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Salon Bambino, owned since 2018 by Woodbury resident Crystal Sullivan, is a full-service family salon. “We want all of our clients to have a relaxed and positive experience,” Sullivan says, noting that the salon’s new space offers an elevated, calming vibe. “We want busy moms and dads to have a place where they can get their hair done while their little ones color and watch a movie a short distance away,” she says. (TVs at the kids’ haircutting stations keep the younger set entertained during their appointments!) Given the scope of its clientele, salon staff knows it’s important to keep up on the latest hair trends. “Our stylists handle whatever style is currently trending, whether it is with kids or adults,” Sullivan says. “Additionally, we make a point of hiring exceptional colorists, who are skilled in anything from a balayage to bright-pop colors.”
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S eptember might just be one of my favorite months—though I may be a bit biased since the entire month is one big party for my family. (We’re celebrating five birthdays—including my nephew’s first birthday!) All the celebrations, plus the beautiful changing of the seasons, sweater weather, crisp air, pumpkin spice lattes … The list goes on as to why I love September. And in this fall issue of Woodbury Magazine, we’re celebrating what really makes fall feel so cozy: art and fashion. I like to think that our two seasonal topics go hand-in-hand. Fashion is art, and art has the power to be fashion, right? From the decadent halls of The Metropolitan Museum of Art to the runways of highly-coveted designers, art and fashion enthusi asts can see curated pieces designed to create a reaction—that’s art if you ask me. In this month, we’re covering these topics together and separately. In two stories, For the Love of Art (page 24) and Color Palette for Confidence (page 26), you’ll see how two creatives—an artist and a stylist—use their respective arts to inspire others while showcasing their creativity. And from meeting Maya Angelou to interviewing presidential candidates, for one Woodbury creative, it’s his passion for the art of radio that got him inducted into the Minnesota Broadcasting Hall of Fame. On the topic, Freddie Bell says, “I have to give a nod to the audience.” Though writer Daniel Huss breaks down what truly gave Bell this achievement. Read our cover story, Hall Call, on page 36. Enjoy the autumnal equinox on September 22, and I’ll see you next month, readers!
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The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera is a dystopian tale about the power of stories and the importance of diversity. It follows Petra Peña who, along with her family and a few hundred others, leave Earth for a new planet after a comet strike. When they arrive on Sagan, Peña learns that she is the only person who remembers Earth. To keep her people’s history alive, she begins to use her gift for storytelling that was passed on to her by her family. Peña is brave, compassionate and resourceful while working to save her family and its Latino history. The mind-wiping antagonists are members of a cult who are portrayed in interesting villainous ways. Especially fitting for a novel about storytelling, the language Higuera employs is powerful and effective, and as a Spanish speaker myself, I enjoyed hearing the “Spanglish” used throughout this story.
Higuera reminds of us of the importance of the past and why we must remember it all for the sake of our future. This must read for the whole family is perfectly paced in world and character building, which helps balance the suspense in this fantastical world. I also strongly recommend the audio book. Nancy S. Collett is a librarian at R.H. Stafford Library. Find more to read at washcolib.org.
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• Consider the season and location of your photoshoot. You want the outfits to be appropriate for not only the weather and season, but the location. The colors you choose shouldn’t perfectly match the background. For an outdoor fall pho toshoot, think cream, navy, rust, olive, gray and maroon.
• Keep it simple. Avoid graphic and logo tees that can be distracting from your family photos. It’s great to mix in a subtle, soft pattern, but avoid too many or too large of patterns. Less is more when it comes to these types of distractions. Alexandra Eve is a local stylist and wardrobe consultant. To learn more or for styling help with your family photos, visit alexandraeve.net.
• Don’t perfectly match the outfits. For example, don’t have the whole fam ily in the same color or a specific outfit theme. You will want some coordinating and complementary colors, but not the exact same colors or fabrics. Mixing in neutrals with your seasonal colors will help you achieve this.
19 Fall is right around the corner, meaning it’s time for those soft knits, cozy layers, moody colors and, for a lot of families, a fall photo shoot. Coordinating outfits for the whole family can feel overwhelming and like a lot of work, so I have rounded up a couple of my go-to family styling tips to help you with this task.
• Decide on an outfit you love first, and build around this. Maybe you found the perfect maxi dress or a skirt and sweater option you feel great in. Once you have a starting point, it is easier to coordinate the rest of the outfits.
• Add texture in apparel, which adds visual interest to your photos. This can be done through items with lace, silk, tweed, chunky knits or suede.
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WHEN THE M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ACHIEVEMENT CENTER director Darcy Hager-Slavin first met Linda J. Hood, she remembers her saying, “We’re only on this Earth a very, very short amount of time, and we need to make sure that we do great things.”
