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JANUARY 2015 - Volume 11 - Number 1

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< “Party in the Rec Room”Lorna Landvik’s “Party in the Rec Room” opens January 9, at Bryant Lake Bowl. Her solo improv show is filled with characters created on the spot. (See more events on page 11.)

Your Community-Supported News Source • COVERING THE UPTOWN AREA and the Neighborhoods of CARAG and ECCO

Hospital’s Architect has Uptown Roots

The Loppet Roars Back

Electronic Cigarette Ban is Made FinalFull City Council vote confirms Health subcommittee’s recommendationAdding to a state ban that went into effect July 1, 2014, the full Minneapolis City Council voted Dec. 5 to include e-cigarettes in that same ban for all indoor public places. After a November 17, 2014 Public Hearing at City Hall that drew speakers for and against the measure, the Council voted unanimously in favor of the ban.

Contestants vie for position during the 2014 Penn Ice-Cycle Loppet Race on Lake Calhoun. See a map and full list of Loppet weekend events on page 12. (Photo by Steve Kotvis, f/go (www.f-go.us))

Rep. Paul Thissen Returns to Being House Minority Leaderby Gary Farland

Due to the new Republican majority in the Minnesota House, on Jan. 5 House Speaker Paul Thissen will return to the role of House Minority Leader, for which he was elected by the new House DFL Caucus. Thissen represents House District 61B which includes East Calhoun and CARAG. In the 2012 elections, Thissen helped the DFL change from a 62-member minority to a 73-member majority and was elected Speaker.

Paul and his wife Karen Wilson Thissen are former residents of East Calhoun and were active in its neighborhood activities. They

Local architect, Warren B. DunnellBy Kathleen Kullberg

The classically designed build-ings of the former Fergus Falls State Hospital for the insane have been very much in the forefront of the news this fall. While no longer part of the Minnesota asylum facilities, they still pose a stately pres-ence in western Minnesota and are on the National Reg-istry of Historic Places. Since being shuttered in 2009 and the patients long gone, several new uses have been suggested to revitalize them. But not much

1800 Lake Fix Sets off More Possible Development

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Protesters Block Uptown TrafficFast food group and retail janitors support a living wage, and right to unionize By Bruce Cochran

Around 6:30 a.m., on December Dec. 4, 2014, a group protesting in support of unionizing and a livable wage of $15, blocked traffic in Uptown. Organized by CTUL (Centro de Trabajadores Uni-dos en Lucha “The Center of Workers United in Struggle”), the group gathered in the street at Lagoon and Hennepin Avenues in front of McDonald’s on the southeast corner.

Mayor Betsy Hodges spoke to protesters in support of their right to union-ize and protest in front of Burger King on Nicollet Avenue and 34th Street. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)

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Fergus Falls State Hospital for the mentally ill, which closed in 2009, was designed by Warren B. Dunnell.

Lake and Knox LLC has reached a settlement with the city, but not the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Depart-ment, over pumping ground

water illegally into the Chain of Lakes since 2011.

Lake and Knox LLC, devel-oper of 1800 Lake on Calhoun,

has agreed to flood the lowest level of its basement with the same groundwater that is cur-rently being illegally pumped

A solution recently proposed by representatives of 1800 Lake (building at left) would build replacement parking on the two adjacent properties to the east (2 homes center and right above). (Photo by Bruce Cochran)

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PAWS to ReadGerry VanTassel, (left) watches as Emmet, (right) reads to Gypsy (center), a rescued dog from the streets of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Gypsy is a part of the Paws to Read with an Animal program that makes occasional visits to the Walker Library. Walker librarian Sandra Roback explains the benefits of the program. “Reading to a dog is a way for children to build positive associations with reading and improve their literacy skills. Children come alive and feel a sense of pride knowing the dog is listening and enjoying the story.” More info at hclib.org. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)

Uptown Up Close Lake Calhoun Event Center, Jan. 27The Uptown Association presents Uptown Up Close: An evening of Art, Flavor & Entertainment, 5 p.m. to 8 p. m. at the Lake Calhoun Event Center, (3450 Irving Ave. S.) Experience an evening of adventure featuring;

•UptownRestaurantTasting

•WetPaintArtAuction

•BusinessofCommunityAwards

•UptownCommunityExpo

•LiveMusic

•Performancesfromlocaldancecompanies•SilentAuction

It’s the one event in Uptown each year that gathers city officials, community members, and business owners in the same space. More information and tickets at uptownassoci-ation.com.

Provided by the Midtown Greenway Coalition

Mike McGarvey of SRF Consulting Group, Inc. presents Soren Jensen, Executive Director, Midtown Greenway Coalition with a 2014 Great Places award. (Photo by Aaron Shaffer)

Midtown Greenway Awarded 2014 Great Places Award

who had the original vision for the Greenway and worked for years to get it built.

Our founders first started working on the Greenway in the late 80s by meeting with neighborhood leaders all along the corridor. We became an official nonprofit organization in 1995, and worked to get each section of the Greenway com-pleted from 2000 to 2007. It has since become one of the busi-est bikeways in Minnesota and recognized as the best urban bike trail in the nation.

More information about the organization can be found at midtowngreenway.org.

The Midtown Greenway was awarded a 2014 Great Places award from the Sensible Land Use Coalition on December 10. The second annual event took place at the Hopkins Center for the Arts and was narrat-ed by WCCO television’s Don Shelby. The Midtown Gre-enway Coalition (MGC) was among 14 nominees, and one of five award winners, which included IDS Crystal Court, St. Paul Farmer’s Market, St. Paul Urban Flower Field and Wirth Beach.

“I am very pleased to inform you that last night the Midtown Greenway won a 2014 Great Places award from the Sensi-ble Land Use Coalition,” Soren Jensen, Executive Director of the MGC, said. “Thanks to all of you for your work to make

the Greenway such a ‘Great Place.’”

About the Midtown Greenway CoalitionThe Midtown Greenway Coa-lition is coalition of neigh-borhoods, organizations, and individuals who love the Mid-town Greenway and want to protect and enhance it. Our mission is to empower com-munities to develop, improve, protect, and enjoy the Midtown Greenway as a green urban corridor to improve people’s lives.

We’re the grassroots nonprofit organization that advocated for the Midtown Greenway trails to be put in by public agen-cies. The Midtown Greenway would not be here without the work of our early volunteers,

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CITIZEN ACTION

CARAG Neighborhood612.823.2520 [email protected]

East Isles Neighborhood612.821.0131 [email protected]

ECCO Neighborhood612.821.0131 [email protected]

Lowry Hill E. Neighborhood612.308.1737 [email protected]

Minneapolis Information311

Mpls. Park & Rec. BoardBrad Bourn 612.230.6443 ext. 6 [email protected] Anita Tabb 612.230.6400 ext. 4 [email protected]

Mpls. Public Schools612.668.0000 [email protected]

City Councilperson (Ward 10) Lisa Bender 612.669.3286 [email protected]

Mayor Betsy Hodges612.673.2100 [email protected].

