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“The entry pavilion manifests a new public heart for the Walker campus,” said Mary Ceruti, Executive Director of the Walker. “As we continue to welcome visitors back with new programming after a challenging year that we all shared, we are thrilled that this Architecture Award validates our efforts to strengthen community engagement through architecture and art.”
MSP museums offer inspiration as infinite as our universe, yet as close as the critters & plants on Minnesota’s landscape. We’re excited to join with @amswedinstitute, @thebakkenmuseum, @sciencemuseummn, & @mnchildmuseum to excite curiosity & wonder through museums.
The InspireMSP campaign combines pieces from museums in the Minneapolis St. Paul area,
inviting everyone to come see the incomparable mix of inspiration only found here. Visit InspireMSP.com to learn more.
Woolly Mammoth, Bell Museum + Dala Horse, American Swedish Institute
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Gesner Historiae Animalium Liber IIII Piscium Aquatilium #7, The Bakken + Tyrannosaurus Rex, Science Museum of Minnesota
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Casseri Tabulae Anatomicae #2, The Bakken + Giant Astronaut, Science Museum of Minnesota
For the 2021 Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, we’re offering an MSPIFF40 All Access Streaming Pass that gives you exclusive household access to all Festival films and virtual events through our virtual platform! Due to restrictions set by film distributors, films will have limited availability and may not be viewable outside of Minnesota. Further details will be available as they develop.
When the full MSPIFF program becomes available, Passholders will still need to reserve individual tickets in advance using their pass. Industry and Student Streaming Pass registration is open.
MSPIFF welcomes all filmmakers from previous festivals and members of Minnesota’s film and television industry to apply for the MSPIFF Industry Pass. This deeply-discounted version of MSPIFF’s All-Access Streaming Pass is offered in appreciation of your contributions to Minnesota’s vibrant production community.
To purchase an Industry Pass, you must first submit an application. Upon approval you will receive a promotional code. Enter the code after clicking the Puchase Pass button below.
Walker Art Center: This spring, the popular program Mn Artists Presents is going virtual! Guest curator Maia Maiden joins forces with filmmaker Sherine Onukwuwe to spotlight the Minnesota hip-hop community. In a film shot on-site at the Walker, five local luminaries explore how the elements of freestyle, hook, and repeat drive innovation across art forms. The presentation combines deejay (DJ), emcee (MC), dance, graffiti, fashion, and knowledge in a conversation on the global impact of hip-hop.
Watch the film right here for free beginning Thursday, May 6, at 6 pm (CDT). The film will remain online through May 31.
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Virtual Mn Artists Presents: Maia Maiden
@MnArtists Presents. Five local artists explore how the elements of freestyle, hook, and repeat drive innovation across deejay (DJ), emcee (MC), dance, graffiti, fashion and knowledge in a conversation on the global impact of hip-hop.
Walker Art Center: Multidisciplinary contemporary art center presenting exhibitions; dance, theater, and music performances; and film screenings. #WalkerArtCenter
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) published a single preferred site concept to replace the Bde Maka Ska pavilion that burned down in 2019. Visit link to view the concept: Bde Maka Ska Pavilion Site Concept
The preferred concept published represents many design features from previously published concept options and is responsive to significant public feedback received over the last several months. Read the “Background” header below for more details on the design process.
Public Hearing
A public hearing on the concept is scheduled Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 6:30 pm. To minimize the risk of exposure to or potential spread of COVID-19, the MPRB added options to submit comments for its virtual public meetings and hearings, authorized under Minn. Stat. Section 13D.02.
The former Bde Maka Ska concessions pavilion, also called a “refectory,” was built in 1930. It was engulfed in flames on May 16, 2019 and torn down 12 days later. The MPRB paved over the site to provide a temporary gathering space at the popular northeastern corner of the lake and installed electrical hookups for pavilion vendor Lola’s to operate food trucks.
Two concepts were published for public comment on March 11, 2021. Public feedback was taken via online survey, email and social media through April 1, 2021. In addition, MPRB staff held three public online Open House events in March. Follow the link below to read questions and answers from the Open Houses:
MPRB Commissioners on the Planning Committee will consider the concept after the public hearing on May 5. If the concept is approved by the Planning Committee, it will be up for consideration by the full Board of Commissioners at a future meeting, likely at the next scheduled Board meeting May 19. Construction is expected in 2022 with concessions resuming for the 2023 season.
The cost estimate and proposed funding sources for the concept published today will be presented to the Planning Committee on May 5. Potential funding sources include insurance compensation, regional park improvement funding and additional options being explored by MPRB staff. Please visit the Bde Maka Ska Refectory Rebuild project page and enter you email address into the box under “Subscribe to Email Updates” to stay informed and up-to-date on this project. Also, share the project page with anyone who may be interested using the link minneapolisparks.org/bmsrebuild.
Minnehaha Creek extends from Lake Minnetonka in the west and flows east for 22 miles (35 km) through several suburbs west of Minneapolis, and continuing through south Minneapolis. The watershed for the creek covers 181 square miles (470 km2). Along the creek is a 53-foot (16-meter) waterfall, Minnehaha Falls, which is situated 3/4 of a mile from where the stream empties into the Mississippi River.
Minnehaha Falls is geologically linked to Saint Anthony Falls, which is the only waterfall on the Mississippi River. Roughly 10,000 years ago, St. Anthony Falls several miles downstream on the Mississippi River at the confluence of the glacial River Warren (at present-day Ft. Snelling). Geologically, the area has a sandstone layer beneath a layer of limestone. Over the centuries, water in the river beds broke through the limestone layer, and the churning at the bottom of the falls ate away at the soft underlying sandstone. Eventually, the hard limestone cap was unsupported and broke off. Thus St. Anthony Falls receded, moving upstream at a rate of about 4 feet (1.2 m) per year. As St. Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River moved past Minnehaha Creek, a second falls was created, Minnehaha Falls, which also continued to move upstream to its present site in the park.
An island in the Mississippi River near Minnehaha Creek once existed; the receding St. Anthony Falls divided into two as it passed around the island. The falls in the channel farthest from Minnehaha Creek reached the upstream end of the island first, cutting off water to the west channel and resulting in an “abandoned waterfall” at the north end of the channel. The abandoned west channel is now a grassy cul-de-sac known as the “Deer Pen”. Locating the abandoned waterfall was made difficult in recent years since the Deer Pen was partially filled with tons of fill dirt from nearby construction projects. Today, the mouth of Minnehaha Creek where it joins the Mississippi River is the lowest surface point in the city of Minneapolis at 686 ft (209 m) above sea level.
Erosion within the last century has resulted in a falls that is fairly narrowly channeled and vigorous, notably after a heavy rain. Photographs of the waterfall from the 19th century show a much wider, curtain like character to the falls. When the creek is dry, the older, much-broader ledge can be observed. If there were sufficient interest and funding, some remedial work could theoretically restore the 19th-century appearance of the falls. Due to extremely cold winter temperatures, the falls freeze, creating a dramatic cascade of ice that can last well into the spring. If there is a rain shortage in the autumn, the falls may virtually dry up. In the summer, especially in the rainy months of June and July, the flow can be surprisingly forceful.
Minnehaha Falls are only a portion of the Minnehaha Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. In the nomination form, the site was recognized for its architectural, commerce, conservation, literary, transportation, and urban planning contributions
