Downtown St. Paul Voice October 2023

Downtown St. Paul

Roller derby is back

Ruam Mit relocates after 27 years

Jake Spitzack Staff Writer

Ruam Mit, a longtime hot spot for Thai cuisine in downtown St. Paul, is being forced to move after nearly three decades in the same location. It closed at the end of July and is now in the process of reopening at 367 Wabasha St. N. The new space is located about four blocks southwest of its previous location on St. Peter Street, which was its home for 27 years. Owner Nia Rasavong signed the lease for the new space in September and is aiming to open by the end of the year.

“We got word that we wouldn’t be able to renew our [old] lease when it was up,” said Rasavong. “The Church of Assumption purchased the building about a year after we signed the lease…. They want to make more parking, so that building is going to come down.”

The new space – home to Dunn Brothers Coffee until 2020 – seats about 75, boasts walls filled with large windows, and is connected to a parking ramp and skyway. Prior to opening, a full kitchen will be built and stocked with everything Ruam Mit needs to dish out its signature meals, such as pad thai and pha ram long song, a savory red curry with crushed, roasted peanuts that’s served atop a bed of steamed spinach or mixed veggies.

“Ruam Mit started out with strictly Thai food but when I took over I wanted to introduce people to some Lao dishes because not a lot of

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The mysterious case of the missing Eighth Street

Tim Spitzack Editor

Those new to Downtown St. Paul quickly discover two key streets as navigational aids: Robert Street and Seventh Street. Both dissect the city – and each other – and will get you from one edge of downtown to the other. That’s all fine and dandy unless you happen to be on Robert Street and are looking for an address on Eighth Street.

Fasten your seatbelt and let me explain.

Jake Spitzack Staff Writer

For25 years, Saint Paul’s RiverCentre has been a catalyst for attracting visitors far and wide. Since opening in 1998, the center has welcomed an estimated 400,000 people each year to the capital city, with an estimated economic impact of $1.2 million annually.

The center was built to replace the aged St. Paul Civic Center, which opened in 1973 and was located where the Xcel Energy Center is today. It is also connected to the historic Roy Wilkins Auditorium, built in 1932 and last renovated in 2005.

RiverCentre has 15 meeting rooms, nine of which feature floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Mississippi River, a 27,000-square-foot grand ballroom that can be divided into eight

smaller ballrooms, and two exhibition halls in the lower level with another 70,000 square-feet of space. The Roy features a 30,000-square-foot lower-level exhibition hall as well, in addition to the 45,000-square-foot auditorium on the main level. Many events use both spaces, and some weekends see more than 30,000 people circulating throughout the buildings.

One weekend, the RiverCentre might be used for a ticketed event that’s open to the public, like a bridal show or dog competition, and the next it might be for a private fundraising gala or regional business conference. Some of the biggest events over the years include the National Hockey League All Star FANtasy in 2004, the Republican National Convention Media Headquarters in 2008

When St. Paul was platted in 1849, downtown streets running parallel to the east bank of the Mississippi River were named numerically, denoting the number of streets away from the river. Thus, Seventh Street is the seventh street from the river. Or is it?

Well, today the answer is no, if you’re traveling on Robert Street that is.

Stay with me. I’m getting ready to reveal how one downtown street magically disappeared. POOF!

Let’s start with an illustration. Imagine you’re on the West Side and crossing into downtown St. Paul. The Robert Street Bridge takes you over the river, Shepard Road (the first street from the river, originally named Water Street) and Second Street (originally called Bench Street). The bridge ends at Kellogg Boulevard (the third street from the river and originally named Third Street.)

Jake Spitzack Staff Writer

St. Paul artists have spent the summer crafting countless new artworks of all shapes and sizes and now is the time to admire their masterpieces and perhaps find the perfect piece of art to fill that empty spot in your home or office. The St. Paul Fall Art Crawl returns

Oct. 6-8, and crawlers have the chance to view and purchase art at 23 sites across the city. A handful of the venues will provide food, music and activities. Sites are open Friday, 6-10 p.m., Saturday, noon-8 p.m., and Sunday, noon-5 p.m., unless otherwise noted. To stay up to date on each site, visit stpaulartcollective.org/ art-crawl-events.

West Side

F.O.K. Building , 106 W. Water St., will be open Friday, 5-9 p.m., Saturday, noon-8 p.m., and Sunday, noon-5 p.m. More than 40 artists will show their work from studios and other spaces across three floors of the building, including in the third-floor gallery which was remodeled last spring.

Mediums include painting, ceramics, photography and videography, and drawing and textiles. The site will also feature food vendors, performing artists, a takeand-make art activity and more. Free parking.

Lowertown

Calendula Gallery, Suite #130 in the Northwestern

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Photo by Ryan Siemers

Woodwork by Mary Allen. Find her at the FOK Building, 106 W. Water St.

Seventh Street

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Still with me? It gets simple from here.

You cross Fourth Street, then Fifth Street, then Sixth Street. Now, however, wayfinding gets muddier than the Mississippi River bottom. The next street you approach is Seventh Place, not Seventh Street. Because you have above average intelligence and have been keeping track, you know you’re seven streets from the river. Hmmm, you think to yourself. I must be just one block away from Eighth Street (and who would blame you?). You travel one more block and find yourself at – wait for it – Seventh Street. “Ugh,” you blurt out for everyone to hear. You continue one block further, only to find yourself at Ninth Street. Now you utter something unfit to print in this paper. You turn around and head back one block to Eighth Street, which you can now attest has vanished from plain sight. How can a street in the

heart of downtown St. Paul mysteriously disappear?

