PEACE Foundation Web Log Logged by Brian Mogran, PEACE Foundation Volunteer 11-27-04
Last night I was awakened by the sound of gun shots. I went to the bedroom window and opened it to try to figure out what was going on, and determine if I needed to call the police. What I saw was a sad and frightening scene, several young women in hysteria, running out of the home into which the shots were fired. Before I could pick up the phone, the first police officer arrived at the scene, followed later by a dozen or more squad cars and several ambulances. The police crime scene tape went up immediately, wrapped around several light posts as well as my and my neighbors trees. An hour or so later, after talking with two neighbors who witnessed the shootings, as well as a couple of TV camera guys with police radios, I learned that shots were fired into the home where a party was in progress. Two people were shot in the leg, and a third person was injured more seriously. I did not see the news this morning, so I don't know the current condition of the third victim. I'm at a place in life where I've NEVER been happier. Really. So, trying to comprehend what was going on across the street from my home last night, and how it played into the big picture of life, and my life in particular, was quite difficult and strange. I couldn't make ANY sense of it. Then this morning I get this e-mail from my friend, Melissa Borgmann, urging all of her friends to go and see a new production by the acclaimed Alchemy Theatre company. The show is called "American Menu", and is playing at North High school--just a few blocks from the scene of last night's tragic shooting. Here's a synopsis of the play from the Alchemy Theatre Company website: American Menu By Don Wilson Glenn Directed by Dawn Renee Jones Five black women in the kitchen of a Texas diner: grease slinging, onion chopping, gossip swapping. You know what they say if you can't stand the heat better. The year is 1968, the period between the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy. The day begins with a murder and by the end of their shift, each woman must navigate a difficult ethical decision in an atmosphere that boils with uncertainty, and sizzles with possibilities. This is a play about friendship, faith abandoned and renewed, and five women with much on their minds and people on their nerves. http://www.alchemytheater.org/theseason.html While the reviews have been great (recommended by both the Star-Tribune and City Pages), according to Melissa, audience attendance last night was unfortunately VERY light. That needs to change. This is the last weekend that the production will be running. Tonight at 7:30pm and tomorrow at 3pm. If you are interested, and able to go, please do! Tickets are only $15! ($10 if you live in the 55411 or 55412 zip codes, and free if you are a North High student). If you go tonight, I'd like to invite you over to my place for a little after-performance gathering. To discuss the show and continue in our community building efforts on the north side. The play is only about an hour and a half long, so we'd be coming back to my place around 9pm. Plenty early to enjoy good conversation, a cup of hot cider or coffee and dessert. Please e-mail or call and let me know (by 5pm, if possible), so I can plan for numbers. Also, please feel free to spread the word to anyone else who may be interested... all are welcome! Peace, Brian 1403 Emerson Avenue North 612-522-1212 home 612-965-9446 cell This was forwarded by dorie gallagher/nokomis for PEACE Partners...... REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
