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| "I have so much gratitude for the friends and neighbors who supported us with such care and love after the incident. Wow what a great neighborhood we live in. And I hold dear to my heart the police officers who answered our call." Read all of the statementby the victim of assault in Powderhorn Park, the neighborhood's plans for gatherings this week, and responses to the drive-by shooting earlier this month. And this week: check in with TCDP for all of your recount news, and for U of M student blogs from the Cancun climate conference Powderhorn neighbors plan peace vigil in response to recent violence Neighbors from Powderhorn Park are coming together in response to the recent bouts of violence by organizing a "Peace in Powderhorn" vigil on December 1 and a safety brainstorming meeting on December 2. The intent of the vigil is to honor those affected by violence and reclaim Powderhorn Park. Neighbors are encouraged to bring music, art, puppets, laughter, hope, and food, according to a press release. MORE » RECOUNT 2010 | Live coverage from The Uptake The Uptake has live coverage of the 2010 recount—video below. County attorneys: Minnesota Majority reports on voter fraud "frivolous" The Minnesota County Attorneys Association's (MCAA) executive director John Kingrey says Minnesota Majority's reports of massive voter fraud in the 2008 election were "widely overstated" and "frivolous," adding that the conservative group's demands of those investigating suspected voter fraud were draining county public safety resources. MORE » Comparing taxes and revenue among the 50 states How large is government in Minnesota relative to other states? How high are taxes? The answers depend in large part on how and what we choose to measure. This article gauges Minnesota's size of government relative to all 50 states by looking at state and local government revenues. MORE » MUSIC | Paying tribute to the Replacements, and beer (is there a difference?), at First Avenue On Friday night, a long lineup of local musicians filled both the Mainroom and the 7th Street Entry at First Avenue for the club's annual tribute to the Replacements, the Minneapolis rock group that was one of the most beloved and influential bands to emerge in punk-era America. This year's celebration paid tribute to the 25th anniversary of Tim, the record that was the Replacements' major-label debut. At the night's (by that point, the morning's) climax, a "house band" took the stage to play Tim in its entirety as an all-star lineup of guest vocalists took turns at the mic.MORE » Inside the Daily Planet, 11/30/10DANCE | Walker Art Center presents a Choreographers' Evening full of pizazz by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet • Sometimes, contemporary dance growls and barks at you. Other times, it wags its tail, jumps up in your lap, licks your face, and pees on you a little bit. Saturday night at the Walker Art Center, there was more of the latter than the former. MUSIC | Alicia Wiley darkens her musical palette with Both Sides by Dwight Hobbes, TC Daily Planet • Whether playing an intimate solo set or working with a band, Alicia Wiley acquits herself as a siren songbird of the first order. Her track record is, to say the least, enviable. You could, as Yogi Berra used to say, look it up. She has won multiple Minnesota Music Awards, appeared on KARE-11, WCCO-TV and done countless appearances headlining around the Twin Cities (the Fine Line, Hell's Kitchen, Varsity Theater) with each of her albums garnering more critical acclaim than the last. New program encourages Minneapolis students, others to explore African American literature by Robert O'Connor, TC Daily Planet • The Givens Foundation has launched a program intending to give students greater access to African American literature. Givens Black Books is a reading campaign that celebrates the works of acclaimed playwright and novelist J. California Cooper. Northrop embraces new role as community school by Sam Ridenour, SENA News • Many changes have come to Northrop Urban Environmental Learning Center (4315 31st Ave. S.) this year. Among them is a change in designation from magnet school to community school as part of the Minneapolis Public Schools' Changing School Options plan. Two key objectives of the plan are to reduce trans portation costs districtwide and to educate students closer to home. As a result, Northrop now serves as the community school for K-5 students in parts of the Standish, Ericsson, Northrop, Bancroft, Corcoran, and Powderhorn Park neighborhoods. NEW IN BLOGS CLIMATE CHANGE | COP16, day 0 of climate change conference in Cancun by Andy Pearson • "It's not a liberal issue or a conservative issue -- it's a human issue, and it's about the future of the earth. The sooner people realize that, the better off we'll be." THE BLOG COLU.MN | Golden Valley passes domestic partner registry by Andy Birkey • Golden Valley recently became the seventh Minnesota municipality to pass a domestic partner registry. The city council passed the measure unanimously at a vote of 5 to 0, and the Minneapolis suburb will join Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, Rochester and Edina as well as Maplewood, which passed a registry on Nov. 8. HINDSIGHT 2020 | You can make a difference in education by Nat Froiland • On Tuesday mornings, I tutor a pair of 5th graders at Horace Mann Elementary School in reading, through a program established in conjunction with the Saint Paul Public Schools Foundation. JOHNNY NORTHSIDE | Citizens can jog at the Metrodome! by John Hoff • As much as I enjoy running around the Jordan Pond for exercise--interrupted, from time to time, by some kind of interesting drama--I don't enjoy jogging in Minnesota's winter weather. Thankfully, there is a great alternative to jogging outside in winter: on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, from November to March, you can run in the Metrodome for only $1. OUTSIDE THE WALLS | A simple and positive idea by Dick Bernard • A great friend clued me in on a project a friend of hers was doing: to deliver 1000 greeting cards to military service persons, their families or veterans. It has a deadline of December 10, 2010, and the details are here. |   |
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