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Waiting Room at the Union Depot

A Line or Two: Twin Cities Sketchers

Jon Spayde Wednesday, March 27, 2013
This week's Line or Two looks at a web site that showcases a wide range of colorful, informal images of the Twin Cities--sketches done on site in Saint Paul and Minneapolis by local artists who belong to a worldwide network of urban sketchers.
Bob Parker of Ward 6

Our next hot neighborhood? Put your money on Payne Avenue

Anna Pratt Wednesday, March 20, 2013
It's weathered industry exoduses and foreclosure--but now the proud old East Side Saint Paul neighborhood is home to a hot new bar/restaurant, Ward 6, that's both a sign of, and a force in, a wider renewal. 
Geoff Herbach reading from Nothing Special

Meet Our Writing Elite: A Slide Show

Bill Kelley Wednesday, March 20, 2013
On March 15, the nominees for this year's Minnesota Book Awards got together with the general public--not for the award ceremony, which isn't till April, but for some informal reading, book-buying and pressing of the flesh. Free (or mostly free) of the award-night jitters, it was a chance to celebrate our extremely vibrant literary community--and Bill Kelley was there.
StevenBe in Performance

A Line or Two: The "Glitter Knitter" to Perform

Jon Spayde Wednesday, March 20, 2013
This week: You've heard of "yarn bombing," knitting as a kind of graffiti (knitted cozies around trees and phone poles, yarn symbols strung through the links of chain-link fences, etc.). But how about knitting as out-there performance art? Our most fabulous local yarnmeister, StevenBe, will be doing just that on March 23rd. How will he turn knitting into performance? By weaving in stories--yarns?--from his glamorous life.
MNUDL debaters at the National WWII Monument in Washington, DC last year

A Place at the Podium: Debate Drives Success in Inner-City Schools

Julie Kendrick Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Once the exclusive province of privileged young white men heading for law degrees, debate is flourishing in inner-city schools here, thanks to the Minnesota Urban Debate League. The disciplined, demanding, and fun "mind sport" is helping kids of color and of lower income develop study and thinking skills--and get into college.
Uptown at University Circle

Anchor districts emerge as powerful players in bid to shape the new metropolis

Lee Chilcote Wednesday, March 13, 2013
On the frontier of urban development today are some big players: major medical, educational, and other institutions with a stake in the growth and well-being of their communities. They're not just building new buildings--they're revitalizing neighborhoods in partnership with government, nonprofits, and citizens.
The Call of Saint Matthew, by Caravaggio

A Line or Two: Caravaggio at the College of Visual Arts

Jon Spayde Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Despite a feisty ongoing effort to keep it open, Saint Paul's much-loved College of Visual Arts is slated to close--all the more reason to hurry over there to hear a talk about a fascinating Baroque artist, given by a fascinating local art historian/entrepreneur.
Heather Fredrickson and Kevin Flynn

Turning a Modernist Classic Green in Highland Park

Camille LeFevre Wednesday, March 06, 2013
When Heather and Brent Fredrickson bought a modernist house in a historic Saint Paul neighborhood that was something of a midcentury architectural showcase, they had one big problem: an awkward bathroom. The remodel they did added a 21st-century environmental ethic to the whole home.
Nicollet Mall

Living Downtown: What's Promising, What's Missing

Agata Miszczyk Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Both St. Paul and Minneapolis have committed themselves to making their downtowns more residential, with major projects to develop the infrastructure a genuine residential neighborhood requires. But, says Minnesota 2020 fellow Agata Miszczyk, an emphasis on rental units and luxury buildings is holding back the vitality that the downtowns need.
The Tangential Logo

A Line or Two: The Ambivalent Hipsters of The Tangential

Jon Spayde Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Stumbling upon the blog/online magazine that may be the one place to go if you want to know what smart young millennials in creative industries here are thinking and feeling. Hint: there's a lot of pop culture, irony, and a self-consciousness about hipsterdom that's intense but cheerful. And some serious stuff too.
Mayor Rybak, Google's Steve Grove, and CoCo cofounder Kyle Coolbroth

The Google/CoCo partnership: a new era for local tech?

Elizabeth Millard Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Last Wednesday's kickoff event for the linkup between the search-engine giant and the local coworking space was full of energy, ambition, and promise for local entrepreneurs, some of whom think Silicon Prairie's ready to bloom.
An "advisory bike lane" in Edina

Change comes to car country: Biking, walking on the rise in the suburbs

Jay Walljasper Wednesday, February 27, 2013
From "road diets" to "advisory bike lanes" to Complete Streets programs, Twin Cities suburbs are beginning to create infrastructure and policy to turn their familiar auto-only paradigm into a new vision of walkable, bikeable streets.
"Honor the Spirit" Dania Hall Memorial. shot by Allen Zumach

A Line or Two: Our Past, Present, and Future in the Dania Hall Memorial

Jon Spayde Wednesday, February 27, 2013
This week: A greeting card in a coffee shop sends me to a Minneapolis West Bank memorial that recalls a beloved, vanished building and honors the history and traditions of generations of West Bankers.
Solome Tibebu

At St. Thomas, the Hottest Tech Incubator You've Never Heard Of

Elizabeth Millard Wednesday, February 20, 2013
The University of St. Thomas's Minneapolis campus is home to a quiet program that's incubated and helped fund some of the Twin Cities' most prominent (and promising) tech startups--including several run by women. It's a place where professors turn into business advisors and colleagues and the help just keeps on coming.
Minneapolis Community and Technical College

The New (Older) Face of Higher Ed

John Van Hecke Wednesday, February 20, 2013
About a third of college students today, writes John Van Hecke, are 25 or older, and they have very different issues from 18-to-22-year old "standard" college kids, including family responsibilities, time constraints, and special financial needs. Dealing with these concerns, he argues, is crucial for developing Minnesota's 21st-century workforce.
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