Marion Greene, 3rd District, Hennepin County Council612.348.7883 [email protected]

State Senator (60) D. Scott Dibble651.296.4191 [email protected]

State Representative (61A) Frank Hornstein651.296.9281 [email protected]

State Representative (61B)Paul Thissen651.296.5375 [email protected]

Governor Mark Dayton651.201.3400 [email protected]

U.S. Congressman (5th) Keith Ellison612.522.1212 www.ellison.house.gov

U.S. Senator Al Franken202.224.5641 [email protected]

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar202.224.3244 www.klobuchar.senate.gov

President Barack Obama202.456.1111 [email protected]

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Jefferson ElementaryJanuary Calendar5 Classes Resume

7 Basketball Game 5pm Boys & 6pm Girls, Away at Anwatin 256 Upton Ave S

12 Basketball Game 5pm Boys & 6pm Girls, Home at Jefferson (vs. Sanford Middle)

12 Latino Leadership Group 6-8pm, Bancroft 1315 East 38th Street

15 Site Council/PTO 5-6pm, Media Center

16 No School

19 No School—Martin Luther King Jr. Day

20 Session #2 Afterschool Classes Begin

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22 YOU Parent Workshop at Jefferson (Details to come)

31 Minneapolis School Fair Showcase 9am-2pm

now live in the Lynnhurst Neighborhood with their three children and are active in that neighborhood as well. Thissen provided the following inter-view for the Uptown Neigh-borhood News:

Please discuss your new role as House Minority Leader.

During the last two years as House Speaker I am proud of the work we accomplished for Minnesota’s future. We focused on the kind of priorities that will have a lasting effect to improve our state. We made historic investments in educa-tion at all levels, balanced our budget in an honest way for the first time in a decade, and took great strides to make Minneso-ta a place that values fairness and equality.

As House Minority Lead-er, I will continue to lead our caucus as we push to make more progress for our state’s future. Although our econo-my is improving there are still many Minnesotans who are striving for that next rung on the economic ladder. College affordability, the rising cost of childcare, and affordable health care are all priorities we will be focusing on during the 2015 session.

Will the next session be a big battle over tax cuts versus new programs?

Due to the budget passed by Governor Dayton and the DFL legislature, we have an honestly balanced budget and a $1 bil-lion surplus. We were able to achieve this budget by putting middle-class priorities ahead of wealthy special interests and yes, by raising taxes on the wealthiest Minnesotans and by closing corporate tax loopholes.

Republicans predicted these tax increase would torpedo our economy, but they’ve been proven wrong.

We do not believe that going backwards and using the sur-plus to cut taxes for wealthy corporations and big business-es would be in the best inter-est of Minnesota’s economic future. Rather, we should look to maintain our structurally balanced budget while invest-ing in priorities that will better support hardworking families.

What combination of tax relief and expanded or new programs would you like to see?

College affordability, the rising cost of childcare, and afford-able health care are all priorities we will be focusing on during the 2015 session. As mentioned above, we are not interested in going down the path of cutting taxes for big corporations and businesses. If we look at any tax relief proposals I would prefer we focus on ways to strengthen the middle class. The Governor has mentioned interest in the child-care tax credit as a way to accomplish this.

What issues should the people in your district be especially concerned about?

Over the past two years, a

DFL-led legislature worked to make progress in every region of our state. Based on the rheto-ric of the incoming Republican majority, there is a concern that Republicans will try to pit the metro area against rural Min-nesota. Local government aid, school funding and transpor-tation are areas where Repub-licans could attempt to make deep cuts that impact schools and communities in the metro area. Dividing our state like this is not an effective way to govern or manage our state. We will be watching this close-ly and working to ensure all of Minnesota has a chance to improve and thrive.

The nation seemed to take a conservative swing this last election. To what do you attribute this?

Historically we have seen this trend bear out in mid-term elections during a President’s final term.

It was discouraging to see very low turnout in this last election in Minnesota. We need to con-

tinue examining the issue of declining voter turnout because it’s simply not healthy for our democracy when half of the state does not vote.

Are you optimistic about the DFL regaining control of the Minnesota House?

Our focus during the legislative session will be to continue mak-ing progress for hardworking Minnesotans. If Republicans roll back that progress in order to cater to special interests we will hold them accountable. And in two years, Minnesota voters could very well have a stark contrast between a party that puts the middle-class first and a party that puts wealthy special interests first. It will take a lot of work for us to regain the majority and it will take a strong effort from leg-islators, candidates and volun-teers from across the state. I am optimistic that together we are up for the challenge.

Gary Farland resides in the East Calhoun Neighborhood.

Paul and Karen Wilson Thissen celebrate at the White House, December 2014. (Photo provided by the Thissens.)

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crime & safety

Scam Using Mpls Police Dept NumberProvided by the Minneapolis Police Department

The Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) has received reports from individuals who stated that they were called by someone who claimed to be with the IRS. In the phone call, he asked for personal identifying information. The caller ID showed the Fifth Precinct’s desk number, which is 612.673.5705.

This is a scam. No police or government agency will ever call you unexpectedly and demand personal information over the phone.

We have so far only heard of the Fifth Precinct’s phone num-ber showing on caller ID, but the other precinct numbers can be found at go.usa.gov/6YRh. Each precinct’s phone number is the same except the last digit represents the precinct number. For example, First Precinct would be 612.673.5701.

The IRS has information on IRS-impersonation scams on their website irs.gov/uac/Tax-Scams-Consumer-Alerts.

IRS impersonation scams have been occurring across the nation.

What you can do•Nevergivepersonal information to anyoneover thephoneor

online unless you have initiated the call and know exactly who you are speaking to.

•Ifyougetacalloremailfromsomeonewhoclaimstheyarewithan official organization such as a government agency or a bank, do not give them any personal information like your credit card number, bank account number, social security number, or more. If they give you a phone number to call to verify who they are, write that down but do not call it. Search for the official phone number of the organization and call them directly to verify that the call was legitimate.

•Ifyouarethevictimofascam,reportitsothegoverningagen-cies know that the scam exists and can warn others if needed. How to report:

•Ifyoulostmoneyinascam,reportittoyourlocalpolicedepart-ment.

•IfyoudidNOTlosemoney,reportittotheFTC.

•MNScamshasmoreresourcesandrecommendations.

•Report scams and find information on scam prevention andtrends through the FTC and MNScams.com:

•FTC:Avoidingscamsandrip-offs:go.usa.gov/6YXF

•MNScams:www.mnscams.com/

•Becomeablockleader.Receivedetailedalertsofmostcrimesinyour area and forward to your neighbors. Contact your Crime Prevention Specialist for more information.

• Receive time-sensitive crime trend alerts and more. Visit go.usa.gov/K3yd

Minneapolis First in Nation for NNO ParticipationProvided by the Minneapolis Police Department

Thanks to incredible community support and an increase in com-munity policing, Minneapolis has once again grabbed the trophy for top National Night Out (NNO) city in the country. It is the City’s 3rd year in a row topping the charts nationwide.

Nearly 15,000 events were registered for NNO in 2014, setting a record on our City streets the night of August 5. Attendance totaled more than 74,000 and more than 23,500 of attendees were kids and young adults. All told, 19 percent of Minneapolis’ total population participated in the celebration and 100 percent of the City’s 83 residential neighborhoods participated this year.

