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Bike Rally Photos .................................... 5

ECCO Report ............................................ 6
CARAG Report.......................................... 8
Geek’s World............................................... 11
Elections .............................................. 12-13

Photo left: Ruthie the ol’ CARAG goose

Photo by Kay Nygaard Graham

Covering the Neighborhoods of CARAG and ECCO in the Uptown Area November 2006 • Volume 2, Number 11

Shades on Lake Moves out of Uptown Sleep Outside in a Box

By Colette Davidson

In the age of Ikea and Tar-

get, homeowners can find a
plethora of furnishings at great
values. From coffee tables to
bed frames, stores nationwide
pride themselves on offering
more for less. But what about
quality? Faye Bies, co-owner
of Shades on Lake in Uptown,
remembers the days when cus-
tomers valued craftsmanship
over low prices, and shopped
for items that could stay in the
household for several years, not
several months. These days, she
says, large chain superstores are
taking customers away from
small local businesses, which is
just one of the reasons why she
will be moving her store out of
its location on 921 West Lake
Street on November 1.
Faye Bies, along with her hus-
band Jeffry, has owned Shades
on Lake for nearly 20 years, but
because of the construction on
Lake Street and the influx of
big businesses to the area, she
didn’t feel that her small family-
owned store could survive. Thus,
at the beginning of November,
she will be moving to the 4th
floor of International Market
Square on Glenwood and Lyn-
dale. She hopes that people will
be able to find her there. It is
her clientele, after all, that have
kept her going all these years.
Local Potters Join Together for Show
By Sue Lundquist
“Once I put my hand in the
clay, I was stuck.” That’s how
CARAG resident Jay Dean
describes his first experience
at the pottery wheel. Dean,
along with 12 other artists will
exhibit their wares at the 10th
Annual Purple Door Potters
Show and Sale on Thanksgiv-
ing weekend, November 24-26
at St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox
Church in Uptown at 3450
Irving Ave. South. The potters
will also be on hand to discuss
their work and refreshments
will be served.
The Purple Door Potters
got their name in 1997 when
Dianne Farber, an instructor
at the Edina Art Center, invit-
ed a few friends and students
to hold a pottery sale in her
Faye Bies and her many lamps.
“I really enjoy my customers.
People have always been really
nice in the 20 years I’ve been
here.”
Shades on Lake first opened
when Tom Davies from Mohn
Electric asked Faye’s husband
if he would be interested in
opening a lamp store next door
to complement Mohn’s grow-
ing demand for lamp products
and services. Jeffry, who had
dabbled in lamp work, wasn’t
up to the challenge, but thought
perhaps that his wife might be
interested. Faye decided to take
the job, but wasn’t quite sure
where to begin with her limited
experience. It wasn’t until she
randomly met a man at a con-
ference who was familiar with
lamp restoration that she finally
home which happened to have
a purple door. Thus, the Purple
Door Potters were born. The
name remained even as the
show moved from her home to
Edina’s Minnesota Historical
Center to its current location in
Uptown.
Dean says that the group mem-
bers enjoy the Uptown location
because the area provides lots
of foot traffic and the commu-
nity has been very welcoming.
The annual three-day event
has become a destination for
many looking for holiday gift
ideas. The serious shoppers
come early because they know
the “good stuff can go quickly,”
according to Maureen Brock-
way, exhibitor and instructor at
the Edina Art Center. The good
stuff includes almost every type
of pottery one can imagine—
Photo by Naomi Oshiro
felt comfortable with the job.
“He took me under his wing
and taught me the business.”
Shades on Lake has now become
a thriving company doing lamp-
shade restoration, replacement
and sales. Faye works in the
shop while Jeffry makes most of
the lamps. Because Mohn Elec-
tric takes care of lamp servicing,
Shades on Lake works from a
more creative approach. Part of
the Bies’ job is finding innova-
tive ways to make lamps to com-
plement any home. Shades on
Lake does consultations, as well
as custom lamp fitting, recover-
ing and redecorating.
Shades on lake
continued on page 2
stoneware, porcelain and earth
ware which are represented
in mugs, vases, platters, orna-
ments and fountains.
Thirteen group members, “a
perfect baker’s dozen,” as they
point out, include instructors
and students from the Edina
Art Center. The potters are
as diverse as their products,
according to Brockway. “It’s
fun to see how individuals are
represented in their work. Each
piece tells a story,” she says.
“The clay doesn’t lie.”
Pat Rollins, potter and life-
long student agrees. “I think
we’re all addicted to creating
something of our own. There is
something about working with
jay dean pottery
continued on page 2
and Get a Haircut?
It’s all in the Name of Charity for
one Uptown Salon.
Moxie Salon not only cuts hair, but works for charity too.
By Jacqueline Varriano
Uptown’s Moxie salon is gear-
ing up for its fourth annual
Cut-A-Thon and Sleep Out
to raise money and awareness
for homelessness. The 24-hour
event starts Saturday, Novem-
ber 18 at 6:00 p.m., wrapping
up on Sunday, November 19.
Spearheaded by Moxie Salon
Media Director Heidi Peterson,
the Cut-A-Thon will benefit
two Twin Cities-based causes,
Kulture Klub Collaborative
(KKC) and StreetWorks.
Moxie was first approached to
do the Cut-A-Thon and Sleep
Out four years ago by Amy
Kopp and Eric Billiet from
another socially-conscious local
business, The Garage, which
has been hosting events to sup-
port the Great American Sleep
Out since 1999. Kopp and Bil-
liet asked Moxie to join forces
with them because of the salon’s
history with charitable efforts.
They felt that KKC and Street-
Works supported causes they
believed in, and asked them to
collaborate on the event. Now,
Moxie runs the yearly function
independently of The Garage,
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and has chosen to continue
partnering with KKC and
StreetWorks because of their
dedication to philanthropic
work.
“Each of the organizations is
something we believe in. Part
of what we do is give back to
the community and one of the
ways we do it is by supporting
other local businesses,” Peter-
son explained.
The KKC is an independent
nonprofit arts organization
that brings together artists
and homeless teens at Youth-
Link/Project OffStreets, a crisis
drop-in center located in down-
town Minneapolis. Through
workshops, open mics, cultural
presentations, and “art views,”
homeless teens develop their
creative expression, receive
exposure to artistic excellence,
and enter into a group of peers,
supportive adults, and diverse
social communities. KKC
provides a bridge for at-risk
youth to move from isolation
to expression, towards finding
moxie
continued on page 14
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shades on lake
continued from page 1

“We sell whole lamps—we

Maureen Brockway, Jay Dean and Pat Rollins are all members of the Purple Door Potters.
Jay dean pottery
continued from page 1
the basic elements of nature:
fire, earth and water. You can
do anything.” While there may
be a feeling of omnipotence,
working with elements can
also be humbling. “It’s incred-
ible the forms you can make,”
Rollins says, but adds that pot-
ters have to accept the fact that
they’ll make mistakes. “You
never know what’s going to
come out of the kiln. You can’t
be a control freak. It’s like golf,
you have to just try your best.”
Trying your best means some
pieces may get lost in the pro-
cess. A pot may explode because
of too much glaze or the wrong
type of clay may have been used
for the fire. This might explain
the sign that hangs over the
shelves in Dean’s studio, “It’s
only clay.”
Given time, however, this clay
can turn into something beauti-
ful, although it may take several
days depending on the method
used. A potter can choose from
gas, electric, soda, raku or pit
firing processes.
Once the pieces are completed,
potters not only have a beauti-
ful piece of work, they also have
a functional item. Many pot-
ters are also gardeners, so they
enjoy growing the food and
then serving it in pieces they
have made. “I get a kick out
of it when people tell me, “‘I
eat my cereal in your bowls,’”
Dean says.
No admission fee.
Parking is free.
Sale hours:
Noon–5 p.m. Fri., Nov. 24
9 a.m.–5 p.m. Sat., Nov. 25
Noon–3 p.m. Sun., Nov. 26
Photo by Jeffrey Farnam
Photo by Jeffrey Farnam
Pat Rollins throwing a pot at the
wheel.
For further information, visit
purpledoorpotters.com.
Sue Lundquist is a CARAG
resident.
make them—We buy pots and
vases and turn them into lamps.
We also take antique lamps and
restore them.”
Although she works with
designers and interior decora-
tors, most of Faye’s custom-
ers are homeowners looking
to spruce up their living space.
Almost all of the products in
Shades on Lake are American-
made and Faye revels in making
high quality lamps that people
won’t be able to find at bigger,
commercial stores. She recom-
mends people bring in a lamp
they are thinking of restoring
so that she can give it a personal
touch. Shades on Lake believes
that a lamp, each with its own
personality, can enhance an
entire room.
The larger issue of the Shades
on Lake relocation is the con-
stant development in the
Uptown area. Big retail opera-
tions are infiltrating what used
to be a place for small enterpris-
es like Faye’s to thrive. Now, she
says, “shops like mine are disap-
pearing on Lake Street…people
don’t think about how difficult it
is for small businesses.” She also
feels that crime in Uptown has
changed things for her business.
Many of her customers come
from the suburbs and often call
her with concerns about coming
to Uptown to shop. “Is it safe?”
They ask her frequently.
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Due to Thanksgiving early deadline Thurs., Nov. 16.
Photo by Naomi Oshiro
Shades on Lake will soon be moving
out of their Uptown location.
After twenty years of serving
the unique Uptown community,
Faye has some remorse about
leaving, but overall, she sus-
pected a move was inevitable. “I
knew I couldn’t survive.” Taxes
have gone up and she is not
convinced that Uptown devel-
opment will bring customers to
her specialized shop. She hopes
to have better luck in her new
location, where she plans to offer
more retail services and do more
work with designers. Jeffry will
also have a workshop to do lamp
repairs, now that there will no
longer be competition with
Mohn Electric.
Despite the new locale, most
of the things people love about
Shades on Lake will stay the same
in International Market Square.
The store will keep the same
phone number and Faye will con-
tinue to work with her husband.
Her only concern is getting the
word out about her move. She has
been handing out brochures and
telling as many people as she can.
After twenty years, she wants
customers new and old to know
where she has gone.
“I just hope people can find
me.”

