Bedlam Theatre temporarily moving to Seward

To SNG Neighborhood:

The Bedlam Theatre has just decided to temporarily re-locate into the Bystrom
site (now called "Seward Commons" by Redesign).  It will be for the winter and
it will include office space, rehearsal space and set construction space. No
special permits are required.

As part of that move, Bedlam is planning a fall art festival--live outside
events in the parking lot north of 24th Street between the LRT bike trail and
Snelling and events in the warehouse space.  It would be 12 days over five
weeks (Starting September 24). The events will mainly be on the weekends with a
few during the weeks.  Events will include puppet workshops, music, spoken
word, and other activities.

This festival will need a number of special permits from the city (Temporary
Assembly permits, Temporary Liquor Service Permits,  temporary noise permits).
They would like SNG support for these permits.  To make the process easier,
they would like to be designated a Community Festival.  According to Cam
Gordon, the easiest way to do this is to have SNG designate the fall event a
Community Festival.  This doesn't cause any liability issues or result in any
other responsibilities for SNG.

Bedlam needs official action  as soon as possible.  Since the SNG board meeting
happens after the festival starts, this action will be taken up by the
Executive Committee via email and/or phone this Thursday.

So, what does the community think?

sheldon
>>>>>>>>>>>
Sheldon Mains
President, Seward Neighborhood Group
Minneapolis
http://www.sng.org
http://GiveMN.razoo.com/story/Seward-Neighborhood-Group

Begin forwarded message:
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> BEDLAM THEATRE
31 August, 2010
> Fall Event Dates for Temporary Permits Proposal
>
> Temporary Assembly for the period spanning September 24th  October 31st.
>
> The collected activities comprise a Bedlam Fall Theater & Community Art
Festival. Hosted by Redesign Inc. in the Seward neighborhood, on the alternate
transit cooridor. The programming is a scaled version of the fall programming
at Bedlams Cedar Riverside venue, with a Community Design Center adding
perspective and seeking public input on Bedlams success of the past few years,
plans for a permanent home, and more broadly the role of the Arts in Community
Development.
>
> Much of the activity would hopefully be sufficiently covered under the
Temporary Assembly for those 5 weeks, with additional special permits required
for activity as listed below (and, of course, if reading the full list of
activities, another permit or application seems necessary).
>
> The Outdoor Stage would be used on the following days, so we assume we need
an Outdoor Permit to cover these days (let us know if this can be one permit or
should be several. I dont know that any of the outdoor events would rise to the
sound level of needing a noise permit, but better safe than sorry on 6 of the
days.