Guitar Concert Features Local Musician

Grammy-winning guitarist Pat Donohue (Prairie Home Companion) teams up with eclectic West End guitarist Jerry Kosak to present a concert of acoustic fingerstyle and slide guitar…
Food Matters: Plucking Raspberries

I love the brambling foods, which are so insistent, flirtatious, and charmingly disheveled. Not to mention so sharply delicious. We grow three varieties of raspberry: Caroline…
Birds in Particular: Butterbutts

Warblers are captivating migratory birds that arrive near the middle of May in Minnesota. They have showy, dramatic plumage that is challenging to identify. These small,…
Keep Kids Cool This Summer

Help low-income children, infants to age 5, have a fun summer. Collect or purchase a hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, and mosquito spray. Volunteers of any age, individuals…
The Creative Spirit Alive at Linwood Monroe Arts Plus

Linwood Monroe Arts Plus provides arts-infused curriculum for children pre-K through Grade 8 on its two local campuses: pre-K through Grade 4 at Linwood and Grades…
Mississippi Market 40th Anniversary Block Party

Mississippi Market Natural Foods Co-op started small in 1979 and now comprises three vibrant locations, a membership upwards of 18,000, and many educational and community programs that…
A Fitting Memorial

by Jon Kerr The treeless zipper down the hillside just across the Mississippi is painfully evident while driving down Shepard Road or even from the High…
Stop for Me

Help make West 7th Street a safer street to cross. Stop for Me is a pedestrian safety event where citizens and officers cross the street together…
Reading and Math Corps Recruiting Tutors in West End

AmeriCorps is calling for 1,700 Minnesota tutors to help students struggling in reading and math. Two state-wide programs, Minnesota Reading Corps and Minnesota Math Corps, have awarded…