7/20/08 Headlines: Art with your coffee; School gardens; Food and ethanol; Complaining about cops
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Mary Turck
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Jul 19 23:04 UTC
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SUNDAY, July 20
HEADLINES
Want some art with your coffee?
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11983
by Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet
One day you may find yourself sipping your triple low-fat half-caf
espresso with a shot of hazelnut and dollop of whipped cream. You'll
be typing away at your laptop and you'll look up and there on the wall
will be a painting that will catch your eye. You'll stand up,
appreciating the gem that was there all along, but that you never
noticed before, and you'll decide it would go perfectly in your living
room. So you'll inquire of the barista, after you bus your dishes,
and you'll arrange to purchase the painting.
The case for community gardens
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/12801
by Clara Peterson, Minnesota 2020
The garden at Loring School is an example of one of those few communal
community gardens. Its story begins with a program called Kid's Cook,
an optional after-school cooking class that volunteers Robin Krause,
Starla Krause and Susan Telleen started teaching five years ago at
Loring Elementary School in Minneapolis. Eager to help students
understand and appreciate the origins of food in this age of pre-
packaged, processed meals, they focused on the basics of home cooking
from scratch. Children learned how to cook a chicken, roast
vegetables, bake bread, and make a variety of healthy foods like
vegetable stock for soup and curry.
Leaked food price report pushes ethanol debate
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/12890
by Clarise Tushie-Lessard, Minnesota Daily
The University has done controversial studies on ethanol in the past,
but a World Bank report leaked in early July pressed the debate even
further.
Complaints against cops frustrating but necessary
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/12785
by Joel Grostephan, Mshale
Although it may take years for complaints against Minneapolis police
officers to be resolved, and only a few result in any disciplinary
action or victim compensation, city officials and civil rights
activists encourage immigrants to file formal complaints.
INSIDE THE DAILY PLANET
Natural-born leader
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/12777
by Pam Taylor, Minnesota Women's Press
When Nancy Hone was 16 years old, her speech teacher asked the class a
question that changed her life. The shy teenager shocked even herself
as she shot her hand high in the air after being asked who would one
day be famous. Only two students raised their hands and she couldn't
believe she had the confidence to be one of them.
Readers, Writers and Books
Summer reads
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/12774
by Glenda Martin, Minnesota Women's Press
Do you have a definition for "summer reading"? Some seem to suggest it
is a quick, pulls-you-in, you-can't-put-it-down read. Others might
indicate it's the time of year when a favorite author's novel or a
current 2008 book is waiting to be picked up for a relaxed read.
Book note: Wang Ping spans cultural chasm with <i>Last Communist
Virgin</i>
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/12620
by Dwight Hobbes, TC Daily Planet
To span the cultural chasm between China and the U.S., Wang Ping
invokes a universal premise: lives unsettled by change and souls
determined to find harmony in an unstable world.
NEW IN BLOGS
What? Wasn't Phil Gramm available yet?
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/12894
by Rich Broderick, July 19, 2008 Had to chuckle at the news that
Eric Schultz, former national spokesperson for the 2008 John Edwards
primary campaign, and a state communication director for the 2004
Kerry Presidential run, has decided after what is described as
intensive lobbying by DNC mandarins to swoop into Minnesota and help
rescue Al Frankens Senate campaign, officially labeled by the
Washington Post a couple of days ago as foundering
Loni Anderson to be immortalized on Hennepin
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/12881
by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet
Hennepin Avenue will soon be home to our very own Walk of Fame,
wherein artist-designed terrazo plaques will remind downtown
denizens of the several Minnesotans who have gone on to achieve at
least a middling level of national name recognition. Loni Anderson
isnt even the first to be honored! She may be a former Miss
Roseville, but she still has to wait her turn behind Albert Leas
Marion Ross (Ritchies mom on <i>Happy Days</i>, and the voice of
SpongeBobs grandmother) and New Ulms Tippi Hedren, the <i>Birds</i>
star turned animal rescuer.
And a Feliz Party to You Too
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/12697
by Daniel Cubias, 6/28/08 Youre no doubt familiar with this phrase.
Many times, Ive walked into a celebration and been greeted with the
shout Happy party! Happy party! And then everybody hugs.
Fringe top 10#2: No Refunds Theatre Co.
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/12882
by Matthew A. Everett, TC Daily Planet
Im coming late to this party. After all, No Refunds Theatre already
had quite a following for its Fringe hit Kung Fu Hamlet. And they
amused the hell out of me at last years Fringe fundraiser, Five
Fifths of The Wizard of Oz. But after seeing two really great No
Refunds productions in less than six months (Sun Tzus The Art of War,
and Whats Done In The Dark), I am a convert.
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