Well, it has to do with street alignment and that pesky “East” and “West” designation that many streets have. The City of St. Paul made the change in 1987 to – get this! – avoid confusion. A resolution adopted by the city council in 1987 states: the name change would eliminate street confusion in this area by extending E. and W. Seventh St. as a two-way street through the downtown area, extending from the Fort Snelling Area on the west to Hazel St. on the east for a distance of over 9 miles; therefore, be it resolved that W. Ninth St. between St. Peter St. and N. Wabasha St. shall be known as W. Seventh St.; and E. Eighth St. between N. Wabasha St. and Sibley St. shall here after be known as E. Seventh St. Unlike nearly all other downtown streets that are straight as an arrow between

Broadway and St. Peter, present-day Seventh Street has some twists and turns. They are most evident near the intersection of Sibley. It is here you’ll find Seventh Place (so named in December 1976), which goes for a mere three blocks West of Sibley before dead-ending into Minnesota Street. As one would expect, the original Seventh Street ran through downtown. It is one of the original 15 street names on the 1849 plat and, according to one reliable source, is the longest street in the city, travelling from the East Side all the way to Fort Snelling, which is why it is co-named Fort Road. While the sleight of hand from the 1987 city council resolution added a new wrinkle to downtown navigation, Eighth Street did not disappear completely. A tiny, two-block section exists near Wacouta Commons Park and the Church of St. Mary, which happens to be hosting a fall booya on October 1. If you’re new to the city and wish to attend that event, I suggest using Google maps.

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Ruam Mit

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worked for Ruam Mit as the front of house server for 10 years before assuming ownership about five years ago.

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people know about them,” said Rasavong, who immigrated with her family from Laos to the United States when she was six. “I’ve been slowly adding some Lao items on the menu like the Lao version of the papaya salad, and the mok gai and mok pa, which are chicken or fish steamed in banana leaves…. I’m looking

Lao items after reopening but everything else on the menu will stay the same.”

Ruam Mit was founded by the Vongkhamdeng family in 1989 and was originally located a few blocks away from its St. Peter Street site, to which it relocated in 1996. Rasavong, who has experience at several restaurants in the Twin Cities,

“When Sue [Vongkhamdeng] was ready to retire, Ruam Mit was going to go away entirely unless she found someone to take it over,” said Rasavong. “I had worked there for quite some time and had gotten to know a lot of the regulars who would come in, and they were the ones that actually convinced and motivated me to take over…. The support from the community has just been amazing.”

For more information, call 651-222-7871 or visit ruammitmn.com.

The 1849 city plat shows how simple street naming was in those days.

RiverCentre

from page 1 and the National Football League Media Day in 2018. Several U.S. presidents and other world dignitaries have also visited. Popular annual events include the St. Paul Ice Fishing & Winter Sports Show, Hmong New Year Celebration, and Minnesota State High School League events.

The Roy also hosts a wide variety of events such as graduation ceremonies, naturalization ceremonies to become a United States citizen, and gymnastics tournaments. The nearby Xcel Energy Center is known for hosting only ticketed events like concerts, and as home of the Minnesota Wild.

“Convention centers are a place that attract people not only locally, but from around the state, region, nation, and sometimes the world,” said RiverCentre executive director Kate Setley. “People have a specific reason to come into the city and there’s just a great economic impact that happens.

People are sleeping in our hotels, they’re visiting our St. Paul restaurants, they’re visiting the attractions here and experiencing our city. We work very closely with Visit St. Paul [the city’s official convention and visitor’s bureau] to attract groups to come here.”

Visit St. Paul CEO Jaimee Lucke Hendrickson said that the RiverCentre is known for its passionate event planners who are experts at using the flexible space to customize each event to the guests’ needs, and that in addition to St. Paul’s rich history, the city boasts more shoreline on the Mississippi River than any other city and a park system that consistently ranks among the best in the country.

Setley, who worked at the RiverCentre for 22 years before being named executive director a year ago, said the entire convention industry came to a screeching halt when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Even so, the Riv-

erCentre stayed open and was used as a COVID testing and vaccine administration center. She also noted that the number of events has now returned to normal and attendance numbers are trending to reach pre-pandemic numbers by next year.

“We’re really excited to celebrate 25 years because the space has been so important to our community and state,” said Setley. “Every day of the week we get to welcome new people who are here for different reasons. It’s never the same day twice…. There’s a memory attached to our building for everyone that’s come through it, but that memory is different for every person, and that’s what’s really special.”

To honor its 25th anniversary, the center is working with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to plant a tree in Minnesota for every room booked there this year. That number is expected to be at least 5,000 but could be more.

“We wanted to tie the celebration in with the groups that come here,” said Setley. “Groups might use 10 differ-

ent rooms over the course of a weekend – meeting, ballroom and exhibition hall, for example – so it adds up quick. When they leave, we tell them that we’re planting 10 trees in honor of our anniversary because they used 10 rooms, and that’s really fun.”