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tery, the Uptown Neighbor-
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new developments. Beginning
this month, our editorial staff
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SKYLER WEINAND REP-
RESENTS YOUR VOICE IN
THE COMMUNITY
Within four months of moving
into the CARAG neighbor-
hood in Uptown Minneapolis
last year, two things happened
(violent crime and property tax
increases) inciting me to make
a change in the way Minneapo-
lis operates by running for State
Representative.
Michael Zebuhr’s tragic death
in March, just four blocks from
my home, put into perspective
how close we come on a daily
basis to confronting crime and
protecting our families. The
Mayor and City Council have
tried to point fingers on why
our police force has dwindled
by hundreds over the past four
years. The problem lies in pri-
oritization—and simply put,
crime prevention and public
safety haven’t been a priority
for them. My goal at the state
level as a representative of our
area lies in challenging the City
of Minneapolis to stop playing
the blame game and start get-
ting serious about preventing
and fighting crime.
The Mayor’s proposed bud-
get introduced in August pre-
sented yet another property
tax increase for homeowners
and renters alike. The reason
for the increase? Not enough
police officers.
I’m running to bring all the
issues we face to the forefront,
like public safety and the safety
of our families in Minneapolis.
I’m running to bring a voice of
fiscal responsibility to Minne-
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an educated workforce and
a health and childcare safety
net for children and the work-
ing poor. I’m running not only
to represent, but to bring true
improvement to this communi-
ty I cherish. I ask for your vote
on November 7!
Skyler Weinand
Candidate for State
Representative, 60B
CARAG
HORNSTEIN IS A VOICE
VISIONARY
A recent Star-Tribune edito-
rial praised Representative
Hornstein for his “big think-
ing” in passing a bill that
would simultaneously address
high gas prices, lower depen-
dence on foreign oil and reduce
global warming. Hornstein’s
legislation to promote plug-in
hybrid vehicles is just one of
many ways in which he prac-
tices visionary leadership for
our district.
This last legislative session,
Hornstein also passed bills
to help fund parks, promote
affordable housing and fund
Bus Rapid Transit on I-35W.
He knows how to build bi-par-
tisan coalitions to get the job
done.
Hornstein is a strong voice for
our families and children as evi-
denced in his 100 percent vot-
ing record from the Children’s
Defense Fund. He’s a champi-
on for Minneapolis by fighting
for more state support for our
schools, libraries and police.
I am proud to be represented
by Frank Hornstein because he
opinion
Metro Transit is Moving
in the Wrong Direction
By Jennifer Johnson
What is going on in Minne-
apolis when our Metro Transit
system is allowing one of its
drivers to refuse driving a bus
with a Lavender magazine
ad? Seriously? We should not
let the rising hysteria directed
towards our gay community
continue. This is truly getting
ridiculous! We should not be
cowering in the corner but call-
ing this discrimination what it
is—shameful. Intolerance is not
what the Twin Cities are about
and this decision goes against
the culture that attracts people
to live here. Metro Transit is a
basic service that is subsidized
with public money and is sup-
ported by the people—all the
people in all of their diversity.
Would the Metro Transit sys-
tem also allow one of its drivers
to refuse to drive a bus with an
ad representing the Jewish or
Asian community? Or any ad
that featured interracial cou-
ples?
People will say that there
should be tolerance for this bus
driver’s religious beliefs, but
you could go on all day about
ads on buses that are poten-
tially discriminatory. Should
is a proven, positive and effec-
tive voice for us in St. Paul. On
November 7, let’s enthusiasti-
cally re-elect representative
Hornstein to the Minnesota
House of Representatives.
David Krewinghaus
CARAG
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Jewish drivers refuse to drive
buses with ads for pork? Can
a Muslim refuse to drive a bus
with any of the hundreds of ads
depicting scantily clad women?
Should a Quaker refuse to
drive a bus with an ad for the
Army?
When people accept a job with
Metro Transit, they are sign-
ing up for public service. Driv-
ers know that Metro Transit
makes money partly from
ads that come from across the
spectrum. Are all the other ads
consistent with this bus driver’s
beliefs? With all of the things
that are advertised on the side
of buses, I’d be pretty amazed
that every other ad is in harmo-
ny with this man’s religion.
As someone who has been
a vocal supporter of public
transportation for years, I feel
disheartened by this decision
by Metro Transit. Maybe the
people at Metro Transit have
forgotten where a great deal
of their support comes from.
The people who support pub-
lic transportation are many of
the same people who will be
offended by this recent deci-
sion. The Twin Cities have
been known for being a place
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Lotus Restaurant
Lou Lou’s Retreat for Women
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that supports tolerance and
thrives from its diversity, not
one that discriminates against
the “minority du jour.”
Metro Transit defends itself
by saying that it is a “reason-
able” request for one 
person.
Why make such a fuss over one
person? It is inevitably a sym-
bolic act when an individual
who is paid with public funds
is allowed to put a condition
on their job that selectively
discriminates against a part of
our community. Thank good-
ness that the Transit Union
Local 1005 knows better and is
standing up for their employ-
ees and customers by denounc-
ing this action. Metro Transit is
the community’s transit and it
should act like it.
Jennifer Johnson lives in Uptown
and thinks more people should
use public transit.
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Two Hotels Coming to Uptown:
Graves Added to MoZaic Project Uptown
By Aaron Rubenstein
There are now two Uptown
hotels in the pipeline—the
recently announced Graves
Uptown Hotel as part of the
MoZaic project and the Hotel
Uptown planned for the site
of Nob Hill Decorative Hard-
ware at 3027 Holmes Avenue
South. The hotels appear to be
aimed at rather different mar-
kets—the Graves is a fancy (and
more expensive) luxury hotel
while the Hotel Uptown will be
a more moderately priced bou-
tique hotel.
The $150 million MoZaic proj-
ect will be located on the site
of the Lagoon Cinema and its
back parking lot. On the west
side of a half-acre plaza will be
a 10-story condominium build-
ing. On the east side of the plaza
will be a seven-story building
with a new Lagoon Cinema on
the ground floor and the Graves
Uptown Hotel above. The sec-
ond floor will house hotel func-
tions such as reception, fine
dining restaurant, ballroom,
meeting rooms, spa, pool, and
terrace. The upper floors will
contain 138 guest rooms.
The east building was previous-
ly slated for 40,000 square feet
of office space on the second
floor and condominiums above.
The project will now have 68
condominiums, rather than the
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135 previously planned, and
40,000 fewer square feet of space
overall. The design of the east
building will be modified only
slightly—to allow for a hotel
entrance on Lagoon Avenue and
a narrower floor plate (condos
are wider than hotel rooms).
Developer Stuart Ackerberg
said he expects to go back to
the city’s Planning Commission
within the next several months
for modification of the project’s
conditional use permit for a
planned unit development and
its transit demand management
plan. The board of the Lowry
Hill East Neighborhood Asso-
ciation (LHENA) voted unani-
mously October 18 to support
the change in use of the hotel.
Ackerberg said that several hotel
operators have expressed interest
in Uptown in recent months. He
added that he was eager to take
advantage of that opportunity
by putting the hotel in phase
one of the MoZaic project, adja-
cent to the plaza, where it will
have a more dynamic relation-
ship. Co-developer Clark Gas-
sen said a hotel was originally
planned for MoZaic phase two
on the tighter Campiello restau-
rant site (what phase two will
consist of and when it will be
built remain unknown). Gassen
added that some hotel services
and facilities will be available to
condominium residents such as
Hennepin Lake Liquors
room, maid, concierge service,
the spa and gym.
Graves Hotels Resorts is a local,
family-owned business that
operates the very chi-chi Graves
60l Hotel downtown on (not so
chi-chi) Block E. The down-
town hotel opened in 2003 as
Le Meridien and became the
Graves 601 last year.
Ben Graves, president of Graves
Hotels Resorts, said he first
talked to Ackerberg about the
MoZaic project about two years
ago but then the hotel business
was in a post 9/11 slump. He
noted that he’d rather be a part
of MoZaic phase one, adjacent
to “a great public space,” than
phase two. Graves said pric-
ing hasn’t been determined but
would be similar to that of the
601 hotel—from $189 to $5,000
with a typical room going for
$289 midweek and $200 on
weekends (though the mid-
week/weekend rates for Uptown
could be reversed given poten-
tial weekend demand).
At the October 18 LHENA
meeting, Graves described
Graves hotels as “sophisticated,
modern luxury.” He said the
hotel will have unique guest
rooms and 170 to 200 employees.
He noted that their downtown
hotel is the only AAA four-dia-
mond restaurant and hotel in
Minnesota.
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Ackerberg said he hopes for
construction to start in January
or February of 2007—but that
depends on how long it takes
Xcel Energy to reroute power
lines off the site. He also said it’s
not clear at this point how long
the Lagoon Cinema will remain
open. Completion of the MoZa-
ic project is expected around
December 2008.
Hotel Uptown developer Curt
Gunsbury is proceeding with
his plans for a six-story, 100-
room hotel. He hopes to submit
plans to the city by the end of
the year and he plans to open in
spring or early summer of 2008.
Gunsbury said he thinks it’s “a
big deal, a big vote for Uptown
to have two non-branded
hotels.” He added, “I’m very
excited about the Graves project,
I think it will be a really good
addition to Uptown, I think it
will help us as a hotel—it will
help drive more hotel business
into Uptown, and I think it’ll
create really good synergy.”
Aaron Rubenstein is Chair of the
CARAG Zoning Committee.
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Upcoming
Visioning
Sessions
By Aaron Rubenstein
The City of Minneapolis is
sponsoring two Uptown Small
Area Plan Visioning Sessions to
gather community input on the
issues facing Uptown and its
future. The sessions will be on
Wednesday, November 8 from
1:00 to 3:00 p.m. and Thursday,
November 9 from 7:00 to 9:00
p.m. in the former Border’s
Bookshop space in Calhoun
Square (across from Starbucks).
All Uptown area residents and
business and property owners
are encouraged to attend.
The purpose of the vision-
ing sessions is to have users
of Uptown businesses share
long-term visions for the area,
identify issues of concern,
and discuss opportunities for
improvement.
The small area planning pro-
cess, which is getting underway,
will result in a long-range plan
for Uptown that will address
issues such as land use, traffic,
transit, parking, open space,
character, and urban design. It
will guide future development.
When completed in a year or
more, the plan will be adopted
as part of the city’s comprehen-
sive plan and could also result
in changes to zoning in the
area.
For more information about
the Uptown Small Area Plan
and the visioning sessions, go
to http://www.ci.minneapolis.
mn.us/planning/uptown-plan.
asp or call city planner Amanda
Arnold at 612.673.3242.
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ECCO report East Calhoun Community Organization

ECCO meets
Lake St. Albertson, Linda Lavine. Ralph then spoke about the the population predicts people land being sold to a private
the first Thurs- instant runoff ballot. This will are coming. We need to put party.
day of each Welcome: allow voters to rank candidates affordable housing in areas
Hennepin Ave.

