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Join your neighbors this fall for the third of our quarterly 2013 North First social events on September 10th. This is a great opportunity to get to know other residents, neighborhood organizations and community at the historic Capri Theater, enjoy some delicious food, have fun with some great name tags from Give & Take, stop by the Information Exchange, and hear some brief presentations about a variety of topics of interest to neighborhoods. Come for a bite and stay for some conversation. Just make sure you reserve your spot today!

6:00-6:45pm Social hour and Dinner
6:45-7:45 Presentations (You can present!)
7:45-8:30pm Networking and information sharing

Cleveland Neighborhood Association will be hosting a Back to School Summer Nights event at the Cleveland Neighborhood Association on Thursday, August 21st from 5:30pm-7:30pm. There will be food, games, prizes, and music!!! Cleveland is also partnering with Juxtaposition Arts to provide art inspired backpacks for the first 100 students who attend. School supplies will also be provided to students. Enjoy a summer evening while enjoying music, dinner, and getting to know some neighbors! For more info or if you are interested in volunteering please contact CNA at 612-588-1155. We need volunteers to help make this a great event!

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“This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.”

From LiveOnTheDrive.org:

Lucy Michelle and her band will rock our Live on the Drive season to a close on Thursday, August 8th from 6 to 8pm.  The free concert is held outdoors on the scenic Victory Memorial Drive at 34^th Avenue North in Minneapolis, one of the most beautiful concert settings in the city.

Lucy Michelle is a singer/songwriter as serious as they come.  Her most recent and first ever solo album, “Attack of the Heart,” takes listeners on a journey of American pop music – from a New Orleans shuffle, to countrified California, to Detroit R&B and jazz.  Get ready to hear this delightful combination of musical styles, Ms. Michelle’s unique vocal stylings and more at this last, luscious, Live on the Drive concert of the year.

Lucy’s band for this concert is absolutely stellar, too.  Members include Chan Poling (keyboard) who founded the seminal Punk/New Wave band The Suburbs and now fronts The New Standards; John Munson (upright bass), also of the New Standards and an original member of Trip Shakespeare and the chart-topping Semisonic; Chris Koza on guitar, Richard Medek on drums and Max Ray on sax.

Don’t miss the music and the party on 8/8! Our final concert will also feature a break-time set by the a capella quartet, “St. Anthony Main,” a youth art gallery, free health screenings, a bike ride before the show, food trucks and a movie after the concert. Check LiveOnTheDrive.org for more details. And be sure to pack a picnic, invite your neighbors, bring your friends and walk or roll to the concert.

Live on the Drive is presented by founding partner, North Memorial, with the Cleveland Neighborhood Association, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, North End Hardware and The Lowry Café, Camden Music School, NorthNews, Victory Neighborhood Association, Camden Pet Hospital, Washburn-McReavy, Max Checking, and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council.  This activity is funded, in part, by appropriations from the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the State’s general fund, and its arts and cultural heritage fund that was created by a vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008. (sponsors to date)

For more information, call 612-588-1155 or visit www.liveonthedrive.org.

National Night Out is a great chance to get out and meet the neighbors on your block. It’s a fun evening when the whole city steps out of their houses for a bit and come together to share some food, fun and put names with faces to create a better neighborhood. We’ll be out in full force stopping by all the great parties that are happening throughout the neighborhood. And we want to help you make your block party the best it can be. If you’ve never done a National Night Out event before but really want to, let us know! We can help. Just be sure you register before Tomorrow’s deadline with the city!

Here is some of what we can help with:

• Creation of flyers for your event
• Printing flyers for your event
• Distributing flyers to neighbors for event
• Provide CNA materials, clipboard, sign-in sheets, pens, etc
• Additional supplies, materials for other unique ideas/activities you’d like to do at your event (just ask!)

Where here to help any way that we can to help Connect Neighbors. Give us a call 612-588-1155 or shoot us an email cna@clevelandneighborhood.org and let us know what we can do to help make your National Night Out block party great!

The summer concert series we all love, Live On The Drive, is right around the corner, hope you’re as excited as we are! In one month, on June 13th at 6pm, the Bruce Henry Band will be playing along with special guest Debbie Duncan. We’ll also be showing a movie after dusk in partnership with Minneapolis Parks. Vote for your Family favorite today! You can also help us get the word out by inviting your friends and win a great giveaway while you are at it. This year we’ll have food trucks and sponsor North Memorial will be on-site offering free screenings. We’ll continue to bring you the great music you love and so much more for this wonderful community event, see you in June!