This Week in Saint Paul: Monday, November 10–Sunday, November 16, 2014
November 10, 2014
As you will see, Thursday is a busy day in the Saint Paul arts world. Besides a lot of authors and artists reading, it is Give to the Max Day. Maybe you should write this down. (I did.) Of course, you can always take a look at the Almanac arts calendar.
November 6th, 2014 – Soul Sounds Open Mic – No Projection
November 4, 2014
Join Guest host Keno Evol for this week's Soul Sounds Open Mic at Golden Thyme Coffee Cafe. This week's open mic features No Projection A group of multi disciplinary performance artists with roots on both sides of the river.
This Week in Saint Paul: Monday, November 3–Sunday, November 9, 2014
November 3, 2014
Tomorrow, November 4, is election day. If you are reading this, I hope you go to vote, if you have not already. I am going to tell you about a bunch of things I think you should do this week. When we show up around town, participate, co-create and enjoy our neighbors, our community, our culture, and our arts, we immeasurably improve the spaces in which we tread.
October 30th, 2014 – Soul Sounds Open Mic – Rap Verses
October 30, 2014
Soul Sounds Open Mic it's "Rap Verses." On Thursday, October 30 we celebrate the emcees! SSOM host Tish Jones says, "Bring your hottest 16bars, a full length song and a Hip Hop spirit. It's all about the cypher!" Catch up with the crew at Golden Thyme Coffee Shop at 821 Selby Avenue (at Milton). They start at 6 p.m., as usual.
Dylan, Spider John, and the Purple Onion
October 28, 2014
Dylan, Spider John, and the Purple Onion by Bob Scroggins I got to know Saint Paul and I got to know Bob Dylan because I got to know Bill Danielson.
This Week in Saint Paul: Monday, October 27–Sunday, November 2, 2014
October 27, 2014
Every time I look at the Almanac arts calendar, I realize how much I’m missing. It’s not that I am not doing anything, although I have spent some evenings at home (doing work, of course, right?), and I have been spotted a couple of times within the boundaries of the other Twin.
An Invitation from Minnesota Author and Illustrator: Minnesota State Fair A to Z!
October 24, 2014
Count twelve days back from Labor Day and you can always figure out the starting date of the Minnesota State Fair, the largest fair in the United States. Texans argue
The Welcoming Energy of Lowertown
October 24, 2014
The Saint Paul Art Tour You Weren’t Expecting
October 24, 2014
Dating on the Hill
October 21, 2014
Fifty-two and newly divorced. Sounds like the symptoms for something fatal. I moved to Cathedral Hill and started going to Nina’s Coffee Café for daily dialysis. Out goes the old, sad blood, in comes the new, highly caffeinated stuff. Some of my friends said, “Why don’t you date?” And other friends said, “Forget about dating. Get com- fortable with being alone.”
October 23rd, 2014 – Soul Sounds Open Mic – Ferguson October
October 20, 2014
Share a night of poems in response to the recent events in Ferguson, Missouri and the activist work that is currently taking place. This is a space for poems about Mike Brown, Terrance Franklin, Ferguson, Police Brutality, new found consciousness, confusion, anger, hurt, loss, change, hope, and everything in between. The work that is taking place in Ferguson effects everyone in the United States, knowingly or unknowingly. This is an opportunity to add your voice to the conversation.