St. Paul

“My name is Lars Martinson. I was born in Minnesota in 1977. I am currently in the midst of a foolhardy attempt to eke out a living as a cartoonist.” MORE »

In early 1959, an active-duty African American U.S. Navy Commander, James Tillman, arrived in the Twin Cities for a one-year appointment to head up the new Interfaith Housing effort. According to articles then in the Minneapolis Tribune, the Minneapolis Journal, and the St. Paul Dispatch, Mr. Tillman was to create an operational structure for the Human Rights Department in St. Paul and its commission, and for the Civil Rights Department in Minneapolis and its commission. MORE »

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 »