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Hood abides by this mindset—she’s always found ways to help her communi ty. As a scientist, she ran clinical trials for cancer patients. In 2015, she directed the Big 5K Race, an annual fundraiser and health initiative in Indian Mounds Park. Then, Hood’s life took an unexpected turn while was traveling to Texas in 2018. “I fell at the airport. I just—I couldn’t stand up,” she says. “It just happened so Hoodquickly.”was diagnosed with GuillainBarré syndrome (GBS), a rare autoim mune disorder that causes damage to the peripheral nervous system. When she woke up in the hospital, she was completely paralyzed.
Hood spent 15 months in the hos pital. Now, four years later, she lives in Woodbury, uses a wheelchair and participates in the M Health Fairview Achievement Center’s day program. But her diagnosis in 2018 hasn’t stopped her from improving her community. Last year, Hood began working with large venues to install adult changing tables in their public restrooms. These tables look similar to infant changing stations—they’re attached to the wall and can be pulled down, parallel to the floor—but they’re larger and support a higher weight. Adult changing tables are essential for people who can’t use the toi let, but they’re still missing from popular venues like sports arenas, hospitals and
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HoodJ.LindaPhoto: the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Hood says that she and other people who use adult changing tables either avoid these venues or have to be changed on the bathroom floor. “The bathroom floors are filthy, and [people] should not have to come in and clean the floors and then have to be changed on the floor,” Hood says. “We can do better than that.” Hood has pointed out other inaccessi ble features in public buildings—narrow entryways and doors without automatic buttons, to name a few—but she focuses on adult changing tables because she sees bathrooms as one of the biggest bar riers for people with disabilities. “There’s a lot of people who are stuck at home,” Hood says. “But you don’t want to go anywhere if you can’t go to theAsbathroom.”shespoke out about bathroom accessibility, Hood learned of a competition called Ms. Wheelchair Minnesota, the regional branch of the Ms. Wheelchair America (MWA) orga nization. Unlike a traditional beauty pageant, MWA judges select contestants solely based on leadership and advocacy in their communities. Nina Harrison, Minnesota’s =Ms. Wheelchair 2021, also attends the M Health Fairview Achievement Center’s day program, according to Hager-Slavin. After learning more about the com petition, Hood says, “[I thought], ‘Well, is this going to bring awareness to my cause? Absolutely,’” and she applied and was crowned Ms. Wheelchair Minnesota in February at the Achievement Center. Although Hood didn’t win this year’s national title, she plans to use her plat form to meet with state officials. She wants “Minnesota to be a leader” in bathroom accessibility. “[It’s] not just a wheelchair issue,” she says. “[It’s] a health issue.” To learn more about GBS or to find a Walk and Roll fundraiser for GBS research, visit gbs-cidp.org.
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GROWING UP AND MOVING AWAY from organized sports is an interesting shift to go through in your younger years. As one who loved the aspect of being a part of a team, I found myself search ing for ways to emulate that sense of motivating community in recent years. In addition, I began to recognize the chal lenges that came with staying consistent in my ever-changing lifestyle. The solution? Group fitness. From the support of the instructors to the regular like minded member-goers, the atmo sphere of group fitness can be comfort ing and provides the team-like vibe I always long for. For Woodbury Basecamp Fitness stu dio owner Jenna Behnke, it is this idea of community that keeps her entwined in the business. “Having this community feel is good and important to me,” she says. “I wanted to create a safe space for people, especially with what is going on in the world. I don’t know what is going on the rest of their day or before they came in, but I can control how they feel and their experience in the 45 minutes that they are here.”
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As one who is avid about staying active and is always searching for the most effective fitness trend, I decided to try the latest addition to the bunch. As a new boutique fitness studio, Basecamp Fitness is a place that stays true to creating fast, yet effective workouts. It fuses strength training with high-intensity cardio in a
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23 35-minute session—a real game changer. Upon arriving, I was assigned a bike number as my “home base” for the dura tion of the workout. The location of the bike in the room correlates with one of four groups (A, B, C and D), which is necessary to know in order to do the workout. The group letter correlates with a series of videos on TV monitors that showcase demonstrations for each work out. As a visual learner, these screens were a great tool and aided my ability to keep up in the fast-paced nature of the class, especially as a newbie. Each class focuses on either the upper, lower or full body and is structured by specific increments of time: 60 seconds on and 10 seconds off, 40 seconds on and 20 seconds off, or 90 seconds on and 15 seconds off. (The repitition time depends on the day.) Between each repitition, the “off” time is used to take a breather while you transition either back to the floor for weight training or air bikes for car dio. The optional finisher is 10-minute stretching and core exercise. As you “ride” the instructors challenges riders to reach faster speeds or calorie loss goals. Though it was a form of cardio I was not used to, the bright party lights and energetic music helped to push me to new limits and motivated me to keep going. “We make sure that you are not just coming in for a workout, but you are com ing in for an experience,” Behnke says. To read more about the origin of Basecamp Fitness, visit woodburymag.com. Basecamp Fitness Woodbury, 7030 Valley Creek Plaza; basecampfitness.com651.395.3016;BasecampFitnes@basecampwoodbury@basecampfitness A name that is hard to say but easy to trust HYOUNSOO LATHROP Operated by a Subsidiary of NRT LLC HYOUNSOO LATHROP, REALTOR Cell: 651.233.8527 HLathrop@CBRealty com www HyounsooLathrop com # 1 L i s t i n g A g e n t C o l d w e l l B a n k e r W o o d b u r y 2 0 2 1 # 1 B u y e r s A g e n t C o l d w e l l B a n k e r W o o d b u r y 2 0 2 1 Top 1% Agent Coldwell Banker Realty Worldwide 2021 Hyounsoo is awesome. She made the process of selling our home extremely easy and low stress She knows the market, she is flexible, she has great attention to detail, she gives excellent staging ideas, and she is very reassuring I'd gladly recommend her to anyone looking to sell a home! Scan the QR Code to Read More and See How I Can Help You! service@hearingofamerica.com | 1075 Hadley Ave N. #107 Oakdale, MN 55128 | www.hearingofamerica.com CALL (651) 528-7868 In-home/house-call hearing care also available upon request! Visit hearingofamerica.com for more information! Minnesota’s #1 Hearing Center! Hearing of America is committed to enhancing the quality of life for individuals by providing comprehensive hearing care and therapeutic tinnitus treatment.
