid an ille- orrrr gal drinking establishment where Thriller, Di Bonaventure blacks socialize things turned ugly Pictures in the streets on Detroit. At the It is true a child goes missing same time the streets are full of every 40 seconds in the United rioters and looters, the Dramatics, States. However, it is also true “ an upcoming R&B group, are Kidnap” is a bad movie. (It had about to get on stage before a roar- been sitting on the shelf since ing crowd when an announcement 2014: usually a bad sign.) Even is bellowed out everybody must though I sympathize with Halle leave the building immediately. Berry’s character Karla Dyson Larry Reed (Algee Smith) is the who has her young son Frankie Howard McQuitter II lead man expresses even more (Sage Correa) snatched from her Movie Corner disappointment than the others in an amusement park just slightly oldschoolmovies.wordpress.com thinking they still unsigned for a out of eyeshot. record deal. What ensues is a hyper- octane [email protected] Dramatics get on a bus to go car chase after the kidnappers home but are forced off because Terry (Lewis Temple) and Margo the kidnappers working alone or of the chaos in the streets. The (Chris McGinn) Vicky up and with a larger operation? We’re men get split up. Larry and one of down Louisiana highways caus- they interested in murdering chil- the other singers go to the Algiers ing numerous car wrecks (you dren or selling them to pedophiles Motel. That’s where Bigelow’s wouldn’t want to be on any of or planning to kill them selling camera spends most of the time. these freeways), including a police their body parts? Also is where terror and torture officer on a motorcycle demand- Cast: Halle Berry (Karla Dyson), get up close and personal. ing her to pull over upended. Sage Correa (Frankie), Chris In the motel are several black “Kidnap” is one huge mess: McGinn (Margo), Lew Temple men and two white women from clumsy script, lousy monologues (Terry), Dana Gourrier (Female Ohio. Carl (Jason Mitchell) has a
and a painfully predictable atroc- Sheriff Deputy). Director: Luis toy gun (or a starter gun) shoots ity. She’s driving a 1980s Mustang Prieto. Writer: Knate Lee. Running it out the window toward a group and her antagonists are driving a time: 81 minutes. of national guardsmen which Chrysler minivan. The two cars is unwise to say the least. The crash into each other, banging “Detroit” (2017) guards and local police fire in the into traffic, going over the road oooor direction of the motel. Now Enrolling Grades 9-12 getting on another with damage to Annapura Pictures Three white cops enter the both vehicles but nothing what the Director Kathryn Bigelow motel led by Officer Krauss (Will Health & Wellness Focus Indian Education Program Work Based Learning
Indianapolis 500 would envy. (“ Hurt Locker”, “Zero Dark Poulter), a sadistic racist cop, Credit Recovery Special Education Program Social Work Department What’s more, director Luis Thirty”, “ Point Break”) has come round up all staying at the motel. Lee’s vague references to child up with another hard-hitting, if Dismukes (John Boyega, from Small Class Sizes PSEO & Scholarships MetroTransit Go-To Card trafficking is unsatisfactory. We’re not outright controversial, film Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, (612) 294-1016 www.afa.tc [email protected] “Attack the Block”), a black secu- 2504 Columbus Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55404 rity guard working across the street comes over to the motel A Tribute to Robert hopefully to calm things down. But, before one can leave his or Mitchum (1917-1997) her seat on scene, three black men are killed by police and several Robert Mitchum was born on black men and two white female Free food, clothing, August 6, 1917, in Bridgeport, college students are beaten and blankets and more! Connecticut. tortured. All this actually hap- (I was also born on August 6th, pened. Bringing the Gospel and God’s love to Minneapolis since 1940 but not until 1948.) Kathryn Bigelow and her He was an actor with great tal- screenwriter Mark Boal (they At 11th and Franklin, Marie ALL ARE WELCOME! Sandvik Center, a Christ- ent and vastly underrated. At an worked together on “Hurt Locker” centered mission, Sunday nights early age he rebuffed authority by and “Zero Dark Thirty”) display exists to meet spiritual and 4pm Bible study being charged with vagrancy and one of the darkest moments in physical needs of anyone. *6pm Chapel 7pm Meal, men’s clothes was sentenced to a Georgia chain American history. Yet the dark FOR ADULTS: Tuesday nights gang, but found a way to escape. cloud of race is still in the DNA After a chapel service, guests 5pm Set Free (12 Step) Mr. Mitchum’s big break in so–to–speakto this day. What’s may receive a hot meal, *7pm Chapel Hollywood was a role as Lt. Walker more, denial about racism, espe- clothing, hygiene products and 8pm Meal, women’s clothes in “Story of G.I. Joe”(1945) and cially from white people is thev- a blanket. (See schedule on right.) Friday nights received an Oscar nomination as Mitchum didn’t give up the ery key to keep white supremacy KIDS’ MINISTRY! 