Editing Saint Paul, Minnesota (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Comoplant.jpg|thumb|left|[[Como Park Zoo and Conservatory]] is a free public greenhouse and urban zoo open year-round.]]
Every January, Saint Paul hosts the [[Saint Paul Winter Carnival]], a tradition that began in 1886 when a New York reporter called Saint Paul "another [[Siberia]]". The organizers had a model in the [[Montreal Winter Carnivals|Montreal Winter Carnival]] the year before. Architect A. C. Hutchinson designed the Montreal ice castle and was hired to design St. Paul's first.<ref>Ice Palaces in Montreal 1883-89, The Ice Cubicle, [https://icecubicle.blog/2009/06/10/ice-palaces-in-montreal-1883-89/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014224040/https://icecubicle.blog/2009/06/10/ice-palaces-in-montreal-1883-89/|date=October 14, 2020}}</ref> The event has now been held 135 times with an attendance of 350,000. It includes an [[Ice sculpture|ice sculpting]] competition, a snow sculpting competition, a medallion [[Saint Paul Winter Carnival#Medallion Hunt|treasure hunt]], food, activities, and an ice palace when it can be arranged.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.winter-carnival.com/history/ |title=History of the Saint Paul Winter Carnival |year=2008 |publisher=St Paul Winter Carnival |access-date=July 2, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517155457/http://www.winter-carnival.com/history/ |archive-date=May 17, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Como Zoo and Conservatory]] and adjoining Japanese Garden are popular year-round. The historic [[Landmark Center (St. Paul)|Landmark Center]] in downtown Saint Paul hosts cultural and arts organizations. The city's recreation sites include [[Indian Mounds Park (Saint Paul, Minnesota)|Indian Mounds Park]], Battle Creek Regional Park, [[Harriet Island Regional Park]], [[Highland Park, Saint Paul|Highland Park]], the [[Wabasha Street Caves]], [[Lake Como (Minnesota)|Lake Como]], [[Lake Phalen]], and [[Rice Park]], as well as several areas abutting the [[Mississippi River]]. The [[History of the Irish in Saint Paul|Irish Fair of Minnesota]] is held annually at the [[Harriet Island Pavilion]] area. The country's largest Hmong American sports festival, the Freedom Festival, is held the first weekend of July at McMurray Field near Como Park.

The city is associated with the [[Minnesota State Fair]] in neighboring [[Falcon Heights, Minnesota|Falcon Heights]] just west of Como Park. The fair dates to before statehood. With the competing interests of Minneapolis and St. Paul, it was held on "neutral ground" between both.  That area refused to become part of St. Paul or Roseville and became Falcon Heights in the 1950s. The [[University of Minnesota]] Saint Paul Campus is actually in Falcon Heights.

[[Fort Snelling]] is often identified as being in St. Paul but is actually its own [[unincorporated area#U.S. Census Bureau|unorganized territory]]. The eastern part of Fort Snelling Unorganized Territory ([[Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport|MSP included]]) has a St. Paul mailing address. The western side has a Minneapolis ZIP code.

[[File:Minnesota Centennial Showboat at night, October 2013.jpg|thumb|The [[Minnesota Centennial Showboat]] was anchored in the Mississippi River along Harriet Island.]]
Saint Paul is the birthplace of [[cartoonist]] [[Charles M. Schulz]], who lived in Merriam Park from infancy until 1960.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.familyhistoryfiles.com/site_text/documents/hfs_peanuts.htm |title=Harry F. Schroeder, Jr. The Kid After Whom Charles M. Schulz Named His Beethoven-Loving Character in His "Peanuts" Cartoon |year=2006 |publisher=Delehanty – Sullivan – Kinsman – Schroeder Family History Workspace |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729224335/http://www.familyhistoryfiles.com/site_text/documents/hfs_peanuts.htm |archive-date=July 29, 2012}}</ref> Schulz's ''[[Peanuts]]'' inspired giant, decorated sculptures around the city, a Chamber of Commerce promotion in the late 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=65389 |website=PR Newswire |title=Saint Paul kicks off encore to the successful 'Peanuts on Parade' summer art project |access-date=August 13, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527095326/http://www2.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=65389 |archive-date=May 27, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Other notable residents include writer [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]] and playwright [[August Wilson]], who premiered many of the ten plays in his [[August Wilson#The Pittsburgh Cycle|Pittsburgh Cycle]] at the local Penumbra Theater.<ref>{{cite web |first1= Connie L. |last1=Cartledge |title=John Vachon: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress |url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/text/vachon.html |publisher=Manuscript Division, Library of Congress |year=2006 |access-date=October 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930111256/http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/text/vachon.html <!--Added by H3llBot--> |archive-date=September 30, 2007}}</ref>

