Your movie theater might be cool, but are their projectors named Glen and Shelly?

Aug. 5 is coming right up, which means that St. Paul’s plan to clear the Pig’s Eye encampment is set to begin on Wednesday. The move will displace around 140 people who are currently living there, including Isaac Thomas and Beekey, interviewed here by WCCO. 

The cyberattack on water facilities in Minnesota could have been an opportunity for Trump to advise patience in an ongoing investigation or perhaps even support for a state that is part of the country he is in charge of. Predictably but still lamentably, he didn’t do either of those things and instead blamed the attacks on Minnesota itself.

The Indiana Fever came to town on Sunday to play the Lynx, but the matchup between the two best offenses in the WNBA was overshadowed by the brewing controversy around Fever player Sophie Cunningham’s recent anti-trans comments. There were protests outside Target Center, and head coach Cheryl Reeve — wearing a “Trans Kids Belong” shirt under her blazer — spoke directly with Cunningham before the game, which the Lynx won handily, 108-100. Cunningham had 3 points, 2 assists and 1 rebound.

Developer Chicago Trend is purchasing the Hawthorn Crossings strip mall in north Minneapolis and bringing an innovative business model to the project: asking nearby residents for a minimum $1,000 investment.

“When neighborhoods change, people often fear gentrification,” Chicago Trend CEO Lyneir Richardson said. “One of the ways to deal with gentrification is for low- and moderate-income people having ownerships. So as the neighborhood gets better, we’re not just workers. …  We have a little passive ownership stake. If the neighborhood changes and gets stronger, our financial condition will benefit as well.” 

The fight against wildfires in northern Minnesota goes on, now with some help from Idaho’s Sawtooth Hotshots and the Ely Seaplane Base, the only Forest Service seaplane base. Since July, the Beaver float planes have dropped 3 million gallons of water and 120,000 gallons of fire retardant.

“The Odyssey” brought a little old school cinematic spectacle to theaters with its practical effects and huge scope, but who actually puts the picture on the screen? At the Heights Theater in Northeast, it’s projectionist David Sotelo, lifting 65-pound reels of 70 mm film onto vintage projectors nicknamed Glen and Shelly.

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