The RiverCentre has

become known for being a leader in sustainability. Setley said it is one of the only buildings in the world to simultaneously hold the highest sustainability certifications awarded by Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, Green Globes and the Event Industry Council. The entire

building’s electricity is offset by Windsource, a renewable energy program operated by Xcel Energy, and a special solar panel on the roof heats its water as well as the water for the Roy Wilkins Auditorium and the Xcel Energy Center. Solar panels are also used to power the parking ramp.

Photo by Star of the North RiverCentre has a 27,000-square-foot grand ballroom that can be divided into eight smaller ballrooms, and two exhibition halls in the lower level with another 70,000 square-feet of space.

Art Crawl

from page 1 building, 275 E. 4th St., will be open Friday, 5-9 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Two dozen artists will exhibit paintings, sculptures and ceramics in the open gallery and adjoining dance hall on the first floor. “Oscillations Urbaines,” an interactive exhibit that explores urban networks, will also be onsite. Light refreshments will be provided throughout the weekend.

Lowertown Lofts Artist Cooperative, 255 E. Kellogg Blvd., will showcase the work of 30 artists and three guest artists in its galleries on each of the top three floors. Mediums include paintings, drawings, bookmaking, weaving, jewelry, sculptures, printmaking, collages, soaps and woodworks. The site will also feature the following performances: Judit Neilsdottir (dance), 7-10 p.m., Friday, in studio #303; April Hanson (voice) and Marc Jaros (piano), 4 p.m., Saturday, in the third floor atrium; and Matt Vinge

(guitar and ukelele), 1 p.m., Sat.-Sun. in the third floor atrium. The site has a wellmarked entrance in the alley behind the building.

Union Depot, 214 4th St. E. #300, will be open Friday, 5-9 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., and Sunday, noon-6 p.m. It will feature more than 30 artists showing paintings, quilting, pottery, photography, mixed media, jewelry, candles and more. All art will be indoors, and the site will have giveaways all weekend.

Lowertown Underground Artists, in the lower level of the Northern Warehouse building, 308 Prince St., will feature 12 artists in the central gallery and in artists’ studios and surrounding spaces. Mediums include photography, fiber arts, oil and acrylic paintings, ink drawings, sculptures and dance performances.

Creators Space, 218 E. 7th St., is open 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Friday and Saturday, and noon-5 p.m., Sunday. It will feature around 25 art-

ists selling paintings, photography, ceramics, mixed media art, jewelry, clothing and more. All art will be on tables in the first-floor common area, and the site has events planned for each day. Friday: gallery opening reception with live music, 4-8 p.m., and building tours all day. Saturday: pancake breakfast and live music, 8-11 a.m.; yoga, noon-1:30 p.m.; painting and pottery demonstrations, noon-5 p.m.; walk-in portrait photoshoots, noon-6 p.m.; live music, noon-8 p.m.; silent auction, noon-8 p.m.; and dance party, 8-10 p.m. Sunday: live music noon-5 p.m.; painting demonstrations, 1-4 p.m., and all-day building tours.

Tilsner Artist Lofts , 300 Broadway St. N., will feature 5-10 artists selling paintings, drawings, mixed media, collages and photography. Works will be located near the main entrance, in several artists’ studios and throughout hallways on various floors. The site will also have music, storytelling and other performances.

Master Framers, 262 4th St. E., will feature the work

of a dozen artists in its open gallery and studio. Mediums include paintings, drawings, prints, ceramics, textiles, marbled paper art and cards. The site will also host printmaking demonstrations each day, gliding demonstrations by Master Framer owner Andrew Webster and puppet shows. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be available.

The Lost Fox, 213 4th St. E. #100, is open 8 a.m.-11 p.m., all weekend. Five artists will display their work at the restaurant. Mediums include painting, photography and glass art.

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George Latimer Public Library, 90 W. 4th St., will be open Saturday, 10 a.m.5 p.m., and Sunday, 1-4:30 p.m. Six artists will exhibit their work in the Bremer Room on the first floor, and a table will display works created by library staff. Mediums include ceramics, watercolors, video art, laser engraved wood, prints and paintings. Hot apple cider will be available inside and a smores station will be set up beside a campfire in the library courtyard. Craft ac-

tivities will be offered in the Innovation Lab, along with tours of the Lab and maker space. Saturday features a drumming class in the youth services area, 11 a.m.-noon.

West 7th

Schmidt Artist Lofts , 900 7th St. W., will be open Friday, 6-9 p.m., Saturday, noon-7 p.m., and Sunday noon-5 p.m. Approximately 75 artists will show their work throughout galleries, studios and other spaces across the first floor and lower level. On display will be paintings, ceramics, photography, fiber art, jewelry, woodcrafts, printmaking, digital painting and illustration, clothing, yarn, paper and more. Painting demonstrations will take place on the roof throughout most of the weekend, and a free Viennese waltz dance class is offered Saturday, 1-3 p.m. Food will be available from El Burrito Mercado on Friday, Red Rocket Pizza on Saturday and Sunday, and Egg Roll Queen all weekend.

Friedli Gallery, 943 7th St. W., will be open Saturday, noon-8 p.m., and Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Around

five artists will be present, selling paintings, photography and ceramics in the main gallery space and outside. A painting exhibit by indigenous artist Shaun Chosa will be on display in the main exhibition space.

