St. Paul

Hostelling International Presents Free Travel Program in St. Paul; Open to Public MORE »

With the rock band RTX (the letters stand for Rad Times Xpress) slated for a show at the 7th Street Entry on June 28, the band’s record label sent the Daily Planet a review copy of their latest album RaTX. We listened to a few of the tracks at a recent meeting of our St. Paul writers’ group.


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The idea of a Peace Island conference came to me, whole, in the middle of a meal. Shortly after the announcement of Saint Paul as the location of the Republican National Convention (RNC), September 1-4, I wrote “peace island” on a napkin scrap, and lost it. But the idea festered—an undeclared recession, war without end, and 15,000 media people coming to town looking for a story. MORE »

The name Minnesota sur Seine is a clever play on words meaning “Minnesota on the scene,” hinting at the great Seine River running through Paris. The Minnesota sur Seine Festival, entering its fourth year, is gaining a reputation as a place to experience riveting collisions of musical styles in some of the Twin Cities’ coolest venues. MORE »