Over ten members of the Northfield Skateboard Coalition and a handful of allies attended Northfield’s Park Advisory Board meeting on Tuesday January 13th, in which Board members discussed recent recommendations to the future Ames Park, most notably the future aesthetic and layout of the future skatepark. The Coalition will be meeting with city planners later this week to talk about the future skatepark.
Ok. So it’s not as bad as it sounds– because to some, it doesn’t sound good. Last Tuesday, a few of the kids that frequent Sunday’s Writing Workshop, the W.W. coordinator Olivia Frey, and myself, as well as one unlucky parent chaperon traveled to Kieran’s Irish Pub in scenic downtown Minneapolis.
Why? Why would we take underage kids to a bar?
Because we’re good role models. No. Just kidding. For an ALL AGES open mic night, of course!
Hosted by Rockstar Storytellers, this open mic happens on the first Tuesday of every month. They also host poetry slams, and a plethora of other writing events in the cities.
The open mic was a great experience to hear a wide variety of works from Twin Cities area performers. It also was an opportunity for a few of the kids from The Key to spit their own hot fire. Andi Sison dropped some knowledge with a spoken word piece about how authority has a problem with him, and Maisie Ebert wowed the audience with a piece about….well….darker subject matter.
I also rocked the mic right and read a piece about losing my mind while living in Dubuque, IA.
Good times. Good times.
Here are some photos from the evening’s festivities:
I know everyone is perpetually checking the KeYMN Radio Show page, so I wanted to let everyone in our reading audience know that I made a slight change.
Before, I used to update the page when a new show was uploaded to the podcast site. I realized I hadn’t done that since the 6th of December. So I got rid of all of that, and just please know that usually on Saturday night or Sunday, the latest episode of the KeYMN Saturday Morning Show will magically appear online to download if you’ve subscribed to the podcast.
Skateboarders from the Northfield Skateboard Coalition skated at Renegade Skatepark as a reward for their high attendance during Wednesday meetings during the month of December 2008. I can’t recall the exact date, but it was between Christmas and New Years Day. Here is a link to the 20 photos that were taken. Audrey Hamann, an aspiring photographer was also present taking photos of her own, though those photos have not been posted.