Danielle Miller has always found peace in books. She's found even more in Story Line Books, her new bookstore inside the historic Lowertown train station.

Weary from the rat race nature of practicing commercial law, Danielle Miller had long dreamed of starting a new professional life as a bookstore owner. When the Lincoln, Neb., resident saw a space at Saint Paul’s Union Depot, she moved to make her dream a reality. She and her husband now call the Macalester-Groveland neighborhood home.

Eye On Saint Paul recently visited with Miller in her sun-drenched store, Story Line Books, to talk about what spurred her to leave the law behind and lose herself in shelves of books.

Thousands of acclaimed American artworks hidden for more than four years in the back rooms of the Minnesota Museum of American Art (M) are about to see the light of day once again. The M recently wrapped up a $14 million project restoring some 17,000 square feet of its museum in the Pioneer Endicott building, ultimately tripling its gallery space to about 6,000 square feet. The newly restored wing has a series of galleries housed under refurbished stained-glass ceiling tiles and is dedicated to exhibiting selections from the M’s 5,000-piece permanent collection.

The first exhibit, “HERE, NOW: Selections from the Collection,” will be unveiled October 17, and a free open house will be held 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 26.

“We’re thrilled to be in the heart of Saint Paul and look forward to inviting old friends and new friends alike to enjoy this significant Saint Paul art museum – the capital city’s only art museum.”

Welcome back, Park Square!

A difficult and halting recovery from the pandemic’s economic aftereffects kept it dark since spring of 2023, but downtown Saint Paul’s Park Square Theatre is aglow once again. After taking a year to get its financial house in order and establish its artistic focus – mostly new American plays from here on out – the company opened its 49th season this weekend.

And what an ideal production to relaunch it. As Park Square audience sizes ebbed and flowed this century, it could always rely on one annual staple to bring them in: A summer adaptation of a mystery story, often leaning upon two of the most popular franchises in that genre, the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and fellow Englander Agatha Christie.

Looking for a delicious way to spend your fall? Look no further! Mpls.St.Paul Magazine's Fall Restaurant Week is here, from Oct. 21-27. Some of the finest Twin Cities chefs will be dishing out mouth-watering two- and three-course prix fixe meals at prices ranging from $15 to $45.

With over 60 participating restaurants, including the St. Paul Grill and Bullvino's in downtown, there is something to please every taste and budget.

The 2025 Saint Paul celebration runs Thursday, Jan. 23, through Sunday, Feb. 2, but pre-Carnival events start in December!

Although this year's Grande Day Parade is moving to Grand Ave, downtown will still close out the Carnival as usual with the Torchlight Parade ending in Rice Park. That's not the only update for 2025 though, Carnival organizers recently shared a host of new and updated events for this year's festival including Ice Park (aka Rice Park the other 355 days per year), an expanded puzzle competition moving to Union Depot and more.