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Capital City Bikeway continues to expand Amy Johnson Staff Writer

owntown St. Paul is set to create another segment of the Capital City Bikeway, a project that began in 2017 with the completion of a network of bicycle facilities along Jackson Street, from University Avenue to Kellogg Boulevard. The project aims to connect the downtown bikeway network to existing bike and pedestrian trails and to keep all of downtown within a few blocks of any trail. The current bikeway, which cost $14.25 million, features a two-way off-street trail along sections of Kellogg Boulevard, Jackson Street, St. Peter Street and Wabasha Street, 9th Street and 10th Street. Landscaping divides the trail from roads and sidewalks, and the trail is made of porous asphalt, which is better for storm water runoff and helps keeps lanes dry, thus increasing bicyclists’ and pedestrians’ safety. There are also benches, directional signage, streetlights and public art along the bikeway. The expansion of the bikeway is part of the St. Paul Bicycle Plan, which was adopted by the City Council in 2015 and details how St. Paul will double its amount of bikeways over the next few decades. St. Paul hopes to emulate Minneapolis’ bikeway success. According to the St. Paul Bikeway Benefits Face Sheet, Minneapolis saw $200 million in residential development Capital City Bikeway / Page 2

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Changes in store for St. Paul Art Crawl

This year’s media contest winners were Heather Friedli, MaryBeth Garrigan and Carly Swenson. Friedli’s “Resilience,” (left) received Best in Show and will be featured on the directory’s cover. Garrigan’s “Whisper of the North” (top) and Swenson’s “Love Her Wild” were named Honorable Mentions. Amy Johnson Staff Writer

he St. Paul Art Crawl is one of many major events that has been canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. It’s especially unfortunate because organizers had already announced plans to discontinue

the fall Crawl and focus efforts on the spring event, which has always been more popular. Linda Snouffer, president of the Collective, cited declining attendance in the fall as the reason. For more than two decades, the St. Paul Art Collective has hosted an Art Crawl each spring and fall, Art Crawl / Page 4

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City seeks Landmark Tree nominations Amy Johnson Staff Writer

ith more than a half million trees in the city of St. Paul, a few are bound to capture your attention, and the city wants to know about them. If you have a favorite tree, you’re encouraged to nominate it for St. Paul’s Landmark Tree Program, which was created to compile a list of excep-

tional trees within the city so others may enjoy them. You don’t have to own the tree to nominate it. However, the tree must be within the city limits and be on or visible from public property. Trees on private property require the property owner to sign a consent form, which is found on the nomination form. Nomination forms and an interactive map of all Landmark trees and their lo-

cations can be found at www. stpaul.gov (search Landmark Tree Program). Nominations will be accepted until Nov. 1. Photos are recommended. Once a tree is selected, a Certificate of Appreciation is awarded to both the nominator and owner. It will also be recognized at the annual Blooming St. Paul awards ceremony. Blooming St. Paul is a collaborative initiative between St. Paul

Parks and Recreation, the St. Paul Garden Club and the Ramsey County Master Gardeners. It showcases businesses and residents Landmark trees / Page 2

Horton Park Arboretum at 1383 W. Minnehaha Ave. has more than 50 species of trees.

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Census Day is April 1 Amy Johnson Staff Writer

t’s time to be counted. By now, everyone should know that April 1 is Census Day 2020, when the U.S. Census Bureau ramps up efforts to get a complete count of residents across the nation. Participation in Minnesota is especially important because the state is in danger of losing a member in the House of Representatives because of declining population in recent years. Census figures are used to determine the number of representatives each state has. Minnesota currently has eight—five Democrats and three Republicans—representing 5.7 million people. The count, which occurs every 10 years, is also used to determine allocation of federal funds. In addition, cities use census data to determine the need for schools, new highways, housing developments and more. St. Paul teamed up with Ramsey County to form a committee to make sure information about the census is accessible to all residents. Last year, the City budgeted $30,000 to market and promote the census to historically marginalized members, such as minorities and low-income households. In 2020, the City budgeted another $30,000 for this effort. According to Census Bureau data, 79 percent of St. Paul residents participated in the 2010 census. This year, getting counted is easier than ever. You can use a mobile phone or personal device, or a public computer like the ones found Census Day / Page 3

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after it built the Midtown Greenway, a 5.5-mile stretch of protected bike paths. The document also states that Twin Cities bicyclists, using Nice Ride, spent an extra $150,000 at restaurants and businesses near the Nice Ride stations in one season. Nice Ride offers bike rentals at various stations in the Twin Cities. The next phase of the Capital City Bikeway will target 9th and 10th Street from the History Center driveway to Broadway Street; 12th and St. Peter Street from John Ireland Boulevard to Kellogg Boulevard; Minnesota Street from Kellogg Boulevard to 10th Street; and 4th Street from Minnesota Street

to Broadway Street. The first three sections will cost $2.3 million. The cost for 4th Street has not yet been determined. Funding will come from the City budget, state and federal grants and Municipal State Aid. The City began an Interim Design Study for the bikeway and will complete it this spring. To get feedback on the design, the City conducted online surveys and held three open houses. Key results included a preference for bikeways with a physical barrier (such as a concrete curb) from traffic, two-way bikeways on one side of the street, and on-street parking and loading zones for businesses. A popular request

was the addition of sidewalk amenities, including cafes, trees and landscaping. Maintenance, such as snow clearing, was also deemed a critical factor. There was mixed feedback on the possibility of a two-way to oneway conversion, specifically for making the westbound section of 10th Street a oneway for motor-vehicle traffic. The design is labeled “interim” because the lanes will be street-level and run between existing curbs. In the next few years, the segments will transform into protected bikeways when street resurfacing projects take place. For now, the City is focused on making the bikeway interconnected and easy to access. To view the plan, visit www.stpaul.gov and search Capital City Bikeway.

