The Tonka Theater

In 1941, The 500 seat, $30,000, Tonka Theater opened at the end of the main drag in Excelsior. The auditorium was decorated with murals of steamboats on the nearby lake. Meet Dr. Christian was the first movie. Just three years later, however, the little place was gutted by a fire. It took an appeal to … Read more

I’m not anti-semantic!

Dear Edina Prairie, How’s things? Did that sore on your lip ever heal properly? Don’t worry about it. Things are pretty busy at B. Dalton’s. I spent the week closing up and boxing down the Pillsbury Center store. It was a little sad, but most of the employees are going to work for the new … Read more