Lyndale Ave.
LAKE CALHOUN

month, 7 PM President, Bruce Grimm called in order of preference. It would where there is not any. The Park Board has a no “net
at St. Mary’s the meeting to order. A special eliminate a need for a Prima- loss” policy. They do not sell
Greek Ortho- thank you went to D’vanni’s ry in city elections. The win Dan Niziolek asked Ralph his park land unless there is a
dox Church, Pizza and Glenwood Inglewood would have to be by at least 51 take on the Southwest Corridor “switch.” Any partnership must
36th St. 34th & Irving. for donating food and water. percent. Transit Plan. Ralph responded have a public service.
All ECCO residents are welcome by saying that at this time he has
and urged to attend. Approval of September Emvest, a transportation no public stand, but as a neutral Ruth also inquired about a
Minutes and October Agenda: amendment is on the ballot for response, Kenilworth Trail has yacht club being built on the
ECCO BOARD MEETING Minutes and agenda were November. This would dedi- an existing rail bed and would south side of Lake Calhoun.
MINUTES approved. cate state funds towards mass go out to the Stadium and West She was informed that the Park
September 7, 2006 transit and roads, keeping Lake to Hiawatha. The other Board is not speaking to anyone
Open Forum: money allocated towards tran- route would come from Eden at this time about a yacht club.
(East Calhoun neighborhood Kay Anderson asked for neigh- sit and nothing else. Prairie to the Midtown Green- If there were to be a proposal
monthly meeting) bors to help lay wood chips on way and north on Nicollet to it would have to go through a
October 7th for the Loon Lake Breakfast with Ralph is the Downtown. staff evaluation, then a plan-
Meeting Time: trolley path.   third Monday of every month ning commission who would
First Thursday each month, 7 from 8:00-9:00 except October, Tracy Nordstrom and Mary decide if it was reasonable or
P.M. at St. Mary’s Greek Ortho- City Councilman Report: at the Egg and I. Every Mon- Merrill Anderson: Minneapo- not. It would then be brought
dox Church (public invited). City councilman Ralph Rem- day, Ralph holds open office lis Park and Recreation Board back to the community, to a
ington introduced his new aide at Gigi’s from 1:30 to 4:00 Commissioners: public hearing, then back to the
Board Members Present: Kim Mellorick. She is in her p.m. You can call the office at Tracy Nordstrom is the 6th planning commission. Only at
Bruce Grimm (President) Car- second month on the job. 612.673.2210 to schedule a 15- District Representative and this time would it come back to
rie Menard, Jim Stemen, Don minute appointment, or feel Mary Merrill Anderson is the the Board.
MacPherson, Tim Prinsen, There is now a moratorium in free to stop in. Park Commissioner at Large
Carrie Menard, Ruth Cain, Ted effect in the council in regards for the 6th District. They both Tracy Nordstrom then brought
Ringsred, Gary Farland. to building height. With the Q and A reviewed the benefits of the up the subject of Park Dedicat-
efforts of Ruth Cain and peti- A neighbor at 35th and Hol- Park System and what we could ed Fees. Currently some sub-
Others Present: tions, there will be a six-month mes had questions regard- do as a community and how urbs, namely Mound, charge a
Paul Enck, Doris C. Leonard, break in order to sit back and ing sidewalk replacement and they have been working with per unit Park Dedicated Fee on
Kate Talberg, Morris Talberg, go over the planning of the asked what makes the city other cities as to how they can new condo units; this serves as
Tanya Cornelius, Tina Berg, Small Area Master Plan. There decide which sidewalks need revitalize the Park System and a way to keep cash coming into
Erik Eldrich, Irene Grossbach, was a public hearing on Octo- to be replaced. Ralph offered to deal with such subjects as crime, the parks with the influx of
Duane Thordel, Sue Loch- ber 12 at 9:30 a.m. in City Hall. look into and discuss with this health, and environment. new units. Frank Hornstein is
hill, Bill Morton, Kim Malrick, neighbor offline. a huge advocate of this model.
Elaine Beyer, Greg Vedder, There was a meeting Octo- They’ve had public meetings
Chuck Salter, Bob Miller, Car- ber 24 at Bryant Square Park Greg from 36th and Irving where over two hundred Min- Bruce Grimm recognized
los Landreau, John Dolysi, to learn more about Lightrail asked Ralph his take on the neapolis residents attended. there was a large interest in the
Mike Ekholm. Anne McLaigh- routes, specifically the South- recent development of condo- Among the topics discussed doings of the Park Board and
lin, Lara Norkus-Cramp- west corridor. The two being miniums. Ralph’s response was were vision, mission, and val- suggested that they have a spot
ton, Ralph Knox, Al and Kay discussed are the Kenilworth that it’s hot right now; the city ues. They reviewed the Min- on an upcoming agenda.
Anderson, Joanne and Darrell Trail and Down the Greenway is expecting one million new neapolis Park System map and
Savage, Ellen Boroughf, Judy to Nicollet. residents to come into the city. offered to be available for any NRP Phase II Planning:
Shields, David Peterson, Brad The market has softened and questions. Day to day ques- Gael Ellis, NRP Coordinator,
tions should be addressed to the reviewed all the good that NRP
District Manager Paul Hoek- funding has done. She was a
ness. Their general number is part of the first phase ten years
612.230.6400. ago and noted some of the posi-
tives. Trolley Path, stop sign at
Tracy encouraged all to fill out 33rd and Calhoun Parkway,
the Park Board questionnaire and the Tot Lot. The average
by October 15; two thousand home value in ECCO is cur-
seven hundred had been filled rently $500,000; during Phase
out so far. This questionnaire I, there was not one home val-
evaluates the Park System ued at $500,000. She feels that
and the last time it had been the community needs to work
done was in the 1960’s. Mary together and that she has started
stated the Park Board is going recruiting block leaders to pass
through a budget process, and along neighborhood informa-
it is the lowest it’s been in forty tion, the ECCO homepage, and
years. There is only $1,500,000 local publications such as the
budgeted for all capital projects Uptown Neighborhood News
for the next year. to help inform ECCO residents
of the upcoming developments
Q and A of NRP Phase II Planning.
A neighbor from 32nd and
Humboldt was curious about New ECCO Board Members:
the recent sexual assault in Elections were held for new
Kenwood Park and what could ECCO board members. Presi-
be done. The City Police have dent Bruce Grimm thanked
taken over this case because of Board members who were
the nature of the crime. The leaving for their hard work and
neighborhood and the police dedication, Anne Chase, Don
are working hard to investi- Macpherson, Bruce Sabatke,
gate. The Park Police, which Matt Carter, Jim Steman and
have been around since 1883, Debbie Jans. There were 9
have kept our parks some of openings for board members,
Uptown Northeast the safest in the nation. six new and three returning.
1221 West Lake Street #106 www.pizzanea.com 306 E. Hennepin Avenue Bruce Grimm, Keith Rud-
Minneapolis • 612.767.3600 Minneapolis • 612.331.9298 Ruth Cain is concerned dick and Ted Ringsred were
about liquor in our parks due re-elected and the new elected
Uptown Restaurant hours only. Mon–Thur 4–10, Fri 4–11, Sat & Sun 11–11. specifically to the presence of
Tin Fish. She was also curious ECCO MINUTES
about the possibility of Park continued on page 9
november 2006 Uptown Neighborhood news •  
tidbits
THE 16TH ANNUAL
COFFEE FESTIVAL, host-
ed by AIDS Care Partners,
will take place on Saturday,
November 19 from 10 a.m.-2
p.m. in Calhoun Square. Try
an assortment of coffees and
teas, and go home with a free
commemorative coffee festival
mug. Kitchen Window will
hold seminars and demon-
strations throughout the day
on how to spot quality coffee,
the history of espresso, how to
properly brew espresso, Ital-
ian culture and much more. A
portion of the proceeds will go
to AIDS Care Partners, which
offers supportive care and
housing to adults with HIV/
AIDS who are unable to live
independently.
ORTHOPAEDIC MASSAGE
will have an open house on
Friday, December 1 from 5-8
p.m. and Saturday, December
2 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Stop in
and sign up for a free chair
massage and 20% off your
next session when you book
an appointment. Talk to thera-
pists about chronic pain, injury
recovery needs and deep relax-
ation techniques. The open
house will also serve delicious
food, and have gift certificates
and gift baskets on hand to
help you prepare for the holi-
day season.
Need an afternoon pick-me-
up or craving the latest break-
ing news? Ran out of kleenex?
ESTES UPTOWN NEWS is
now open in Calhoun Square
and has everything you need,
whether it’s magazines and
newspapers, gifts or quick
snacks, or toothpaste and cold
medicine. You’ll find all the
essentials here.
TEMPLE ISRAEL has
recently installed solar pan-
els on its rooftop. Not only an
effort to promote sustainable
energy and save on electric
bills, the solar panels are a way
of using the energy of the sun
to power the Ner Tamid (the
eternal light that hangs above
where the Torahs are kept)
insuring that the eternal light
burns forever. The solar pan-
els also emphasize the Jewish
God doesn’t reject people.
Neither do we.
Never place a period where
God has placed a comma.
Sunday Christian Education for all ages 9:15 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
810 West 31st Street, Minneapolis
612-825-3019
www.lyndaleucc.org
No matter who you are, or where you are on your journey you’re welcome here.
small news you might use
value of Tikkun Olam, mean-
ing “repairing the earth,” and
make a statement to the com-
munity about our dependence
on Middle Eastern oil and need
for alternative energy sources.
THE YOGA CENTER OF
MINNEAPOLIS has opened
a third studio, in Calhoun
Square on the second floor.
Offering many types of yoga
instruction, the studio focuses
on beginner classes and offers
classes for children. Find them
at www.yogacentermpls.com
or at 436.4700.
THE PORTICO, the Hornig
condominium project planned
for Lagoon and Irving, has
registered to be certified as
a Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED)
project. If certified, it would be
the first housing project with
this status. The program of the
U.S. Green Building Council
defines standards of high-per-
formance “green” construction.
Hornig plans to include roof-
top terraces that will reduce
water runoff, efficient fixtures,
recycled construction materi-
als, low emitting paints, and
individual and energy-efficient
heating and air conditioning
systems in each unit that will
provide lower association fees
than other condo projects. The
building is scheduled to open
in fall 2007. www.portico-
uptown.com.
LYNDALE
poetry
THE CITY IMAGE SALON
reopened November 1 at its
A Glass Of Beaujolais With You
new location—1404 West Lake
Street, between Davanni’s and
By Christina Lundberg
Stella’s. It had been located at
the corner of 31st and Hen-
nepin. Co-owner Heather
is even better than sitting cross legged
Fonder said she couldn’t get a
in our Minneapolis squeeze
long-term lease for the previ-
where we stare up at nails on walls
ous location due to Calhoun
where we hang unfinished paintings and dissolve into words
Square’s expansion plans and
where our foreheads crinkle like lists on paper
because they had found the
perfect location.
as dolls hold hands here goes
staring out at traffic
Two businesses opened the
pushing each other out the door
week of October 16 at 3007
waiting tables
Lyndale Avenue South—THE
sinking beneath tablecloths
DECO BOUTIQUE AND
silverware souvenirs
INNOVATIVE COLOR
uneven legs shifting with elbow leans
PRINTING. Owner Carin
drowning down order drains
Papenfuss moved both busi-
can anyone see me under these dirty drab eyelids
nesses from St. Louis Park.
The new location had been
give me more of those chocolate sucking late afternoons
vacant for a while and was
a glass of Beaujolais with you feels much better than walking
previously occupied by X-Ray
around lake Calhoun in February when I have the day off and
Vision optical. The Deco Bou-
decide to pursue a walk jog when the wind pulls my fabric out
tique offers primarily young
into itchy thread bugs poking out my pores
women’s clothing and acces-
must I stop squat and inch after every two steps
sories (jewelry, purses, belts,
I have had it with those swishy strangers who keep
shoes) as well as belly dancing
trying to get inside my pockets where my hands are
attire and some home furnish-
bundled in fingers and that smile running in that tank top
ings. Innovative Color Print-
has got to be a joke
ing does all kinds of printing
jobs—from small to large.
meeting you for a glass of liquid burgundy under
Papenfuss opened the print
these multi colored lights is where
shop two years ago and the
I would like to keep you slouching
boutique in April at their pre-
with me undressing our heads
vious location.
and sighing into each other’s buttons
Christina Lundberg is an Uptown resident
and an MFA student at Naropa University
 •  Uptown Neighborhood news november 2006
CARAG report
The
Lake St.
CARAG
Board meets
Hennepin Ave.
Lyndale Ave.
the third
Tuesday of
each month,
7 p.m. at
36th St. Bryant Park
Community
Center, 31st and Bryant. All
CARAG residents are welcome
and urged to attend.
Monthly Meeting Minutes:
Oct 17
Board Members Attending: Jill
Bode, Rick Bojko (Vice Presi-
dent), Stephen Eisenmenger
(Secretary), Anna Matthes,
Ellan Meyer, Bill Morton, Dan
Qualy, Aaron Rubenstein and
Howard Verson (President).
(Absent: none)
Welcome: The CARAG Board
is made up of volunteers who
also volunteer time on other
neighborhood committees and
organizations. Scott Engel, the
CARAG community coor-
dinator, can be reached at
612.823.2520. CARAG is a
democratic organization; mem-
bership and voting privileges
are open to residents, property
owners, and business owners in
the neighborhood. 11.5 minutes.
Approve Agenda & Minutes:
Motions were passed to approve
the amended agenda and the
August meeting minutes. 5
minutes.
Bryant Square Park Report:
(Julie Sandin) cancelled.
Library Update: (Cheryl Lugar
– Nokomis East) Library Board
meeting at Walker Library
tomorrow night. SOUL – Save
Our Urban Library. Walker
Library is under consideration
Lake
Lake at
at Lyndale
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612-825-9922
Closed Mondays
Tues - Sat 11am to 11pm and Sun 11am to 10pm
for closing. Google Friends of
the Library or Minneapolis
Library. 14 minutes.
Midtown Greenway: (Tim
Springer) Presented a resolu-
tion.
Resolution in Support of Public
Open Spaces on Land Adjacent
to the Midtown Greenway:
“We support public open spaces
on land adjacent to the Midtown
Greenway for the creation of:
-Graceful entrance ramps to the
cycling and walking trails in the
trench segment of the Midtown
Greenway, designed with more
gradual slope grades along sight
lines in and out of the Green-
way.
-Plazas and/or green spaces at
future Midtown Greenway rail
transit station locations, and
-Additional public green spaces
that will use ecologically sus-
tainable landscaping and pro-
vide safe gathering places.
-Furthermore, we will work
with the Midtown Greenway
Coalition and our adjacent
neighborhoods to evaluate and
advocate for appropriate public
open spaces along our stretch of
the Midtown Greenway.”
A 45-day public comment is
opening up for the Minneapolis
Park Board concerning public
spaces.
Resolution passed. 16 minutes.
Treasurer’s Report: (Jill Bode)
As of Sep 30, CARAG has
$14,266.99 in the operations
account and $7,106.80 in asset
accounts. Budget analysis for
previous fiscal year was put
together by last year’s treasurer,
Cindy Christian.
Calhoun Area Residents Action Group
New CARAG Board Elected September 19. From left to right: Howard Verson, Dan Qualy, Ellan Meyer, Rick Bojko, Jill
Bode, Bill Morton, Anna Matthes, Aaron Rubenstein, Stephen Eisenmenger.
FY2007 CARAG Accounting After four years in the mak-
Procedures – Approved ing, the event was held on the
perfect day, 80 degrees and
Approve CARAG Bank & sunny the first weekend in
Account Signatories – How- October. 7 minutes
ard Verson and Jill Bode for
CARAG Operations. Currently, Uptown Neighborhood News:
Cindy, Jill and Kay for CARAG (Anna Matthes)
NRP. Approved. Financial Report: The UNN
bank account and undeposited
Number of signatories should checks was $3,791.61 as of Sep-
be changed to allow more flex- tember 30, with a net worth of
ibility for all checks over $250. $6,222.80. The UNN’s printer
has requested that CARAG
Conflict of Interest Forms sign a Credit Application to
– Updated some text, approved. satisfy their liability insurance.
14 minutes Approved.
NRP Updates: (Cindy Christian) Selection of two UNN Man-
NRP Phase I Evaluation Study aging Board Members from
– 4000 have been mailed. Jen CARAG. Ballots distributed
Walsh will tabulate surveys. and tallied. Kay Nygaard-Gra-
ham and Anna Matthes elected.
Committee Updates: (Scott 12 minutes.
Engel)
Crime & Safety: (Christy
– Bryant Avenue Bikeway Devens) 3450 Girard cited as
event was a smashing success! Party House. A high number
of victims of larceny and rob-
bery have had alcohol on their
breath. The city will start col-
lecting information on where
the individuals were drinking
and attempt to tie these inci-
dents to liquor licensing. Next
meeting is November 13, 6:30
p.m. Urban Bean. Stroll Patrol
still active. 9 minutes.
Zoning: (Aaron Rubenstein)
1) Uptown Small Area Plan
Visioning Sessions Wednesday
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November 9 7-9 p.m. Get feed-
back on people’s concerns and
their hopes and dreams for the
area. Three Design firms are
finalists for the design assistance
for this project.
2) Calhoun Square Update.
Final Site Plan sent to city two
weeks ago that was approved.
3) AfterBar is now Restaurant
Miami. Coming to full council
for their liquor license this Fri-
day with 15 conditions includ-
ing 70/30 mix, no bar, full menu
must be available at all times,
11 p.m. Closing time Sunday
– Thursday, 12 p.m. Friday –
Saturday.
4) Mosaic project behind Lagoon
Theater, will be a Graves luxury
hotel, seven stories, next to ten
story office building.
5) New North Face store where
UPS store is on Hennepin
between Lake and 31st. Ask-
ing for variances, 3 story glass
facade building.
6) American Eagle is closing,
supposedly due to lack of park-
ing on the street. 16 minutes
Lyndale Ave Reconstruction:
(Howard Verson)
3100 Lyndale Design Lighting
Petitioning Effort 4 minutes
Council Member Remington’s
Report: (Ralph Remington)
Kim Malrick – Month into
the building moratorium. SW
Transit corridor: October 24,
6-8 p.m., Public Input Session
Bryant Square Park. Uptown
Small Area Plan Visioning Ses-
sions announced. Third Mon-
day 8 a.m. Egg & I Smoking
Ban update. 2.5 minutes
Southwest LRT Route: (How-
ard Verson) Skipped.
Adjourn: Motion to adjourn
passed unanimously. 8:52 p.m.
november 2006 Uptown Neighborhood news •  

