Under the Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, Fridley's oldest house, with Twin Cities Paranormal Research and Investigation (TCPRI)
Here's a new half-hour video with the TCPRI guys at Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts. More:
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Paranormal investigators are looking into Fridley's Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts.
In this video, Cory Miller, the founder of Twin Cities Paranormal Research and Investigation, explains how to look for the supernatural. More: Spirits and Phantom Voices: An Investigation of the Paranormal at Banfill-Locke
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He is the author of "Boarded Windows," a new novel, and has a new album, "Bolling Greene."
The arts center in a historic tavern is among 25 metro sites funded.
Fridley's Banfill Center for the Arts has won a $5,000 grant for preservation work at its historic tavern building, according to an announcement Thursday from Partners in Preservation. The organization awarded $1 million to 25 historic sites in Twin Cities. Banfill-Locke was the only site in Anoka County to receive a grant. Grant amounts ranged in size from $5,000 each for Banfill-Locke and 11 other projects, to $110,000 each for two Minneapolis structures: the Basilica of St. Mary and an 1890 commercial building now housing a group called Emerge. The Basilica won the most votes in a Facebook competition, earning the full amount of its grant application. (Banfill-Locke's application asked for the maximum grant of $125,000 to pay for …
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Open House draws artists, artists draw goats, as BLCA competes for preservation grant money.
The Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, 6666 E. River Road, Fridley, is holding an open house Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 8 and 9, from noon to 4 p.m. The public is invited to participate in hands-on activities such as drawing, painting or making a corn husk doll. There are period re-enactors to explain some of the history of the location, which has been an inn, tavern, post office and dairy farm during its long life. The organization, housed in an historic 1847 building, is dedicated to encouraging established artists and developing new ones by providing classes and other opportunities for creative expression to persons of all skill levels in a variety of media. A new exhibit of the center's members' art opened Oct. 7 and will be displayed …
School starting is just the beginning.
Here are a few things on the agenda in Fridley this week. For weekend fun, check out Get Out! on Thursdays. Monday, Sept. 5, 2011 Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011 Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011 Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011
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Fridley’s weekend entertainment guide to ants, toes and numbers in the real world.
Thursday, the one day Fridley Patch loves telling you what to do. Movie Night When: Friday, Aug. 12 at 6:30 p.m. Where: Springbrook Nature Center Why Go: The Ant Bully will be featured on the big screen for a night of family-friendly entertainment. Price: Free Big Toe and the Jam When: Friday, Aug. 19 from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Where: Povlitzki’s on 65 (8407 Plaza Blvd. NE, Spring Lake Park) Why Go: Don’t sit at home picking toe jam when there’s live rock, pop, R&B and funk music being played. Price: No cover Story Room Dedication When: Saturday, Aug. 20 from 10:30 to 12:30 p.m. Where: Northtown Branch Library (711 County Road 10 NE, Blaine) Why Go: In honor of Kay Marszalek's retirement after 28 years of service to the Anoka County …
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Plein-air painting exhibit continues through Aug. 11.
You have a few more weeks to catch The Mississippi Project exhibit at Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts. The exhibit features river scenes, most of them familiar or nearby, and continues through Aug. 13.
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You don't have to leave Fridley to enjoy these five great events.
Here are five things to do around town this weekend. Check the Fridley Patch events listings for more. When: Friday, July 8, at 6:30 p.m. Where: Springbrook Nature Center, 100 85th Ave. NE, Fridley Why Go: See the kid-friendly flick The Missing Lynx in air-conditioned comfort. Price: Free Banfill-Locke Reading Series When: Friday, July 8, at 7:30 p.m. Where: Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, 6666 E River Rd., Fridley Why Go: Hear local writers Coppoc and Peter Stein read from their work. Price: Free Butterfly Survey When: Saturday, July 9, from 10 a.m. to noon, or 1 to 3 p.m. Where: Springbrook Nature Center, 100 85th Ave. NE, Fridley Why Go: Use nets and field guides to ID as many species of butterflies as you can. Price: Free but …
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Spring Lake Park's Tower Days begin Thursday with a parade.
Thursday: the one day Fridley Patch loves telling you what to do. Spring Lake Park Tower Days When: Thursday, June 9 through Sunday, June 12 Where: Lakeside Lions Park (Pleasant View Drive NE and 79th Ave NE) Why Go: Enjoy a weekend filled with street dances, carnival games, fireworks and more. Parade is Thursday, 7 p.m., beginning at 81st and Able streets, north on Able to 84th, west on 84th to Monroe, south on Monroe to 79th, and east on 79th to Able Street Price: Most activities are free with the purchase of a $3 Tower Days Participation Button Banfill-Locke Reading Series When: Friday, June 10 at 7:30 p.m. Where: Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts Why Go: Hear from authors Catherine Holm of “My Heart is Mountain: Tales of Magic and the…
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Earl Spindler
9:33 am on Friday, November 11, 2011
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