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Get your toady whipped on West 7th

by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet • 10/2/08 •

This Friday night at St. Paul’s Mad Hatter Tea House, Rick Griffith will be kicking off the Halloween season with his annual “Magic Lute Show.” That’s right, folks.

Fresh start at Fresh Grounds

The buzz of coffee grinders drowns out the music of Jack Johnson, The Shins and old jazz artists every few minutes as the earthy smell of coffee drifts through the air at Fresh Grounds, a St. Paul coffee shop. Customers lounge on sofas, surfing the Internet on their laptops, or sit around small tables chatting with friends while sipping their drinks. MORE »

Pre-emptive police raids on protesters, journalists

Protesters, journalists and old-style hippies were among the targets in the first 24 hours of police raids in preparation for the Republican National Convention.

Sheriff Bob Fletcher claimed that his operation targets only the RNC Welcoming Committee, a local anarchist protest group. However, police also targeted journalists from I-Witness video and a family traveling in a green bus and demonstrating environmentally-friendly practices such as solar panels, hydroponics and composting. MORE »

DIY St. Paul walking tours

by Mary Kay Bailey, live.eat.play.twin cities • July 1, 2008 • While on the St. Paul Phototour website, I discovered that Joe Hoover has posted a bunch of neighborhood walking tour maps. They bring you into some pretty interesting parts of the city. Here’s the sampling along with the links:

Dayton’s Bluff Historic District:

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West 7th/Fort Road Information

District Council:

West 7th/Fort Road Federation

City Council Member:

Dave Thune- Ward 2

Things People Say

Readers comment on theater at St. Thomas

“Foley folly” ... “Tragic mistake” ... “Disappointment by St. Thomas choice” ... “Money isn’t everything.” Comments on St. Thomas’s plans to close its 80-year-old Department of Theater and tear down the Foley Theater show a depth of sorrow and disappointment. MORE »