Museums & Churches

Why do churches have steeples?

But most common is the idea of "looking up" and/or locating a place to find God. The early church wanted people to "Look up for God" and "Finding God" in...
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Mid-Century Minnesota Modernism… SUBURBIA and the first indoor shopping mall

What to do when it's too COLD to play outside?!  Museums are always an option, and the Minnesota History Center's current SUBURBIA exhibit includes the revolutionary birth of the indoor...
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About town in Minneapolis

Sunday posts have been dedicated to sites and neighborhoods throughout the metro since 2008… resulting in a wealth of information! Today's post compiles some of those posts focusing mainly on...
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Christ Church Lutheran… masterpiece of modern sacred architecture

Christ Church Lutheran in the Longfellow neighborhood of south Minneapolis was the perfect site for the lecture and reception we attended last week for Victoria Young's new book, Saint John's Abbey...
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You Should Go to a Habitat for Humanity Dedication!

When Habitat for Humanity finishes a home, it's turned over to the new owners at a Dedication Ceremony. All the volunteers who helped build the home are invited back to...
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Anoka County Fair is Hopping

Have you been there? I've attended our Minnesota State Fair manyl times, but this year we got to see the Anoka County Fair. It helps to have grandchildren involved  there…...
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Finding community in the city

You know we are community oriented.  Sometimes it's hard to find.   Yesterday we experienced it in Downtown Minneapolis.  Not in the heart of the business district, but on the...
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Largest Matisse collection ever in Minneapolis

  The current Matisse Exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts is just one example of the Twin Cities'  thriving arts community, and a good example it is. The Cone...
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