Cedar/Riverside, May 2012

There’s still hope that it could be warm and sunny next week, right?

The Cedar Cultural Center (via the 1980-81 Augsburgian yearbook).

Brother Ali, Omar Offendum to explore relationship between hip hop, peace at Nobel Peace Prize Forum

Nationally known hip hop artist Brother Ali and Syrian-American artist Omar Offendum will explore the relationship between hip hop and peace at 8 p.m., March 9, at the 25th Annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Minneapolis.

The artists will speak about their music, their roles as activists and humanitarians, the social and moral dimensions of their music as a force to unite communities, and whether artists have a special moral responsibility. Each presentation, at Augsburg College’s Kennedy Center, will feature a short music set, followed by a talk that includes audience question and answer. 

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Photo: Courtesy of Omar Offendum

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Minneapolis Skyline from Stone Arch Bridge, 1976-2001

Photos via Earl Leatherberry

Some great shows opening today in the Augsburg Galleries!

TC Daily Planet has some more images from the Calle Lake show.

Great musical history of our neighborhood, anchored by the now defunct 400 Bar. http://blog.thecurrent.org/2013/01/the-400-bar-oral-history/

It’s the bar where Golden Smog, Zuzu’s Petals, and Semisonic all began, and where Dan Wilson first debuted his big hit “Closing Time.” It’s the bar where Bonnie Raitt hung out while in the Twin Cities to record her debut album. It’s where First Ave stage manager Conrad Sverkerson kicked out his first rowdy patron. And it’s where Peter Ostroushko was playing pool when he got the call to go play on Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks.

It’s the 400 Bar—and after decades of hosting live music, the West Bank institution has closed its doors and vacated its ancient two-story building on the corner of Cedar and Riverside Avenues.

For some, it marks the end of an era; the closing of the final chapter of Minneapolis’s storied rock ‘n’ roll heyday, and yet another nail in the coffin of the vibrant folk and blues scene that once dominated the West Bank. But for those familiar with the neighborhood’s rich and vibrant history, it’s yet another example of the reinvention and resilience that sets the area apart from any other in the Twin Cities.

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ski-u-mah:

Click through to check out a 1930s visitors’ guide to the City of Minneapolis: “For the visitor seeking the many recreations presented by a thoroughly modern city and enjoyed in an atmosphere of progressive spirit, sincere hospitality, and natural beauty, Minneapolis’ attractions are not surpassed by those of any city in the world.”

This is reposted with permission from Thomas F. Swezey, who happens to be a U of M alum with a degree in math. Ski-U-Mah, Thomas!

Old Main and Downtown Minneapolis

This enormous drawing by Richard Barlow is pretty much the best.

Check it out in the Christensen Center Gallery before 12/19!

scaredpanda:

Cedar, Isles, Calhoun, Harriet, Diamond, Nokomis, Hiawatha and Powderhorn. Wear the love.

Yay for geography shirts!