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Minneapolis Park Board

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Brian Johnson, Pride Fest Bible hander-outer, files federal lawsuit over "no pride zone" policy [UPDATE]

    A dispute that has been ongoing for years recently escalated: Notorious Bible hander-outer Brian Johnson filed a federal lawsuit against the Minneapolis Park Board, alleging that his constitutional rights are violated by the Twin Cities Pride Festival's "no pride zone" policy. That policy, endorsed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Stone Arch Festival of the Arts dissolves: An open letter from music booker Stacy Schwartz

    ​Sad news to hit the local arts world today: The long-running Stone Arch Festival of the Arts, which annually showcased over 200 artists and four free stages of music along St. Anthony Main, will be no more. The festival's founder, longtime local music advocate Ira Heilicher (son of legendary Soma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    Lake Calhoun name change: Park Board powerless

    John C. Calhoun, senator, statesman, slavery proponent.​The Minneapolis Park Board doesn't have the power to rename Lake Calhoun even if it wants to, according to a letter filed by the agency's attorney, Brian Rice. In fact, it's not clear that anyone can change the lake's name. Minnesota' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    Lake Calhoun: The most racist lake in Minnesota?

    John C. Calhoun, happy to lord it over black folk.​The truth about John C. Calhoun's racist past is no secret. The former senator and vice president's bigoted positions and speeches have been a matter of public record since the middle of the 1800s. But John Winters just figured out Calhoun's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Hundreds of rotting carp stink up Minnehaha Creek

    Screen shot via Fox9Something smells fishy​As if the roar of passenger jets on final approach to the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport were not insult enough, folks living and playing near Lake Nokomis got another kick in the shins this weekend: The rankness of hundreds of dead carp i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    Park Board supports anti-gay activist at Pride Fest

    Photo: Pride FestivalWho gets to hang out in Loring Park during Pride Fest?​Minneapolis Park Board President John Erwin said on Tuesday that the Twin Cities Pride Festival can decide which organizations are allowed to set up booths in Loring Park during their event, but the board can't stop an ... More >>

  • News

    March 3, 2010

    Jon Gurban forced out as Minneapolis park board's controversial superintendent

    After six stormy years, Gurban is given the boot

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Minneapolis, St. Paul mayors easily win reelection

    Get all of the details on these races as well as other local elections.

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    35W collapsed bridge chunks still hanging out on the West Bank

    Tuesday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    Ridding the Twins stadium of stank

    Friday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

  • News

    August 30, 2006

    Running Man

    Keith Ellison, the DFL's endorsee for Congress in the Fifth District, has spent the summer countering attacks from Republicans—and Democrats. What made him everyone's favorite target?

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2006

    Still Bozos: Minneapolis School Board members resist electoral reform

    Keith Ellison, the DFL's endorsee for Congress in the Fifth District, has spent the summer countering attacks from Republicans—and Democrats. What made him everyone's favorite target?

  • News

    November 23, 2005

    A Little Help from Their Friends

    Pro-development faction on park board got big 11th-hour financial help

  • News

    November 16, 2005

    Nine Things We Learned Last Tuesday

    Some highlights from the city elections that time (and voters) forgot

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2005

    Vote on Tuesday, Minnesota

    Some highlights from the city elections that time (and voters) forgot

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2005

    Council candidate says uncle--but still has hard feeling about aunt

    Some highlights from the city elections that time (and voters) forgot

  • Movies

    February 16, 2005

    Throat Culture

    Two Accounts of How Porn Went Pop

  • News

    May 29, 2002

    Off Beat

    Two Accounts of How Porn Went Pop

  • Books

    August 8, 2001

    Quick Fade

    A charter school that opened with big promises last fall quietly goes belly-up

  • Sports

    December 13, 2000

    The Rebirth of the Undead

    Jake Esau brings Count Dracula and classic horror back to local broadcast television

  • News

    July 7, 1999

    Off Beat

    Jake Esau brings Count Dracula and classic horror back to local broadcast television

  • News

    June 30, 1999

    Love Stings

    Wings sprinkled with fairy dust. Free-falling sex. A bite that can kill. Meet Minnesota's favorite insect -- and the men who adore it.

  • News

    June 16, 1999

    The Racket Numbers

    With tennis's popularity in a decadelong slump, the country-club set pins its hopes on the city

  • Books

    May 12, 1999

    Raising Kale

    True confessions of a vegetable offender

  • News

    May 12, 1999

    Off Beat

    True confessions of a vegetable offender

  • Books

    September 16, 1998

    Political Theater

    The Guthrie's search for new digs casts the company in a Minneapolis development drama

  • News

    July 8, 1998

    Railroaded

    Will the Twin Cities' light rail megaproject get any cars off the streets? Help the environment? Save any money? Not necessarily, say its supporters--but that's not the point.

  • News

    April 29, 1998

    Tilting at Highways

    War against the planned Hiawatha Avenue extension is being waged on several fronts--but it's an uphill battle.

  • News

    January 7, 1998

    Sold Down The River

    Minneapolis's brave new riverfront will have parks, museums, and upscale condos. Who said subsidized housing was just for the poor?

  • News

    September 24, 1997

    Trail of Fear

    Bryn Mawr neighborhood association president Chris Bacon says the public-input process for a proposed bikeway has turned into "a major pain in the ass." City officials think they've found a cure: closed-door, invitation-only meetings.

  • News

    November 22, 1995

    Machine Nightmares

    Bryn Mawr neighborhood association president Chris Bacon says the public-input process for a proposed bikeway has turned into "a major pain in the ass." City officials think they've found a cure: closed-door, invitation-only meetings.

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