DTN Oct 2011

October 2011

Volume 17

Number 10

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Mary Diedrick HansenStaff Writer

St. Paul’s Art Crawl is so popular it has to be

done twice a year, once in the spring and again in the fall. This year’s Fall Art Crawl is scheduled for Fri., Oct. 7, 6-10 p.m., Sat., Oct. 8, noon- 8 p.m., and Sun., Oct. 9, noon-5 p.m. The streets of St. Paul are expected to be “crawling” with art lovers, as hundreds of artists open their studio doors to welcome fellow followers of outstanding artistic design.

On display and for sale at nearly 30 Lowertown

locations, and a few out-lying areas, will be every-thing an art lover could desire, from photography to fabric painting, sculpt-ing to sketches, and a cat-alog at each location for tracking down a favorite artist or finding an art medium of particular in-terest. Artists will also be available to answer ques-tions. Maps showing the addresses of all locations are available at www.art-crawl.org. Many of the buildings in the Lower-town neighborhood are within walking distance of each other.

The Lowertown neigh-borhood has evolved by

design to become the city’s very own artists’ colony. It began to flour-ish in the ’70s and ’80s with artists moving into old, rundown buildings that had been restored as

affordable studio work/living space. To main-tain the surge of artists into downtown, the St. Paul Art Collective, in 1991, organized a series of open-forum meetings

with artists to learn what they wanted most in their burgeoning neigh-borhood. The most often heard request was for a public venue to display their work. The St. Paul

Art Crawl is the product of that initiative. Now in its 20th year, it is run by the artists and is open to the public.

Fall Art Crawl held Oct. 7-9 at locales throughout downtown St. Paul

Patrick Clancy is the winner of the Fall Art Crawl poster contest. His photograph, “Grave Yard,” is being used on a poster publicizing the event.

Fall Art Crawl / Page 6

St. Paul Ward 2 City Council race heats upMary Diedrick Hansen

Staff Writer

For the upcoming November 8 election, five candi-dates have tossed their hats into the ring for the

Ward 2 City Council position. Ward 2 includes the West Side, Lowertown and the downtown business district, West 7th Street, Summit Hill, and the East Side’s Railroad Island. Each of the candidates was

asked to list three top priorities for the city for 2012 and beyond.

Candidates will be selected through instant runoff voting, also known as ranked choice voting. This sys-tem is designed to elect one winner with a majority of votes from a pool of candidates. Voters rank can-didates in order of preference. Each ballot is counted as one vote for their first choice candidate. If one candidate receives a majority of votes after the first

round, that candidate wins. In case of a tie, the candi-date with the fewest votes is eliminated, and a second round of counting begins. Once again, each ballot counts as one vote, but for those who had their first choice eliminated, their second choice candidate will be taken as their vote in the second round of voting. This process continues until a candidate receives a majority of the vote.

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Sharon Anderson1058 Summit Ave./P.O. Box 4384, St. Paul MN 55104 651-776-5835 www.sharon4council.blogspot.com Email: [email protected]

Sharon Anderson is a political activist and re-current candidate who has run for Ward 2 City Council several times, as well as state representa-tive and St. Paul mayor. She works in real estate.

• Property Tax Reform: objects to Homestead Credits being taken away.

• Real estate and com-merce reform and term limits: Abolish legislative hearings and eliminate the 42 city attorneys and their staff.

Dave Thuneincumbent 26 Irvine Park St. Paul MN 55102 651-227-2511 www.davethune.com Email: [email protected]

Dave Thune has a de-gree in architecture and owns Mad Hatter’s Cof-fee Cafe & Teahouse and St. Paul Gallery of Art on West 7th Street. He has served on the City Council 1990-98, and 2004-present. Council president from 1995-98, he is endorsed by the DFL Party.

• A strong commitment to public safety. “With priorities shaped by the council and our new Po-lice Chief Tom Smith, we are beginning to see im-provements in our pres-sure to make our streets safe. Crime in nearly ev-ery category is down and our priorities are taking aim at problem proper-

ties and chronic problem neighbors who can make life on your block miser-able. Our police force is at high levels of officers and none of our budget cuts will take squads off the streets.”

• A commitment to housing rehabs and elim-ination of blighted prop-erties. “We have teamed with neighborhood orga-nizations like NeDA on our West Side to identify properties that can be purchased from foreclos-ing banks, rehabbed and sold to homeowners.”

• The environment.

“The City has become a leader in technology changes, which have im-proved efficiency and lowered annual costs — changes like retrofitting all of our traffic signals and streetlights, instal-lation of solar panels on City facilities like our convention center. An-other direct response to our environment has been the transformation of Lilydale (Regional Park) into a neighbor-hood resource for hiking, biking and general en-joyment of nature in the middle of a major city!

We continue to extend our system of identified bike trails throughout the city.”

