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Free Personal Safety and Self-Defense Workshop
Thursday, April 21st, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
5th Precinct Community Room, 3101 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis
The Lyndale Neighborhood Association is offering a free Personal Safety and Self-Defense Workshop on Thursday, April 21st from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at the 5th Police Precinct, 3101 Nicollet Avenue and Kingfield Neighbors are invited to join-in! Information will be presented on the psychology and general scenario of attack situations. You will learn to recognize a possible attack in the making, and what role distance awareness, eye contact, body language, tone of voice, etc. can play. Simple “last-ditch” physical self-defense techniques will also be presented, practical even for people who have little physical skill or ability.
If you have any questions or would like to RSVP please contact Norma at 612-824-9402 ext.15 or norma@lyndale.org.
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Celebrate Earth Day at MLK Park with a Park Clean-Up, Compost Lesson, & Fix-it Clinic!
Saturday, April 23rd, 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
MLK Park, 4055 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis
Three ways to Get Involved!
Between 9:30 AM and 12 noon, and check in at the registration table. A site coordinator will provide you with gloves (if you need them, or you may want to bring your own) and bags, and will instruct you on where to pick up and where to leave trash.
OR...you can also bring your own plastic bag and walk FROM your house TO the Park and collect whatever trash you find on the way—leaving it with the Staff at the Park so we are sure to weigh it with all the other “goodies” collected so we get an accurate total of the clean-up effort! You could do this on your way to either of these other two events!
Between 11 AM- 2 PM, Minneapolis Solid Waste & Recycling staff will be on-site to answer your questions and help sort items into garbage, recycling, and organics recycling containers. They will have an organics display, as well as free stickers and kitchen pails to those who sign up to participate in the organics program! They’ll also be able to help you determine what other materials you can divert for recycling through drop-off programs from your home.
Lastly, from 12 noon to 4 PM - Toaster won't toast? Lamp won’t light? Pants need mending? The Fix-It Clinic helps residents return broken household appliances and clothing to usable condition. With free help from skilled volunteers, residents get assistance with disassembling, troubleshooting, and fixing their items, while learning new skills and gaining empowerment.
Enjoy Butter’s House Blend coffee while you celebrate Earthday at MLK Park, the fresh brew donated by our very green and very fine local coffeehouse!
Are you a “fixer”? Volunteer fixers are always needed! Volunteers have skills in soldering, electronics and electrical repair, computer repair, sewing, or general tinkering, and have a strong desire to teach people. To volunteer contact nancy.lo@hennepin.us or at 612-348-9195.
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Dining Out for Life!
Thursday, April 28th
at fabulous local restaurants throughout Kingfield (...and beyond!)
Dining Out For Life to benefit The Aliveness Project is Thursday 28 April. Hundreds of restaurants across the metro are donating a portion of part/all of that day's proceeds to help those living with HIV/AIDS including Kingfield's own: Blackbird Cafe, Butter Bakery Cafe, Cafe Ena, Corner Table, Curran's Restaurant, Grand Cafe, Harriet's Inn, Kings Wine Bar, Kyatchi, The Lowbrow, Nighthawks & Birdie, Revival, Rincon 38 and Victor's 1959 Cafe!
Reservations are strongly recommended. Make your plans to earn your I ATE stickers today! Visit the Dining out for Life Facebook page here.
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Healthy Kids Day at the YMCA
Saturday, April 30th, 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Blaisdell YMCA, 3335 Blaisdell Avenue, Minneapolis
HEALTHY KIDS DAY is all about building on the “COOL” factor inside every kid…whoever they are and wherever they’re from. So come to HEALTHY KIDS DAY for a day of creative, challenging, smart, healthy fun and watch the “COOL” in your kid come out.
This is a free event for the entire community! We will be featuring games and activities for youth including a bounce house, obstacle course and key log rolling demonstrations in the pool. Several local community organizations will be joining us to provide additional fun activities for youth and families including Youth Farm and Three Rivers Park District. Join us for a fun and healthy Saturday. Prizes and giveaways will be available including 4 free passes to the Walker Art Center. Questions can be directed to rachel.hoben@ymcatwincities.org or 612-821-6501.
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Register now for the 18th Annual KFNA Rummage Sale
Thursday, May 19th, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
The 18th Annual Kingfield Rummage Sale will be held on Saturday, May 21, 9 AM to 2 PM. The cost to participate is $10 per household or $25 for an entire block, which helps KFNA promote your sale. As always, KFNA will print and distribute rummage sale maps in the neighborhood and online, as well as market the sales with signage and social media.
If you’re shopping the sales, stop in at Butter Bakery Café, Curran’s Restaurant, ColorWheel Gallery, Nicollet Ace Hardware, or Royal Grounds the day of the sale to pick up a map, or check out kingfield.org the day before the sale to plan your route.
Registration forms are available online here. Completed forms are due by 9 PM on Tuesday, May 17th. If you have any questions regarding the event or registration please email KFNARummageSale@gmail.com.
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Nicollet Avenue Public Art Community Mosaic Workshops
Saturday, April 30th & Saturday, May 7th, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (you do not need to attend both)
MLK Park, 4055 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis
Register here!
- Workshops will be limited to 32 participants each; call or email KFNA at 612.823.5980 or info@kingfield.org to reserve your place at the table!
- Children as young as 6 are welcome, but each youth 12 or younger must be accompanied by an adult who also participates in the workshop.
It’s spring, and birds are popping up on Nicollet –bird sculptures, that is.
As part of the City of Minneapolis’ Art in Public Places program, Twin Cities artists Ben Janssens and Marjorie Pitz, with input from a neighborhood public art committee, designed art for the 10-block stretch of reconstructed Nicollet from Lake Street to 40th Street. Gateway sculptures with an aviary theme can be seen at 40th and 36th streets, and sculptural bird stools and benches are being installed at six locations this spring.
These benches and stools on Nicollet are not yet complete, however; as part of the design the birds’ wings have been left blank, for community members to fill in. Mosaic artist Lori Greene has been working with students at Ramsey Middle School to create designs for the wings, and she will be running two community workshops where participants will transform these designs into colorful mosaic wings.
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PorchFest 2016!
Thursday, June 16th, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Attention neighbors, musicians, and porch owners! Sign up as a Musician or Host (or BOTH!) here!
This is a call to SAVE THE DATE for Kingfield PorchFest! Last year, this first-time event took the neighborhood by storm, featuring over 40 musical performances on 25 Kingfield stages! The weather near solstice was gorgeous, the music was resplendent, and attendees and musicians alike were giddy with excitement to see and hear the talent of their neighbors in their very own neighborhood.
For anyone who missed this event last year and is wondering, “What is PorchFest?”--PorchFest is an evening of music, walking, and summer. On a single summer evening, musicians will perform acoustic music at their respective homes or at a porch location donated by a neighbor, while others stroll through the neighborhood, enjoying the sounds.
We have a need for musicians, amateur and professional, and for porch venues. If you are willing to perform music, provide a porch, or both, please utilize the online application form that will help us match musicians with hosts and porches, to better coordinate, map, and promote the sounds of the evening!
Questions? Contact KFNA Executive Director, Sarah Linnes-Robinson at sarah@kingfield.org or 612.823.5980.
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