Art cars, bikes on parade in Minneapolis
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/61185by Aaron Hays and Pamela Diedrich, TC
Daily Planet • Nearly 50 colorful cars, bicycles and a "couch-mobile" descended
on Lake Harriet in Minneapolis Saturday evening for the 18th Annual ArtCar +
ArtBike Parade. [Slide show below.]
City looks to amend rental license rules, changes would require certain
landlords to take classes
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/61102
by Megan Gosch,The Minnesota Daily• The proposal of amendments to the
Minneapolis rental license revocation ordinance has University of Minnesota
residents and landlords asking for higher standards.
MONDAY PICK | The Beautiful Refrigerator is Empty at the Bryant-Lake Bowl: "A
multi-disciplinary exploration of adolescence,"
obviouslyhttp://tcdailyplanet.net/node/61032
by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet • Given that the Bryant-Lake Bowl is one of the
only venues in town where you can order drinks while you're watching a play,
youth-centered entertainments on its stage tend to be restricted to the likes
of The Saved By the Bell Show. On July 22 and 23, though, Philadelphia's No
Face Performance Group are coming to the BLB with The Beautiful Refrigerator is
Empty, "a multi-disciplinary exploration of the transformative pressures of
adolescence" that aims to bring "Grand Guignol horror" to prom night. What
would Mr. Dewey say?
Windom Park spending plan for Neighborhood Revitalization Program money needs
"champions" for housing, transportation, safety, and parks
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/61092
byKerry Ashmore,Northeaster• The Windom Park Neighborhood is set to receive
nearly $400,000 in improvements, its allotment in Phase II of the Minneapolis
Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP). And according to Doron Clark, a
neighborhood volunteer with Windom Park Citizens in Action (WPCiA), who
co-chaired the committee that prepared the Phase II plan, there’s something the
neighborhood needs before the improvements can begin: Champions.
In Minneapolis, a picket line for striking Houston janitors
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/61170
byMichael Moore,St. Paul Union Advocate• The union representing more than 400
striking janitors in Houston is fanning out across the country this week,
setting up solidarity picket lines outside buildings cleaned by contractors
involved in their dispute back home. In Minneapolis Tuesday, about 40 union
members and supporters picketed outside U.S. Bancorp Center, which secures its
cleaning services through ABM, one of seven contractors involved in
negotiations in Houston. Similar actions took place yesterday in Washington
D.C., Seattle, Oakland and Boston. Unions in Los Angeles and Denver planned to
follow suit today.
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/61185by Aaron Hays and Pamela Diedrich, TC
Daily Planet • Nearly 50 colorful cars, bicycles and a "couch-mobile" descended
on Lake Harriet in Minneapolis Saturday evening for the 18th Annual ArtCar +
ArtBike Parade. [Slide show below.]
City looks to amend rental license rules, changes would require certain
landlords to take classes
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/61102
by Megan Gosch,The Minnesota Daily• The proposal of amendments to the
Minneapolis rental license revocation ordinance has University of Minnesota
residents and landlords asking for higher standards.
MONDAY PICK | The Beautiful Refrigerator is Empty at the Bryant-Lake Bowl: "A
multi-disciplinary exploration of adolescence,"
obviouslyhttp://tcdailyplanet.net/node/61032
by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet • Given that the Bryant-Lake Bowl is one of the
only venues in town where you can order drinks while you're watching a play,
youth-centered entertainments on its stage tend to be restricted to the likes
of The Saved By the Bell Show. On July 22 and 23, though, Philadelphia's No
Face Performance Group are coming to the BLB with The Beautiful Refrigerator is
Empty, "a multi-disciplinary exploration of the transformative pressures of
adolescence" that aims to bring "Grand Guignol horror" to prom night. What
would Mr. Dewey say?
Windom Park spending plan for Neighborhood Revitalization Program money needs
"champions" for housing, transportation, safety, and parks
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/61092
byKerry Ashmore,Northeaster• The Windom Park Neighborhood is set to receive
nearly $400,000 in improvements, its allotment in Phase II of the Minneapolis
Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP). And according to Doron Clark, a
neighborhood volunteer with Windom Park Citizens in Action (WPCiA), who
co-chaired the committee that prepared the Phase II plan, there’s something the
neighborhood needs before the improvements can begin: Champions.
In Minneapolis, a picket line for striking Houston janitors
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/61170
byMichael Moore,St. Paul Union Advocate• The union representing more than 400
striking janitors in Houston is fanning out across the country this week,
setting up solidarity picket lines outside buildings cleaned by contractors
involved in their dispute back home. In Minneapolis Tuesday, about 40 union
members and supporters picketed outside U.S. Bancorp Center, which secures its
cleaning services through ABM, one of seven contractors involved in
negotiations in Houston. Similar actions took place yesterday in Washington
D.C., Seattle, Oakland and Boston. Unions in Los Angeles and Denver planned to
follow suit today.
