Fitzgerald’s Short Stories Featured in New Program/Discussion Series “Fitzgerald loved, hated, and was obsessed by St. Paul… [his] short stories place Fitzgerald’s ambitions and gifts in a cultural context too often ignored and forgotten.” — author Charles Baxter SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA – October 6, 2014 – FitzFirst@Four, a monthly series of presentations and discussions on F.…
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The Friends of the Library ask the City to protect Saint Paul’s world-class library by maintaining a minimum level of dedicated funding for the library’s collections budget, while ensuring access to materials with some restored hours of service in 2015.
Read MoreWe want to offer a special thanks to our amazing puzzle constructors and sponsors, all of whom helped make the 2014 tournament a great success. For more information about our sponsors and constructors, please visit the Minnesota Crossword Tournament’s website. For photos from our third annual tournament, visit us on Facebook Amateur Finalists Third Place: Michael Phenicie…
Read MoreMinnesota’s literary community lost a seminal leader with the recent death of Mary Ida Thomson, one of the founders of the Minnesota Book Awards and a Trustee Emerita of The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library. A Matching Gift Memorial grant is announced by The Katherine B. Andersen Fund of The Saint Paul Foundation.…
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The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library has been awarded a challenge grant of up to $100,000 by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation, to be applied to gifts and pledges for its current capital campaign, “A New Legacy of Learning.” SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA, June 4, 2014 — The Richard M. Schulze Foundation has…
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Amateur, expert and team puzzlers from around the region will compete for prizes and honors in June 22 contest modeled after the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA – Get out your pencils (or pens – if you dare!) for the third annual Minnesota Crossword Tournament. Crossworders will have a chance to compete for…
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