Downtown Neighborhood News and Events

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Downtown St. Paul is not only an arts, entertainment, and business hub, but is also home to over 8,000 residents who enjoy living in close proximity to the Mississippi River, Rice and Mears Parks, and the community festivals that inhabit those parks every season. One of St. Paul’s fastest-growing neighborhoods, Lowertown boasts historic buildings, a vibrant arts community, and the popular St. Paul Farmers’ Market. All downtown residents are within minutes of every part of the Twin Cities with easy access provided by I-94 and 35-E as well as most of the bus lines serving the region (and Light Rail Transit coming soon). The neighborhoods are also connected by the skyway system allowing convenient access to restaurants, retail stores, nightlife, theaters, and more. (Description from livemsp.org)

For detailed demographic information, see the neighborhood profile from Minnesota Compass.


THEATER REVIEW | Roiling Rothko redux "Red" rules at Park Square Theatre

By Lauren Van Schepen, TC Daily Planet

Steven Lee Johnson and J C Cutler in Red. Courtesy Park Square Theatre.

Park Square Theatre's production of John Logan's Red is as aggressive, complex, and poignant as you would expect any play based on the life and work of painter Mark Rothko to be. Raising questions of allegiance, patronage, succession, and intimacy, Red provides the time and context for its audience to consider these timeless tensions both as they took place in Rothko's studio and as we know them today.

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St. Paul Ramsey Hill Association Neighborhood Garage Sale on October 6th

By Staff, Summit Hill Association

AS Summit Hill Association is NOT having a Fall Garage Sale....here's another option for you!

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Public Arts St Paul celebrates second annual Western Sculpture Park Festival

By Ge Gao, TC Daily Planet

Curious kids see through the bright colored megaphone. (Photos by Ge Gao)

On September 15, a sunny Saturday afternoon, Public Arts St Paul kicked off its second annual festival at Western Sculpture Park at noon.

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THEATER REVIEW | "Batman Live": The Dark Knight meets Cirque du Soleil

By Katie Sisneros, TC Daily Planet

Photos by Pamela Diedrich

Batman Live opened at the Xcel Energy Center Thursday night. It's one part Batman: The Animated Series, one part Grant Morrison a la Batman & Son, two parts Dick Tracy, and a hefty spoonful of Cirque du Soleil. It was less a Batman story than a Robin one, which has the potential to be groan-worthy unless you’re going to tell Robin’s story right; and Batman Live did. Plus, if the show is going to primarily feature Gotham’s finest acrobats, I guess the Flying Graysons are sort of unavoidable.

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Honey bees at Wolf Honey Farm

By Emily Noble, SPNN

Dale Wolf, in Baldwin, Wisconsin, has been gathering honey for over 42 years.

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