Current Issue & Archive
Articles are posted periodically throughout the current month.
September 2008
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- Close to home
While the boxy wooden office building on the corner of East Franklin and South 31st avenues has ... - >>more articles
August 2008
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- A year later, a bridge has risen
I-35W bridge ‘Sidewalk Superintendent Tours’ *Every Saturday, beginning at 11 a.m. in the ... - Pan-African music festival starts Wednesday, Aug. 6
On Wednesday, Aug. 6, the Diverse Emerging Music Organization (DEMO) and a host of sponsors kick ... - ‘Go in the direction of the things you love’
_Editor’s note: Longtime Seward resident Ivar Vikingstad died on Sunday, Aug. 3, just days after ... - Little prairie in the big city
Imagination is a big part of gardening. One must look beyond the plain, weedy pedestrian vista ... - >>more articles
July 2008
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- Friends, family mourn Joseph Sodd III
Among the flowers and messages of remembrance placed by friends of Joseph Sodd III near the place ... - 150 years ago...
If Bridgeland appears to take on an added glow this month, it’s probably just the birthday ... - The new Pratt
A year ago, many in Southeast Minneapolis were reeling from the Minneapolis Public School Board’s ... - The kindness of neighbors
Ted Tucker and Penny Petersen were lucky in many ways last July 17. No people were hurt in the ... - >>more articles
June 2008
- Minnesota's bridges — past, present and future
*Denis P. Gardner will read from and sign “Wood, Concrete, Stone, and Steel: Minnesota’s Historic ... - The legends of Wild Bill Watkins
*Merlins Rest, 3601 E. Lake St., will host two celebrations of the publication of Bill Watkins’ ... - 2008 crime stats and summaries
Starting this month, The Bridge will be tracking reported crimes in our readership area by ... - SNG completes audit of 2006 finances
Less than a year after Seward Neighborhood Group (SNG) found itself in a serious financial crisis, ... - Nepalese cuisine, via Southeast and Seward
Himalayan Restaurant 2401 E. Franklin Ave. 612-332-0880 Open Tuesday–Sunday 11 a.m.–9 p.m. ... - City grants help neighborhoods fight graffiti
Four Bridge-area organizations are among the 17 recipients of the City of Minneapolis’ graffiti ... - >>more articles
May 2008
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- City website offers tips for green remodeling
*The Center for Energy and Environment (CEE), through the Minnesota Energy Challenge, is giving ... - Witnessing a Murder, May 27–31
Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church 511 Groveland Ave. Wednesday, May 27, 5:30 p.m.; Friday, ... - BlackBerry Curve Challenge, 5/31
Guthrie Theater 818 South 2nd St. Saturday, May 31 10 a.m., team orientation 8:30–9:30 ... - >>more articles
April 2008
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- School of Rock
See the Marcy rock bands’ next gig at the Marcy Arts Partnership Gala, Saturday, April 12. Visit ... - Never thriving, always helpful
*The Minnesota Neverthriving will be part of the MONDO Juggling and Unicycle Festival April 11–13 ... - Picosa offers the spice of life
Fashioning a Dream On Saturday, April 12, 3–5 p.m., local businesses, performers, and city ... - Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival opens Thursday, April 17
Every year, people in the Bridge coverage area have lots of good reasons to attend the ... - Gardeners Gone Wild
*Wild Ones’ spring plant sale and fundraiser offers eight prepackaged flats, with eight–10 ... - >>more articles
March 2008
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- Opinions on the Central Corridor
Street-level LRT through campus is affordable and feasible by Stephen Gross, Marcy-Holmes ... - Framework for the future, or failure?
