From Vimeo user C. Gerszewski:

Acoustic version of upstatetheband.com

"Gravity"...Performed in an abandoned basement in downtown Minneapolis.

Recorded into garage band.

The Star Tribune reported the sad news that Taijah, the one-and-a-half-year-old dolphin calf at the Minnesota Zoo, has died. Here's a video of Taijah from just before her first birthday this summer.

2012 marks the 125^th anniversary of the fine city of North Saint Paul. In this edition of North Saint Paul Notes, you can learn about the events planned to celebrate this milestone and also about a North Saint Paul restaurant — K & J's French Dip Sandwich Shop — that recently expanded.

Although the title reveals its obvious bias, this video contains a pretty useful summary of how to participate in the Minnesota Republican caucuses scheduled to take place Tuesday, February 7th. Just substitute in the candidate of your choice!

A community art project in Vadnais Heights, documented by Vimeo user Carlyschmitt:

A collaborative community art project that engaged an entire community in the creation of a community portrait.This project worked to create a collective human experience that encourages participants to think beyond their individual mindset. Members of the Vadnais Heights community personalized 11,424 one-inch wood tiles that came together to create two 4 x 10 foot mosaic panels. Participants were invited to embellish their one-inch pixel with a similar colored paint, so that close-up you can see the individual contributions, but from a distance the individual details fade out as a larger image of the community emerges. The concept mirrors an individual's place in a community and the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. This mosaic documents a unique time in this community when so many people worked together for a common good. More info at MakeYourMarkVH.org.

How much do you know about Waconia, MN? You'll probably learn something new about the community from this video, which features interviews with Waconia merchants and community leaders.

From Intermedia Arts on Vimeo, a profile of a fascinating project dedicated to the memory of American poet Sekou Sundiata that explores the intersection of arts, citizenship and civic participation.

From Minneapolis band The Pines, a music video for "Cry, Cry, Crow," off their "Dark So Gold" album.