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AN ARTIST'S PASSION for his or her work runs deep, and in Paula Clegg’s case, you can see her passion emerge through every aspect of her life. Pottery artist, full-time ceramics teacher and mother of three, Clegg has made a life every creative has dreamt of: She’s made her art into a career. From a young age, Clegg, a Woodbury resident, was always drawn to art. She found the beauty in bright colors and the physical outcome of what your mind is dreaming of. Since high school, she recalls that she knew exactly what she wanted—to pursue a career in arts educa tion. Clegg says, “Even though I knew I was going to major in art, I actually took my first ceramics class in college. I really didn’t know I liked ceramics before, but after [those classes], I became obsessed with pottery and I was in the studio all the time.” Since then, Clegg’s love for art grew into a love for pottery making. She began to take ceramics classes every year until earning her bachelor's degree in art, then her master's degree in arts educa tion from the University of Minnesota. This newfound love of ceramics would soon set the stage for her career. “I taught elementary art for nine years, but every summer I would take a pottery class at Northern Clay Center to keep improving my skills with the ultimate goal of becoming a ceramics teacher,” Clegg says. Soon, the continuous hard work and hardened clay hands earned her a spot in teaching ceramics and sculpture at North High School in St. Paul.
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“The process of finishing each of my pieces takes about three weeks. The pottery goes through throwing, sculpting, glaze and then the kiln. I love it so much because even when I am making the same piece or replica of a pot I’ve made before, it always comes out a little bit different. Each piece is unique,” she says. Clegg uses a process called transferring, which is print images being transferred onto the pottery that sticks permanently. The process entails watering the image down onto the clay, so it reveals a perfect picture—like a temporary tattoo. Clegg takes an immense amount of inspiration from nature, and she uses pictures of flowers, plants and anything naturerelated—but what is really eye-catching is her use of bright colors. “Most pottery is produced with neutral colors, but I use bright colors. In fact, I’ve been asked what my favorite color is as an artist, and I just say the rainbow. I even make rainbow mugs,” Clegg says with a smile. Through her work, the viewer can see the theme of nature intertwining with the beauty of color. Her work is seasonal and varies with the weather. For the fall months, she’ll make pumpkin mugs with lots of yellow and red accents–just in time to sip hot tea and watch the autumn leaves fall. In the winter months, she’ll curate pieces with purples, blues and whites. During springtime, she’ll produce work with pastels, pinks and yellows. With Clegg’s work, you could have a mug for every season. potterybypaula.com woman deserves a birthing
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For Alexandra Eve, the art of style has always been a niche of hers. The per sonal stylist and Woodbury resident always knew she wanted to be in the fashion industry, even before her preteen years—in fact, it was her calling. Eve says, “Working in fashion has always been a dream of mine from a very young age. I actually visited my first fashion college in New York City when I was only 7 years old.” From there, Eve stuck to her intuition and pursued her lifelong dream, as if fashion was her nat ural instinct. She attended the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles and earned a degree in merchandise marketing. She then pursued her education locally, earn ing a degree in fashion and retail management from the Art Institutes International Minnesota. After giving the fashion corporate world a whirl, Eve was ready to take her career to the next level. Diving into the personal side of fashion, she started her own personal styling business in 2018, Alexandra Eve. With Eve’s years of experience and fashion background, she combined everything she learned and put it into her business, cultivating services to help women feel confident in what they wear. Services offered through Alexandra Eve include personal shopping, ward robe analysis, photo shoot styling and—of course!—personal styling. That includes curating a clients’ wardrobes with the clothes they already own, creating a lookbook to match their per sonal goals or going shopping with cli ents and pulling new looks for them to try on and add to their wardrobes. Eve says, “For me, my favorite thing about personal styling is the accessorizing. I love to top any outfit off with small details.” When you’re dressed your best, it’s hard not to feel confident, and Eve says she strives to see clients radiating that shine and happiness when they put on an outfit they love. Eve’s motive is really about putting the personal in personal styling, and self-expression in a client’s style is the most important outcome. So, when it comes to the color palette wardrobe, Eve takes on a unique, more personable approach. The color palette wardrobe has been around for a long time in the fashion industry, and it includes a com bination of colors that complement each
