LINK ROUNDUP ‍

Nicollet Ace Hardware has baby chicks to sell and the helpful staff can answer questions about raising them. Don't they also have a shop cat?

Broders' Cucina Italiana is back open today at 11 AM following their recent fire. It sounds like they'll need a bit more time to get their pizza oven back in operation, but they'll be back in action (along with their sister restaurants at the Pasta Bar and Terzo) if you want to go support them. The Star Tribune had an update from them in its piece on seven restaurants openings or reopenings.

That article also an announcement about a 21+ nonalcoholic drink event this weekend at the future home of Marigold, a new nonalcoholic bottle shop opening at 3506 Nicollet Ave. S. (Star Tribune)

A great breakdown of Park Board vendor food sales from the Axios newsletter yesterday. (Axios Twin Cities)

A fight about the cracks in a Cedar Isles condo tower and the Southwest light rail project is continuing, with a forensic engineering firm (caveat: hired by the Met Council) saying that the vast majority of the structural damage was caused by other factors than the construction. Rep. Frank Hornstein (who talked about the project in his interview with us) and Sen. Scott Dibble toured the condos yesterday. (Star Tribune)

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Take a walking tour of the new Grand Avenue tonight with the Kingfield Neighborhood Association Redevelopment Committee and representatives of Minneapolis Public Works Department. City staff and project engineers will be there to talk through the design, look at trouble spots, and answer questions about the project.

There's another Cedar-Isles Master Plan meeting tonight from 6-8 p.m. focusing on water quality. Water quality specialists from Emmons & Oliver Resources (EOR) will share information about how to evaluate lakes and what data tell us about the current conditions at Cedar and Isles. The last 15 minutes of the online meeting is set aside for public comments. Use this link to join the meeting or dial 1-312-626-6799 and enter Webinar ID 88505188274 to participate via phone.

OUT & ABOUT ‍

LynLake Brewery is hosting a Paint & Sip event (no experience required, all supplies included) from 7- 9 p.m. tonight.

Pure Soul is performing Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke, Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, and Etta James songs tonight at the Granada Theater...by candlelight.  

Jon Rodine and Lolo's Ghost are performing at Driftwood Charbar tonight.