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ing the Horton Park Arboretum at 1383 W. Minnehaha Ave. The park is one square block and contains more than 50 species. Informative signs help visitors locate and identify the different trees. A map is also available at www. stpaul.gov (search Horton Park). West Side-based Great River Greening has been helping beautify St. Paul since 1995, and in the past two years alone has planted more than 50 trees and 10,000 native plants along the Mississippi River. The nonprofit will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a volunteer planting event at Vic-

toria Park, 740 Victoria St., from 8:30 a.m.-noon, Saturday, May. 16. More than 200 volunteers will plant native wildflowers and grasses at the 40-acre site by the Mississippi River. This will stabilize the soil and increase biodiversity at the park, which was once an industrial lot. Coffee, water, light snacks and lunch will be provided. An anniversary party will be held once the restoration is complete. Registration closes on May 8 or when space runs out. For more information or to register, visit the Get Involved link at www. greatrivergreening.org.

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at a library, to complete an online questionnaire. Visit my2020census.gov and click “Start Questionnaire.” Log in using your census I.D., which you should have received in the mail or had dropped off at your door. You’ll need to confirm your address, provide your name and phone number and complete the questionnaire in one session. You may also respond by phone, or to mailings being sent in late March and April.

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{ THE FULLER FILES } More downtown housing A four-story, late 19th century building at Wabasha and Seventh is scheduled for renovation. The former Viking apartments, which recently housed the Just Us restaurant, will be converted into an apartment building. It will have 30 studios and four one-bedroom units, and 20% of the units will be rented to low income tenants. The developer is Ed Conley of CCI Properties. Chase Realty plans to build a five-story, 140-unit apartment building on an existing parking lot at Ninth and Wacouta streets. Construction of “The Gallery of St. Paul” is expected to begin this year and open in late 2021. The estimated cost is $25 million.

Cohen memorial Artist Marjorie Pits has prepared three concepts for a memorial to Larry Cohen, to be located at City Hall

plaza. They are called “Solar Radiance,” “Cohen’s Ethics” and “You are Welcome.” Cohen, who passed away in 2016, served as mayor of St. Paul from 1972-76. His notable accomplishments included helping establish the city’s neighborhood district council program, the settlement of Hmong refugees in St. Paul and the transition of the former U. S. District Court building into Landmark Center, a home for nonprofit organizations.

District 17 news The boundary of CapitolRiver Council District 17 has been expanded to include the portion of Kellogg Boulevard and Shepard Road that have the Science Museum of Minnesota, District Energy and a development site at Wabasha and Kellogg owned by Ramsey County. The western border includes Eagle Street, which extends from the Seven Corners area to Shepard Road.

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The CapitolRiver Council, District 17 board of directors voted to support the concept of turning the St. Paul Athletic Club into a community center. Owner John Rupp purchased the 103-year-old building in 1997 but wishes to sell it to a non-profit organization for the creation of a community center. The building currently houses Hotel 340, a fitness center and a campus of the College of St. Scholastica. The skyway connection to the 333 on the Park apartment building has been closed due to security concerns. Previously it was open 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays. The CaptiolRiver Council’s skyway governance advisory committee opposed the decision, stating it would create a bad precedent and encourage other landlords to follow suit. The skyway in the adjacent 180 E. Fifth building is still open. The St. Paul Zoning Board of Appeals declined a vari-

ance for a 50-by-58-foot sign at the Xcel Center to promote Minnesota Wild games and Xcel Center Events. A variance was required because signs cannot exceed six feet in height or be higher than 37.5 feet above grade.

Mother Goose: The Musical The St. Paul Public Library will present a puppet show production of “Mother Goose: The Musical” in April. The Loki Puppet Players are back with Little Bo Peep’s sheep to plan a party for Bo. The show will be held at the George Latimer Central Library, 90 W. Fourth St. Performances are scheduled

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MN Book awards Friends of the St. Paul Library will announce the winners of the Minnesota Book Awards on April 28. For details, visit www.thefriends.org. Nominees in Minnesota non-fiction include “Closing Time: Saloons, Taverns, Dives and Watering Holes of the Twin Cities” by Bill Lindeke and Andi Strurdivant; “Slavery’s Reach: Southern Slaveholders in the North Star State”

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allowing art aficionados to and purchase their art. visit artists in their studios It’s been a challenging year SPV-MM_Apr2020V-Eng.qxp_Layout 1 for the Collective in other ways as well. Staff and supporters mourned the passing of Brenda Brousseau, who served as director of the Crawl for the past six years. The She passed away on Oct. 2 Award-Winning after battling cancer. Under All-American her leadership, the Crawl exMusical! panded to reach artists from

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in the Crawl, is $120. Nonmember artists can still register for $75. Students pay $50. Membership privileges include participation in the Art Crawl, a profile with images on the Collective’s website, and a listing in the Crawl directory. In previous years, the Collective published a catalog for each event. These guides were expensive and quickly discarded after the weekend. The Collective has decided to discontinue the catalog in favor of a new “coffee table style” format membership directory that highlights member artists and their art.