29 other, as well as skin tone and hair and eye colors. Think about paint swatch colors and the variety of shades that are within the same tone on one paint swatch card. Pastel pink and a pastel blue look beautiful next to each other, but a bright orange might look out of place with another muted, pastel color. There are a variety of color stories to implement in your wardrobe that might fit you perfectly—from autumn, winter and spring palettes to general color palettes that fit the same color scheme. For Eve, her unique approach to the color palette motif of personal styling is that the color palette you choose shouldn’t just be the colors that complement you, but the colors that you feel best in. What colors make you feel most Have a Story, YOURMATTERS.STORY Insured by NCUA Shop Online. Pickup at All Locations. CREATE YOUR LIST AND SHOP THOUSANDS OF ITEMS SHOP.LUNDSANDBYERLYS.COM 7050 VALLEY CREEK PLAZA, WOODBURY, MN 55125 LUNDSANDBYERLYS.COM | 651-999-1200
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For a long time, color analysis was pop ular, and clients were left wondering if they were an “autumn” palette with a more muted, dark color scheme, or a “spring” palette with more pastels. Eve says, instead of digging around a palette that you’re questioning if it comple ments you, search for colors that you feel confident in and go from there. Of course, there’s no shame in trying out color analysis, but there’s no rules in fashion. If you feel confident in it, then that color palette will complement you no matter if it’s an autumn, winter, spring or summer palette. Eve says, “I recommend building a timeless, neutral wardrobe with a color palette you love mixed in.” The great thing about a neutral wardrobe is the freedom to express yourself interchangeably on top of colors that bring out your statement pieces or your flare of personality in your favorite patterned top mixed in with a neutraltoned skirt. You can have a layer of your favorite color palette—your top being a pastel blue, a darker toned blue skirt on top of neutrals building from a tan shoe or a beige blazer. “You want the color palette to feel cohesive, so it builds a more versatile and interchangeable wardrobe. This makes getting dressed in the morn ing so much easier. Some ideas for the color palette you choose to mix in could be rich jewel tones; soft, airy pastels or simply based around warm or cool tones,” she says. “The color palette you mix in with your neutrals along with the fabrics, textures and patterns of pieces help define and show off your personal style. This could feel more modern and edgy, boho and feminine, or classic and preppy.” Style is all about self-expression and what you feel most confident and comfortable in. Choosing a variety of colors in your closet, on top of neutrals, can set you up for less headaches in the morning and make you feel more confi dent in your daily routine. alexandraeve.net Michael Lindahl, D.D.S.
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Woodbury-based home builder Creative Homes takes pride in being unique. Established in 2013 by entrepreneur Nick Hackworthy and serving 15 neigh borhoods around the Twin Cities and western Wisconsin, its passion is to create and deliver an unmatched experi ence. A recent recipient of the National Housing Quality Award (NHQA), Creative Homes is focused on deliver ing better, new homes. “We really want to become the best and focus on opera tional excellence,” Hackworthy, Creative Homes president, says. The NHQA acknowledges three home building establishments that strive to reach new heights in their operations, including the quality of their product and consumer satisfaction. There are three awards presented: two silver and one bronze. Creative Homes received the silver—the premiere award—and is the first Minnesota-based builder to win the award in nearly 20 years. “This award has been a dream and visionary goal from the inception of our company,” Hackworthy says. There are only a handful of applicants throughout the nation and few get a site visit for their business. The submission alone is 20 pages in length, plus a 167-point applica tion, where all applicants are evaluated on every aspect of home building. For Creative Homes, it all stems from competing against the process, rather than other individuals and businesses. “The [NHQA] is a lot less about the award— it is about the journey and process of the judges,” Hackworthy says. Applicants are judged on several criteria by a set of panelists. It was concluded that Creative Homes, upon receiving excellent com mentary and feedback from the judges regarding its culture within a company, was one of the best it had seen in 30 years.
