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.
Arcata Press | Saint Paul Almanac and Minnesota Humanities Center Awarded $90,000 Heritage Partnership Grant
July 31, 2015
Saint Paul Almanac and the Minnesota Humanities Center received a $90,000 Heritage Partnership grant to plan how to consistently publish and distribute the stories of Minnesota African American leaders and writers.
Celebrating Ten Years of the Saint Paul Almanac!
July 29, 2015
Saint Paul Almanac celebrates its first decade with a grand book release party for its new literary collection, Saint Paul Almanac: A Ten-Year Retrospective. (Aug. 5, 2015) SAINT PAUL—The Saint Paul
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.
TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, July 20th – Sunday, July 26th 2015
July 20, 2015
It’s another full week. I have not wilted from the heat yet but have had to turn on my air conditioner at home only twice so far. Maybe it is because I have been taking in some of the great views the city has to offer in the performance, art, and community venues that keep me from noticing it is getting to the hot part of the year.
Art by Leann E. Johnson
Old Rondo
By Donte Collins ● July 17, 2015
we were Ferris wheel watchers firefly fighters dollar store cap gun robbers cops and Sunday creased collars private school scholars giving the church basket the dollars our mothers slipped into our pockets seconds before.
My Como Zoo Funeral
July 14, 2015
I want mini donuts at my funeral nothing fancy, just a van owned by a retired couple who won’t skimp on the sugar and for the kids, all-you-can-ride wristbands.
TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, July 13th – Sunday, July 19th 2015
July 13, 2015
Last week’s Canadian fires brought me a scratchy throat and sights of suns and moons with colors that would make the artist’s palette envious. On alternate evenings, I saw the blood moon and the pink sun that hovered over Saint Paul and was reminded of the brilliant things happening in the stages, in the neighborhoods, and in the hearts and minds that made and consume it all.
Eating Philosophy
July 9, 2015
Waitress walking across the bridge still smell like kitchen. Want to serve you my seven spice butter sauce blueberry eyes freshly baked buns grated parmesan hair.