Jim Ivey 300 Wall St., #708 St. Paul MN 55101 651-665-0224 www.iveyforsaint-paul.org Email: [email protected]

Jim Ivey has been a Lowertown resident and business owner for ten years, counting more than 50 customers that rely on his company’s

software to manage their businesses. He has a bachelor of science de-gree in computer science from Purdue University. A former political chair of the Green Party, he is a competitive member of the St. Paul Curling Club and is an urban gardener.

• Put people first. “That means proactively seeking concerns and ideas from neighbors and businesses each week. I will not wait for you to knock on my door. I will be at district coun-cil meetings and other community gatherings

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every month. My office will not be driven by the status quo at City Hall. It will be driven by engaged residents like you.”

• Creating good jobs by strengthening our lo-cal economy. “Research shows that locally owned, independent businesses keep much more of your dollar in the community by purchasing more of their goods and services locally. I will take the lead in a “Shop Local St. Paul” promotional cam-paign coordinated with our neighborhood busi-ness districts and propose zoning options that give neighborhoods new tools to maintain a strong lo-cal and unique character in key business districts, so we don’t have to watch corporate chains homog-enize shopping. While we build new jobs, we also need to keep raising wage standards. I will consis-tently uphold our living wage ordinance when your tax dollars (city, state or federal) are used to subsidize develop-ment.”

• Expanding access to affordable, healthy food throughout the city. “De-mand for community gardens and small-scale urban farming is ris-ing, but city code creates many unnecessary barri-ers. I will work to change

that. Growing fruit and vegetables in the city puts healthy food on plates, brings neighborhoods to-gether, and can provide important supplemen-tary income to families. Focusing on these priori-ties will steer us toward a more sustainable, self-reliant city that is less subject to the whims of state government, (and) without continually put-ting the burden on home-owners through property taxes.”

Bill Hosko 111 Kellogg Blvd.St. Paul MN 55101 763-656-8624 [email protected]

Bill Hosko was born in St. Paul and has a de-gree in commercial art and architecture. For 17 years he has been self-employed as an architec-tural illustrator and has owned Hosko Gallery & Framing for 13 years. He has been a mentor for five years with Big Broth-ers Big Sisters, and is a former board member of downtown’s CapitolRiver Council and West Side Citizens Organization district councils. He is running as an indepen-dent candidate.

• Bringing more ac-countability to St. Paul

politics. “As a non-par-tisan council represen-tative, this will include ensuring the public will have the right to vote on term limits for St. Paul elected officials in the 2013 city elections, lead-ing an effort to rearrange the City Council cham-bers so that the council will no longer sit with their backs to their con-stituents, ensuring pro-fessionalism returns to the Ward 2 offices.”

• Suppressing future in-creases of property taxes and fees. “Two of the best ways are through elimi-nation of needless city spending. Recently, this included awarding a $2 million grant for Cosset-ta’s restaurant expansion, which violated the city’s living wage ordinance, and spending $14 million of the East Side’s Payne-Maryland project which in part will needlessly close an historic Carnegie Library while building a new one two blocks away. Realistic creation of new revenue streams is also needed to lessen the tax burden on property own-ers. Note: Higher rental property taxes are passed

on to renters in the form of higher rents.

“‘Ward Two 2017’ re-vitalization plan is being released on billhosko.org, outlining specific actions to improve and expand business and tourism environments, and the City’s bottom line, in-cluding a St. Paul Saints ballpark in Lowertown, an improved Farmers’ Market, a new and true Lowertown artists’ retail district, a far-reaching reuse plan for the mas-sive West Publishing complex, and the return of the Twin Cities Mod-el Railroad Museum to Union Depot.”

Cynthia P. Schanno 256 Spring St.St. Paul MN 55102 651-261-6634 www.voteschanno.comEmail: [email protected]

Cynthia Schanno has lived and worked her entire life in Minnesota. She received a two-year

degree in accounting, and attended (then) St. Thomas College, where she studied business administration before working for Schanno Transportation, her fam-ily’s business, after her fa-ther’s death. The business was sold in the mid-’80s, and for the next 20 years Schanno worked with aircraft brokerage firms as a researcher and sales coordinator. In 2001, she founded her own com-pany, JC Aviation, which specializes in marketing corporate and light utili-tarian aircraft. She is a member of the St. Paul Downtown Airport Task Force.

• Freeze property taxes. “High property taxes are driving citizens and busi-ness from St. Paul and this must stop. We need to focus on revenue in-creases through private sector job creation and promote better efficiency in government spend-ing.”

• Promote economic development in down-

town and throughout the city’s business districts. “Great things can happen if you trust the people and make sure govern-ment helps rather than hinders them as they pur-sue their dreams. This is especially true when it comes to growing the economy and creating jobs. I hope to be a strong advocate for job creation through the private sec-tor by ‘incentivizing’ and not subsidizing economic prosperity in St. Paul.”

• Promote safe neigh-borhoods by creating a partnership with the community and city staff. “We need to continue to keep St. Paul safe by providing local police with the funds and tools to continue fighting to make St. Paul a safe com-munity in which to live and work. Police can-not be everywhere at all times so we need to pro-mote local neighborhood involvement to reduce home and car break-ins, crime and graffiti.”