Uptown Planning and Development Update ECCO MINUTES

continued from page 6

members are Micheal Ekholm,

By Aaron Rubenstein
Calhoun Square. Plans
for Calhoun Square’s big
expansion and renovation seem
to be moving ahead, albeit
slowly. The city’s final approval
for the project—the site plan—
happened about a month ago.
Calhoun Square has decided
to wait until spring 2007 (pos-
sibly March) to start the first
phase—adding additional lev-
els to the parking ramp. Start-
ing now would eliminate half
of the existing parking spaces
during the holiday shopping
season.
Calhoun Square had hoped to
open its condominium model
and sales office on the second
floor of the mall, across from
Sushi Tango, in time for the art
fair but it didn’t happen. They
now plan to open it in spring
2007 due to the seasonality of
the real estate market.
GRECO. GRECO Real Estate
Development is proceed-
ing with plans for its Aldrich
Avenue Apartments project.
GRECO project manager Brent
Rogers says he expects the city’s
Planning Commission to take
action on November 13 on a
number of land use applications
for the project. The six-story
apartment/retail development
will occupy the entire west
side of Aldrich between 29th
and Lake streets. The applica-
tions include rezoning, condi-
tional use permit for additional
height, and variances for set-
backs and minimum lot area.
The board of the Lowry Hill
East Neighborhood Associa-
tion (LHENA) voted 4-2 with
4 abstentions on October 18
to support the project. One
member said he abstained due
to insufficient information.
The board’s review was quite
rushed.
The GRECO project includes
two five and six story buildings
with underground parking.
The north building will be four
stories adjacent to the Midtown
Greenway. The buildings will
have 241 rental apartments and
retail space along Lake Street.
Eighty percent of the apart-
ments will be efficiency and
one-bedroom units—GRECO’s
market research shows a pref-
erence for smaller units.
GRECO project manager
Rogers said they plan to start
demolition this winter, start
construction in early April, and
finish 18 months later in fall
2008.
LHENA’s vote to support the
project comes one month after
it voted to reject an earlier ver-
sion of the project that included
a 10-story building.
North Face. The North
Face, an outdoor clothing and
equipment company, is proceed-
ing with plans for a new build-
ing and store at 3008 Hennepin
Avenue They have applied for
variances to reduce the off-street
parking requirement from five
to zero and to reduce the off-
street loading requirement from
one to zero (they plan to have
trucks using the rear dock to
load/unload from the alley).
The ECCO Board is expected to
take a position on the variances
at its November 2 meeting. The
city’s Planning Commission will
review and act on the variance
applications on November 13.
The developer and architect
for the North Face project met
with the ECCO Zoning Com-
mittee on October 2. According
to Tim Prinsen, the committee’s
acting chair, committee mem-
bers expressed concern about
the “exceedingly plain,” nearly
all glass façade planned for the
24-foot tall, one-story building.
Project manager Spencer Ger-
berding with Master Devel-
opment said they are revising
the façade design based on the
committee’s feedback. He noted
that they hope to have the store
open by October 1, 2007.
Restaurant Miami.
AfterBar, 913 W. Lake St., has
changed its name to Restau-
rant Miami. The City Council
approved a liquor license for
the establishment on October
20. Conditions on the license
include closing at 11:00 p.m.,
Sunday through Thursday,
and at midnight, Friday and
Saturday, and requiring that
customers seated in the lounge
area or at a bar-like structure
order food before being served
alcoholic beverages. No actual
bar area is permitted. The city
will conduct a public hearing
after six months to gather com-
munity input, and the apparent
intention is to consider allow-
ing later closing hours. Owner
Robert Serr originally wanted
to serve liquor until 2:00 a.m.
and food until 4:00 a.m. daily.
Restaurant Miami has applied
to the city for a parking vari-
ance to reduce the required
number of off-street parking
spaces from 18 to zero. The
restaurant plans to share the
parking lot with DreamHaven
Books across Lake Street. The
city’s Board of Adjustment will
consider the variance request
November 2.
Dwayne Throde, Elaine Beyer,
Heidi Niziolek, Ralph Knox,
Robert Keane, and first alter-
nate Harry Savage. A motion
was made to make Anne
McLaughlin as a second alter-
nate. The motion was made
and passed.
Returning Board members are
Ruth Cain, Gary Farland, Tim
Prinsen, and Carrie Menard.
As votes were being tallied,
Ralph Knox, a board member of
Uptown Neighborhood News,
noted that the News is always
seeking volunteers for the paper.
Anyone interested can contact
Ralph directly or anyone else
involved with the paper.
Lara Norkus-Crampton said
the Uptown is an activity center
and that how it will be defined
will be decided at the Uptown
Small Area Master Plan Vision-
ing Sessions on the 8th and 9th
of November; Ralph Remington
had spoken of this earlier and
encouraged people to go online
and fill out a questionnaire.
Gary Farland made a motion to
close the meeting. The motion
was made and passed.
The next Board meeting is
November 2, 2006. December’s
meeting is December 7, 2006.

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10 •  Uptown Neighborhood news november 2006

crime & safety

Crime Map Glossary
Crime News from 5th precinct This is not all encompassing, but a gen-
eral guide to interpreting what some of
the crime map symbols mean.
ECCO and CARAG crime statistics from September 2006 LARCENY
Larceny is basically Theft.
This could be shoplifting, theft
LAKE STREET September 1-30, 2006 of a bicycle, theft of personal
property where force against
KNOX

JAMES

Crimes ECCO CARAG you is not used.

31st STREET BURGLARY
CALH

Burglary is entering a dwell-

Homicide 0 0
OUN

ing/residence /garage / busi-

PKW

ness, etc. This has to be entry

Y

Rape 0 0
E.

