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🎤 Minnehaha Recording Company turns 10
Tony Williamette has embraced the visibility of his corner studio at 45th and Minnehaha.
🚀 Who is shooting in Brackett Park?
Neighbors and officials met Monday to troubleshoot a new trend of people firing guns in the park late at night.
🚍 Bus fare just got cheaper. Let's ride the neighborhood routes.
Everywhere a bus or train can take you in the neighborhood.
🧊 The 42nd Ave ice tower
Nate Rylander's latest front-yard attention grabber.
🌙 MoonStone "magical gifts" shop moving in next to Sonora Grill
The mystical gift shop — think crystals, tarot, incense — plans to open in the former Repair Lair space later this month.
🗓 Whenever Wherever: January events calendar
A near-comprehensive roundup of events in Longfellow this month.
🎁 December Whatevers: Monthly miscellanea
Updates on the Hiawatha-Lake interchange, Cooper playground, gift card deals, NYE events, historical holiday cheer, and more.
📖 Inside the cozy confines of Sister Black Press & Studio
For 25 years, Monica Edwards Larson has made a career out of printing things the hard way and teaching others the joy that comes from it.
🌍 "Longfellow Welcomers" sponsor three refugee families through federal program
It's a daunting commitment to take part in the Welcome Corps program, but that didn't stop 27 neighbors on short notice.
💸 4 neighborhood earmarks in the 2025 city budget
The heavily amended budget provides specific funding for a few neighborhood projects in 2025.
🏗️ Financing coming together for major redevelopment of 38th Street grain elevator
A look at the planned redevelopment of the vacant "Checkerboard" grain elevator, which would be among the largest in neighborhood history.
⚾️ The neighborhood glove shop goes national
Tracing D&J Glove Repair's rise from a Longfellow basement to national notoriety.
✨ The 41st/42nd Avenue boulevard lights are on
The annual lighting of the radiant holiday corridor.
🗓 Whenever Wherever: December events calendar
A near-comprehensive roundup of events in Longfellow this month, including a raft of holiday markets.
🍁 November Whatevers: Notes and miscellanea
The latest at Elsa's House of Sleep, a condemnation scare and playground progress at Cooper School, the evolving fight against streetlight copper theft, Francis's grand opening, trouble at Zaza Cannabis, a cozy winterscape at Audrey Rose Vintage, and much more.
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