My very own Clybourne Park
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I grew up in Clybourne Park.
Rondo Days 2012 — Celebrating community in St. Paul
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Rondo Days celebrates the community that survives — and thrives — today in St. Paul.
Adverse assumptions
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“Hey, I didn’t want to assume anything,” was the boisterous waiter’s only response. No matter how many time we attempted to point out his transgression, he would just deflect us with jazz hands and say, “Like I said, I didn’t want to assume anything.”
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St. Paul’s adult swim program makes a splash with African Americans
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When Oxford Pool in Saint Paul reopened as Great River Water Park in 2008, the lifeguards were constantly saving weak swimmers. According to Adam Zirzow, Aquatics Facility Supervisor, it was as if, during the two years the pool was closed, rather than take swim lessons at elsewhere, Oxford pools users just bided their time.If you like this article, see COPACETIC CONVERSATIONS | Can’t swim–it’s never too late to learn”We probably had as many as twelve rescues a month,” said Zirzow. “People just didn’t realize their own limitations.” A push was made to encourage parents to enroll their children in swim classes; the Friends of Oxford Pool awarded scholarships for free swim lessons to families in need. Today, according to Zirzow the rescue rate has dropped substantially. Continue Reading
Can’t swim–it’s never too late to learn
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From my hotel room window, I stared at an African American woman trying to escape the blazing Florida heat by cooling off in in the pool. However, something seemed a bit odd. This adult woman was struggling to keep her upper body submerged in waist deep water. Too shallow to stand up, yet too deep to sit down, she unsuccessfully tried stretching out horizontally on the pool stairs. Continue Reading
Studio Bricolage’s tinkers, geeks and gearheads look for new home in closed Whitaker Buick building
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Steve Jevning hopes the eclectic group of tinkers, artists and hobbyists touring the shuttered Whitaker car dealership on Saturday can see beyond the emptiness and envision what drew him to the bui
Not your typical Irish dancer
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Deb dancing with Rince na Chroi (Photo courtesy Deb Pleasants)
“Aghh! My leg!” I cried out, collapsing against the wall of the dance studio.
“Are you okay?” Emily asked.
Hennepin County JDAI reduces youth detention; still stymied by racial disparity
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“Once juveniles are initially detained, then they are more likely to stay detained; more likely to end up in out-of-home placement,” said Lucy Wieland, Hennepin County Juvenile Judge and co-chair of the county’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative. JDAI strives to make sure the detention center is used to detain only those juveniles who actually pose a risk to the community rather than as a catchall for all juvenile offenders. “Detention ends up setting off a whole chain of events that are negative,” Wieland said. “It’s not to say there aren’t kids who belong in secure detention, there are. But, you want to make sure they are the kids who are dangerous and pose a risk to public safety.” Continue Reading
THEATER | At SteppingStone Theatre, “Get Up Your Irish” tells the story of Irish immigration to Minnesota
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Natalie O’Shea discovered one undeniable fact while writing the play Get Up Your Irish: A Celebration in Music & Dance. Regardless of country of origin, throughout history each immigrant group that arrived in Minnesota was initially viewed with suspicion.
Curling comes to Frogtown
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This winter, the shuttered Biff Adams Ice Arena in Frogtown reopened its doors to welcome a different type of ice sport-curling.