Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Roadrunner’s Birthday Blast!

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Come celebrate 33 years of slinging old school wax at the corner of 43rd & Nicollet! John & Sarah Beggs took over the good ship RR in June of ’99, so to commemorate the last 20 years of fun we’re having a storewide 20% off sale* for one day only. Hundreds of recently acquired LPs, many uncirculated for decades. The bargain bins will be entirely fresh and spilling over onto the sidewalk sale out front.

ENJOY their seasonal Roadrunner Rock Festival & Junkyard Picnic out back. Music from 12:00 to 6:00, featuring no less than seven acts. Grill & chill with food, folks and frothy fun for everyone under the sun!

MUSIC SCHEDULE

12:00pm: John Magnuson (country skiffle rock)
12:30pm: The Lanes (AMC Gremlin-inspired rock)
1:00pm:   Brian Just  (psych pop or baroque folk opus rock)
2:00pm:   Kinda Kinky! (new bass player rock)
3:00pm:   The Silent Treatment (1st wave punk rock)
4:00pm:  The Carnegies (garage rawk rock)
5:00pm:  King Kustom & The Cruisers (early Batson rock)

*Excluding concert tickets.

I-35W@94 Updates, including 46th Street Ramp Closure

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All closures and openings are weather permitting and subject to change. Please check the project web page http://www.dot.state.mn.us/35w94/ and www.511mn.org for real-time updates. Please plan ahead and give yourself extra time. On closures, ramps usually close about an hour before the freeway.

We have five weekend closures planned this month, either full or directional, on three different projects on I-35W and I-94.

Please note, the schedule for the I-35W@94 projects has some changes from last week. Here is the latest:

I-35W@94 http://www.dot.state.mn.us/35w94/

  • The access to 11th Street and East Grant Street from I-35W north is closed from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. daily June 10-13.
  • I-94 west is closed daily from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Thursday, June 6 and Friday, June 7 between I-35W and I-394.
  • I-94 east will have lane closures from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 8 near the Portland Tunnel.
  • I-35W south is closed from 10 p.m. Sunday, June 9 to 5 a.m. Monday June 10 between I-94 to Highway 62.
  • The left lane of I-35W north is closed from 10 p.m. Sunday, June 9 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 10 between Highway 62 and I-94.
  • I-94 east is closed from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday,  June 10 and Tuesday, June 11 from I-394 to I-35W.
  • The ramp from I-35W south to 46th Street is closed starting at 6 a.m. June 10 for about a month. (See attachment for more details) Handout46thStreetramp
  • Please visit the web page for local road closures.

Upcoming:

  • Weekend closure: I-94 east is closed from 10 p.m. Friday, June 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 17 between I-394 to I-35W.
  • I-35W is closed in both directions 10 p.m. Wednesday, June 19 to 5 a.m. Thursday June 20 between I-94 and Highway 62.
  • I-35W south will be closed from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. daily June 19-23 between Highway 62 and I-94.
  • Weekend closure: I-35W is closed from 10 p.m. Friday, June 28 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 1 between Highway 62 and I-94.
  • The ramp access from I-35W north to Fifth Avenue South will open temporarily June 17 through mid-July.

 

Learn about Urban Arts local, art-infused summer and preschool programs

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Stop at the KFNA Community Table at Sunday’s Kingfield Farmers Market and learn about Urban Arts! Located at 39thand Chicago since 1999, Urban Arts helps kids learn through an Art-Infused Learning Experience offered for students ages 3-18, including Preschool, After-school, Release Day Camps and Summer Camps.

Learn more on Sunday by speaking directly with them or by visiting here: https://www.urbanartsacademy.org

Pleasant Community Garden Wrap-Up & Pizza Event

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Approximate schedule: Clean-up 10 AM -12 PM / Pizza 12-2 PM. Drop in as you can that day!

https://www.facebook.com/events/470469063692888/

Please join KFNA for the final garden clean-up of the Pleasant Community Garden on Saturday June 1 from 10 AM-noon, and then stay and enjoy a piece of pizza with us as a “thank you” for the help and the last decade of communal gardening in this spot.

Come take down the garden boxes, remove the bunny fencing, and help us move plants to a safer space on the property. It’s been a beautiful 10 years from breaking ground and creating this space–to breaking bread at garden dinners and the outdoor oven. Besides the basic crops, we have also grown Cascade hops, oyster mushrooms, and three generations of honey bees.  Thank you to the Center for Performing Arts for donating the land to KFNA for the past 10 years; it has been an educational, and inspirational community space.

Kingfield PorchFest Sponsors

  • Locus Architecture
  • The Lowbrow
  • Butter Bakery Cafe
  • Twin Town Guitars