“Our communities and block club leaders realize what a tremen-dous honor this is for our City. Our Officers and Crime Preven-tion Specialists certainly do. The numbers prove that we have a very strong partnership with the neighborhoods that play a huge part in helping keep our streets safe,” Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau said.

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A refresher on the shoveling ordinanceFrom the City of Minneapolis

Sidewalks are a critical part of the city’s transportation system. That’s why Minneapolis ordi-nance requires that property owners clear sidewalks after a snowfall within 24 hours for houses and duplexes and four daytime hours for apartment and commercial buildings. This is for your own benefit and to help your neighbors who are walking, pushing strollers and using wheelchairs.

When you shovel snow and clear ice, shovel the sidewalks on all sides of your property, the full width of the sidewalk down to the bare pavement. When possible, remove all ice from sidewalks. Remember, you are as responsible for clear-ing ice on your sidewalk as clearing snow. Ice can be more of a barrier and more danger-ous than snow. The sooner and more completely you shovel, the less likely ice will form.

Check the saltIf you use salt or other chemi-cal de-icers, use as little as pos-sible. When they dissolve, they release harmful chlorides that may find their way into the

Snow Shoveling Season is Hereclosest lake, river or stream. As the snow and ice melts you don’t see the chemicals any-more, but they can flow into the storm sewer, which brings them untreated directly into the closest water body. Once the chloride gets into the water, it stays there accumulating because it doesn’t ever break down. As little as one teaspoon of salt in five gallons of water is harmful to aquatic life and affects the taste of drinking water. Keep in mind:

•Shovel first.Themore snowand ice you remove manual-ly, the less salt you will have to use and the more effective it can be. Then, break up ice with an ice scraper and decide if a de-icer (to melt ice) or sand (for traction) is even necessary.

•15 degrees is too cold formost de-icers to work. Most stop doing their job when the temperature is below 15 degrees.

•More de-icer does not meanmore melting. Check the package directions for the safest and most effective use.

•Sweep up extra de-icer. Ifsalt or sand is visible on dry pavement, it is no longer doing any work and will be washed away. The excess can

Big Air for Big Tires

The Winter Bike Expo at Freewheel Bike Midtown Center included fat tire demo rides as seen above. The third annual festival on Dec. 6 and 7 included free winter biking advice from the experts, seminars, advocacy and snow shoe demos. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)

be swept up and reused for the next snow or disposed of in the trash.

•Check your local hardwarestore for alternative products. Follow package directions for the most effective use and least harm to the environ-ment.

• Itmaybeimpossibletoremovebonded ice when the tem-peratures remain very low for extended periods. Shovel the best you can, and sprinkle a little sand to provide trac-tion until you can remove the ice. Minneapolis provides free sand to residents in cases like this. See minneapolismn.gov/snow/shovel/snow_freeside-walksand.

For more information on healthier sidewalk snow and ice removal, visit minnehahacreek.org/education/keep-our-wa-ter-clean-home/snow-removal-and-salt.

Don’t forget your garbage and recycling cartsGarbage and recycling collec-tion crews are out working, even after a heavy snowfall. Make sure to clear a path three feet wide from your garbage and recycling containers to the alley or street. Also make sure the containers can be moved freely.

Help shovelingWhen it snows, some seniors in the city need help shoveling their walks. Want to lend them a hand this winter? The City is working with the Neighbor-hood Involvement Program to find individual volunteers or volunteer groups to commit to shoveling for at least one client for one month or for the entire winter. It’s a great way to spend some time in the snow with friends and make a difference for a senior in your community.

Visit the Neighborhood Involvement Program website for more information and con-tact Jeanne Rasmussen at [email protected] or 612.746.8549 to sign up.

Report sidewalks that are not shoveledTo report a sidewalk that is not shoveled, you can file an online complaint, call 311 or use the 311 mobile app. If the City of Minneapolis gets a report or discovers that a sidewalk is not properly cleared, Public Works will send a warning letter and give the property owners a chance to clear it. If the side-walk does not get cleared, the property owner may be issued a citation with a fine and crews will remove the snow and ice from the sidewalk. The proper-ty owner will be billed for this work, and unpaid bills will be added to the owner’s property tax.

The Minneapolis Police Department was not able to supply the UNN with the Uptown Crime Map this month.


Purchase over $60 & Receive a FREE 10-Pack of Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa Mix

at Kyle’s MarketMembers and non-members of the Uptown Association (UA) joined in the revelry during the annual Uptown Holiday Mingle. UA Board Mem-bers Ted Stephany and Marcus Genzlinger joined Colleen Flamm from Urban Tails in the merrymaking, giveaways and complimentary appetizers during the Dec. 1 event at Famous Dave’s in Calhoun Square. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)

Making Merry

This house on the 2600 block of Fremont Avenue in the Wedge neighborhood may be one of the lucky ones. The Lowry Hill East Neighborhrood Association (LHENA/Wedge) held a holiday light photo contest in December 2014. To see the winners in various categories go to thewedge.org. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)

One of the Winners?

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At noon, that the same group of fast food protesters gathered at 34th Street and Nicollet Avenue in front of the Burger King, and were was joined by retail janitors. Rallying outside and inside the parking lot, over more than 200 protesters chanted slogans and demanded the right to organize for a living wage. After filling the Burger King restaurant with chanting and listening to Mayor Betsy Hodges speak in support of their struggle, protesters circled the nearby intersection while streets were blocked off with the support of Minneapolis Police. At one point seven police vehicles were parked near the protest, including one paddy wagon.

Andy Holmaas, a representative of CTUL who was at both pro-tests gave a statement about their cause.

“We are cooks and cashiers on strike against profitable fast food companies that don’t pay us enough to afford our basic needs, like rent and transportation,” said protester and CTUL representative Andy Holmaas. “.We’re sticking together and speaking out for better wages, more predictable schedules and the right to organize without fear of retaliation. When people who serve your food are paid more, we will be able to put more money back into our com-munities and create more jobs.”

Many demonstrators of CUTL joined with another group who were protesting decisions not to indict police officers in the cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and Eric Garner in New York City. That group then marched onto I-35W, which shut down the highway for almost 2 hours that afternoon.

Bruce Cochran is Art Director and in charge of Production for the Uptown Neighborhood News and resides in CARAG.

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Protesters blocked traffic at 34th Street and Nicollet Avenue in front of Burger King. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)

into the Chain of Lakes. The developer has been pumping out groundwater into the sew-ers that filter into the Chain of Lakes in order to keep the basement dry. Following the flooding, the basement, which is currently used for parking, will eventually be filled with concrete.

The developer has until March 31 to implement the agreed upon solution. Lake and Knox LLC could also have to pay $300,000 to the city, but final decisions on fines are still pend-ing City Council approval of the settlement. It will cost an estimated $1.2 million for Lake and Knox LLC to implement the solution. The developer will also need to build a new parking lot.

Currently groundwater from 1800 Lake is being pumped illegally into the lagoon between Lake of the Isles and Lake Calhoun creating unsafe ice conditions. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)

However, the developer expects to recoup its financial losses with a lawsuit against the architects and engineers who designed the building. That lawsuit will likely go to trial in the first few months of 2015.

