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May 1 is the entry submission deadline for the 2012 Ten Second Film Festival.
This year the Festival takes place on a new night—June 9th—as part of Northern Spark, the dusk-to-dawn arts festival in Minneapolis and Saint Paul. The Ten Second Film Festival runs at The Soap Factory, 514 Second Street SE.
We love our supporters and like nothing more than to share how you have helped the children and families that have stayed at People Serving People, find their way home.
One parent at our shelter shared, "Because of People Serving People, I was able to get into a housing program where my girls will get help with their school work. This has been my dream. Because of my learning disability, I have never been able to help with their homework- I can sleep a little easier knowing that they will get help with things I cannot help them with."
Another parent shared, “We felt so blessed being able to stay in a clean and safe place, while we got the chance to get back on our feet. The day care staff was great and I loved watching them with my kids. Thank you People Serving People for giving us hope."
Thank you to all of our donors, staff, volunteers and everybody who make these stories possible. Your commitment has helped thousands of children and families over the last 30 years.
To read all 30 stories of hope or learn how you can help a family find their way home, click here.
April 17 Chefs for Change Dinner Multiple Ticket Special
Also, we're having a deal on tickets to our April 17 Chefs for Change dinner- 4 tickets for $200 - a $100 savings! April's Chefs for Change dinner is being prepared by Chef Brahim Hadj-Moussa, known adoringly in the community as Chef Hadj, and will be Mediterranean Cuisine. For more information or to purchase tickets please contact Takara Henegar at (612) 277-0258 or purchase tickets here.
VOLUNTEER with MCFM and help us celebrate "Healthy Foods, Local Farmers" for our 7th season!
Make Dirt, Not Waste!
Interested in minimizing waste and promoting composting in your community? Volunteer as a Zero Waste Educator (ZWE) and help sustain the 1st Zero Waste market in Minnesota! ZWEs staff Zero Waste stations to direct and educate customers on waste diversion and zero waste opportunities. We are recruiting volunteers for the upcoming market season, beginning Saturday, May 12th!
Mill City Cooks
Mill City Cooks is our weekly cooking demo featuring goods from market vendors. This role includes assisting market chefs Nick Schneider and Heather Hartman with set-up, demo food prep, plating & serving samples and is ideal for novice or experienced foodies!
For more information about the volunteer opportunities at the market, visit our website or contact Kate.
Over it's three-week run, the Festival will exhibit some 300 narrative, documentary, and short films to an anticipated audience of over 45,000. Now over three decades in age, the MSP International Film Festival is the largest, most anticipated film event in the Upper Midwest.
Andrea Austin is now offering an outdoor group fitness option in our neighborhood. Kick off your weekend with Andrea's Kickass Urban Outdoor Bootcamp!
This is an open group that welcomes anyone who wants to meet fun, fitness-minded people. These pictures from the March 23rd session will show you why this bootcamp is such an insane deal at only $10 per class!
As Andrea explains, "The Mill District area of downtown Minneapolis has grown so much in even the last year! I decided to organize a Spring/Summer/Fall Outdoor Urban Bootcamp where we "explore" the urban terrain of downtown Minneapolis without any equipment. This total body movement workout is designed to tone, strengthen, and burn mega calories without using any special gym equipment! We will use the terrain including nature, buildings, roads, parks, hills, and much more to create a unique workout experience. Another important note is Minnesotans love to get outside after the long winter months, and I created "Andrea's Kickass Urban Outdoor Bootcamp" to bring getting fit to the great outdoors. I am looking forward to creating more outdoor inspired workouts soon."
Assisting Andrea teach the Friday Bootcamp is Jill Haom, a certified veteran group-ex instructor with experience in yoga, bootcamp, RealRyder Indoor Cycling, and sculpt classes.
The group meets every Friday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m, starting at the 501F1T parking lot.
Call Andrea at 651-285-3424 to join the class. Visit her website and Facebook, or email her at austin_training@yahoo.com. You can also request a free fitness consult.
We stopped at Spoonriver for breakfast this past Saturday. The Scrambled Eggs with Chicken Sausage and Thai Tofu & Vegetable Scramble were as tasty as they were beautiful on the plate.
John Capecci, a Marcy-Holmes resident, recently notified us of the release of a new book he co-authored with Timothy Cage entitled Living Proof: Telling Your Story to Make a Difference.
Living Proof: Telling Your Story to Make a Difference, a new manual published by Granville Circle Press, is the first comprehensive guide that helps individuals tell their personal stories powerfully to bring about positive change.
Co-authored by John Capecci (Minneapolis) and Timothy Cage (New York), the book is aimed at anyone asking "How do I tell my story and make a real difference?" Capecci, a resident of the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood in the University District of Minneapolis, has been partnering with his co-author for over twenty years. Together, they’ve helped thousands of advocates and hundreds of organizations share their stories, working with a wide range of clients, from "ordinary" people, grassroots activists and first-time speakers, to CEOs, entrepreneurs and some of the best-known celebrities, media personalities and professional speakers in the world.
The Minneapolis City Council approved a resolution Thursday, March 8, to join the “Earth Hour” program again this year to raise awareness of global climate change.
