Cohosted by Bob Albrecht, Scott Mueller, and Sabra Waldfogel, members of the Kingfield Homebased Professionals Planning Team

The Kingfield Home-Based Professionals continue with their Third Week of the Month Happy Hour gathering! On Tuesday 18 March, please join them at The Lowbrow from 3:00 – 5:00 pm (4244 Nicollet Avenue South). No formal agenda, just a casual gathering of neighbors who work from home!

Please RSVP with your anticipated time of arrival on the discussion thread for The Lowbrow gathering at either the Facebook Group or the Linkedin Group

Questions? Contact scott@kingfield.org

At this meeting Seward and neighbors will continue to discuss ways in which Seward and the community can work together to build a grocery store that best serves everyone. Seward would like to hear ideas on such topics as how the community classrooms can be used, what products should be on the shelves, and ways in which Seward can incorporate the history of the neighborhood into the design of the store.

The event will be facilitated by Yvonne Cheek, president of the Millennium Consulting Group. The co-op will provide light snacks and beverages. Childcare and Spanish-language translation services will also be available.

This course is organized by KFNA to address a challenge identified by the Kingfield Homebased Professional Group. For more information on this group, or to connect with them simply email info@kingfield.org.

Each session is an hour with 20 minutes devoted to personal work, individual help and questions, except for week 3 where we will devote 30 minutes to pre-submitted questions.

There will be homework each week. Laptop required.

• Week 1 - Identify what you are trying to achieve. General overview of linkedin and how to set up your profile
• Week 2 - Optimization, key words, adding media to your profile
• Week 3 - Company pages and groups + 30 minutes of questions (must be submitted 6 days in advance)
• Week 4 - Creating a strategy, testing, experimentation and additional resources

You will leave with:

1. a great profile
2. ideas on how to use this tool based on your own unique business
3. a deeper understanding of the platform
4. a plan to move forward
5. no fear!

Sign up in advance $60 for all 4 sessions; $80 if registering day-of the first class or later. Maximum 10 people, minimum 6 people. If you have questions or want to register contact info@kingfield.org and include ‘LinkedIn Course’ in the subject line. You will be put in touch directly with the instructor.

About Instructor Emma Lloyd: I have spent 20 years analyzing hardware, data and networks. I have worked for software houses, Wall Street traders and new media artists; and throughout have had the privilege to study the relationship that humans have with machines. My goal is to humanize technology and to empower and enthuse small business owners to embrace tools and use them to grow their business.

• Thursdays, March 13th & 20th @ 7:00 PM
• Fridays, March 14th & 21st @ 7:00 PM
• Saturdays, March 15th & 22nd @ 7:00 PM
• Sundays, March 16th & 23rd @ 2:00 PM

$15 for Adults / $12 for Seniors /$5 for Students & Children

Thoroughly Modern Millie is a comedic musical of a small-town girl, Millie Dillmount, who comes to New York City to marry for money instead of love – a thoroughly modern aim in 1922 when women were just entering the workforce.

Buy tickets for "Thoroughly Modern Millie" at brownpapertickets.com. Online ticket sales close 12 hours before the start of each show. If you buy your tickets online, you will need to print and bring your tickets for admission to the show.

General Admission tickets available at the door. Please arrive 20 minutes before performance begins, or up to 45 minutes before performance if you'd like to buy a ticket at the door. Performances occasionally sell out. Please arrive early.

Please join us on Friday, March 21, for Lunchtime with Elizabeth. We are excited to welcome representatives from the Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy to discuss their work on Race, Climate, and Community Health.

Executive Director Shalini Gupta and Dr. Cecilia Martinez will present their newly developed Environmental Justice Mapping Tool. This tool, as described at www.ceed.org, provides visual comparisons of environmental risks across communities based on race and income and health sensitive populations. The Environmental Justice tool can be used by communities to understand their environmental risks, organize for clean air, land, and water, address environmental health disparities, and build climate resilient neighborhoods.

