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Tonight we photographed more authors for a feature that will be published about our Irrigate Arts-funded projects “Lowertown Voices” and “University Avenue Voices.” The two projects consist of 14 large scale posters and one 200-square-foot banner that have been installed at various points along the light rail corridor. The posters and banners feature excerpts from stories originally published in The Saint Paul Almanac. Continue Reading
For far too many children abject poverty and insatiable hunger are a constant reality. Still, most children are shielded from the facts that sine of their peers know only too well. For children who live in comfort, good books that portray children with whom they can identify can open doors of understanding, even empathy. Continue Reading
Women’s human rights are a hotly debated topic in the world of academics, policymakers and lawyers. Trafficking, female genital mutilation and forced marriage are among the specific crimes that spark heated discussion in august conferences worldwide.
Acclaimed writer Nurrudin Farah is finishing a three year stint at the University of Minnesota with a staged reading of his play, “A Stone Thrown At The Guilty” at Rarig Center at 7:30 pm this coming Friday and Saturday night. In addition to winning many literary awards, Farah is a regular contributor to the New Yorker and the Op-Ed pages of the New York Times and Washington Post. He was featured on KFAI’s Morning Blend and Minneculture in conversation with Zuhur Ahmed, the former host of the KFAI program “Somali Community Link.” [Audio below]
Let’s get one thing straight right away. The new “life-size” book project that ArtShare and the Northeast Library are co-sponsoring early next year isn’t a huge, people-sized book.It’s a book sized book, nine pages long, measuring 11 x 23 inches.ArtShare is a non-profit Northeast-based group of artists who specialize in community art. Artists Laura Brown and Bridget O’Malley will host four free book-making workshops—one in January, three in February—that start with participants brainstorming about images that define Northeast. (Brown will eventually turn those ideas into illustrations.) The next three sessions offer insight into actual book production: papermaking, printmaking and bookbinding.When it’s done, everybody gets to take home a small version of the Northeast Life Size Book. The original will go on display at its permanent home in the Northeast Library, 22nd and Central Ave. Continue Reading
Let’s start today with Tina the tiny horse. Well, perhaps not tiny. But small, and injured when kicked by another horse shortly after being born Continue Reading
Last night Parthenia and I made the rounds of poetry readings. We couldn’t stay but wouldn’t miss a stop at Open Book to congratulate Patricia Kirkpatrick, winner of the first annual Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry. Patricia read from her new collection of poems, “Odessa,” published by Milkweed Editions. Poetry is nice, but Parthenia and I both noticed great shoes in the crowd, especially Patricia’s soft, suede flats with ankle straps and daughter Simone’s shiny golden heels–stand-outs with black tights. Continue Reading
A digital library based at the University of Minnesota will contribute to a project that will make historical content from across the country accessible online.
Recently I sat down with renowned food journalist Eleanor Ostman, listened to her tales of writing during the final days of old-school newspapers, and connected over our love of rye bread. Ostman wrote for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch when it still published twice daily. “I churned out a hell of a lot of good copy,” she told me. In addition to daily food and home economy stories, Ostman’s Tested Recipes ran weekly in the St. Paul newspaper from 1968 through 1998, and those thirty years crown Tested Recipes as the longest running personal food column in U.S. history. Some of the best of those columns are available in Ostman’s cookbook Always on Sunday (there are a few revisions, try to find the first). Continue Reading
On November 15 I finally heard Nikky Finney read from her prize winning book of poetry, “Head Off & Split”. Continue Reading