Minneapolis Parks had joined the city of Minneapolis lawsuit, but will seek additional sepa-rate settlements to address lake pollution caused by the influx of groundwater, so there could be additional monetary penal-ties for Lake and Knox LLC moving forward.

At a recent East Isles Residents Association (EIRA) meeting, representatives of 1800 Lake presented a solution to buy the two adjacent properties to the east. In order to satisfy the rul ing, the developer will fill

in the bottom floor (Parking Level 2) with concrete but keep the 1st floor (Parking Level 1) open and continue to use it. If Lake and Knox LLC is able to buy and develop the adja-cent properties identified at the meeting, then the plan would entail building a new structure with below ground and ground level parking for the 1800 Lake residents. A tunnel would also have to be built to connect the current Parking Level 1 lot to the underground parking under the new building on the adjacent properties.

The proposed plan for the new development includes one level of under ground parking; ground floor is retail, com-mercial and park ing; 2nd floor is commercial; 3rd floor is 6 apartments; and the 4th floor is one 2,000-square-foot condo unit that is set back 20 feet from the Lake Street side.

Lucia Moves OnLucia Watson sold her restaurant at 1432 31st St., after almost 30 years of ownership to a group of investors led by Jason Jenny. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)


This review is one of those bad news/good news types. First, the bad news. After we select-ed a table at Morrissey’s Irish Pub on an early weekday eve-ning, a bartender brought us menus, took our drink orders, and announced the Reuben as the soup du jour. Our soft drinks arrived posthaste, and then we were left to ooh and aah over the menu. Then we waited. And wait-ed. Twenty-five minutes elapsed, during which time the bar stools became filled with thirty-somethings who all seemed to know each other, as though they had spent copious amounts of time together at the bar. Each arrival was greeted by name, accompanied by hugs and high fives. I fully expected to hear shouts of “Norm!” The only other patron sat at a nearby table working on his laptop.

We sat stewing, hoping to catch the bartender’s eye. Finally, a young woman circled the room, light-ing a candle at each table. As she lit the one on our table, I asked whether there was someone who could take our dinner order. She seemed surprised that no one had taken our order yet, hur-ried away to correct the over-sight, and then reappeared to take our order. The bartender later approached with an apol-ogy and offered free desserts as a peace offering, which we accepted.

Uptown’s Only Irish Pub Falls Flat on ServiceReview: Morrisey’s Irish Pub

The good news is that the food is very good considering the bar atmosphere. Irish-influ-enced cuisine dominates the menu. Consider trying some of the authentic entrees, such as Corned Beef with Cabbage, Shepherds Pie, or Morrissey’s Fish and Chips (served with malt vinegar). The side dishes are equally influenced by the

Emerald Isle, including such faves as Boxtys (Irish potato pancake), Rashers (boiled, very meaty bacon pieces with mini-mal fat), and Black and White Pudding (pork meat and fat, suet, bread, and oatmeal that is formed into a large sausage).

My companion and I each chose to start our meal with a cup of soup. The potato soup was a tasty, golden medley of potato, leeks, and onions. The Soup of the Day, the Reuben, was a satisfying, slightly spicy combi-nation of shredded corned beef and sauerkraut in a creamy broth, thickened with cheese. Although the menu stated that

the soup would be accompa-nied by ciabatta bread, ours had only a packet of saltines on the side. Because each soup could be a meal in itself, we decided to share a pub-style hamburger, which was a dense, lean patty topped by a slice of Irish Ched-dar cheese, the likes of which I

had never experienced before and which kicked supermarket cheddar cheese into the dust. Sandwiches come with a choice of chips (French fries), tots, or coleslaw.

I chose Bread Pudding as my “free” dessert, and it proved to be a custardy mound of sweet-ness, topped by red current sauce. My companion’s Choc-

olate Lava cake was the expected dark, dense choc-olate cake outside, which, when opened, spilled out gooey, fudge sauce.

Morrissey’s Irish Pub, which opened on March 17, 2014, is the first Irish pub in the Uptown area. Besides lunch and dinner, a brunch is offered on Saturdays and Sundays. The beer and wine menu is impressive, and Morrissey’s website boasts of being about “all things whiskey.” From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., you can get a burger and a pint for $10. Live music is showcased on several evenings a week, starting at 9:30 p.m.

Although I had hoped to return soon to try an Irish Breakfast (served anytime during their open hours) or

some of the other traditional food because the food is better than average, the entire expe-rience left a “bitter taste in my mouth.”

From the time that my com-panion and I entered Mor-rissey’s Irish pub, we felt like aliens. The poor treatment that we got only served to bolster that feeling. Perhaps this expe-rience was simply a fluke, or a matter of the right hand being unaware of what the left hand was doing, or that the bartend-er was just having too much fun with the regulars.

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Morrisey’s now features live music several evenings a week, starting at 9:30 p.m. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)

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The Lake Harriet Winter Kite Festival is January 17Winter fun on a string

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) will host the 13th Annual Lake Harriet Winter Kite Festival on January 17. The Kite Festi-val will take place on the north end of Lake Harriet near the Bandshell, located at 4135 W. Lake Harriet Pkwy.. Kites of all shapes, sizes, colors and themes will fly over frozen Lake Harriet. Admission is free.

Minnesota Kite Society experts will demonstrate their skills maneuvering spectacular kites throughout the day, and offer their expertise to kite flying enthusiasts and to those who are new to the pastime. Bring your own kite, or buy an inex-pensive one at the lake.

Tips Outdoors will teach kids ice fishing skills and safety tips. Equipment and permits for children will be provided.

Festival sponsors include the MPRB, Minnesota Kite Soci-ety, Tips Outdoors, East Har-riet Farmstead Neighborhood Association (EHFNA), People for Parks, Linden Hills Neigh-borhood Council (LHiNC) and the Nicollet-East Harriet Busi-ness Association (NEHBA).

More information at minneap-olisparks.org.

The Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association (LHENA/Wedge) cele-brated the holidays at their annual holiday party. Former Ward 10 Council Member Meg Tuthill (right) chats with LHENA residents during the December event at Williams Pub. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)

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CARAG Neighborhood Meeting

CARAG | 3612 Bryant Avenue S | Minneapolis, MN 55409 www.carag.org | [email protected] | 612.823.2520

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On the agenda…

• W.31stStreet Pedestrian Improvements

• CityCouncil Member LisaBender

• Chanceto WinaniTunes GiftCard!

• AndMore!

Tuesday, January 20, at 7pm Bryant Square Park (3101 Bryant Ave S)

Happy New Year!2015 CARAG Neighborhood MeetingsFebruary 17 March 17 April 21 May 19 June 16 July (No meeting) August 18 September 15 (Annual Meeting) October 20 November 17 December (No meeting)

has been written about their history and their architect, Warren B. Dunnell.