3pm Christian movies Best Supporting Actor. weed though. alive and well. -Saturdays - 11am-1pm 5pm Bible study But in all his years of acting Some of his movies: «The Night Cast: John Boyega (Dismukes), -Thursdays - 5:30-7:30pm *7pm Chapel -- 1945 to 1997--- he never won of the Hunter» (1957), “Cape Aldee Smith (Larry), Jacob Children in K- 8th grades are 8pm Meal, men’s clothes an Oscar. Fear”(1962), “Macao”(1952), Latimore Fred), Will Poulter welcome to attend. Hot meal, Thursday afternoons He had a deliberate style of “The Friends of Eddie Coyle” (Officer Krauss), John Krasinski discipleship, fun activities, new 12pm Quilt & layette sign-ups Christian movie acting, charming, convincing that (1973), “Crossfire” (1947), “The (Attorneyn Auerbach), Antony friends and ride provided. (Call for more info) Child care for those in made him popular with audiences. Lusty Men” (1952), “Thirty Mackie (Grene), Hannah Murray FURNITURE: attendance As a bad boy he was up with Seconds Over Tokyo” (1944), (Julie), Kaitlynn Dever (Karen), Individuals in need may call to *1pm Ladies’ Day Chapel the best of them such as Victor “Not as a Stranger” (1955), Jack Reynor (Demens). Running inquire about free furniture: 2pm Meal, women’s, infants’ & Children’s clothing Mature, Humphrey Bogart, James “Heaven Knows, Mr.Allison” time:142 minutes. Director: 651-468-9741 (* Guests must arrive by time noted) Cagney, Lawrence Tierney, and (1957), “Dead Man”(1995), Kathryn Bigelow. Writer: Mark other actors. He was arrested for “Nevada” (1944) and again in Boal. 1112 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55404 marijuana use spending time in “Cape Fear” (1991). 612-870-9617 www.MarieSandvikCenter.org prison in 1949. The Alley Newspaper • September 2017 “I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope.” 11 The Aerobics Beyond the “Y” Frank Reflections: The Korean Dilemma Visits to the Lake Street YWCA have become familiar to me, in the Self-defense is a “slippery slope” aftermath of thirty-five years hard BY FRANK ERICKSON from murdering those who had the Korea in self-defense? labor at Smith Foundry. However, The “scholars” are debating if right of self-defense against you? Self-defense is a “slippery when worn ankles dictate, tread- the United States of America can How can the U.S. government slope,” especially when those with mills and elipticals won’t do. It “legally” attack North Korea and claim the right to kill in self- the biggest bombs keep claiming is from the vantage of a stationary claim it is an act of self-defense. defense when Native Americans to have the right to use it. How bike that I am allowed to discreet- Why is it those same “scholars” and their right to self-defense many use violence in self-defense ly observe. never talk about people’s right to should have taken down the U.S. if they don’t see a chance at win- As for aerobics, evidently there attack the USA in self-defense? government a long time ago? ning the fight? are many women who have sur- How can you continue to kill All of this “warring” has noth- What does the future hold? passed what I once was. One people claiming self-defense, ing to do with self-defense. Why Nothing but “winners of wars” wonders why a world-wide move- when your very existence comes can’t Cuba “war” upon North claiming self-defense.” ment of women has not been mobilized to fight ISIS. Sending our young men to war tends to Confederate General Robert E. Lee advised no make matters worse. Peter Molenaar Recently, en route to burning Raise Your Voice Statuary for fear of war’s sores kept open 100 calories at 95rpm, the cap- According to historian Jonathan plated, my conviction is, that those who took part in the battle tion line on the big screen flashed even as these, if pursued, might Horn, Lee was often consulted in however grateful it would be of Gettysburg. BREAKING NEWS: NORTH result in meaningful de-escala- his lifetime about proposals to to the feelings of the South, the “I think it wiser not to keep KOREA THREATENS GUAM tion on both sides. To be clear: erect monuments to Confederate attempt ... would have the effect open the sores of war but to WITH MISSILE ATTACK. peaceful alternatives are at hand. Gen. Stonewall Jackson and oth- of ... continuing, if not adding to, follow the examples of those Amazingly, the elipticals and Far from being an intractable foe, ers. the difficulties under which the nations who endeavored to oblit- treadmills kept churning. North Korea has repeatedly