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LETTER TO THE EDITORFarmers’ Market ‘rumors’

In the September issue of the Voice part of the article “Farmers’ Market adds amenities” reads “ru-mors that the (Greater Lowertown Master Plan) called for the Farm-ers’ Market to be turned into green space have been quashed.” Respect-fully, I and others who attended the June 7 Greater Lowertown Master Plan meeting know that these “ru-mors”  were facts. The master plan document we received that evening was created by a Minneapolis con-sulting firm.  It was labeled “Final Presentation” and clearly showed most of the Farmers’ Market sheds being removed for four large squares of lawn. In the future, this plan ex-pected most growers to sell their products from under tents while

their customers shopped out in the open subject to  Minnesota’s vari-able weather.  This plan also called for closing Broadway Street during market days, as if traffic congestion here already isn’t bad enough. 

St. Paul’s leadership seems to con-tinually go outside this city, state, and even country at times to solicit urban planning opinions.  Why is this? I do not want St. Paul to have a provincial outlook, but there is plenty of inspiring homegrown tal-ent right here who understand St. Paul and Lowertown  just as well as these outside consultants, if not even better! It is time we recognize this.

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Sinfonia concertMinnesota Sinfonia

will present violinist Gary Levinson at the Winter Concert Series program at 7 p.m., Oct. 4, at First Covenant Church, 1280 Arcade St., St. Paul. He will perform “Melody, Meditation, and Scherzo” by Tchaikovsky and the Winter Section of the “Four Seasons” by Vival-di. Organist Lynn Trapp will perform “St. Olaf Sequence,” and the Sin-fonia will perform Sym-phony No. 92 by Haydn.

First Friday at Amersterdam

CapitolRiver Council/District 17 will host a First Friday social event 4-6 p.m., Fri., Oct. 7 at Amsterdam bar and res-taurant, Sixth and Wa-basha. The event is held the first Friday of each month to help downtown residents get acquainted.

Art classesA Step Left of Center

is now offering art classes at Suite 300 in the Alli-ance Bank building, 55

E. Fifth St., St. Paul, ac-cording to owner Cris HeBert. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Cheese and snack parties are held the third Friday of each month.

City Passport events

City Passport senior citizen center will hold its annual Halloween party at 2 p.m., Mon., Oct. 31, on the mez-zanine level of the Alli-ance Bank building, 55 E. Fifth St. Costumes are encouraged. Other events in October include: hap-py birthday party, 2 p.m., Mon., Oct. 10; trivia time, 10:30 a.m., Wed., Oct. 19; writers group, 10:30 a.m., Fri., Oct. 21; current events discus-sion, 11 a.m., Fri., Oct. 21; ice cream float social, 1:30 p.m., Fri., Oct. 21; acupuncture, 9:30 a.m. each Tuesday; songs of the ’50s-’70s, 10:45 a.m., Fri., Oct. 14 and 28; blood pressure testing, 10 a.m. each Monday; movies at 1 p.m. each Thursday.

Music at the Black Dog Café

Dean Magraw and Dabu Seru will perform at 7 p.m., Tues., Oct. 4, at the Black Dog Café, 308 Prince St. The Red Dog Band will play blue-grass selections on Oct. 22.

Central Library events

Central Library Book Club will discuss “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee at 10:30 a.m., Thurs., Oct. 13,

at the Central Library. The History Book Club will feature “Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in the Jazz Age of New York” by Deborah Blum at 2 p.m., Thurs., Oct. 27.

Zeitgeist performance

Zeitgeist will present New Music Harvest at 7:30 p.m., Oct. 6-8, at Studio Z, 275 E. Fourth St. The program will fea-ture new music, and food

from the Farmers’ Mar-ket. Banjo player Paul Elwood will give a guest performance.

David Lehman will discuss his book, “A Fine Romance: Jewish Ameri-can Songwriters. Ameri-can Song” at 7 p.m., Mon., Oct. 24, at Studio Z. The program is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Library and Rimon Artist Salon.

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“Generations” is being presented by blank slate theatre, Oct. 28-Nov. 5. The show is prepared by teenage students in the blank slate youth pro-gram.

Support for Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary improvements Several community organizations are support-

ing a new entrance to the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary. Sarah Clark of the Lower Phalen Creek Project said her group and neighborhood organizations representing downtown and Day-ton’s Bluff favor an entrance at Broadway, Prince and Fourth streets. This would be in place of the entrance at Fifth and Broadway, next to the Gil-lette building. Clark said an entrance at Prince Street would be more suitable because it is at a community gathering place next to the North-ern Warehouse building and the Black Dog Café. The Prince Street entrance would also create an

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A task force is being created by the St. Paul Parks and Recreation Department to come up with suggestions for the future development of Pedro Park. Spokesperson Jodi Martinez said the group will include downtown residents and busi-ness people. The property, which was donated to the city by the Pedro family, served as headquar-ters for a leather business from the 1960s until it closed in 2008. The building has been torn down and the land has been graded and tested for contaminated soil.

