CARPENTER GAILLOT: French teachers Scott Dominic Carpenter and Nathalie Gaillot host a Very French Evening presented by American Association of Teachers of French. 6 p.m. Friday, Next Chapter Booksellers, 38 S. Snelling Ave., St. Paul. JARRETT DAPIER: Celebrates “Wake Now … Continued
In case you missed it when it was released in early November, it’s a great week to catch up with “Nuremberg,” the Russell Crowe-Rami Malek two-hander written and directed by James Vanderbilt, about the international tribunal that put the Nazi … Continued
I have a confession, shameful as it may be for someone who has spent decades studying retirement policy and advising individuals and institutions on how to save for and think about retirement: When I bought my apartment a few years … Continued
February in Minnesota is not merely cold. It is a form of hostile weather engineered to test the limits of human endurance. Around here, a “heat wave” is anything above zero; it’s a place where your mittens have mittens. Just … Continued
Take your pick of genres this week. We’ve got nonfiction about homelessness and St. Paul’s early settlers, plus fiction from a bestselling Norwegian writer. (Courtesy of Small Pond Books) “Not So Far From Home: Owning Homelessness in My Own Backyard”: … Continued
To justify offering tax incentives to a developer to replace three properties at Grand Avenue and Victoria Street, the city of St. Paul hired consultants to evaluate whether the buildings would be considered “structurally substandard” by the state definition. In … Continued