They will print 10,000 copies and have them available at the Crawl, and year-round at the Collective’s office in the Northern Warehouse, 308 Prince St., #206. To continue making local art more accessible yearround, the Collective plans to organize smaller, districtfocused events in the future. Lisa McCann is helping with this effort. She is the director of community development, a newly formed position at the Collective. As a former gallery owner in California, she understands artists and their desire to reach people with their work. McCann

is busy creating deeper relationships with other local organizations, including Visit Saint Paul and Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce, both of which have become members of the Collective and vice versa. The aim is to use these collaborations to help showcase local art and connect artists with those who buy their work. “We’re bringing their work to a larger audience,” she said. Last year, more than 400 artists participated in the Art Crawl, showcasing their work from nearly 40 buildings.

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Tom Dunn calls for support of local artists Nigel Parry Contributor

om Dunn is one of many artists affected by the cancellation of the Spring Art Crawl. A photographer and former St. Paul Art Collective president, Dunn know firsthand how important events like this are to local artists. He has participated in the Crawl for the past two decades and has many stories to tell. Raised in Grand Forks and Minot, N. D., he left home to study chemistry at Purdue University in Indiana. “That didn’t last long!” he laughs. “I was from a long line of business folk and switched to management.” He moved to the Twin Cities in 1993 and got a job in Minneapolis at an insurance firm helping people settle claims on their homes after hurricanes, fires and earthquakes, as well as other things like hail damage. “I enjoyed the job a lot,” he said. “You learn a lot of different skills but primarily I learned customer service from helping people in their time of need.” He soon realized that photography was his “creative outlet and stress reliever.” He got his first camera at age 12 and went on to photograph friends and his travels throughout high school and college. “Back then not everyone had mobile devices with cameras in them,” he quipped. After college, he came to the Twin Cities and “fell into” photography. “Any time I had free time on the weekends I would grab my camera and hit the streets,” he said. “I realized I was happy with a camera in my hand.” To hone his skills, he took photography classes at a local community college and the U of M. Then, in 1997,

he met his mentor, the late Lowertown photographer Leo Kim, who had come to America at the end of the ’60s and had gone to school in Fargo, N.D. during the 1970s. “Leo became my friend and mentor for about 15 years,” he said. “Leo taught me how to see things, how to see light and how to look at things differently. He had an architectural background, and everything had to be very artistic.” It was another love interest that attracted Dunn to Lowertown. He met his wife Colleen in 2005 and they married a few years later. She had lived in Lowertown for ten years. “I found a studio space in the JAX building, sharing a space with two other artists, and started getting involved in the art crawl,” said Dunn. “I loved everything about Lowertown. It had such a bohemian feel. It was an artists’ enclave. It was like a secret place that no one knew about. There were still hardly any businesses at that time. Mears Park was evolving. Developers wanted to create an ‘urban oasis,’ a community that was a mixture of artists, residents and businesses.” He has seen many changes to the neighborhood over the years and said it’s been troubling to see the gentrification that has occurred. “The development that came later brought a ton of high rent apartments, and artists were displaced,” he said. “Seeing the art scene getting torn apart at the seams was difficult, not just for the artists but also for the people who had moved down here because they liked the scene. So many have left, and the neighborhood has become more homogenized.” To help foster the art community, in 2010 Dunn

‘The politicians and businesses need to celebrate that culture and promote the event for the sake of the artists, who this community was built on the backs of, who were here before anyone else was,’ said Dunn. ‘If we lose the artists, Lowertown is just going to be an entertainment district with bars and restaurants, and for a vibrant neighborhood we need both sectors.’

got involved with the St. Paul Art Collective, which has been around since the 1970s. He joined as a board member and later served as president from 2013-2015. “I was worried about balancing it with my commercial photography work and personal art and street photography, but I really wanted to work with the artists’ community,” he said. “The art crawl is a unique event, where you can see a lot of local art and artists in the spaces where they live and work, and it was always inspirational. What I brought to the board was my business background, and really started reaching out to local businesses asking them to support the Crawl. We tripled the advertising income that first year and planted the seeds for growth and sponsorship for future years.” This success allowed the Collective to hire an art crawl director, giving the board more time to focus on supporting artists throughout the year rather than just the twice-a-year art crawl events. Under Dunn’s leadership, the Collective worked with The Show nonprofit and Midwest Special Services, founded in 1949 to support individuals with disabilities, to help them open The Show Gallery Lowertown, which today features artists of all abilities. “I truly believe the Art Crawl needs to get more attention from the City, as the Twin Cities Jazz Festival does,” said Dunn. “The politicians and businesses need to celebrate that culture and

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promote the event for the sake of the artists, who this community was built on the backs of, who were here before anyone else was… If we lose the artists, Lowertown is just going to be an entertainment district with bars and restaurants, and for a vibrant neighborhood we need both sectors.” Dunn is also well-known for his documentary photography project “Irish of Minnesota.” It began when one of his art-scene acquaintances, who was then a bartender at the Dubliner and was also involved with Public Art St. Paul, mentioned that the bar had space for an art wall. Dunn had just returned from a visit to Ireland and soon arranged to display photos from his trip. Through that opportunity, he met Patrick O’Donnell, who was on the board of the Irish Fair of Minnesota, the largest free Irish fair in the United States. O’Donnell told him that no one had ever documented the local Irish community. He gave him a list of around a dozen people to contact and asked them to sit for a photo portrait. “I started there and almost five years later I have over one hundred portraits,” he said. The minimalist, black and white, single light source portraits are gorgeous, and the scope of subjects speak to the diversity and size of Minnesota’s Irish community. In

Tom Dunn the 1857 census only 17% of St. Paul’s 9,973 residents were born in the United States. Those of Irish descent made up 10% of the workforce in 1880, and in 1895 accounted for roughly 5% of the city’s residents. “I came to realize that the portraits were immigration stories,” said Dunn. “When the Irish first immigrated here they were not welcome, just as is happening today with different cultures. They were spat at and told to go home.” It was a powerful and emotional experience for him to hear their stories. “I asked those sitting to tell me their Irish stories and I then melted into the background,” he said. “They’re often brought to tears recounting tales of family members. The stories of joy and traditions have been truly magical. I hope that one day it becomes a book.” Tom also appreciates a good road trip.

