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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Every movie you can watch for free in Minneapolis parks this summer
Few things feel as emblematic of summer in Minneapolis as watching movies in the park. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) has unveiled the full lineup of films parkgoers can drop into throughout the summer. Each of the more than 60 movies will play at dusk and will be free for everyone. This summer's lineup is heavy on recent family-friendly films, with a couple of 2025 releases — Captain America: Brave New World and A Minecraft Movie — as well as a whole lot of 2024 movies like Wicked, Wild Robot, Kung Fu Panda 4, Inside Out 2, Moana 2, and Paddington in Peru. Where last summer had a couple of nights tucked away for older audiences, like Past Lives or, arguably, the latest Godzilla x Kong installment. This summer has a little less of that. The more adult-geared fare, which is still largely family-friendly-ish, includes Barbie, Mamma Mia!, Grease, Footloose, The Fall Guy, and The Fifth Element. Also, for the second straight year, Cool Runnings is getting some love. It's bobsled time. Here's the lineup for the MPRB's Movies in the Park series in 2025: June 4: Footloose (2011) at The Commons June 5: Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) at Brackett Field Park June 6: The Garfield Movie (2024) at Webber Park June 7: Forrest Gump (1994) at Lake Harriet Bandshell June 10: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) at Bottineau Park June 11: Twilight (2008) at The Commons June 12: Wonka (2023) at Victory Memorial Drive June 16: Cool Runnings (1993) at Sumner Field Park June 17: IF (2024) at St. Anthony Park June 18: Black Panther (2018) at The Commons June 20: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024) at Bohanon Park June 21: Barbie (2023) at Lake Harriet Bandshell June 23: Monsters, Inc. (2001) at Van Cleve Park June 24: Inside Out 2 (2024) at Lyndale Farmstead Park June 25: Barbie (2023) at The Commons June 26: Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) at Beltrami Park June 27: Wild Robot (2024) at Audubon Park July 1: Captain America: Brave New World (2025) at Powderhorn Park July 2: A League of Their Own (1992) at The Commons July 7: Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) at Painter Park July 8: Moana 2 (2024) at Hiawatha School Park July 9: 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) at The Commons July 10: The Fall Guy (2024) at Victory Park July 11: Wicked (2024) at Armatage Park July 12: Angels in the Outfield (1993) at McRae Park July 14: Despicable Me 4 (2024) at Waite Park July 15: Moana 2 (2024) at Windom Northeast Park July 16: The Fifth Element (1997) at The Commons July 17: Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) at East Phillips Park July 18: Wild Robot (2024) at Lynnhurst Park July 19: IF (2024) at Kenny Park July 19: Soul (2020) at Lake Harriet Bandshell July 21: Finding Nemo (2003) at Northeast Athletic Field Park July 22: Elemental (2023) at Kenwood Park July 23: Wicked (2024) sing-along at The Commons July 24: Paddington in Peru (2024) at Powderhorn Park July 25: Inside Out 2 (2024) at Matthews Park July 26: Moana 2 (2024) at Fuller Park July 29: Shrek (2001) at Dickman Park July 30: Moana 2 (2024) at The Commons July 31: Lady and the Tramp (2019) at Loring Park Aug. 1: Remember the Titans (2000) at Lake Harriet Bandshell Aug. 2: Wild Robot (2024) at Folwell Park Aug. 4: Elemental (2023) at Linden Hills Park Aug. 5: Inside Out 2 (2024) at Luxton Park Aug. 6: Inside Out 2 (2024) at The Commons Aug. 7: Wicked (2024) at Logan Park Aug. 8: Aladdin (2019) at Lake Nokomis Park Aug. 9: Piece by Piece (2024) at Pershing Park Aug. 11: Barbie (2023) at Mueller Park Aug. 12: Captain America: Brave New World (2025) at North Commons Park Aug. 13: Mamma Mia! (2008) at The Commons Aug. 14: Wicked (2024) at Creekview Park Aug. 15: Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) at Phelps Field Park Aug. 16: Grease (1978) at Lake Harriet Bandshell Aug. 18: Haunted Mansion (2023) at Loring Park Aug. 19: A Minecraft Movie (2025) at 40th Street Park Aug. 20: Mean Girls (2024) at The Commons Aug. 21: Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023) at North Mississippi Regional Park Aug. 22: Wicked (2024) at Corcoran Park Aug. 25: Migration (2023) at Pearl Park Aug. 26: The Mighty Ducks (1992) at Jackson Square Park Aug. 27: The Fall Guy (2024) at The Commons Aug. 28: Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2024) at Bassett Creek Park Aug. 29: Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) at Lake Hiawatha Park Aug. 30: Thor: Ragnarok (2017) at Bryant Square Park Films start at dusk, with tentative start times listed on the MPRB site. Be sure to check the Parks and Recreation Board website before heading out, as the schedule may change.
