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Roller Skate the day away at Cedarfest - by the Red Sea Stage!

Line up for tomorrow's party!

Yes, its' true! Free camel rides all day at Imagine Cedarfest 11am-5pm Sunday Sept 8th!

Bring your own or come and build swords and armor starting at 1:30pm. Community Cardboard battle at 3pm!

Cedarfest tomorrow Sunday Sept 8th 11am-5pm!
Wiener Dog Race 2pm
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/pAfTzX1DqQsjLBFx/

See you at Cedarfest on Sunday!

West Bank Party of the Year next Sunday Sept 8th!

Community, please join us this Sunday, Sept 1, 3p at Palmer's Bar, to celebrate the life of Kobe Dimock-Heisler — killed by the police 5 years ago.
Let us know you're coming via the event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/s/kobe-fest-2024-sunday-sept-1st/2008428852948778/
There will be live music both inside and on the patio and a pig roast at 5p. Performers include:
- Emmit Doyle radical FOLK
- DavidsTONE
- Cornbread Harris
- Bobby J Social Club w/ guests
- The Experience melting minds
- Dead Fashion

TWO FREE CONCERTS
Free refreshments, games, and a neighborhood resource fair!
🥰⭐️🌈
Sept 5th, 5:30p - 7:00p - The Tom O'Bedlam and The JudyTones
and 12th, 5:30p - 7:00p - Red Thread and SiamaMusic
Edna's Park, 412 Cedar Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55454
The Tom O'Bedlam (plays original folk music composed of equal parts Minneapolis Punk and mythic strangeness)
The JudyTones (duo playing feel good Jazz, pop, and folk tunes)
Red Thread (new folk-harmony ensemble playing new original music combined with songs in Balkan, Yiddish, Irish, and Americana traditions)
Siama's Congo Roots (Congolese guitarist and musician Siama Matuzungidi and singer Dallas Johnson)

🥳 TONIGHT!
LAST WBBA COMMUNITY ARTS EVENT BEFORE SCHOOL
BEFORE SCHOOL PARTY BLOW OUT
3:15p - 4:30p
Cedar Plaza, 416 Cedar Avenue, MPLS 55454
We are offering an amazingly good time for our kids as they get ready for another school year to start!!
🧪 A slime bar with Akiko (we have two gallons of slime and a ton of add-ins!)
♟ A chess tourney with X (we have three handmade trophies!)
🍕 Pizza party (Riverside Davannis gave us a steep discount on 15 cheese pizzas!)
🎨 Art supplies give away (everyone will get a journal/sketchbook, a drawstring backpack, and can pick their favorite art materials)

Come work on the West Bank!

Looking to work at an amazing live music venue in the Twin Cities? Join our team at Acadia!!! Now hiring for bartenders and cooks, Monday-Friday!! All inquiries and resumes can be sent to [email protected]!

🥰🎉 A BIG congratulations to Andrea Swensson and Cornbread Harris for their sold out book release and performance, "DEEPER BLUES" f. CORNBREAD HARRIS, JIMMY JAM & Friends.

ANDREA SWENSSON’s "DEEPER BLUES" f. CORNBREAD HARRIS, JIMMY JAM & Friends — The Cedar Cultural Center Celebrating the book release of "Deeper Blues" we are totally honored to be hosting living Minnesota legend, beloved blues musician and self-proclaimed "blessed dude", Cornbread Harris as he plays and shares tales with author, Andrea Swensson. This Friday night will feature stor

CHANGE OF VENUE for TONIGHT'S Community Arts events
Due to the projected rain this afternoon, we have changed the location of this afternoon's Community Arts events. Huge thanks to Brian Coyle Center and The Cedar Cultural Center for coming through in the clutch to help us with a rain plan for today!
🕺 3:15 - 4:15p DANCE CLASS for youth hosted by ChiaGu LLC
(location: Brian Coyle Center)

🎤 6:00 - 7:00p CONCERT by Mommy Log Balls
(location: The Cedar Cultural Center lobby)

