Longfellow Event Calendar & Board Meetings

RISE: Rallying in Solidarity for Equity

Brackett Park 2728 S 39th Ave, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Join us for a free health equity event on August 20th at Brackett Park. From 11am to 3pm we will have free health screenings, a resource fair, as well as music, art, yoga, book buggie, and free food. Spanish version at the bottom - Hay una versión en español al final de la página web. [...]

BIPOC Shared Space: Massage & Bodywork

Ivy Arts Building 2637 27th Ave, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Welcome to our BIPOC Space! Our goal is to create and facilitate a healing space for BIPOC community members where our joys, struggles, expression, and ways of being are not just welcome, but centered; an environment where BIPOC can be their full, authentic selves without fear. We meet every fourth Tuesday of the month at [...]

ERG Working Social & Beach Clean Up

Mississippi Gorge Regional Park 3349 W River Pkwy, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Join us for an informal "working social" meeting the evening before the festival (Saturday September 9th) to pick up trash along Longfellow Beach. Meet at 6pm at the top of the long stone staircase off of 34th St at W River Parkway. We will walk down the stairs to clean the beach and survey the [...]

Longfellow River Gorge Festival

Mississippi Gorge Regional Park 3349 W River Pkwy, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Celebrate the Mississippi River Gorge at the annual Longfellow River Gorge Festival! This family-friendly, community celebration will include free ice cream and popsicles, canoe rides, live music and naturalist tours. Our Gorge Leadership Team will lead walking tours of the nearby oak savanna so you can see the progress of recent restoration at this site. there will be live music throughout [...]

Ward 12 Candidate Forum

Longfellow Recreation Center 3435 36TH AVE S, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Meet the City Council Ward 12 candidates as they discuss important issues for our neighborhood. You have the opportunity to ask questions too! Email with questions you would like the candidates to answer. The forum starts at 7 followed by a meet and greet at 8pm. Help us welcome people at the event: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e49a8ab2aa2f9c16-ward1#/ [...]

BIPOC Shared Space: Crafts & Conversation

Ivy Arts Building 2637 27th Ave, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Welcome to our BIPOC Space! Our goal is to create and facilitate a healing space for BIPOC community members where our joys, struggles, expression, and ways of being are not just welcome, but centered; an environment where BIPOC can be their full, authentic selves without fear. We meet the last Tuesday of the month at [...]

Beautification Day (rescheduled!)

Lake & Minnehaha Minneapolis, MN, United States

Help us make the former Gandhi Mahal site beautiful! Longfellow Community Council, Lake Street Council, Holy Trinity and Redesign Inc. are gathering on Wednesday, September 7th from 11:00am-6:00pm for a community clean up. We'll be picking up trash and debris at the former Gandhi Mahal Site, 27th Ave South between Lake Street and 31st Street. [...]

Community Art Day

LCC Office 3101 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Join LCC and artist Pablo Kalaka for a day of painting! Help paint and prep our office building for a mural created by Pablo. We'll have all supplies, we just need you!  Community members can sign up for a slot between 10 and noon on Sunday, October 1st. Slots are one hour long. Snacks will be [...]

Door Knocking to Remove Racial Covenants

We're looking for people to help us spread the word about Free the Deeds and connect residents to resources for removing racial covenants from their property. We will be door knocking homes across the community that still have racist language attached to their deeds and provide them information about how they can remove it. There [...]

Ward 9 Candidate Forum

Powderhorn Park 3400 S 15th Ave, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Meet the City Council Ward 9 candidates as they discuss important issues for our neighborhood. You have the opportunity to ask questions too! Email  with questions you would like the candidates to answer. The forum starts at 6:30pm on Tuesday, October 10th. Necesita información en español? Soomaali? This event will be livestreamed at lwvmpls.org and is [...]

LCC Pizza Party and General Membership Meeting

The Toolbox Collective 3400 42nd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Join us for our free family-friendly No Pie Charts, Only (Pizza) Pies Party from 6 to 8pm at the Toolbox Collective. Get to know your neighbors, while sampling pizza from several local pizza shops and voting on your favorites. We'll have gluten free and vegan options. Bring food or household goods for our food drive, [...]

Community Clean Up

Walgreens 4547 Hiawatha Ave, Minneapolis, MN, United States

The Community Clean Ups gather people from the neighborhood and community together to contribute to the health and vitality of the Greater Longfellow neighborhood. All are welcome. This is a free, family-friendly event – join us Saturday, Oct. 14! To join the cleanup, simply show up between 10am and 12pm at the Walgreens Parking Lot [...]