Art Crawl Returns to St. Paul For Three Weekends in April

The Spring St. Paul Art Crawl returns this April, transforming neighborhoods across St. Paul into a citywide showcase of creativity, community and connection. Spanning three…
Grand Hand Gallery Opens New Home On Grand Avenue, Continuing A Community Art Tradition

After more than two decades in one Grand Avenue storefront, a longtime St. Paul art destination has found a new home just a little farther…
Tease Salon: A West 7th Mainstay with Heart

On West 7th Street, in a brick building that blends quietly into the corridor, Tease Salon has become a steady fixture — not through splashy…
Great Chefs of Grand Avenue to Debut as Upscale Fundraiser Celebrating Food, Community and Cause

An ambitious new culinary fundraiser will make its debut next month when Great Chefs of Grand Avenue brings together many of St. Paul’s best-known restaurants…
A Touch of Andrea Salon Closes on Christmas Eve After More Than Four Decades of Community Care

After more than 40 years behind the chair and nearly three decades as a West 7th neighborhood fixture, Andrea Burnstein quietly closed the door to…
A Very West End Holiday

From local artisan markets and festive tree lightings to Broadway productions and classical concertos, and all points in between, St. Paul has it all this…
Celebrating 55 Years of the Community Reporter

March 1, 1970 September 8, 1970 July 1, 1971 Depending on how you measure, any one of those dates is the birth of the Community…
Origin Story, Part the Sixth: John Irvine, Granddaddy of W7 / St. Paul

While Irvine Park and Hillside commemorate John Irvine, his legendary civic role in the birth of our neighborhoods and city is somewhat neglected. Prior to…
A Day in the Life of the SPFD

The woman next to me brushed tears from her eyes, and stared gloomily ahead as we rushed toward United Hospital. We were in the back…