Bancroft Neighborhood Association

O Be Joyful Gardens Perennial Sale

Jilian — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:29:10 +0000

Saturday, May 19, 10 am – 2 pm
38 Seventh Avenue NE (on driveway and front lawn)
Are you in need of new decorative plants to improve your garden this year? Riverfront gardener Joyce Vincent will have lots of beautiful, healthy thinnings from her garden available at very modest prices, including bleeding hearts, phlox, purple campanula, golden glow, several kinds of daylilies, iris, several kinds of hosta (including the darling stilettos, alba marginata and Golden Tiara), red monarda (bee balm), Silver King artemesia, yellow sedum, Herman’s Pride border plant, plume poppy, columbine, purple coneflowers, charming ragwort with its mini yellow daisy clusters, ferns, snow on the mountain and more. Everything will be labeled and priced. Joyce will be there during the sale hours to answer questions and accept payment for your purchases. It will be Self-Service after that for several weeks until all the plants are sold. You can then simply take the plants you want to buy, and put your payment in her mailbox. It is on the honor system. Joyce also invites you to stop by any time to walk through and enjoy the spring gardens, front and back – daffodils, tulips, iris, peonies, lilacs and more. She doesn’t have to be home, and you don’t have to knock. Just savor the beauty.

Andrea Jenkins at The Third Place Gallery this Saturday

Jilian — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:19:43 +0000

Andrea Jenkins is a local artist and activist, as well as a key staffperson of our 8th Ward Councilmember, Elizabeth Glidden. Andrea will present a sneak peak of her script-in-progress, voice/Love, along with a sampling of her other artistic pursuits. Andrea describes her work as collage, mining the interplay between words, mediums and genres to create a new narrative.

Check out http://www.wingyounghuie.com/events for more information! Afterwards ping pong and karaoke go until 12:30 a.m.

When: Saturday, May 19th

Time: 6:30 pm – doors open
7 pm – event begins, followed by discussion, ping pong and karaoke!

Suggested Donation: $5 – 10

Where: The Third Place
Wing Young Huie Photography Gallery
3730 Chicago Avenue South, Studio B
Minneapolis, MN 55407

New Restaurant at 42nd and Cedar

Jilian — Thu, 10 May 2012 21:56:04 +0000

Pupuseria de las Palmas is now open for business on the northeast corner of 42nd and Cedar (former location of Stabby’s). They offer delicious Latin American food for breakfast, lunch and dinner, featuring pupusas, which are like a Salvadoran version of pasties (like Hot Pockets, but 1000 times better). BNA is thrilled to see a new local business in this location that was empty for far too long. We hope the neighborhood will come together to support this great new addition to the area.

BNA Board Considers Upcoming Ballot Initiatives

Jilian — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:58:07 +0000

At tomorrow’s meeting the BNA board will discuss whether to pass resolutions taking a position on the upcoming state ballot initiatives on Voter ID and Marriage Equality, as some other neighborhood associations have recently done. If these issues impact you or your loved ones, please share your opinion so the board can make a decision that better reflects the neighborhood. The meeting begins at 7:30pm and is open to the public. You can also contact us at info@bancroftneighborhood.org or 612-724-5313.

Congrats, Bancroft Community Gardeners!

Jilian — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:30:42 +0000

At Saturday’s Blooms Day event at Mark Sauter and Hung Truong accepted the 2011 Best Community Garden award on behalf of Bancroft. We all look forward to another season of fresh food and neighborhood fellowship in this beautiful garden.

Info Session on Immigration Law — English and Spanish

Jilian — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:17:28 +0000

When: Mon, May 21, 6pm – 8pm

Where: Corcoran Recreation Center, 3332 20th Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN

US immigration laws are complex and misinformation is everywhere. To help our South Minneapolis residents navigate this complicated system, six neighborhoods have joined together to offer a free information session. Monica Nevin, Powderhorn resident and immigration attorney at Zimmer Law Group, LLC will explain the basics of immigration law, including how family members and employers can petition for immigrants to receive immigration benefits, and the changes to the law that have been proposed. Please join us for this much needed information! The presentation will be made in English with Spanish interpreting.

Proudly Sponsored by: Bancroft Neighborhood Association, Bryant Neighborhood Organization, Corcoran Neighborhood Organization, Longfellow Community Council Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association, Standish-Ericsson Neighborhood Association

For more information, please contact the Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association at info@ppna.org or (612) 722-4817.

Metro Blooms Celebrates Start of Gardening Season

Jilian — Thu, 03 May 2012 19:36:45 +0000

It’s almost Blooms Day! Don’t miss out on the plant sale and free workshops, AND seeing BNA Master Gardener Mark Sauter accept an award on behalf of the Bancroft Community Garden. The event takes place at Kenny Community School (5720 Emerson Ave S) from 8:30 to 1:00 on Saturday May 5th.

More information at http://www.metroblooms.org/bloomsday.php

Early Mornings With Elizabeth: 2012 Legislative Update

Jilian — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:18:18 +0000

Friday, April 27

7:30 – 9am

Turtle Bread

4762 Chicago Ave S

In the Pizza Biga Room

Please join 8th Ward Councilmember Elizabeth Glidden this month to discuss the 2012 legislative session. We will be joined by Senator Jeff Hayden, Representative Jim Davnie, and Representative Susan Allen to give their insights on what was accomplished and what didn’t get done!

We will also discuss the two constitutional amendments that will be on the ballot and welcome invited guest Liz Doyle, Associate Director of Take Action MN, to update us on critical work to organize a coalition to defeat the amendments.

One proposed amendment would require a “photo ID” to exercise your right to vote; the second would put a definition of marriage as between a man and a woman in the Minnesota constitution. The City of Minneapolis has official positions opposing both amendments as contrary to the values and harmful to the rights of Minnesotans, and in the case of the so-called “marriage amendment” enshrining discrimination into the Minnesota constitution

We hope to see you for this important conversation!

Free coffee courtesy of Turtle Bread!

Bancroft Meadows Chosen as FLO(we){u}R Site

Jilian — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:53:34 +0000

Early in the afternoon of May 6th there will be explosions in the Bancroft Meadows. As part of a participatory performance art project, bicyclists will lob ceramic ‘bombs’ full of flower seeds onto the Meadows’ grassy slopes. But before the bombs fly you can experience the rest of this project by visiting the Soap Factory. The opening reception is April 28th from 7 to 11pm and admission, as always, is free:

FLO(we){u}R highlights a little known detail of American history. Beginning in 1914 terra cotta factories, which produced the decorative facades on buildings in downtowns across the United States, were commissioned to make ceramic test bombs for the military. Historically, the ceramic bombs were filled with baking flour and dropped from airplanes. The white marks made by the broken shells allowed early pilots to calibrate their targeting. The Soap Factory’s location in Minneapolis’ historic milling district lends rich context to the humble materials filling each bomb.

The Soap Factory’s gallery space will house a full scale bomb manufacturing facility and all aspects of production will be on display, from clay mixing through molding to drying. Over the course of the project, labor will accumulate in the form of dummy test bombs. Two variations of the terra cotta dummy bomb will be produced based on original WWI blueprints. One model is fired for use as a seed shaker. The second model is un-fired will be used for test launches and a one time seed dispersal at the end of the exhibition. These seeding will leave new white blooming mark on the landscape.

During FLO(we){u}R, the audience will not only be able to see production in process; they will be able to interact with the dummy test bombs in multiple ways. Deviating from the military’s intentions towards accuracy and destruction, the interactive and performative elements will address dispersion and formation. Ginsburg and Madrigal use history and metaphor to insert a poetic undoing of the bombs’ military past. Gallery visitors are encouraged to fill bombs with a custom dispersal mix of flour and white blooming seed mixes. This mix will be scattered throughout Minneapolis by on artist-led seed walks throughout the Minneapolis Park system or by bicycle on seed rides. In this way, the artists reverse the military precision of aerial targeting and allow for a more open-ended random dispersal.

An additional seed scattering event is scheduled for June 9th during the Northern Spark Festival. A full schedule of artist talks, seed rides and events will be available at www.soapfactory.org

BIKE BOMB SEED SHAKER RIDES

May 6th to Bancroft Meadows: departs 12:00pm

May 13th to Theodore Wirth Park: departs 3:00pm

May 20th 14th St & Quincy St NE: departs 3:00pm

ARTIST TALKS

May 4th 8:00 pm

May 19th 4:00 pm

May 25th 8:00pm

TALKING IMAGE CONNECTION: FLO(we){u}R Power, May 12th 8pm

CLOSING EVENT AND MOLD SALE: May 26th 7:00 pm

Dads and Kids: Make a Special Mothers Day Gift AND Support a Local Food Shelf

Jilian — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:32:44 +0000

Saturday May 5th from 3:00 – 6:00 at Pearl Park (on Diamond Lake Road and Portland Ave)

All About Family is hosting a dads and kids event where dads and their kids are going to make a Mothers day gift to honor their wives, mothers and baby mommas. There is no fee: just donate what you can and each child will go home with a Mothers Day gift (long before Mothers Day) Hide it and keep it for mothers day or give it right away, the choice is yours. Participants will also help make gift bags for a local area food shelf for families in transition, and a meal will be served at 5:00.

This is a great way for dads to spend time with their kids (age is open) and create a gift for the mother of their children. This is open to dads who are not with the mothers of their children and also to step-dads,granddads, boyfriends etc.

Reserve your spot by contacting kelley01@visi.com