Warren Barnes Dunnell was born in Maine in 1851 to Mark and Sarah Parrington Dunnell. In 1863, the family moved to Winona, Minn., briefly, then on to Owatonna. After moving to Minnesota during the Civil War, the senior Dunnell enlist-ed and served in the Union Army as a Colonel, then as a U.S. Congressman from Owa-tonna (District 1) from 1871 to 1883 and again from 1889 to 1891. Mark Dunnell also served as the Minnesota Superinten-dent of Public Instruction from 1867 to 1870. Education was an important part of the family values and son Warren leaped at the opportunity.

Warren Dunnell first attended the University of Minnesota but transferred to the Mas-sachusetts Institute of Tech-nology. After graduation, he began his architecture career in Washington, D.C., working for the government in Missouri and Tennessee. Then he went to Europe to further study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. It is there that he more than likely acquired his fond-ness for classical architecture. His buildings in the United States clearly reflect this train-ing. Back in St. Paul by 1880, he entered the office of Abra-ham Radcliffe (architect of the Dakota County Courthouse in Hastings) and in 1881, began his own practice focusing on public institutional design.

In the late 19th century, over-crowding at Minnesota’s two other asylums in Rochester and

used for outdoor recreation.

“Constructed with elements of Roman Renaissance and Gothic influence, it is built in the shape of a semi-circle. Its cream colored brick was manufactured in nearby Pel-ican Rapids. The eight-story tower, described as somewhat Beaux Arts Classical, was never intended for use, but was the

culmination of an architectural statement and was to serve as a landmark within the city,” the Fergus Falls website states.

Situated on 637 acres with sev-eral animal barns, cottages, and orchards the hospital remained self-sufficient by raising its own cows, horses, pigs and veg-etables. Many of the inmates were given duties throughout the grounds. However, as the institution’s population waned and new mental health treat-

ment methods emerged, the burden on the State to provide for those remaining became greater. In 2009, the hospital was officially closed and the last patients moved elsewhere.

Many of the existing Kirk-bride buildings throughout the country by the end of the 20th century had been complete-ly abandoned or demolished.

The Fergus Falls complex is an outstanding exception. It is a testament to Dunnell that the elegant buildings still stand and can be repurposed into the future. Fergus Falls, located in Otter Tail County, has become a thriving growing center for the arts and the Kirkbride main buildings are the genesis of that renewed community.

According to Star Tribune reporter Janet Moore, the most recent ambitious endeavor is being made by Atlanta devel-opers Ray Willey and Bill Brown under a project head-ing of Historic Kirkbride, a limited-liability corporation, to restore the buildings into a complex of residences, a 120-room hotel, restaurants, a cen-ter for the arts and retail plaza.

In addition to the Fergus Falls hospital, several of Dunnell’s most outstanding buildings are the Minnesota Training School for Boys in Red Wing, the First Baptist Church of Owatonna, and the local Douglas Elemen-tary School, razed in 1980, that was situated at Dupont and Franklin Avenues. The Red Wing facility is presently serv-ing as a diagnostic treatment center for boys from Minnesota who have been declared delin-quent and committed by the state.

While a biography from “Min-neapolis Architecture and Architects” claims that “the Dunnell practice, which was extensive, appears to have been almost entirely devoted to church, public buildings, and institutions,” there are three known Dunnell residences in Lowry Hill East: two being his own residences and one built for William Webster at 2600 Colfax. He also designed a gymnasium addition to St.

Paul’s Episcopal Church that was located at 2005 Bryant Avenue South.

Although Dunnell’s fami-ly roots were in Owatonna, Warren was at home in Min-neapolis. He built his private residence at in Lowry Hill East at 2408(6) Aldrich Avenue South in 1890. Dunnell at that time owned two adjacent lots

on the southwest corner of Aldrich at West 24th Street. His residence at 2408 had a tennis court to the north side. According to the family history, Dunnell suffered financial loses about 1907 and built an 8-unit apart-ment building on the site of the tennis court. After selling 2408, the family moved into two of the apartments at 2400 Aldrich. The 2400 build-ing features a classical Roman entrance with double columns.

It was at this time also that the Tom Hart fam-ily moved into Lowry Hill East from Mankato. Tom Hart’s two young-er daughters, Maud and Helen, became fast friends with Dunnell’s

younger daughter, Alice. Later in 1955, Maud Hart Lovelace, made Alice Dunnell a feature character known as “Boogie Hilton” in the book, “Betsy’s Wedding,” from popular series of Betsy-Tacy books set in Lowry Hill East. In the 1920s the newly weds, Maud and her husband Delos Lovelace, moved into apartment #7 at 2400 Aldrich.

Presently, the other known Dunnell designed residence is located just a few blocks away at 2600 Colfax, built in 1892 for William H. Webster, the gener-al superintendent at the “Min-neapolis Journal” newspaper. This residence was designed in a late Victorian Queen Anne style with turreted window bays on the north facade and multi columns on the front porch. Though originally a single family home it was sub-divided several times through the present. Curiously, Maud Hart Lovelace’s older sister, Kathleen, and husband Eugene Bibb, moved into an apartment there soon after their wedding, about 1919. Kathleen was a well-known opera singer in Minneapolis and the Midwest in the 1920s and ‘30s.

Warren B. Dunnell was mar-ried to Ida Ogden in 1892 and had three children, Richard, Dorothy, and Alice. He died in 1931 and is buried in the Dun-nell plot in Owatonna at Forest Hill Cemetery. Though he is mostly known for his outstand-ing public buildings through-out the U.S., his legacy will be forever connected to the Fergus Falls historic state buildings.

Kathleen Kullberg resides in the Lowry Hill East/Wedge Neigh-borhood.

St. Peter led to the creation of a third hospital in Fergus Falls. Warren B. Dunnell was the chosen architect. The complex of buildings for the State Hos-pital were designed in a new concept by Dr. Thomas Kirk-bride, a Philadelphia physician, and construction begun in 1888 and was completed in 1906.

Kirkbride promoted a stan-dardized method of asy-lum construction and mental health treatment, popularly known as the Kirkbride Plan, which significantly influenced the entire American asylum community. In the latter half of the 19th century, Kirkbride envisioned and promot-ed the idea that healthy recovery would be more likely if a calm secluded environment surround-ed patients as well as provided a respectable bright and airy habitat. Careful attention was given to every detail of the design. Dunnell traveled east in 1887 to other Kirkbride facil-ities before submitting his design. Though there are strong similari-ties, featuring an impos-ing central tower, the Fergus Falls administration building captures the essence of the con-cept while achieving a palatial lightness not found in other Kirkbride institutions.

The Kirkbride building was designed with curving or stag-gered wings, which allowed for natural light and windows in all patient rooms. In addi-tion, the beautifully landscaped grounds of the campus were

2600 Colfax Ave. S. is one of the Uptown buildings designed by Warren B. Dunnell. (Photo by Kathy Kullberg)

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Short Redhead Reel ReviewsBy Wendy Schadewald [Rating Legend: (4=Don’t miss, 3=Good, 2=Worth a look, 1=Forget it) shortredheadreelreviews.com]

Uptown January Film ScheduleListed in order of release date and subject to change. Please see landmarktheatres.com for final titles, dates and times.

