Neighborhood news - June 2024

What do old cell phones, aging computers, and obsolete chargers have in common? They are all part of the e-waste problem in the U.S. According to a 2023 study, only about 24% of Minnesota electronics waste gets captured for recycling, leaving a multi-billion dollar opportunity to increase collection and recycling of the critical elements in our electronics.On June 29, from 9 a.m. to noon, bring your old data-bearing devices, such as cell phones and laptops, for reuse or recycling to the Fuller Park parking lot. Accepted items: Cell phones, Tablets and E-readers, Laptops and desktop computer towers (no monitors), Power/charging cables and cords and Peripherals: external hard drives, keyboards, computer mice (no printers). A suggested donation of $5 is appreciated when dropping off your items to help cover event and recycling costs.

 

The annual Kingfield Garden Tour is taking place this year on July 11. This is a self guided tour where you will receive a map of the participating gardens and you can enjoy the beautiful spaces created by your fellow neighbors. The tour will last for up to two hours, and will be followed with an opportunity to get together and enjoy refreshments and ask any questions or continue to mingle with known and fresh faces.

 

Commutator Collective, a local arts group, will be presenting DETECTIVE CHUNK, THE MULTIVERSE, AND ME, a play with puppets, on June 27-30, 2024 at the Avalon Theater / In the Heart of the Beast. All performances at 7:30 p.m., with a masks-required performance on Sunday, June 30. Tickets available at www.commutatorcollective.org/CHUNK. Commutator Collective is an interdisciplinary group of artists, writers, theater people, musicians, and filmmakers working in Minneapolis. Since their inception in 2018, they have produced three full-length plays, 12 dance parties, five one-acts, one wine-class-slash-theatrical-experiment, nine curated move-nights, three Purim spiels, one COVID-induced fever dream, and about one-and-a-half feature films (currently editing, etc.).