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Kingfield Farmers' Market
Sunday, June 12th, 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM
4310 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis
We all know that the Kingfield Farmers Market is the place to be every Sunday between 8:30 AM and 1 PM, and June 12 is no different! When you are there picking out your plants and chatting with neighbors make a point to check out these highlights:
Wild Run Salmon is heading back to Alaska to start their Salmon season. Their final week at the Kingfield Market until after the run is over is this week, June 12. Stop by and sign up for their 2016 salmon CSF.
Combo pack ($518 if ordered now, save $80)
- 10 pounds of cod (pick up now)
- 20 pounds of sushi grade of Sockeye Salmon (pick it up when they return to market after August 20th)
Also, stop by the KFNA table and take a look at the band list and sites for the upcoming Kingfield PorchFest! Info is also being put on the Facebook Event page daily so join the page and keep up to date on the growing musician list.
And be sure to look for the Chicks on Sticks, starting at 11:30 in front of the market! More information on that spectacle can be found here.
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Celebrate Aviary Art on Nicollet!
Sunday, June 12th, 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
4310 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis
Meet at Kingfield Farmer’s market (4310) and parade to 40th and Nicollet for music, program, refreshments, and more!
Join us in celebrating the completion of Birds of a Different Feather, a series of public art works spanning Nicollet Avenue South from 32nd to 40th Streets, includes 2 gateway sculptures, 6 stools and 4 benches by artists Ben Janssens and Marjorie Pitz.
The event starts at 11:30am at the Kingfield Farmer’s Market where Chicks on Sticks will lead a parade to Ellwood Automotive, 3948 Nicollet, for an event featuring performances, arts activities and refreshments for the entire family. Be sure to pick up a scavenger hunt and walk/bike to all the art locations from the KFNA table at the market that morning.
This a project of City of Minneapolis’ Art in Public Places and Department of Public Works projects. Thanks as well to the following partners: Minneapolis Arts Commission, Butter Bakery, Ellwood Automotive, Casa de Corazon, Hooyo Childcare Center, Kingfield Neighborhood Association, Lyndale Neighborhood Association, Metro Transit, Nicollet Ace Hardware, Ramsey Middle School and Valerie’s Carniceria.
You can find more information about Nicollet Avenue Public Art here.
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Kingfield PorchFest 2016!
Thursday, June 16th, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Meet the Bands & Download the Map at the Facebook Event Page here.
For anyone who missed this event last year and is wondering, “What is PorchFest?”…PorchFest is an evening of music, community, 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 and talent of their neighbors.
Questions? For more info contact KFNA Executive Director, Sarah Linnes-Robinson at sarah@kingfield.org or 612.823.5980.
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Now that the Compost Carts are here—do you know what to do? Help is just a click away!
KFNA has, with the encouragement of Minneapolis Solid Waste and Recycling, started a Facebook Group to help you get your questions answered! The “MPLS GREEN Organic Recycling” Facebook Group was started by the Kingfield Neighborhood Association working with Kingfield neighbors (for the benefit of neighbors throughout Minneapolis!) to help answer questions related to organic recycling in the City of Minneapolis. Ask to join the group and then feel free to use the page to post photos of packaging or waste and questions. We have a team of compost experts waiting to help you get your trash into the correct can!
Saving the world one Minneapolis household at a time!
Visit the MPLS GREEN Organic Recycling facebook group
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South Minneapolis Housing Segregation and Tilsenbilt Homes
Tuesday, June 21st, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Judson Memorial Baptist Church, 4101 Harriet Avenue South, Minneapolis
Join local writer and historian Heidi Adelsman for a discussion of South Minneapolis housing segregation and the Tilsenbilt Homes.
Discriminatory housing practices, restrictive deed covenants and red-lining are part of the recent history of Minneapolis with present-day impacts. As recently as the 1950’s, banks and the Federal Housing Administration refused to provide mortgages for homes outside of established Black neighborhoods such as those near the E 38th Street and 4th Avenue corridors.
The Tilsenbilt homes, a group of over 50 homes located on 3rd, 4th and 5th Avenues in the Bryant and Regina neighborhoods, were constructed in the 1950’s by the Tilsen Homes Company with the help of realtor and philanthropist Archie Givens Sr. The Tilsenbilt Homes are believed to be one of the first federally-supported residential housing development in the United States that was open to homebuyers of all races.
Heidi Adelsman, a South Minneapolis neighbor, has researched and written about the Tilsenbilt Homes and other historic places and events that reveal our history of discriminatory housing practices and segregation in Minneapolis. Ms. Adelsman will invite a Tilsenbilt home owner to join her as a presenter. As the Kingfield and Bryant neighborhoods prepare to work with artist Seitu Jones on a rebuilt 40th Street Pedestrian bridge connecting our neighborhoods, we hope you will join us for an important discussion of our shared history.
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