32nd STREET to a private location without

permission. It does not mat-
Robbery 1 4
ter whether it’s entry through
an unlocked door/window or
33rd STREET
Agg Assault 0 1
breaking the door down to
IRVING

HUMBOLDT

HOLMES

HENNEPIN

gain entry.
GIRARD

FREMONT

EMERSON

DUPONT

COLFAX

BRYANT

LYNDALE
ALDRICH
Burglary 7 3
ROBBERY
34th STREET
Larceny 23 39 Robbery is basically a per-
son-on-person confrontation
CONAR’S WAY Auto Theft 3 7 with force/weapon or threat
of force/weapon used. This
35th STREET Arson 0 0 could be things like someone
demanding money with a
TOTAL: 34 60 gun/weapon/etc, someone hit-
ting/kicking you to get money,
36th STREET
or a purse being ripped off
Tom Thompson, Crime Prevention Specialist, Minneapolis Police Department, 5th Precinct. 612.673.2823 thomas.thompson@ci.minneapolis.mn.us someone’s shoulder.

Silent Auction Raises Money Stroll Patrol Thursday, Nov 9, 7 p.m.

Meet at Bryant Square Park
Tuesday, Nov 21, 9 p.m.
Meet at Bryant Square Park
for Women in Prison November Schedule
Monday, Nov 13, 7:45 p.m.
• CARAG Neighborhood
Meeting at 7 p.m.
Meet at Urban Bean (33rd &
By Colette Davidson hopes to educate women so that
Bryant) Veteran’s Day Wednesday, Nov 29, 7 p.m.
they will be better equipped to
• CARAG Crime & Safety Meet at Bryant Square Park
Did you know that two mil- face the world once they leave
Committee meets at 6:30 p.m.
lion people are confined in jails prison, as well as providing
and prisons in the U.S. and them with a connection with
that almost 200,000 of them the outside world. WPBP also
are women? The majority of hopes to raise awareness about
those women are imprisoned the function of prison systems ONE AND TWO LEVEL LOFTS
because of non-violent crimes in our society through discus-
like shoplifting, fraud or pros- sion and advocacy.
titution, while those convicted
of violent crimes were most This month, The WPBP will
often defending themselves host their 7th Annual Silent
or their children from abuse. Auction with jewelry, theater
Two-thirds of women in prison tickets, books and gift cer-
are mothers and, on average, tificates for bid, with featured
women receive prison sentences guest performer Kimberly Joy
that are two to five times lon- Morgans. Proceeds will benefit
ger than those given to men for the thousands of women incar-
similar offences. cerated around the country.

These statistics have inspired WPBP Silent Auction:

one Minneapolis organiza- • Saturday, November 4, at
tion to empower women in The Loft Literary Center,
prison through education. The Open Book.
Women’s Prison Book Project • Auction at 6 p.m., show at 8
(WPBP), founded in 1994, holds p.m. and final bids at 9 p.m. Live on the Midtown greenway
meetings every Sunday from • $10 sliding scale entrance fee.
LOFTS from the $150S - $400S
noon to 3 p.m. for volunteers to
fill orders and package books to For more information, check
Track 29 is set right on the Midtown Greenway bike trail. An urban retreat just steps from
be sent to women in prisons all out the WPBP website at:
the energy, entertainment, and shopping possibilities of Uptown and Lyndale-Lake.
over the country. The project www.prisonactivist.org/wpbp.
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november 2006 Uptown Neighborhood news •  11
real estate geek’s world
Too Many Realtors
By Al Olme
Like you, I get a ton of unso-
licited emails every week. The
bulk of mine comes from folks
trying to tell me how to suc-
ceed in selling Real Estate, how
to leverage the Internet to sell
Real estate, how to direct mail
to sell Real Estate and how
to … well you get the idea.
This month, I got one mes-
sage that really stood out. It
came from Christopher Galler,
Senior Vice President of the
Minnesota Association of Real-
tors. The title was, “Is It Time
for a Career Adjustment?” Yep,
even the state trade association
thinks that there are too many
Realtors and as a result they
are concerned that there may
be “compensation dilution for
many real estate professionals.”
In English, they are worried that
the large number of Realtors out
there will lead to price competi-
tion and cut commissions. I’ve
got news for you: that boat has
sailed.
There are now many profes-
sionals that are willing to sell
your house for a discounted fee
or even a flat fee based on just
the services you need. If you’re
on the buying side of things,
you can get the help of a good
agent who will give you a rebate
after the sale, effectively sharing
his commission with you as the
buyer. The way things work in
real estate is that an agent is an
independent contractor who
works under the direction of a
broker. The broker makes his
money by getting a percentage
of the agent’s commission and
charging the agent for his servic-
es and resources. Generally, it’s a
good thing for a broker to have
lots of agents. Now, the trade
association is saying that about
half of the agents do only one or
two deals a year and they proba-
bly shouldn’t stay in the business.
They are recommending that
brokers “fire” the agents who
don’t produce. Unfortunately,
those agents still provide revenue
to the brokers through monthly
fees so the brokers will be cut-
ting their own throats if they
dump all the non-producers.
The whole “old way of doing
business” is crumbling under
its own weight. Have you ever
looked at one of those huge
real estate offices and won-
dered how the companies could
afford them? The traditional
real estate business is dead and
doesn’t know it. New broker
models are emerging. The
small boutique broker is making
headway. These smaller offices
can do all that the super brokers
can and they can do it cheaper.
The other new model that is
emerging is the “even a blind
pig finds a chestnut once in a
while” broker. These broker-
ages don’t charge monthly fees
to their agents and they want all
the competent agents they can
find, even if they just work part
time. They believe that if they
have several hundred agents and
charge a flat fee for each trans-
action, they will make money
even in a slow market. Frankly,
it makes sense to so many agents
that there is a mass exodus to
these new brokerages.
Are there really agents who
shouldn’t be in the business?
You bet there are. Some part-
time agents aren’t very compe-
tent and don’t keep up with the
latest changes in real estate law,
price trends and strategy. This
is important to you because an
unskilled agent can cost you
thousands by giving you bad or
outdated advice. Simply filling
out a form incorrectly can open
you up to significant liability
when you are selling your home.
Not knowing market trends can
kill any profit you could make in
buying an investment property.
Interview more than one agent.
Find someone who you like and
trust but don’t just roll over on
rates because your agent is a nice
guy. You can now reasonably
question commission rates. You
can question fees. You can shop
for both service and price when
you buy and sell real estate and
you can expect to get both!
Here’s this month’s tip. Most
brokers now charge something
called an “administrative fee.”
The name might be different but
similar. If you ask, you’ll be told
it is the fee that the brokerage
charges for handling the paper-
work connected to your trans-
action. That sounds OK but
if you think about it, isn’t that
why they are being paid com-
mission? Administration fees
are tack-on fees that some smart
broker came up with to make a
few extra hundred dollars. The
fees can range from $125 to over
$500. My advice, refuse to pay
them. Any agent that will let
a deal fall through over that is
a fool. Take the money and go
out to celebrate your new real
estate deal.
If you have a real estate related
question, send me an email at
aolme@scc.net and I’ll try to
answer or get you started in the
right direction toward an answer.
If your question is of general
interest, maybe it will be the sub-
ject of next month’s column.
Al Olme is a licensed Real Estate
Agent working in the Uptown
area. He is not a legal profes-
sional. If you have a legal or
financial question you should
seek the help of a professional.
Recreational Real Estate
By Dan data on a website may be old!” as overhead satellite photos of
Frankowski In fact, it’s not directly from the properties. (My girlfriend was
MLS, but a copy called RETS most interested in the pictures,
Our house that is sometimes one or two once again. I sense a theme).
was on sale days old. The MLS is only
for less than a day. It went on available to realtors. Moreover, Second, Redfin.com purports
the market in the morning, our Al says that the MLS has data to be the first online real estate
real estate agent called at noon not available on any of the pub- broker, listing properties in
and said, “I found your house!” licly available web sites, such Seattle and the San Francisco
we saw it after work, put in an as “Cumulative Days On Mar- Bay Area. They offer selling a
offer right away (one of four) ket” (CDOM), which tells the home online for a flat fee and
and they accepted it late that realtor how long the house has if you buy a home using them,
night. This was the raging hot- really been on the market, even they refund two thirds of their
market of 1998, and it is a love- if it’s been relisted. Thus, while commission as a buyer’s agent.
ly house. One of our neighbors websites are suitable for recre- BuySideInc.com is another
introduced herself to us by say- ational real estate, they may not example, an online buyer’s
ing, “Oh, you’re the people who do the trick if you are really in agent in Chicago offering a 75
paid so much for your house!”  the buying market. percent refund. Much virtual
Although our primary thoughts ink has been spilled over the
were to improve our quality of On the other hand, even slight- possible threat to real estate
life, not to make money, it was ly out-of-date information may agents’ commissions, tradition-
still a relief to have the market help you save money. One way ally totaling 6 percent of the
move above our purchase price. to determine the value of your sale price.
house is to see what compa-
If you are like me, once you rable houses (“comps”) sell for The New York Times wrote
move in, you forget about in your neighborhood. The about claims that some agents
the housing market. My only market value of your house is would not show Redfin homes
thoughts about housing are related (in a complex way) to or accept Redfin bids. Also,
“Great place!” and “Needs what you pay in property taxes. there is a pending antitrust case
paint.” However, if you are like One year, we got an estimated filed by the Department of Jus-
my girlfriend, you love houses market value that my girlfriend tice against the National Associ-
and architecture, and you move thought was too high, based on ation of Realtors (the association
into a new phase: recreational her knowledge of the market. that runs the MLS) “challeng-
real estate. That is, keeping She was able to find comps to ing a policy that obstructs real
track of what is selling and bolster her case, called the city, estate brokers who use inno-
going to open houses and home and got our estimated market vative Internet-based tools to
tours for fun. I don’t under- value (hence our property taxes) offer better services and lower
stand it. Fortunately, I don’t reduced! Don’t worry, we’re costs to consumers.” The DOJ
have to. still paying our fair share. says the policy allows brokers
to withhold their listings from
I want to be a helpful geek, so Unfortunately for us, you can other brokers’ websites, in
I tried to find online tools to check out another tool that effect, preventing online bro-
provide further amusement. helped her do research: the kers from showing all of the
The first sites my girlfriend Hennepin County Property listings, even though they have
and I found were those of the Information web site. You can access to the MLS.
realtors. My girlfriend browses look up any property and see,
edinarealty.com, although I’m among other things, when it I asked Al if he thought that
sure Coldwell Banker and oth- was last sold, the sale price, online real estate brokers would
ers also have sites. Edina Realty and the estimated market value help to “disintermediate,” a
has a map that you can use to and property taxes. That pretty fancy business way of saying
narrow your area of interest much enables spying on your “putting together the buyer and
until you are satisfied, then neighbors, but it was useful to seller directly without someone
displays all the properties. (My us for taxes. in the middle.” He said that
girlfriend doesn’t actually like since real estate is a complicated
the map because she knows I would be remiss in covering and regulated business, he felt
the area she wants, and the online real estate tools with- it unlikely that buyer and seller
map requires many clicks. She out at least mentioning two would most often deal directly,
prefers the quick search by zip Seattle-based startups that have but that the online world may
code). Edina Realty has detail prompted much discussion drive a “rationalization in pric-
on the properties— selling price of whether the Internet could ing.” Perhaps that is why Al
of course, but also brief descrip- change the real estate business. offers flat-fee services.
tions of all rooms, amenities
(e.g., one-car garage, washer First, Zillow.com, started I’d like to say something about
and dryer) and so on. They also in 2005, offers a “zestimate” online real estate options for
have interior pictures, which of how much a property is renters, but I have run out of
my girlfriend enjoys. worth. Both my girlfriend and space several hundred words
Al independently report that ago. Perhaps in a future col-
All of the real estate agencies these estimates are sometimes umn. Let me know what you
get their information from the inaccurate, although Zillow want to hear: dfrankow@
same place: the Multiple List- says on their website that 68% gmail.com.
ing Service (MLS), a private of Zestimates in Minneapolis
database maintained by the (and 68% in Minnesota) are Dan works with computers, and
National Association of Real- within 10% of the selling price also creates music and sells it ...
tors. My girlfriend has some- when they’ve tested. When we online, of course.
times seen for-sale signs in checked our house, the num-
front of houses that are not on bers of bedrooms and bath-
the realty websites. Al Olme, rooms were missing, which
columnist in this paper and a could contribute to inaccuracy.
licensed realtor, confirms this: Zillow also offers an automati-
“If you mention one thing, cally generated list of compa-
please tell your readers that the rable homes (“comps”) as well
12 •  Uptown Neighborhood news november 2006
2006 Election Coverage
elections
Fifth Congressional District
The race for the Fifth District in the U.S. House of Representatives has generated a great deal of interest, both locally and nationally. The Uptown
Neighborhood News wanted to give the congressional candidates one last chance to make an appeal to our readers. We asked them the following question:
Q.
Keith Ellison (DFL)
612.522.4416
www.keithellison.org
My Congres-
sional bid is
uniting people
of all colors,
ages, faiths
and back-
grounds. My
supporters
represent the wondrous diversi-
ty of this District. Together we
have demonstrated that a posi-
tive campaign lifts our dignity,
elevates the debate and builds
bridges between communities.
I am the one candidate who
represents the progressive val-
ues of the Fifth Congressional
District. With due respect to
my opponents, I am also the
only candidate with a record
of legislative accomplish-
ment, having served two terms
in the Minnesota House of
Representatives. As a legislator,
I fought for universal health
care, initiatives to help the
homeless and increased educa-
tion funding. I helped pass leg-
islation to protect children and
families from lead and mercury
poisoning. In pursuit of eco-
nomic justice, I led a success-
ful fight to raise the minimum
wage. I’ve been a productive
legislator who has worked with
Democrats and Republicans
alike to pass bills improving the
lives of Minnesotans.
I have a long history of public
service.  Whether directing the
Legal Rights Center, working
on police-community relations,
hosting community radio or
starting an environmental jus-
tice organization, I have put
my values into action.
Voters face a stark choice on
November 7. If we want to end
the Iraq war, protect the envi-
ronment, promote economic
justice, stop the culture of cor-
ruption in Washington and
uphold the Constitution’s prom-
ise of freedom and opportunity
for all, we must elect a Demo-
cratic majority to Congress.  I
represent the Democrats’ prom-
ise for a better future.  transcends party labels. I am
 
