A Sure Sign of Spring: A new MOQ
As sure as slushy sidewalks, a new MOQ is accompanying letter carriers everywhere to the mailboxes of subscribers, and soon also to a co-op or independent bookstore near you. Don’t see it at your favorite local venue? Tell them they can get it from Don Olson distribution. Or subscribe! and soon your letter carrier will bring you your very own copy. Scroll down for subscription info, or, better yet, read the teasers first and see if you aren’t just a little bit interested in reading this issue’s informative, lively, and sometimes amusing articles and essays.
Our lovely and cheery cover image is “Nuthatch Spring” by Barbara Harman. Read our interview with Harman at www.mplsobserver.com/node/1270 .
Here’s a sampling of what else you’ll find in the spring issue of MOQ:
Street Smarts
Who needs stop signs? We compare Richfield’s latest move to install more stop signs with the opposite action in Drachten, the Netherlands, where they removed them -- both for the same purpose: to make drivers slow down.
Say ‘Jeeze!’
Dave Healy, editor of the St. Anthony Park Bugle, muses on our ubiquitous surveillance cameras.
Walk This Way
A footloose commute is anything but pedestrian, says Craig Cox, who has traded in his bicycle for a good pair of walking shoes, metaphorically speaking. (He hasn’t actually gotten rid of his bike, I’m just saying that, you know, he’s discovered he’d rather walk than bike to work, at least for now. We’re not so sure he’ll feel this way in July when it’s 90 degrees and humid.)
Book Club
Our annotated timeline examines the curious history of the Minneapolis public library from its early days as the Minneapolis Athenaeum, and the path that has led to us folding our system into that of Hennepin County.
An Odyssey of the North
The intrepid Jack Armstrong goes on a guided snowshoe hike along Minnehaha creek and recalls the literary adventures of another Jack.
Mapping Our Metropolis
Do you know where your boundaries lie? After 131 years, Hennepin County surveyors redraw the line.
The Ice Cream Man
Leo Mezzrow reminisces about Sonny Siron.
Notes from the Underground: Old Master
The Walker Art Center’s founder had surprisingly conventional taste — in art.
Plus . . .
Rabbits running amok, bidding farewell to The Rake, a visit to the Minnesota Textile Center, market musette, book reviews, a poem by Emily Graves, and all that
Meet the publishers/editors and pick up a copy ($4) at the Midtown Farmers' Market on May 3 -- we'll be there from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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