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Arise! closed for business on Saturday, May 15th. The store was bustling with people throughout the day and late into the evening as people came to enjoy an awesome bonfire to celebrate our successes as a collectively run project since 1993 and to bid farewell as the space and the people involved in the collective move on to new and different things. Thanks to all the community support, our last week of business was a smashing success for helping us reach our goal of paying off our outstanding debts to distributors, most of which are small presses and other collectives.

* When: Saturday, May 8 through Saturday, May 15 *

Discounts start at 30% off and will increase throughout the week. Furniture, shelves, etc. will be for sale too!

After serving the community since 1993, Arise! must close its doors on May 15th. Stop by during our last week of operations for a massive clearance sale. We need to pay off our debts so we can close the store in a responsible, ethical manner without harming the small presses, distributors, and collectives that have supplied us with so many great resources over the years.

Arise! will be closing on May 15th. After serving the Twin Cities communities since 1993, we can no longer sustain the space we're in and have to close our doors.

Saturday, April 3
11am-9pm

20% off all regularly priced items. 30% off select books.

Come stock up on all those things you've been wanting to take home with you! Books, zines, shirts, crafts, CDs, patches, organizers, DVDs, and more!

Arise! has been going through rough times (for real!) and will be closing in the near future. At our next collective meeting, we'll be talking about the things we need to do to close down our space: clearance sales, cleaning it up, communicating with the local and national communities that have relied on us, taking care of our debts to distributors (e.g., Slingshot), etc. We'll also be talking about a closing date, our open hours from now until we close, help with covering shifts, etc. And anything else we think of at the time.

Arise! Collective Meeting
Sunday, March 7
2 pm

Take the short survey here--10 questions in 10 minutes or less: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3DDX6TH

Next Meeting:
Sunday, February 28
5:00pm, at Arise

After 2 recent community meetings and much discussion, it's become apparent that a radical new direction is needed for Arise to survive. With much money owed to book distributors and an impending several thousand dollars of debt (mostly from property taxes looming on May 15), it is extremely likely that Arise must move if it is going to survive in whatever form.

Arise thanks everyone for their support at our successful Halloween Brunch fundraiser. We ran out of pancakes, delicious apple crisp, and most other food because of the great response from the community.

Stop by the store and check our website for updates on how our financial situation is progressing.

C'mon, ya know ya wanna come!

Sat, Oct. 31
10am-2pm
Walker Church, 3104 16th Ave S, Mpls

$5-10 sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds!

Times are hard and we need your help!

Keep your favorite radical bookstore open. Eat vegan pancakes and other delectable things. Check out new books, zines and other neat stuff. C'mon, you know you want to.

And don't miss the debut of "Recipes for Radicals," the new Arise! cookbook for making change, trouble, and dinner!