Great River Gallery , 1163 7th St. W., will be open Friday, 6-9 p.m., Saturday, noon-6 p.m., and Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Five artists will showcase paintings, fine art photography, ceramics and jewelry. Art will be in the gallery and in an outdoor tent. The site will feature live music throughout the weekend as well as complimentary refreshments and snacks from Mojo Monkey Donuts and Break Bread.

Cathedral Hill Virginia Street Church, 170 Virginia St., will feature 15 artists displaying paintings, ceramics, quilts and glassworks. The site will also have folk, jazz and accordion music, and food.

The Milligan Studio , 459 Selby Ave., will exhibit photography, and glass and bronze sculptures created by two artists. Food will be available, and live music will

take place Friday night and Saturday afternoon.

Merriam Park

Spatial Effects Gallery, 1759 Selby Ave., will be open Friday, 6-8 p.m., Saturday, noon-6 p.m., and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. It will feature 28 Minnesotan artists displaying furniture, paintings, drawings, photographs, stone and metal sculptures, ceramics, glass objects and other pieces such as carved gourds. Art will be in two indoor gallery spaces, and light refreshments will be available.

Raymond District

The Dow Art Gallery, 2242 University Ave. W., will be open Friday, 5-9 p.m. and Saturday, noon-8 p.m. Forty artists will sell works in the first-floor gallery. Mediums include photography, sculptures, metalworks, drawings, prints and a wide variety of paintings. Light refreshments will be available and there may be music. The

gallery is across the street from the Raymond Station on the LRT Green Line and there is free parking in the nearby Wright Building lot.

Midway

The JAG Studio & Gallery, 2147 University Ave. W., will be open Friday, 5-8 p.m., Saturday, noon-7 p.m., and Sunday, 2-5 p.m. Ten artists will showcase ceramics, textiles, paintings, and mixed media installations in an open gallery. Light refreshments will be available.

South Como

Mark Granlund Studio, 1022 Burgess St., will feature paintings and drawings by Mark Granlund. Light snacks will be available.

Front Avenue Pottery and Tile Co., 895 Front Ave., will host “Firing it Up in South Como,” Friday, 5-10 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Nine local artists will sell pottery, paintings, fiber art and jewelry from inside a studio. The

event will feature live music on Friday night and clay throwing demonstrations all day on Saturday. There will be designated kid zones, and free food and refreshments will be available.

Of Ink + Insight, 1410 Pascal St. N., will host an open studio on its front porch, noon-6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. Owner Cynthia Berg will display her Scandinavian-inspired

mixed media paintings, which include vintage paper collages within them. A variety of sizes of works on paper and wood panels will be available.

Payne Phalen

ArT @ 967 Payne, 967 Payne Ave., will feature around 10 artists exhibiting paintings, photography and more. Art will be in studio spaces as well as a shared storefront gallery.

“Dawn from the 33rd Floor,” acrylic on canvas, by Marla Gamble. Find her on the 3rd floor of the Lowertown Lofts Artists Cooperative.

“Black Beach at Silver Bay, Lake Superior,” watercolor by Stuart Loughridge. Find him at at Master Framers, 262 4th St. E.

Landmark Center

75 5th St. W. St. Paul 651-292-3225

landmarkcenter.org

History Play - War, Resistance, and Protest: The Trial of the “Minnesota 8,” 7-9 p.m., Oct. 5-6, and 2-4 p.m., Oct. 7. This play reenacts the 1970 trial of eight students from the University of Minnesota who were arrested for breaking into draft offices in an attempt to destroy draft records for the Vietnam War. $10.

Japanese Taiko drumming , 1-2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 15. Free.

Ballet Tuesday , noon1 p.m., Oct. 17. Ballet Co.Laboratory performs excerpts from its upcoming season. Free.

Eric Peltoniemi & Dean Magraw perform guitar ,

7:30-9:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 20. A cocktail hour with complimentary refreshments and a cash bar begins at 6:45 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door.

Consortium Carissimi

Concert: Madrigals of Northern Italy , 3 p.m., October 28-29. This classical music concert will feature a selection of madrigals, a form of secular vocal music composition that originated in Italy during the 14th and 16th centuries. $10-30.

MN Children’s Museum

10 7th St. W. St. Paul 651-225-6000 mcm.org

“Emotions at Play with Pixar’s Inside Out” is featured through Jan. 21, 2024.

Experiment with velocity, gravity and acceleration through interactive stations.

“The Backyard: Mud Zone” is an outdoor exhibit. Mix dirt and water to create different types of mud, mix up a gourmet muddy meal in the mud kitchen and use catapults and air cannons to launch mud at various targets.

Other exhibits and activities include “The Scramble,” “The Studio,” “Creativity Jam,” “Sprouts,” “Our World,” “Forces at Play,” “Shipwreck Adventures” and “Imaginopolis.”

The museum is open 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Tues.-Fri., 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturdays, and 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sundays. Tickets are $14.95. Admission is free the first Sunday of each month; reservations

are required and tickets are limited. The next free date is October 1.

History Center

345 W. Kellogg Blvd. St. Paul 651-259-3000 mnhs.org

“The Life & Art of Charles M. Schulz” is featured through June 9, 2024.

Explore Schulz’s roots in Minnesota and his role as the creator of the “Peanuts” comic strip and its beloved cast of characters.

