Community Corner
Local Residents, Rabbi Front and Center in First Same-Sex Marriages
Five things you need to know about Southwest Minneapolis today.
1) Local Rabbi officiating, local same-sex couples marrying in historic first.
Wednesday night will be a historic event for the Minnesota LGBT community, and Linden Hills residents Cathy ten Broeke and Margaret Miles will be front and center at this historic moment when they become the first lesbian or gay couple to be legally wed. Mayor R.T. Rybak will officiate in the main lobby of Minneapolis City Hall. They will be joined—although at a later ceremony around 1 a.m. on Aug. 1—by Southwest Minneapolis' Rabbi Michael Latz, from Shir Tikvah synagogue. Latz and other faith leaders played a prominent role in getting same-sex marriage legalized in Minnesota this year.
2) Who should own our power?
Start warming up your voices and practicing your two-minute speeches—on Thursday, the Minneapolis City Council will hear residents' arguments for and against a proposal to municipalize the city's power grid. It's a move proponents say will help meet the city's renewable energy goals, but which opponents say is "reckless."
3) Butter Bakery hiring
Do you like butter? Do you like Butter? The popular Kingfield cafe is hiring kitchen staff!
4) Movies and music in the park
The Minneapolis Park Board's Movies and Music in the Park program continues Wednesday, with Americana/roots rock group War Poets taking the stage at the Lake Harriet Bandshell and the Fantastic Mr. Fox playing at Lyndale Farmstead Park.
5) Football schedules released
Southwest Lakers or Washburn Millers fan? Check out their fall varsity football schedules, just posted on Minnesota-Scores.net
Wednesday night will be a historic event for the Minnesota LGBT community, and Linden Hills residents Cathy ten Broeke and Margaret Miles will be front and center at this historic moment when they become the first lesbian or gay couple to be legally wed. Mayor R.T. Rybak will officiate in the main lobby of Minneapolis City Hall. They will be joined—although at a later ceremony around 1 a.m. on Aug. 1—by Southwest Minneapolis' Rabbi Michael Latz, from Shir Tikvah synagogue. Latz and other faith leaders played a prominent role in getting same-sex marriage legalized in Minnesota this year.
2) Who should own our power?
Start warming up your voices and practicing your two-minute speeches—on Thursday, the Minneapolis City Council will hear residents' arguments for and against a proposal to municipalize the city's power grid. It's a move proponents say will help meet the city's renewable energy goals, but which opponents say is "reckless."
3) Butter Bakery hiring
Do you like butter? Do you like Butter? The popular Kingfield cafe is hiring kitchen staff!
4) Movies and music in the park
The Minneapolis Park Board's Movies and Music in the Park program continues Wednesday, with Americana/roots rock group War Poets taking the stage at the Lake Harriet Bandshell and the Fantastic Mr. Fox playing at Lyndale Farmstead Park.
5) Football schedules released
Southwest Lakers or Washburn Millers fan? Check out their fall varsity football schedules, just posted on Minnesota-Scores.net
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