My Thank You to the Hill & Lake Press
I am filled with so much gratitude—thank you for the meaningful tribute given to me upon my retirement.
It truly was an honor to photograph this neighborhood (the best “hood” in the world, according to Jim Lenfestey, writing about it in one of his earlier Urban Coyote columns).
I will miss the formal assignments for the newspaper (and the access granted by a press pass!), but you will still find me out and about—always with my camera.
I plan to spend the winter preparing all of my Hill & Lake Press photographs and tear-sheets for donation to the Special Collections Department of the Hennepin County Central Library, where they will be digitized and placed on their website.
When this project is complete, you may read all about it in Hill & Lake Press.
Thank you again, Craig. The paper is in good hands.
Dorothy Childers was the staff photographer of the Hill & Lake Press for 34 years. She retired last month. Dorothy resides in Cedar-Isles-Dean.
SW LRT Update
As part of the construction of the Kenilworth LRT Tunnel in Minneapolis, Cedar Lake Parkway has been closed to vehicle traffic since May, 2022. For the duration of this closure, the project has committed to preserving trail access across the corridor in proximity to Cedar Lake Parkway.
The new temporary bridge is currently under construction. By early to mid-January, trail access will shift from the current location at Depot Street to the north, closer to Cedar Lake Parkway. Signage and striping will guide trail users along the relocated temporary path. This temporary trail alignment is expected to remain in place until Cedar Lake Parkway is reopened to traffic in spring 2023. (GreenLineExt.org)
David Davies, Manager, Public Involvement, Southwest LRT.
Tom Maakestad at the Groveland Gallery: ARTIST TALK & PAINTING DEMO
Saturday, December 17 from 2:00-4:00pm
We’re excited to have Tom Maakestad at the Gallery one week from today. You’re invited to visit and see how Tom creates the oil landscapes like those in his current exhibit. “Novellas” runs through January 14, 2023.
Sally Johnson has been the director of Groveland Gallery in Lowry Hill since 1983
2023 Art Shanty Projects Bdé Umáŋ / Lake Harriet, Minneapolis, MN
Weekends, January 21 – February 12, 2023 10:00am – 4:00pm
We’re excited to be back on the ice this winter in South Minneapolis!
We look forward to welcoming grown adults and kids of all ages to play / learn / grow / laugh / smile / sing / groove / gather with us in the Art Shanty village.
Art Shanty Projects is a four-weekend winter art festival attracting over 27,000 annual visitors of all ages to explore interactive public art in an extreme environment.
More than 150 artists are given stipends to use the frozen lake as a public platform to create and present interactive art shanty installations and a rotating schedule of daily performances. Visitors can ride bicycles decorated like butterflies, peer through a huge kaleidoscope, write a love letter to a park or climb inside a giant bird house.
Erin Lavelle, Artistic Director