“I just turned 50 and for my birthday I drove down Highway 61 for a second time, photographing all the way. Highway 61 begins in Minnesota and goes all the way to the Mississippi Delta in Louisiana, connecting all these amazing communities and cities. It’s special to me because it literally follows the path of the Mississippi River. Eventually, this will become an exhibit and book.” Dunn has also taught classes for the last three years for FilmNorth, which helps artists tell their stories through video and other media. In June, he will teach a new class for the local nonprofit on street photography, his true passion. He also volunteers his photography services to Second Harvest Heartland, Youth Service Bureau and other community organizations. For more information, visit www.TomDunnPhoto. com.

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Overcoming adversity, Open Window Theatre finds new home Tara Guy Contributor

n a time of political rancor, scary viruses and deep national division, a quiet moment of hope can be like a ray of sunshine breaking through the clouds. Many such moments can now be found at a new professional theater that recently opened in the Salem Square Center near I-494 and South Robert Trail. Billing itself as a “professional, multi-generational theater with a redemptive mission in the arts,” Open Window Theatre is bringing its own brand of hope and inspiration to the southeast metro. The company’s opening production was the regional premier of Keith Bunin’s allegorical “The World Over,” which ran from mid-February to midMarch.

“‘The World Over’ is filled with affirmations that life is worth living even in the midst of great difficulties and challenges,” said Jeremy Stanbary, the company’s founder and artistic director. Of its “multi-generational” focus, Stanbary explained, “There are not many theaters that consistently perform works that reach a really broad audience. Many people are too intimidated to go to the theater, not knowing what the content will be, so I think the fact that we are doing high-quality professional theater that is thoughtprovoking and inspirational—but without explicit content—will provide that assurance. People should know that they can breathe easy in bringing the kids and the grandparents to our shows.” He stressed, however, that Open Window is

not a children’s theater. “The plays are intellectually challenging,” he said. The company’s goals, which are many and bold, center on uplifting the world by seeking the divine through the beauty of the arts. Although Stanbary himself is Catholic—a member of St. Joseph’s Church in West St. Paul—and the production content is deeply spiritual in nature, the theater is unaffiliated with any specific religion. “We’re not tied to any particular faith tradition,” said Stanbary. “We want to reach people of every faith, and those with no faith at all.” Instead of proselytizing, the group focuses on a redemptive vision of the arts. The concept of redemption is core to the company’s ethos; the word itself appears repeatedly in their literature and social media. For the

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Founder Jeremy Stanbary and Creative Director Cole Matson group, “redemption” means the restoration of hope in a dark world. “We don’t shy away from the ugliness of the human condition, but we also want to provide a vision of hope for something better,” said Stanbary. The theater was founded by Stanbary and his wife Sarah in 2011, after years of touring together in oneman and small cast shows as Epiphany Theater Productions, the parent com-

pany of Open Window. Like “Adam,” the everyman protagonist in “The World Over,” the company itself wandered in the wilderness for a time in recent years, overcoming one obstacle after another in its quest to find a new home. Reflecting upon that journey, Stanbary said it was “painful but purifying…agonizing, yet full of grace.” “We were originally located in a rented space in Minneapolis, where we’d built up

a really successful company with a growing fan-base and many loyal patrons,” he said. They were so successful, in fact, that they needed to expand the physical space to accommodate growing audiences. A planned expansion led to permits, inspections, code compliance and occupancy troubles—the usual host of problems that pop up when bringing old buildings into compliance with modern codes. A tangled snarl of conflicts ensued with

A rts & Entertainment both their landlord and the city, requiring the theater to close, prematurely ending its 2016 season and leaving it literally on the street. The disputes were eventually negotiated and resolved but the litigation caused a near fouryear period of dormancy for the theater. Following an intensive search, Open Window found the Salem Square space, signed the lease last October and promptly commenced construction on the interior. “It’s a terrific space,” said Stanbary. “We have great landlords and were able to negotiate really good terms…and we have tons of parking.” Even in brief conversation, it becomes evident that Open Window Theater is comprised of serious theater professionals. Stanbary has a theater degree from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, and wife Sarah has a dual degree in theater performance and arts management from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Managing director Cole Matson also has impressive credentials, including a Ph.D. in theology, imagina-

tion and the arts from St. Andrew’s University, a B.A. in theology from Oxford and a B.F.A. in drama from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. When asked how they met, Matson recounted that he was working on his doctoral thesis on the Rhapsodic Theater (a company founded by Karol Wojtyla—later Pope John Paul II—when he was a young actor quietly resisting the Nazis in Poland in the early 1940s) when he stumbled upon an article Stanbary had written on the topic. “I paid five dollars to download it, and actually cited it in my paper,” he said. Curious about Open Window and Epiphany, Matson asked his east coast friends about them and learned they

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and lightning-fast changes of costume and character among the cast of eight. Despite a loyal patronage that helped keep them afloat during their hiatus, Stanbary acknowledges, “We have some audience rebuilding to do after a four-year absence.” He added, “We’re a destination theater. People will drive to see us, but we also want to get to know and welcome our new community.” Toward that end, their outreach will include renting their space for community events, implementing a K-12 theater program and possibly offering future

fitness training and ballroom dance classes. In addition, Stanbary and his family will be building a new home in South St. Paul this summer to be closer to the new venue. “We’re excited about the move,” he said. The theater’s next production is the U.S. premier of Ron Reed’s play “Tolkien,” which examines the deep and complex friendship between J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis (running April 17 through May 17). Stanbary and Matson invite the community to come and get acquainted with the theater

