TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, June 29nd – Sunday, July 5th 2015

June 29, 2015

Can you tell that the days are getting shorter? I think we had better do something about it, capture them in the vision of our mind’s eye before they fade into night. But even though Saint Paul sleeps, stuff happens at night, too. Even in our Minnesota short-evening summers.

TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, June 22nd – Sunday, June 28th 2015

June 22, 2015

This week marks the grand opening of SubText Books in its new downtown space and this month’s Lowertown Reading Jam, A friend and former bookseller made me think of the importance of what we are doing in our community with art and literature. A friend and former bookseller made me think of the importance of what we are doing in our community with art and literature. She said of the two events, “I hope against the tide too ... in many things, actually. Resistance is important, in small and large ways.”

Wednesday, June 24, 2015: Michael Kiesow Moore and Morgan Grayce Willow present “ArtTransForms” at the Lowertown Reading Jam

June 15, 2015

As we strive to make a better world, be it in our personal journeys or to make a more equitable society, art-making plays a crucial—even transformative—role. This reading will ask, How does art transform our lives? Can writing a poem or making a painting act as an agent of social change? Does the process of making art transform what we are given?

TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, June 15th – Sunday, June 21st 2015

June 15, 2015

It feels like summer. Shorts and ice cream and kids in the neighborhoods during the day. What will we do with ourselves? I don’t know where to start, or maybe I do. Let’s start with some summer reading.

Grandma’s Arms

June 10, 2015

Grandma’s brown arms
wrapped around the world
and held it tight,
close to her bosom,
close to her heartbeat.
Grandma’s brown arms
always listened,
paid attention,
knew just how tight
to squeeze,
and when to let go.

TWISP| This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, June 8, – Sunday, June 14, 2015

June 8, 2015

Is it summer yet? We have baseball in Lowertown, we have several festivals under our belts, most young people are out of school and flower gardens are showing off their flowers.

The Cathedral—June Thirteenth

June 3, 2015

Because the vistas end in arches that do not change And the grillwork of sails forecasts a season of palms The dove holds a steady hover over the crossroads of

TWISP | This Week in Saint Paul: Monday, June 1, – Sunday, June 7, 2015

June 1, 2015

Last week, we kicked off the summer with a big bash of festivals. There are more to come. Be ready for the whole festival scene to explode in July, but there is enough to keep us busy for now, festival or not. Hop on board the Saint Paul train and take in a few sips of it all.