Hackworthy and 10 out of 50 team members attended the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) International Builders Show in Orlando, Florida, this past February, where they formally accepted the silver status award. Eight months later, Creative Homes is living up to its award. Its team is known for being engaged and passionate, and it
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While Creative Homes’ design studio specialist offered her expertise to the Peterson family, she encouraged the Petersons to make the home their own. Creative Homes is not a finish-and- for get-it builder. Throughout the entire home building process, staff members engage in a weekly call or “power hour,” as they refer to it, where the client and staff consultant discuss the process and debrief together. It engages with valued customers after the project is complete—an included perk that has left customers, like Barry and Kim, feeling seen and heard. “Any builder can execute a transaction, but if you are look ing for a memorable home buying experi ence, it is Creative Homes,” Peterson says. Branching off its values on being pres ent with the consumer throughout the whole process, in the past two years, Creative Homes has opened a new, stateof-the-art design studio, which hosts open houses to assist in consistently delivering new and better homes. Studio visits equip clients with great material whether they are just starting out or updating their home. The design studio, which serves a variety of home niches, features brands, such as The Tile Shop, Cambria, Holiday Kitchens and more. Pre-build orienta tions to meet with specialists and build ers to confirm your vision; pre-drywall tours to view your home before electri cal and plumbing are added; the ability to visit your home at different points
34 prides itself in being able to adapt quickly to shifting market environments. That is a tactic that truly paid off during the pan demic. “Our company climbed through the height of the pandemic,” Hackworthy says.
The team was able to work through challenges that the home building arena has not seen before and, as a result, the company is most proud of high customer satisfaction. One of those satisfied cus tomers is Barry Peterson. “My wife, Kim, and I were very excited about purchasing a brand-new home in the Southpoint development [in Hudson, Wisconsin]. We had so much fun with our design studio specialist,” Peterson says. The Petersons continue to be impressed, even after the completion of their home.
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While the honor goes to radio greats with at least 20 years of Minnesota radio experience, Bell has 20-plus years in Minnesota, then some more in Omaha, Nebraska, lots more actually. He started his career at KOCU, a cam pus radio station at Creighton University. He then splintered, becoming the rarest of journalists by simultaneously working in both TV and Interestingly,radio.it’swhen Gerald Evans became Freddie Bell, while staying Gerald Evans. Huh? “To protect my integrity as a journal ist, I thought it was important to separate what I was doing in my TV journalism job at KETV television [ABC affiliate] from my part-time entertainment role at the urban radio station, KOWH-FM,” says Bell. “The radio program director said my on-air name could be anything and tried to help by giving me a couple of options including Bob B. Good. In my hometown, Kansas City, Missouri, I grew up listening to a few radio broadcasters. Among my many favorites was Freddie Bell. With the program director’s bless ing, I decided to adopt his name. From that time on, I was Freddie Bell, when I did radio or club DJ work, and Gerald Evans for everything else.” Bell and his wife, Francine, moved to Stillwater in 1990. Francine was the impetus to move as she worked for the United States Federal Government as a special agent in charge, IRS Criminal Investigation Division. Minnesota was one of the states she covered. Bell and his family then lived in Woodbury, made a move to Tampa, Florida, and Washington, D.C., and land ed back in Woodbury in 2006. During their first stint in Minnesota, FAME. BELL
September 2022 woodburymag.com 37 Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey zinged KMOJ on-air personality Freddie Bell with a joke earlier this year when he asked, “What do Freddie Bell, Magic Johnson and Moses Malone all have in common?” Bell was at a loss until the mayor answered his own question. “They’re all in the Hall of Fame,” says Frey. Bell had just received notice that he had been named to the 2022 class of the Minnesota Broadcasting Hall of Fame. He enters with KFAN’s Dan Barreiro, Linder Farm Network’s Lynn Ketelsen, ex-WCCO morning show host Dave Lee and MPR’s Cathy Wurzer. A Hall of Fame induction ceremony is scheduled to take place on September 17 at the Pavek Museum in St. Louis Park. How Frey knew about Bell’s honor so soon hasn’t cost Bell any sleep, but it does make him wonder. “He does do his home work,” says Bell, who is the first Black man inducted and the second person of color to be honored as Hall of Famers in the Hall’s 20-year history. (Robyne Robinson was inducted in 2018.)
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KMOJ, aka “The People’s Station,” is a community radio station based in North Minneapolis with a format that’s best described as “adult urban contemporary.”
While Arbitron and Nielson numbers are important, they don’t drive the bus. “Eighty-eight percent of all AfricanAmericans within the 11-county Metro area have tuned in,” says Bell. “It’s ele mentary kids, high school kids and lots of moms and dads. While the music is the hook, what we talk about is lifesaving, if not life changing.” “What happens in the community is our responsibility,” he says. Important events that have led to equally important discussions include reactions to the fatal police shootings of Jamar Clark and Philando Castile. “Following the George Floyd murder and the U.S. capital uprising, I expressed my desire to share important information like this from a BIPOC [Black, Indigenous and people of color] journalistic perspec tive,” says Bell. “Our listeners made it clear to me this is something that was needed. Our team raised money to create the Racial Reckoning Project: The Arc of Justice.”
WHILE THE MUSIC IS THE HOOK, WHAT WE TALK ABOUT IS LIFESAVING, IF NOT LIFE CHANGING.”
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BEING PRESENT When asked about accomplishments, Bell talks about KMOJ’s voice. The discussion turns to interviews, impactful interviews in particular, Bell mentions the three interviews he had with the late Maya Angelou, writer and activist. “I still hear that voice on the phone, ‘Freddie Bell, this is Maya Angelou,’” says Bell. “I thanked her for calling and said that I’m sure she’s busy. She stopped me mid-sentence and said, ‘Nothing else matters, Freddie. I’m here with you.’”
