Native prairie plantings thrive in Northeast Minneapolis
Mary TreacyDecades ago Lady Bird Johnson transformed the highways of the nation with her intrepid support of wildflowers, the perky blooms that continue to beautify the terrain and eliminate costly...
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TruthToTell: Community Connections - Youth Empowerment Forum
youthtttflyer.jpgWed, 07/10/2013 - 6:00pm - 8:00pmOn July 10, 2013, CivicMedia-Minnesota’s(CMM) flagship TruthToTell will host a special Community Connections forum engagement on youth empowerment at...
View ArticleNew Americans crucial to Minnesota's economy
Caitlin BieglerNew Americans are making up a growing share of Minnesota’s population, and research from the Immigration Policy Center shows that they play an important role in the state’s economy.Over...
View ArticleGovernment information – leaks, privacy, more questions than answers
Mary TreacyLike most Americans I’m totally befuddled by the Snowden affair. A confirmed supporter of open government my allegiance to the people’s right to know is in the DNA. At the same time, I hear...
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About farm: CSA season begins
Amy DoeunThis week has been a very fulfilling week on the farm. We made the decision to delay the start of our CSA season one week and it has really paid off. With the warm weather, rain and sun our...
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If not gentrification—what?
Nick Magrino Two weekends ago, I had the pleasure of going to the Guthrie Theater for a reason other than a Vikings Stadium design unveiling. I was there for a performance of Clybourne Park*, which,...
View ArticleEven if we have to start all over
Julie LandsmanHere is what I remember: hundreds of people riding a train from DC to Montgomery, Alabama in the heat of a southern spring. Here is what I saw: priests and teenagers, college students and...
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MUSIC REVIEW | Amadou & Mariam make you dance at The Cedar Cultural Center...
Josh Wodarz TC Daily Planet It seemed that even as Amadou & Mariam were being lead up to the stage, people were already dancing. That wouldn’t stop for two hours, as the couple and their band threw...
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Camino Real
camino-061413.jpg How good is Camino Real, the Tennessee Williams play produced by Girl Friday Productions at the Minneapolis Theatre Garage? Well, the chief drama critic for The New York Times once...
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COMMUNITY VOICES | Guthrie Theater's smug and offensive "Clybourne Park"...
rachleff Community Voices Clybourne Park is a significant play. It won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in Drama and, in 2012, was awarded the Tony Award for best Broadway drama. A cursory glance over the...
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COMMUNITY VOICES | Interrupted: The co-evolution of seeds and communities
mbujold Community Voices In a world full of news stories, one told earlier this week at Carleton College shed a bright light on a dynamic of unparalleled significance. Despite its universal relevance,...
View ArticleGrad students oppose potential University of Minnesota and Teach for America...
sarahlahm TC Daily Planet As the University of Minnesota considers a partnership with Teach for America, a group of graduate students from the University’s College of Education and Human Development...
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What feminism can learn from the marriage equality movement
Sheila Regan Behind the Story There’s been some incredible momentum for advocates of marriage equality, what with 12 states now allowing same-sex marriage and DOMA overturned by the Supreme Court this...
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MUSIC REVIEW | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers continue to rock at the Target...
Chad Rieder TC Daily Planet For a band to exist for over 30 years and still have nearly every original member playing is almost unheard of. But Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is not just any band. The...
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MUSIC REVIEW | The Avett Brothers amplify the Somerset Amphitheater
Patrick Dunn TC Daily Planet Thousands of loyal fans made the short trek beyond the Twin Cities Metro for the much anticipated Avett Brothers at Somerset show on Saturday, June 29. With three great...
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Pastors for Peace Cuba Caravan - Twin Cities Celebration
bus.jpgThu, 07/18/2013 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm24th Cuba Caravan; see Cuba for yourself!* Fundraiser for Hurricane Sandy reconstruction*Hear from recent Cuba travelers and learn about upcoming tripsPlymouth...
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Gay Pride outside the Basilica of St. Mary
Dick BernardToday was a most interesting day at Basilica, my home for Sunday Mass almost every Sunday.Inside, it was business as usual. Outside, a short block away in Loring Park was the Gay Pride...
View ArticleHigher education after affirmative action
David SchultzSo what would higher education in America look like without affirmative action? This is the question many are asking after the Supreme Court decision in Fisher v. University of Texas,...
View ArticleDevil in the details of the nation's democracy
Mary Treacy“Less than 48 hours after the Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, six of the nine states that had been covered in their entirety under the law’s...
View ArticleCOMMUNITY VOICES | Second Annual Northeast Ride highlights neighborhoods and...
jakreBeth Peloff Community Voices The Northeast Ride, a project of the Northeast Community Development Corporation, took bicyclists on a loop that touched all of the neighborhoods of Northeast...
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