Category: Public Interest

  • Attitude and Aging

    Attitude and Aging

    A by Deb Padgett In January of 2016, Christopher Bergland, posted an article in Psychology Today titled “Positive Attitudes About Aging May Be a ‘Fountain…

  • Cuts and Kicks at Atlete Lounge

    Cuts and Kicks at Atlete Lounge

    by Jerry Rothstein Manny Hall is dreaming of creating a kick-back elite lounge in the heart of West Seventh, with a unique combination of barbering artistry,…

  • Views from the Garden: Spring Renewal

    Views from the Garden: Spring Renewal

    When you see this a sense of spring will be in the air. This day, the prediction is for rain soon, a sure sign of the…

  • Celebrate National Poetry Month in April

    Celebrate National Poetry Month in April

    “The Poetry of Puppetry 2” premieres on George Latimer Central Library’s historic Jemne Puppet Stage Saint Paul Public Library’s Youth Services department invites families to celebrate National Poetry Month in April with an…

  • Ireland revisited: Buttermilk scones

    Ireland revisited: Buttermilk scones

    FOOD MATTERS by Kristin Hamaker, columnistIreland revisitedI arrived in Cork City, Ireland, on a spring day in 2005. But my luggage had not, nor my kitchen knives,…

  • Met Council plans for more BRT Service

    Met Council plans for more BRT Service

    [Editor’s Note: For those with good memories, you’ll recall that the second Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service in St. Paul (after the A Line on Snelling) was…

  • Dodge Nature Center

    Dodge Nature Center

    Nature Painting Evening: Backyard Owl: 3/4, 6:30-8 p.m. at Farm Entrance, 1701 Charlton St., West St. Paul. Learn bout owls as you paint one. Hot cocoa and…

  • Ramsey County creating voters

    Ramsey County creating voters

    By Commissioner Rafael Ortega, columnist Ramsey County voter participation rates traditionally trail those of the state as a whole. Several factors contribute to low voter participation, including residential…

  • To speak or not to speak?

    To speak or not to speak?

    by Shirlene Perrin Your right to remain silent is more important than you might think. There are two myths that the public at large believes. One…