LAGOON CINEMA1320 Lagoon Ave. • 612.823.3020

1/9 Inherent Vice

1/23 Song of the Sea

1/30 Oscar Nominated Short Films

UPTOWN THEATRE 2906 Henn. Ave. • 612.392.0402

1/23 Still Alice

*Opens either at Lagoon or Uptown

“Big Eyes” (PG-13) (3) [Thematic elements and brief strong language.] — A fas-cinating, intense, factually based, well-acted, star-studded (Jason Schwartzman, Terence Stamp, and Danny Huston), 105-minute film that follows the life of unhappy, talented painter Margaret Keane (Amy Adams), who has a young daughter (Delaney Raye/Mad-eleine Arthur), as she leaves her husband in Tennessee and moves to San Francisco during the 1950s where she ends up marrying an artistic realtor (Christoph Waltz) who even-tually takes advantage of her skills and takes credit for her unusual paintings of children with big eyes.

“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” (PG-13) (4) [Extended sequences of intense fantasy action violence, and frightening images.] [Opens Dec. 17] — After a warrior dwarf (Luke Evans) slays the evil, fire-breathing dragon (voiceover by Benedict Cum-berbatch) in Peter Jackson’s action-packed, fast-paced, well-choreographed, well-act-ed, entertaining, star-dotted (Martin Freeman, Christopher Lee, Cate Blanchett, Ian McK-ellen, Ian Holm, Stephen Fry, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Col-bert, and Ryan Gage), 3D, 144-minute part 3 of “The Hobbit” prequel to T. R. R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy highlighted by phenom-enal special effects, he leads the survivors of ravaged Laketown to the mountain of gold where fives armies, including dwarves (Richard Armitage, Aidan Turner, James Nesbitt, Wil-liam Kircher, Dean O’Gorman, Adam Brown, Stephen Hunter, John Callen, Ken Stott, Peter Hambleton, Graham McTav-ish, Bill Connolly, Jed Brophy, Mark Hadlow, and John Bell),

elves (Orlando Bloom, Evange-line Lilly, Lee Pace, Bret McK-enzie, et al.), and Orcs (Manu Bennett, John Tui, et al.), con-verge to battle each other for control of the mountain and Middle Earth.

“The Imitation Game” (PG-13) (3.5) [Some sexual references, mature thematic material and historical smoking.] — Terrific acting dominates this intrigu-ing, fascinating, factually based, 114-minute film based on Andrew Hodges’s novel “Alan Turing: The Enigma” in which eccentric, socially awkward, gay, brilliant English mathema-tician and logician Alan Tur-ing (Benedict Cumberbatch) is reluctantly hired by a skeptical British military command-er (Charles Dance) in 1939 to decode Nazi messages during WWII and ends up working with an eclectic team (Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, James Northcote, and Matthew

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Bank Note

Bank of America will join Giordano’s pizza at 2700 Hennepin Ave. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)

Salsa la Salsa replaces the nine month old Bone Yard at 2841 Hennepin Ave. Known for its traditional mexican dishes, Salsa la Salsa also has loca-tions at the Midtown Global Market and 1420 Nicollet Ave. S. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)

All About the SauceLocated at 711 Lake St., Volstead’s Emporium will be operated as a full service restaurant with a speak-easy theme, complete with rear door entrance (above). Entertainment will consist of live jazz performances one or two nights weekly; mainly piano music and up to three other musicians. The business will feature 123 seats, 3,000 square feet, and proposed hours of operation are Tuesday to Saturday: 4:30 p.m. to 2 a.m., Sunday: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)

Meet You ‘Round Back

Andrea’s Vintage Bridal moved from its Wedge location to this new location in the East Isles neighborhood at 2414 Hennepin Avenue. According to their website Andrea’s offers “a revolutionary approach to classic bridal....the destination for brides looking for a romantic lace dress, a couture creation all their own, a boho dress that steps out of the box.” Andrea’s replaces the property most recently occupied by the G-Spot. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)

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New Business Changes for January 2015

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Starting in 1986, Mattress Firm’s motto is “Save Money. Sleep Happy.” The company currently oper-ates over 1100 locations across 28 states with plans to continue to grow. The store has added its sec-ond Minneapolis location in Uptown. The new store is located at 2220 Hennepin Ave., previously the home of Blockbuster. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)

Ten Floors Up

10th Floor Property Management is now open at 1372 26th St, around the corner from the Tea Gar-den. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)


East Calhoun Community OrganizationECCO reportECCO meets the first Thursday of each month, 7 pm at St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church, 34th & Irving. All ECCO residents are welcome and urged to attend.

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Sign up for our monthly e-newsletter to learn more about our events. Send a request to [email protected] or call Monica Smith at 612-821-0131.

JANUARY EVENTSthursday, january 8 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.ECCO Board and Neighborhood Meeting st. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church, 3450 Irving ave sThe meeting is open to the public. The agenda will be posted on www.eastcalhoun.org by January 7th. Residents are invited and encouraged to participate.

MOnday, january 19 7:00 p.m. Livability Committeest. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church, 3450 Irving ave sRepresentatives from Wells Fargo will be present to discuss their tentative plans to build a new bank branch at 1505 W Lake St (current location of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage office and bank drive through). The new building would be a 5,000 square foot, 1-story building and become the location for the Wells Fargo Uptown branch which is currently in the Sons of Norway building.

tuesday, january 20 7:00 p.m. Green Teamdunn Bros. Coffee, 3348 hennepin ave sWe welcome new ideas, new members, and new energy! Please join us.

The East Calhoun Community Organization (ECCO) invites and encourages participa-tion by every resident to each program, service and event organized by ECCO. Should you require an accommodation in order to fully participate, or if you require this document in a different format, please let us know by contacting Monica Smith at 612-821-0131 or [email protected] at least five days before our event.

Join an East Calhoun Committee:

Communications & OutreachWe continue to make improvements to our website (www.eastcalhoun.org) and to explore social networking as a way to reach more East Calhoun residents.

Meetings: As needed

Green TeamWe are tackling our neighborhood carbon emissions through projects related to waste reduction, energy conservation, storm-water management and trees.

Meetings: As needed. The next meeting is January 20 (see details at left).

Investment in ECCO Task ForceWe are working to identify priorities for a $90,000 investment in East Calhoun.

Meetings: The Task Force typically meets monthly. The next meeting is not yet scheduled but will likely be in early-mid February.

Livability CommitteeWe address issues related to neighborhood zoning & development, traffic & parking, safety and public events.

Meetings: Third Monday of the month, 7:00 p.m. at St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church, 3450 Irving Ave S

Social CommitteeWe enhance relationships between neighbors by organizing a variety of fun neighborhood events.

Meetings: As needed

For more information about any of these committees:Contact Monica Smith at [email protected] or 612-821-0131.

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East Calhoun committees!

ECCO Meeting Minutes for December 4, 2014. (East Cal-houn Neighborhood Monthly Meeting) Minutes recorded and submitted by Monica Smith and approved by the ECCO Board by electronic vote prior to pub-lication.

