Find out Augie’s Secrets at the Calhoun Village Barnes & Noble May 18th, 1-3pm
A treasury of family secrets exposes the seamy underbelly of Minneapolis—gangsters, gambling, brothels, and the social life of organized crime. Augie Ratner, the proprietor of Augie’s Theater Lounge & Bar on Hennepin Avenue, was the unofficial mayor of Minneapolis’s downtown strip in the 1940s and ’50s. In a few blocks between the swanky clubs and [...]
The Legendary Homes of the Minneapolis Lakes Meet the authors: Friday November 16th, 6-8pm at the Calhoun Village Barnes and Noble
An architectural tour of some of the finest homes in Minnesota situated around Minneapolis’s famed Chain of Lakes. Meet the authors: Friday November 16th at 6-8pm Hosted by Barnes and Noble Booksellers at Calhoun Village 3216 West Lake Street in Minneapolis For tens of thousands of Minnesotans who walk and bike and paddle around [...]
Clarence W. Wigington’s Highland Park Water Tower
The octagonal Highland Park Water Tower was designed Clarence W. Wigington. A city of Saint Paul architect from 1915 to 1949, He also designed the Keller Golf Course Clubhouse, the Saint Paul Public Safety Building, and Como Park Pavilion. Wigington is often considered the first big city African-American municipal architect in the country. The 134 [...]
Thoreau in Minnesota
In 1861, Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) and a young Horace Mann, Jr. spent two weeks getting from Massachusetts to Minnesota, by rail and by steam. The pair stayed for a month exploring the the Twin Cities area. Thoreau kept notes on the plants, animals and natural phenomena of the region. On June 11, 1861 while [...]
The J&S Bean Factory Artists Market July 28th & 29th
a href=”http://nokohaha.com/2012/07/21/marcia-ward-richie-at-the-js-bean-factory-artists-market-11-5-728-729/artistsmarket/” rel=”attachment wp-att-23970″> It’s art fair weather! I wouldn’t want you to miss a chance to see my favorite painter in Saint Paul. Marcia Ward Richie will be out in the fresh air at the Artists Market with paintings, cards and jewelry. The Artists Market will be at J&S Bean Factory, 1518 Randolph, near [...]