Public comment *City officials are collecting public comments on the framework through March ... - B.T. and the chocolate factory
The story of how a local man with a passion for chocolate became a nationally recognized ... - Local lens, worldwide view
Location Images and iDream.tv started with an eclipse and the search for the beginning of the ... - Every step counts when it comes to the environment
A few months ago, the staff of this paper began an ongoing discussion along the lines of one that ... - >>more articles
February 2008
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- Righteous renovations
Correction: In a front-page caption in the February print edition of The Bridge, _the editor ... - A new chapter for Southeast Library
As 8-year-old Alden Pierson Smela filled out paperwork for a library card Jan. 12 at Southeast ... - 35W bridge ‘sidewalk talks’ offer reflection, a look ahead
Feb. 1 marked six months since the Aug. 1 collapse of the I-35W bridge over the Mississippi River. ... - Too many cooks? Not on Lake Street
For people from across the metro area, Lake Street restaurants are only a pocket-change bus ride ... - GreenStar shines in Seward remodel
The home of Neil Cuthbert and Louise Robinson, located at the foot of a tree-studded hill on the ... - >>more articles
January 2008
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- An individual journey
Throughout much of her work, locally based photographer-filmmaker Jila Nikpay portrays female ... - As city grows, so does vision for the future
When the city of Minneapolis adopted its first comprehensive plan — at the time called the ... - Questions and answers about the Midtown biomass burner
An overflow crowd of more than 100 people packed a Dec. 13 public hearing on an air-pollution ... - No ‘magic key’ yet for Grand Rounds Missing Link route
As preliminary planning continues to complete the Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway through ... - >>more articles
December 2007
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- ‘Tough truths’ and a ‘cultural change’ for public schools
On Nov. 6 — a night when many Minnesotans were voting on referenda to fund their respective ... - >>more articles
November 2007
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- City Council votes to fund 70 percent of NRP phase two
During a Committee of the Whole meeting on Oct. 18., the City Council voted unanimously to keep the ... - Citizens weigh in on new I-35W bridge
_Editor’s note: The following story, from the cover of our November issue, is one of several 35W ... - EPA announces expansion of South Minneapolis arsenic cleanup
An effort to remove arsenic contamination from South Minneapolis lots will likely be expanded to ... - Minneapolis school district poised to make dramatic shift in strategy
On a night when many Minnesotans were voting on referenda to fund their respective schools ... - Not ready for pasture (NRP)
Since its inception, the Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) has been the backbone of citizen ... - >>more articles
October 2007
- Grand Rounds plans meet Como opposition
Residents of Southeast Como are concerned that proposed routes to complete the Grand Rounds Scenic ... - Pratt School kicks off year with familiar faces and new challenges
Much has changed for the students and staff at Pratt Community School since the school board’s ... - SNG looks to rebuild after financial collapse
After apparently pulling itself out of debt in 2003 after the mismanagement of Neighborhood ... - Harvest recipes from the farmers’ market
With the summer winding down and the harvest approaching, we at The Bridge took Mike Phillips, head ... - >>more articles
September 2007
- 'It felt like an earthquake'
The Aug.1 collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge into the Mississippi River was one of the most ... - Caught in the chaos
Prospect Park resident Greg Bernstein carries two new pictures in his wallet, tucked among the ... - DeLaSalle Stadium plan encounters triumphs, snafus
The City Council reversed a previous decision by the City Planning Commission, when it voted Aug. ... - High School reform on the horizon
With the beginning of the new school year, hundreds of ninth-graders in the Minneapolis Public ... - Eight days a week
Monday — Terminal Bar, 490 E. Hennepin It’s more than an hour into open mic night, and ... - >>more articles
August 2007
- 35W bridge over Mississippi River collapses
The 35W bridge that connects the east and west banks of the Mississippi River near Downtown ... - >>more articles
July 2007
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- Some TLC for non-motor transit
The Twin Cities — and Bridgeland in particular — will be the beneficiaries of $7.3 million in ... - Don’t know Jack about public art?
Twenty-nine years after he founded the arts organization FORECAST — and 25 days after he got a ... - Mixed emotions on East Lake Street
Along some blocks of Lake Street, businesses that line the jagged rim of road that has been ripped ... - Neighborhood Policing Plans complete and posted online
The city has released the neighborhood policing plans (NPP) developed by neighborhoods and the ... - Photo gallery — Gardens of Bridgeland, July 2007
This summer, The Bridge is highlighting gardens — and the gardeners that grow and build them ... - >>more articles
June 2007
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- Saving the world — in less than seven minutes
“We are not out to save the world,” reads the cover of NEED magazine, “but to tell the ... - Crime spike in Marcy-Holmes mobilizes residents, police
_Editor’s note: In the spirit of full disclosure, it should be noted that Linda Lincoln is a ... - Merlins Rest opens on East Lake Street
On a recent Tuesday night, more than 50 people — many of them familiar faces — poured in to ... - A long-term engagement
In May, the City Council adopted a community engagement plan it hopes will enable and improve civic ... - Hear to Serve — Bridge multimedia
*_To see a video of hearing and service dogs in training (including one with a very floppy ear) ... - Get up close and personal with St. Anthony Falls
The public will get its closest view of St. Anthony Falls in years beginning June 12 when Xcel ... - >>more articles
May 2007
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- Envisioning the Central Corridor
More than 50 years after the dismantling of the streetcar line that once looped between Minneapolis ... - Tuttle/Pratt merger shakes up Southeast neighborhoods
When Gregory Isola heard on Fox 9 News on March 20 that Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) officials ... - Family reunion
The Sorry Muthas Saturday, May 12 Eagle’s Club, 2507 E. 25th St. Doors open at 7 p.m.; show at 8 ... - Relief fund and event set for bicyclist downed in March hit-and-run
The mangled remains of Chris Zito’s bicycle are chilling evidence of the March 30 hit-and-run ... - Children’s hospital latest development planned for Riverside Avenue
Riverside Avenue has changed dramatically in recent years — most notably with the construction of ... - >>more articles
April 2007
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- A time to grow
In 1991, Bok Kang wanted a garden, so she dug out a plot on the lawn of the Cedar-Riverside public ... - ‘Ej Blot Til Lyst’: Not for fun only
Ej Blot Til Lyst (Danish for “not for fun only”) was painted across the main curtain of the ... - Why we stay in the Minneapolis public schools
Minneapolis residents seem to know the dark side of the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) by heart. ... - Spilling Optional
As the last days of March went out like a lamb, Katie Milburn and her fiancé Karl Greeman were ... - >>more articles
March 2007
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- East Lake Library reopens Saturday, March 3
NORTH LONGFELLOW—When you walk into the newly expanded East Lake Library, one of the first things ... - >>more articles
February 2007
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- The U and You, West Bank
Although the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood looks good on the housing front, according to the ... - >>more articles
January 2007
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- What’s in the library cards?
