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practices, meets every Wednesday from 6-8 PM at district 202 (1601 Nicollet Ave). For
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queeryouthexist Minneapolis seeks election judges to serve the voters during the 2000 election season. The hourly wage is set at 40% above the minimum wage (currently $7.21 per hour). Full-day and part-time shifts are available. The election dates are September 12 for the Primary, and November 7 for the general. For further information, call 612-673-3876, or apply online at www.ci.minneapolis.us/ elections. For further election or voting information, call 612-673-2070. Consumers interested in Community Supported Agriculture, an arrangement where people buy shares in a farming operation on an annual basis in exchange for a weekly supply of fresh, natural produce throughout the growing season, should contact the Land Stewardship Project’s Twin Cities office at 651-653-0618 or the Minnesota Food Association at 612-872-3298. The Volunteers of America Minnesota present Senior Dining at one of many V.O.A. Senior Dining sites in the metro area. For a dining site near you, or the menu, call 612-225-4022. The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) is pleased to present a series of Summer Youth Programs, Studio Tots (ages 4 1/2 - 6), Studio Kids, (ages 7-11), and teen classes (ages 12-16). For information and class scehdules, call 874-3700. The Planning Committee presents the Fourteenth Annual Graduation Dinner for American Indian College Graduates, Thursday, May 4, at 4 PM, a recognition dinner in honor of American Indian students graduating from metro and surrounding area colleges and universities, at the Minneapolis Shrine Center, 2540 Park Ave. South. The program includes Joe Atkin, MC; Lloyd Elm, Keynote Speaker; Steve Chapman, Honored Educator; Marlene Helgemo, Invocation; and Strong Heart, Honor Drum Song. Over 90 American Indian graduates are expected for this positive event. Please join us. If you have any questions, call Pauline Danforth at 612-373-2790. Roosevelt Community Education presents a series of May classes. For info contact Roosevelt Community Education, 4029 28th Ave South, at 612-627-2697. Blood pressure screening: The first Monday of each month during the school year, free blood pressure screenings are available at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church and Roosevelt Community Education. Screenings are free, from 3-4 PM. For registration info, call Roosevelt Community Education, 627-2697. Wildflowers of Spring: Observe and identify an abundance of wildflowers in their spring glory at Nerdstrand Big Woods State Park. Trip meets in front of Roosevelt High School at 8 PM, carpool to Nerdstrand and return at approximately 1 PM. Saturday, May 13, $15. Native American Spirituality: Explore the origins of Native American beliefs. Roosevelt, 2 Wednesdays beginning May 17, 7-9 PM. Adults $12, Adult & child age 10-17, $18. Mapping Medicare: Gain a greater understanding of Medicare, and changes in Medicare under the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. Please register in advance. Roosevelt, 2 Wednesdays beginning May 17, 6-8:30 PM, free. Roofing: Look into everything necessary in roofing a home and know how to recognize a good job. Discuss flat and pitched roofs, shingles, valleys, gutters, and minor carpentry repair. At Roosevelt, Tuesday, May 16, 7-9 PM. Adults, $10, Adult + child age 12-17, $15. Small Business, How to Start One: Gain a comprehensive overview of starting a small business and the use of a business plan. Look at resources for getting started in the Twin Cities. At Roosevelt, Monday, May 8, from 7-8:30 PM, $10. The National Park Service announces the new “National Parks Pass,” which provides unlimited entrance to all 379 National Parks for one full year from the date of purchase. The Pass will be available for purchase at the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area and other National Park Service areas and offices. The Pass costs $50, and 70% of proceeds go directly to projects that help the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, while the remaining 30% goes to a national fund that supports projects at other National Park Service Areas. The Pass can be purchased from 8 AM to 4:30 PM at the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area headquarters in Suite 418 at Galtier Plaza, 175 E. Fifth St. in St. Paul. Is it also available online at www.nationalparks.org or by calling 1-888-GO-PARKS. Call 651-290-4160 ext. 234 for more information. Public immunization clinics for Hennepin County residents who have no insurance which covers immunizations will be held in the month of May. Immunizations will be offered for nine diseases. A donation of $5 per shot is requested. For more information about the clinics, contact the Hennepin County Community Health Department at 612-348-2741. Please bring your Social Security Number and your child’s Social Security number to the clinic, as well as Medical Assistance numbers and other Health Insurance member numbers. Also, please bring your immunization records with you to the clinic. Friday, May 5, 8:30-11:30 AM, Health Services Building, 525 Portland Ave. South. Friday, May 19, Minneapolis, 8:30-11:30 AM, Health Services Building. Community members are invited to investigate more