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Arts & Culture
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The lumber baron behind Minneapolis’ Walker Art Center and public library system
Thomas Barlow Walker worked his way through school in a number of professions before gaining knowledge of northern Minnesota forests through a tip.
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Minneapolis doctor Charles Malchow’s frank book about sex landed him in prison
Promotional materials for the book ran afoul of the Comstock Act, which made using the U.S. mail to distribute obscenity (including specifically any information about abortion) a felony.
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Minnesota pilot Elizabeth Wall Strohfus fought for veteran recognition for American women who flew during World War II
Women Airforce Service Pilots didn’t receive recognition for their service for many years.
What exactly are the gales of November? And is November 10 really ‘early’ for them?
Of course we’re writing about the Edmund Fitzgerald.
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Cottonwood County’s Mountain Park sits on a site used by people for more than 3,000 years
The area has provided clues about the lives of a group of people who remained relatively isolated from Upper Mississippi trade networks.
‘We built this space not for us, but for them’: a bigger, better Capri Theater reopens its doors in north Minneapolis
For those who run the Capri, the delayed reopening was well worth the wait.
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The history of Bemidji’s lakeside public library
The building is located on the banks of Lake Bemidji in Library Park.
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What happened to Deputy Sheriff Val Johnson’s squad car in 1979?
The incident is considered one of the most credible UFO encounters in American history.
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In 1937, the People’s Lobby took over the Minnesota Senate chamber
The protesters had gathered to insist on a $17 million aid package for the unemployed.
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‘We didn’t realize we could do until we actually did it’: a Q&A with Juxtaposition Arts’ Roger Cummings
Last month, Juxtaposition — arts education nonprofit founded in 1995 — broke ground on a new $12.9 million campus in north Minneapolis.
As a fur trader and translator — and one of the first Black men born in present-day Minnesota — George Bonga moved between many different worlds
Around 1802, George Bonga was born to an African American father and his Ojibwe wife.
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