September 2022 woodburymag.com 39 Bell volunteered for KMOJ as a morning show host. And, if this were literature, that early connection to KMOJ would be calledCurrently,foreshadowing.Bellhosts three radio programs: KMOJ’s Morning Show with Freddie Bell and Chantel Sings, the talk show New Beginnings and the musicbased Freddie Bell Show, with the latter two heard on stations around the country. The shows’ beginnings date back to Bell’s return to Minnesota in 2006. InAnd?2016, Bell was asked to take over as KMOJ’s general manager. “I accepted because I wanted the station to have some consistency,” says Bell. That being said, Bell didn’t go to journalism school to work as a general manager. “I was brought into preserve, as well as change the cul ture,” he says. “It’s been six years, and it’s a work in progress.”
Bell has carried that philosophy with him throughout his career. “I’ve tried to be completely present in all my inter views,” he says. Years later, Bell met Angelou. He was the emcee at a NAACP banquet and Angelou was the guest speaker. “When I went to introduce myself, she said that she knew who I was and that we had spoken three times,” says Bell. “She autographed a copy of her book and gave it to me. When I stepped away, she “IT’S ELEMENTARY KIDS, HIGH SCHOOL KIDS AND LOTS OF MOMS AND DADS.
The one take where Bell doesn’t know which side to fall on is society’s connectedness. “Social media has made the world smaller, but I still wonder if that’s a good thing,” he says. The “good thing” he doesn’t question is his relationship with KMOJ, schedule be darned. As the station’s full-time general manager, Bell limits his on-air time because, well, “Sleep is paramount,” he says. The typical day has Bell waking to an alarm at 2 a.m. He’s at the studio before 3:30 a.m. He’ll prep and then co-host KMOJ’s Morning Show from 6–9 a.m. He does that Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. After the show, he’ll sit behind his general manager’s desk and take calls and make calls. “I don’t want to be that guy who goes to news conferences or reads news releases,” says Bell. “I want to develop relationships.” Hall of Fame relationship? “I have to give a nod to the audience,” says Bell. Enrich your dog’s whole health and well-being –throughout their life with Central Bark Whole Dog Care. Enrichment Dog Day Care and boarding, grooming, a retail market, training and more. Central Bark 3115 Hadley Ave. N., centralbarkoakdale.comOakdale
40 September 2022 woodburymag.com stopped me and told me to read what she had written.” Yes, Maya Angelou wrote to Freddie Bell. Bell counts interviews with the mayor, civic leaders and presidential candidates among his favorites. While not an interview, his wife serves as his biggest advocate. “She’s the reason I do this,” he says. “She’s with me in the best of times and in the worst of times. She’ll tell me when I’m all wet, and she’ll tell me when I’m spot on.”
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LEAH HUXTABLE AND EVA THOMPSON say their mom is the inspiration behind the annual Bash for Brains event. “[In 2011], our mom was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease at 61 … She had a lot to do yet, and she was very philanthropic and an amazing teacher,” Huxtable says. In 2013, the sisters put on the first Bash for Brains—which was “thrown together” in three weeks and raised $7,000 for the Alzheimer’s Association and the Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Now the event, which has always taken place in Huxtable’s backyard, includes live music, a silent auc tion, food trucks and more. Through their collective fundraising efforts, the duo has raised $481,000 since its start. “We are so lucky and grateful to work alongside the Woodbury Community Foundation … They stepped in, in 2018 … and helped us build a fund called the ‘Bash for Brains Fund’ to give back to this community, and they have supported us so beautifully,” Thompson says. In 2021, Huxtable and Thompson gave one Woodbury family the gift of respite care through the Bash for Brains Fund. This year, their goal is to raise $150,000 and gift respite care to more local families. “It’s near and dear to too many people’s hearts. Alzheimer’s is rampant in society, and it’s getting worse all the time,” Thompson says. —Hailey Almsted Bash for Brains; September 10 For more information and tickets, go to bashforbrains.com.