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Sam Udovich, 13, earns a return trip to Augusta John E. Ahlstrom Staff Writer

n the August 2018 issue of the St. Paul Voice we introduced 11-year-old golfing phenom Sam Udovich. Four months earlier, he had competed in the Drive, Chip and Putt Contest sponsored by the famed Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., and finished runner up in the 10-11 year-old division. Sam’s golf career continues to blossom and he is scheduled to make an encore appearance at Augusta on April 5, in the 1213 year-old division. Sam was introduced to the sport by his father, Mike Udovich, the proprietor of the popular Fireside Bar and Restaurant in West St. Paul. By the time Sam was three years old he was hitting golf balls with precision into a net Mike had set up for him in the basement. Between age three and five, he was a regular at the Country Air Pitch and Putt Golf Course in Lake Elmo. The 18-hole course, which has since closed, featured holes fluctuating between 45 and 90 yards. It was a perfect venue for Sam to develop his game. At age eight, Sam was one of 135 entrants from 22 countries invited to play in the U.S. Kids Golf Foundation Championships at Pine Hurst, N. C. He played a 2,300 yard, nine-

hole, par-36 course on three consecutive days and carved out a nifty three under par 34-38-33-105 scorecard. He finished in second place, one stroke behind a golfer from Thailand. The next year was a transformational one for Sam. In 2016 he became a junior member at the Southview Country Club in West St. Paul. His membership enabled him to hit balls on the range and play a quality course, but most importantly it gave him the opportunity to meet Southview head pro Phil Anderson, who would become an invaluable mentor and coach. Anderson has been indispensable in honing Sam’s swing and other technical parts of his game. Although Anderson is now the general manager at the North Oaks Golf Club, the two continue to meet for teaching sessions three to four times per month year-round. Their relationship is close and their admiration and respect for each other is an essential element in Sam’s growth as a player. “He is such a great coach and there is no way that I could have achieved the success I’ve had to this point without Phil,” said Sam. “He is so patient and is always there for me when I need some advice or encouragement.” As the general manager at North Oaks, Anderson does

‘Sam is not easily flustered,’ said Anderson. ‘There are a lot of aspiring golfers out there who don’t respond very well after hitting a bad shot and they end up hitting several more. Sam keeps his composure and his sole focus is the next shot.’

Sam Udovich and Phil Anderson, his indispensable mentor and coach since 2016. not involve himself in coaching to the degree he did at Southview. “The parameters of my job do not allow me to do a lot of coaching,” he said. “The only two golfers I work with on a continuous basis are Sam and John Kriesel, a veteran who lost both of his legs when struck by a roadside bomb in Iraq.” Anderson’s admiration for Sam is reciprocal. He is particularly impressed with his calm demeanor, which is crucial to success on a golf course. “Sam is not easily flustered,” said Anderson. “There are a lot of aspiring golfers out there who don’t respond very well after hitting a bad shot and they end up hitting several more. Sam keeps his composure and his

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sole focus is the next shot.” Sam was 5’4” and weighed 98 pounds when he competed at Augusta in 2018, and he hit his drive 232 yards. He is now 5’9” and 114 pounds and is hitting drives as far as 260 yards. According to Anderson, the reason for Sam’s success off the tee is his work ethic. “Sam is growing and getting stronger, and during that process we continue to make subtle changes to his swing,” he said. “He immediately goes to the range or the simulator to work on what we are trying to do and comes back a week later fully dialed in. Most kids don’t do that and more often than not we have to start all over again.” Sam had a breakthrough year in 2019. He opened the season with a first-place finish in the U.S. Kids Ozarks Open in Ozarks, Mo., and followed that up with a sixth-place finish in the Future Masters Invitational in Dothan, Ala. In July, he participated in the 11-12 year-old division at the IMG Academy World Championships in San Diego, Calif. Sam finished fourth out of field of 160, with rounds of 70-7071-211 (5 under par). In August, it was on to the U.S. Kids World Championships in Pine Hurst, N.C. Competing against 170 entrants from 20 countries in the 11-12 age category, Sam finished runner up, with rounds of 70-73-71-214 (2 under par). Locally, Sam played in two events hosted by the Minnesota PGA Players Tour for golfers age 19 and under. Participants included many of the top high school players in the state. With a field of 60 in an 18-hole event at Southview Country Club,

Sam won with an even par 72. At a 36-hole tournament at Keller Golf Course and Midland Hills Country Club, he finished third with a 72-75-147. In December, Sam took his considerable talents to Florida. His one-under par 36-hole total of 141 at the Doral Publix Junior Golf Classic (ages 12-13) sent him into a sudden death playoff. On the first playoff hole—a par three—Sam hit his tee shot to the right of the green. With two-thirds of the ball submerged in water, he managed to chip the ball within 15 feet of the hole and then sink the putt for the victory. Those kinds of results should give Sam some momentum as he heads to Augusta to take part in this year’s Drive, Chip and Putt competition. The road to qualify for that prestigious event is not easy. It is a threestep process that began last summer. Nearly 8,000 kids in four age groups (7-9, 10-11, 1213, and 14-15) participated in a girls division and a boys division in local competitions at more than 200 sites in all 50 states. Sam was among about 40 kids in each age group that took part in the local competition at the Faribault Country Club in August. The top three boys and three girls in each age group moved on to the subregional, held at Victory Links golf course in Blaine. The top two finishers in each age group in the sub-regional qualified to participate in one of the ten regional finals conducted across the country. The Upper Midwest regional was held last fall at Interlachen Country Club in Minneapolis. There is no room for error in the regional. You win or you go home. Sam’s work ethic and calm demeanor were in full display at Interlachen. He was victorious in the 12-13 age group and punched his ticket to Augusta. He will be making his third appearance in a prestigious event that is televised worldwide on the

