Category: Local Culture

  • The Church of St. Matthew drive-up fish fry Fridays

    The Church of St. Matthew drive-up fish fry Fridays

    The Church of St. Matthew (510 Hall Ave.) will host a drive-up to go only fish fry every Friday through April 2 from 4:30 to 7:30…

  • Community Reporter 50th Anniversary

    Community Reporter 50th Anniversary

    Add your name to our Honor Roll of Community Supporters to help us sustain the workOur “Community of Reporters” provides the West End with thoughtful,…

  • When the Gangsters Ruled St. Paul

    When the Gangsters Ruled St. Paul

    by David LambA century ago, the “Public Enemy Number One,” the leader of the group whose members J. Edgar Hoover called “the toughest mob we ever…

  • Resisting the Abusive Tape of Racism

    Resisting the Abusive Tape of Racism

    by Tim JohnsonRetired Pastor of Cherokee Park United Church[Editor’s Note: This is the ninth article in Tim Johnson’s series on racism. Comments and insights are…

  • Join the keystone virtual book club

    Join the keystone virtual book club

    Love to read and talk to your friends about books? This group is for you! As part of our new virtual programming for seniors, we’re…

  • Overcoming Racism Conference

    Overcoming Racism Conference

    Virgil Mountain (Blacklance) led an opening ceremony at 2018 Overcoming Racism Conference. This year’s virtual conference Nov. 13-14 will explore, through an anti-racist lens, how…

  • Audacity Revisited

    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…

  • New Investment Challenges Hard Times

    New Investment Challenges Hard Times

    by Jerry RothsteinThe Bay Street Burger Dive, which opened in August at the former Bay Street Grill site, has become the latest in an 80-year…

  • New Murals in Council Chambers of St. Paul City Hall/Ramsey County Courthouse

    New Murals in Council Chambers of St. Paul City Hall/Ramsey County Courthouse

    New mural art (pictured) was unveiled Aug. 19 by local artists including CLUES Latinx Mural Apprentice Project, Emily Donavan, Adam Swanson, and Leah Yellowbird. Although…