Wednesday, March 25, 2015: Eva Song Margolis presents “ReMix the Struggle” at the Lowertown Reading Jam
March 6, 2015
In responding to instances of racial and social injustice, how can we transform feelings like righteous anger, sorrow, and grief to drive change? What is the relationship between self-transformation and structural transformation?
Around Saint Paul – Black Dog Coffee and Wine Bar
March 5, 2015
We stopped in to a well known fixture in Lowertown Saint Paul recently and spoke with the owners of the Black Dog Coffee and Wine Bar; Sara, Stacy, and Andy Remke. We asked them to give us a brief description of the "Black Dog" as it's affectionately known in these parts.
What’s in a Name?
March 4, 2015
“All over (America), Negro boys and girls are growing into stunted maturity, trying desperately to find a place to stand, and the wonder is not that so many are ruined—but that so many survive!”
JAMES BALDWIN 1955
TWISP | This Week in Saint Paul: Monday, March 2 – Sunday, March 8, 2015
March 2, 2015
It will be a fuller week than you can imagine. There is a lot going on, but you don’t have to just imagine all of it. You can see it with your own eyes and hear it with your own ears. TWISP is your first step.
TWISP | This Week in Saint Paul: Monday, February 23 – Sunday, March 1, 2015
February 23, 2015
It is cold again. We are wondering, why do we live in Minnesota? Shall we stay? Sometimes we need convincing. Sometimes not. Some days the literary vitality in this town is enough.
Wednesday, February 25th 2015: Sharon M. Day presents “Uprisings” at the Lowertown Reading Jam
February 16, 2015
Uprisings!
People are arising
All over this land.
TWISP | This Week in Saint Paul: Monday, February 16 – Sunday, February 22, 2015
February 16, 2015
The holidays keep piling up. I think most of us survived Valentine’s Day, and we do not even have to turn the page to get into that traditionally festive mood for President’s Day.
TWISP | This Week in Saint Paul: Monday, February 9 – Sunday, February 15, 2015
February 9, 2015
For most of my life, I have felt like a fish out of water on Valentine’s Day. First grade logistics that had a Valentine for each classmate from every other classmate addressed and placed in cereal boxes still seems to be the best way to handle the holiday.
TWISP | This Week in Saint Paul: Monday, February 2 – Sunday, February 8, 2015
February 2, 2015
I spent last month with a lot of books. Too many books! I know a lot of you are saying, how could there be too many books? I have several answers for that query that fit today’s context and many others, but they are all hard to reconcile with my bookseller past and pack-rat pathology.
TWISP | This Week in Saint Paul: Monday, January 26 – Sunday, February 1, 2015
January 26, 2015
I watched the State of the Union address with my father on Tuesday at an undisclosed location. (Not with the cabinet member who had the “football,” and I am not disclosing only because it was someplace other than Saint Paul.)
Walks with the Chowhound
January 25, 2015
Selby is a chowhound. an inveterate, unrelenting, willfully indiscriminate gastronome of Saint Paul street food. naturally he is named after the street where he lives, Selby avenue, and naturally, when I come to dog sit him, we commence our journeys from that haunt of celebrated eateries, dine-ins, and dessert stops.
Empty Promise
January 25, 2015
The world is filled with empty promises.
it’s like when you tell a person you love them,
and they say it back,
but after that
y’all never speak again.