Minneapolis institutions that have been around for roughly as long as I have (February 2005), plus or minus six months.
1st March 11
- Galactic Pizza (October 2004)
- Doomtree Blowout (December 2004)
- 89.3 The Current (January 2005)
- Art Shanty Projects at Medicine Lake (January 2005) *
- Surly Brewing (February 2005)
- The 331 Club (March 2005)
- Gay Beast (April 2005) **
- MNSpeak.com (April 2005) ***
- Herzog & de Meuron additions to the Walker Art Center (April 2005)
OK, February’s over. Enough anniversary stuff.
* Technically, the first ASP was in 2004, but the 2005 season was the first with a call for artists, and the first promoted as a public event.
** An estimate. Biographical materials indicate that the band was founded in “mid-2005.”
*** Passing, of course, through several iterations after Rex Sorgatz sold it to the Bartels, and now known as Secrets of the City.
