Teacher Shannon McGuire has transformed the choir department into a performing arts group that not only involves all the grades all at once, but uses green screen technology and features student-written skits. 

Items of Note Section for the 3/12/25 Northeaster

A painter, a sculptor and a punk rock photographer walk into Mojo Coffee — and the stories they tell paint a vivid picture of the artist’s life. 

“I’ll come here a lot,” Willow Gorman said as she sat on the couch of the newly opened Inkwell Booksellers Company. Gorman was attending the grand opening of the independent bookstore on Feb. 22.

Without cadmium yellow, Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” would not have their signature glowing depths. Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” might not convey the same depth of despair minus the cadmium-based vermilion red. Some even say the rise of impressionism would not have been possible without cadmium paint, which allowed mixing for a more lifelike and color-fast palette.

Three other corner business are in the cross-hairs of a MnDOT plan that, if chosen, would take parts of three property corners, and in one case, an entire building.

As new federal spending cuts seem to be announced almost daily, some may wonder how those cuts might affect people who live in Northeast Minneapolis and the surrounding communities.

On Friday, Feb. 28, the Twin Cities Ukrainian community organized an emergency rally. More than 100 people marched from the Ukrainian Community Center and over the Hennepin Avenue Bridge and back. Above, ralliers lined the curb of the Hennepin Ave. Bridge during rush hour.