Daily Planet headlines: Waiting for a miracle
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Jay Gabler
Date:
Mar 27 01:34 UTC
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Working for a miracle
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/10217
by Mary Thoemke, TC Daily Planet
Losses of jobs and older housing stock have exacted a toll on the
Payne Phalen neighborhood on the East Side of St. Paul. Recently
vacant storefronts bear signs announcing a store opening, advertising
space for rent, or announcing a building for sale. Adjacent to Payne
Avenue, once-elegant homes are in deteriorating condition. As in
other urban neighborhoods, "Vacant" signs mark the homes that are in
foreclosure or condemned for unsafe conditions. Committed residents
hope to change these bleak conditions.
Tackling perception
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/10223
by John Van Hecke, Minnesota 2020
Earlier this winter, Minnesota 2020 commissioned a poll. We asked 800
Minnesotans to prioritize their issue concerns. Health care; jobs/
economy, and education came out on top.
St. Paul's 'Second Shift' expands learning opportunities
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/10229
by Felicia Shultz, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman has education for all ages of youth at
the top of his agenda. After just two years in office, Coleman and
his staff have implemented a number of educational initiatives, with
many more still in the testing phase, to help give a boost to area
St. Paul neighborhoods.
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Views and Reviews
Art note: Elevating the ephemeral in Minneapolis galleries
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/10128
by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet
For the casual appreciator of art, a good gallery show is like a
bonbon—small but deliciously rich. The Twin Cities have no shortage
of interesting gallery shows, but two exhibits currently on display
are particularly worth a pop-in.
Theater note: Servants and masters at the Public Works Yard
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/10183
by Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet
Welcome to the world of fake smoking and imaginary water, of two-
dimensional sets and cartoon characterization. Welcome to Brecht's
<i>Mr. Puntila and His Hired Man Matti</i> as staged by Frank Theatre.
Errol Morris' "nonfiction horror movie"
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/10235
by Paul Schmelzer, Minnesota Monitor
Documentarian Errol Morris calls his new film a "nonfiction horror
movie." And from the sounds of it, Standard Operating Procedure
doesn't fail to deliver on gore: A chronicle of prisoner abuse at Abu
Ghraib, it focuses on the 270 photos turned over to army
investigators and tells its story, as only Morris can, through
interviews with guards, contractors and a few military higher-ups.
The natural world of artist Barbara Harman
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/10145
by Sharon Parker, Minneapolis Observer Quarterly
Barbara Harman's “Nuthatch Spring,” which graces the cover of the new
issue of MOQ, encourages us that this colder-than-usual March really
will melt into the colorful warm spring that we all are aching for.
NEW IN VOICES
Carleton Artist Lofts: Artist's resource or developer's tool?
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/10001
by Susan Clayton, ARP!
The question was posed one morning on the radio: if the Carleton Lofts
—rehabbed space on University Avenue between Hampden and Carleton in
St. Paul—offer rent-controlled housing to artists, why not to nurses
or teachers?
NEW IN BLOGS
More economic bad news for Norm Coleman
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/10267
by Erik Pusey, Cabbages and Kings (reprinted from MN Blue)
The bad news for Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) keeps piling up. Polling
indicates he's neck-and-neck with challenger Al Franken. 13 months
ago he had a 20% lead.
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