SPECIAL DOUBLE-HEADER this Thursday, August 15
🕺 3:15 - 4:15p DANCE CLASS for youth hosted by ChiaGu LLC
🎤 6:00 - 7:00p CONCERT by Mommy Log Balls
Edna's Park
412 Cedar Ave (next to The Wienery)
WBBA is leading 20 weeks of summer and fall community arts and engagement events in the Plaza as well as Edna’s Park in collaboration with The Cedar Cultural Center, StreetWorks Outreach Collaborative, Brian Coyle Center, Family Tree Clinic, Hennepin County Office of Violence Prevention, The Aliveness Project, and individual artists and community members.
These summer and fall weekly arts and outreach events feature an art workshop featuring a local teaching artist from 3:30-4:30pm, a health and wellness activity from 4:30-5:30pm, a live local musical performance from 6-7pm, and a neighborhood resource fair with our partners.

❤️🖤 FUNDRAISER FOR GAZA!
🤍💚 Southside Solidarity Fest
🙏 Raising funds for Yaza Mohamed's family in Gaza
THIS Wednesday, August 14
2p - 10p
414 Cedar Ave S, MPLS (behind The Wienery)
Food, art vendors, poetry readings, and more!
Live music with Infantile Disease, Los Pinches Gueyes, Soul Circuit, and DJ Vegan.

Sign up to be a vendor at Imagine Cedarfest September 8th! We need YOU to help us put on a bonafide West Bank artisan fair! Tables, tents, and chairs available for those that need them!

Imagine Cedarfest Vendor Sign Up Join Our Streets and West Bank Business Association as a vendor or participant at Imagine Cedarfest on Sunday, September 8, 2024.

We're in our 10th week of community arts events!!

TOMORROW Thursday, August 8 🐝🍓🌼
3:15-4:15pm Play with Clay with Joan
5:00-6:00pm Music by AJANIMF
WBBA is leading 20 weeks of summer and fall community arts and engagement events in the Plaza as well as Edna’s Park in collaboration with The Cedar Cultural Center, StreetWorks Outreach Collaborative, Brian Coyle Center, Family Tree Clinic, Hennepin County Office of Violence Prevention, The Aliveness Project, and individual artists and community members.
These summer and fall weekly arts and outreach events feature an art workshop featuring a local teaching artist from 3:30-4:30pm, a health and wellness activity from 4:30-5:30pm, a live local musical performance from 6-7pm, and a neighborhood resource fair with our partners.

REMINDER, THIS AFTERNOON

3:15-4:15pm Pipe Cleaner Creations with Nina
5:00-6:00pm Music by Red Thread
WBBA is leading 20 weeks of summer and fall community arts and engagement events in the Plaza as well as Edna’s Park in collaboration with The Cedar Cultural Center, StreetWorks Outreach Collaborative, Brian Coyle Center, Family Tree Clinic, Hennepin County Office of Violence Prevention, The Aliveness Project, and individual artists and community members.
These summer and fall weekly arts and outreach events feature an art workshop featuring a local teaching artist from 3:30-4:30pm, a health and wellness activity from 4:30-5:30pm, a live local musical performance from 6-7pm, and a neighborhood resource fair with our partners.

THIS Thursday, August 1 🐝🍓🌼
3:15-4:15pm Pipe Cleaner Creations with Nina
5:00-6:00pm Music by Red Thread
WBBA is leading 20 weeks of summer and fall community arts and engagement events in the Plaza as well as Edna’s Park in collaboration with The Cedar Cultural Center, StreetWorks Outreach Collaborative, Brian Coyle Center, Family Tree Clinic, Hennepin County Office of Violence Prevention, The Aliveness Project, and individual artists and community members.
These summer and fall weekly arts and outreach events feature an art workshop featuring a local teaching artist from 3:30-4:30pm, a health and wellness activity from 4:30-5:30pm, a live local musical performance from 6-7pm, and a neighborhood resource fair with our partners.

THIS Thursday, July 18 🐝🍓🌼
3:30-4:30pm Zen Doodle with Katie
6:00-7:00pm Longshot live performance
WBBA is leading 20 weeks of summer and fall community arts and engagement events in the Plaza as well as Edna’s Park in collaboration with the The Cedar Cultural Center, StreetWorks Outreach Collaborative, Brian Coyle Center, Family Tree Clinic, Hennepin County Office of Violence Prevention, The Aliveness Project, and individual artists and community members.
These summer and fall weekly arts and outreach events feature an art workshop featuring a local teaching artist from 3:30-4:30pm, a health and wellness activity from 4:30-5:30pm, a live local musical performance from 6-7pm, and a neighborhood resource fair with our partners.

