Post in TC Daily Planet Headlines: New era for FORECAST; TCDP birthday; Teacher cuts; Charter school

May 16 02:24 UTC

FRIDAY, May 16

HEADLINES

FORECAST: A new era

http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11486

by Betsy Mowry, TC Daily Planet

30 years ago, a partnership between the Minneapolis Arts Commission
and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) inadvertantly
launched one of the most active and broad-reaching arts organizations
in the Twin Cities, FORECAST Public Artworks. Based in St. Paul,
FORECAST works to advance public art by supporting artists and
providing assistance and education to neighborhoods, businesses and
communities.

Happy birthday to us!

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11461

by Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet

The Daily Planet turned two years old on May 1, marking two years of
constant growth and change. Our front page changes daily, featuring an
average of eight to ten stories from community media partners and
citizen journalists. New media tools range from Google maps to
Twitter, offering increasing interactivity for our growing community
of readers, writers and viewers.

Teacher cuts decimate state education

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11449

by John Fitzgerald, Minnesota 2020

Budget cuts are forcing school districts statewide to lay off up to 15
percent of their teachers.

Charter school graduates every child

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11523

by Vickie Evans-Nash, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

On May 5 at Pillsbury House in South Minneapolis, the Hope
Collaborative invited community members to a presentation by
representatives from YES Prep Public School. The presentation is part
of an ongoing effort to bring in schools to share their success
stories working with students who have a history of educational
difficulties.

Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11474

by volunteers, SPNN

A look inside the organization in St. Paul and Minneapolis called
CLUES. (On front page, view video in multi-media box, column 3)

INSIDE THE DAILY PLANET

How wealthy is Minnesota's congressional delegation?

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11524

by Paul Demko, Minnesota Monitor

Today is the deadline for members of Congress to file their 2008
personal financial disclosure forms. The documents aren't required to
be posted electronically at present so it will be some time before
they're readily available to the public. But a new web site created by
the Sunlight Foundation provides some interesting insight into the
personal wealth of Minnesota's Congressional delegation.

Food and Restaurants

Acadia Cafe: Shades of the New Riv

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11543

by Jeremy Iggers, The Rake

I felt a twinge of nostalgia the other night when I stopped in for a
bite at the Acadia Caf, which recently moved from Franklin and
Nicollet to Cedar and Riverside. Back in my college days  and for
many years after, the space was home to the New Riverside Caf, run by
an anarchist collective. In the early years, there were no fixed
prices  you were supposed to "Eat what you need, pay what you can
afford." A sign invited customers to practice dishwashing yoga, and I
did, once or twice.

May Day Cafe

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11546

by Nick and Natasha Laul, Minneapolis and St. Paul Restaurant Critics

This eclectic neighborhood coffee shop near Powderhorn Park serves
great coffee and bakery items.

NEW IN VOICES

Life lessons

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11528

by Tracey Paska, Minnesota Women's Press

When young Joan Dauphinee asked her father if she should become a
chiropractor like him, his response was blunt. "He said, 'No. You're a
girl,'" she recalled. "That was enough to dissuade me." It was likely
the last time she was ever dissuaded from her chosen path. Dauphinee,
57, has determinedly pursued a life of teaching and learning filled
with both accomplishments and difficult challenges. Through it all,
her resolute spirit and irreverent sense of humor have earned the deep
love and respect of family, colleagues and students for the woman they
affectionately call 'Dauph.'

NEW IN BLOGS

TC Art: Thai art at Art-a-Whirl

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11547

by Paul Schmelzer, Eyeteeth

One of the many challenges facing artists today (and always) is how to
do what you love and be able to pay the rent. For my wife Mok and I,
we're rolling several endeavors together, under the aegis of Mok
Studio, and they'll all be on view this weekend at Art-a-Whirl, the
three-day art crawl in Northeast Minneapolis.