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Avalon School tackles bullying, in partnership with St. Paul Public Library

By Kristal Leebrick, Park Bugle

Avalon students and Breedlove from Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation. (Photo courtesy of Avalon School)

When the St. Paul Public Library put out the call for a citywide group read of the young adult novel Everybody Sees the Antsby A.S. King, the staff and students at Avalon School answered.

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The often unheard story of our public schools

By Julie Landsman, The View From Here

Sometimes I need to get out of my adult world and go talk with some young people. I am especially intrigued by what boys and girls think about reading, writing, ethical issues and literature.

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The View From Here

A positive, erotic winter evening with black artists at the Smitten Kitten

By Amina Harper, The Art House

Photo by Keegan Xavi

When I got to the Smitten Kitten this past Tuesday night it was cold, like really cold. The temperatures in February are winter's final “fuck you” before spring starts, and because of this I didn’t expect many people to pack the house. The atmosphere at the Smitten Kitten is always warm and welcoming, and after some hot pepperment tea and delightful conversation I realized that having an intimate talk with three artists and an audience of about 15 to 20 was perfect.

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CENTRAL CORRIDOR VOICES | Somewhere I'll find you: A poem

By Phebe Hanson, Saint Paul Almanac

Photo by Diego Vazquez Jr.

So we moved from my small town in western Minnesota
to St. Paul where I had to go to Murray High,
a school
with more people than in the entire town of Sacred Heart

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Nuevo Mestizos: Leo Lara at the Black Dog Coffee & Wine Bar

By Ryan Cutler, TC Daily Planet

On January 23, the theme of the Lowertown Reading Jam series at the Black Dog Coffee & Wine Bar in Lowertown St. Paul was "Nuevo Mestizos." Here, Leo Lara shares his work.

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Nuevo Mestizos: Louis Alemayehu at the Black Dog Coffee & Wine Bar

By Ryan Cutler, TC Daily Planet

On January 23, the theme of the Lowertown Reading Jam series at the Black Dog Coffee & Wine Bar in Lowertown St. Paul was "Nuevo Mestizos." Here, Louis Alemayehu shares his work.

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Nuevo Mestizos: Emmanuel Ortiz at the Black Dog Coffee & Wine Bar

By Ryan Cutler, TC Daily Planet

On January 23, the theme of the Lowertown Reading Jam series at the Black Dog Coffee & Wine Bar in Lowertown St. Paul was "Nuevo Mestizos." Here, Emmanuel Ortiz shares his work.

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Our stories, our values, our directions

By Ketmani Kouanchao, Kouanchao Corner

There's an old Lao saying that "Language tells you about someone's country, manners tell you about someone's family." I think the stories we tell ourselves says a lot about who we have been and where we might go.

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Kouanchao Corner

What's really happening – or not happening – at Minneapolis Central Library

By Mary Treacy, Poking Around

“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.? The quote belongs to our beleaguered postal employees, of course. It also applies to independent researchers with a deadline – people like me.

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Poking Around

MN VOICES | Kimberly Nightingale and the Saint Paul Almanac: Sharing stories as community activism

By Wendy Brown-Baez, TC Daily Planet

Kimberly Nightingale is a woman who is following her passion and living her dream. The key to her success: Commitment.

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