Featured Stories

Smart Transportation Tools: How Metro Transit Uses Technology to Ensure a Smooth Ride

Camille LeFevre Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Finding new ways to provide riders with information is ongoing at Metro Transit. Now that more people are carrying smart phones, and using them to pay for life’s essentials, Metro Transit has been innovating ways to meet riders’ needs.

Central Corridor, Creative Leadership, Design, Nightlife, Shopping, Transportation

Downtown

Pillsbury House Theatre Breaks the Ice and Serves the Community

Nicole Rupersburg Tuesday, January 10, 2017

At the heart of Pillsbury House Theatre's work is commitment to its community; to foster connections and strengthen the relationships between neighbors and engage them directly in a multitude of meaningful ways.

Arts and Culture, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Leadership, diversity, Entrepreneurship, Nightlife, Strong Local Economy

Powderhorn

December Arts & Culture: Last-minute maker markets and holiday antidotes

Camille LeFevre Tuesday, December 06, 2016

To rephrase a popular aphorism, it's all stars and snowflakes until someone gets hurt...meaning, amid last-minute maker markets and star gazing this holiday month there's a "House of Cards" style production at the Guthrie to clear the senses and a concert to ground our sensibilities.

Arts and Culture, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Leadership, diversity, Entrepreneurship, Nightlife, Shopping, Strong Local Economy

Riverfront/Mill District, Como Park, University, Saint Anthony Park, Warehouse/North Loop, Northeast

River Balcony Prototyping Festival, with Craft Beer Overlook, Previews "St. Paul's High Line"

Brian Martucci Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Music, art, craft beer: Earlier this month, MSP'ers enjoyed a tantalizing glimpse of the (possible) future for a 1.5-mile stretch of St. Paul riverfront during the River Balcony Prototyping Festival.

Arts and Culture, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, diversity, Nightlife, Philanthropy, Strong Local Economy, Transit Oriented Development

West Seventh, Downtown/Lowertown

Practitioners and Partners: Artspace Evolves Breaking Ground Into "Idea Lab" That Celebrates Artists

Camille LeFevre Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Artspace’s annual Breaking Ground event evolves this year from one dynamic evening of speakers and performances to an immersive, two-day “idea lab” on Friday, October 14 and Saturday, October 15 in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Affordable Housing, Arts and Culture, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, diversity, Entrepreneurship, Nightlife, Philanthropy, Strong Local Economy

Riverfront/Mill District, Downtown, Downtown/Lowertown, Warehouse/North Loop, Northeast

September Arts and Culture: Grand Openings, Helmet Art and Community Gardens

Camille LeFevre Tuesday, September 13, 2016

A new independent bookstore! A second ReStore store! Plus a community garden celebration and an art exhibit and fashion show featuring motorcycle helmets highlight September arts and culture.

Arts and Culture, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Nightlife, Shopping

Riverfront/Mill District, Downtown/Lowertown, Powderhorn, Northeast

August Arts: A Few of Our Favorite Things

Camille LeFevre Tuesday, August 09, 2016

Not-to-miss Fringe shows, a neighborhood happy hour, beer and bikes…a few of our favorite things for August arts and culture.

Arts and Culture, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, diversity, Entrepreneurship, Nightlife, Talent Dividend, Transit Oriented Development

University, Midway, Saint Anthony Park, Uptown/Lyn Lake, Calhoun - Isles, Downtown/Lowertown

Max Boeke (left) & Jordan Standish from Clutch

Microbrewing's Breakneck Growth Continues: 7 of the Coolest New Craft-Beer Concepts in MSP

Brian Martucci Tuesday, June 28, 2016

You don’t need a stats pack to accept the obvious: craft beer is big business in The North, particularly in MSP’s hottest neighborhoods. Here are seven new craft-beer concepts coming soon.

Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Economy, Entrepreneurship, Nightlife

Riverfront/Mill District, North Side, Downtown/Lowertown, Warehouse/North Loop, Northeast

June Arts and Culture: Food for the Mind, Body and Soul

Camille LeFevre Tuesday, June 07, 2016

Festivals galore during the month of June, just a few of them listed here. There's the big one--Northern Spark 2016--as well as smaller neighborhood gatherings and opportunities to make new friends over food and brews.

Arts and Culture, Central Corridor, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, diversity, Entrepreneurship, Nightlife, Philanthropy, Sustainability

Riverfront/Mill District, Downtown, North Side, Uptown/Lyn Lake, Downtown/Lowertown

Mayor Chris Coleman (center) w Solomon Parham (left) and Spencer Christensen (right)

Sounds True: St. Paul Celebrates All Genres During Year of Music

Loren Green Tuesday, May 10, 2016

In declaring 2016 the Year of Music, the City of St. Paul showcases all of the music genres, schools, initiatives and venues thriving throughout the city as economic drivers and cultural amenities.

Arts and Culture, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, diversity, Entrepreneurship, Nightlife

Greater East Side, Como Park, Macalester - Groveland, Midway, West Seventh, Downtown/Lowertown, Summit Hill and Crocus Hill, Summit - University

MSP's Theater Community Then and Now: Building New Rooms in a House They Constructed

Peg Guilfoyle Tuesday, April 19, 2016

The second article in our two-part series about the diverse people and companies that helped build the Minneapolis-St. Paul theater community.

Arts and Culture, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Leadership, diversity, Nightlife, Philanthropy

Riverfront/Mill District, Macalester - Groveland, Cedar - Riverside/West Bank, Lake Street, Uptown/Lyn Lake, Downtown/Lowertown, Thomas - Dale/Frogtown

MSP's Theater Community Then and Now: From the Old Log to the Legacy Amendment

Peg Guilfoyle Tuesday, April 05, 2016

We introduce the first in a two-part series about how MSP became the second-largest theater region after New York, as well as mobile, inventive and idiosyncratic.

Arts and Culture, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, diversity, Entrepreneurship, Higher Education, Nightlife

Riverfront/Mill District, University, Cedar - Riverside/West Bank, Downtown, Downtown/Lowertown, Powderhorn, Warehouse/North Loop

Cohorts, Capacity Building, Creative Communities: The Evolution of Artspace's Geographic Approach

Camille LeFevre Tuesday, March 22, 2016

The arts real-estate nonprofit Artspace is re-scaling its work to take a more geographic approach that includes consulting with a cohort of art organizations in Detroit and developing creative districts in rural Colorado.

Affordable Housing, Arts and Culture, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, Design, diversity, Entrepreneurship, Nightlife, Philanthropy, Regionalism, Shopping, Transit Oriented Development

March Arts and Culture: States of Being

Camille LeFevre Tuesday, March 08, 2016

This month's arts and culture branches out to include a new brew from the women-owned Urban Growler. That's not only the reason St. Paul is the place to be. Right: St. Patrick's Day.

Arts and Culture, Entrepreneurship, Nightlife, Transit Oriented Development

University, Downtown, Saint Anthony Park, Downtown/Lowertown

Where To Take Winter Visitors in MSP: 14 Time-Tested Activities

Brian Martucci Tuesday, February 09, 2016

As anyone who’s spent a winter in MSP knows, the pace of life here doesn’t drop with the temperature or the snow. Show your visitors a great time this month with these classic MSP winter activities.

Arts and Culture, Entrepreneurship, Nightlife, Shopping, Transit Oriented Development

Riverfront/Mill District, Como Park, Downtown, North Side, Uptown/Lyn Lake, West Seventh, Calhoun - Isles, Downtown/Lowertown, Summit - University