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The Echo

Wild Rumpus is one of the locations celebrated on Independent Bookstore day. This national event takes place the last Saturday of April.

A bookworm’s favorite holiday

Alex Hoag, Copy Editor May 8, 2024

Every year, the last Saturday and Sunday of April is a huge day for small bookstores and bookworms. Indie Bookstore Day is a national celebration where small bookstores join together to have sales and...

The bridge over Lake of the Isles is lit with paper lanterns Feb. 3. The Luminary Loppet moved from ice to land as a result of warmer temperatures.

Luminary on land

Eliah Fink, Photo Editor February 8, 2024

A snowless Luminary Loppet was very strange. Growing up, walking to the lake, my sister, cousins and I would drag each other on sleds down the block through the snow, and all around the lake — in this...

Illustration by Hanna Wilsey

Chugga chugga choo choo

Miles Johnson December 14, 2023

Every year, the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train makes a stop at Park on Dec. 11. Hundreds of people gather to participate in activities such as live music, photo booths and a showing of short films. According...

Powwow brings excitement and culture to Park

Powwow brings excitement and culture to Park

Roberto Alvarez May 25, 2023

Recently, the Rec Center held a powwow event that I attended. This event was a day to celebrate Native American culture, with a variety of different things you can do at this event and celebrate native...

Beth El Synagogue will be screening the documentary "Jim Crow of the North" Nov. 16. There will be a panel discussion after the film.

‘Jim Crow of the North’ screening hosted at Beth El Synagogue

Johanna Kaplan November 16, 2021

The documentary “Jim Crow of the North” will be shown at Beth El Synagogue Nov. 16 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. This documentary details racist housing laws in Minnesota and their effects. After the film is...

Loppet ski event

February 9, 2020

A nature center employee walks along the nature center paths Dec. 17. Westwood Nature Center is hosting a Be The Light Winter Solstice Walk on Dec. 21. The event is to inspire people with mental illnesses to step into the light and out of the darkness.

Annual Winter Solstice Walk spreads awareness on mental illness

Jayde Claussen December 18, 2019

St. Louis Park offers their third annual Be The Light Winter Solstice Walk Dec. 21 to encourage community members to be aware that some people in the community are experiencing mental illness. Becky...

Sophmore Kendrick Ross Jr.  reflects on his experiences with race and identity while his peers listen intently at the Students Organized for Anti-Racism event Nov. 25. Senior Amaya Foku leads the conversation throughout the meeting.

SOAR initiates discussion

Maria Perez Barriga and Gabriel Kaplan November 27, 2019

As freshman Sharon Lunasilva reflects upon the in-school Students Organized for Anti-Racism event, she said she hasn’t always felt comfortable discussing race in school, but the event gave her the opportunity...

Gopher Skate the Cities

January 30, 2019

Junior Anika Jamison shares her artwork at the 36 Arts poetry slam and art share. 36 Arts meets Tuesdays before school.

Poetry slam stimulates talent

Dahlia Krebs, Mira Malka, and Ruthie Posada December 6, 2018

Senior Nechama Buchbinder, president of 36 Arts, said her reason for having a poetry slam was to allow students to show off the art they have made. “This poetry slam and art share was really a good...

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