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HEADLINES 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. INSIDE THE DAILY PLANET 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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