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3400 15th Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55407

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Powderhorn Art Fair

10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. August 4

Enjoy art while strolling along the lake. Visit www.powderhornartfair.com for more info.

2009 | Best Festival

Festivals during the summertime are a dime a dozen. Walk a couple of blocks from your home on the weekend and you will probably find some sort of street event selling the same bucket of cookies and lemonade for $5, and the same local acts jamming out onstage. The MayDay Parade and Festival is nothing like that. This yearly event brings the community together to celebrate the first of May. The parade is a spectacle of whimsy; participants come together early in the year to create enormous... More »
2003 | BEST SLEDDING

As home of the beloved May Day Parade, Powderhorn Park forms a bedrock of community activism and creative spirit in the Twin Cities. When you're in awe of the May Day Parade's dazzling puppet beasts or giddy with spring fever, however, it's toilsome work attempting to envision the park's long-held winter pastime: streams of yelping children soaring down snow-covered hills in sleds, discs, and toboggans. In the early 1900s, the bowl-shaped park was excavated, thus molding its many rolling... More »
2002 | BEST PUBLIC PARK

Ira Glass, of public radio's This American Life, dedicated several programs to a common human subgenus: do-gooders. More specifically, "Stories of people who try to do good: Why they often fail and why they occasionally succeed." One might say Mr. Glass could have made a good case study of the Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association. Known for its vigilant neighborhood-watch groups and its campaigns to clean up "johns," this organization is seen by some as heroes reclaiming a crime-ridden... More »
2001 | BEST PUBLIC PARK

While most parks offer greenery and hiking trails designed to take visitors as far away--at least psychologically--from the city as possible, Powderhorn revels in its urban community vibe. In addition to hosting the Powderhorn art festival, a massive Fourth of July fireworks display, and at least one summer installment of Shakespeare in the Park, it also has an annual Mayday parade attended by thousands. This rolling 65-acre park functions geographically as a centerpiece for south... More »
2000 | BEST PICNIC SPOT

Often during the brief but glorious spells of unseasonably warm weather that have brightened recent winters, it seems that entire populations have materialized to stake claims on the outdoor grills that dot the gentle slopes of Powderhorn Park. They've got the right idea. Whatever the season, Powderhorn is a picnic favorite, and for good reason: Families can play soccer and softball on the fields in the park's northern flatlands while kids and dogs battle for tennis balls or watch the... More »

38th Annual MayDay Parade and Festival

By Jessica Armbruster | Wed, May 09, 2012

Of all the parades that regularly march around town each year, the MayDay Parade is easily the most surreal and unusual. After all, where else can you watch a black crow the size of an automobile, an enormous smiling sun, and a winged mermaid on s... More »
The 38th annual MayDay Parade and Festival embraces transition

By Sheila Regan | Fri, May 4, 2012

What would it be like if we moved away from fossil-fuel dependency toward a sustainable future? That's the crux of the "transition-town" movement, which has been gaining steam since the mid-2000s, tho... More »
Art Sled Rally

By Jessica Armbruster | Wed, January 25, 2012

It's nearly impossible to have a bad time while watching some silly contraption try to make it down an icy hill. And it's even more fun if you are on board such a contraption. This is the basic premise of the Art Sled Rally, now in its fifth year.... More »
Twin Cities Zinefest

By Loren Green | Wed, September 21, 2011

Zine-making has a long history, perhaps as long as the printing press. Loosely defined, zines are self-published works, often of a personal nature. They range in topics from the influential pamphlets of Thomas Paine, to Star Trek fan fiction, to p... More »
Art fairs galore in Minneapolis this weekend

By Sheila Regan | Thu, August 4, 2011

It's here again: The annual art festival triple threat takes place all over Minneapolis this weekend with arts, crafts, music, entertainment, and mini-donuts galore. The adventurous among you may choo... More »