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Two downtown projects included in CIB budget

Mayor Chris Coleman included two downtown projects in his Capital Improvement Budget (CIB) for 2012. They include $46,000 for im-provements to the Down-town Children’s Play area and $117,000 for the cre-ation of a master plan for the proposed Pedro Park. The 17-year-old play area has worn surfaces, overgrown landscaping and damaged equipment. The proposed Pedro Park will be on the site of the former Pedro Luggage Company, near Tenth and Robert. Two other downtown proposals were not funded. They were $90,000 for Wacou-ta Park and $11,000 for a Lower Landing dog park.

Post office restructuring

The United States Postal Service is looking for a new location for

its downtown post office because the present site on Kellogg Boulevard is up for sale. A new site is needed to serve down-town businesses, resi-dents and the workforce that commutes to the city each day. The Post Office is in the process of restructuring its busi-ness model because of declining mail volume. Some branch offices in the Twin Cities are under review for closure.

Mears Park stream flowing again

The stream that goes through Mears Park is moving again. During the summer the stream stopped flowing because of a broken water pump. The pump required a special-order part, result-ing in a delay in fixing it. The water in the stream passes through the park and is recycled to the head of the stream via an underground pipe.

McGovern’s installs retractable roof

McGovern’s Pub will make it easier for patrons to sit on its patio during bad weather. The bar and restaurant at 225 West Seventh St. is installing a retractable roof that can be opened or closed ac-cording to weather con-ditions. The enclosed patio, which will also have retractable walls and heaters, is expected to open in November.

Going Dutch in St. Paul

The new Amsterdam bar in the Lawson Com-mons building has a dif-ferent feel than the two

previous tenants at that location. Instead of offer-ing full service dining on the scale of Fhima’s and Pop’s, Amsterdam offers a bar and entertainment venue.

Jarret Oulman, who owns the bar with his father, Jon, said Amster-dam features Dutch street food, including ham-burgers, deli sandwiches, salads and desserts. Am-sterdam plans to have live

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ParkingUse lots on Kellogg and Broadway, or at the far end

of Prince Street. There is also parking by the Rossmor building and other lots throughout the city. See the map at www.artcrawl.org for parking locations. Art Crawl visitors are urged to check St. Paul Smart Trips, www.smart-trips.org and the www.metrotransit.org/construction for updated parking and construction information. Because of the light rail and Lafayette Bridge construction, there will be no shuttle available for the Fall 2011 Art Crawl.

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Clancy has always enjoyed photography but began to get serious about it after falling in love with the ar-chitecture he saw while traveling overseas from 2000 to 2005. Back then he used a 35 mm camera, “nothing fancy,” he said, but photography started to become a

serious hobby. Now digi-tal cameras have opened up a whole new world to him with all kinds of tricks and tools to use on the computer.

Clancy worked at vari-ous sales jobs before taking the plunge five years ago and setting up his own professional photography business, Patrick Clancy Photog-raphy. While making a living doing wedding photography and high school senior portraits, he is still able to find time for the “artsy land-scape stuff.”

“It was a huge step,” he said. “I still can’t believe I did it. I knew ahead of time that it would be a tremendous undertak-ing. Most veterans are getting out. I got lucky. It was through word of mouth and using family and friends in my portfo-lio that got the business off the ground.”

His winning photo-graph, “Grave Yard,” was taken at a farmyard in one of the northern metro suburbs, and was color enhanced.

“My photography work takes me up and about, and I happen upon vari-ous scenes,” said Clancy. “I like to go out in the country to get lost and see what I can find.”

During the Art Crawl, find him in the Lower-town Lofts Artists Co-operative, 255 Kellogg Blvd. E., Studio 305. The entrance is in the back alley.

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Shane Anderson, “Dylan & Friends II” mixed media651-334-7862

It all started in middle school when Shane Ander-son discovered that by doodling all over his notebooks he was able to focus more in the classroom. He was a big fan of artist M. C. Escher and his repeated images, and of Warner Brothers cartoons.

Because his dream was to be like Chuck Jones, the animation director at Warner Brothers, he enrolled at the Art Institutes International Minnesota for com-puter animation. He soon discovered that animation’s technical aspect of moving from point A to point B was more than he bargained for and instead went into graphic design.

His career began to take off with an internship in the city of St. Paul’s graphic design and marketing de-partment. During his time there, the City was doing its famous salute to cartoonist Charles Schulz with a “Charlie Brown” statue competition. Anderson was urged to submit some designs.

“People would submit designs, and there was a three-ring binder with hundreds of them, and if a company didn’t have their own artist they would pick a design and sponsor the artist,” said Anderson. “I got lucky the first time and got two Charlie Browns.”

Not long after, the Science Museum of Minnesota promoted its 100th anniversary by creating dinosaur statues for artists to paint. Two of Anderson’s designs were chosen. There was one slight problem. He was supposed to use acrylic paint, which he had never used before. With his first attempt, the blending and shading of the paint seemed to come naturally to him and he was pleased with the results.