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Big Truck Day Dates Vary Held every Saturday through September, Central Park offers the coolest trucks and motorized vehicles. Round up your kiddos for a spectacular day inside and out of some of the best vehicles. Free. All ages. 9 a.m.–noon. Central Park Place; woodburymn.gov Compiled by Hanna McDaniels and Paige Schuller
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The next Just Between Friends (JBF) sale is on, you don’t want to miss spend ing 50–90 percent less on clothes for your kids at this sale. The JBF sale offers a huge selection of clothing brands and clothes ranging to fit your infant, tod dler or teen. All ages. $3 admission. Times vary. M Health Fairview Sport Center, 4125 Radio Drive; woodbury.jbfsale.com
Fourth Annual Kickball Tournament 09/16 Join or watch your friends and family participate in the Fourth Annual Kickball Tournament hosted by the Woodbury Area Chamber of Commerce. The event will be held rain or shine, so dress appro priately. Ages 18 and over. Registration prices vary. 9:30 a.m.–4 p.m. M Health Fairview Sports Center, Fields 10–13, 4125 Radio Drive; 651.842.9480; wood burychamber.org Afton Art in the Park 09/24–09/25 With over 90 vendors and over 10,000 guests annually, this two day event offers a whirlwind of creative fun. A variety of fine arts will be showcased, including pot tery, woodmaking, painting, jewelry mak ing, photography and more. All ages. Free. Times vary. 3418 St. Croix Trail S., Afton; 612.470.3420; exploreafton.com
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Full Moon Hike at the Arb 09/10 Come to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum after-hours for a beautiful full moon hike. Watch the sun set then cel ebrate the harvest moon with activities, Selby Ave Jazz Fest
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Selby Avenue Jazz Fest 09/10 Groove on over to Selby Avenue for a day dedicated to celebrating community and jazz. Enjoy performances from local, regional and international musicians. Food, art booths, family fun activities, and a health and wellness village will also be options to check out. All ages. Free. 11 a.m.–7:30 p.m. Selby Ave. and Milton Ave., 934 Selby Ave., St. Paul; 651.645.1340; selbyavejazzfest.com
AREA EVENTS Minneapolis Greek Festival 09/09–09/11 A weekend long celebration of Greek cul ture and cuisine and hosted by St. Mary’s Orthodox Church, the festival offers a variety of opportunities to become immersed in Greek culture. From dancing to visiting the Greek bookstore and bou tique, there is something for everyone to enjoy. All ages. Free. Times vary. St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church, 3450 Irving Ave, S., Mpls.; 612.825.9595; mplsgreekfest.org
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Sociable Summer Market 09/11 Minneapolis Craft markets is partnering with Sociable Cider Werks for an after noon of outdoor shopping. Local artists and creators will have the opportunity to showcase their products, offering a vari ety of quality items for purchase. All ages. Free. Noon–5 p.m. Sociable Cider Werks, 1500 Fillmore Street NE, Mpls.; mplscraftmarket.com
46 ON THE TOWN such as games and moonlit strolls. All ages. $5 for members and children 15 and younger, $20 for non-members. 7–10 p.m. Arboretum Farm, 3675 Arboretum Drive, Chaska; 612.624.2200; arb.umn.edu
Minneapolis Art Bike Tour 09/13 Join Greg Ingraham, landscape archi tect and artist, on a bike tour around Minneapolis. The eight mile tour will start and end at the Walker Sculpture Garden. All ages. $20. 10 a.m. Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, 726 Vineland Place, Mpls.; bikemn.org North St. Paul Friday Night History Cruise 09/16 Located in the historic downtown North September 2022
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SAINTFALLFESTAMBROSE 09/23–09/24 Saint Ambrose Catholic Community’s annual FALLFEST is bringing carnival rides, a big ticket raffle and wine raffle, games for all ages, live music, a silent auction and beer garden to the community. Rizer will play from 6–10 p.m. on Friday and Good for Gary will play from 6–10 p.m. on Saturday. All ages. Free. 5–10 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m.–10 p.m. Saturday. Saint Ambrose, 4125 Woodbury Drive; saintambrosecatholic.org651.768.3030; MN
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Twin Cities Harvest Festival Opens 09/21 It’s the 10th anniversary of a beloved fall tradition, and the Twin Cities Harvest Festival is partnering with the Minnesota Lynx to celebrate! This year’s corn maze will be Lynx-themed and packed with trivia for the whole family to enjoy. The festival will be open weekends through
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The Woodbury Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated 10 years of bringing together commerce and community at the Woodbury Community Expo on April 2. The event, held at East Ridge High School, welcomed more than 125 local businesses and organizations, along with food from local restaurants. A vehicle fair, musical performances, an Indian dance performance, Circus Manduhai and more were also included. have your event considered: send date, time, location, photos, contact information and a brief description of the event to woodburymag@localmedia.co.
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Positive reception in the Tonka Bay area found Hazelwood seeking oppor tunities to expand, first with a space in Bloomington near the Mall of America and later with a spot in St. Louis Park. Woodbury is an ideal continuation of this neighborhood tradition, in Foster’s view. Not only are there plenty of people and families, but there’s also opportunity, too. “There’s not a lot of independents in Woodbury like us,” Foster says. “There are chains and stuff like that, but there’s not a ton of independent restaurants, so we felt we were gonna hit a good mix there.”
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Hazelwood’s first location in Excelsior was founded with a straightforward premise. “We just wanted to have a great neighborhood appeal,” Foster says. “Appeal to everyone’s sensory and culi nary wants, which is very important to us, to blend atmosphere and sense, light, sound, music and food.”