“Our Home: Native Minnesota” features historic and contemporary photographs, maps and artifacts. Learn how Minnesota’s native communities have retained cultural practices, teachings

and values. Other exhibits include “Minnesota’s Greatest Generation,” “Then Now Wow,” “Grainland” and “Weather Permitting.” The center is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Thurs.Sun. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and college students, and $8 for children ages five to 17.

Photo by Ron Wilbur

Minnesota Roller Derby opens its season 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 14 at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium. Tickets start at $12.50.

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History Theatre

30 E. 10th St. St. Paul

651-292-4323

Historytheatre.com

“The Boy Wonder” is presented on select dates October 7-29. This musical explores the work and life of Harold Stassen, a progressive leader elected as the youngest governor of Minnesota in 1938, as well as the birth of the United Nations. Tickets start at $30, with discounts for students.

MN Museum of American Art

350 Robert St. N. St. Paul 651-797-2571 mmaa.org

“Colonial Traumas,” is an installation in Skyway 28 over Wabasha Street at 4th Street in downtown St. Paul. Created by Luis Fitch, the mural features colorful, vinyl cut-out skulls that represent the complexity of identity, place and belonging for people of mixed-race descent.

“It’s Okay to Laugh” is an installation in the

skyway windows above Robert Street. Created by Jose Dominguez, it features colorful vinyl creatures that play hide and seek with passersby.

“Off the Deep End,” a digital mural printed on vinyl, is on display in the Jackson Street skyway bridge between 4th and 5th Streets through Mar. 15, 2024. The artwork was created by 19 students from the St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists and explores the theme of metaphorical rising sea level.

Ordway Center

345 Washington St. St. Paul 651-224-4222 ordway.org

Eunice Kim plays Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, 7 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 30. Tickets start at $12.

Pat Metheny performs 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 4. Tickets start at $74.73.

Behind the Curtain: Ever After in Concert, 7:30-8:45 p.m., Oct. 6-7. This special concert event features original songs for an upcoming

musical that’s based on the film “Ever After.” Tickets start at $39.

Express Concert: Haydn’s Evening Symphony with Abel Selaocoe, 7 p.m., October 12 and 14, and 11 a.m., October 13. Tickets start at $12.

Anthony McGill Plays Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, 11 a.m., October 20, and 7 p.m., October 21. Tickets start at $12.

RiverCentre

175 W. Kellogg Blvd. St. Paul 651- 265-4800 rivercentre.org

Health & Fitness ExpoMedtronic Twin Cities Marathon Weekend , 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Sept. 29, and 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sept. 30. Free.

Twin Cities Bridal Show, noon-4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 8. Tickets are $15. Three time blocks are available: noon-2 p.m., 1-3 p.m. and 2-4 p.m.

Minnesota Roller Derby, 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 14 at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium. Tickets start at $12.50.

Health Care in Your School

Did you know your student’s health needs can be met directly inside their school? Health Start clinics operate in partnership with ten Saint Paul public schools to serve student health needs. Teen primary care Urgent care Sports physicals

Immerse Artists Experience dance convention, 7:45 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 15. $15-25.

Schubert Club

302 Landmark Center 75 W. 5th St. St. Paul 651-292-3268

schubert.org

Museum Mini: Mark Dover (clarinet), 10:30 a.m., Monday, Oct. 2, on the Schubert club website. Learn about the clarinet in this short interactive event. Free.

Stile Antico, 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 10, at the Landmark Center. $33.

Sphinx Virtuosi: Generations, 3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 15, at the Ordway. Ticket prices were not available as of press time.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Lisa Batiashvilli (violin) and Gautier Capucon (cello), 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 17, at the Ordway. Ticket prices were not available as of press time.

As of this season, kids and students may now attend any concert for free.

Science Museum of Minnesota

120 W. Kellogg Blvd. St. Paul 651-221-9444 smm.org

STEM Adventure Saturdays is a new program featuring themed activities in the galleries and interactive presentations from community members. The theme though October 16 is Backyard Science.

Artist at Pine Needle Gallery is a temporary exhibit featuring work from Jim Grafsgaard, last year’s artist-in-residence at the Pine Needles cabin on the St. Croix Watershed Research Station property.

Omnitheater films: “The Arctic: Our Last Great Wilderness,” through October 18. Meet polar bears, Porcupine caribou and people who have called the vast arctic region their home for thousands of years.

The blockbuster “Fantastic Mr. Fox” is featured at 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 29.

Stellar Tours Live Digital Telescope Show, Wed.Sun. at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Choose your own space adventure and experience the

Omnitheater’s new Digistar 7 projection system. Omnitheater tickets are $9.95. Free for children ages 3 and under.

Sensory Friendly Sunday is the first Sunday of the month. Visitors can experience a lights-up, sounddown Omnitheater show at 10 a.m. The program was created in consultation with the Autism Society of Minnesota. Admission is free for personal care attendants when visiting with a client.  Tickets are $9.95.

Xcel Center

199 W. Kellogg Blvd. St. Paul 651-726-8240

xcelenergycenter.com

Peter Gabriel , 8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 3. Tickets start at $65.

Luke Bryan, 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 14. Tickets start at $53.

Rod Wave, 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 20. Tickets start at $44.50.

Queen + Adam Lambert, 8 p.m., Oct. 27-28. Tickets start at $109.50.

Tool, 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 31. Tickets start at $54.50.