Then, unbeknownst to Anderson, his wife (also an artist) entered him in the Lakeville Art Festival, under the emerging artist category. She submitted a photo of one of his dinosaurs and one of his drawings. If selected he would get a booth for free as well as help in displaying all his artwork (even though he didn’t have any artwork to display). When he was accepted, much to his surprise, he and his wife spent the next 2 ½ months staying up late at night creating 12 original pieces to display at his booth. As if this much luck weren’t enough, one day the President and CEO of the Winter Carnival was attending an art festival, saw his work and loved it. She commissioned him to de-sign the Winter Carnival poster.

Now Anderson has the itch to try something differ-ent, like creating 3D characters that are ripping open the canvas and walking in. He is also enjoying doing custom design work that reflects his own style. Find his work at the Northern Warehouse Building on the corner of Broadway Avenue and Prince Street, Studio 206.

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Your community news and information sourceA rts & CultureAmy Bell, Egg 1colored pencil651-353-2697

Bell could be called the reluctant artist. Growing up in East Moline, Ill., she loved creating pen and ink drawings, then added watercolor paint-ing to her repetoire. But making it into a careeer? No way. She was a pre-med major and wanted to minor in physics when she started at Augustana College in Illinois. Her work study program with the theater department got her off track, however, as she discovered that all her time was being spent putting her drawing and painting skills to work designing costumes and sets. She switched to theater design with an art and civics minor.

She moved to the Twin Cities after realizing that it has a vibrant theater scene. She was lighting designer for the Fringe Festival in 1999, and was accepted as an intern in a Guthrie Theater program. When she re-alized it was unpaid, she decided to return to school, this time at the University of Minnesota, for a more “solid” degree — in architecture. Her winning en-try “Egg 1” is a colored pencil drawing done in 2009 while she was a student.

Since then she has changed to acrylic painting and is creating larger works of art. She also works at a software company, where she is applying archtectural drawing concepts.

She recently moved to the Tilsner Artists Coopera-tive at 300 Broadway Street. Her work can be found in studio 507.

Nanci Fulmek: Equine & Portrait ArtistBlack Velvet - oil

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“I grew up in St. Paul and didn’t have a horse, so I started drawing my own,” said Nanci Fulmek. “My first attempt at watercolor won first place at the State Fair but I thought you couldn’t make money being an artist, so I went into finance at Lakewood Com-munity College and landed in the banking business.”

Her inner artist continued calling. She left the banking business after 10 years to work at Kelley Gal-leries in Woodbury to learn the business of art. That’s where she first heard of the Atelier Studio Program of Fine Art in Minneapolis, where classical art is taught. She enrolled in the school’s intense five-year program in 2004. Only 20 students are accepted into the pro-gram each year. They learn through one-on–one in-struction in what the school calls its apprenticeship program. Fulmek put in 7,500 hours learning how to see shapes, values and colors. Much of the work on her website was created during her time at the presti-gious school. Many are of horses.

This year will be her 19th year as an equine art-ist. Her originals are collected nationwide. But what about Black Velvet, her winning entry? It seems Ful-mek has “stumbled” onto a surprising niche with her shoe portrait.

It came about when one of her models, who was very short, was sitting on a bench with her feet unable to touch the ground. Fulmek told her to just kick off her shoes. The way they fell on the floor intrigued her, so she decided to paint them. The portrait sold immediately.

Now all her friends want portraits of their shoes. “I guess everyone does love shoes,” said Fulmek.

Her work is displayed at Kelley Galleries in Wood-bury. Surprisingly, she also sells a lot of shoe portraits at horse shows she attends. “People like them because they are something different from all the horse stuff.”

During the Art Crawl, Fulmek can be found on the fourth floor of ACVR Warehouse, located near Har-riet Island at 106 Water St. Plenty of parking is avail-able and the building has an elevator.

Scott Mims, “Root Bowl,” [email protected]

651-983-2012“It’s a coco-bolo root from a tree,” explained Scott

Mims about his winning entry. “It’s not a common wood around here. I found it at a cabinetmaking shop and had never seen anything like it so I snatched it up and had some fun with it.”

It took two months for Mims to get up the courage to start working on it. He was concerned that once he started, if anything went wrong he would lose the wood. Finally, his phi-losophy of “it’s already inside, you just have to remove the excess,” won out.

“I think Michelangelo said that,” added Mims with a chuckle.

It took six hours to shape “Root Bowl,” and finish it with linseed oil to make it shiny and du-rable.

Mims is amazed he won because he just started working with wood about 1½ years ago. His “real” job is a band instrument repair technician at Ca-denza Music in St. Paul, where he has worked for seven years. One of the other technicians at the store got him into wood-working.