Golf Channel. In 2016, at age nine, Sam finished fifth in the 7-9 age group, and in 2018 he finished runner-up in the 10-11 age group. He is looking forward to taking the next step on April 5 among the dogwoods and azaleas at Augusta National. I interviewed Sam the day before his 13th birthday party and found him to be easy-going, with no ego or pretentiousness. Like most kids his age, he was looking forward to spending time with his friends and family. When discussing his dad, he is quick to express his gratitude for all the time and resources he has invested on Sam’s behalf. “Obviously none of this could have happened without him,” said Sam of his father. “He has been with me every step of the way and I can’t thank him enough.” Because of his out-of-state golf schedule over the past several years, Sam has missed a lot of school. Nonetheless, he continues to find himself on the “A” Honor Roll. He is now a seventh grader at Friendly Hills Middle School in Mendota Heights. “The biggest help for me is my iPad,” he said. “It has all of my homework assignments on it and I can work on them when I’m in my (hotel) room at night. I take most of my tests when I get home, and so far it has worked out pretty well.” Barely a teenager, Sam has already carved out an impressive golf resume. His calm demeanor appears to be omnipresent and his dedication to the sport he loves unwavering. When asked if it was too early to set long term goals, Sam said, “I have two. First, I want to earn a scholarship to play golf at a Division I school, and secondly I would love to play on the (18-year old and younger) USA Junior Ryder Cup Team.” Sam already has three crucial ingredients going for him toward accomplishing those goals—his family, his coach and most importantly himself.

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Raising the Roof

he roof fell in on the church I had been attending for only couple of weeks. As I have not always been a regular churchgoer, I thought this was kind of an over-the-top response to my unexpected appearance in church. The collapse was quite serious as it turned out. Several roof joists snapped, and the rest were badly compromised. We were not permitted to return to the sanctuary, so services had to be held in the basement, which was not directly underneath. The roof came down in Janu-

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ary—of last year—and we are still in the basement. “What’s our word for the year?” one of the church’s

The Urban Explorer Exploring our regional amenities Ginny Contreras Sawyer Contributor

Penumbra Theatre Bright theatrical lighting illuminates what appears to be an apartment. A living room with a day bed and coffee table are positioned in the forefront of the stage. Behind them is a mini bar with champagne flutes and wine glasses, and to the left is a kitchen table with six ornate chairs. Empty frames— windows or perhaps mirrors—adorn the walls. The walls and furniture are all white, appearing beautiful instead of plain. Like a castle built from ice, the set subtly shimmers under the lights. Suddenly, the lights dim, and a powerful voice is heard. The empty frames begin to flash with pictures and words. The pop of gunshots echoes across the theater. As images of police violence and Black Lives Matter protests fill the frames, the voice narrates a litany of dates, places and names. Then the words of acclaimed African American writer Zora Neale Hurston appear: “I feel most colored when thrown against a sharp, white background.” This quote remains illuminated even as the lights return and the actors enter the stage.

It’s a sleepy Saturday afternoon in February and I’m at Penumbra Theater to see the critically acclaimed play “The White Card,” written by Pulitzer prize winning author Claudia Rankine. Located within the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center in the historic Rondo neighborhood, Penumbra is one of only three professional African American theater companies in the nation to offer a full season of performances. Nationally renowned, Penumbra has launched many a playwright’s career, including the late two-time Pulitzer prize-winning August Wilson. According to their mission statement, Penumbra seeks to “illuminate the human condition through the prism of the African American experience,” and they employ more artists of color than all other theaters in Minnesota combined. “The White Card” fits their mission, though from a slightly different perspective. The play centers around a rich, white couple, Virginia and Charles Spencer, who collect art. They’ve invited Charlotte Cummings, an up-and-coming African American artist, to their

two pastors would ask at the start of every service. “Flexibility!” the congregation would reply, in unison. The first few weeks were a bit disorienting. The basement is long and narrow, so it was hard to know how to set up the folding chairs. One arrangement was tried the first week but when we arrived the second week, the chairs were in an entirely new set-up. Older parishioners would enter the room and stand for several long moments, surveying the landscape to get their bearings. When the formation of the building committee was announced, there were plenty of eager volunteers. The thing about church com-

home for dinner in an effort to woo her into selling them a painting for their private collection. Over aperitifs and champagne, Virginia makes cringe-worthy comments, which literally have the audience writhing in discomfort. When their son Alex arrives late because of attending a Black Lives protest event, sparks really start to fly. Virginia makes an off-hand comment about all lives mattering. At one point, trying to be a friendly hostess, she tells Charlotte, “Sit down. You’re not the maid,” without even realizing the blunder she’s made. She and Charles view themselves as the “good” white people. During the entire first act, the tension in the theater is palpable. We’re all waiting for Virginia and Charles’s subsequent gaffes, each one eroding their chances, bit by bit, of attaining Charlotte’s art, though the couple seem absurdly oblivious to it all. It’s a perfectly crafted situational comedy of the darkest kind of humor. Most impressive of all, the actors have somehow managed to portray this invisible struggle between black and white that pervades our current society. As one critic writes, Rankine’s play “eavesdrop[s] on America and a racism that has never gone away.” I’m so engrossed in the play that I don’t realize an hour has passed. The opening scene closes. After watching Charlotte amidst this extremely white setting, Zora Neale Hurston’s words take

mittees is that they almost always involve one of three things: cooking something, visiting very sick people or asking people for money. No one actually likes going to the hospital or asking for money and, for me anyway, going to battle with an insurance company beats making a tuna noodle casserole any day of the week. As the months went by, I began to worry that this committee was, perhaps, having just a little too much fun. They spent months going back and forth with the insurance adjustors, and the committee chairman became a minor celebrity. Each week he’d announce who’d won the latest round and folks would cheer as if it were some new competitive sport.

