Exciting Almanac News!
September 16th: Arcata Press to celebrate release of 2011 Saint Paul Almanac
Book launch party planned for September 16, 2010 at Black Dog Café to celebrate the release of the popular … [Read More...]
Arcata Press launches new Saint Paul Almanac website
Saint Paul-focused site features interactive, searchable interface featuring an unparalleled city guide … [Read More...]
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June 7: Minnesota Quest Youth Slam Team
The Saint Paul Almanac continues its year-round literary celebration of Minnesota’s capital city with a provocative and inspiring spoken word performance by the Minnesota Quest Youth Slam Team. The Minnesota Quest Youth Slam Team is a talented group of multi-cultural poets, writers and performers from urban Minnesota high schools who give voice to an art form that honors and brings forward the stories, experiences, dreams, convictions and perspectives often silenced by the dominant culture.
Ta-coumba Aiken
Aiken studied at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, where he learned to harness and integrate his calling as a healer with his creative gifts and, like his mother, to use them sensibly. The motto that he lives each day is, “I create my art to heal the hearts and souls of people in the communities by evoking a positive spirit.”
The Great Escape
Saint Paul’s iconic Como Zoo has long been a charming, peaceful place to enjoy creatures great and small. But one morning in 1994, the zoo was anything but peaceful. I was working by the giraffes when a vendor came running toward me. Her words were a zookeeper’s worst nightmare: “You better come quick. One of the gorillas is out!”
Police Work: Undercover as a prostitute with Carolen Bailey
Here is a picture signed in 1974 from the very first case I ever worked on. I had just pulled off my blond wig when Sgt. Paul Paulos pointed his camera at me, so I put the wig back on crooked, because I really didn’t think he’d take the photo.