“It started out as a hobby,” said Mims, who works out of his base-ment. He bought a wood lathe and started making pens. His artist friend set some of them out at an Art Crawl and they sold quickly. Encouraged, he decided to take a begin-ning woodworking class

from local artist Jim Sannerud. He expanded his rep-ertoire from making pens to turning out bowls. Once again, they were a hot item at his friend’s Art Crawl gallery. Since then, Mims and a few fellow artists have formed an artists’ cooperative to help cut costs when entering art shows. He’s making all kinds of things now. The list keeps getting longer of things his friends want him to make.

During the Art Crawl, Mims’s work will be dis-played in the lobby of the Cosmopolitan Building at 250 E. Sixth St. Check out the cooperative’s website at trifabart.com.

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Your community news and information sourceS ample St. PaulChildren’s Museum

“Rainforest Ad-venture” is presented through Jan. 8, 2012. This mulit-sensory expe-dition introduces visitors to tropical rainforests around the world, high-lights the challenges fac-ing these unique ecologi-cal wonders and suggests ways that people can make a difference.

“Storyland: A Trip Through Childhood Favorites” is featured through Feb. 5, 2012. This exhibit brings chil-dren and adults into the world of seven beloved picture books. From the gardens of “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” to the ur-ban snowscape of “The Snowy Day” and the tropical island of “Chic-ka Chicka Boom Boom,” Storyland engages visi-tors in early literature adventures. Tickets are $8.95. The museum is located at 10 W. Seventh St., St. Paul. For more in-formation, call 651-225-6000 or visit www.mcm.org. Explore the museum free of charge 9 a.m.-5

p.m. the third Sunday of each month.

History CenterThe 1968 Exhibit

opens Oct. 14. The year 1968 was a year of ex-tremes: of comedy and

tragedy, of love and hate, of a president stepping down and a leader being gunned down, of vio-lence on the front lines and on the home front, of graceful athletes and powerful protests, and of

the promise of law and order. In one single year America saw it all and the highlights of that year are featured in this exhibit.

Museum tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and college students, and $5 for children age 6-17. The center offers free ad-mission on Tuesdays, 5-8

p.m. For more informa-tion, call 651-259-3000 or visit www.mnhs.org.

History Theatre“Beyond the Rain-

bow: Garland at Carn-egie Hall” is presented Oct. 8-Nov. 6. Witness Judy Garland in her leg-endary comeback con-

cert in 1961 at Carnegie Hall. The performance leads audiences through a whirlwind of Garland memories, starting with her childhood days in Grand Rapids, Minn., and on to the studios at MGM, marriages and divorces. Hers was a life packed with love, pas-sion, courage and resil-ience. The performance features some of Gar-land’s greatest songs, in-cluding “Get Happy,” “I Can’t Give you Anything but Love,” “That’s En-tertainment,” “The Trol-ley Song,” and “Over the Rainbow.” Tickets are $30-$38 for adults, with discounts for seniors and children.

Sample Night Live, a sampling of local pro-ductions, is featured at the History Theatre at 7 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month, except February. The format fea-tures 12 acts per night, including theater, film, dance, improv, visual arts, folk and opera. The next performance is Oct. 5. Tickets are $20. The History Theater is locat-ed at 30 E. Tenth St., St. Paul. For more informa-tion, call the box office at 651-292-4323 or visit www.historytheatre.com.

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“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spell-ing Bee” is presented Oct. 6-30 by Theatre Latté Da at the Ordway Center, 345 Washington St., St. Paul. This hu-morous musical comedy chronicles the experience of six adolescent over-achievers vying for the spelling championship

“Come Fly Away” is presented Oct. 11-16, at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts.

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Your community news and information sourceS ample St. Paulof a lifetime. The show’s Tony Award-winning creative team has created the unlikeliest of hit mu-sicals about the unlikeli-est of heroes: a quirky, yet charming cast of out-siders for whom a spell-ing bee is the one place on earth where they can both stand out and fit in. Tickets are $19-$39.

“Come Fly Away” is presented Oct. 11-16. This show combines the seductive vocals of “Ol’ Blue Eyes” with the siz-zling sound of a live big band. Fifteen of the world’s best dancers tell the story of four couples falling in and out of love at a swinging night club on a starlit evening. The show features a score of beloved Frank Sina-tra classics, including “Fly Me to the Moon,” “My Way,” “New York, New York,” and “Ma-kin’ Whoopee.” Tickets are $27-$88. For more information, call 651-224-4222 or visit www.ordway.org.

Park Square “August: Osage Coun-

ty” is presented through Oct. 2. When their al-coholic patriarch disap-

pears, a large extended family returns to the homestead. Forced to confront unspoken truths and secrets, the family must also contend with Violet, the acid-tongued, pill-popping mother at the center of this storm.

“Oliver Twist” is pre-sented Oct. 14-Nov. 6. A young orphan in London escapes the workhouse only to fall in with a band of pickpockets. His exploits culminate with a terrifying chase across the rooftops of London and a chance encounter with a man who holds the secret of Oliver’s true identity.

Tickets are $38-$58. The theater is located in the Historic Hamm Building, 20 W. 7th Place, St. Paul. For more information, call 651-291-7005 or visit www.parksquaretheatre.org.

