FREE SPEECH ZONE | Bye-bye to the  Minneapolis Civilian Review Board
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/61152
by Chuck Turchick, Free Speech Zone ⢠The Minneapolis Civilian Police Review
Authority (CRA) is about to be restructured again. Over the years, there are
been several CRA restructurings or redesigns. This one is different.
This proposal, developed under the euphemistic bureaucratese of "business
process improvement (BPI)" has been entirely top down -- no community
involvement at all, not even from the current CRA board.
Whittier Artists in Storefronts starts second season in Minneapolis
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/61140
by Cynthia Frost, TC Daily Planet â˘Â Whittier Artists in Storefrontskicks off
its second round of installations this Saturday night, July 21, with a
reception at Black Forest Inn. Â The project, designed to promote neighborhood
vitality, turns vacant storefronts into exhibit spaces, creates public art
projects and pop up galleries on the street, and hosts live classical music in
the alley.
SUNDAY PICK | Best of the Bakken Museum: Sunergy
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/61019
by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet â˘Â What's the Twin Cities' most underrated
museum? Partisans of the Museum of Russian Art make a strong case, but others
are absolutely religious about their belief that the Bakken Museumâdevoted to
the whys and hows of electricityâis the best Minneapolis attraction you've
never actually been to. Or have you? If not, there's no time like the present:
the museum is hosting its annual 10 Best Days of the Bakken event
simultaneously with the Aquatennial. The event wraps up on July 22 with a
"Sunergy Day" featuring art-making in the Green Energy Art Garden and an
informative talk by Rebecca Lundberg from Powerfully Green.
THEATER REVIEW | âThe Sunshine Boysâ at the Guthrie Theater is and isnât what
it seems
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/61048
by Morgan Halaska, TC Daily Planet â˘Â Looking around the Wurtele Thrust Stage
before the curtain "raised" on opening night of The Sunshine Boysat the Guthrie
on Friday, July 13, I noticed I was well below the age demographic that filled
the seats. "This," I thought, "is not going to be for me." What I realized by
the end of intermission was, like judging a book by its cover, you should never
judge a play based on its audience.
Tamales y Bicicletas celebrates in south Minneapolis on Sunday
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/61168
by Jeanette Fordyce, TC Daily Planet â˘Â âCivic engagement makes for healthy
communities,â said Jose Luis VillaseĂąor, founder and director of Tamales y
Bicicletas. This seven-year old Latino-led organization in the Phillips
neighborhood of Minneapolis advocates for healthy communities through
bicycling, eating local and organic foods, cultural empowerment and
environmental justice.
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/61152
by Chuck Turchick, Free Speech Zone ⢠The Minneapolis Civilian Police Review
Authority (CRA) is about to be restructured again. Over the years, there are
been several CRA restructurings or redesigns. This one is different.
This proposal, developed under the euphemistic bureaucratese of "business
process improvement (BPI)" has been entirely top down -- no community
involvement at all, not even from the current CRA board.
Whittier Artists in Storefronts starts second season in Minneapolis
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/61140
by Cynthia Frost, TC Daily Planet â˘Â Whittier Artists in Storefrontskicks off
its second round of installations this Saturday night, July 21, with a
reception at Black Forest Inn. Â The project, designed to promote neighborhood
vitality, turns vacant storefronts into exhibit spaces, creates public art
projects and pop up galleries on the street, and hosts live classical music in
the alley.
SUNDAY PICK | Best of the Bakken Museum: Sunergy
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/61019
by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet â˘Â What's the Twin Cities' most underrated
museum? Partisans of the Museum of Russian Art make a strong case, but others
are absolutely religious about their belief that the Bakken Museumâdevoted to
the whys and hows of electricityâis the best Minneapolis attraction you've
never actually been to. Or have you? If not, there's no time like the present:
the museum is hosting its annual 10 Best Days of the Bakken event
simultaneously with the Aquatennial. The event wraps up on July 22 with a
"Sunergy Day" featuring art-making in the Green Energy Art Garden and an
informative talk by Rebecca Lundberg from Powerfully Green.
THEATER REVIEW | âThe Sunshine Boysâ at the Guthrie Theater is and isnât what
it seems
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/61048
by Morgan Halaska, TC Daily Planet â˘Â Looking around the Wurtele Thrust Stage
before the curtain "raised" on opening night of The Sunshine Boysat the Guthrie
on Friday, July 13, I noticed I was well below the age demographic that filled
the seats. "This," I thought, "is not going to be for me." What I realized by
the end of intermission was, like judging a book by its cover, you should never
judge a play based on its audience.
Tamales y Bicicletas celebrates in south Minneapolis on Sunday
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/61168
by Jeanette Fordyce, TC Daily Planet â˘Â âCivic engagement makes for healthy
communities,â said Jose Luis VillaseĂąor, founder and director of Tamales y
Bicicletas. This seven-year old Latino-led organization in the Phillips
neighborhood of Minneapolis advocates for healthy communities through
bicycling, eating local and organic foods, cultural empowerment and
environmental justice.
