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unusual facts about Kenny, Minneapolis



1983–84 Kansas City Kings season

Last Playoff Meeting: 1955 Western Division Semifinals (Lakers won 2-1; Lakers were in Minneapolis, Kings were in Rochester, New York as the Royals)

2008 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

The 2008 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 63rd U.S. Women's Open, held June 26–29 at Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minnesota, a suburb southwest of Minneapolis.

BR549

In October 2010 Raucous Records released Gary's follow up album "My Ol' Guitar" co-produced by Kenny Vaughan and including several Br549 re-recordings.

Brian Denman

Brian John Denman (born February 12, 1956 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1982 season.

British Columbia Liberal Party

It expanded the highway system, extended the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, and negotiated the Alcan Agreement, which facilitated construction of the Kenny Dam.

By the Time This Night Is Over

Kenny G's two previous #1 singles on the adult contemporary chart were "Missing You Now" (credited to Michael Bolton featuring Kenny G) and "Forever in Love", while Bryson's previous #1s were "If Ever You're in My Arms Again" and "A Whole New World", a duet with Regina Belle that was the theme for the 1992 Disney film Aladdin.

Colonial Warehouse

This quintessential building, rich in history, is part of Minneapolis' Historic Warehouse District.

Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute

Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute was founded by Sister Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian nurse, whose unconventional treatment for polio survivors led to today’s innovative rehabilitation therapy methods and techniques.

David Ede

He started his teaching career as an instructor at Augsburg College in Minneapolis and McGill University in Montreal before moving to the Western Michigan University Department of Comparative Religion where he taught Islamic Studies from 1970 to 2008 and served as departement head at the time of his death in 2008.

David Treuer

It was named for a fleet of trains operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (and by allusion the epic poem The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.) The novel features a Native American family who migrate to Minneapolis in the mid-twentieth century under the federally sponsored urban relocation program.

Electronic News

The paper eventually grew to have a staff of three dozen full time journalists, working out of headquarters staffed by full time journalists in New York and bureaus in Boston, Washington DC, Miami, Atlanta, Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, Minneapolis and Tokyo.

Emma Bull

She sang in the rock-funk band Cats Laughing, and both sang and played guitar in the folk duo The Flash Girls while living in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Flipp

Because of Rattling Bones’ limited recording success (the soundtrack of “Surf Ninjas;” New Line Cinema) and subsequent disenchantment with the hard-rock scene, Arens and Eidem returned to Minneapolis/St Paul and created what would become Flipp.

Forgotten Silver

Roscoe, Jane/Hight, Craig (2006): Forgotten Silver: A New Zealand Television Hoax and Its Audience. In: Juhasz, Alexandra/Lerner, Jesse (eds.) (2006): F is for Phony. Fake Documentary and Truth’s Undoing. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, p. 171-186.

Frederick William Cappelen

Frederick William Cappelen (October 21, 1857 – October 16, 1921) was a Norwegian-born architect and civil engineer who held the office of Minneapolis City Engineer.

Getting It: The Psychology of est

Fenwick went on to work as director of the Behavioral Medicine Clinic at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, before retiring in 1993 to set up Psybar, an online service to provide psychological experts for court cases.

Globe Building

The Globe Building was an 8 floor building in Minneapolis.

Green Party of Minnesota

Ward 2 is considered one of the most diverse areas of Minneapolis, representing the University of Minnesota Minneapolis Campus and the Cedar-Riverside and Seward neighborhoods.

Harrington Mansion and Events Center

Based in Winona, Minnesota, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota expanded its educational programs to serve the Twin Cities community by establishing a Minneapolis campus in 1983, located at 2500 Park Avenue South, less than one block from the Harrington estate.

Heffelfinger

William Walter "Pudge" Heffelfinger (1867, Minneapolis, Minnesota - 1954, Blessing, Texas), an American football player

Hult Center for the Performing Arts

The firm had previously designed the $7.5-million, 2,700-seat Minneapolis Orchestra Hall and the $13-million Boettcher Concert Hall at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

International Diabetes Center at Park Nicollet

Originally called the Diabetes Education and Detection Center, it was located in Asbury Methodist Hospital in downtown Minneapolis.

Irene Osgood Andrews

She began her career as agent for the Associated Charities at Minneapolis, Minnesota, and, in 1906 was appointed special agent for relief work in the American Red Cross in San Francisco, and factory inspector in Wisconsin.

James Sewell Ballet

She was also named a City Pages "Artist of the Year" in 2009 for her work in the Minneapolis dance community.