Science Museum “Nature Unleashed:

Inside Natural Disas-ters” opens Fri., Oct. 7. From earthquakes and volcanoes to hurricanes and tornadoes, nature’s forces have shaped our planet. Throughout his-tory, these catastrophic phenomena have affected

people around the world. This exhibit reveals the causes of these natural di-sasters and explains how people cope and adapt in the aftermath, and how science is helping to bet-ter predict, respond to and prepare for future events.

“Amazon” is featured in the Omnitheatre. This film explores the wonders of the Amazon, from its exotic animals to its in-digenous people.

Museum tickets are $11 for adults and $8.50 for children and seniors. Omnitheater tickets are $8 and $7 respectively. The Science Museum is located at 120 W. Kellogg Blvd. For more informa-tion, visit www.smm.org or call 651-221-9444.

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conference is presented Oct. 21-22 at the Xcel Energy Center, 199 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul. The event features re-nowned speakers, award-winning musical artists, best-selling authors, dra-ma and more. Tickets are $99.

Disney’s “Phineas and Ferb: The Best LIVE

Tour Ever!” is presented at 1 and 4 p.m., Sun., Oct. 23. The beloved characters from Disney Channel’s animated se-ries embark on a bold es-cape from the television screen to a live action ad-venture. Tickets are $18-$56.

Centennial Showboat

Flying Pig Productions kicks off its inaugural season with the area pre-miere of Jeff Daniels hit comedy, “Escanaba in da Moonlight,” opening Oct. 6, at the Centennial Showboat on Harriet Is-land in St. Paul.

Set on the eve of the opening day of deer sea-son in 1989, Escanaba in da Moonlight tells the story of Reuben Soady, the only son in a fam-ily of Upper Peninsula (Michigan) hunters, nev-er to bag a buck. Joined by his pop Albert, broth-er Remnar, and local

oddball Jimmer Negama-nee, Reuben is hoping to get his shot and shed the mantle of the buckless yooper. But before dawn approaches, the arrival of a strange DNR ranger and a series of strange oc-currences threaten Reu-bens ultimate goal. Will he bag the buck. or go down in family history as

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Your community news and information sourceR iver Connections

Tim SpitzackEditor

Harriet IslandOver the past decade,

Harriet Island Regional Park has become the gem of St. Paul’s riverfront, hosting cultural events both large and small and offering a natural oasis amid the urban land-scape. The Great River Passage plan recognizes the significance of Har-riet Island and plans

to enhance it to attract more visitors daily. The plan calls for adding a zero-depth splash foun-tain near the existing playground and a region-al sports facility that in-cludes a skateboard park and an ice-skating rink.

West Side Riverwalk

Despite the failure of the highly publicized “Bridges of Saint Paul” plan, a private develop-

ment proposal for a large portion of the West Side riverfront, the Great River Passage Plan calls for redeveloping the West Side riverfront with mixed-use developments that support retail, office and housing. These “ur-ban villages” will front the levee and will be linked to the river by a riverwalk.

River promenadeThe plan calls for

bringing more activity to the downtown riverfront. A series of parks in and

near downtown will be linked with a pedestrian walkway, which is expect-ed to attract restaurants, retail shops and small entertainment venues. It will also feature a River Balcony that will provide spectacular views of the river valley.

Kellogg Boulevard will be transformed into a more pedestrian-friendly thoroughfare. Decorative pavement and traffic-slowing measures will be added to the boulevard, and the adjacent Kellogg Park will be enhanced to

include a café to encour-age more lunchtime visi-tors. This summer, mo-bile food trucks attracted scores of lunchtime din-ers to the riverfront.

The downtown river-front will also feature en-hanced trailhead parking for the Samuel Morgan trail and better connec-tions to other regional trails, as well as sculpted landforms and natural gardens, and areas for recreational activity, in-cluding a play area and a dog park.

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sage Plan encourages additional mixed-use development among un-derused industrial sites, particularly along Shepa-rd Road. These buildings will be oriented toward the river and the parkway to preserve views of the river and allow for better connections to link adja-cent neighborhoods with the river.

Great River Passage / Part 2 of 3

New plan aims to make Mississippi riverfrontMORE NATURAL, MORE URBAN, MORE CONNECTEDIn mid-June, the city of St. Paul unveiled a new plan to further develop its 17 miles of Mississippi riverfront. Building upon the framework of the Great River Park Master Plan, the city spent about $1 million over the past year to garner advice from consul-tants and residents alike on ways to link 16 parks and 25 miles of trails and add other amenities to make the riverfront “more nat-ural, more urban and more connected.” The new plan, dubbed the “Great River Passage,” is expected to significantly change the river-front over the next 30 years and help con-nect more people to the Mississippi River. The previous article in this 3-part series ex-plored the portion of the plan to make the riverfront more natural. This month’s article will focus on the “more urban” component.

