St. Paul
VISUAL ARTS | CVA casts a "Minnesota Eye" on contemporary photography
Why are numerous Twin Cities galleries showing photographs this month? Because the esteemed Society for Photographic Education (SPE) held its annual three-day Midwest conference here last week (October 29-31) to great success. Titled Freeze/Thaw: Cycles in the American Heartland, the regional Midwest conference drew photographers, educators, historians, and critics from 13 states.MORE »
Saving the Victoria Theater and getting on board LRT in St. Paul
The train is coming, and one group of Frogtown and Summit-University residents and business owners is fired up to prepare for the arrival of light rail transit (LRT) on University Avenue in St. Paul. The group, organized mainly through Facebook and the e-Democracy Forum met October 21 at Rondo Community Outreach Library, with the assistance of the District 7 Thomas-Dale Planning Council and the District 8 Summit-University Planning Council. MORE »
Lowertown First Friday
Lowertown First Fridays (LFF) is an association of artists who open their studios (or have a gallery arrangement) on the first Fridays of the month. Local businesses are also involved. We want to bring people downtown to have a good time, be part of the art scene, and of course to buy art.
Java Train: A Hidden Gem in Como Park
I suppose that if I lived in St. Paul instead of Minneapolis, I wouldn't think of Pascal Street as being the middle of nowhere, but stumbling across the Java Train in the Como Park neighborhood was all the more pleasurable for being unexpected.MORE »
Paramore at Roy Wilkins Auditorium
St. Paul's West Side Community Health Service serves many immigrant communities
Some advocates of a public healthcare option have argued for a national system of community health clinics because in this they see a wholesome and affordable approach in providing quality healthcare.MORE »
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Letters to President Obama by 140 Minnesota Tibetan children
St Paul, October 31, 2009: Today the school and the subjects taught were quite different at the Tibetan Cultural School in Minnesota. It was not a Halloween surprise, rather the 140 children aged between 5 yrs to 15 yrs were asked to send a message to the US President Mr. Barack Obama, before his first presidential visit to China.
MUSIC | Yasmin Levy enchants at the Ordway
The Ordway is a classically beautiful place to see a show and Yasmin Levy is a passionate beauty with a classically trained voice: the two are a perfect fit. Levy is an Israeli singer who enchants the audience with songs in Spanish, Arabic, and the dying language Ladino. Her mission is to spread this language through her songs to aid in its survival. The artist explained at the concert that fewer than 150,000 people speak Ladino worldwide. With the help of Levy's poignant singing, this language may be around a lot longer.MORE »
Academy Awards and mtvU seek college journalists for red carpet coverage
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and mtvU recently announced their second annual "Oscar® Correspondent Contest." The competition focuses on college journalists and winners will receive a trip to Los Angeles to cover red carpet festivities and backstage activities at the 82nd Academy Awards®.MORE »
Minnesota Tibetans rally at the State Capitol in Memoriam of the "Fallen Four"
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October 30, 2009 • On a rainy and cloudy morning, about 200 grieving Tibetans and supporters dressed in black gathered at the footsteps of the State Capitol of Minnesota to mourn the executions of Lobsang Gyaltsen, 27, Loyak, 25, Penkyi, 21, and an unidentified Tibetan who were executed in Toelung, near Lhasa, Tibet by the Chinese Government. The dark skies seemed to reflect their collectMORE »
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