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Join the Kingfield Outdoor Oven Management Team!
Tuesday, April 18th, 6:30 PM
Butter Bakery Cafe, 3700 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis
The goal of this group is to plan the monthly KFNA oven events and begin to get our heads’ around the time, cost, and labor involved in a single event so we can begin to come up with a model for spin-of, community initiated/partner events.
Our first Oven event of the year is set for Thursday May 11 (most likely starting on site around 4:30 with the event beginning at 5:30 or 6...exact details TBD). Please contact sarah@kingfield.org if you are interested in attending so we can 1) secure a large enough table.
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Breaking Ground at the Community Donation Garden with Hatha Yoga and Garden Prep
Wednesday, April 19th, Hatha Yoga 4:30-5:30 PM / Garden Prep 5:30- 6:30 PM
northside of the MLK Rec Center, 4055 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis
Please join us next week for our first garden meeting at MLK Park! As in the first season, 100% of the veggies we grow will benefit the food shelf and meal program at The Aliveness Project.
Mara, a wonderful AP volunteer, will lead an optional all-levels hatha yoga class near the garden site from 4:30-5:30*. The garden meeting will run from 5:30 to 6:30pm. *In the event of rain the yoga class will take place at AP (two blocks north of the park) from 4:30-5:15pm, leaving plenty of time to walk or drive to the park by 5:30.
Come ready to stretch your limbs, help prep the beds/containers, and plant some cooler-weather selections. We will also hand out materials for those who wish to participate in MLK Park’s Earth Day event on Saturday (22nd) from 9:30-noon.
This garden is a joint project of The Aliveness Project, MLK Park, and the Kingfield Neighborhood Association.
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Celebrate Earth Day at MLK Park
Saturday, April 22nd, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
MLK Park, 4055 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis
Either walk to the park collecting trash along the way from our neighborhood to leave at the park for collection, or stop by the park and pick up a bag and gloves and help spring clean the site. Either way, join us to celebrate Earth Day!
This year, we're excited to announce a partnership with Hennepin County Master Gardeners; from 9:30AM - Noon, Master Gardeners will be available to answer all of your gardening questions. Information on a their plant sale, with both vegetables and native plants, as well as contact information for Master Gardeners in our area will be shared. Additionally, Master Gardeners will be sharing information about their Donation Garden Project with the Aliveness Project, also located at MLK Park.
Also, get your garden started with super local compost! KFNA is working with the MN Plate to Garden Compost Program and will be distributing bags of compost from the site that receives organics recycling from our community. You can complete the loop of growing food, eating food, and then turning food scraps back in to soil to grow food again! For a donation benefiting KFNA and MLK Park, you can shovel a 20 lb. bag of local compost to take back to your garden (limit 4 bags per household, please).
We look forward to seeing you and to announcing further partnerships for our upcoming Earth Day!
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Little Kids Soccer 2017 "Kick-Off Party"
Friday, April 21st, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
MLK Park (big gym), 4055 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis
Come learn about the program and being one of our Parent-Coaches
* Parents and kids invited (aimed at 4-12 year olds)
* free pizza for all
* play some of our fun, soccer skill building games
* learn about being a volunteer parent-coach for our summer skill building games
* (you don't have to be there every Wednesday this summer, we create a cadre of coaches)
* Summer Program is on Wednesdays, 6:15 to 7:30 PM, June 28th thru August 23rd
* Parent-Coaches training in the fun, skill building games:
Thursday, June 22nd: 6-7:30PM at Field baseball field #1 (with Sheila McGill)
Questions: contact Michael Vanderford (michaeljvanderford@gmail.com) or Jerri Wagner (jerriwagner@gmail.com)
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Film Showing: Milwaukee 53206
Saturday, April 22nd, 7:30 PM
Solomon’s Porch, 100 West 46th Street, Minneapolis
Film followed by a conversation with Keith McQuirter, Director/Producer of Milwaukee
Solomon’s Porch is hosting a showing of documentary that is in town for the Twin Cities Film Festival called ‘Milwaukee 53206’. It is a one-hour documentary that chronicles the lives of those affected by incarceration in America's most incarcerated zip code. Through the intimate stories of three 53206 residents, we witness the high toll mass incarceration takes on individuals and families that make up the community. The film not only examines Milwaukee's zip code 53206, but also illuminates the story of people from across the United States who live with the daily effects of mass incarceration.
