Category: Local Culture
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You Can Help with our 2020 Budget
Council Perspectives By Rebecca Noecker, City Council Member, Ward 2 Columnist Civic engagement is a lot like exercise. We all know it’s good for us, but…
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“Yes, We Can” Reprised
by Deborah Padgett I confess to having recently lost all sight of the privilege it is to be alive in this imperfect wonderful/horrible world of…
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Guitar Concert Features Local Musician
Grammy-winning guitarist Pat Donohue (Prairie Home Companion) teams up with eclectic West End guitarist Jerry Kosak to present a concert of acoustic fingerstyle and slide guitar…
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Mississippi Market 40th Anniversary Block Party
Mississippi Market Natural Foods Co-op started small in 1979 and now comprises three vibrant locations, a membership upwards of 18,000, and many educational and community programs that…
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A Fitting Memorial
by Jon Kerr The treeless zipper down the hillside just across the Mississippi is painfully evident while driving down Shepard Road or even from the High…
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West 7th Public Library News
by Leslie Spring, library manager Summer Spark at Saint Paul Public Library encourages kids and teens to have fun, stay active, and keep learning all summer…
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12th Annual West End Neighbors Garden and History Tour
by Joe Landsberger The West End is exceptional. But how did its volunteers and a committee join gardens and history, and why? First off, they wanted…
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Rice Park Revitalization Grand Opening
After a year of construction work, Rice Park is being rededicated and reopened to the public June 11, 4-6pm on 4th Street, border of Washington and…
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Insects in our lives — what is your reaction?
VIEWS FROM THE GARDEN by Kent Peterson There is no doubt that we humans have an emotional relationship with insects. Thoughts ranging from the base…