A FREE brunch show with Charlie Parr at Edna's Park??
Yup, welcome a new bandshell and enjoy pancakes and coffee.
🎸🎤
Portal iii (Charlie Parr, Liz Draper & Chris Bates)
Chama Devora (Crystal Myslajek & L.D.)
Let us know you're coming.
https://fb.me/e/7vcSlhm2H
August 4, music starts at noon
Edna's Park
(between The Wienery and The Cedar Cultural Center)
Make a day of it! After the show, do the House of Balls studio tour and scarf down at The Wienery 🌭.

THIS Thursday, JULY 11 🐝🍓🌼
3:30-4:30pm Easy Collage with Akiko
4:30-6:00pm Know Your Rights workshop
5:45pm AJANIMF arrives to set up
6:00-7:00pm AJANIMF live performance
WBBA is leading 20 weeks of summer and fall community arts and engagement events in the Plaza as well as Edna’s Park in collaboration with the The Cedar Cultural Center, StreetWorks Outreach Collaborative, Brian Coyle Center, Family Tree Clinic, Hennepin County Office of Violence Prevention, The Aliveness Project, and individual artists and community members.
These summer and fall weekly arts and outreach events feature an art workshop featuring a local teaching artist from 3:30-4:30pm, a health and wellness activity from 4:30-5:30pm, a live local musical performance from 6-7pm, and a neighborhood resource fair with our partners.

The The Southern Theater has a great show coming up! 2022 and 2023 Barebones Music Director Carlisle Evans Peck is presenting their new ritual-cabaret ICONOCLASM on July 12 and 13!
Iconoclasm - from Greek: eikṓn, 'figure, icon' + kláō, 'to break'
Full show description and advance ticket purchase at:
https://southerntheater.org/shows/iconoclasm
* Performance Dates *
July 12 at 7:30pm (Doors 6:30pm, House 7:00pm)
July 13 at 7:30pm (Doors 6:30pm, House 7:00pm)
* Performance Length *
2 hours including intermission and post-show Q&A

WBBA is leading 20 weeks of summer and fall community arts and engagement events in the Plaza as well as Edna’s Park in collaboration with the The Cedar Cultural Center, StreetWorks Outreach Collaborative, Brian Coyle Center, Family Tree Clinic, Hennepin County Office of Violence Prevention, The Aliveness Project, and individual artists and community members.
These summer and fall weekly arts and outreach events feature an art workshop featuring a local teaching artist from 3:30-4:30pm, a health and wellness activity from 4:30-5:30pm, a live local musical performance from 6-7pm, and a neighborhood resource fair with our partners.
The June 27th event (THIS Thursday) is happening in the plaza:
⭐️ 3:30pm to 4:30pm - Mask Making with Angie Courchaine (a longtime West Bank artist and resident. We host about 30 youth from Brian Coyle each week for this activity)
⭐️ 5:00pm - Ribbon Cutting and Celebration of The Cedar's new large scale mural featuring mural artists Leslie Barlow and Hibaaq Ibrahim
⭐️ 6:00pm to 7:00pm DJ Vegan Water spins Afrobeats

Join us THIS Thursday, June 20, for another installment in our Community Arts series. We're at the The Cedar Cultural Center Plaza for a jam packed event featuring a collage workshop with Akiko, Opioid Response Training with Zarra from StreetWorks Outreach Collaborative and an unforgettable live hip hop performance by Longshot.
Plaza, 3:30-7pm
Mural creation and first event where Coach’s kids attend
Teaching artist from 3:30-4:30pm Easy Collage with Akiko
Narcan Training from 4:30-6pm
Music group from 6-7pm Longshot

Check out the new mural in the making as we kick off of our summer Community Arts series on the plaza with a special live performance by Free refreshments and neighborhood resource fair! Check out our West Bank History project too! See you on the West Bank!
EVENT PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/events/447986464630540
* West Bank History Project
* I-pad playlist from 4pm-6pm
* Live music from 6-7pm: Siama’s Congo Roots