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43rd & Nicollet Pedestrian Safety Meeting
Tuesday, April 25th, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Aliveness Project, 3808 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis | Community Room on the 2nd Floor (elevator access is available, if needed)
Traffic, parking, and pedestrian concerns and solutions have been discussed at this intersection since last summer with the current bollard design being tested earlier than planned due to the hit and run accident resulting in a woman’s death at this intersection last fall. A median design has been proposed by the City as another form of traffic calming that could be tested in this location; local businesses are concerned by the number of on-street parking spots this design will remove from Nicollet Avenue.
Come learn more about the proposed median design and other possible modifications to the current design that could occur to make the intersection more pedestrian friendly.
If you have questions feel free to contact KFNA’s Executive Director Sarah Linnes-Robinson at sarah@kingfield.org or 612.823-5980.
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Dine Out for The Aliveness Project
Thursday, April 27th, All Day!
The Aliveness Project will again host their biggest fundraiser, Dining Out for Life, when more than 150 restaurants in the metro area donate a portion of their proceeds to Aliveness. Dining Out for Life is an international fundraiser held in 60 cities throughout the United States and Canada. More than $4 million dollars a year is raised to support the missions of 60 outstanding HIV/AIDS service organizations throughout North America. Locally, The Aliveness Project is participating as the sole beneficiary in Minnesota for the 23rd year. In 2016 more than $270,000 was raised for Aliveness through the donations made by generous restaurants, sponsors, and 38,000 individual diners during Dining Out for Life.
Find out more information at diningoutforlife.com or sign up to be a volunteer at aliveness.org/ambassador. Many restaurants in Kingfield are participating – see the full list below, and at diningoutforlife.com.
If you have questions, contact Laura Henry, The Aliveness Project’s Volunteer Manager, at laura@aliveness.org or 612.822.7946 ext.221.
Kingfield Restaurants Participating in 2017 Dining Out for Life
- Rincon 38
- Victor’s 1959 Café
- Curran’s Restaurant
- The Lowbrow
- Blackbird
- Kyatchi
- Nighthawks
- Butter Bakery Café
- Gigi’s Café
- Kings Wine Bar
- Café Ena
- Pat’s Tap
- Hola Arepa
- La Fresca
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Lake Country School Plant Sale
May 11th & 12th, 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Lake Country School Parking lot, 3755 Pleasant Avenue, Minneapolis
Perennials, annuals, natives, vegetables, and herbs all grown without insecticides, pesticides, herbicides, or genetically modified seeds.
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Post-Election Reflection: Actions that Neighbors Can Take to Make a Difference in Our Community
Many people have been looking for additional positive ways to engage in our community since the election, in the interest of building deeper connections and making sure all neighbors feel welcome to our neighborhood and city. KFNA continues to compile a list of actions each person can take, in case these inspire you to get involved. If you want to discuss any of these suggestions further please feel free to contact info@kingfield.org and we will be happy to get you additional information.
Celebrate the Earth Day all week long!
- Attend the MLK Park Earth Day event: get your compost, chat with a Master Gardener, and More!
- Science is a non-partisan issue. Science advances the public good and so the public must advance science. That’s why we are asking you to prepare to lace up your shoes and join the The March for Science on Earth Day, April 22nd. Marches are happening in MN as well as DC; event details are here to Join and Share for the St. Paul event.
- Compost food waste through Minneapolis’ Organic Recycling Program.
- Recycle more and recycle correctly by following Minneapolis’ Recycling Rules.
- Ride the bus instead of drive.
- Use a car sharing service like HOUR Car located at 38th & Nicollet.
- Sign up for Wind Source Power for your home through Xcel Energy.
- Replace a light bulb, and also know how and where to recycle used ones.
- Plant a tree. If you need one on your boulevard call the Minneapolis Park Board for a replacement.
- Adopt a storm drain. Pledge to keep it clear from leaves and debris.
- Eat local. Shop the Kingfield Farmers’ Market opening soon!
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