Why should you be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
from the Fifth District in Minnesota?
Alan Fine (R)
alan@ fineforcongress.org
612.598.2349
www.fineforcongress.org
I want to
serve in
Washington
because I care
deeply about
our future:
I will be a
strong advo-
cate for the environment and
human rights. I will work
hard to help ensure that each
and every Minnesotan has
access to affordable and quality
healthcare.
I support education as a nation-
al priority, but primarily with
local and parental control.
Background, cultural influ-
ence, varying life goals and the
variety of learning styles among
children necessitate broad cur-
riculum leeway and varying
approaches to instruction.
I believe we have done a good
job keeping a lid on taxes, but
we must hold the line on fed-
eral spending which includes
eliminating pork. In Wash-
ington, I will work to ease the
tax burden, ensure fairness in
our tax code, and maximize
the effectiveness of govern-
ment programs while standing
strong against runaway spend-
ing and deficits.
Internationally, I will work to
bring an end to war, state-spon-
sored terrorism, genocide and
famine. Towards this end, I
will encourage a global vision
and a multinational approach
to dealing with international
issues.
There has been an unacceptable
increase in crime and violence
in our district. The long-term
solution involves economic
development, job creation,
education, community work
programs and family support
programs. But we must also
support and properly equip our
dedicated law enforcement.
I am a mainstream voice with a
track record of leadership that
a business strategist, teacher,
parent and native fourth gen-
eration Minnesotan. I bring a
unique blend of experience to
Washington.
Tammy Lee (IP) Jay Pond (G)
getactive@tammyleeforcongress.com
612.767.3047
Jay@jaypond.org
612.874.0675 How to
www.tammyleeforcongress.com www.jaypond.org
Register
to Vote
I’m the can- My campaign
didate that represents
common- leadership
sense Demo- and leverage
crats, rational on the impor- Have you registered to
Republicans tant issues of vote? Don’t miss this
and inspired our time: Out chance! It’s as easy as tying
Independents of Iraq now, your shoes! If you miss out,
can feel good about supporting single-payer universal health you can always register on
because I will represent all of the care, and a commitment to Election Day. Just bring
people of the Fifth District, not renewable energy. one of the following.
just the extremes on either side. 
Two years ago as the Green • Minnesota driver’s
I will govern from the sensible candidate for Congress in this license, learner’s per-
center and not engage in divi- district I challenged the silence mit, identification card,
sive partisan politics.  I have of the Democratic Party on or receipt for one, with
both the Washington experi- these issues – particularly their your current address
ence and the leadership experi- silence on the Iraq War.  I • Tribal ID (there are
ence it takes to be a successful received 18,000 votes against a a few special require-
Congresswoman.  popular incumbent. Following ments - call if you have
the election I went to D.C. questions)
I support a return to rational for six months and observed
foreign policies.  Troop with- Congress – particularly • If the Minnesota license,
drawal should begin imme- Mr. Sabo’s work on the Tribal ID or MN
diately to prevent continued Appropriations Committee.  State ID has a former
erosion of our military and I watched as $83 billion was address, you may bring
financial resources.  But, with- allocated for this illegal and a recent utility bill to
drawing our troops must hap- immoral war. Particularly use with your license
pen rationally, in an exit strategy disturbing was the silence by the (Note: The utility bill
that is both safe for our troops Democratic Party.  Yes, George must have your name,
and civilians and doesn’t cre- W. Bush got us into this mess, current address, and
ate further chaos and violence.  but we’re still at war because of be due within 30 days
the total lack of opposition by of the election. Utility
I support a commitment to our the Democrats. bills may be for electric,
kids. Investments in our pub- gas, water, solid waste,
lic schools; funding for early Today I am proud to say that the sewer, telephone, or
childhood education and Head issues that formed my platform cable TV.)
Start for every child that quali- then are the predominate issues • U.S. passport with utility
fies; funding the federal gov- in this election.  The Green bill (see Note with util-
ernment’s fair share of special Party’s commitment to values ity bill, above)
education. is very much a part of our • “Notice of Late Registra-
political dialogue this election. tion” postcard
I support a commitment to Leadership and leverage – two
better health. Cut health care qualities I bring to the table. • U.S. military photo ID
costs by standardizing insur- card with utility bill
ance forms. Provide affordable Thank you for considering • Prior registration list-
health coverage for more people me on election day. Anything ed on roster at former
through health insurance pur- can happen this year, up to address in precinct
chasing pools that make health and including the election
care coverage more affordable of the first Green to the U.S.
for more people. Congress. College students
can use:
I support a commitment to the • Student ID, registration,
environment and renewable or fee statement with
energies. Redirect the $6 billion your current address
in tax cuts for Big Oil compa-
nies into alternative and renew- • Student photo ID with
able energy development. This utility bill
is good for the environment and • Student ID if you are on
good for the economy because a student housing list on
it creates new American jobs file at the polling place
and new technologies. It’s also • Someone who is reg-
good foreign policy because it istered in the precinct
reduces our dependence on for- where you live who
eign oil. will vouch for your resi-
dence
november 2006 Uptown Neighborhood news •  13

Vote November 7 poetry

Polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. My Grandmother Always Used the
Same Tea Bag Twice
Need to find your voting location?
ECCO and CARAG are in Ward 10 By Jessica Fox

Precinct 3 (ECCO) St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Precinct 6 (CARAG) First Universalist Church Same porcelain tea cup, purple iris on the side
Church, 3450 Irving Ave. S. 3400 Dupont Ave. S. rinsed clean then filled
Precinct 4 (CARAG) Bryant Square Park Precinct 7 (CARAG) Painter Park with boiling water, one bag of Earl Grey
3101 Bryant Ave. S. 620 34th St. W. at the bottom, kitchen quiet as the color built

For more information, use the voting information website found at www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/ to black, like a patient, sleeping virus
elections and click on “Voting Precinct Finder,” then type in your address to see a picture of your or hidden inner eye of an iris,
polling place, a map to the polling place location and a sample ballot for your precinct. the only moment in the morning she sat still.

She suspended the bag above her cup, set it to the side
of her saucer, a crumpled, forgotten body
these are the candidates and issues on the ballot: until the next bath of boiling water, then compressed
FEDERAL OFFICES AND PUBLIC TRANSIT School Board Director against the curve of her spoon, the rest
U.S. Senator Shall the Minnesota (Vote for up to four)
Constitution be amended to T. Williams of the color released, the second up filled
Robert Fitzgerald (I) with bitter, fragrant black. She willed
Mark Kennedy (R) dedicate revenue from a tax Chris Stewart
on the sale of new and used Christopher Clark this simple sacrifice. On this loss, her day was built.
Amy Klobuchar (DFL)
Michael James Cavlan (G) motor vehicles over a five- Doug Mann
year period, so that after June Pam Costain Jessica Fox lives with her husband and two cats in the Wedge
Ben Powers (C) neighborhood, but still calls herself an Uptown resident.
U.S. Representative District 5 30, 2011, all of the revenue is Tom Madden
Tammy Lee (I) dedicated at least 40 percent
Alan Fine (R) for public transit assistance JUDICIAL OFFICES
Keith Ellison (DFL) and not more than 60 percent Supreme Court Associate
Jay Pond (G) for highway purposes? Justice 1
Barry Anderson
STATE OFFICES Court of Appeals Judge 11
COUNTY OFFICES Christopher J. Dietzen
State Senator
District 60 County Commissioner Dan Griffith
Sam Adriaens (R) District 3 Court of Appeals Judge 6
D. Scott Dibble (DFL) Gail Dorfman Renee L. Worke
State Representative District County Sheriff Court of Appeals Judge 7
60B* Juan Lopez Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks
Skyler Weinand (R) Rich Stanek Court of Appeals Judge 12
Frank Hornstein (DFL) County Attorney Gordon W. Shumaker
*Precincts 3, 6 and 7 Mike Freeman 4th District Court Judge 44
Illustration by Miki Oshiro Schiefelbein
State Representative Dis- Andy Luger Patricia Kerr Karasov
trict 60A** Soil and Water Conservation Dee Rowe
Joyce United Methodist Church
Alex Whitney (R) District Supervisor District 2 4th District Court Judge 48
Margaret Anderson Kelliher Phil Willkie John Q. McShane
Ernest K. Lehmann Kevin J Kolosky 31st and Fremont • (612) 823-0537
(DFL) www.JoyceChurch.org
**Precinct 4 Dan Flo 4th District Court Judge 6
Governor and Lieutenant Soil and Water Conservation Patricia L. Belois
Governor Team District Supervisor District 4 4th District Court Judge 16 Worship at 10:30 a.m.
Peter Hutchinson and Ryan C Wilson David M. Duffy
John Crampton 4th District Court Judge 17 Bible Study of Romans, Sundays at 12:00 p.m.
Maureen Reed (I) Worship Nov. 5 – 120th Anniversary Pageant
Tim Pawlenty and Carol Stephen Jenkins Denise D. Reilly
Worship Nov. 12 – 120th Anniversary Celebration with lunch
Molnau (R) 4th District Court Judge 22
Mike Hatch and Judi Deborah Hedlund Everyone welcome regardless of age, race, nationality,
Dutcher (DFL) CITY QUESTION 4th District Court Judge 35 creed, sexual orientation, income or ability

