Please click on the headings below for local links, which were updated on June 6, 2007.
For Engaged Citizens
Local Arts Associations & Organizations
Selected Art Galleries
Literary Links
Of Interest to Gardeners
Local Independent Media
Blogs
Anagrams
City elections information
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/elections/
Citizens' League Community Connections Calendar
http://ccc.localevent.net
Minnesota Monitor
http://www.minnesotamonitor.org
Local Arts Associations & Organizations
Handmade Tile Association, organizing the annual Tile Festival in September, and providing a free directory of handmade tile artists, which you can request through their Web site http://www.handmadetileassociation.org/
Intermedia Arts http://www.intermediaarts.org/
Minnesota Center for Book Arts http://www.mnbookarts.org/
Mnartists.org http://www.mnartists.org/ -- A comprehensive site for artists and arts patrons in Minnesota, run by The Walker Art Center, includes events, online galleries, articles, and more
NEMAA (North Minneapolis Arts Association), organizers of Art-A-Whirl the third weekend in May, and sponsors of First Thursdays in the Arts District http://www.nemaa.org/
Northrup King Building, with more than 100 artists' studios, monthly "First Thursday" open studio nights, and more http://www.northrupkingbuilding.com/
Textile Center http://www.textilecentermn.org/
Twin Cities Fine Arts Organization, organizers of the annual Art On The Town series of events every fall http://www.twincitiesfineart.org/
Aldo Moroni http://www.aldomoroni.com/
Clay Squared to Infinity/Infinity Gallery http://www.claysquared.com/
Form + Content, a new gallery in downtown Minneapolis's north loop. We interviewed several founding members this spring, which you can read at http://www.mplsobserver.com/node/1214. Visit the gallery's Web site at www.formandcontent.org.
Gallery 13 http://www.gallery13.com/
Placement Gallery, a new roving gallery founded by Yuri Arajs (former exec. director of Outsiders and Others), whom we interview in the summer 2007 edition of MOQ, an interview we will be posting on this Web site later in the summer. To learn where the gallery will be turning up next, visit Placement's blog, http://placementgallery.blogspot.com.
Rosalux Gallery http://www.rosaluxgallery.com/
Susan Hensel Design http://www.susanhenseldesign.com/
Laurel Poetry Collective www.laurelpoetry.com/
The Loft Literary Center www.loft.org/
Minnesota Literature www.minnesotaliterature.org/
Northography www.northography.com
The Playwrights' Center www.pwcenter.org/
SASE: The Write Place www.saseonline.org./home/index.html
Write-On Radio www.kfai.org/programs/write_on/write_on_radio.htm
The Garden Letter -- "Green Thoughts for the Northern Gardener" by St. Paul writer Bonnie Blodgett
http://www.gardenletter.com
Northern Gardener -- the official magazine of the Minnesota Horticultural Society
http://www.northerngardener.org
The Renegade Gardener -- "A lone voice of horticultural reason" from Minneapolis area gardener Don Engebretson
http://www.renegadegardener.com
Asian Pages http://www.asianpages.com/
The Bridge http://www.readthebridge.info/
The Business Journal http://twincities.bizjournals.com/twincities/
Camden Community News http://www.camdenews.org/
City Pages http://www.citypages.com
Cursor http://www.cursor.org/twin_cities.htm
Downtown Journal (formerly Skyway News) http://www.downtownjournal.com/
Finance and Commerce http://www.finance-commerce.com/
Insight News http://www.insightnews.com/
KBEM -- Jazz, Traffic and Schools http://www.jazz88fm.com
KFAI -- Fresh Air Radio http://www.kfai.org
La Prensa http://www.laprensa-mn.com/
The Minnesota Daily http://www.mndaily.com
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder http://www.spokesman-recorder.com
Minnesota Women's Press http://www.womenspress.com/
Pulse of the Twin Cities http://www.pulsetc.com/
The Rake http://www.rakemag.com/
Southside Pride http://www.southsidepride.com/
Southwest Journal http://www.swjournal.com
Twin Cities Daily Planet http://tcdailyplanet.net
Twin Cities Indy Media Center http://twincities.indymedia.org
The Bleat, with James Lileks http://www.lileks.com/bleats/
Finding Jimmy, with Carrie Mercer, Observer contributing writer http://findingjimmy.blogspot.com/
Sharon's Compendium, a mixture of observations, news, and curiosities about the natural world and city life, from MOQ editor/publisher Sharon Parker.
http://sharonscompendium.blogspot.com
Anagrams
What downtown Minneapolis landmark is an anagram of Toads Bring Cheer?
http://www.nps.gov/miss/maps/model/sabridge.html
What’s inside Minneapolis City Hall that’s an anagram of Rafters of Wheat?
http://www.cgstock.com/1610
Corn Angel, Examine a Gin Ship! is an anagram for . . .
http://www.mgex.com/history.html
