In the spring of 2021, Saint Paul artist Heather Friedli suddenly felt an urge to collect houseplants. “I was trying to figure out the reason behind it,” said Friedli, whose eventual epiphany led to the opening of Friedli Gallery and…
‘The Dead Fitzgeralds’ returns Scott & Zelda to their rightful place. Summit Hill author Danny Klecko will launch his new book The Dead Fitzgeralds on Saturday, September 24, at Subtext Books in downtown Saint Paul. The book is a eulogy…
Annie and the Bang Bang emerges from the pandemic with a slew of new material If there was a silver lining in the COVID-19 cloud that hung over the Twin Cities’ music scene for two years, it was the time…
Lance Belville, one of the founders of Saint Paul’s History Theatre, had a knack for writing clever songs, musicals and plays in a decades-long career that ended when he died in his wife’s arms in their Sausalito, California, boathouse in…
Several blocks of Selby Avenue will give way to live jazz, blues and R&B when the annual Selby Ave Jazz Fest returns from 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Saturday, September 10, in and around the intersection of Selby and Milton Street. Food…
Saint Paul restaurant patrons have or soon will have a new steak house and three combination coffee and liquor establishments from which to choose for their refreshment. The operators of these restaurants, coffee bars and cocktail lounge are hoping to…
Ramsey Hill playwright Leah Cooper grew increasingly intrigued several years ago with the concept of loss and the kinds of ambiguous loss that go unnamed, ungrieved and unresolved. In her research she learned that storytelling and ritual can help people…
From early on, Macalester-Groveland pianist Larry McDonough and Highland Park guitarist Joel Shapira were captivated by the music of Bill Evans and Jim Hall. Pianist Evans and guitarist Hall collaborated on two jazz albums of note, “Undercurrent” in 1962 and…
Katelyn Mariah of Merriam Park has been a believer in the healing power of art for quite some time. And at no time was that truer than after her recovery from five heart attacks and open-heart surgery.Fourteen of the 110…
Saving the Night by Matty Caron is a children’s book about a prince who overcomes his fear of the dark. It is also a tribute to Caron’s friend David Hietpas, who died in 2017. Though Caron wrote the book, it…
For two weeks this spring, Merriam Park artist Hend Al-Mansour could be found at the Target store at 2500 E. Lake St. in Minneapolis. She was there every day, 10 to 12 hours at a time, creating a 52-foot-long mural…
Jesus Christ Superstar didn’t have a prayer when it was first shopped around by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice. Unable to find financial backing for a stage production, they released it as an album in 1970. The…
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