urbanMSP

The St Paul Winter Carnival is a fine event for the people of St Paul (and my family lives in St Paul), but it is not anything even remotely like the Harbin festival except that St Paul once invited ice sculptors from Harbin to carve some lovely pieces in Rice Park. I agree with Tyler. I lived in Ha...

Agreed. But Harbin is a very interesting contrast here. The difference is that Harbin has become major tourist destination, at least within China, in the winter time because of its celebration of winter. I don't see anything like that happening in the Twin Cities. Pond Hockey may be an exception, bu...

One last reply before this gets kicked out to Anything Goes: I'm not surprised that my comparison of the Twin Cities to San Francisco raised an eyebrow or two, but let's come back to some endowment numbers cited by the Minnesota Orchestra since it's not a "market" question but rather an en...

Salaries in San Francisco are nearly 100% more than what is being offered to Minnesota Orchestra musicians.Whether we compare salaries with orchestras of the same quality and reputation, and ambition, of the Minnesota Orchestra members or the ambition of the Minnesota Orchestra management and Board ...