Foster says Woodbury visitors have a high-energy experience to look forward to with the new Hazelwood location opening in September. “The atmosphere, when you walk in, draws you into the experience audibly,” Foster says. At the table, the selections will be familiar ones. “You sit down, you view that menu and there probably isn’t anything that you probably want that we don’t offer, in some fashion,” he says. Hazelwood specializes in a menu revolving around classic American com fort food, but that doesn’t mean it lacks refinement. “What we always try to do is create something that’s recognizable,” Foster says. It won’t intimidate you; it isn’t bogged down by highfalutin terminology. “What we really focus on is flavor,” he says. “It’s something you’ll have had before, you read this item on the menu somewhere else, but what we try to do is give it a high er level, flavor, presentation.” Filet mignon on a menu isn’t a surprise necessarily, but the smoked Gouda hash browns that accompany Hazelwood’s steaks are. Mac ’n cheese may be a comfort food staple, but how often have you seen it served in a woodfired clay pot with house braised beef and potato chip crust? “I think what we do is consistently try to do what works instead of trends,” Foster says. “Trends come and go. I per sonally as a chef look at these trends, the ebbs and flows, and I’ve always tried to find the lasting wants in this industry;
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WRITTEN BY MADELINE KOPIECKI PHOTOS BY CHRIS EMEOTT “WE’RE ALWAYS EXCITED when we open a new store because you meet so many great people,” says Scott Foster, managing partner and executive chef of Hazelwood Food + Drink. After opening three Hazelwood locations since 2004, Foster says his team is looking forward to seeing new “Actually,faces.weknow a lot of people that have contacted several of us,” Foster says. “Friends who are out in that area saying, ‘Open a restaurant by me!’ … ‘It’s too far to go to your restaurants on the west side,’ you know? All of our restaurants are west side, and now we’re going to have a location on the east side of the cities and it’s a first.”
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BAR BITES Looking for a snack at the bar? “I think people like our mac ’n cheese balls,” Foster says. “We certainly sell a lot of them.” With a cheese trinity of smoked Gouda, Tillamook cheddar and pecorino the Bacon Mac ’n Cheese Balls are finished with a light breading and served with chipotle ranch.
53 ▪ Menu Tour It’s hard picking favorites. Even Hazelwood’s guests seem to agree. “We look at our sales mix all the time,” Foster says. “We look at what’s selling and, I’m not kidding you, the distribu tion of how our items sell are almost even.” We asked Foster for some menu high lights to help lead us through a menu of hits.
DOING IT DIFFERENT With an ethos of familiar but distinct, steakexplainssauce.justfromdistinguishesHazelwooditscalamaritherestwithmorethanafrom-scratchcocktailInsteadofrings,Fosterthatitbuyscalamariandcutsitintostrips.
EXCEPTION TO THE TREND “Frankly, you can argue tuna poke is one of those trendy items that’s been around for a while, but the guests really like [it],” Foster says. To give it good flavor and freshness, he says it’s layered on avoca do along with togarashi, won ton crisps and wasabi mayo.
ON A ROLL “We feature a wood-burning rotisserie that we do very well with,” Foster says. Hazelwood uses a Texas-made J&R Ranch rotisserie to spin its farm-raised poultry on the daily. Its rotisserie chicken and turkey make popular appearances in its Rotisserie Chicken Sandwich and Turkey Avocado Melt.
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55 what do people really want? Instead of some chefs who say, ‘This is what you should have.’ That’s been my philosophy.”
“It’s very collaborative,” Foster says, noting that its spring and summer menus featured at least five new items contrib uted by chefs throughout the company. It’s not only internal feedback they con sider either, Foster notes that Hazelwood customers get a say in the menu, too. Hazelwood’s chef’s specials menus often reflect guest requests and input managers have heard from the dining room. These too are opportunities for chefs to challenge themselves and play around with new food concepts. “We have a core menu, we have a core concept and then we can have fun on the outside edges,” Foster says. With an aura of community and col laboration, it’s exciting to see what Hazelwood has in store for the Woodbury location—and how the Woodbury com munity may, in turn, influence this new neighborhood eatery.
Although Foster designed Hazelwood’s original menu, he says that, after decades as a chef, he’s tired of seeing his creations dominate the page. “[Hazelwood restau rants] are really starting to allow some of the younger, talented chefs to get what I call real estate on the menu,” Foster says. In other words, give some of their ideas a chance to win over customers.
“THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN from my backyard last April. There was a family of foxes, with seven pups, living in the neighborhood,” says amateur photographer Jon Bayer. “We were able to watch them grow from small, gray balls of fuff into independent, young foxes.” Bayer, photographer of Backyard Foxes, says the foxy family brought joy to the neighborhood. “Watching the foxes grow up over the course of a month brought a lot of joy to the neighbor hood, especially with the pandemic going on,” he says. “This photograph cap tured the joy that the foxes brought to us.”
Resident captures a family of canines. Photographer: Jon Bayer Title: Backyard Fox Equipment: Canon EOS 70D, 100–400mm lens To view other Focus on Woodbury photo contest winners, visit woodburymag.com.
LAST GLANCE By Hailey Almsted
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FIRST PLACE: ACTIVITIES & EVENTS A Family of Foxes
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