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Thanks to all the donors who Gave to the Max on Tuesday! The thousands of dollars you donated will go directly to supporting our work bringing you stories like these—every day. Sisters' Camelot: Feeding Minneapolis, one bus at a time By Jeanette Fordyce, TC Daily Planet "People know us on the streets, recognize our bus," said David Senn, a gardener and bus driver for Sisters' Camelot, a working free organic food collective in Minneapolis.  "It is nice to feed people, especially starving people out on the streets.  It is satisfying to feed hungry people such good food." Senn has been with Sisters' Camelot for eight of the organization's 14 years, working 10 to 40 hours per week as needed.MORE » Arts Orbit Radar 11/18/10 By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet What's happening this week Thursday, November 18 On the radar: Sol LeWitt is to visual art what John Cage is to music—someone who seemed very clever in his day, but whose stature has posthumously risen to twentieth-century titan. When Sol LeWitt: 2D+3D opens alongside Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers, the Walker will be holding two master keys to contemporary art.MORE » Under the radar: It's a big night for dance in Minneapolis. First, watch the Zenon performers zing through their fall season (a tribute to women choreographers), then head to the Varsity for the debut of Anthem Heart's new monthly dance night, called Recess; with Playatta on v-jay duty, there will be a lot more to look at than just your neighbors shaking their rumps to Estate's DJ set. St. Louis Park Catholic school bans pro-gay editorials By Andy Birkey, The Colu.mn A St. Louis Park school banned an staff editorial criticizing Archbishop John Neinstedt's anti-gay marriage DVD in the school's newspaper as well as a story from a student who came out at the Benilde-St. Margaret Catholic school, City Pages reports.MORE » GOP slashes House committees, claims $800,000 in savings By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent Republican  leaders announced Tuesday that they have greatly reduced the number of legislative committees in the Minnesota House and Senate and that they estimate cost savings at between $750,000 and $800,000.MORE » MUSIC | Southern Songbook gets off to a swingin' start By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet The Southern Songbook, a three-concert series presented by the Southern Theater, swung into action Sunday night with a warm and diverse show featuring local performers spanning genres from hip-hop to funk to jazz. The evening's theme was "Lush Life," spotlighting the jazz-pop songs that constitute "the Great American Songbook."MORE » Southern Theater Inside the Daily Planet THEATER | Tim & Eric Awesome Tour, Great Job! Chrimbus Spectacular 2010 changed by life by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet You're reading this because you want to know about the Tim & Eric Awesome Tour, Great Job! Chrimbus Spectacular, which stopped at the State Theatre on Wednesday night. You want me to tell you about it. But honestly, how could I? Could I describe the sight of dewdrops on a butterfly's wings? Taking on tree terrorists: St. Paul's new trees fight Emerald Ash Borer by Sarah Vig, TC Daily Planet Call it a pre-emptive strike against hostile invaders. E.g. bailey: "We have been determined not to allow spoken word to be a fad in Minnesota" by Dwight Hobbes, TC Daily Planet Iconic spoken word performer e.g. bailey emerged in the late 90s, knocking around here, getting his presence felt there, and made a strong impression as part of the performing ensemble Sirius B when they made their 1996 Illusion Theater debut with Monday Morning Body Count, a spotty but compelling work commenting on the rate of homicide among black men. From there, he tirelessly threw his shoulder to the wheel and is now the most vastly accomplished proponent of spoken word in either of the Twin Towns. Community technology empowerment project teaches media literacy by Aaron Mendelson, KFAI Here's a look at what the Americorps/Community Technology Empowerment Project (CTEP)is all about. KFAI hosts CTEP member Aaron Mendelson for 2010-11. Aaron is working with Cristo Rey High School students to teach them media skills. NEW IN BLOGS THE BLOG COLU.MN | MN Catholics: It's "our job to morally guide the broader culture" on homosexuality by Andy Birkey • Catholics in Minnesota are not content to tell other Catholics how to live their lives—they feel it's their job to "morally guide the broader culture" and are engaging in public campaigns and lobbying legislators for the "good of all people, including those of us of other faiths, or no faith at all." WHO IS THAT? | Chris Cloud, MPLS.TV personality by Jay Gabler • "Give me a high five. And not a weak one, a good one." THE OPTIMISTIC PESSIMIST | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and the harrowing Monsters by Jim Brunzell III • Although Halloween is over, two films opening this Friday continue to put the "heart of darkness" into men, women, and children. SAINT PAUL ALMANAC | November: A Karen immigration story by November Paw and Ron Peterson • Not everyone in my family made it to Saint Paul. My parents were village people, until the villages were burnt down. Hiding in the jungle, their food was stolen; their friends and relatives starved. Our people, the Karen, were attacked because we have a different culture, language, and religion. My father was shot through his hand. It took a long time to heal. BLUESTEM PRAIRIE | Brian Melendez to the DFL Central Committee: the glass is both half empty and half full by Brian Melendez • I have been taking the time since Election Day as an opportunity for listening and learning. Although some people seemed to feel that they had everything figured out by the next morning, I didn't (and I still don't). But now that some time has passed, and we have all gained some perspective on the results, and some context that may not have been immediately evident, I'm writing in order to share my first-draft thoughts about those results and how we interpret and respond to them.
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