Minneapolis event where a 6-meter No. 2 pencil, sculpted from an oak tree, is sharpened, gathering over 1,000 attendees.

MINNEAPOLIS ― When is a pencil not just a pencil? When it’s on John and Amy Higgins’ lawn across from Lake of the Isles, is ...

It’s a crazy time we’re living in and it gives people a diversion, a bit of fun and time to let loose and be silly. We need ...

Throngs of people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic ...

In 1565, Swiss naturalist Conrad Gessner published a drawing of a strip of graphite inside a tube of wood — the first depiction of a wood pencil. The invention swiftly spread through Europe.

Technology may never vanquish the humble wooden pencil. Ask anyone involved in manufacturing ... How many other products can you buy for under a dollar that can draw a line 35 miles long?