Saint Paul Almanac

The Saint Paul Almanac is the only guidebook to Minnesota's capital city, St. Paul, as well as an experiment in democratic publishing—a literary campfire around which the diverse Saint Paul community gathers to share our stories. Grab a copy of the Almanac and come with us to explore St. Paul's festivals, parades, and exhibits. Celebrate our small-town manners and our big-city ways. Sample our poetry, fiction, trivia and recipes!

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Springtime in Minnesota

By Rashidah Ismaili AbuBakr, Saint Paul Almanac

In the spring of 1994, I was a writer in residence for Consortium of Associated Colleges in the Twin Cities. This meant that participating campuses would house me for seven days, and during this time I would do individual and group writing critiques, a workshop, and a formal reading for the entire campuses at St.MORE »

The Mounds Theatre and me

By Greg Cosimini, Saint Paul Almanac

I’ve lived in Dayton’s Bluff just a few blocks from the Mounds Theatre all my life, but not for the whole life of the Mounds Theatre. It was built in 1922, and I was born twenty-nine years later.

The Mounds started out as a silent movie house. It was billed as “The Pride of Dayton’s Bluff.” It had a small stage for vaudeville acts. Local musicians played in an orchestra pit.MORE »

Carnival

By Susan Solomon, Saint Paul Almanac

I was a young Philadelphian, freshly divorced, and looking for a new city in which to start my new life. I was tired of rat-filled alleys and dirty heaps of black snow that lined the streets like piles of coal. At a library, I happened upon a travel magazine. And on those glossy, full-color pages, I spotted a picture of the Saint Paul Winter Carnival.MORE »

My mother’s garden

By Tiffany Lee, Saint Paul Almanac

Tiffany’s mother Sy's garden in 2010 (Photo: Tiffany Lee)

Her garden, growing on Germain Street, needed just as much as a baby, every bit of her attention, love, and care. We moved so many times. The house on Germain was the fourth we moved into, but not the last.MORE »

School bus bullies, superheroes, and why I remember the kitchen

By Adrian Schramm, Saint Paul Almanac

On a warm afternoon in late May, a long yellow Saint Paul school bus huffs and puffs down the street, full of noisy kids on their way home from school—kids full of high spirits because it’s warm again and summer is approaching fast; high spirits because soon school will be out.MORE »

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• ASAP: Foreclosure crisis hits the East Side of St. Paul ($25)
• May 30: We Are Sabathini exhibit ($25)
• June 16: World Refugee Day ($25)

• June 29-July 1: Chalchiutlicue ($25)
• July 21: Rondo Days ($25)

• North Minneapolis block party celebrates, remembers. Keith Ellison skips rope!
• Northside tornado "treecovery." Thanks to generous donors, more trees are being planted than were lost.
• Ice House Plaza opening marks a new era on Eat Street. Things are hopping at Nicollet and 26th.
• Feeding the poor: But is it healthy food? Cynthia Boyd reports.

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