
TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, July 20th – Sunday, July 26th 2015
July 20, 2015
It’s another full week. I have not wilted from the heat yet but have had to turn on my air conditioner at home only twice so far. Maybe it is because I have been taking in some of the great views the city has to offer in the performance, art, and community venues that keep me from noticing it is getting to the hot part of the year.

TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, July 13th – Sunday, July 19th 2015
July 13, 2015
Last week’s Canadian fires brought me a scratchy throat and sights of suns and moons with colors that would make the artist’s palette envious. On alternate evenings, I saw the blood moon and the pink sun that hovered over Saint Paul and was reminded of the brilliant things happening in the stages, in the neighborhoods, and in the hearts and minds that made and consume it all.

TWISP | This Week In Saint Paul: Monday, July 6th – Sunday, July 12th 2015
July 6, 2015
The spectacle of the Fourth of July left us with a late night of fireworks after an exciting extra-inning ball game at CHS field. Last week was grand, but there are even more fireworks in store for this week. You cannot possibly catch them all, but Saint Paul is busy this week. Take a look, listen, feel, and taste. You will be glad you shared it with us.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

TWISP | This Week in Saint Paul: Monday, May 25, – Sunday, May 31, 2015
May 25, 2015
Well, the Saints marched into Lowertown last week to the tune of sunshine and a delightful fracas. The home team won the home opener. This week, there is a lot more to celebrate. You can be a part of it.

TWISP | This Week in Saint Paul: Monday, May 18, – Sunday, May 24, 2015
May 18, 2015
The Saint Paul Almanac has done it again. We have come away with another Midwest Book Award, this year in the Reference category.

TWISP | This Week in Saint Paul: Monday, May 11, – Sunday, May 17, 2015
May 11, 2015
What are YOU doing this summer? I am still trying to answer that. Both the question and its answers slip my mind too often. Before I forget, I wanted to make sure to ask and answer that query for a couple of fantastic opportunities that few of our young actors should check out in the next week or two.

TWISP | This Week in Saint Paul: Monday, May 4, – Sunday, May 10, 2015
May 4, 2015
I would like to tell you the Saint Paul Universe is slowing down. It’s not. But I dare not take a breather for fear of missing the lovely celebration of art, life and the city. Speeding to the end of National Poetry Month, I did leave a share of poems, aided by a couple of muses—and my son will be glad to know that he was not one of them. (At least not for any poems that are planned to see the light of day.)