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The International Institute of Minnesota has disbanded the Festival of Nations, a 4-day event held at the RiverCentre. It was not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and never reopened. Organizers said it costs about $1.5 million to produce the festival and that it had lost money for several years, partly due to increasing staffing and security costs. The festival began in 1932 as a street fair.

Minnesota has been named one of six members of the newly formed Professional Women’s Hockey League , which begins its 24-game schedule in January. The other members are New York and Boston in the U.S., and Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa in Canada.

Jennifer Lor has decided not to accept the staff leadership position of St. Paul’s

Community Reparations Commission. Black leaders in the community objected to her hiring because she is not Black. They believe a Black person with knowledge of St. Paul should hold the position.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation will consider 10 options for the future of I-94, which connects downtown St. Paul and Minneapolis. They include keeping the highway the way it is, adding a general-purpose travel lane or EZ pass lane, and converting it into a street level multi-use boulevard with slower speeds.

The St. Paul City Council approved creating a Tax Increment Financing District to allow Sherman Associates to convert the 24-story Landmark Towers office building on 4th Street to residential uses. The tiff

Postscript

Up North with Mom and Dad

I’m staying “up north” with Mom and Dad, and that is always good.

My mom and dad have built a life that is pretty much exactly the way they like it. They have rituals and habits they do almost without thinking. But the amazing thing – to me – is that just about every one of these daily routines ends up giving them a healthier and much happier life.

At this point, my dad would snort, and my mom would say I was making them sound like saints, and

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they’d shake their heads in unison and say that I like to exaggerate, and so I guess you’ll have to take my word for it.

My dad turns 90 at the top

by Roger Fuller

district would be for 26 years and include $27 million in financial obligations between the city and the developer. Rents would be $1,700-$2,200.

Bill McGuire, owner of the Minnesota Loons soccer team, plans to create a 34.4-acre Snelling-Midway Superblock next to the 19,400-seat stadium where the team plays. It would occupy the former Midway Shopping Center, which once had 28 tenants but is now vacant. The proposed project includes a sculpture garden, hotel, office building, restaurant pavilion and open space. The St. Paul Port Authority received a $652,000 grant from the Metropolitan Council for contamination clean up and environmental oversight for a 7.4-acre site in the project area.

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of next year, and my mom isn’t far behind. They still live in the beautiful home they designed and built together more than 30 years ago in the Northwoods. The house isn’t large but it is perfectly suited to them. It sits high above the lake in the woods, so their nearest neighbors are squirrels and deer and raccoons, a variety of birds and the occasional bear. Loons fly over their home and land in the lake. My mother keeps dozens of pots of flowers blooming outside the house. My dad keeps enough wood chopped and split to keep them in firewood all winter, and they are out biking or walking or snowshoeing every single day.

“We don’t eat as much

Development site on Minnehaha Avenue East received a $50,000 grant from the Metropolitan Council to be used toward assessments and inspection costs, and $275,000 in pre-development grant funds. JB Vang Partners, Inc. plans to build an artistic, commercial and residential hub at that site.

Great River Water Park indoor pool at 270 N. Lexington Pkwy N. has reopened for the fall and winter. It was closed during the summer.

Dr. Kate Beane of the Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Boards was named to the 12-member State Emblem Redesign Commission. The group will consider ways to redesign the state flag, which dates to 1893 and includes the state seal and images of a white farmer tilling the soil and a Native American riding a horse. A new design is sought to better reflect the

as we used to,” my mother notes.

But what they eat is healthy. They’ve got a vegetable garden in town, as it is too shady in the woods to grow vegetables. Recently, they picked up fresh sweet corn and a cantaloupe from the farmers market.

And I feel as if this is the part of the story where I should tell you the really amazing thing about my parents. But, as I write this, I realize that the really amazing thing is not any one thing. It is all of it. As their needs and desires have changed, their habits have remained positive and healthy and filled with joy.

I think I’ve known for most of my life that I would

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Minnesota Sinfonia will hold a concert at 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 20, at First Covenant Church, 1280 Arcade St. Performers are Rodney Marsalis, trumpet, and Helen Chang Haertzen, violin. The orchestra will perform works by Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev.

Ramsey County Historical Society will present a History Revealed at 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 19, via Zoom. Hamline University history professor Katharine Bjork will speak on “Prairie Imperialists: The Indian Country Origins of American Empire.”

Subtext Books, 6 W. 5th St., will present Mandy-Suzanne Wong, author of “The Box,” at 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 7. Danny Klecko will speak on the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald on Thursday, Oct. 19.

The St. Paul Farmers Market will host a satellite mar-

never be as consistent or disciplined or sensible as my parents. They were this way when I grew up, and they remain every bit as remarkable now that I am getting old. I’ve even thought, from time to time, that it was a lot to live up to. Their marriage, lasting many decades, was not one I could emulate in my first marriage. My moods fluctuate far more wildly. I require regular “reboots” to stay on track.

But I am no longer envious. I am now simply admiring. And I am grateful. I am so grateful they have taken such good care of themselves and so grateful that they are still here with me, active and happy and as practical as ever.

ket 1-5 p.m., Fridays through October at House of Hope Church, 797 Summit Ave. AZ Gallery, 308 Prince St., will hold an open exhibit in October in connection with the St. Paul Art Crawl. The gallery is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays.

