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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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Kingfield Homebased Professionals Celebrate Dining Out for Life with Lunch!
Thursday, April 28th, 12:30 PM
The Lowbrow, 4244 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis
RSVP then join us at The Lowbrow
The Kingfield Home-Based Professionals continue their tradition of gathering for lunch for Dining Out For Life on Thursday 28 April. Reserve your spot at the table for 12:30 lunch at The Lowbrow (donating 35% of sales that day). If you can join the Kingfield Home-Based Professionals, please RSVP on their LinkedIn Group
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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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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!
More details 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.
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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West 46th Street Proposed Bike Lanes, Public Open House for Kingfield and Tangletown Neighbors
Wednesday, May 11th, 6:00 PM - 6:50 PM (before KFNA Board Meeting)
MLK Park, 4055 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis
The format of this informational meeting will be an “open house” style where folks can come and view the exhibits and the County / City staff will be available for individual questions and discussion. There will be a handout summarizing the project and its schedule and a large layout on hand for folks to review. County Staff will be available to answer questions or accept comments at any time prior or after these neighborhood meetings.
Project Background: Hennepin County plans on paving 46th Street from Lyndale Avenue to Cedar Avenue late this summer. This project provides an opportunity to reconfigure the striping in order to encourage slower speeds and to improve the overall clarity for vehicular, pedestrian and bicycle travel. The levels of congestion and delay are predicted to remain similar to what is experienced today. 46th Street currently carries about 8,000 – 10,000 vehicles per day between Lyndale and Nicollet Avenues which is adequately handled by the existing 2-lane design. The morning rush hour is about 8% of the daily volumes and the evening rush hour is about 10%. Between Lyndale and Nicollet Avenues, the proposed configuration would stripe the north side parking lane and add bike lanes. Parking would generally be prohibited on the south side of the street with the possible exception near the business node at Grand Avenue. After the changes are made, County and City staff will be monitoring the operations and are prepared to modify the design if conditions warrant.
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KFNA Board Meeting: Meet Artist Seitu Jones - selected for 40th Street Pedestrian Bridge Railing Project
Wednesday, May 11th, 7:00 PM
MLK Park, 4055 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis
Artist Seitu Jones has been selected to design the railing for the new 40th Street Pedestrian Bridge which will span I-35W at 40th Street. This bridge will serve pedestrians and bicyclists and link the east and west sections of the River Lake Greenway. The railing project was selected for Art in Public Places—the City’s percent for art program—by the Public Art Advisory Panel from the City’s Capital Improvement Program. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) is the lead agency on this project and the City is working in partnership with them on the bridge.
Jones’ application shared his interest in connecting public art design with neighborhood identity. As he stated in his application, “I aspire to create artwork that honors and inspires communities. Typically, my designs are informed by and recall elements of the social and natural context of a site and the surrounding neighborhoods. If selected to create art for the 40th Street Pedestrian Bridge, these principles will inspire my work.” For more information about this project, contact Mary Altman at mary.altman@minneapolismn.gov.
Visit the KFNA Board Meeting in May to share your ideas and vision for this important environmental and cultural connection between neighborhoods, as well as a visible marker of our City to those passing under it on the highway. Follow KFNA’s FB page and/or KFNA's web site to find out how the community can continue beyond this meeting to give Seitu feedback and direction on the artistic design and feel of this important bridge.
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Register now for the 18th Annual KFNA Rummage Sale
Saturday, May 21st, 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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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!
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? For more info visit here, or contact KFNA Executive Director, Sarah Linnes-Robinson at sarah@kingfield.org or 612.823.5980.
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Comment period for the I-35W Transit/Access Environmental Assessment (EA) document ending soon!
A reminder that the comment period for the I-35W Transit/Access Environmental Assessment (EA) document closes the end of the day, Wednesday, April 27. The EA can be found at www.35lake.com. The presentation materials for the public open houses have been posted on the website, and a summary of the EA is attached. If you have comments, please send them to Rick Dalton, MnDOT at Richard.dalton@state.mn.us. Handouts, including the attached document, are available on the website in Spanish, Somali and Hmong, if needed.
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