More than 1,000 people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil.

MINNEAPOLIS — More than 1,000 people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil. The 20-foot-tall (6-meter-tall ...

To keep the point pointy, they haul a giant, custom-made pencil sharpener up the scaffolding that’s erected for the event. Like a real pencil, this one is ephemeral.

To keep the point pointy, they haul a giant, custom-made pencil sharpener up the scaffolding that is erected for the event. Like a real pencil, this one is ephemeral. Every year they sharpen it ...

To keep the point pointy, they haul a giant, custom-made pencil sharpener up the scaffolding that is erected for the event. Like a real pencil, this one is ephemeral.

By MARK VANCLEAVE and STEVE KARNOWSKI MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Residents will gather Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Residents will gather Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil.

And that chance for renewal, that promise, people really seem to buy into and understand.” To keep the point pointy, they haul a giant, custom-made pencil sharpener up the scaffolding that is erected ...

Why a Minneapolis neighborhood sharpens a giant pencil every year Residents will gather Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil ...