Podcast: Interview with Diane Hofstede

As a library board member and now City Council member, Diane Hofstede has pushed for green and sustainable design elements to be incorporated into public building projects, including the Central Library’s green rooftop. But years before the current green building trend, Hofstede used green design techniques to build an eco-friendly home in the St. Anthony […]

Dining out for a cause

By Mandy Tempel
Northeast Beat Contributor
Several restaurants in Northeast are participating in an annual fundraiser Thursday to benefit agencies supporting people with AIDS or HIV.
Dining Out For Life raises more than $2 million a year in North America, with a portion of the day’s proceeds at more than 2,500 restaurants nationwide will be donated to licensed […]

Questions for the Council Member

I’ll be heading down to City Hall again Monday for another podcast interview, this time with City Council Member Diane Hofstede.
Once again I’d like you to submit your questions for the council member. Leave them in the comments section of this post, and I’ll choose a handful of questions I think are most interesting or […]

Last call for… tots?

Just when it seemed the 331 Club had finally sorted out all its issues with city regulators, singer Quillan Roe shared news of another tough break for the venue during tonight’s Roe Family Singers show. A city inspector has deemed the bar’s kitchen not appropriate for a fryer, he said. That means after tonight no […]

Crime-prevention activists launch newspaper

By Jake Weyer
Northeast Beat Contributor
Crime trends, safety tips, photos of wanted criminals and a variety of other public safety news delivered to your doorstep.
That’s what the creators of new publication the Minneapolis Defender plan to provide Northeast Minneapolis and parts of Southeast Minneapolis once a month starting April 24.
The newspaper is the brainchild of […]

Earth Day builds anticipation for park’s new era

Northeast neighborhoods celebrated Earth Day over the weekend. (Photos by Melissa Slachetka)
By Melissa Slachetka
Northeast Beat Contributor
The park is small and nestled between Gabby’s Saloon and the Sample Room; two eateries over-looking the Mississippi River. Early morning gray skies didn’t diminish the enthusiasm of Northeast residents participating in Earth Day events.
“The park opens in October,” said […]

Holland’s Hotdish Revolution

Anyone planning to cook up something for Saturday’s Hotdish Revolution?

Northeast Celebrates Earth Day

Northeasters will have plenty of opportunities this weekend to step outside, get some sunshine and lend a hand to help the earth.
Saturday is Earth Day, and Northeast has a number of options to help residents celebrate.
The Minneapolis Park and Recreational Board is sponsoring a 13th Annual Watershed Clean Up, from 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The […]