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Creativity & Connection

recommended reading, arts, events — for relationship building, lifelong learning, and historical context

Thanks to Minneapolis Institute of Art for underwriting arts coverage

ARTS: “Paris Couture” dazzles at the Minneapolis Institute of Art

  Stepping through the emerald green and gold…
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When “Home” Is Complicated: A Reflection From the Book “Remember the Bees”

Where to live is not a simple question. Everyone has to make difficult decisions in prioritizing certain aspects over others: a beautiful view or cost, safety or family, economic stability or culture. No one can tell my husband whether living in Thailand or the U.S. is a better choice, just as no one can tell the family in "Remember the Bees" whether to stay in Inzerki — home to the world’s largest collection of managed beehives — or to try life in the city. 
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Publisher’s Commentary: “A Work in Progress” Documentary by Robert Reich

The conversations we can have with each other are not about telling people what to think, but by creating more places to think together. More opportunities to explore the essential ingredients of collective health and personal fulfillment, and to ask what we owe one another as neighbors and citizens. This feels more consequential to me than the horse races, outrage, and gossip that so often define the media landscape.
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Small towns, BIG opportunities

Women-owned businesses are flourishing in Ely and Owatonna
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Talk radio

Janet Robert brought progressive talk radio to Minnesota
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The constant gardener

Mimi Hottinger has come to terms with the abuse that shattered her childhood
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Women all day, all night

Behind the scenes at KFAI’s International Women’s Day broadcast
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MWP’s all new online!

A new website launched August 2005
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Schools to take next step toward inclusive curricula

"More than 15 years ago, the state issued guidelines for correcting racial and gender inequalities in school curricula." ... This was published in a Minnesota Women's Press story in August 1989. That means we have intended to correct this issue since 1974.
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