News & Views of Phillips Since 1976
Saturday December 27th 2025
Audience dry, Actor, Director Buster Keaton wet at local Cemetery Cinema
By Sue Hunter Weir
It was touch and go all day on Saturday. Would it rain or not? In the end it turned out to be a beautiful evening. Sweater weather but no umbrellas needed!
More than 250 people enjoyed “The Navigator,” a 1924 Buster Keaton silent film. The amazing Dreamland Faces played an hour-long live soundtrack that captured Keaton”'s slapstick perfectly. We hope to have them back again next year for what is shaping up to be a new tradition in pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery.
In addition to the film, Taco Taxi was on hand with their great food and a number of visitors arrived early and went on a new version of the Smartphone History Hunt. If you haven”'t had a chance to try it, we”'ll set it up again for the fall showings, and we will be participating in Open Streets on August 2 from 11 to 4. Stop in and get a dose of history.… Read the rest “Audience dry, Actor, Director Buster Keaton wet at local Cemetery Cinema”
CEPRO Neighborhood Greenspace Celebration and Planning
By Sunny Sevigny
Wednesday, May 13, members of the community enjoyed a Neighborhood Greenspace Celebration as part of the St. Paul Riverfront Corporation”'s annual Placemaking Residency. The event took place on the site of the former CEPRO grain elevators between 10th and 11th avenues. The event centered around engaging community members in discussions about what has already been done on the site in the past, and identifying some ideas and next steps needed to continue its development. There was a community workshop led by a representative from Gehl Studios from San Francisco, a talk on building healthy communities by Dr. Richard Jackson, as well as live music, a mobile sign shop, Zumba, and an aerialist performance. Many members of the community came out to participate in the workshop, or brought their children to enjoy the day in the open greenspace, make some art, and listen to live music from local artists.
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Ask them, “Was it worth waiting?” Graduation ”“ A Time to Celebrate at Banyan Community
BY SUE RIESGRAF
We have many graduations here at Banyan (a community development organization in Phillips)”¦ milestones that Banyan kids are reaching AND are prepared to move onto the next level. Our FIFTH GRADERS are leaders and are preparing to enter MIDDLE SCHOOL. Our EIGHTH GRADERS are preparing to enter HIGH SCHOOL. Our SENIORS have their college plans in place- and are OFF TO COLLEGE this fall! Our college kids are also graduating and making the transition to CAREERS. These graduations give us a reason to pause and celebrate. Banyan kids “grow up” at Banyan because we are family. We are excited as a family to see our youth make successful transitions.
The Banyan high school graduates had many college options to choose from – both near and far, big and small, urban and rural. But after years of planning for this decision, countless meetings with parents and youth, applications completed, FAFSA forms filled out and sent in, scholarship applications submitted (all with the guidance of our College and Career Counselor) – they chose.
We are excited to report that over half will be living on campus, and to make college a reality – 75% of the tuition costs will be covered by merit and need based scholarships and grants.… Read the rest “Ask them, “Was it worth waiting?” Graduation ”“ A Time to Celebrate at Banyan Community”
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