Fashion and bargain prices don’t usually share the same runway, but on Saturday, Sept. 28, a thrift store fashion show was held at The Central Mix, 4030 Central Ave. NE. The show proved that you don’t have to spend a lot of money to have a fabulous outfit. A lively crowd turned out to play purse bingo, enjoy creative food and cocktails and browse the trove of thrift store clothing that was brought in for the special occasion.
50th annual Nordeast Invitational golf tournament
In 1974, Don Herlofsky and other Edison graduates got together for a game of golf.
Winning just might be the secret, Dick Anderson elected to the National Senior Softball Hall of Fame
At the age of 12, Dick Anderson managed his first championship team. In 1944, Anderson was attending Lowry School, which was demolished in 1978. The school itself was located right next to Audubon Park. He and his friends started a football and baseball team known as the Audubon Jays. Anderson managed that team.
First construction phase complete, more to come, Graco Park, a new river amenity, opens to the public
After a year of construction, the first phase of Graco Park, the newest addition to the city’s park system, has opened to the public. A ribbon-cutting event on Wednesday, Sept. 25, brought out several participants in the project at its nine-acre space along the Mississippi river just north of the Plymouth Avenue Bridge.
ACW artists provide healing works for women’s supportive housing
A Northeast-based artists group has been selected to provide art for a new residence in St. Paul that helps formerly homeless families.
Fabricating the self
When textile artist/poet Tshab (pronounced “Cha”) Her talked with Trisha Heuring, the artistic director of the Public Functionary gallery, attendees at the Thursday, Sept. 27 artist conversation were treated to an exploration of the artist’s evolution and the sometimes circuitous paths she has trod toward an artistic practice of vibrant, non-apologetic expression and healing.
DeLaSalle grad was a World War II casualty, Heights memorial honors Polish-American hero
A Northeast Minneapolis Army Air Corps sergeant during World War II and his fellow B-17 bomber crewmen were honored Saturday, Sept. 21, with a new memorial at Huset Park in Columbia Heights.
Businesses, residents and artists object to Quincy Street renovation
The moment has arrived for artists and Northeast residents to project their voices and ideas. Your involvement is imperative to help improve the Arts District. Most of the time, when a developer has a plan, the public gets wind of it after it has already gone though zoning and planning. The city process includes public input. Use it.
St. Anthony places a hold on mosque vote
The building was purchased for $400,000 in April by the Tibyan Community Center. Since then, it’s been vandalized seven times in two months, suffering $20,000 in damages. It’s a situation the Muslim school hopes to remedy by occupying it as soon as possible. They’ll have to wait. The St. Anthony City Council voted Tuesday, Sept. 24, to study the matter more closely.
Holmberg challenges Jordan for 60A seat
Northeast Minneapolis is represented in the Minnesota Legislature by District 60A, which includes Minneapolis Ward 1 and precincts 1-4 in Ward 3. Sydney Jordan was first elected to the Minnesota House in 2020 in a special election after the death of longtime Rep. Diane Loeffler. She has lived in several Northeast neighborhoods, and currently resides in Northeast Park. Challenger Mary Holmberg lives in the Marshall Terrace neighborhood.