🌱 Animal Shelter At 'Breaking Point' + Chef Raises Funds For Ukraine

Happy Friday, Minneapolis! Thanks for reading the first April edition of the Daily.

First, today's weather: Clouds and sunshine. High: 47 Low: 33.

Here are the top 5 stories in Minneapolis today:

1. A Minneapolis man was charged Wednesday in connection with a downtown carjacking. Desmond D. Graham faces kidnapping, robbery, assault and fraud charges for stealing a car on March 10, attacking the victim and forcing him to make ATM withdrawals. (Paid source: Star Tribune)

2. The city received $271 million from the federal American Rescue Plan last year, Patch reports. Officials are expected to use $119 million for revenue replacement, with housing, public safety and public health among their additional priorities. (Patch)

3. Some Twin Cities cellphone users experienced an emergency-call outage overnight Wednesday. T-Mobile, Sprint and Boost Mobile users were unable to reach certain 911 dispatch centers for 90 minutes, CBS reports. (CBS)

4. Minneapolis Animal Care and Control is in “desperate” need of foster volunteers and adoptive families, Bring Me the News reports. The rescue “is near the breaking point” of dog population, according to a post on a “Friends of MACC” Facebook page. (BMTN)

5. Minneapolis pastry chef Zoë François will host a live baking demonstration on April 10 to raise funds for World Central Kitchen’s efforts in Ukraine. A virtual option is available as an alternative to attending in person at the Lynhall. (ZoëBakes)

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Today in Minneapolis:

• Duluth actor Daniel Durant stars in Academy Award Best Picture winner “CODA,” now playing at Riverview Theater. (2 p.m.)
• Cyrille Aimée performs at the Dakota. (7 p.m.)
• The University of Minnesota Department of Theatre Arts & Dance presents “Hamlet.” (7:30 p.m.)
• See a performance of “Radouan Mriziga: Akal” at Walker Art Center. (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The NCAA Women’s Final Four will be held at Target Center tonight for the first time since 1995. (NBC)
• NPR host Connie Goldman has died at age 91. (Paid source: Star-Tribune)
• Save the date: the MSP Film Society will announce its festival lineup on April 14. (MSP)

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— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based newsletter writer and partner content curator. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her feature articles have been recognized with awards from the Illinois Women's Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.