The Global/Local section focuses on connections between Minnesotans and the world.

Golden Karen Grocery in St. Paul: Veggies, rice, fish paste, and community

By Stephanie Fox, Global Groceries

Kyu Nan

I was searching for a certain Chinese grocery store near Rice Street in St. Paul when I spotted the sign: "Golden Karen Grocery." I thought I might have read it wrong, so I did a U-turn and pulled into the parking lot. I’d read it correctly. I hadn’t known that there was a Karen grocery in the Twin Cities. As it turns out, there are two of them. I’ll visit the second one in the future.

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MayDay 2013 moments, part 4

By Alan Wilfahrt

MayDay means making noise. Making our community voice unite and celebrate, criticize, teach together in one world. We share, we mourn and rejoice. We are MayDay cheer.

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MayDay 2013 moments, part 3

By Alan Wilfahrt

 In my normal photography, I often avoid images with recognizable faces. I am usually trying to capture the essance of the situation and not a specifice individual.

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MayDay 2013 moments, part 2

By Alan Wilfahrt

Powderhorn Park in South Minneapolis is the host location for MayDay.  The over-all-the-park, day-long event is referenced as the MayDay Festival.

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Dr. Hawa Abdi, Somalia's 'Mother Theresa,' keeps hope alive

By Christina Cerruti, KFAI Radio

Nobel Peace Prize nominee and author Dr. Hawa Abdi was in Minneapolis at the beginning of April as part of her national book tour for Keeping Hope Alive- a memoir about her life and work in Somalia. Named the Mother Theresa of Somalia, she has offered shelter and aid to thousands in her country since civil war began in Somalia in 1991. KFAI’s Christina Cerruti has this report. [Audio below]

PHOTOS | St. Paul's Festival of Nations kicks off with a "World Class Bash"

By Ryan Cutler, TC Daily Planet

Photos by Ryan Cutler

On May 3, the 2013 Festival of Nations—Minnesota's largest multicultural celebration—began at the RiverCentre with a party aptly advertised as a "World Class Bash."

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It's going to be an "African Summer" at the Cedar Cultural Center

By Jay Gabler, Front Row Seat

Amadou & Mariam perform at the Cedar in 2012. Photo by Jon Behm for Reviler.

The Cedar Cultural Center has just announced the lineup for its "African Summer" series: six concerts featuring performers representing the power and diversity of African music today.

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Brett Newski & the Corruption: From Vietnam to Lyn-Lake

By Dwight Hobbes, Sounding Off On Sound

Brett Newski & The Corruption, a pretty damned good pop-rock outfit, are coming to the Twin Cities on May 4, launching their second U.S. tour at Cause in Minneapolis, hailing all the way from—you ready for this?—Saigon, Vietnam. Just when you thought you'd heard of everything.

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OUR STORIES | Young Ethiopian American founds soccer org, gives back to Ethiopia

By Lolla Mohammed Nur, TC Daily Planet

Mikyas Woldemichael is a 22-year-old Ethiopian American who isn’t afraid to follow his dreams.

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Food, dancing, and cultural awareness at the Feast of Nations

By Etta Harkness-Bartholdi, Corcoran News

When I first walked into the South High School commons on the evening of March 29th, I smelled many different kinds of food and heard Latin music. This array of sensory delights was organized by Diane Bagley, and was South High’s first annual Feast of Nations.

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