By Topic: Videos
March 16, 2022 | Lowertown Art, Music & Culture News, Lowertown News
Lowertown.info—Irishman & photographer Mike Hazard offers images and memories of Saint Patrick’s Days past and an introduction to some of Saint Paul’s Irish alumni, with links to full-length documentaries about members of the local Irish community that Mike has produced. Saint Paul’s Saint Patrick’s Day parade returns on Thursday, March 17th, 2022 after a two year plague-related break. This year’s route is reversed, with the parade beginning Downtown at Rice Park at noon and proceeding down East Fifth Street to finish at Mears Park in Lowertown. Feature edited by Nigel Parry.
August 7, 2019 | Lowertown Food & Drink News, Lowertown News
KSTP—Downtown St. Paul is growing, but one neighborhood is facing some growing pains. The population of downtown has doubled over the last decade. Even with more people moving into the Lowertown neighborhood, several bars and restaurants have closed over the last year. World of Beer, a pub near Mears Park, shut down last month. The Saint Paul Downtown Alliance expects the population to double downtown over the next decade. KSTP’s Joe Mazan reports.
April 24, 2019 | Lowertown Food & Drink News
Love fresh fruits and veggies? The Saint Paul Farmers’ Market’s downtown outdoor market in Lowertown opens for the season on Saturday, April 27, 2019. The popular market will be open weekends through Nov. 24. Hours are 7am-1pm on Saturdays and 8am-1pm on Sundays. Video by KARE 11. (3:09 mins)
March 25, 2019 | Lowertown News
KSTP—The Mississippi River reached major flood stage Monday morning in St. Paul, and the water is expected to keep rising this week. Flooding is already impacting nearby roads and parks. The pavilion at Harriet Island Park is sandbagged and surrounded in water. About half-a-dozen roads in the city are closed because of high water, including stretches of Jackson, Warner and Shepard. Several popular parks and boat launches are also shut down. City leaders said they have a “deliberate flood action plan” in place, and they have started building a temporary levee in Lowertown. KSTP’s Joe Mazan reports.
January 9, 2019 | Lowertown Art, Music & Culture News
Vlogger (“video blogger”) Tommy of the “Tommy Travels the 2nd” vlog visits Lowertown’s Northern Warehouse Artists’ Cooperative, and stops in for interviews with Nathan from Leather Works Minnesota and Michael Bahl from The Museum of Paleo-Osteological Interpretation. A super informative watch and a fantastic use of YouTube to explore and share the talent and craziness found in Lowertown, Saint Paul. (18:33 mins)
September 6, 2018 | Lowertown News
As vice president of community partnerships and customer service for the St. Paul Saints, Annie Huidekoper’s crowning achievement was helping to get Lowertown’s gorgeous CHS Field built. These days, she’s a volunteer and free agent. From Visit Saint Paul. (3:23 mins)
August 28, 2017 | Features, Lowertown Art, Music & Culture News
Northern Spark’s third annual all-night arts festival took place on June 10th, 2017 a locations in the vicinity of Metro Transit’s Green Line light rail stations, between Saint Paul and Minneapolis, including in Lowertown, home to the Union Depot light rail stop. This year’s festival featured an interactive installation created by the Lowertown community, titled “Domination Corporation: Proudly Homogenizing America since 1984”, to create a conversation about gentrification. Archive created by Nigel Parry.
May 10, 2016 | Features, Lowertown Art, Music & Culture News, Lowertown News
A short documentary film by Dave Bellmont of Kinostadt Films chronicling the redevelopment of the Arts district in Lowertown, Saint Paul, Minnesota. The sale of a key art studio building causes the sudden displacement of more than eighty career artists. After calling the JAX building their home for almost forty years, the community mourns the loss and wonders about the artists’ place in the changing neighborhood. (13 minute version)
September 10, 2015 | Lowertown Food & Drink News
WCCO’s Jason DeRusha Eats at Saint Dinette where a fine dining chef is becoming known for a cheeseburger. First broadcast on WCCO’s show This Morning, on September 10th, 2015. Jason co-anchors WCCO This Morning weekdays from 4:30am-7am, WCCO Mid-Morning from 9-10am, and WCCO 4 News At Noon. He is also the station’s food reporter, producing “DeRusha Eats”.
March 16, 2013 | Lowertown Art, Music & Culture News
Lowertown.info—Photographer James Ramsay—jamesramsayphotography.com—loaded a GoPro on a monopod and walked down the entire length of the Saint Paul, Minnesota St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Lowertown and Downtown. The adventures of Java the Mutt, the symbol of the Black Dog Coffee & Wine Bar—blackdogstpaul.com—in Lowertown, Saint Paul were then fabulously chronicled. Every interaction with kids, cops, parade goers, and real dogs was captured in a series of 5 raw video clips totalling about 30 minutes.