CBS News
15-04-2025
- General
- CBS News
Land near Minneapolis lock and dam being transferred back to Dakota stewardship
A sacred site in the heart of Minneapolis is being returned to Dakota stewardship. Federal land near the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam is set to be transferred to Owámniyomni Okhódayapi , a Dakota-led organization, by the end of 2026. The announcement was made by Mayor Jacob Frey and community leaders on Monday. According to a release from Frey's office, the organization, in conjunction with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB), are planning to transform the site into a community space featuring indigenous vegetation, restored water flow and a renewed connection to the river. "It's a sacred place of the Dakota people," said Shelley Buck, an enrolled member of the Prairie Island Indian Community and president of Owámniyomni Okhódayapi. "It was a place where our people would come and give offerings, have ceremony. It was a peaceful place for people to come and do trade. Just down from here, it was an island called Spirit Island. It's a safe island where some of our Dakota women would come and give birth." The transformation is backed by a federal land transfer that leaders say is rare. "The upcoming land transfer of this five-acre site to a Dakota-led organization is a way for our city to lead in the process of truth and reconciliation with indigenous people," said Council Member Michael Rainville. Efforts to transfer management of the site began in 2015. In 2020, Congress passed legislation ordering the transfer of the site from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to the City of Minneapolis or its designee. The city chose Friends of the Falls, now Owámniyomni Okhódayapi. "Owámniyomni is not only a place sacred to the Dakota, it is a place of shared importance to all who call this land home," said Buck. "Our vision for the land at Owámniyomni is to create a place of healing, beauty and belonging that is open to everyone — while reclaiming Dakota stewardship of this land, restoring native plantings and uplifting traditional practices in caring for our natural relatives." The project is expected to be completed by 2028. "In five to 10 years, we hope this place is going to be totally transformed," said Buck. "We're hoping to have more green space, more traditional plants like oak savannah, some traditional medicines around here. We hope to even be able to bring a little bit of flowing water back to areas where it once flowed." Planning is already underway, with a design and engineering team in place. "We have hired a design and engineering team," said Buck. "Then we will be bidding that out for construction."
Telegraph
18-03-2025
- Sport
- Telegraph
Ealing Trailfinders denied Premiership promotion with relegation play-off likely to be scrapped
Ealing Trailfinders will be denied a promotion play-off against the bottom-placed Premiership side after the runaway Championship leaders failed to meet the top tier's minimum standards criteria. A statement from the men's professional rugby board (MPRB) via the Rugby Football Union explained that Ealing, Coventry and Doncaster Knights had all submitted applications to be considered for promotion from the Championship ahead of the 2025-26 season. However, only Doncaster, currently eighth in the table and 29 points adrift of leaders Ealing with 10 league fixtures left, were successful in the audit. Their prospects of topping the table are all but over. Coventry, third in the table, were unable to evidence planning permission for their home ground to expand to a capacity of 10,001 four years after going up. Ealing, 13 points clear in first place, were said to have fallen down on this point as well as on safety compliance. Sources indicated that Ealing did not submit any information about changes to their ground. 'It was agreed that a promoted club could phase the development of the 10,001 capacity requirement of its home ground over four seasons – year 1, 5,000, years 2 and 3, 7,500, and year 4, 10,001, subject to there being planning permission in place at the time of audit,' read the MPRB statement. 'It was hoped that this change in criteria would enable more clubs from the Championship to be able to meet the required stadium size and safety standards to be considered for promotion. 'Whilst we are disappointed that this did not have the effect all were expecting thus far, the MPRB is committed to supporting aspirational clubs and will work with the chair of the recently-established Tier 2 Board, to support Championship clubs and develop a model where those aspiring clubs can have a clearer pathway to operating safely and sustainably within the Premiership.' Ealing have finished top of the Championship in two of the past three completed Championship campaigns, only slipping to second in 2023 when Jersey won the division. This season, having won 11 of 12 league matches so far, they are on course to do so for a third time in four years. However, they are yet to earn entrance into the Premiership. Mark McTighe, the chair of the MPRB, insisted that there is hope of movement between the top two tiers in the future. 'We are in a new era for the men's professional game and there are ongoing and very live conversations about how we can build an investable framework that ensures that it is sustainable,' he said. 'While right now only one Championship club is meeting the requirements that would enable them to come into the league, we are working hard to ensure that is not always the case and that we apply the right flexibility and support where it's appropriate. 'We know how hard those clubs with aspirations to join the Premiership are working both to generate the required investment to be sustainable within that league and to ensure they have the required infrastructure to support themselves. 'This forms a vital part of the ongoing discussion and collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders, from the clubs and organisations who run both leagues, to many others, because we recognise that in the future, new and innovative approaches are going to be required.'