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with lots of music from school, fire and Knights of Columbus bands, and with many American and Italian flags flying, the procession made its way up to the Capitol grounds with a big crowd following. The ceremony there was brief. The statue was uncovered, revealing Columbus facing east, toward his native Genoa. Governor Olsen accepted the statue and all went away happy. The long-winded action came that night at a dinner at the Lowry Hotel. There, in a flowery speech, the Italian consul conveyed a personal greeting from Italian head of government Benito Mussolini and foresaw a glowing era in Italian-American rela-tions.

St. Paul saw more kidnappings in the next few years when gangsters, tired of snatching each oth-er, went after some prominent businessmen. For-tunately, the victims survived and the gangs were eventually caught and convicted. Leon Gleckman was never again a kidnap victim himself, although one of his daughters was. He became a target of the Feds for the usual bootlegging-related crime: tax evasion. After serving one prison term and

while fighting another, Gleckman was killed in an auto accident in 1941.

Both baseball championships of 1931 were won by teams named for red feathering. The Red Wings beat the Saints in the minor league world series; the Cardinals beat the Athletics in the major leagues. The Red Wings, still a successful team, are now the main farm team for the Min-nesota Twins.

The era of glowing relations with Mussolini didn’t work out so well. Close relations between Italy and the United States would have to wait until the end of World War II. However, the stat-ue of Columbus is still a prominent feature of the State Capitol grounds. Still facing east toward Genoa, the captain can be found near the inter-section of Cedar Street and Aurora Avenue. He shares space on the grounds with monuments to Leif Ericsson, several former governors (includ-ing Floyd B. Olsen who accepted the Columbus statue, then got his own years later), Minnesota natives Charles Lindbergh and Roy Wilkins, vet-erans of wars, peace officers and women suffrag-ists. Hopefully, Columbus would think he is in good company.

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Don MorganContributor

The 1930s are re-membered today

for a number of things, most of them bad. The nearly decade-long eco-nomic Depression tops the list. But while those who struggled looking for work had good reason to be discouraged and many suffered extreme poverty, some people did manage to enjoy them-selves. In October 1931, folks in St. Paul attended the dedication of an im-portant addition to the grounds of the State Cap-itol. They also witnessed some strange events in the local underworld.

In 1931, the Great Depression started to get seriously depress-ing. Unemployment was about 16 percent, but exceeded 60 percent in Detroit as the auto in-dustry collapsed. A severe drought and a plague of grasshoppers hit the Mid-west. President Herbert Hoover shouldered much of the blame for the un-employment (but not the grasshoppers) and was roundly booed as he threw out the first pitch at that year’s World Series game in Philadelphia.

In St. Paul, the month started out with an at-tempt by the Pioneer Press to help find some work for the many who

were idled. The odd jobs program allowed any-one who needed help to send a voucher, printed each day in the paper, to the local welfare board, which would then send the needed workers. The jobs weren’t much, just a few days here and there, but it wasn’t hard to find people eager to take them.

Baseball and bootleggers

In addition to the Car-dinals vs. Athletics World Series, whose opening game President Hoover had so little enjoyed, the paper was also busy cov-ering the minor league championship (known

as the Little World Se-ries), which pitted the local St. Paul Saints of the American Association against the Rochester (New York) Red Wings of the International League. That series began Oct. 1 at Lexington Park and would get more extensive coverage locally than the major leagues.

There were crime sto-ries, too. Local wheeler-and-dealer Leon Gleck-man, a power broker in city politics, was known to run a bootleg liquor operation from a suite at the St. Paul Hotel. He was on his way to play golf when he was snatched by a gang that demanded a $200,000 ransom. After a week of negotiations, Gleckman was rumored to have been consider-ably “marked down.” Then, in a seemingly unrelated crime, a local hotel manager was found shot to death; “taken for a ride” gangland style. In a series of arrests the next day, it came to light that

the gangland victim was involved in the Gleck-man kidnapping and that the gang had fallen out over dividing the ran-som. They were not great negotiators. The actual ransom paid amounted to only about $6,400. In what must have giv-en new meaning to the phrase “swift justice,” the gang was tried, convicted and sentenced in just one week. Before the month was out, the city would see another bootleg gang-related kidnapping, this one even sloppier. That gang would argue, get drunk, blab in public and get arrested in just three days. Real gangsters must have been embarrassed.

Columbus at the Capitol

That October also saw a more festive event, the dedication of the statue of Christopher Colum-bus on the State Capitol grounds. Columbus was a less controversial fig-ure in those days and the

program was enthusiasti-cally supported by Ital-ian societies from around Minnesota and especially in St. Paul. The statue was a gift from the state’s many Italian-Americans. It took several years to get the spot approved and for the statue, created by St. Paul sculptor Carlo Brioschi, to be prepared. Finally, all was ready for a big Columbus Day pa-rade and unveiling cer-emony.

It was not just a local af-fair. Representatives from the Italian consulate of-fices in Washington and Chicago attended. They were greeted by Governor Floyd B. Olsen, former U.S. Senator, Secretary of State and Nobel Prize winner Frank B. Kellogg, and the head of the Min-nesota association of the Knights of Columbus.

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