Category: Family & Education

  • Youth Bb camps at Macalester College

    Youth Bb camps at Macalester College

    Sign up for youth basketball camps at Macalester College this summer. Camps are available for boys entering 4-8 grade and girls entering 3-8 grade. Register online:…

  • Dino & Dragon Stroll

    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…

  • Addressing Minnesota’s Public Education Crisis

    Addressing Minnesota’s Public Education Crisis

    District PerspectivesBy Sen. Sandy PappascolumnistThe COVID-19 pandemic has upended our public schools over the past two years. Teachers are stressed, students are dealing with mental…

  • Living Ghosts & Mischievous Monsters

    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…

  • Free and Discounted Internet

    Free and Discounted Internet

    Eligible low-income households can receive a credit up to $30 a month toward internet service ($75 per month for households on qualifying Tribal lands). Customers…

  • Caraval, Garber’s debut novel is amazing

    Caraval, Garber’s debut novel is amazing

    Editor’s Note: You might have noticed that Beatrice Cosgrove is missing from this book review column. That’s because she decided to let her friend Abby Horton rotate…

  • Bea’s picture book recommendations

    Bea’s picture book recommendations

    Hello, readers! I have decided to recommend some picture books to you because I know some younger readers might like to see some books for their…

  • Read Brave with Saint Paul Public Library Feb 1 through March 31

    Read Brave with Saint Paul Public Library Feb 1 through March 31

    By Terry Giinther, Library Manager Read Brave is Saint Paul Public Library’s annual citywide, intergenerational reading initiative that centers the power of books to ignite empathy and…

  • BEA’S BOOKS: Measuring Up

    BEA’S BOOKS: Measuring Up

    Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte and Illustrated by Ann Xu   Above all, Cici loves to cook. It’s one of her favorite hobbies. she and her…