Apparently, we are now getting close. The project grew, as projects like this almost always do. The pews needed refinishing and the radiators an upgrade. The lighting was pretty badly damaged when the roof dropped down like the underside of a boat. “I think we’ll be in for Easter!” the chairman announced. That will be sixteen months after the collapse, and far longer, I am sure, than anyone imagined it would be. Last Sunday on my way out, I looked at the pews lined up in the narthex with a new coat of stain and brand-new cushions on them. It’s going to be nice, no question. But I

wondered if I would be the only one to feel a little nostalgic for our year of flexibility. I wondered if joining this new church would have been as rich an experience if I’d been comfortably sitting in a pew the whole time. Every week we’ve had to move and adapt to change. Every week the church has faced the challenge of how to fit everyone in and accomplish its many other functions the other six days of the week. Every week the congregation has had to work together in ways they never have before. While I’m certainly not wishing for the roof to fall in on anyone, I’m not sure it’s been such a bad thing. Till next time.

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“The White Card” play fit Penumbra’s mission to “illuminate the human condition through the prism of the African American experience.” on new meaning. There’s no break for intermission, except the few minutes it takes to change the set. Now we’re at Charlotte’s simple studio—just a worktable, some framed pictures and a water pitcher with glasses. Her buzzer rings, and it’s Charles. Some months have passed but he still can’t get the disastrous dinner out of his mind. In another tense scene, Charlotte attempts to explain why she can’t sell her work to him, and he again attempts to convince her that he’s one of the good guys, that, in fact, there’s no difference between him and her.

Finally, there seems to be a glimmer of hope, perhaps a semi-happy ending is in order. In a dramatic moment, Charles closely inspects his skin, as if seeing it for the first time, not just its color but the privilege that goes along with it. He rips off his entire shirt and jumps up on Charlotte’s desk. The lights dim and suddenly his image is cast on the wall behind him. The play has delivered its final message: change cannot come before recognition. I sit in stunned silence after the play finishes. The usher politely asks me to leave. Not only is the production of Broadway caliber,

the performance has struck a chord with me. It’s almost as if a mirror has been held up to the country’s current political, social and racial turmoil, and then been reflected in the form of a play. Still not ready to go home, I wander the halls of Hallie Q. Brown looking at the banners and pictures which cover the walls. It’s like a mini-museum celebrating the vibrancy and beauty of the original Rondo community before the construction of I-94 tore through its heart. I don’t know what to do or to say. Maybe that’s the point.

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Minnesota’s first Swedish settler Jacob Fahlstrom: fur trader, mail carrier, missionary Amy Johnson Staff Writer

plaque near the corner of Robert and Kellogg pays homage to Jacob Fahlstrom, the first Swede ever recorded to step foot in what is now Minnesota. What it doesn’t reveal is the harrowing journey that began in his native Sweden and ended here in St. Paul, and how he abandoned his ancestry when he assimilated with native tribes.

Fahlstrom was a true frontiersman and blazed the trail for the flood of Swedish immigrants that flocked here between 1850 and 1930, about three decades after he arrived in 1818. He was born in 1795 in Stockholm, Sweden, with an adventurous spirit. At age nine, he boarded his uncle’s ship as a cabin boy, and at 14 found himself shipwrecked off the coast of England. Afterward, he journeyed to London, where he joined Lord Sel-

kirk’s expedition to Hudson Bay. This was a turning point in Fahlstrom’s life; it was here he fell in love with the New World. Soon after the ship touched shore, Fahlstrom ventured out to explore the North American wilderness. During one excursion, he became lost for about eight days. He endured a devastating rainstorm, which soaked his gunpowder. Unable to hunt, he resorted to eating rotten fish to survive. He

finally came across a Chippewa tribe, which generously took him in. After living with them a few years, he married one of their own. Fahlstrom abandoned his Swedish heritage entirely and took up the Chippewa way of life, even dressing in native clothing. Those in his tribe called him “Yellowhead” because of his blond hair, and European settlers called him the “Swede Indian” because he was fluent in several native languages,

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including Ojibwe, Dakota and Iroquois. Fahlstrom’s linguistic skills—he was also fluent in Swedish, English and French—helped him greatly in his job as fur trader for the Hudson Bay Co. and American Fur Co. Early in his career, Fahlstrom grew restless and left his wife. He followed the fur trade to Lake Superior, working with the American Fur Co. While in that region, he met and married Marguerite Bungo, daughter of the leader of the Lake Superior Chippewas. She bore him nine children. He and his family eventually drifted south in 1827 to the newly built Fort Snelling. There, he found work as a U.S. Government mail carrier, and landed a contract to supply firewood to the fort. Fahlstrom lived in the Cold Spring region by Fort Snelling, where light rail trains now zip along Hiawatha Avenue. His mail route was vast. He delivered parcels to Prairie du Chien, Wis., along the St. Croix River and to the Lake Superior region. A man of many interests, he also experimented with blacksmithing. Fahlstrom lived in this manner––taking odd jobs, venturing into the wilderness and lazing around whenever possible––for 13 years before he stumbled into Camp Coldwater and a makeshift church near Fort Snelling established by Methodist missionaries. Although raised Lutheran, he became Methodist after observing a powerful sermon delivered by a passionate preacher who actually broke the pulpit during his homily. It inspired Fahlstrom in his Christian faith and he later became a licensed preacher himself, in 1840. He took up