Standing outside the now closed Southeast Library in Dinkytown, the mind’s eye searches for ... - >>more articles
December 2006
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- The wrong side of the tracks
Steven Sworski remembers when the smoke from locomotives drifted through his backyard. He can still ... - >>more articles
November 2006
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- Slumlord smackdown
Bamboo curtains cover the windows at 1045 SE 24th Ave., protecting the tan house from the invasion ... - >>more articles
October 2006
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- City lifts cap on taxi cab licenses
Citing the need to increase competition and improve customer service, the City Council on Friday ... - Marcy welcomes new principal
One month into the new school year, the most eager learner at Marcy Open School may be the new ... - >>more articles
September 2006
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- Wilde Roast's "La Bete Noire" makes cover of Bon Appetit
Congratulations to Jason Aronen, executive chef at Wilde Roast Café on East Hennepin Avenue, whose ... - University police issue crime alert after 3 violent assaults
The University Police Department has issued a crime alert in response to three violent assaults ... - >>more articles
August 2006
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- Citywide Wi-Fi plan gets local tryout
CEDAR-RIVERSIDE—Already a West Bank hub, the Brian Coyle Center was abuzz with activity and ... - DeLaSalle athletic field dealt setback by city’s preservation board
After a nearly five-hour-long meeting on August 8, the Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission ... - Smiley’s Clinic to leave Franklin Avenue
Franklin Avenue is losing Smiley’s Clinic after 15 years. The clinic is moving at year’s end ... - Editorial: Boundary issues
Some cities hold ritual competitions, often involving flags, horses, and centuries-old rivalries, ... - With handsome remodeling and patio, the Caspian is the prince of near-campus eating
PROSPECT PARK—We spot it, my friend Ann Bronson and I: the Caspian Bistro, which since 1986 has ... - Eye On U: Oats go up in smoke at university
Oat hulls approved fuel for Southeast Steam Plant The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued ... - >>more articles
July 2006
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- Mayor, university, neighborhood officials tour Marcy-Holmes
MARCY-HOLMES— Mayor R.T. Rybak saw the highs and lows on a June 14 tour of the Marcy-Holmes ... - >>more articles
June 2006
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- Governor signs bill for Gophers stadium
ALUMNI CENTER, U OF M—Sitting where the east side of Memorial Stadium once stood, and across the ... - 'West Bank Story' tells tale of neighborhood
CEDAR-RIVERSIDE—Everybody’s got one . . . a West Bank story! The Bedlam Theatre is presenting its new history musical about the West Bank on the West Bank - >>more articles
May 2006
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- Seward Redesign set to buy Riverside Market site
SEWARD—Seward Redesign, the neighborhood’s community development corporation, signed an agreement April 21 to buy the former Riverside Market site at Franklin and Riverside avenues. - Four neighborhood farmers markets form coalition
BRIDGELAND—Four community farmers markets have teamed up this year to create the Community Farmers Markets of Minneapolis, a coalition helping the groups to survive after some of them broke from their major partners. - >>more articles
April 2006
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- From broken bottles to butterflies and birds
An abandoned and neglected parcel of Mississippi River bluff near the West Bank may soon be ... - Urban poultry untroubled by notorious flu
SEWARD & NICOLLET ISLAND—Gwen, Yoko and Frieda have been cooped up all winter, but that’s okay with Jill Meyer and Louise Hotka. - >>more articles
March 2006
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- Marathon music event benefits Anne Sullivan school band
LONGFELLOW—Parents, musicians and local businesses banded together at the Eagle’s Club recently ... - State Senate races draw seven new candidates
BRIDGELAND—More than 30 years after he was first elected to the Legislature, state Sen. Wes ... - >>more articles
February 2006
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- Main Street towers too tall and glassy, city panel says
MARCY-HOLMES—Despite concerted support from neighborhood groups, four of six residential towers ... - Oak Street Cinema reels
U of M—Is this the last waltz for the Oak Street Cinema on the East Bank of the mighty ... - "Buckthorn Menace" stalks river bluffs
First, Jim Proctor got mad about buckthorn, that invasive shrub-tree that’s taking over area ... - >>more articles
December 2005
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- High school students protest war at 'U'
n/a - Second Ward turns Green
- The bike stops here
Long ago, the Short Line Railroad Bridge supported fast trains carrying crowds of passengers across ... - >>more articles
