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Festival de las Calaveras
THIS SATURDAY - OCTOBER 31
The 14th Annual Festival de las Calaveras, a volunteer-led Latino music and arts festival celebrating Día de los Muertos, returns on Saturday, October 31, at The Hook & Ladder Theater in South Minneapolis from 3PM to 11PM.
New restaurant opens at historic coliseum building
NOW OPEN: Square Roots is an Afro Creole Southern restaurant in the Historic Coliseum Building in Longfellow neighborhood bringing together expressive cuisine, refined service, and a commitment to creating opportunity through paid hospitality residencies.
2026 Juneteenth celebration at the coliseum
South of the Southside - 2026 Juneteenth Celebration The Historic Coliseum joins the festivities with multiple events throughout the day.
Black workers bear the brunt of a stagnant U.S. job market
Minnesota Star Tribune. As the U.S. labor market falters, Black people are shouldering the burden more than any other American demographic.
Hundreds Attend Minneapolis Job Fair as Black Women Face National Unemployment Crisis
MinneapoliMedia. A surge in unemployment among Black women nationwide has prompted action in the Twin Cities. On Friday, more than 200 job seekers and a dozen employers gathered at The Coliseum on East Lake Street for “A Job Fair & Brunch for Black Women,” an event designed to address what organizers are calling a growing — but underreported — economic crisis.
Empowering Black women: Twin Cities entrepreneur launches job fair amid tough job market
KTSP. A Twin Cities entrepreneur launched a job fair for Black women after learning that over 30,000 Black women have lost their jobs since mid-summer. The Job Fair and Brunch for Black Women event was hosted by Sheletta Brundidge, CEO of ShelettaMakesMeLaugh.com.
Joblessness spiking among Black women. Upcoming job fair addresses this emerging crisis.
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. “Their positions have been eliminated,” said Sheletta Brundidge, media personality and owner of ShelettaMakesMeLaugh.com, a multimedia production and podcasting company. “I’m talking about degreed, educated, accredited, experienced Black women.”
Minneapolis job fair aims to reverse rising Black women unemployment
Fox 9. "We are always the first to experience hardship and we are an indicator of what's to come," said Sheletta Brundidge. "So if unemployment is hitting our community, there's only a matter of time before everybody else starts seeing it."
“This is what community looks like. When doors close, we open new ones.” — Rep. Ilhan Omar
Rep. Ilhan Omar (Facebook). “Over 300,000 Black women have lost jobs this year. In Minneapolis, Sheletta Brundidge is hosting a job fair for Black women, by Black women. This is what community looks like. When doors close, we open new ones.”
US unemployment rate spikes among Black women, prompting job fair in Minneapolis
KSTP. A downward trend in the job market is adversely affecting Black women nationwide, prompting a Twin Cities entrepreneur to plan a job fair.
Previewing Minneapolis Job Fair and Brunch for Black Women
Kare 11. The event will occur Friday and feature food trucks, resume clinics and hiring employers.
Job Fair and Brunch for Black Women coming to Minneapolis.
CBS News. Networking is an important tool when looking for a new employment, especially in the current job market. Sheletta Brundidge visits WCCO to talk more about a job fair and brunch to connect employers with Black women jobseekers.
Q&A: Sunrise Banks’ Mary Stoick on financing a rebuild in a challenging market
Finance & Commerce. Mary Stoick talks about the rewards and challenges of financing projects like the Coliseum restoration, among other topics.
2025 Historic Rehabilitation Award
The Coliseum Building Receives 2025 Historic Rehabilitation Award for Major Community Impact. We are proud to share that Coliseum 2708 has received the 2025 Historic Rehabilitation Award for Non-Residential Development that Best Exemplifies Major Community Impact.
Inside the Project: The Historic Coliseum Building
Sunrise Banks. In 2020, the world had its eyes on Minneapolis after the murder of George Floyd by a police officer. For more than a week in late May to early June, social unrest spread throughout several neighborhoods. This included Lake Street –- a vibrant commercial corridor that runs from the Mississippi River to the Uptown district.
The 3rd Precinct keeps showing up in the GOP playbook. Minneapolis wants to turn the page.
MPR News. “I know why you want to stand in front of a burned out building, because that’s the story that you want to tell. And I know why I want to stand in front of a renovated building, because that's the story that I want to tell,” said Chris Montana.
A Coliseum Reimagined: Transforming the Soul of Downtown Longfellow
McKnight Foundation. “This project has been a labor of love. It has incredible fruit. From the ashes rises the phoenix.” — Janice Downing, Coliseum Co-owner, Common Sense Consulting Owner
Financing the Revival of the Coliseum Building
ENTER. Nonprofit developer Redesign pursued a complex financing structure to redevelop the Minneapolis landmark as a hub for BIPOC businesses.
The Coliseum, one of few places Blacks could get credit in Minneapolis, reopened on Juneteenth under Black ownership
A century old architectural jewel in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis, burned following the George Floyd protests, has been rehabbed and restored to grandeur under new ownership consisting of three women, one of them an architect.