Ken Pentel and Danene CHARTER Daniel H. Mabley

The Joyce Food Shelf
Provencher (G) AMENDMENT NO. 161 4th District Court Judge 39
The Joyce Preschool
Leslie Davis and Gregory K. A PROPOSAL TO USE Allen Oleisky Worship Handicapped Accessible
4th District Court Judge 40
Soderberg (AP) INSTANT RUNOFF Open Hearts Open Minds Open Doors
Walt E. Brown and Wesley VOTING IN Tanja Kozicky Manrique
C Nelson (QRT) MINNEAPOLIS 4th District Court Judge 45
Secretary of State ELECTIONS Marilyn B. Rosenbaum

Joel Spoonheim (I)
Mary Kiffmeyer (R)
Mark Ritchie (DFL)
Bruce Kennedy (FIV)
State Auditor
Lucy Gerold (I)
Patricia Anderson (R)
Rebecca Otto (DFL
Dave Berger (G)
Attorney General
John James (I)
Jeff Johnson (R)
Lori Swanson (DFL)
Papa John Kolstad (G)
Constitutional Amendment
PHASED IN
DEDICATION OF THE
MOTOR VEHICLE SALES
TAX TO HIGHWAYS
Should the City of
Minneapolis adopt Single
Transferable Vote, sometimes
known as Ranked Choice
Voting or Instant Runoff
Voting, as the method for
electing the Mayor, City
Council, and members of the
Park and Recreation Board,
Library Board, and Board
of Estimate and Taxation
without a separate primary
election and with ballot
format and rules for counting
votes adopted by ordinance?
SCHOOL DISTRICT
OFFICES SPECIAL
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1
(Minneapolis)
ST. MARY'S
4th District Court Judge 50
Bruce A Peterson
4th District Court Judge 52
Francis Connoly
4th District Court Judge 55
Greek Orthodox Church
Cara Lee Neville 3450 Irving Ave. South (overlooking Lake Calhoun)
Key to Party Affiliation Divine Liturgy (612) 825-9595
Abbreviations Sunday 9:30 am www.stmarysgoc.org
AP = American Party Fr. Paul Paris
C = Constitution
DFL = Democratic-Farmer-
Labor
FIV = For Independent Voters Everyone is welcome to attend:
G = Green St. Mary's Christmas Choir Concert
I = Independence
QRT = Quit Raising Taxes Friday, December 8, 2006
R = Republican 7:30 p.m.
“A Traditional Christmas Concert
featuring Vivaldi’s ‘Gloria’”
14 •  Uptown Neighborhood news november 2006
Guitar Great in the Making
By Michelle Saari
From the local to the national
music scene there is a lengthy
list of one hit wonders and
ever-changing fresh faces. The
Twin Cities is home to per-
haps one of the more versatile
and talented musicians who
rides the waves of change with
style. 26-year-old Casey Smith
broke out in the Fargo music
scene before migrating to the
Twin Cities. Casey is a classi-
cally trained guitarist with a
Bachelors degree in Jazz gui-
tar from Concordia College in
Moorhead, Minnesota, but he
can really rock and roll. If you
are tired of mildly entertaining
cover bands and talent barely
good enough for a small bar
scene, then this is your breath
of fresh air.
Smith is the classic rock star
persona without the malad-
justed ego. His raw talent, cha-
risma and creative flair have
earned him quite the reputation
in the music scene. Upon locat-
ing to the Twin Cities, Casey
stepped onto the local arena,
playing guitar with Jesse Lang
& band. Jesse, little sister of
Blues guitarist Jonny Lang, has
toured the Midwest with Smith
on her team for the past couple
of years. However, Casey also
started moonlighting with sev-
eral local artists including Tim
Mahoney, John Starkey, Beau-
tiful Trigger and the Bholes
before amicably leaving Lang’s
band earlier this year.
Citing Steve Vai and Led Zep-
pelin as his heroes, Smith’s
skills and desire to continu-
ally hone his technique, make
for a promising future. Most
recently, Smith launched an
independent venture, initially
called the Casey Smith Proj-
ect, which won a Battle of the
Bands contest in April. JACK
FM, a local Twin Cities radio
station, sponsored the contest
Smith’s band won. Since then,
his band, now called Trashstar,
is adding shows to their cal-
endar and new music to their
already powerful arsenal.
If this weren’t enough to keep
him busy, Smith also teaches
private guitar lessons and has
his band out for hire. We R
Your Band is Smith’s additional
brainchild project. By present-
ing local vocalists and artists the
opportunity to hire his band for
shows, recordings and rehears-
Photo provided by Casey Smith
Casey Smith’s unique style keeps audi-
ences captivated.
al, it not only further exposes
Smith to new music and con-
tacts, but it is just plain fun. His
comfort level and commanding
stage presence are infectious
and energetic.
As far as musicians go, Casey
is the real deal. His outlook,
attitude, sense of humor and
stage presence are a bonus to
his respectable guitar and vocal
talent. Odds are if you are look-
ing for quality live music in the
Midwest, you may bump into
him listed by name or jumping
on board for a quick gig with
another band. Casey Smith has
passionately pursued music and
continues to push the creative
envelope. He is on the scene to
stay, and will hopefully contin-
ue to gain the recognition and
respect he deserves. This artist
is the total package and a star in
the making.
Uptown Resident Michelle Saari
is a PhD student and a rabid
music fan.
moxie
continued from page 1
a voice of participation in their
communities.
StreetWorks is a collabora-
tive effort among 13 youth-
serving agencies that offer an
array of housing options and
services, including emergency
shelter, transitional housing,
meal sites, clothing, HIV/STD
prevention, medical care, alco-
hol and chemical dependency
treatment, employment oppor-
tunities and educational/life
skills programs. StreetWorks
identifies homeless youth on
the streets of the Twin Cities
through its 33 outreach work-
ers who canvass the streets from
2:00 p.m. to midnight daily.
So, what exactly does one do
at a Cut-A-Thon? Peterson
explained that cuts will begin
Saturday evening and con-
tinue through the night, on to
the next day until the event is
over. The cuts are free, but the
suggested donation is $30. The
salon also will not be offer-
ing any other services in order
to raise as much money for
KKC and StreetWorks as pos-
sible. Last year’s Cut-A-Thon
raised $6,000 and Moxie has
high hopes of surpassing that
amount this year.
“On Saturday night, during
the Cut-A-Thon, there will
be a gathering of people across
the street in the Soo Visual Art
Center parking lot. This is the
SleepOut… People bring boxes
and sleeping bags and what-
ever else they can find to stay
warm,” Peterson explained,
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Many people collect pledges
for sleeping out.” Peterson also
added that interested parties
can find pledge forms at Moxie
locations, KKC and Street-
Works.
To keep the sleepers warm
there will be a bonfire with
s’mores, music by Radio K and
a stage set up hosting acoustic
performances by local artists
including Ashley Gold, Angie
Oase, Steph Hedrick and The
Purple House Project, among
others. There will also be open
mic opportunities for anyone
feeling brave. The next morn-
ing, there will be a hot break-
fast catered by Camille Opland
and partially donated by The
French Meadow Bakery.
“Breakfast is free for those who
slept out and $5 for anyone
who would like to join,” said
Peterson. The event is family
friendly, and all are encouraged
to participate.
Moxie Salon has been involved
in giving back to the com-
munity since it opened in the
fall of 1999. In 2003, the salon
raised over $20,000 for vari-
ous charitable efforts including
Hurricane Katrina relief and
Photos provided by Angel Brasell
Intermedia Arts’ “Be Girl Be Local Painter Angel Brasell’s art-
Summit.” For this year’s Cut- work will be on the walls of the salon
A-Thon, the Moxie staff wants through December 1. Top: “Mourn-
to be as involved as possible ing” Bottom: “The Hallway.”
and has volunteered to work in
shifts. visit www.moxiesalon.com or
call Heidi at 612.813.0330
“It’s something we all believe in
and love doing. The stylists get Jacqueline Varriano is an ECCO
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community events calendar
(Editor’s Note: We will run commu-
nity event listings every month on this
page. Contact uptownnews@yahoo.
com to submit your event informa-
tion by the 17th of each month to be
included in the next issue.)
visual arts
Image from internalguidancesystems.com
OUTSIDERS AND
OTHERS SATELLITE
GALLERY SPACE
3045 Hennepin Ave. S. • 338.3435
www.outsidersandothers.org
Gallery hours: Wed to Sat, noon to
6:00 pm.
Through Dec. 2 — 1st Interna-
tional Outsider Art Exhibit, Inter-
nal Guidance Systems. Works by
27 artists from around the globe.
SOO VISUAL ARTS CENTER
2640 Lyndale Ave. S. • 871.2263
www.soovac.org
Gallery hours: Mon, Wed, Thur,
Fri 12–6, Sat and Sun 12-4.
Nov 10-Dec 24. Andrea Stanislav;
Michael Zansky: Quantum Circus.
INTERMEDIA ARTS/SASE
2822 Lyndale Ave. S. • 871.4444
www.intermediaarts.org
Gallery hours: Mon to Sat, Noon
to 5:00 pm.
Though Jan. 6 — Immigrant Sta-
tus: Contributions. Contributions,
the fourth and final edition of
Immigrant Status, is created for, by
and about new immigrant artists,
curators and community leaders
who will shed light on the many
variations of the new immigrant
experience.
LAKE HARRIET
COMMUNITY CHURCH
4401 Upton Ave. S. • 922.4272
Through Nov. 4, Passions and Por-
traits. Photography of Argentine
tango by Sylvia Horwitz; draw-
ing, paintings and prints of Body
Images by Barbara Porwit. Closing
party with tango and salsa dancing
is $6 from 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm.
St. Mary’s Greek
Orthodox Church
3450 Irving Ave. S. • 825-9595
November 24-26 - 10th Annual
Purple Door Potters Show and
Sale on Thanksgiving weekend.
book clubs
BOOKS & BARS
Bryant Lake Bowl • 810 W. Lake
St • 825.8949
www.bryantlakebowl.com
Tues, Nov 14 - Chuck Palahniuk’s,
Survivor. THE BAKKEN MUSEUM
Doors open at 5:30 pm, Discussion
starts at 7:00 pm.
MYSTERY READER’S
BOOKCLUB
Once Upon a Crime Bookstore •
604 W. 26th St. • 870.3785
www.onceuponacrimebooks.com
Wed, Nov 8, 6:30 pm. Book for the
evening is Laura Lippman’s, Every
Secret Thing, a standalone.
TWIN CITIES SISTERS IN
CRIME
Once Upon a Crime Bookstore •
604 W. 26th St. • 870.3785
www.onceuponacrimebooks.com
Tues. Nov 7, 7:00 pm. Book for the
evening is Laura Lippman’s, To the
Power of Three.
WALKER LIBRARY BOOK
CLUB
Walker Library • 2880 Hennepin
Ave. S. • 630.6650
www.mpls.lib.mn.us
Mon, Nov 13, 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm,
Rainlight by local author, Alison
McGhee. 1999 Minnesota Book
Award winner.
WALKER LIBRARY
PRESCHOOL STORYTIME
Walker Library • 2880 Hennepin
Ave. S. • 630.6650
www.mpls.lib.mn.us
