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Poles, Ukrainians, and Lebanese were the dominant settlers of this solid, proud blue-collar neighborhood, which has morphed into the city's richest art zone, home to innovative galleries, big warehouses converted into studio clusters, and, most important of all, plenty of artists, who, this being Minneapolis, live in pleasant frame houses rather than cramped apartments. Thirteenth Avenue is the main drag, where you can find the subtly hip Modern Caf� and the always-daring, dark-walled Rogue Buddha Gallery, two pioneers in the art-ification of Northeast.

Northeast Features

A Line or Two: Beer U

Jon Spayde Wednesday, June 19, 2013

This week: a heads-up about a July class in the University of Minnesota's extension division that will fill you in on the local craft beer revolution--it's origins, its economics, its varied business models, and more. Requirements include the actual consumption of product.

A Line or Two: ARTCRANK Cranks Up Its Bike-Themed Art Power

Jon Spayde Wednesday, April 03, 2013

This week: Get in gear (or jump on your fixie) for what ARTCRANK, our high-powered local (and national and international) poster collective, touts as "the biggest bike-art shindig ever thrown," this Saturday.

A New Kind of Art Space: Public Functionary

Anna Pratt Wednesday, December 19, 2012

What is an art gallery? What should it do, not just for the artists it shows and the patrons who view and buy the art, but for the community as a whole? These are some of the questions Tricia Khutoretsky and her colleagues are asking as they prepare to debut a new, and rather oddly named, art space in Northeast Minneapolis.

Xelias Aerial Arts: A Slide SHow

Bill Kelley Wednesday, October 31, 2012

No doubt about it: the aristocracy of the circus are the aerialists, the trapeze and high-wire and other up-in-the-air artists who defy gravity (and major injury or death) by soaring high above the crowd. There's a deceptively modest-looking place in Northeast Minneapolis where you can study these arcane skills, and photographer Bill Kelley paid it a recent visit.

Great Street Art: A Slide Show

Bill Kelley Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Managing Photographer Bill Kelley talked to some friends, checked in with some experts, and wandered the city a bit on his own to find the local street art that appealed to him the most. Herewith, his images of art meant to make you stop, look, have a startle reaction, and then continue on your way, energized.

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