Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Kingfield Community Pizza Party with The Aliveness Project at the Outdoor Oven

The oven will be hot, literally 800 degrees of hot, on September 14th, and we will be baking pizza for neighbors to sample and collecting donations for The Aliveness Project’s gardening efforts and food shelf. Pack a beverage (no bottles on site, please), and wander on down and enjoy a slice.

September’s event is a partnership between KFNA and The Aliveness Project, another great Kingfield nonprofit, focused on linking people with HIV/AIDS to resources to lead healthy self-directed lives. Pizza toppings will be harvested from the Donation Garden, located at Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park, a partnership of all three organizations.

We host regular oven events the 2nd weekend of each month until the snow flies, so be sure you are receiving the Kingfield weekly e-News—sign up on www.kingfield.org (right-hand side of the page)–where notices will be shared about upcoming oven dates, registration details, and the focus of each unique event.

If you have questions about the oven, including how to volunteer, please feel free to contact KFNA at or 612.823.5980.

A 100% Green KFNA Event

Judson Rain Garden Tour

Do you know the purpose of a rain garden? Would you like to know why Judson Church chose to put in three rain gardens? Would you like to see what they look like and how they work? Come for a tour and information!

Our process started nearly a year ago. We applied for and received a mini grant from the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization. We proposed installing three rain gardens that would capture runoff rain from our roofs and filter it before it flowed into the street and directly to the Mississippi River. Volunteers from the church provided the labor to dig the gardens, plant the native plants and spread the mulch. The grant was used primarily to pay for the plants, the mulch and some educational material for the children. During the upcoming school year our preschool and Sunday School children will learn how these rain gardens work, why they are important and why we use native plants. If you join us on September 17th, you will learn all of this too!

Lighting Up Lakewood

The Lakewood Cemetery Lantern Lighting Celebration, now in its third year, is a public memorial event that offers guests a unique way to remember their loved ones. The celebratory event features live music, food trucks, and activities, and culminates with a special nondenominational ceremony at sunset, in which candlelit lanterns are released on Lakewood’s lake while the names of loved ones are read aloud.

Come early for the activities, which will include

  • Self-guided tours of the cemetery (via brochures and mobile app); Lakewood’s Memorial Chapel and Garden Mausoleum, open from 3 to 5 PM
  • Historic streetcar rides to and from Lake Harriet provided by the Minnesota Streetcar Museum ($2 round trip)
  • Lantern decorating from 5-7 p.m. (decorating supplies provided; however, a $5 donation is suggested for each lantern, and please register online at LakewoodCemetery.org to insure adequate supplies)
  • Lantern release ceremony at sunset (roughly 7 to 8 PM).

The event has grown significantly over the past two years, and we are eager to welcome the public back to Lakewood for another wonderful evening this September 16th.

Lantern Lighting Web Release

​Twin Cities Trumpet Ensemble

The Twin Cities Trumpet Ensemble (http://twincitiestrumpetensemble.weebly.com/) present a free Sunday afternoon concert at the historic Judson Memorial Baptist Church in South Minneapolis.

Fans of the 24 trumpet ensemble have come to expect the obligatory opening fanfare at concerts, but then are astonished at the range and virtuosity of both the musical selections and the players – pop, classical, jazz. A Twin Cities Trumpet Ensemble concert is a musical feast not to be missed!

Over 100 years old, the beautiful Judson sanctuary has been called one of the finest church sound-boxes in the Twin Cities. General seating. Donations gratefully accepted..