From 8:30pm to 9:30pm Saturday, March 31, the City will turn off all uses of electricity in municipal buildings that are not required for life, safety or operations. The decorative lighting on the underside of the Stone Arch Bridge will be turned off for the night, and City Hall’s clock tower neon lights will be turned off as well.
Electricity use in Minneapolis accounts for 38 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, which contribute to global climate change. Participating individuals, businesses, governments and organizations around the world turn off their lights for one hour – Earth Hour – to make a global statement of concern about climate change and demonstrate their commitment to finding solutions.
Earth Hour has grown from a one-city initiative in 2007 to a 5,251 city strong global movement, last year reaching 1.8 billion people in 135 countries across all seven continents.
"A river of green" is how our neighbors described the streets as the Get Lucky! 7K runners zipped through our neighborhood the morning of St. Patty's Day.
It sure was fun seeing our Mill City Farmers Market vendors at the Arboretum on March 17. We heard reports that some vendors sold out of product - not surprising considering the crowds.
In addition to my usual favorites, I came away with two new treats - Chili Chutney from Gorkha Palace and Caraway & Juniper Sauerkraut from Kiss My Cabbage.
Be sure to mark your calendar for the April 14 Farmers Market, which will take place inside Mill City Museum.
A little slice of heaven in the Mill District - drinks and nibbles on the patio...on March 16!
We started with drinks and the Maine Lobster Deviled Egg appetizer at Sanctuary, followed by Avocado Tempura, Macaroni Potato Salad and Crab Croquettes at Zen Box. YUM!
Beautiful evening downtown skyline view from the Zen Box patio:
Weave your way through the skyscrapers of downtown Minneapolis on a food adventure! Enjoy VIP service at some of the newest and hottest award winning restaurants and learn the art of local beer making. Visit quaint eateries that have pride in local ownership, including a favorite since 1932. You'll leave the tour with a tasty experience of the best food finds Minneapolis has to offer while learning the history of downtown and soaking in the local culture.
Sites you will enjoy: Broadway Theatre District, Mary Tyler Moore Statue, the tallest building in Minneapolis, a building modeled after the Washington Monument, the largest structure ever moved on rubber-wheeled dollies and much more...
Scheduled tours available Friday and Saturday, or book a private tour.
The Team Ortho Foundation's Get Lucky! 7K Race is 9:00am tomorrow morning, with a starting point of South 2nd Street near Portland Avenue South. The course travels along downtown Minneapolis and the Mississippi River.
NOTE: A section of West River Parkway, along with the Stone Arch Bridge and Main Street, will be closed from 8:00am - 11:00am to accomodate the racers.
Blast Blow Dry Bar will soon be occupying the space at 940 Washington Avenue South. That's the corner space next to Mens Dept. on the retail level of Aloft. This isn't a full service salon - no cuts, colors, manicures, etc. It's where you go when you need a wash, blow dry and style for a special occasion. Allison Kaplan first blogged about it on Mpls St. Paul in February.
Sing Your Song is an up-close look at a great American, Harry Belafonte. A champion for worldwide civil and human rights, Belafonte is one of the truly heroic cultural and political figures of the past 60 years. The film charts Belafonte’s life - from his birth in New York and youth in Jamaica, and return to Harlem in his early teens where he discovers the American Negro Theater and the magic of performing. From there the film follows Belafonte’s rise from the jazz and folk clubs of Greenwich Village and Harlem to his emergence as a star, and as an activist.
Sing your Song presents a look at the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of an insider, someone who, despite his high profile, wasn’t afraid to spend time in the trenches. From Harlem to Mississippi to Africa to South Central Los Angeles, Sing Your Song takes us on a journey through Belafonte’s life, work and, most of all, his conscience, as it inspires us all to action! – S2BN Films.
Each Monday morning we provide an easy to reference list of events and activities for the week ahead in the Mill City neighborhood. Submit your events here...
Eastbound night lane closures on Washington Ave. Bridge March 7 – 9
All eastbound lanes on the Washington Avenue Bridge will close to traffic overnight on Wednesday, March, 7, Thursday, March 8, and Friday, March 9 from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. All westbound lanes on the bridge will stay open to traffic.
Eastbound lanes will close from the ramp to Cedar Avenue South to the east side of the river. Access to Cedar Avenue will remain open at all times. A signed detour will be posted.
Northbound ramp from I-35W to S 3rd St. to close Thursday, March 8
The ramp from northbound I-35W to South 3rd Street will close from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Thursday, March 8 to allow for Central Corridor Light Rail construction.
Northbound ramp from SE 4th St. to I-35W to close March 10 - 23
The ramp from Southeast 4th Street to north bound I-35W will close for a period of two weeks beginning at 6 a.m., Saturday, March 10. The ramp is scheduled to reopen on Friday, March 23.
During this two-week period, traffic will be detoured north to New Brighton Boulevard in order to access northbound I-35W. This closure is needed to allow crews to work on the water main under the roadway.
Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 4:00AM
May 1 is the entry submission deadline for the 2012 Ten Second Film Festival. 
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