Celebrating a Century of Black Life, History, and Culture
Mary TreacyWe should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate,...
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Bringing Lao cuisine to the table: Kohk and Sahk
Bryan Thao WorraThis month, Lao American entrepreneur Thip Soulisak and his colleagues have been running an indiegogo campaign for Kohk and Sahk, a California-based startup that hopes to bring Lao...
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In the Age of Paint and Bone
1422396471-in_the_age_of_paint_and_bone_tickets.jpgp1 Why do people make art? It's one of the biggest mysteries of humankind. It's one that's no closer to being solved today than it was in 1879, when...
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Jesus Christ Superstar
1421802155-jesuschristsuperstar_tickets.jpgp1 Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar changed the face of musical theater when it debuted on Broadway in 1971. A rock 'n' roll retelling of the last...
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HRC: Minnesota is ‘solidifying’ equality but lags on important issues
Andy Birkey The Colu.mn The Human Rights Campaign recently launched a new index rating the states on LGBT equality, and while Minnesota ranks well above many other states, the report notes some glaring...
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Lawmakers listen as educators share ‘achievement gap’ success stories
Session Daily As Minnesota leaders in K-12 education continue to work toward their shared goal of narrowing the achievement gap, the House Education Finance Committee is looking to the educators...
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Random Reflectin’
Dwight HobbesIt’s an interesting season for Twin Cities theatre and, as of this writing, isn’t even Black Folk’s Month. On the heels of Motown the Musical, a hit at the Orpheum in Minneapolis, came The...
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Meet the Abu Huraira Islamic Center
Matthew Grimley Northeaster With a box of Little Caesar’s pizza and a chai tea, Abdirahman Omar sits down at a long table inside the building at 3055 Old Highway 8 in St. Anthony. He’s meeting with...
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RE/MAX Results Eden Prairie
POINT(-93.4193468 44.8589618) RE/MAX Results of Eden Prairie is a division of RE/MAX Results offering residential properties located throughout this Twin Cities area community of over 60 thousand...
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Shawn Mendes
web_thumb_shawnmendes.jpgTue, 04/14/2015 - 7:00pmCanadian musician Shawn Mendes has been gaining mainstream success as a singer-songwriter and touring artist since releasing his self-titled The Shawn...
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Sufjan Stevens
web_thumb_sufjanstevens.jpgWed, 04/22/2015 - 7:30pmTo celebrate the release of his forthcoming album Carrie & Lowell, Sufjan Stevens will tour North America beginning in April, making a stop at...
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DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE with The Antlers
web_thumb_deathcabforcutie.jpgSat, 05/02/2015 - 7:30pmAtlantic recording group Death Cab for Cutie has announced an array of activity surrounding the release of their much-anticipated eighth studio...
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Girl Shorts
1418764069-girl_shorts_tickets.jpgp1 The many facets of female lives are explored in Girl Shorts, a festival of one-act plays written by women and about women. The People's Center Theatre will host...
View ArticleThe Pictures I See
Jeff CouillardIt's hazy in the morning. Haze over here. Haze over there. Haze everywhere. It's like a stampede of angry bulls racing to get to their pens. Racing as fast as they can. Sometimes...
View ArticleKiana Marie
Dwight HobbesIt’s always exciting to discover a new, young talent. There’s simply something vitalizing about it. And when you come across a find like powerhouse vocalist-songwriter Kiana Marie...
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HN county attorney challenges staff to reduce Black youth incarceration
Charles Hallman Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Taxpayers nationwide pay an estimated $8 to $21 billion each year to keep juveniles in jail according to a December 2014 Justice Policy Institute report,...
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THEATER REVIEW | Minneapolis Musical Theatre's "Calvin Berger" a modernized...
Basil Considine TC Daily Planet Calvin Berger is a musical update of the story of Cyrano de Bergerac. That’s a big nose to fill, but the production now playing at the New Century Theatre is smartly...
View Article"Telling: Minnesota 2015" at the Guthrie Theater
Fri, 03/06/2015 - 7:30pmSat, 03/07/2015 - 7:30pmSun, 03/08/2015 - 1:00pmThu, 03/12/2015 - 7:30pmFri, 03/13/2015 - 7:30pmSat, 03/14/2015 - 7:30pmSun, 03/15/2015 - 1:00pmThe Guthrie welcomes the return...
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8th Annual Interactive Chinese Cultural Festival
unnamed.jpgSat, 03/14/2015 (All day) - Sun, 03/15/2015 (All day)The Chinese Heritage Foundation will present its eighth annual festival, A Passage to China - an interactive journey, on March 14 and15,...
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Blues At The Crossroads at the Dakota Jazz Club
crossroads-web-449x198.jpgMon, 02/16/2015 - 6:30pmMon, 02/16/2015 - 9:00pmThe ultimate soul revue makes it’s way to the mid west to heat things up and drive us away from the mid-winter madness for the...
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