AttendanceSusie Goldstein, President; Harry Savage, Vice-President; Abby Armstrong, Treasur-er; Ben Jilek, Secretary; Anja Curiskis; Kate Davenport; Paul Harstad; Chris Iverson; Klaus Obergfell; Mark Ros-enfeld; David Tompkins; Car-oline Vaaler; and Anna Flaig (Alternate). Board member absent: Steve Latham.

Guests: Council Member Lisa Bender, Ward 10, and ECCO resident Lara Norkus-Cramp-ton.

President Susie Goldstein called the meeting to order at 7 p.m.

Treasurer’s Report: Abby ArmstrongECCO’s financials were reviewed.

Council Member Lisa Bender: Ward 10The City Council is making changes to the mayor’s 2015 budget. The City Council voted to change the levy increase

from 2.4 percent to 2.2 percent. A final public hearing on the budget is December 10, 6 p.m. at City Hall. The Council will vote to adopt the budget after the public hearing.

1800 Lake: A judge ruled that the dewatering at 1800 Lake violates city ordinance. The judge will be ruling on the remedy and damages on December 15-16.

Wells Fargo is working with the city on plans to build new offices on the site of their drive-thru building (SW corner of Lake and Humboldt). Wells Fargo will meet with ECCO’s Livability Committee on Janu-ary 19 to review the plans.

Council Member Bender will work with the police to address concerns about cars blocking

bus traffic downtown.

The City Council will likely pass the Accessory Dwelling Units ordinance on December 5th.

Staff Report: Monica SmithThe 2014 Community Par-ticipation Program (CPP) spending was reviewed. The board voted to shift funding from overfunded categories to underfunded categories.

The board approved the pro-posed allocations for ECCO’s 2015 CPP budget of $24,412.

The annual report for the 2014 CPP is due March 16, 2015.

Board members are encouraged to complete the Neighborhood Board Survey by December 15.

The Loppet Foundation is inviting neighborhood organi-

zations to form a team to par-ticipate in the snow sculpture contest on January 31.

ECCO’s donation criteria form was provided to the board. A thank you letter from South-west Senior Center for ECCO’s donation was shared.

Committee ReportsGreen Team: David Tompkins

The deadline for ordering a cherry tree is December 12.

“Green” tips will be included in the monthly e-newsletter and added to the Green Team’s webpage (eastcalhoun.org/green-team).

The board approved a budget of $200 for a bee presentation/workshop in Spring 2015.

A post-party is being consid-ered for the Earth Day Clean Up in April.

The next Green Team meeting is January 20, 7 p.m. at Dunn Bros.

Communications: Anja Curiskis

The Uptown Neighborhood News is planning a January issue.

Midtown Greenway Coalition: Paul Harstad

The board of directors recently held a board retreat.

Livability Committee: Kate Davenport

The next Livability meeting is December 15, 7 p.m. at St. Mary’s. Ben Jilek volunteered to serve as the committee Co-Chair with Kate Daven-port.

Social: Monica Smith

The Holiday Caroling Party is December 17, beginning at 6:30

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Wells Fargo is working with the city on plans to build new offices on the site of their drive-thru building (SW corner of Lake and Humboldt). (Photo by Bruce Cochran)


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processes. In 2013, seven experienced com-munity arts practitioners were embedded in the Long Range Planning Division of Minne-apolis Community Planning and Economic Development (CPED).

8–THURSDAYOPENING RECEPTION: FOURTEEN RISINGSooVAC Art Gallery - 6-9pm 2638 Lyndale Ave. • 612.871.2263soovac.orgFourteen Rising: An exhibition of VSA/Jerome Foundation Emerging Artist Grant Winners opens Thursday, January 8th, and runs thru January 15. Visual, multimedia, writing and performance works by 14 recipients of the VSA/Jerome Emerging Artist Grants will be featured. This exhibition will highlight new work by 14 artists who received The VSA/Jerome Foundation Emerging Artist Grants in 2012 and 2013. The Artists will be at the reception to talk about their art, and there will also be presentations of writing and performance.

9–FRIDAY“PARTY IN THE REC ROOM” Bryant Lake Bowl - 7pm810 W. Lake St. • 612.825.8949bryantlakebowl.comDon’t make resolutions in the new year, make reservations to Lorna Landvik’s Party In The Rec Room. Now an annual Bryant Lake Bowl Theater tradition, Party in the Rec Room will be on stage for eight perfor-mances for four weekends through January 31. Opening Friday, January 9, this wildly

JANUARY(Please send your calendar listings to [email protected] with the subject line: Community Calendar. Submit by the 15th of each month to be included, space permitting, in the next issue.)

EVERY SATURDAYCALHOUN SQUARE WINTER MARKETCalhoun Square - 10am-4pm3001 Hennepin Ave. • 612.824.1240calhounsquare.comGet out of the cold and come into Calhoun Square for the Winter Market: an exciting collection of Minnesota artisans special-izing in gourmet food products, healthy & beauty items, clothing, jewelry and more.

7–WEDNESDAYCREATIVE CITYMAKING INFO SESSIONIntermedia Arts - 5-6pm2822 Lyndale Ave. • 612.871.4444IntermediaArts.orgJoin IA for a free information session to learn more about Creative CityMaking and how artists and artist teams can get involved. Can’t make it in person? Check out the livestream of the event on the website. Cre-ative CityMaking Minneapolis builds on the success of a one-year demonstration proj-ect in which Minneapolis city planners and artists teamed up on the creation of new strategies to engage communities who are under-represented in conventional planning

community events calendarpopular solo improv show is filled with characters created on the spot and mar-garitas created in a blender. Tickets are $15 in advance ($18 day of show) and can be purchased online at www.brownpaper-tickets.com. Bryant Lake Bowl is located at 810 W. Lake St. in Minneapolis. Lorna is known nationally as the author of 10 nov-els including her latest, Best To Laugh and Mayor Of The Universe, Patty Jane’s House Of Curl and Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons. Local audiences also know her as an actor. A former member of Dudley Riggs, Landvik has appeared in Theater 911’s Bad Seed, in Joel Sass’ Mary Worth Theater (Valley Of The Dolls, Lunatic Cellmates and Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?) and in several shows she wrote and performed at the Bryant Lake Bowl (Glamour Queen, And The Winner Is…, The Smelt Princess and A Stinkhole Christmas).

13–TUESDAYBOOKS & BARSRepublic - 7pm Calhoun Square • 612.886.2309booksandbars.comBooks & Bars is an open public book club show. We provide a unique atmosphere for a lively discussion of interesting authors, fun people, good food and social lubrica-tion (liquid courage). You’re invited to our meetings with moderator Jeff Kamin and other spirited characters three Tuesdays each month. First Tuesdays at 318 Cafe in Excelsior, Second Tuesdays at Minneapolis Republic in Calhoun Square and 3rd Tues-days in St. Paul at The Happy Gnome.

p.m. at St. Mary’s.

Lake Calhoun Trail Grooming: Ben Jilek

The ECCO Board approved a letter drafted by Ben Jilek to request that the Park Board expand the cross-country trail grooming on Lake Calhoun. West Calhoun Neighborhood Council will co-sign the letter.

President’s Report: Susie GoldsteinThe Task Force held their first meeting on November 10. Project ideas were reviewed. The next meeting is December 8, 7 p.m. at St. Mary’s.