The [[Ordway Center for the Performing Arts]] hosts theater productions and the [[Minnesota Opera]] is a founding tenant.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ordway Center for the Performing Arts |publisher=ordway.org |url=http://www.ordway.org/ |access-date=December 7, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205151543/http://www.ordway.org/ |archive-date=December 5, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[RiverCentre]], attached to [[Xcel Energy Center]], serves as the city's convention center. The city has contributed to the [[music of Minnesota]] and the Twin Cities music scene through various venues. Great jazz musicians have passed through the influential [[Artists' Quarter]], first established in the 1970s in [[Whittier, Minneapolis]], and moved to downtown Saint Paul in 1994.<ref>{{cite web |last=Berryman |first=Don |title=Artists' Quarter |publisher=Jazz Police |date=April 21, 2004 |url=http://www.jazzpolice.com/content/view/1381/115/ |access-date=July 30, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705151354/https://www.jazzpolice.com/content/view/1381/115/ |archive-date=July 5, 2008}}</ref> Artists' Quarter also hosts the Soapboxing Poetry Slam, home of the 2009 [[National Poetry Slam]] Champions. At The Black Dog, in Lowertown, many French or European jazz musicians (Evan Parker, Tony Hymas, Benoît Delbecq, François Corneloup) have met Twin Cities musicians and started new groups touring in Europe. Groups and performers such as Fantastic Merlins, Dean Magraw/Davu Seru, Merciless Ghosts, and [[Willie Murphy (musician)|Willie Murphy]] are regulars. The [[Turf Club (Saint Paul)|Turf Club]] in Midway has been a music scene landmark since the 1940s.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gelhhar |first=Jenny |title=The Turf Club |work=Features |publisher=Saint Paul Almanac |year=2007 |url=http://saintpaulalmanac.com/f-turf-club-st-paul.shtml |access-date=July 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106085957/http://saintpaulalmanac.com/f-turf-club-st-paul.shtml |archive-date=January 6, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Saint Paul is also the home base of the internationally acclaimed [[Rose Ensemble]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roseensemble.org/about/history.html |title=History of the Rose Ensemble |access-date=November 23, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222021006/http://www.roseensemble.org/about/history.html |archive-date=December 22, 2008}}</ref> As an Irish stronghold, the city boasts popular Irish pubs with live music, such as Shamrocks, The Dubliner, and until its closure in 2019, O'Gara's.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Belcamino |first1=Kristi |title=O'Gara's Bar and Grill, a landmark St. Paul institution, won't reopen |url=https://www.twincities.com/2019/11/03/ogaras-bar-and-grill-a-landmark-st-paul-institution-wont-reopen/ |website=Twin Cities.com |date=November 4, 2019 |publisher=St. Paul Pioneer Press |access-date=March 23, 2021 |archive-date=April 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429045621/https://www.twincities.com/2019/11/03/ogaras-bar-and-grill-a-landmark-st-paul-institution-wont-reopen/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The internationally acclaimed [[Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra]] is the nation's only full-time professional chamber orchestra.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chicagopresents.uchicago.edu/series/stpaul/ |title=Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Three concerts |publisher=University of Chicago |year=2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531162446/http://chicagopresents.uchicago.edu/series/stpaul/ |archive-date=May 31, 2008}}</ref> The [[Minnesota Centennial Showboat]] on the Mississippi River began in 1958 with Minnesota's first centennial celebration.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://showboat.umn.edu/ |title=Minnesota Centennial Showboat! |date=July 3, 2008 |publisher=University of Minnesota |access-date=July 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625194024/http://www.showboat.umn.edu/ |archive-date=June 25, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Saint Paul has a number of museums, including the University of Minnesota's Goldstein Museum of Design,<ref>{{cite web |title=Goldstein Museum of Design |work=College of Design |publisher=Regents of the University of Minnesota |year=2008 |url=http://goldstein.che.umn.edu/ |access-date=July 31, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625032612/http://goldstein.che.umn.edu/ |archive-date=June 25, 2008 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> the [[Minnesota Children's Museum]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Hours, Parking, and Directions |work=Visitor Information |publisher=Minnesota Children's Museum |year=2010 |url=http://www.mcm.org/visitor-information/hours-parking-directions/ |access-date=December 19, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213150044/http://www.mcm.org/visitor-information/hours-parking-directions/ |archive-date=December 13, 2010 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> the Schubert Club Museum of Musical Instruments,<ref>{{cite news |title=Carlson's legacy: Schubert Club: Thanks to him, once-tiny arts group attracts top artists to Twin Cities |work=Pioneer Press |date=July 31, 2006 |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-16156728_ITM |format=registration required |access-date=July 31, 2008 |first=Bao |last=Ong |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231113528/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-16156728_ITM |archive-date=December 31, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Schubert Club Museum of Musical Instruments |publisher=The Schubert Club |year=2008 |url=http://www.schubert.org/museum/ |access-date=July 31, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921232801/http://www.schubert.org/museum/ |archive-date=September 21, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> the [[Minnesota Museum of American Art]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Wyant |first=Carissa |title=St. Paul art museum loses director; searches for new home |work=Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal |publisher=American City Business Journals, Inc. |date=July 26, 2008 |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2008/07/21/daily1.html |access-date=July 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080801202812/http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2008/07/21/daily1.html |archive-date=August 1, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Abbe |first=Mary |title=Same old struggles at the MMAA |work=[[Star Tribune]] |pages=1 |publisher=Chris Harte |date=July 21, 2008 |url=http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/art/25873384.html |access-date=July 21, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918180413/http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/art/25873384.html |archive-date=September 18, 2008}}</ref> the Traces Center for History and Culture,<ref>{{cite web |title=St. Paul Culture: Museums |publisher=M.R. Danielson Advertising Associates |year=2002 |url=http://saint-paul.com/display.php?section=1&sub=6 |access-date=December 7, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031042121/http://www.saint-paul.com/display.php?section=1&sub=6 |archive-date=October 31, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> the [[Minnesota History Center]], the [[Alexander Ramsey]] House, the [[James J. Hill House]], the [[Minnesota Transportation Museum]], the [[Science Museum of Minnesota]], and the Twin City Model Railroad Museum.