Sisters-in-law create an art curating business. Art-obsessed duo Hollie Blanchard and Kelly Netishen started out as family and friends. These...
Arts
Haute House Studio Keeps Roots Local While Growing Community
Edina floral business expands to offer experiential events. “Flowers are a way to celebrate, a way to tie people together. They’re such a unifying...
Local Artist’s Felt Floral Arrangements Make Perfect Keepsakes
Felt floral artist Misty Higgins designs beautiful keepsakes. When Misty Higgins was preparing for a milestone birthday, she came across an image of...
Edina High School Concert Band Headed to Hong Kong
The Edina band has traveled to Hong Kong before, but it has been nearly two decades since the last trip. This year the Edina Concert Band will spend...
Your Life Before Your Eyes
Edina filmmaker creates documentaries to preserve family histories. Helen Abdo sits on a couch in a wood-paneled room, her white hair is elegantly...
Dream Job
Meet the Edina Art Center's new general manager Susan Tarnowski. A new general manager has been hired for the Edina Art Center, our place to see the...
Recording Artist Releases Vocal Jazz Album in 2019
Listen to Cade Bittner Merry Christmas on iTunes With $50 dollars in his bank account, 19-year-old Cade Bittner left Minneapolis in 1999 to attend...
Artist Jeff Troldahl Makes Art for Music’s Biggest Bands, including Grateful Dead
Jeff Troldahl is a man of many talents. An illustrator, painter, graphic designer and builder, he spends the better part of his waking hours on a...
Health Scare Prompts Local Teen to Pursue Her Dreams
Three years ago, Grace Wethor (pronounced “weather”) was a student at Our Lady of Grace in Edina. What she has accomplished in the time between then...
Braemar Mural Celebrates Our Community’s History and Love of Hockey
Braemar Arena and Field—famous for hosting popular events from Hornet hockey games to figure skating shows—features a wall devoted to hockey and...
Local Photographer Provides Insight Into Her Strategy
Capturing the moment is a photographer’s job, their greatest goal when they focus their lens. “There’s an exciting rush when you get the right...
Edina’s Independence Day Activities Are Fun for the Whole Family
Edina’s 4th of July parade looks to be as fun-filled as ever, with everything you’ve come to expect and more. “It’s an event people seem to love,”...
Make Music in the Park
Edina Rotary Club grants funding for outdoor instruments. There are two new attractions in Rosland Park near the playground for Edina residents to...
Local Musicians Look Back
A history of lively entertainment in Edina. Fourth of July celebration fans may remember The 1st John Philip Sousa Memorial Band from their annual...
Art Adventure in Your Pocket
Edina art teacher creates a mobile app that demystifies public art. If you have driven around the traffic circles on 70th Street toward Target and...
Tune Town: Hear the Latest Musical Talents throughout Our Community
Edina has a few music venues to check out this summer. Tavern 23 Enjoy this restaurant’s menu options of American classics, spicy Mexican or...
Sweet Home Edina
They were just kids the first time they played instruments in the same city, but their passion for everything music continued for four Edina natives...
Edina Choir Director Prepares for Retirement
Edina High School choir director David Henderson since 1998 will be changing careers to focus on private vocal lessons. It’s said all good things...
Edina Art Center Showcases Local Artists
Each October, the Edina Art Center holds its annual Members’ Juried Art Exhibition featuring work by Art Center members. Many of these artists also...
Blake School Student Named National Student Poet
Edina teen Ben Lee discovers poetry as an outlet and opportunity. How are you celebrating National Poetry Month? Ben Lee suggests you write some...
