The Minnesota Astronomical Society is offering Public Star Party – Astronomy Day from 1-10 p.m. May 11 at Baylor Regional Park in Norwood Young America.
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[People]
Long before the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum took shape, an immigrant from Switzerland, Theodore Bost, arrived. Bost purchased the land from a railroad engineer in 1855.
[People]
Dave St. Peter is still having a ball.
Sitting high above the left-field corner of Target Field, St. Peter is reminiscing about his long tenure with the Minnesota Twins—from an intern in 1990 to the president and chief executive officer today.
[People]
In 2017, there were 12 boating fatalities and 23 non-boating drownings in Minnesota, according to the Department of Natural Resources. Statistics like this make it critical for all of us to know how to swim.
[Garden]
Looking for low-maintenance plants that can feed pollinators, improve soil, look good and grow with no special care? Native grasses have all these benefits and can enhance your garden while adding shelter and food for wildlife. However, deer and rabbits do not usually feed on native grasses.
[People]
Sitting down with Lane Patten and Holly Berg for an hour over coffee gives clear insight into how their food blog, With Two Spoons, came to be.
[People]
After all these years of forecasting the good, the bad and the ugly in Minnesota, Paul Douglas is still thunderstruck by the weather. “It’s different every day,” says the Twin Cities meteorologist and media personality. “No two days, no two storms are identical. Every day is a new creation.
[Arts]
The sense of community runs deep through the Southwest Metro area. Families build lives across generations and add to the fabric of our community in many ways. Two women who are weaving their particular pattern into that community fabric are Kristin Laurel and Courtney Miller Bellairs.
Every April, for one evening, Eden Prairie High School (EPHS) is transformed. Twinkling lights hang from pillars, streamers and balloons frame the space and lively music lights the mood ablaze.
[Homes]
Betsy Gall is quick to point at a furry source of inspiration and levity in her sometimes-crazy existence. “Liberty. She’s the light of my life!” says Gall of the golden retriever. “She reminds me to just live life, and that it doesn’t have to be perfect all the time.”
