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Nov
14
Leonardo’s Basement Open House
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Sunday, November 16, 1-3 PM
This is a great chance to visit Leonardo’s Basement for a first time or a fun way to spend time building with your family.
We will have different project building areas set up for you to explore open-ended project building. Children of all ages are welcome and the event is FREE!
If you have questions contact Steve Jevning.
Email info@leonardosbasement.org
Phone: 612.824.4394
www.leonardosbasement.org
Oct
3
Dan Swenson–Klatt, the owner of Butter Bakery Café, is passionate about scones—eating them, baking them, and serving them to discerning scone-sumers. He teases head baker Amy Kovacs that she’s his sole scone-making peer. Kovacs is really more of a cakes and éclairs specialist. Isn’t this sounding good already? The Kingfield–Lyndale neighborhood joint is equal parts café, coffee shop, and bakery. Beyond the “pretty stuff,” …read more at http://www.mspmag.com/dining/brunchbeat/113963.asp.
Oct
2
Eating for Art–TODAY!
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Thursday October 2—All Day!
What is the Purpose of Eating for Art?
The purpose of Eating for Art is to encourage people to visit our local neighborhood restaurants & to provide funding for community art projects in the Kingfield and Lyndale neighborhoods.
What Types of Projects has the money been used for?
· Walldogs on Nicollet – 10 exterior murals on Nicollet Avenue
· Music at the Kingfield Farmers’ Market and other local events
· Music and Movies at neighborhood parks
· Annual March Community Art Show
· Deck the Walls—a holiday performing arts extravaganza
· Future community art projects designed by community members!
How is Eating for Art organized?
- All neighborhood restaurants were offered the chance to participate: this year 7 locally owned and operated places selected to be a part of the event!
- Each restaurant sets the percentage of sales they will donate; this year all participating restaurants chose to donate 20-31% of the days’ sale!
- The Kingfield and Lyndale neighborhood associations are responsible for organizing and marketing the event to the neighborhood, schools, churches, and the wider community.
- Everybody eats>—in 2007 participants reported a 25% increase in their daily sales!
Questions on the project or how to get involved in community art projects should be directed to:
Sarah Linnes-Robinson, Executive Director
Kingfield Neighborhood Association
612.823.5980 – kfna@email.com
Oct
1
38th & Nicollet Graffiti and Blight
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Julene here at Nicollet ACE Hardware on 38th and Nicollet.
We would like to talk about the old Theison building. The building is disgraceful weeds and garbage everywhere and the graffiti is unacceptable. The Lander group has removed the awnings and anything else that was decent.
I find it difficult to understand the city of Minneapolis and KFNA. A few years ago I was sighted by the city for a few weeds in the back of our building and a while back was forced to replace a large window because it was graffiti etched about 4 inches square. That was after we had paid someone $200.00 to grind it out, then a person called and the inspector had to locate the etched graffiti with a light in order to see it and still required us to replace the front glass to the some of $2000.00.
Fast forward to today and Michael Lander a disgrace to our community his negligence is appalling. We have worked on this corner for years always striving for a better corner, always improving always cleaning and painting. If Michael Lander was a HOME owner instead of a commercial real-estate developer he would have been forced to clean up his building.
I am disappointed that this community would accept Michael Landers delinquency and not require him to step up.
All the neighborhood festivals and events are pointless if we allow this blight to continue.
–Julene Lind, 38th & Nicollet
Aug
1
While it’s certainly not the first glowing review of Corner Table, located at 43rd and Nicollet, owner / chef Scott Pampuch and chef de cuisine Lisa Hanson’s ears should be ringing from the high praise in this article that ran in Thursday’s Star Tribune. Congratulations to Scott, Lisa and all of the staff and thanks for helping make Kingfield the wonderful place it is.