Storytime begins at 10:30, Run-
around time 11:00.
Thurs, Nov 2 — Middle Eastern
Fairy Tales.
Thurs, Nov 9 — American folk
songs & tales.
Thurs, Nov 16 — Walker Story-
time Thanksgiving Special!
Thurs, Nov 30 — Underwater.
author events
ONCE UPON A CRIME MYS-
TERY BOOKSTORE
604 W. 26th St. • 870.3785
www.onceuponacrimebooks.com
Thurs. Nov 9 - 7:00 pm —
Robert Alexander Rasputin’s
Daughter - Special Event: Dinner
and talk by Robert Alexander, at
Kramarczuk’s, 215 East Henne-
pin, Minneapolis. Reservations are
required. Call 379-3018.
Mon. Nov 13 - 7:00 pm — John
Connolly, The Book of Lost Things.
Wed, Nov 15, 7 pm — Brian
Freeman, Stripped.
MAGERS AND QUINN
BOOKSELLERS
3038 Hennepin Av. S. • 822.4611
www.magersandquinn.com
Sat, Nov 11, 6 pm — Robert
Henson, discusses The Rough
Guide to Climate Change.
Sat, Nov 11, 8 pm — Amanda
Adams, reads from her new book
A Mermaid’s Tale.
Sun, Nov 12, 5 pm — Matt Peiken
reads and signs his book, Positive
MEinforcement.
theater
JUNGLE THEATRE
2951 Lyndale Ave. S. • 822.7063
www.jungletheater.com
Nov 3 - Dec 31 – The Rivals by
Richard Brinsley Sheridan. 18th
century comic masterpiece, rollick-
ing with unconventional wit and
wholesome emotion.
PANGEA WORLD THEATER
711 W. Lake St., Suite 101 •
822.0015
www.pangeaworldtheater.org
Thurs – Sat, Nov 2-4, 7:30 pm
— Ways of Knowing, Conceived,
developed and performed by
Bill Cottman, Beverly Cottman,
Kenna Camara Sarge, and J. Otis
Powell. A performance exploring
diverse perspectives of contempo-
rary Negritude through improvisa-
tion, dance, storytelling, projected
images, live music and literary nar-
rative.
INTERMEDIA ARTS/SASE
2822 Lyndale Ave. S. • 871.4444
www.intermediaarts.org
Thurs – Sat, Nov 16-18, 7:30 pm
— Indigenous Voices Series: FALE-
LAMAMA, part of the Indig-
enous Voices Series. Written and
performed by Dianna Fuemana.
In this series, local, national and
international indigenous perform-
ers raise issues that affect their
community - issues of identity,
rights, struggles and experiences.
OLD ARIZONA CENTER
FOR PERFORMING ARTS
2821 Nicollet Ave. S. • 871.0050
www.oldarizona.com
Fri, Sat and Sun, Nov 10-12 and 17-
19. Fri and Sat at 8 pm and Sun at
7 pm.
Camille — Camille tells the true
story of a passionate artist strug-
gling to make her voice heard in
a society that could not recognize
her value.  Most widely known as
Auguste Rodin’s pupil, mistress and
muse, Camille seeks to reveal her
as what she truly was: one of the
most talented sculptors of her era.
Directed by Genevieve Bennett.
film
SUSTAIN DOCUMENTARY
FESTIVAL
Bryant-Lake Bowl • 810 W. Lake
St. • 825.8949
www.bryantlakebowl.com
Sun, Nov 5 at 2:00 pm (1:00 doors).
Presented by the Institute for Agri-
culture and Trade Policy. The Yes
Men - A couple of anti-corporate
activist-pranksters impersonate
World Trade Organization spokes-
men. Discussion to follow.
TEMPLE ISRAEL
2534 Hennepin Ave. S. • 377.8680
www.templeisrael.com
Tues, Nov 14, 7 pm — Al
Gore’s movie, An Inconvenient
Truth. Free and open to public.
music
ST. LUKE’S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
4557 Colfax Ave. S. • 824.2697
www.st-lukes.net
Fri, Nov 17, 7:30 pm — Peter Snell
Jazz Trio. Free.
general
CALHOUN SQUARE
3001 Hennepin Ave. S. • 824.1240
www.calhounsquare.com
17th Annual Coffee Festival
Sat, Nov 18, 10 am to 2 pm.
MINNEAPOLIS AUDUBON
SOCIETY
Bryant Square Park
31st & Bryant • 377.0630
Fri, Nov. 10, 1:00 pm.
3527 Zenith Ave. S. • 926-3878
www.thebakken.org
Every Sat, 10 am – 4 pm Family
Science Saturdays - Enjoy science
with friends and family during The
Bakken’s Family Science Saturday.
Engage in hands-on activities and
experience special presentations
connected to each month’s theme.
10 am to 4 pm every Saturday.
Family Science Saturday is free
with general admission.
classes &
workshops
YOGA CENTER OF
MINNEAPOLIS
Calhoun Square • Top floor
3001 Hennepin Ave S • 436.4700
www.yogacentermpls.com
Check out their new space in Cal-
houn Square. Drop in classes avail-
able. They offer a variety of levels
and styles.
HIGHPOINT CENTER FOR
PRINTMAKING
2638 Lyndale Ave. S. • 871.1326
www.highpointprintmaking.org
Thurs, Nov 2, 9, 16, 30 & Dec 7, 14
with Weekend Workshops on Nov
19 & Dec 2, 9.
Adult Class: Screenprinting Rocks!
get involved
INTERMEDIA ARTS/SASE
2822 Lyndale Ave. S. • 871.4444
www.intermediaarts.org
Wed, Nov 8, 12-1 pm — Brown Bag
Dialogue as part of the Immigrant
Status: Contributions exhibit.
How are new immigrants reshap-
ing the state of our art and the art of
our state? Who are the immigrant
artists in YOUR neighborhood?
MAYOR’S GREAT CITY
DESIGN TEAMS
www.greatcitydesignteams.org
Thurs, Nov 2 from 4:30-5:30 pm
— Public information meeting
at International Market Square,
275 Market Street, Suite 54. The
Mayor’s Great City Design Teams
are groups of architects, landscape
architects, urban designers and
developers who work with residents
to develop design visions for neigh-
borhood opportunity sites. Any
citizen group or community-based
organization in Minneapolis may
apply for a Design Team to help
define a vision and principles for
future community improvements.
CARAG NIEGHBORHOOD
BOARD MEETING
Tues, Nov 17, 7 pm at Bryant
Square Park • 3101 Bryant Ave. S.
All meetings are open to the pub-
lic, and neighborhood residents are
invited to participate.
ECCO NEIGHBORHOOD
BOARD MEETING
Thurs, Nov 2, 7 pm at St. Mary’s
Greek Orthodox Church • 35th &
Irving Ave. S. 
All meetings are open to the pub-
lic, and neighborhood residents are
invited to participate.
MINNEAPOLIS LIBRARY
BOARD
Walker Library • 2880 Hennepin
Av. S. • 630.6650
www.mpls.lib.mn.us
Wed, Nov 1, 6 to 9 pm.
MINNEAPOLIS PARK & REC
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MEETING
Wed, Nov 1 & 15, 5 - 8 pm.
MPRB Administrative Offic-
es • Board Room Suite 255
• 2117 West River Road
uptown
community
events
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VOTE
GENERAL ELECTIONS
www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/elec-
tions/index.asp
Tues, Nov 7, Polls are open 7 am to
8 pm.
For more information about the
November election or to find your
voting site, Call 3-1-1, the city
information line, weekdays from
7 am to 11 pm, e-mail Minneapo-
lis311@ci.minneapolis.mn.us or
visit the Minneapolis Elections and
Voter Registration website for a
link to the precinct finder.
UPTOWN SMALL AREA
PLAN
Visioning Session • Calhoun Square
www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/
planning/uptown-plan.asp
Wed, Nov 8, 1 to 3 pm or Thur,
Nov 9, 7 to 9 pm.
Everyone interested in the future
of Uptown is invited to a visioning
session. Each session will have the
same agenda, and will take place
in the old Borders Books space in
Calhoun Square. Share your long-
term vision for the area. In prepa-
ration for the visioning sessions,
please fill out a short online sur-
vey about Uptown available on the
website listed above.
CARAG STROLL PATROL
See schedule on page 4.
for kids &
teens
MARTHA’S IMPROV AMD
KIDDIE CABARET
Bryant-Lake Bowl • 810 W. Lake
St. • 825.8949
www.bryantlakebowl.com
Sat, Nov 11 at 12:00 noon (11:30
doors) $7.
TWIN CITY UNDERGROUND
405 W. Lake St. • 824.2612
www.tcunderground.com
Every Mon, 7 to 7:30 pm — Youth
Committee meets, followed by
Band Booking and Volunteer
Signups at 7:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
Anyone that wants to get involved
is welcome to attend the Monday
meetings, and everyone ages 12-18
can vote.
CARAG Neighbors
Family Potluck Get
Together
Bryant Square Park
Saturday, Nov. 11, 1 pm to 3:45
pm. Bring a dish to share. Get to
know other kids and parents in
CARAG.
16 •  Uptown Neighborhood news november 2006
ruminations
The season called Locking
I can feel the
changing of
the seasons.
No, winter is
not here yet,
but it isn’t
really fall
any longer.
I’ve come to
agree with
writer, Kurt Vonnegut on the
subject of seasons in this part of
the world. There are not four,
but six. He proposed this idea
in a speech, which included the
following assertion, “Autumn is
September and October. See the
pumpkins? Smell those burning
leaves? Next comes the season
called Locking. That is when
nature shuts everything down.
November and December aren’t
winter. They’re Locking.”
This season of locking is a lonely
time in many ways. People have
begun to disappear. Well, maybe
not disappear, but I don’t see
them as often. You see, during
warmer weather my social life
revolves around my backyard
and the neighbors I can see, call
to and chat with as they work
in their yards or walk down
the alley. I still occasionally see
these people but mostly I see
them running from their houses
to their cars or hurrying to get
back inside their warm, bright
homes after being out in the air
which is getting a little bit cold-
er and the evenings which are
starting a little bit earlier.
People will start going outdoors
more when winter truly arrives.
After all, this is Minnesota and
activities that rely on freezing
temperatures abound. Soon,
the ice rink in the park across
the street will be filled with lei-
sure skaters and pick-up hockey
games, people will talk of ice
fishing and skiers and snow-
boarders will be off to the slopes.
The problem is… although I’ve
lived in Minneapolis for more
than nine years, I’ve never really
become a Minnesotan in win-
ter. I can’t ice skate. I don’t play
or even know anything about
hockey. I have ridden down hills
on a snowboard, but I stopped
only by finding a convenient
snowdrift into which I could
steer. I like to go sledding, but
up here it’s called sliding and
I can’t quite say that without
thinking of traffic accidents.
But I digress, it’s not winter yet,
it’s locking.
During locking, there are indoor
events and plenty of ways to keep
occupied that only minimally
involve dealing with the ele-
ments, but in the past I seem to
have avoided even these and just
sat in my house or on my back
porch and waited. What exactly
I’ve been waiting for I’m not
sure, but I know I am not alone.
This year, things are going to be
different. I am going to make
an effort to get out and enjoy
the next few months both out-
doors and in. So… I’m going
to do my best to stay connected
this locking AND this winter
rather than just waiting all the
way through until unlocking
(Vonnegut’s sixth season) and
eventually spring. I hope others
will take this step as well. If not,
see you in May.
Scott Schiefelbein lives in
Uptown and often can be found
sitting on his back porch even on
the coldest days.
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