asked In a 1866 letter to fellow Southern people labour.” erate the marks of civil strife, to I happen to garden with the the U.S. to sign a peace treaty Confederate Gen. Thomas L. Three years later, Lee was commit to oblivion the feelings Koreans who founded the that would bring the unresolved Rosser, Lee wrote, invited to a meeting of Union and engendered,” he wrote in a let- Community Peace Garden, at Korean War to a long-overdue “As regards the erection of Confederate officers to mark the ter declining the invitation. the junction of Highway 94 and end…” such a monument as is contem- placing of a memorial honoring Cedar Avenue. From them I Clearly, it is “we” who threat- received a copy of the spring en “them” not “they who threat- 14th Annual Wild Rice Festival on issue of the Korean Quarterly en “us.” JUST SAY NO TO with the front page caption: WAR NUCLEAR WAR. Please. Yet, PROVOCATION. The sum of even I will return to the marvel- Saturday, September 16, 2017 Christine Hong’s “The Long, ous machines of the YWCA, as I The Harriet Alexander Nature rice, the Minnesota harvest sea- assistance of Northland Visions, Dirty History” was most impres- intend to breathe for another thirty Center is pleased to announce son, and Native American cultures the Pow Wow Grounds Cafe, and sive. years. the 14th Annual Wild Rice is an all-day event filled with Gibbs Farm. The event is held “…Unsurprisingly, few media Festival on Saturday, September good food, fun activities, educa- free of admission charge, thanks outlets have reported on North 16, 2017, 10am-4pm. This fam- tional presentations and engaging to generous sponsorships from Korea’s overtures to the U.S., ily-friendly celebration of wild exhibits. It is presented with the Half Price Books, Great Southern Bank, and Johnston Martineau, Attorneys at Law. All aspects of the festival will take place on the grounds of the nature center at 2520 N. Dale Street, Roseville, Minnesota. THE HOTEL ST. PAUL’S BY PATRICK CABELLO HANSEL It’s not hard to find a spot to build your nest on the old church roof. After all, the psalm says “even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young, at your altars, O Lord of hosts”. The problem is finding a spot where the red-tailed hawk, who claims heaven and earth as his supermarket, cannot ravage with his fearsome talons. Perhaps this is why, a century ago, the Swedes decided to add these parapets, niches, cornices and mini-gables high above the rose window: not to make it impossible to paint without a helicopter and a Tom Cruise stuntman hanging from a cable, but to build a haven as close to heaven as wooden ladders and scaffolds allow; for they knew—for winged as well as biped beasts—that blessings are passed from generation to generation and that a good home to raise your little ones is a legacy that will not be forgotten, a kindness that will spread over the wide earth. Patrick Cabello Hansel is Co-Pastor of St. Paul’s Luth. Church at 28th St. and 15th Av. also the location of the “old church roof. 12 “It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success.” The Alley Newspaper • September 2017 Franklin Av’s Open Street 2017 Courtesy of Residents, Businesses, Institutions, Franklin Avenue Business Association, & OpenStreetsMpls. Erik Renk-Grant
Franklin Av & 14th, looking east, Av near Pow-Wow Grounds Coffee Shop, All My Relations Gallery, Many Rivers Apts. East, and Ancient Trader’s Market, et al; portion of Native American Cultural Corridor during Open Streets Mpls 2017 Abbie Hanson Abbie Hanson
A Chance to “build your neighborhood” on Franklin Av during Open Streets Mpls 2017 Wheel Fortune to “Spin” on The Av during Open Streets or Daily to select and train for an on The Av between PPL Headquarters and Franklin Street Bakery while appreciating the occupation also on The Av at PPL’s New Education Center in the renovated New Franklin Aztec Dancers in Parade Performance. Theatre Building. Jessica Shaykett At Franklin Av OPEN STREET 2017 games to play, books for sale, stories told from Jessica Shaykett Hennepin County Franklin Community Branch in the 103 year old building and 123 year Checkmate on Franklin Av amidst hundreds of other activities August 27th at Franklin Av old Franklin Library on Franklin Av that is one of the most active libraries in the metro Open Streets Mpls. 2017 area every day with computer, language, and culture literacy classes. Erik Renk-Grant Erik Renk-Grant Franklin Av & 14th, looking west, Av near Pow-Wow Grounds Coffee Shop, All My Relations Ventura Village Neighborhood of Phillips Community during Open Streets Mpls. 2017 dis- Gallery, Many Rivers Apts. West, and Ancient Trader’s Market, Ali’s, Franklin Community play on Franklin Av and 12th Av. Library, et al; portion of Native American Cultural Corridor during Open Streets Mpls 2017