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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Mexican Day

Mexican Day

Jacobson, Tom

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ISBN10: 0881457922
ISBN13: 9780881457926
Publisher: Broadway Play Publishing
Published: Aug 22 2018
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.23
Height: 0.17 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Water is a vivid metaphor in Los Angeles. We live in a desert beside an ocean, an existence of simultaneous want and plenitude.
Another, lesser-known water source inspires The Ballad of Bimini Baths, a trio of plays by local playwright Tom Jacobson. Bimini was a popular swimming and spa complex at the site of hot springs one block east of Vermont Avenue between 1st and 2nd streets, operated from 1903 to 1951.
Jacobson makes this the nexus of a wide-ranging tale that pulls together events in L A history, some of which occurred at the baths, others not. His theme is sins in need of being washed away--racism as well as other moral failings.
The intriguing result is being staged by three small theaters, all running different plays ranging from 55 minutes to 11/2 hours.
The final play is an inspiring tale of people working together to try to redeem the past and re-chart the future...
Bimini, like many places in the early 20th century, was racially exclusive. People of color were admitted just one day a month, the day before the pools were drained and cleaned.
Daryl H Miller, Los Angeles Times

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