John Altenburgh

Altenburgh is a producer and executive producer whose credits include works by Mike Metheny, John Greiner, Rebecca Parris, The Kenny Hadley Big Band, Bob Kase, Gary Brunotte, Gary Sivils, Dennis Mitcheltree, Janet Planet, Otis McLennon, Chris O'Keefe, Randy Sabien, Melvin Rhyne, and many others.

Juxtaposition

Juxtaposition Arts, a youth oriented visual art center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Kenneth McPeek

Kenny currently races primarily at Keeneland, Churchill Downs, Gulfstream Park and Saratoga, as well as keeping a division at his Magdalena Farm in Lexington.

Kenny Senior

Kenny Senior is a fictional character from the Channel 4 sitcom Phoenix Nights, portrayed by Archie Kelly.

Kirby the Kestrel

Kirby the Kestrel is an American Kestrel (sometimes called a falcon or sparrow hawk) that frequents Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

LA ink

Some key examples of their work are the SEGD 2007 Honor Award / AIA MN Award winning "Wall of Discovery" and the Northwest Airlines hangar mural at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport.

Malachy Bowes Daly

At Halifax, July 4, 1859, he married Joanna Kenny, second daughter of Sir Edward Kenny, a cabinet minister in the Sir John A. Macdonald government.

Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence

Fed up with her dead-end job with a Minneapolis car rental agency, Martha quits, cashes her final paycheck, and uses the money to purchase an airline ticket to the least expensive international destination she can find - London.

Matt Frei

In October 2012, Frei headed Channel 4's coverage of the US Presidential election, including making a documentary "The American Road Trip: Obama's story" in which he visited middle-class voters in communities in the mid-west, including Minneapolis, Northwood, Ohio and Gary, Indiana.

Mayo General Hospital

Eithne Kenny, mother of Taoiseach Enda Kenny and wife of Henry Kenny, died here at the age of 93 on 26 November 2011.

Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center

Area 2 is a terminal arrival/departure area located to the north of Minneapolis and is concerned primarily with commercial aviation into and out of Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport (MSP).

Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day fire

The new headquarters is now known as the Wells Fargo Center, after Norwest merged with Wells Fargo.

Norris Division

As part of his shtick, ESPN's Chris Berman often refers to the National Football League's NFC North division (previously the NFC Central division) as the Norris Division or "NFC Norris" since the two divisions included teams from three of the same cities: Chicago, Detroit, and Minneapolis–St. Paul.

Organized crime in Minneapolis

Organized crime in Minneapolis first attracted national attention in 1903, when thug and mayor Doc Ames (1842-1911) was exposed by Lincoln Steffens in the book The Shame of the Cities.

Sade

a song from the 1986 album Duotones by Kenny G, composed as a tribute to the band of the same name

Shem von Schroeck

Through Kenny Loggins, he knew Vicki Randle, a regular vocalist on The Tonight Show, who would frequently invite Schroeck to join the band as a backup vocalist.

St. Clair Entertainment Group

It also has corporate offices and representation in Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit, Miami, Minneapolis, Montreal, New York, Seattle, Toronto and Vancouver.

St. Croix Wetland Management District

The St. Croix Wetland Management District is adjacent to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metropolitan Area of two million people.

Terror in the Sky

Passengers on a plane headed from the Midwest to the West Coast (Winnipeg to Vancouver in the book; Minneapolis to Seattle in the film) get quite ill after eating the chicken pot pie entree.

The Tribute Show

In late 2011 Jon was in close contact with the UK Dolly Parton performer Sarah Jayne to use footage of her tours on the show, her partner happened to be another UK entertainer, Andy Crust, who performs with Sarah as Kenny Rogers and are Europe's leading Kenny & Dolly impersonators.

Uh Oh… No Breaks!

Washington, D.C.'s Slickee Boys' third "proper" album (not including compilations or live releases), Uh Oh… No Breaks! was released on LP and cassette in March 1985 by Twin/Tone (a Minneapolis label best known for having released The Replacements' early records) with the catalog number TTR 8544.

Virginia Dwan

the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University; the Weatherspoon Art Museum; and the Des Moines Art Center.

Voyageurs National Park Association

Voyageurs National Park Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that works to protect and promote the natural, recreational, and historical resources of Voyageurs National Park.

West Sound

On 3 June 2013, station owners Bauer Radio announced West Sound would axe its remaining local programming with the weekday breakfast show, then presented by Kenny Campbell, replaced with a networked show hosted by Robin Galloway from Monday 1 July 2013 across Bauer's network of AM stations in Scotland.

WTCN

KARE, a television station (channel 11 analog/35 digital) licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, which held the call sign WTCN-TV from September 1953 to July 1985

Young Abe Lincoln

David K. Rubins, a native of Minneapolis, studied at the Beaux Arts Institute of Design in New York and the Académie Julian and the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.


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