Penumbra Theatre, 270 Kent St., will present “ReMemori” October 10-November 5. This one-woman show by Nambi E. Kelly asks the question “Are the struggles of our ancestors ever really in the past?” Tickets are $20-$45.

Camp Bar and Cabaret, 490 N. Robert St., will feature the following comedians: Chris Killian, Oct. 6-7; Kelly Collette, Oct. 13-14; Brad Wenzel, Oct. 20-21; and Patrick Garrity, Oct. 27-28. The skyway walking group meets at 9 a.m. on Tuesdays at U.S. Bank, 101 5th St. E. The group travels a mile and a half route.

My dad says he’s slowed down a lot, and turning 90 certainly gives a person plenty to think about. But just as I learned how to paddle a canoe and ride a bike by watching him, I now watch him managing the perils of aging with grace and elegance. And I am, once again, learning.

What I’ve just written, my father will dismiss. He’ll say he wasn’t so elegant the other day when he tripped over the doorsill and cut his hand open while bringing the laundry in from the line. He’ll say he’s doing nothing out of the ordinary, nothing worth writing about. And that’s why you’ll have to take my word for it. Till next time.

N ews Briefs Central Library

The following events are held at the George Latimer Central Library, 90 W. 4th St.

Level Up at the Library, 3-5 p.m. each Wednesday. Enjoy video games, arts and crafts, or tech.

How to Take Headshots, 5:30-7:30 p.m, Wednesday, Oct. 4. This workshop offers advice on how to take head shots for social media and other platforms. You can also learn how to use the library’s Canon 70D DSLR camera.

Drawing & Coloring Circle , 6-7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 4. Materials provided, including coloring pages and a variety of drawing tools.

Tai Chi and Mindfulness workshop, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 4 and 11. Learn tai chi practices that can help set your mind at ease and increase your strength, flexibility and balance.

ArtCrawl at the Library, Oct. 7 and 8. Art on display inside and a fire pit with s’mores outside.

Drumming class , 11 a.m.-noon, Saturday, Oct. 7. Drum to the rhythms

and beats of West Africa and learn basic music making concepts.

Game night, 6-7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 11. Play board and card games at the library. All ages welcome.

“Lupita Does Not Want to Sleep,” 11 a.m.-noon, Saturday, Oct. 14. Celebrate Latine arts and culture at this toy theater puppet show, held in Spanish.

Historical building tour, 4-4:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 14. Meet in the first-floor entrance lobby for a guided tour of the library.

Glow in the dark bags, 6-7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 18. Paint your own glow-in-the-dark trick-ortreat bag. Cotton tote bags, acrylic paints, glow-in-thedark paints, and rubber stamps with spooky words and images will be provided.

Craft Circle, 6-7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 25. Bring your projects and receive guidance on crochet, knitting, embroidery and clothes mending.

Ukulele class, 11 a.m.noon, Saturday, Oct. 28. Learn basic chords and strumming patterns so you can play your favorite songs.

TPAC events

Unless noted, all activities take place at Thompson Park Activity Center, 1200 Stassen Lane, West St. Paul. Events are for ages 55 and older. To register, call 651403-8300.

Mindful Movement , 9:30-11 a.m. each Wednesday, October 4-November 22. Learn techniques to help manage your thoughts and emotions while overcoming barriers to exercise. Registration required. $60.

British History: Prime Ministers, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Tues., Oct. 10. Register by Oct. 5. $8.

Paint Like Bob Ross, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Monday, Oct. 10. Registration required. All materials provided. $50.

Meteorologist Mark Seeley presents “The Weather That Sunk the Edmund Fitzgerald and Other Gales of November,” 1-2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 11. $10. Register by Oct. 9.

TED Talks Discussion Group (Technology, Entertainment and Design), 1-2:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 17. $10 annually.

Nature Sense with Eloise Dietz: Getting Ready

Autumn Hike , 10:3011:45, Tuesday, Oct. 31. Register by Oct. 24.

Covid Confidential , 1-2:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 31. Filmmaker and journalist Alec Fischer will present “Covid Confessions,” an original documentary on the pandemic experiences of individuals in Minnesota. Registration required. $8.

Halloween events

Union Depot, 214 Fourth St. E., St. Paul, is hosting BOOnion Depot 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 29. The free event features trick-ortreat activities, pumpkin crafts, DJ and dance zone, and concessions. For more information, visit uniondepot.org/uniondepotfall.

Dodge Nature Center will host Halloween Extravaganza October 27 at its Shepard Farm property in Cottage Grove. Trickor-treat through the woods, ride on the hay wagon to look for ghosts, goblins and slithery creatures, and try your luck at games to win extra treats. Food will be available for purchase.

Tickets are $8 if purchased online before noon, October 27; $10 at the gate. Children ages 2 and under are free. For more information, visit dodgenaturecenter.org.

Removing racial covenants

Several homes in the St. Paul Voice distribution area have racial covenants in their deeds that were originally created to restrict people of color and others from owning the property. While these covenants were outlawed by the Fair Housing Act of 1968, they were not required to be removed, and the current homeowners may not be aware they exist. Here’s how to find out if your home has a restrictive covenant, and instructions for removing it.

The University of Minnesota has created a map showing properties with racial covenants. To view the map, visit mappingprejudice.umn.edu. Scroll down to the map and zoom in on your city and neighborhood, or type your address in the search bar located in the upper left-hand corner.

