Community Events

Community meeting on the proposed amendments to the preservation ordinance
Thursday, March 5, 7 p.m.
Matthews Recreation Center
2318 29th Ave. S
Minneapolis, MN 55406

If you would like to learn more about the proposed changes you can find additional information at the link below to the proposed ordinance amendments to the Zoning & Planning Committee of the City Council from February 12, 2009.

If you have additional questions or comments please contact Brian Schaffer at 612-673-2670 or brian.schaffer@ci.minnneapolis.mn.us

Vegan drinks at fast and furless

Sat, March 7, 7–9 p.m.

2615 E. Franklin Ave.
join us for cosmopolitans and canapés, conversation and conviviality. it’s vegan drinks, a monthly social networking event for people interested in promoting veganism and advocating for animal rights. sip a drink (alcoholic or nonalcoholic, we don’t care!), relax with like-minded folks for a couple hours and embarrass yourself at least once during the evening. 21 and over.
612-333-2756

Twin Cities Daily Planet:
Citizen Journalism II
Wednesdays, March 4–25
6:30–8:30 p.m.
2600 E. Franklin Ave.
TCDP Editor Mary Turck will help bring those with some reporting experience to the next level, with a focus on picking topics and sources and eliciting citizen reaction, as well as interactive and multimedia story approaches. Register online at www.excotc.org.
Longfellow Garden Club

Family Storytime
Saturdays, March 7-28
Southeast Library, 1222 4th St.
10:30–11 a.m.
For children ages 2 and up. Share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement with your children. 612-630-6850



Van Cleve Seniors
Thursdays, 10 a.m.
Van Cleve Community Center
901 15th Ave. SE
Join other seniors for meals, movies, games, conversation and helpful things like blood pressure testing. For more information, call 612-370-4926.

Arts events

A Night for Jack
Tues., March 3, 7:45 p.m.
The Cabooze, 917 Cedar Ave. S.
This benefit for Sweet Baby Jack & his family features the Big Wu, God Johnson, the High Strung String Band and Javier Trejo. Donations are $10 or more; you must be 18 or older to enter.

Powder: Writings by Women in the Ranks, from Vietnam to Iraq
Wed., March 4, 4 p.m.
University of Minnesota Bookstore
300 Washington Ave. SE
Three contributing authors will discuss this collection of poems and essays from 19 women who have experienced conflict and war through their service in the U.S. military. The discussion and signing is free and open to the public. For more information or to order a signed copy of the book, visit www.bookstore.umn.edu/ genref/authors.html.

Kinetic Kitchen at Patrick’s Cabaret
March 6–7
8:00 PM, 3010 Minnehaha Ave.
A night of dance, featuring FOOTHOLDS (Jim Lieberthal), Taja Will and the Vehicles of Peace, Eclectic Edge Ensemble (Karis Sloss), and Stacy Pottinger and dancers from University of Wisconsin, River Falls.

Of Web and Flow
March 6–April 18
Textile Center, Joan Mondale Gallery
3000 University Ave. SE
See the sculpture-like basketry of over 50 artists in this exhibit, free and open to the public. There will be an opening reception March 6 at 6 p.m. For gallery hours and more information, call 612-436-0464 or visit www.textilecentermn.org.

Southern Exposure 2009
Sat., March 7, 6:30 p.m.
Southern Theater
1420 Washington Ave. S.
Proceeds from this benefit cabaret and silent auction help support the theater. Tickets are $125. Tickets for the after-party, which will begin at 10 p.m., are $10. Call 612-340-1725 or visit www.southern theater.org for more information or to purchase tickets.

Three Days of Light
March 7–May 2
Vine Arts Center
2637 27th Ave. S.
This exhibit is a photographic representation of the artistic journeys three women have taken since meeting at a weekend retreat in 2007. An opening reception is set for Sat., March 7 at 6 p.m. For more information and gallery hours visit www.vineartscenter.com.

AIDS benefit — Amunot: Village Hope
Through March 20
Gallery 122 at Hang It
122 SE Eighth St.
Ugandan artist Eria ‘Sane’ Nsubuga’s artwork — a mix of cut and torn paper and canvas with acrylic, oil and watercolor — reflects the details of life that many ignore. The exhibit benefits Illume International, which provides education to children orphaned by AIDS. Visit www.hangitinc.com or www.illumeinter national.org.

Through March 27
The Gage Family Art Gallery
2211 Riverside Ave. S.
Mixed media works exhibited are connected by a common theme of the blues as colors, music or states of mind. Spectrum ArtWorks provides studio space and community to artists living with mental illness. More info at www. augsburg.edu/ galleries, or call 612-330-1524.

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April calendar deadline: March 16

last revised: March 2, 2009

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