Category: Arts & Culture
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Council Perspectives: Building Our Budget
By Rebecca Noecker, City Councilmember, Ward 2 Every day, I receive dozens of constituent emails and phone calls on topics ranging from potholes to policing.…
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Audacity Revisited
by Deborah PadgettGeorge Floyd’s killing, Elijah Cummings’ and John Lewis’s deaths have left me humbled, helpless and grief stricken. I cannot be silent because silence…
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Bea’s Books: One Crazy Summer
BEA’S BOOKSOne Crazy Summer (5 out of 5 stars) One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia is about three sisters: Delphine, Vonetta and Fern. It takes…
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WHOLE WIDE WORLD West 7th Public Library
by cate sering, library manager As we transition out of summer, we know that the needs of our community are more important than ever. Whether you…
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West End Artist Profile: Kelly Ludeking
I grew up in the Midwest on a traditional farm—dairy, beef, pigs and all the crops to feed them and us—where I absorbed a great…
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Schmidt Artists realizing many dreams
Having Schmidt Artist Lofts in the neighborhood is just beginning to have the kind of impact many predicted when it was opened. Years of moving…
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Wabasha Street Caves to Close as Pandemic Threatens Local Venues
by David Lamb The manmade tunnels behind West St. Paul’s castle-like structure, once the site of a speakeasy said to be frequented by notorious gangsters,…
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Park Square, SteppingStone Join to Create Theatre for Life
Park Square Theatre and SteppingStone Theatre for Youth will join forces this fall to create “your theatre for life” in downtown St. Paul. The two…
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White Pelicans and Hollywood Chickens
BIRDS IN PARTICULAR White Pelicans and Hollywood Chickens Historically, I have spent a lot of time on the riverbanks of Minnesota swimming in the summer…
