TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, October 5th – Sunday, October 11th, 2015
October 5, 2015
Autumn is my favorite time of year. (Did I already tell you that?) I have heard whisperings that I am not the only one who enjoys the season. A few of the leaves have begun their turn, and we have been blessed with sun shining through the crisp air. The festivals are winding down but not completely, and a lot of performance seasons are starting up.
TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, September 28th – Sunday, October 4th, 2015
September 28, 2015
Yogi Berra passed away last week. An amazing baseball player of unlikely physical stature and appearance, he proved his athleticism as the greatest of Yankee catchers and in the history of baseball.
TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, September 21st – Sunday, September 27th, 2015
September 21, 2015
This autumn, we are urging you to share your own words through the Saint Paul Sidewalk Poetry Contest. We are really asking your to use your words, or at least 250 of them, to create a piece of art to be installed on sidewalks around the city.
TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, September 21st – Sunday, September 27th, 2015
September 21, 2015
This autumn, we are urging you to share your own words through the Saint Paul Sidewalk Poetry Contest. We are really asking your to use your words, or at least 250 of them, to create a piece of art to be installed on sidewalks around the city.
TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, September 14th – Sunday, September 20th, 2015
September 14, 2015
I had the most amazing experience in the Fine Arts building at the Minnesota State Fair last Monday--an experience that might be the biggest clue as to why I come to you with this blog each week. There, a piece of art captivated me with its complexity and multi-layered visual expressions.
TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, September 7th – Sunday, September 13th, 2015
September 7, 2015
It’s time to clean up at the state fair and send the last of Minnesota’s students back to school. There is still a lot going on in Saint Paul amid the detritus of the Great Minnesota Get-Together, even as we return from the holiday with that on-a-stick hangover ringing in our ears. Just as the fair is a great local tradition, this week we will be living one of ours.
TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, August 31st – Sunday, September 6th, 2015
September 2, 2015
The Great Minnesota Get-Together is still happening, and there are still seats available for that ride. There is a lot to see there. There is a lot to see everywhere else in town, too. I have a little sample.
TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, August 24th – Sunday, August 30th 2015
August 24, 2015
Early last week, we got a taste of autumn, not the one with the golden sun shining on the amber landscape. The one with the cold rain that, when near the equinox, knocks the leaves off the trees and mocks us with visions of winter’s starkness. The message? Enjoy the summer.
TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, August 17th – Sunday, August 23rd 2015
August 17, 2015
Hello, readers. I have nothing to say. I am speechless, mostly because I heard that many of you were watching cat videos on your own instead of the safer option of watching them in public at CHS Field. As I write, I will have to fight through the disappointment to deliver this week’s events.
TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, August 10th – Sunday, August 16th 2015
August 10, 2015
I am thinking of all the stories that have been created this summer. I am thinking of the ones that Storymobile collected at last week’s Little Mekong Night Market, or ones we will celebrate with next month’s Almanac Book Release Party at the Black Dog, or the ones we will create in the sun, rain and thunder of the next few weeks before the State Fair shifts our consciousness to whatever our modern urban version of harvest looks like.
TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, August 3rd – Sunday, August 9th 2015
August 3, 2015
The night air is feeling wonderful these days. Getting slathered with humidity and heat might take a little bit out of our limp sails, but there is something about the evening air and a blue moon that makes these waning days of summer worthwhile. That and the fact that there is art to see, hear, and feel in the midst of our atmospheric reality. I hope you can join us for a few of the frolics.
TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, July 27th – Sunday, August 2nd 2015
July 27, 2015
I can’t believe that summer is almost two thirds over. I can’t believe that it has already been quite full. It is not over, thankfully. You could think awhile about how to fill the rest of the summer, but I have done a little of that for you--at least for this week.