Category: Neighborhood News

  • Health Benefits of Being Outside

    Health Benefits of Being Outside

    by Nathan Hinrichs, MD Over the last century, more and more people in the U.S. are moving to large cities for work opportunities and socialization. One consequence…

  • Solidarity Street Gallery

    Solidarity Street Gallery

    Carrying theme “resilient generations” the third annual Solidary Street Gallery, slated for Sept. 9-10 Along Payne Avenue on the East Side, will be centered around our…

  • Balenger to Serve as Interim Councilmember

    Balenger to Serve as Interim Councilmember

    Russel Balenger will serve as the Interim Ward 1 St. Paul city councilmember, filling out the remainder of the term vacated by Dai Thao. Born and…

  • Arab Film Festival 

    Arab Film Festival 

    Mizna’s 16th edition of the Twin Cities Arab Film Fest returns Sept. 28-Oct. 2 in hybrid format. Films represent movement and resist displacement, challenging conventional narratives that…

  • The Violence Project illuminates culture of mass shootings

    The Violence Project illuminates culture of mass shootings

    By Margaret KinneyOur country is in the grip of a mass shootings epidemic. It is unique to our country and to our times. The USA experiences…

  • Schmidt Art Crawl returns this fall

    Schmidt Art Crawl returns this fall

    By  Lark GilmerArt Lives at Schmidt Artist Lofts. For the last several years, we have not only created art but also produced unique events to display…

  • Flying High: An Interview with Author Emmett Zimmerman

    Flying High: An Interview with Author Emmett Zimmerman

    Picture this: May, 2022. What were you doing? For Emmett Zimmerman, an 8-year-old author, it was getting his book published. Plane Crashes is a fictional book…

  • Brad Zellar’s latest novel is ready to roll

    Brad Zellar’s latest novel is ready to roll

    By Tim RamseyFull disclosure. I am a borderline Brad Zellar zealot. He’s been writing and editing among us Twin Citians for decades. He’s earned the attention…

  • Notebook Recollections: Walk This Way

    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 his…