5:00 to 8:30 pm
Music! Food! Friends!

Great kid’s activities from Leonardo’s Basement
Fun games for kids and adults
Live Music from the Tom Hunter Blues Band
Grilled Fish Tacos from El Meson
Bring your best cornbread to share

Everyone in the neighborhood is invited to this great Lyndale event
The event is free with a suggested donation of $5 per person for dinner

For more information contact Mark at 612.824.9402 ex 16 or check out this year’s Fish Fest Postcard.

Come meet the Mitch Waukau the new Director for Painter Park and share your ideas for youth and family programs in the neighborhood.  On Thursday, April 8^th LNA is hosting a get to know Mitch meeting and a discussion on the future of youth programs.

At the meeting people will get a chance to meet Mitch and talk about their ideas and vision for youth programming in the neighborhood.  Childcare will be provided with park staff help.

If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact Sarah.  Questions, want to RSVP, contact Sarah at sarah@lyndale.org or 612.824.9402 x 12.

The whole neighborhood is coming together for to help organize another great Lyndale Open House.  We’re hoping that everyone in the neighborhood can come and make this the biggest Open House yet.  Here’s what you need to get the most our of your Open House experience:

• Who should come – everyone, we have food and fun things to do for everyone in the neighborhood.
• When should you come – The Open House is on Thursday, March 25^th from 6:00 to 8:30pm.  We promise you’ll have a lot more fun if you come during the Open House than you will if show up at another time.
• What should you bring – yourself, the Open House itself is a free event, there is a suggested donation to cover food costs and there is the Silent Auction and Great Gatherings to sign up for, but those are optional things.
• Why should I volunteer – besides just getting the karma points and having fun you should volunteer because there’s talk about a special after party that’s just for volunteers.

Check out the complete Open House Program for all of the details.

Get all of the information on the Open House page.

Come join LNA and Youth Farm for a Puppet Show by Open Eye Figure Theatre as part of their Drive Way Tour on Thursday, July 30^th at the Peace Park.  The event is part of the Lyndale Youth and Family Safety Initiative 2.0; which is a joint LNA and Youth Farm project designed to bring people together to create safe public green spaces in Lyndale.

The event will also feature a fantastic BBQ, everyone in the neighborhood is welcome and encouraged to join us.  For more information contact Sarah at 612.824.9402 ext 12 or sarah@lyndale.org.

Garfield Aquarium (33^rd & Garfield)

5:30 to 8:30 pm

Music! Food! Friends!

Great kid’s activities from Leonardo’s Basement

Music from the Royal Garden Jazz Band

Afternoon Kickball at Painter Park – new this year

Grilled Fish Tacos from El Meson

Bring your best cornbread and/or salsa to share

Everyone in the neighborhood is invited to this great Lyndale event

The event is free with a suggested donation of $5 per person for dinner

For more information contact Mark Hinds at mark@lyndale.org or 612.824.9402 ex 16

6:00 to 8:30 pm

Painter Park (34^th & Lyndale)

This is a Rain or Shine event!

Join us for a great evening in the Park.  There will be ice cream from Sonny’s, music from the Brass Messengers, the Moonwalk bouncy thing, kid’s activities, and more!  The Brass Messengers are a Minneapolis/St. Paul outfit of eleven that plays whatever sort of music we can fit into our horns. Based around the Gypsy Brass styles of Romania, we have added our own take on American Country Music, Latin American Dance Rhythms and Afro-Pop.  www.brassmessengers.com.

You’ll also get a chance to talk to staff and volunteers from neighborhood youth organizations about their summer programs.

Volunteer Opportunity – We’re still looking for a few people who can help with set up, serving Sonny’s Ice Cream, and clean up.  To help out contact Sarah at 612.824.9402 ext 12.

Friday, April 24^th

5:00 to 7:00 pm

Paint Park (34^th & Lyndale)

Celebrate Children’s Day with Mujeres Latinas en Accion!  We will have games and face painting, Balloons by Barrilito the Clown, a piñata, and snacks.  Everyone in the neighborhood is invited and encouraged to attend.

