Frogtown Neighborhood Association (District 7)

04/06/2026

Our friends at Theater Mu have a great new show premiering this week. HMong Futures is an honest, slice-of-life portrait about a HMong family learning to thrive. See this world premiere by local playwright Katie Ka Vang from Apr 9-May 3!

Learn more at https://theatermu.org/hmong-futures

03/03/2026

March 17th from 6-8pm, join us for our next ART BQ + Frogtown Forum, in partnership with Frogtown Neighborhood Association (District 7)! 🔥🌱

We’re welcoming special guest Chef Blong Vang, who will be leading a hands-on cooking experience teaching us how food is medicine. Come ready to learn, cook, and connect through healing traditions that nourish our bodies and our community.

After we break bread together, we’ll move into a forum discussion focused on the impact of the local brass foundry and how soil contamination is affecting Frogtown Farm and our neighborhood at large. This is an important conversation about environmental justice, health, and protecting our future.

All are welcome, so get ready for a night of learning, building awareness, and being in community together!

Come hungry. Come curious. Come ready to engage.

02/13/2026

02/13/2026

***Applications now open for Power 104.7 FM’s advanced training Media Lab***

This is a paid learning opportunity with stipends of $3,000.

The Center for Broadcast Journalism (CBJ) is launching its advanced training intensive, the Power 104.7 Level II Media Lab.

The Power 104.7 Level II Media Lab is an eight (8) week hybrid learning program that runs four days a week from 2 p.m. - 6 p.m. for students ages 18-24. Training includes daily reporting assignments, live and live‑to‑tape broadcasts, field reporting, critiques, mentorship, and portfolio reviews. Participants will fully produce live radio broadcasts on CBJ’s FM station, Power 104.7 (online at www.Power1047.fm).

The goal of the Power 104.7 Level II Media Lab is to offer career readiness for journalism, media production, communications and related fields to create a more diverse, prepared and ethically grounded generation of media professionals serving their communities. This is an inclusive training program, with emphasis on Black journalists and other underserved communities.

By immersing participants in a live, deadline‑driven radio newsroom with structured instruction, mentorship, and critique, the Power 104.7 Level II Media Lab equips reporters with the habits and skills required for sustainable media careers.

This program is designed for those who have prior experience and exposure to journalism. However, applicants are not required to be on a “traditional” learning or career track.

This is a paid learning opportunity with stipends of $3,000.

The application deadline is March 4, 2026. To apply, fill out and submit the application form at www.centerforbroadcastjournalism.org/programming.

What: Power 104.7 Level II Media Lab
When: March 16 - May 15, 2026
Where: Power 104. 7 Studio, 370 Wabasha St., St. Paul, MN 55101

In the photo: Students of the Power 104.7 Media Lab with Rep. Maria Isa (second from the right) following an on-air interview.

01/10/2026

Every Tuesday Feeding Frogtown brings meals to hundreds of families ar six sites. We want to begin a safety patrol at each site. Who’s able and willing to help?

10/20/2025

Please join us and share!

09/19/2025

Thanks again to everyone who came out to the Frogtown Arts Festival! With over 400 people attending, 21 performing artists, a baller open mic, a packed kids zone, and tons of wonderful vendors, you made this year incredible.

The Frogtown arts Festival is a collaboration between the Frogtown Neighborhood Association and 825 Arts; if you'd like to learn more about either of our work, check us out at https://www.frogtownmn.org, and 825arts.org, repectively, or keep an eye out for updates on next year's fest (and photos from this year) at frogtownaf.org.

08/30/2025

Our Youth Arts Leadership Team's summer has come to a close, and with it we say farewell (but not goodbye!) to those who have grown out of the program. This year, we send off two incredible youth leaders who have left their mark on YALT in immeasurable ways, William (who has been on YALT 2 years) and Salma (who has been on YALT for 4 years!). William and Salma are two stunning, dedicated young leaders, full of creativity, excitement, focus, and drive. Both have run countless events, including youth programs, workshops, classes, and of course, the Speak Out And Lead festival. In everything they do, they bring an incredible energy and excitement that makes the vibe.

Their combined 6 years of service have left a deep mark on 825, and now it's time for them to leave their mark on the world! Fair winds and following seas to you both, as you go on to the next adventure.

08/30/2025

Help get young people to attend this Youth Discussion Forum event. Let us know if you have ideas on how to get more young people (14-24) from your organization connected. Also help pass onto others.

A youth-led discussion about substance abuse and mental health focused on the 4 corners of University and Dale. Monday, September 1st 2025 (5pm-7pm).

Parents (25 and over) are welcome and we will have a caucus where young people and older folks are having separate discussions in two areas of the Arts Center

5pm-7pm
Food Provided

825 Arts Center
825 University Ave. W.
St. Paul, MN

By young people of Frogtown Neighborhood Association (District 7) and 825 Arts

08/09/2025

At this year's Frogtown Arts Festival, we're not just celebrating local art, music, and culture. We're celebrating the people who grow flowers in our neighborhood (literally and figuratively), whether they just started or whether they've been working for 40 years. We're pleased to announce the first of those we'll be honoring this year: Melvin Giles.

Melvin is in a class of his own; his impact on our neighborhood was vast, and there are few people in Frogtown and Rondo who can't name some way he changed their lives. Community gardens, peace poles, and bubbles carry his memory here forever. For this reason, he is the only person nominated in the "Eternal Impact" category.

The honoring ceremony will be at 2pm at the Frogtown Arts Festival, on the main stage. Please join us to give all our honorees their flowers, recognizing their hard work and incredible impact.

07/26/2025

August 16th Frogtown Arts Festival 2025

This year at the Frogtown Arts Fest, get ready for a Kids' Zone that's out of this world! With a bouncy house, tons of art activities, and great games, you'll never get bored. Runs 1-5pm during the Frogtown Arts Festival, at 825 Arts! Visit frogtownaf.org (also in our bio) for more info!

Want to be part of the Kidz Corner? We're looking for volunteers and sponsors to make the day incredible. Go to frogtownaf.org or email [email protected] to learn more.

05/19/2025

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