A South Minneapolis music festival featuring 12 local bands across 3 porches that transform into stages on September 16th from 4-10 PM along 17th Avenue from 32nd to 34th Streets! Powderhorn Porchfest is unique in its focus on celebrating local music and local foods. While dancing in the streets to hip hop, blues, indie, and [...]
This fall marks the end of a year of shows at the Vine Arts Center with artwork from community members, gallery members and an artist from Iowa. Our members are preparing to celebrate that with “Rising From The Ashes” on September 16 from 6:00 to 9:00. The following week on Sept 23rd and 24th from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM [...]
Our Board of Directors discusses the objectives and programming of Longfellow Community Council and votes on grants and projects. Look at our agenda for a more complete picture of what we’re doing each month. Our Board meets the third Tuesday of the month from 6pm to 8pm. This meeting has been moved to VIRTUAL ONLY on Zoom: [...]
Free the Deeds will be at the Midtown Farmers Market! We'll be there with information on racial covenants as well as help residents look up their properties and check for covenants. We'll have applications to Just Deeds to start the process of removing racial covenants. There will also be great produce and vendors as always. [...]
Beat invasive Buckthorn at the park at our Upcoming National Public Lands Day VOLUNTEER BUCKTHORN BLITZ on Saturday, September 23 from 9:00-12:00. National Public Lands Day 2023 is a statewide event that provides unique opportunities for Minnesota Master Naturalist Volunteers to participate in our largest single day of service. Locations across the state will have [...]
The LoLa Art Crawl is back! The Popular Longfellow Art Tour Returns September 23-24. After a long winter of work in basements, studios, dining rooms and the like, Longfellow artists are ready to bring back the much-loved LoLa Art Crawl. The 13th annual neighborhood-based tour of local art was first organized by the League of [...]
The LoLa Art Crawl is back! The Popular Longfellow Art Tour Returns September 23-24. After a long winter of work in basements, studios, dining rooms and the like, Longfellow artists are ready to bring back the much-loved LoLa Art Crawl. The 13th annual neighborhood-based tour of local art was first organized by the League of [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Longfellow Business Association Members are invited to Wildflyer Coffee on Tuesday, October 3rd from 8am to 9:30am. Meet other business owners in the Longfellow Neighborhood, network with community and get free coffee and pastries from LBA. Please RSVP so we have a general idea of how much food and coffee to have ready!
There's been a name change! The Longfellow Community Development Committee, formerly the Equitable Housing & Development Committee, focuses on reviewing, researching, and discussing development projects and updates in the Longfellow Community. The committee also assists with the review of new development proposals and hosts transportation planners for presentations on upcoming projects. Find the agenda/ list [...]
