The National Institute on Media and the Family, which closed in December, will live on at the Search Institute, which is best known for its “developmental assets” for successfully raising children. Read more
The National Institute on Media and the Family, which closed in December, will live on at the Search Institute, which is best known for its “developmental assets” for successfully raising children. Read more
AFSCME’s Eliot Seide had a compelling op-ed in the Star Tribune, coinciding with their annual Day on the Hill. Read more
Patricia Cumbie, editor of Mix, the Twin Cities Natural Food Co-ops’ bimonthly publication, had a moving op-ed essay in the Star Tribune about the recent triple homicide in the Seward neighborhood. Read more
Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners’ annual Sleep Out campaign is underway. The fundraiser features individuals and company groups who solicit pledges and then sleep outside at least one night during November and December. Read more
St. Stephen’s Human Services and other agencies that work to get homeless people into permanent homes will lose an important tool when the state’s Emergency Minnesota Supplemental Aid and Emergency General Assistance programs end because of budget unallotments. Read more
Children’s Defense Fund-Minnesota has been drawing a lot of attention for its 2009 Kids Count report. While the report finds Minnesota’s kids are second best off in the nation, major indicators of hardship, such as child poverty, are up sharply. Read more
Ken Waters, director of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science, was a guest on MPR’s Midmorning on September 30, helping to answer the question, What does it take to make great leaps in science? Read more
Community Growth Options, a program of 1000 Friends of Minnesota, was the focus of a Star Tribune article about being ready for smart growth when the recession eases. Read more
Sept. 25, the VocalEssence Chorus and Ensemble Singers will present a new work by composer Dominic Argento. Written as a memorial to his late wife, the soprano Carolyn Bailey, the work is titled Evensong: Of Love and Angels. Read more
Star Tribune theater critic Graydon Royce called attention to the work of ArtsLab in a recent story on the West Bank’s Bedlam Theatre. Read more