Why I’ve been thinking about 4-decades-old Minneapolis theater production for the last four years
Theatre de la Jeune Lune’s 1980 production of “Ubu For President” premiered in Minneapolis two weeks after Ronald Reagan was elected president.
Jim Walsh
Jim Walsh, a former City Pages music editor and award-winning columnist for the Pioneer Press, writes about music and local culture. He is the author of the oral history “The Replacements: All Over but the Shouting.”
Equality and equity for ‘the asterisk nation’: a Q&A with Patrice Kunesh
Kunesh, who founded the organization Pehin Haha to advocated for Native communities, is delivering the keynote address at this week’s Center for Economic Inclusion’s virtual event, “2020 Powering Inclusion Summit, Marching For Racial Equity and Economic Justice.”
‘Minnesotans are good, kind people’: Jonathan Capehart and the 2020 Facing Race Awards celebrate anti-racism activists’ work
This year’s honorees — Valerie Castile, Leslie Redmond, Resmaa Menakem and Alex Miles — will be accepting their awards virtually.
‘This is the site of a movement that has transformed the entire world’: Juneteenth at ‘38th & George’
The day came with added significance and relevance, set as it was to a backdrop of worldwide protests; calls for police reform; challenges to financial, governmental, and cultural institutions to promote equality and equity; and Gov. Tim Walz pushing to declare it a state holiday.
‘We need to see corporations, foundations, and governments step up’: A Q&A with the Center for Economic Inclusion’s Tawanna A. Black
In 2018 Black founded the center, which works to combat economic and social racism, and whose clients and partners include Ramsey County, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and the Itasca Project. She wants to speed up the pace of change.
‘What Will It Take?’: Michelle Gross on police violence in Minneapolis
Michelle Gross has been a police accountability activist for 40 years, but she’s never seen the kind of intensity that exploded around the death of George Floyd.
Amid two crises, restaurants’ reopening day found many of them closed
Restaurant action was spotty, but a few diners and drinkers took advantage of the gorgeous summer weather to sit, socially distanced, on local patios.
‘He’s in custody!’ Surveying the scene Friday in south Minneapolis
The workweek started Monday with the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis Police outside of Cup Foods on 38th and Chicago and ended Friday with Lake Street in flames and an ongoing vigil outside Cup.
From no hoops to drive-up confession: signs of the COVID times
MinnPost toured and tooled around the Twin Cities, looking for signs of life during COVID-19.
‘Angels work here’: Employees see visible appreciation outside Mount Olivet Home in Minneapolis
The sidewalk outside Mount Olivet is filled with chalked messages of support. Across the street, the marquee of the F45 fitness club reads on one side, “Distance Is Temporary Community Is Forever,” and “Thank You MT Olivet Staff You Are Heroes” on the other.
Northfield’s The Key: Building is closed but homeless youth still getting supplies, meals, support
“We’re trying to go out and say, ‘I see that you have a need, and I’m going to jump ahead and give you a solution to this need,’” said Emily Fulton-Foley, executive director.
From novels to noodles: Little Free Libraries becoming pantries during COVID-19 crisis
An online map is tracking Little Free Libraries whose owners are stocking their kiosks with food, toys, puzzles, household items, and masks.
Seven minutes of solidarity: At 5 p.m. in Kingfield, daily drumming connects neighbors, lifts spirits
“I like that my toddlers see this,” said Sarah Springer. “It’s demonstrating to them how you can connect with your community, and how simple things can be points of connection.”
As domestic violence shelters deal with COVID-19 and extra expenses, Franken fashions a fundraiser
It’s a very financially volatile time, with Women’s Advocates adjusting to the new realities of living and working amid COVID-19 restrictions.
Signs of life in Minneapolis: a photo essay
MinnPost photographed messages on shuttered storefronts and elsewhere across the city Saturday and Sunday, with many small business owners keeping a stiff upper lip for their bricks-and-mortar customers via store windows.
Cremate and wait: How COVID-19 is changing the way funeral homes do the business of life and death
For funeral directors dealing with the day-to-day nuts and bolts business of life and death, the coronavirus and social distancing era has changed the way they help people grieve, and how funeral homes host celebrations of life.
‘Music’s going to help get us through it’: Teachers take online music lessons to their at-home students
“Music is critical at all points in time, but now it’s even more,” said Paul Babcock, president and CEO of MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis.
Signs of the pandemic times: A photo essay
MinnPost took a tour of the marquees and storefronts of the ghost town that is the Twin Cities.
‘It’s bad, it’s bad’: Minnesotans’ on-the-street talk about how the COVID-19 outbreak is impacting their lives
MinnPost talked to people on the streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Monday — practicing social distancing of 6 feet apart all the while — about how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted their lives.
‘We build community through music’: Hopewell Music in north Minneapolis
“We wanted to start a place that was accessible to everybody, regardless of age, income, physical ability, or skill level,” said co-founder Ellie Fregni. “We wanted to eliminate the barriers to participating in a music program.”