For more information contact Sarah at 612.824.9402 ext 12

Litter Outa Lyndale

Saturday, April 25^th

10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Join us on Saturday, April 25 for the Spring Litter Outa Lyndale.  Help us clean up the neighborhood after this long, long winter.  You can pick up your gloves, bags, and route at the LNA Office 3537 Nicollet Avenue anytime from 10 am to Noon.  Litter Outa Lyndale is also a great opportunity for block clubs to help take care of their block and clean up the neighborhood.

We’re also having a potluck barbecue back at the office; so drop your food off before you go out and we’ll starting serving around 11:30 am.

If you can let us know if you’re coming by emailing or calling Mark at mark@lyndale.org or 612.824.9402 ext 16.

Lyndale Walkers Spring Kick-Off

Sunday, April 26^th

3233 Pleasant Avenue S

4:00 pm start time

The Lyndale Walkers Season Kickoff runs from Sunday April 26^th to Saturday May 2^nd

During the week, you can sign up to walk for a shift in the Lyndale neighborhood in three different ways

• Sign in at the LNA office, 3537 Nicollet Ave S
• Sign in by email to sarah@lyndale.org or send a message to the walkers list at walkers@lists.lyndale.org
• Call Sarah at 612-824-9402 ext. 12

Shifts are each day from Sunday, April 26^th to Saturday, May 2^nd at:

6-8am, 8-10am, 10am-12pm, 12-2pm, 2-4pm, 4-6pm, 6-8pm, 8-10pm, 10pm-12am.

Walk with the whole family!  Invite your block club!  Walk your dog!

Remember- You don’t have to walk an entire shift.  If you decide to walk spontaneously, let us know afterward!

For more information about the Lyndale Walkers Kickoff contact Jeannie Wiener at 612-824-8337 or Sarah at 612-824-9402 ext. 12, sarah@lyndale.org.

Urban Tree Walk & Survey

Tuesday, April 28th

Starts at 5:30 pm

Meet at the Blaisdell Rain Garden (32^nd & Blaisdell)

The Urban Tree Project is a two to three year project, with a simple goal – maximize the tree plantings in the Lyndale Neighborhood so our community can enjoy the benefits of an urban forest for years to come.

The first step in the project is to conduct a tree survey to see where we’re missing boulevard trees in the neighborhood.  The committee will be conducting the survey on Tuesday, April 28^th.  The committee and volunteers will be gathering at the Blaisdell Rain Garden (32^nd and Blaisdell) at 5:30 pm for a quick orientation from the Minneapolis Park’s Forestry Department.

After the orientation, we’ll divide the neighborhood and volunteers up into small groups to conduct the survey.  We’re hoping to have enough people to cover the whole neighborhood in a couple of hours.

To sign up to help with the tree survey or with the Urban Forest Project contact Mark Hinds at 612.824.9402 ext 16 or mark@lyndale.org.

How do you become the change you want to be?  It starts by figuring out what you care about and how you want to improve our neighborhood.  Then you check out all the committee’s and other nonprofits who will be happy to get you plugged in.

It might be as simple as visiting the Crime & Drug Committee to see how you can help make the neighborhood safer or talking with the Environment Committee about how you can help make the neighborhood more sustainable.  Whatever you’re passionate about, there will be something for you.

This year’s Open House will feature more kid’s activities than ever before.  We’re also really excited about the great support we’re getting from local  restaurants.  This year we’ll be featuring food from: Butter, Champions, It’s Greek to Me, Gigi’s, El Meson, Uptown Pizza, Anodyne, Pizza Luce, Joy’s Kitchen, El Paraiso, Los Andes.

Want to get a head start on the silent auction & raffle, check all of the items we already have on our 2009 Silent Auction and Raffle Items list.

We’re also really excited about the Great Gatherings for this year.  Here is a quick list of this year’s Great Gatherings: An Evening in Spain, Lyndale’s Amazing Race, Cementing Memories for your Garden Parkway, Locavore, Oktoberfest, Ponside Morning Yoga, the Garfield Gala, Crafty Day, a Fall Fish Fry, and last year’s very popular Fun on the Farm Day. You can get a complete list and descriptions of events here.

We’re still looking for more Great Gatherings and volunteers for the event itself.  If you’re interested in helping out contact Sarah at sarah@lyndale.org or 612.824.9402 ext 15.