The board approved a thank you gift for past president Linda Todd.

16–FRIDAYACT OUT FOR KIDS: CREATIVE MOVEMENTWalker Library - 1-2:30pm 2880 Hennepin Ave • 612.543.8400hclib.orgLearn how to walk like a bear, creep like a tiger or be like a tiny fly! An experienced Guthrie teaching artist will show you fun and creative ways to use imaginative move-ment. This project is funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Presented in collaboration with Guth-rie Theater. This event is for grades 1 to 2.

23–FRIDAYGERTRUDE STEIN AND A COMPANIONThe Jungle Theater2951 Lyndale Ave • 612.822.7063jungletheater.comTo celebrate 25 years of great theater, the Jungle remounts Gertrude Stein And A Com-panion, starring two of the Twin Cities most extraordinary actors, Claudia Wilkens and Barbara Kingsley. Directed by Bain Boehlke, this will be the Jungle’s eighth production of the imaginative play by Win Wells, opening the season on January 23. This rich and popular production will be on stage at the Jungle through March 8. In Gertrude Stein and a Companion, Playwright Win Wells captures not only the veritable essence of this famous relationship, but also the magic years when a host of famous people including Pablo Picasso, Ernest Heming-way and Henri Matisse graced the writer’s salon. The compelling drama, spanning

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the decades between the early 1900s to the 1960s, poignantly portrays the gene-sis and development of Stein and Toklas’ 40-year bond. Using text from Stein’s writ-ings, letters and interviews, Wells is able to gradually reveal the inner workings of their relationship.

26–MONDAYFOOD AND CLIMATE CHANGEGrace-Trinity Community Church - 7pm 1430 28th St. • 612.821.0131eastisles.org

The EIRA Green Team is organizing a 4-part series on food and climate change. The first event is Monday, January 26, 7pm at Grace-Trinity Community Church. Visit east-isles.org for more details.

28–WEDNESDAY9X22 DANCE/LAB Bryant Lake Bowl - 8pm810 W. Lake St. • 612.825.8949bryantlakebowl.comThe choreographers are Morgan Thorson, Robert Keo and Laura Holway. 9x22 Dance/Lab is in its 11th year. 9x22 has become known as a place where both seasoned and new choreographers can present their work and discuss it with an informed and engaged audience. A discussion moderated by choreographer/curator Laurie Van Wieren follows each dance work, giving audience and choreographer alike the opportunity to react and explore the work together. Each month, three choreographers show work of varying styles and experience.

All Kenwood students in kindergarten, first and fourth grade, study Afri-can drumming with Ghana Mbaye, who is affectionately known to the students as Brother Ghana. Students learn call and response drum pat-terns as well as songs and dances. Through their drumming, singing and dancing, students strengthen connections in academic areas such as pat-terning and counting. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)

East Calhoun residents serenaded fellow neighbors on Dec. 17 as part of the annual ECCO Caroling Party. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)

Sounding Off

Beard) and an MI6 agent (Mark Strong) to build the Chris-topher machine that would decipher encrypted Enigma messages, which would ulti-mately be instrumental in the English and its allies winning the war against the Germans.

“Into the Woods” (PG) (3.5) [Thematic elements, fanta-sy action and peril, and some suggestive material.] — In this highly anticipated, creative, entertaining, star-studded (Tracey Ullman, Billy Magnus-sen, Mackenzie Mauzy, Daniel Huttlesteone, and Simon Rus-sell Beale), 124-minute musi-cal based on the long-running Broadway hit that combines the Brothers Grimm fairy tales “Cinderella,” “Rapunzel,” “Lit-tle Red Riding Hood,” and

“Jack and the Beanstalk,” a baker (James Corden) and his barren wife (Anna Kendrick) try to break a curse of a witch (Meryl Streep) while an abused house servant (Emily Blunt) with three stepsisters (Chris-tine Baranski, Lucy Punch, and Tammy Blanchard) tries to ignore the advances of a tenacious prince (Chris Pine) and a red-cloaked girl (Lilla Crawford) going to granny’s (Annette Crosbie) house in the woods is threatened by a men-acing wolf (Johnny Depp).

“A Most Violent Year” (R) (3) [Language and some violence.] — An engaging, well-acted, star-dotted (Albert Brooks and Alessandro Nivola, Jerry Adler, and Catalina Sandino More-no), 125-minute film in which a proud, ethical, hardworking,

ambitious, immigrant busi-nessman (Oscar Isaac) with a hard-edged, no-nonsense wife (Jessica Chastain), three young daughters, and an adult son (Pico Alexander) in New York City tries to run a legitimate oil heating company in 1981 but runs into rival business owners buying stolen fuel while trying to close a deal on new proper-ty and dealing with a district attorney (David Oyelowo) who plans to indict him for unlaw-ful practices.

AnnouncementsThe ECCO Board electronical-ly approved sending the letter to the City Council regarding neighborhood funding that was introduced at the November board meeting.

The Friends of the Walker & Hosmer Libraries are partner-ing on a book sale, December 19-21 at Hosmer Library, 347 E. 36th St.

Meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m.

The next ECCO Board meet-ing is Thursday, January 8, 2015, 7 p.m. at St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church.

©1986 through 2015 by Wendy Schadewald. The preceding films were reviewed by Wendy Schade-wald, who has been a Twin Cit-ies film critic since 1986. To see more of her film reviews, log on to www.shortredheadreelreviews.com.

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5 p.m. - 10 p.m. Finn Sisu Sprints

8 p.m.Loppet Fireworks Display

Saturday, Jan. 319 a.m. - 2 p.m.Tour Classic (starts in Wirth Park, finishes west side of Lake Calhoun)

Loppet 20K Classic

Hoigaard’s 40K Classic

10 a.m. - 3 p.m.Southwest Journal Snow Sculpture Contest

10 a.m. - 8 p.m.Vendor Village, registration and packet pick-up in tent in field adjacent to Executive Center

10 a.m.Loppet Kubb Tournament (to 8 p.m.)

Penn Ice-Cycle Loppet starts

Surly Beer Garden

11 a.m.Ski-O Loppet (to 2:00 p.m.)

12:30 p.m.Finals - Penn Ice-Cycle Loppet

1 p.m.Minnesota Youth Ski League Super Carnival (to 5 p.m.)

Chuck & Don’s Skijoring Loppet (to 3:00 p.m.)

Pearson’ Crew Ski Loppet (to 5:00 p.m.)

3 p.m.Junior Loppet

4 p.m.Mini-Loppet

5 p.m. Age Gap Relays

6 p.m. - 9 p.m.Luminary Loppet

7 p.m. - 11 p.m.Post-Luminary Party (in tent)

Sunday, Feb. 19 a.m.-2 p.m.REI Tour - Freestyle

Loppet 20K Freestyle

Loppet Freestyle

10 a.m. - 2 p.m.MYSL Super Carnival

10 a.m.-4 p.m.Surly Beer Garden In Main tent Loppet Village

11 a.m.Snow shoe race start at Wirth Park

NoonPenn Cycle Fat Tire Loppet

1 p.m. Subaru Dogsled Loppet

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