Barbershops and Stories

Building an Antiracist Community When barbers first started cutting hair at 925 West 7th St., the internet and search engines were decades away from being imagined,…
Notebook Recollections: The Mary Pesek House Pt. 2

Local icon Tim Rumsey walked to work most days from 1987 to 2000. He began as a form of exercise but kept at it for his…
St. Stan’s Turns 150

St. Stanislaus churchgoers enjoy a luncheon after the Nov. 13 service. Congregants got a chance to mix and mingle and look through artifacts spanning the church’s…
Come Celebrate Union Depot

Editor’s note: Publication of this regularly scheduled column does not equate an endorsement for Rafael Ortega in the Nov. 8 election. When we refurbished and reopened Union…
The limitations of our vision

Like most young people, my young friend wanted to drive. In her case, however, driving meant being particularly mindful of a visual impairment she has had…
A Lesson from the Past: Why the Flu Vaccine Matters

By Brooke Gensler, MDDid you know that in 1918, in the midst of World War I, an influenza epidemic swept the globe? This “Spanish Flu”…
Notebook Recollections: Walk This Way

Local icon Tim Rumsey walked to work most days from 1987 to 2000. He began as a form of exercise but kept at it for…
We Are Still Here at Friedli Gallery

Featuring native artists from across Turtle Island, “We Are Still Here” brings to the fore the life, histories and politics of what it means to be…
Mystery Meets History at Sherlock Holmes: The Exhibition

Footprints, splatter patterns and magnifying glasses: Journey into the mind of the world’s most iconic detective and be transported to Sherlock Holmes’ London from the more…