We will also discuss proposed policy recommendations, such as “Green Zones” and other actions to eliminate racial disparities posed in part by environmental risks. Green Zones, supported by the City of Minneapolis Community Environmental Advisory Committee (CEAC), have been utilized in other cities and states and are a recommended policy initiative of the Minneapolis Climate Action Plan.

We're coming up on the last winter market of the year! Join us indoors at Bachman's on Saturday, March 22nd. You'll find a variety of local cheeses, meats, canned goods, prepared foods, breakfast / lunch items, and even some fresh produce! Plus - live music, demos, activities for kids, and beer & wine by the glass. It's your last chance until we open for the outdoor season on May 18th! More details at kingfieldfarmersmarket.org

The Judson Music Series presents the Minneapolis Trombone Choir. The acclaimed Minneapolis Trombone Choir brings its big sound to Judson Church's magnificent sanctuary. More than 30 trombones plus tubas and euphoniums play the sweetest sounds of classical, big band, jazz and pop music in one of the Twin Cities' best acoustical environments. Don't miss the finale as the trombone choir and the audience march around the sanctuary to a rousing rendition of 76 Trombones!

General admission donations go to support the concert and the Judson Music Series. Suggested donation $15.

judsonchurch.org
612-824-4394

Pleasant Community Garden Plots
Up to seven plots will be available for new gardeners this year. Besides receiving an individual plot, this garden group works together to plan events and educational opportunities to share their love of gardening, and to fundraise to expand gardening opportunities within our community. More information and applications are now available here!

Need Some Advice on How to Start a Garden?
Gardeners who need a little help getting started might want to start with the free Vegetable Gardening Basics 5-Class Course organized by KFNA and led by Hennepin County Master Gardeners at MLK Park, beginning April 1. More information and applications are now available here!

“In the Garden” classes are also offered this Summer. It is the Second Year KFNA has partnered with Master Gardeners to offer a Gardening Class Series for Spanish Speakers! This six-part class will be led by University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardeners in Hennepin County and translated into Spanish by Kingfield neighbor Marianna Padilla. Call 612-547-6910 to register for “In the Garden.” The class will be held from 9 to 11 AM on the second Saturday of the month for six months: April 12, May 10, June 14, July 12, August 9, and September 13 at Sabathani, 310 East 38th Street.

Dear Friends of King Park Little Kids Soccer--

The core of our King Park Little Kids Soccer Program is to have a cadre of "parent-coaches", trained in the teaching games, available for leading on any of 8 to 10 Saturdays from mid-June to mid-August. You don't have to be there all Saturdays, just the ones you are town. With approximately 15 parent-coaches total available, we have enough coaches available for any given session. Are you interested in supporting this program?

If so, Please send a note quickly to info@kingfield.org with a "Yes for King Park Summer Soccer” in the memo line and KFNA will get you more information directly from the Volunteer Coordinator of this program. The program provides a training session (maybe two different option days this spring) in the games by Sheila McGill, the University of St. Thomas Women's Soccer Coach, in late May or early June.

King Park is also interested in having the gym used for some informal youth soccer game time on weekends and/or some weekday evenings this spring. If this opportunity to get involved interests you please, again, contact KFNA at info@kingfield.org with "Yes for King Park Spring Soccer” in the memo line of the email.

Attention Families! MLK Park Playground Feedback Needed by March 26, 2014!

Right now the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board [MPRB] is working to understand the best aspects of options 1A and 4 and develop a revised design that can be embraced by the community. To help us better understand the community perspectives on the two options, individuals are being asked to complete a survey by March 26, 2014 at 11:59 pm.

The survey is designed to gather information related to critical design objectives of the play equipment, including how well it will hold the interest of users, it integrates the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. King and African American History theme into the design, and it meets the community’s playground needs.

Images can be viewed here and also at the park building. And the survey is available online here and at the park building as well