Longtime Community Reporter board member, husband seeing the world

By Margaret KinneyIn August 2021, longtime Community Reporter board member Julie Borgerding July and her husband Ellery July left their home of 20 years in St.…
The Storyteller is a coming-of-age novel filled with mystery, suspense

ABBY’S ANGLEReview by Abby HortonIn The Storyteller, Kathryn Williams’s coming of age novel, we follow a typical teenage girl living her normal life in the…
Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage at Saint Paul Public Library

By Terry Giinther, Library Manager May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month, and the library is celebrating with events and book lists for all…
Fort Road cookbook now available

Months in the making, West Seventh Cooks! cookbook is finally available for purchase. For $25, you can get a hold of about 85 recipes from your…
Dino & Dragon Stroll

See and walk up to life-size dinosaur and dragon animatronics, including a 60-foot Tyrannosaurus rex, May 7-8 at the Saint Paul RiverCentre. Book your tickets, including…
The Wisdom of Funerals

Building an Antiracist Community by Tim Johnson It can feel good to get the last word. You are in a debate or maybe an argument and…
“Black Violin” At the Ordway

Black Violin, coming to the Ordway April 3, is composed of classically trained violist and violinist Wil B. and Kev Marcus, who combine their classical…
Sundays at Landmark: Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra

Enjoy the music of this old-world string instrument in a concert of pops, classical and more. Sundays at Landmark is a series of cultural and…
Living Ghosts & Mischievous Monsters

BEA’S BOOKSby Beatrice Cosgrove, reviewerLiving Ghosts & Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories (written by Dan SaSuWeh Jones and illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre) is a…