this newfound calling with vigor and became known as “Father Jacob.” Fahlstrom served as missionary and translator to the Native Americans in the area and ministered to Swedish immigrants, who later came in waves, and to lumbermen at camps in the north woods. Eventually, his wanderlust subsided. He reportedly said he was so tired of being asked by the U.S. Government to relocate that he “pledged to walk east all day until the sun dropped behind him,” which would take him off government land. Fahlstrom eventually settled in St. Paul and owned 80 acres in what is now the city’s business district. He later sold the acreage because he thought it was too hilly and moved to White Bear Lake, but he frequently returned to the city, often walking roughly 17 miles to lend support to the newly established Swedish church in St. Paul. In 1841, Fahlstrom relocated to Afton, where he farmed and continued his missionary work. He experienced Minnesota’s official statehood in 1858, about one year before his death. He is buried in Afton in the Fahlstrom Cemetery. Fahlstrom was a polyglot, postmaster, blacksmith, translator, missionary, farmer and fur trader. In 1948, Prince Bertil of Sweden dedicated the aforementioned plaque in St. Paul in his honor. A painting of Fahlstrom hangs in the Swedish Institute at 2600 Park Ave. in Minneapolis. While it depicts him with a frowning countenance, he is recorded as being “kindly, sincere and devoted,” despite displaying a few rascally habits throughout his younger years.

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Waiting lists change and may be open. Please call the property to inquire. Albright Townhomes Minneapolis Chancellor Manor Burnsville Cornerstone Creek Apartments Golden Valley For developmentally disabled individuals. Dale Street Place St. Paul Diamond Hill Townhomes Minneapolis Elliot Park Apartments Minneapolis Franklin Lane Apartments Anoka Hamline St. Paul Hanover Townhomes St. Paul Haralson Apple Valley Hopkins Village Apartments Hopkins Lincoln Place Apartments Mahtomedi Oakland Square Minneapolis Olson Townhomes Minneapolis Park Plaza Apartments Minneapolis Prairie Meadows Eden Prairie Ramsey Hill St. Paul Raspberry Ridge Apartments Hopkins Slater Square Apartments Minneapolis Talmage Green Minneapolis Trinity Apartments Minneapolis Trinity on Lake Minneapolis Unity Place Brooklyn Center Vadnais Highland Townhomes Vadnais Heights Veterans and Community Minneapolis Housing - Sober Housing Brustad Place, aka Veterans East Minneapolis

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Destination: Downtown & Lowertown A Guide to Shopping, Services and Entertainment

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Penfield/Lunds

The Chiropractor

B16

B C

First Baptist Church

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Central Presbyterian

St. Paul Dental Center

Lancer Service

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F Atlas Staffing

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Kat Keys

G PARK SQUARE

The Bulldog

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I3 Gallery of Wood Art

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Crown Mischief

US BANK CENTER

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Sass A Unique Boutique

Skyway YMCA

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Great River Dental

K LOWERTOWN LOFTS & APTS.

Subtext Bookstore

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CHS Field

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Art / Galleries

American Association of Woodturners Gallery of Wood Art I3 222 Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., 55102 Sculpture | History | Gifts 651-444-1205 www.galleryofwoodart.org Master Framers M16 262 E. 4th St., 651-291-8820 www.masterframers.com

www.facebook.com/MASTERFRAMERS

Custom picture framing and restoration since 1959.

Professional Services Atlas Staffing G14 189 7th Place E., 651-222-5894 atlasstaffinginc.com Providing the BEST employees.

Great River Dental J12 375 Jackson St. Ste. 200 651-222-0983 greatriverdental.com Complete dental care, including implants Kat-Key’s Lock & Safe St. Paul G16 249 E. 7th St. 651-292-1124, www.katkeys.com Repairs, replacements, safe moving/delivering, rekeying, master key system setup, door hardware/door closer installation and more. Lancer Service Auto Care F17 270 E. 8th St., 651-224-0267 www.lancerservice.com www.facebook.com/lancerservice Defining the future of auto care… unlike any other.

St. Paul Dental Center E7 30 E. 7th St., Ste. 101 651-227-6646 www.stpauldentalcenter.com We provide comprehensive family dentistry. The Chiropractor A12 523 Jackson Street, Suite 105 St. Paul, MN 55101 651-287-0935 www.thechiropractormn.com Chiropractic Adjustments | Acupuncture RockTape Techniques | Massage Therapy

Retail & Restaurants The Bulldog I15 237 E. 6th St., 651-221-0750 www.thebulldoglowertown.com Happy Hour: $1 off pints, wells & domestic bottles & half-price apps

Shop locally and support the businesses that support our community

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M16 Master Framers

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Lowertown Wine & Spirits

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Subtext Bookstore K6 6 5th St. W., 651-493-2791 subtextbooks.com St. Paul’s independent bookstore. Sass A Unique Boutique J10 101 E. 5th St., Suite 206 St. Paul Skyway 651-493-2452 Unique, chic, trendy women’s clothing and accessories. We carry sizes xs-3x.

Worship Central Presbyterian Church C8 500 Cedar St., 651-224-4728 www.centralforgood.org www.facebook.com/CentralPresbyterian Church In the city for good. All are welcome!

To advertise on this map, call 651-457-1177 Map Map base base courtesy courtesy of of the the Capitol Capitol River River Council Council

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