then 40 career fields at “Chase Your Dreams,” a free career night on Tuesday, May 2, beginning at 6 PM at Minneapolis Community and Technical College. The event is free and open to the public. To register, call 651-229-4060. MCTC is located at 1501 Hennepin Ave in downtown Minneapolis. Blooming Blocks will take place Saturday, May 20 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Farmers Market, Chicago and 31st St. Blocks can register by May 5 with the Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association and then participate in the plant swap and be eligible for other plants if they become available over the summer. Call PPNA at 722-4817 for futher information. The Bakken, a Library and Museum of Electricity in Life, presents Family Science Saturdays, “The Battle of the Currents,” on Saturday, June 3. Join 19th Century Americans in choosing sides in the battle between Thomas Edison’s direct current and Nikola Tesla’s alternating. From 10 AM to 4 PM, families will have a chance at hands-on activites and demonstrations. The Bakken is located on the west shore of Lake Calhoun at 3537 Zenith Ave South, the intersection of West Calhoun Parkway and 36th St. For more information, call the Bakken at 612-926-3878, or visit them online at www.thebakken.org. A Cinco de Mayo celebration will be held Sunday, May 7 at the International Bazaar on East Lake Street between Third and Fourth Avenues. There will be live music from 1–5 p.m. FFI call 822-2696. El Mercado Central will celebrate Cinco de Mayo Sunday, May 7, from noon to 7 p.m. in the parking lot behind the Mercado at Bloomington and Lake. There will be live music, dance groups, food, arts and crafts and merchandise for sale. Sabri Properties will hold a Grand Opening Celebration Saturday, May 20, at Suuqa Karmel, Minnesota’s first Somalian market Place, at 2944 Pillsbury Avenue S. Food, live music and over 30 Somalian vendors will be featured. FFI call 822-2696. The First Annual Black Artists’ Show and Sale, featuring the works of seven African American visual artists from the metro area, will be held at Exodus Center, 3644 Chicago Ave. S., May 6–13. For more information about the show and sale, call 612-521-6595. On May 3, Hennepen County Medical Center (HCMC) will participate in National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day, an event dedicated to providing accurate information and free screening to those who think they may be suffering from symptoms of anxiety disorders. HCMC’s screenings will take place on Wednesday, May 3, in the Medcal Speciality Center (D Building) at 914 South 8th St. in the lower level D Conference Room. There will be two screening sessions, Session 1 at 10 AM, and session 2 at 2 PM. Free information will be available about various anxiety disorders at a table in the C Building Lobby from 9AM to 3 PM. The Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (MRAC) announces the Arts Activities Support Grant Awards. This program offers grants of up to $8,500 to small and mid-sized nonprofit organizations, community groups, and informal groups/collaborations to support arts activities in all disciplines. Recipients include ArtStop, CreArte, Lyn-Lake Improvement Association, No Name Exhibitions at the Soap Factory, Patrick’s Cabaret, and more. Open Book, the Minneapolis warehouse building that now houses three Minnesota literary arts organizations, celebrates it’s grand opening on Sunday, May 21 from noon to 4 PM. Open Book is located at 1011 Washington Ave. South. The event is free and open to the public. The grand opening will feature tours of Open Book, information on each of the organizations’ programs, drawings for prizes, appearences by local celebrities, and a special reading by Minneapolis short story author Charles Baxter. Contact the Loft Literary Center for it’s May 2000 Calendar of Events, at 612-215-2590, email at cjames@loft.org, or www.loft.com. The public is invited to the Midtown Greenway Coalition annual meeting, Thursday, May 25, 6-7:30 PM. 2836 Lyndale Ave South (enter building from north side and go downstairs). The event is free. The annual meeting is a celebration of the progress on the Greenway, a linear park space more then five miles long, that will cross Minneapolis along the 29th St. railroad corridor one block north of Lake At. There will be food, music, Greenway updates, and a ten minute business meeting for elections. Public Art Master Plan progress report, a chance for the public to offer comments on ideas that a consulting team is coming up with for a Public Art Master Plan for the Midtown Greenway, will be Thursday, May 18, from 7-9 PM at Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Ave South. The Standish Ericsson Neighborhood Association Garden Club will hold its annual Spring Perennial Swamp Friday, May 19, from 6:30–8:30 p.m. at Sibley Park located at 40th St. E. and 19th Ave. S. If you don’t have plants to exchange, you can bring a donation for the Food Shelf. FFI call SENA at 721-1601 and leave a message for Joyce. The Central Neighborhood CleanSweep will be held Saturday, May 20. Trucks will go through the alleys that day and collect trash and volunteers as needed to help load the trash. If you are interested in helping, meet at Sabathani between 8:30 and 9 a.m. for coffee and donuts and a truck assignment. |
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