Snuggled in the Kenwood neighborhood near Lake of the Isles, Birchbark Books and Native Arts serves as a vital hub for Native literature and art. Owner and renowned author Louise Erdrich opened the ...

Have you noticed the bronze statue in Plaza Centenario, the pocket park at the corner of 12th Avenue and Lake Street? The statue of General Emiliano Zapata, a hero to many Mexicans and a leader who ...

Tom Heuerman, Ph.D. is a former Secret Service agent, Star Tribune executive, and leadership consultant. He is a writer and photographer. He is the author of two e-books: Learning to Live: Essays on ...

“Ah, thank god it’s winter again,” said no Minnesota commuter ever. Winter in the Twin Cities means at least three things for commuters: slower driving, jam-packed bus rides, and less biking. However, ...

From the age of 16, Uriel Rosales Tlatenchi knew not to tell anybody he was an undocumented immigrant. He said he felt left out at that age as he watched his friends getting their driving permits and ...

Customers at Hard Times Cafe will have to find an alternative hangout beginning August 1. The 18 current owners of the longtime West Bank cafe have decided to temporarily close in order to install new ...

“There is no wire connecting my mind to yours,” Abdikadir Adan Xiito informs me crisply. He’s explaining his philosophy for teaching math to children, in between sessions correcting the workbooks of ...

Ignoring the torrid temps my family and I set out last weekend for Totino’s, one of our favorite eateries. En route to Moundsview we lamented the loss of our neighborhood restaurant now ensconced in ...

Ten Minnesotans are being honored today as the 2011 Head Start Heroes for overcoming tremendous challenges and achieving personal, family and community success. Heroes take on many forms with this ...

SENA News is published by The Standish-Ericsson Neighborhood Association, a nonprofit serving the Standish and Ericsson neighborhoods in South Minneapolis.The Standish-Ericsson Neighborhood ...

• by Mary Turck, 4/27/08 • The little boy began kindergarten already behind, explained Lynnell Thiel. He had never been to preschool, he knew only 14 of his letters, and he just didn’t seem to be ...

Having arrived at the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building in the mid-afternoon on a sunny day, my colleague and I decided to sit down while waiting for our host to arrive. After ...