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Feb
8
MPLS Snow Emergency Today
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Today is Monday, February 8th, 2010 and Minneapolis has declared a Snow Emergency.
Parking restrictions begin at 9 p.m. tonight.
Go to the City’s snow information web site, or call the Snow Emergency Hotline: (612) 348-SNOW (7669).
Crews can only plow the full width of the street if cars are out of the way. Please follow Snow Emergency parking rules or your vehicle will be tagged and/or towed to the Minneapolis Impound Lot.
Be sure to shovel your sidewalks and around your garbage cart.
Feb
7
Minneapolis Trombone Choir
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In Concert
Jim ten Bensel, Director
With featured special guest Stan Bann’s Big Bone Band
Sunday, March 14, 2010
7:00 PM
Judson Memorial Baptist Church
41st & Harriet Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55409
Free Will Donation at the door (suggested $15.00)
All proceeds to:
Judson Church Music Program
For more information contact: 612-926-3708
Feb
7
Commercial Space Rental Opportunity
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Store front location at on Nicollet Avenue (4244 Nicollet) can be used for parties, weddings, meetings, yoga classes, any class meeting, trunk sale, boutique events……whatever you desire.
400 to 6100sq ft Rental Available.
Please go to: www.4244nicollet.com for more information.
Feb
6
Willie Murphy’s odyssey
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He chose home over fame. Now, a two-disc set by one of Minneapolis’ greatest unsung talents sums up a career of highs and lows.
By CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER, Star Tribune
It was 1971 — right after he produced Bonnie Raitt’s first album and right before he formed the greatest party band this town has ever seen — when Willie Murphy made the decision that would keep him in Minneapolis forever. No wonder it still haunts him.
The singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, filmmaker and all-around argonaut had an offer to become a house producer for Elektra Records, which issued his influential 1967 album with John Koerner, “Running, Jumping, Standing Still.” He would have made more money than he has ever seen. And he could have moved to Los Angeles or New York. (“Easy: New York’s a real city,” he said.)
After five years of vagabondish touring with Koerner, though, he wanted to have fun closer to home. That’s why he formed Willie & the Bees and said no to Elektra.
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Murphy, 65, has been relegated to weekly “blues jam” gigs for most of the past decade. His Blue Monday shows were a mainstay until the Viking Bar closed in 2006. He now plays every Monday at the reopened Wilebski’s Blues Saloon in St. Paul and every Wednesday at the Driftwood Char Bar in south Minneapolis. [KFNA Editor's Note--Yes, that IS in Kingfield at 4415 Nicollet!]
Read the full article at http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/83576427.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aUt:aDyaEP:kD:aU9PhDcUU
Feb
6
Kingfield Food News
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OK–a little bit of a stretch for a Kingfield-oriented website but the news on Heavy Table, an online local foods “magazine” http://heavytable.com/ had too much to do with Kingfield to pass up!
Visti http://heavytable.com/?s=studio+bricolage to read about Kingfield’s own Studio Bricolage’s Mixology classes.
Check out the Heavy Table Birthday Party http://heavytable.com/?s=birthday held at the Craftsman, not located in Kingfield but Kingfield owned and Cheffed!
Lastly on the header is a link to the Ducks of Au Bon Canard http://heavytable.com/the-ducks-of-au-bon-canard-in-caledonia/, the farm in Caledonia that now supports and nourishes Liz Gibson-Gasset, Kingfield’s Project Orgnaizer from 200-2004. We miss you, Liz!
Feb
6
Mayors Rybak and Coleman to Announce $41 Million Boost to CityLiving Mortgage and Downpayment Assistance Program
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Announcement of latest round of funding for first-time homebuyers to take place in newly built home on Minneapolis Northside WHAT: Mayor R.T. Rybak and Mayor Chris Coleman will announce $41 million available to first-time homebuyers through the CityLiving program, a mortgage-and downpayment-assistance program, offered by the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. The program has been assisting homebuyers for 28 years, helping more than 30,000 first-time buyers move into their homes. (Due to the effect of the challenging economic climate on the bond market, funding was not available in 2009.)
WHO: Jerry Boardman, Fannie Mae; Rick Padilla, Freddie Mac; Sandy Loescher, Sandy Green Realty; Mayor R.T. Rybak, Minneapolis and Mayor Chris Coleman, Saint Paul; Minneapolis Council Member Don Samuels (Ward 5)
WHEN: Tuesday, February 9, 2010; 10:45 a.m.
WHERE: 1818 26th Avenue North, Minneapolis; home built under the Minneapolis Home Ownership Works program and is for sale to a first-time homebuyer. MORE: Information on the CityLiving program can be found at www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/cped/city_living.asp and at www.stpaul.gov/cityliving
Feb
4
Wednesday Feb 10, 7-9 PM, MLK Park
The Kingfield Neighborhood Association (KFNA) Board is the elected body that works to build community, address issues, and create solutions within the Kingfield neighborhood on many levels. The board has ongoing committees and projects focused on property redevelopment, housing, business stability and renovation, crime and safety, the environment, youth, art, as well as a number of social endeavors.
For more information on the KFNA Board attend the meeting, or call and talk to KFNA Staff mornings at 612.823.5980 or sarah@kingfield.org .