Lead Trainer Emily Hedenland and Yana, an assistance dog in training, demonstrate important skills at a recent Can Do Canines open house. Photo: Caren Hansen Can Do Canines will host an open house on ...

40 years ago a building was added to the Wendell Phillips Junior High School with a pool and a gym. The school itself was demolished 12 years later. The pool and gym building was kept, restored with ...

Growing the Backyard CHAT is collaborating with Amen Corner in making fresh produce available, Saturdays, 12:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Project S.U.P.E.R.M.A.N, another ...

Charlie Stately, longtime owner of Woodland Indian Crafts Shop, chats with customers during the Minneapolis American Indian Center Open House on May 1. Charlie’s shop has been a staple of the center ...

On March 30, a meeting entitled “A Listening Session About Encampments in Phillips and Minneapolis” organized by a Phillips Neighborhood group calling themselves Phillips Neighborhood Safety Coalition ...

I lived through a time when I did not have shelter or food. Growing up in Vietnam through war and after the war, human needs were never met. I immigrated to America in the hope of a better future.

On the north side of the cemetery, in one of the blocks of graves overlooking the Midtown Greenway, there are nine lots divided into half-size graves. They are children”'s graves, mostly from the ...

The big news this month in the world of Minneapolis Edible Boulevards is that applications for this season’s resources are now out and due May 15. Once approved, you’ll go through a process of doing a ...

I recently attended a meeting put on by the Minnesota Interagency Council on Homelessness (MICH). As is common these days, the meeting began with a land acknowledgement, which is a statement ...

When Sue Hunter Weir writes an article for the alley, getting that response from a reader makes her smile. Yesterday we met in person and talked about her volunteer work. Back in the 1990s there was a ...

Another successful Clean Sweep Event on October 14th celebrated it’s 20th year! 500 people participated beginning with a quick breakfast and coffee at the Welna Hardware parking lot where volunteers ...

South junior Frances Pickar showcases the array of works made in regard to her sustained investigation: the cold emotions that arise during the winter months. All Photos: Oliver Stricherz Reprinted ...