January 28th 2015: Jessica Lopez Lyman presents “Crossing the Blue Wall” at the Lowertown Reading Jam
January 12, 2015
The “blue wall” is the impervious police/military state that brings destruction and injustice. Recently, we have seen resistance to the violence of the blue wall in the United States through the Black Lives Matter movement springing forth in Ferguson, New York, Oakland, and other places across the country.
TWISP | This Week in Saint Paul: Monday, January 12, – Sunday, January 18, 2015
January 12, 2015
I’m looking for a winter escape. I am not a snowbird, nor am I likely to find the space for a sunny vacation in an alternative climate. Alternative states of mind and heart are easily at hand.
Why We Love Our City
January 10, 2015
New York? It’s nothing. Saint Paul is more stunning. No other city can compete.
Of Arthur “Chan” McWatt (March 10, 1926–April 3, 2012)
January 10, 2015
Saint Paul recently lost one of its most sterling examples of what it means to be a responsible, useful, and compassionate citizen. That individual was Arthur Chandler McWatt.
Home Is Knowing the Path to Her Door
January 10, 2015
I laughed out loud when Bobbie finally confided to me the thought that struck her when she first heard my voice on the phone: “Oh, Lord. Another white woman looking for a Black care provider for her Black child.”
Park Two
January 10, 2015
What’s this park named?” Owen asked as he clambered up wooden steps. My wife and I glanced at each other and shrugged.
Graphic Memoir
January 10, 2015
THE ARTIST PATRICIA OWEN worked for the Peace Corps in Senegal. “They give you a mission, and when you get there, you find one for yourself.
Deliverance
January 10, 2015
Rain obstructs the windows And scatters the light from street lamps Into illuminated circles on the sidewalk.
A Misty Dream of Glacial Saint Paul
January 10, 2015
For the past few summers, I have led geology tours around the Twin Cities for community education courses. The tours usually involve features such as caves, springs, and waterfalls.
The Restaurants of Frogtown
January 10, 2015
Left everything. Left Laos in ’78. Followed a husband following Vang Pao.
Untitled
January 10, 2015
children burst from the earth right outside my door not waiting to be picked
The Spot
January 10, 2015
We called it “The Spot.” You could sit and look at the sunset, watch trains crossing the Mississippi, rounding the eastern shore of Pickerel Lake.