Sara Kerr
Musings
Category: Minneapolis / St. Paul Marketing
Marketing activities in the Saintly City (aka St. Paul) and its big sister, Minneapolis.
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Discover the amazing literary talent in Minneapolis/St. Paul with the Irish Fair of Minnesota‘s Literary Corner. Enjoy the blog post from one of my St. Catherine University students about Carol Connolly, Saint Paul’s Poet Laureate. The Irish Fair of Minnesota: The Literary Corner JUNE 23, 2014MLGILSTAD With the Irish Fair of Minnesota on its way, it is time…
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At the Irish Fair of Minnesota, I love watching the dance schools perform. One of my students recently wrote about Rince na Chroi who’ve been teaching students for 11 years in St. Paul. Love to dance? Rince Na Chroi is for you! Are you interesting in dancing? Have you thought about learning Irish dance? Rince Na Chroi School of Irish Dance Rince…
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Originally posted on clorblog: Many vendors are to be at The Irish Fair of Minnesota. One in particular is the Patsy O’Brien. About Patsy O’Brien Patsy O’Brien is a Irish Guitar. Patsy has toured extensively with Eileen Ivers, Paddy, Keenan, Cathie Ryan, Teada and numerous other ensembles, as well as touring as a solo act…
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I have a Collie. In his mind, all the kids in my backyard must stay together. When one wanders off he barks to herd them back together. He’s a herding dog by nature. While my kids are used to Laddie, the neighbor kids don’t always appreciate being treated like wandering sheep. Every year the kids beg to take…
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Depending upon who you ask, St. Paul, MN is very Irish– about 7% today (per the Census Bureau) but the second most populous ethnic group in the 1850s. Regardless of the statistics, Irish culture plays a big part of the St. Paul culture: 10 Irish mayors from 1932-1972 and the last two, as well; A Plethora…
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I had $2, mostly in quarters in my pocket as I biked past the Minnesota Wild merchandise booth at Grand Old Day. T-shirts and hats for $10. Eight quarters wasn’t going to help, but my debit card did. How many Grand Old Day merchants missed out on sales because they only accepted cash? It’s well…
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Butterflies descend from my ceiling, my drapery wires, on the woodwork, and from my indoor Norfolk Pine tree? Why? It’s too cold for a Minnesotan like me to go outside. If it were 70 and sunny everyday, my office would still be half painted, the butterflies would still be in their boxes, and my creative…
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Once upon a time I used to fly to Amsterdam just to listen to a band. (No, I wasn’t rich, I just had great flight benefits with Northwest Airlines). Now I travel occasionally to academic conferences and for the rare vacation. I’ve been home for about 18 hours after traveling in a circle from Minneapolis-St.…
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