If your parcel is green, your property has a racial restriction. Click on the parcel to view the covenant language, legal description, and source, as well as the date of the document. To remove the covenant from your deed, visit mn.gov/commerce and search form 40.10.1. Fill out the form and return it to your county. For more information, contact the Ramsey County Recorder’s office at askcountyrecorder@ramseycounty.us or 651-266-2030.

Nonprofit real estate fair

The St. Paul Area Association of Realtors (SPAAR) is hosting its first-ever meet and greet for community members to connect with Realtors and local nonprofits. The fair, held 2-4 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 27 at the SPAAR office, 325 Roselawn Ave. E., St. Paul, allows attendees to learn about each nonprofit’s mission, the resources, services and programs each provides, and the opportunity to network with Realtors and real estate professionals.

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Luther Memorial Church 315 15th Ave N 651-451-2400 luther-memorial.com

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• Woodbury Lutheran Wakota Ridge Campus 255 W. Douglas St. 651-739-5144 woodburylutheran.org

South St. Paul Hispanic Seventh-day Adventist 140 6th Ave N 651-455-0777

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Paddling with the Pelicans

Tim Spitzack Editor

ComeOctober, the skies will be thick with migrating birds and waterfowl winging their way south along the Mississippi River Flyway, which follows the meandering course of the 2,340-mile river that bears its name. More than 325 species use the flyway on their annual roundtrip from breeding grounds in Canada and the northern United States to wintering sites near the Gulf of Mexico and points further south. While Canada geese are the most visible and vociferous during the fall migration, it’s the American white pelican that captures my attention this time of year.

I recall paddling the river one recent autumn and seeing nearly a hundred of them in one location, including a pair just yards from the bow of my kayak. It was a cool crisp morning and wisps of fog hovered over the surface of the river. The sun was still low in the sky and duck hunters hunkered down in their blinds in grassy shallows, watching and waiting. After rounding an island and heading into the river’s backwaters, I spotted a pair of snowwhite pelicans in my line of vision. As I neared them, I expected them to take flight but surprisingly they stayed on the surface until I got

within 30 feet. Finally, they exploded into action, and their nearby mates followed suit. I watched in wonder as the two near me raised and flapped their massive wings and hopped along the water’s surface until their momentum pushed them to flight. Once airborne, they glided effortlessly just inches above the water then climbed and soared off into the rising sun with the others.

Unlike flocks of Canada geese, which can resemble an endless stream of slowmoving arrows shooting across the leaden sky, American white pelicans give the appearance they are in no hurry to reach their migratory digs. They simply move south, little by little, as northern lakes and rivers begin to freeze. And they are happy to put on an aerial performance wherever they may be.

Pelicans are gregarious birds that seemingly spend much of their time coasting and soaring among the thermals in beautifully choreographed movements. Their flight appears effortless, relaxed, even playful. Pelican flocks are called squadrons, which makes perfect sense to me as I’ve always thought they resemble B-52 bombers in flight. However, the only raids these shorebirds make are for nourishment.

Pelicans are easily recognizable in flight by the triangle of black feathers on

the tips and lower edges of their wings. They are one of North America’s largest bird species, with bodies up to five feet long and a wingspan of up to 9 1/2 feet. Their most distinctive feature, of course, is their pointed orange bill, which can exceed a foot in length and supports a pouch of loose skin. This gular pouch is used in feeding and can scoop up nearly three gallons of water – and whatever is in it – at a time. Their stomachs, on the other hand, can hold only about a third of that amount, which reminds me of a poem I heard my father recite when I was a child. In a corny dad voice, he said, “Ah the pelican, the pelican. His beak can hold more than his belly can.”

Pelicans feed in shallow water, mainly on rough fish, small and large. While I’ve not experienced it, watching them feed would be a treat. Apparently, they join forces at mealtime by gathering in a line or half-circle, then flap their wings and take turns dipping their bills into the water to drive fish toward the shallows where they are more easily caught. Once fish are in the pouch, pelicans tilt their heads to empty the pouch of water then swallow the prey whole. An American white pelican eats 4 to 5 pounds of food a day. Worldwide, there are eight pelican species, two of which are in North America. The

brown pelican is the smaller of the two and lives near the ocean and saltwater lakes. American white pelicans inhabit coastal areas during the winter but normally nest inland.

While pelican sightings are common today in Minnesota, it was a far different story a century ago. A survey in 1904 found just one nest in the entire state. Today, there are more than 12,000 nesting pairs, according to a 2021 census count. However, the American white pelican is sensitive to environmental contaminants, which is one

reason it is listed as a Special Concern Species in Minnesota, a designation applied to species that are extremely uncommon in Minnesota or have highly specific habitat requirements. Several nesting sites have experienced substantial declines since peaking in 2011. One factor thought to have affected the decline is the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, resulting in the largest oil spill and environmental disaster in U.S. history.

Show some respect Depending upon where they are observed, the pelican is the subject of both disrespect and awe by the casual observer. Some people may snicker when they see one standing on shore or a dock, and admittedly pelicans can look somewhat awkward and dorky while out of the water. But I’ve never heard anyone mock them while seeing them in flight. That spectacle only elicits oohs and aahs, or reverent admiration, as it very well should.

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