Signs of the pandemic times: A photo essay
MinnPost took a tour of the marquees and storefronts of the ghost town that is the Twin Cities.
Jim Walsh
Jim Walsh, a former City Pages music editor and award-winning columnist for the Pioneer Press, writes about music and local culture. He is the author of the oral history “The Replacements: All Over but the Shouting.”
‘It’s bad, it’s bad’: Minnesotans’ on-the-street talk about how the COVID-19 outbreak is impacting their lives
MinnPost talked to people on the streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Monday — practicing social distancing of 6 feet apart all the while — about how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted their lives.
‘We build community through music’: Hopewell Music in north Minneapolis
“We wanted to start a place that was accessible to everybody, regardless of age, income, physical ability, or skill level,” said co-founder Ellie Fregni. “We wanted to eliminate the barriers to participating in a music program.”
‘Forget your religions, forget your differences’: Festival in Chaska celebrates poems in Hindi and Urdu
A group of about 100 poets, artists, and writers that make up Mehfil-ae-Minneapolis took to a stage in Chaska to “promote and advance the rich Indian and Pakistani traditions of kavi sammelans and mushairas (poems).
MKDC puts the MN in Kpop
Kpop is known for its hyper-optimistic outlook, rigorous dance choreography and infectious beats. Its stars are hardly household names. But to a growing group of Kpop lovers in Minnesota, the music, videos and dances provide big fun and connection to community.
Art Shanty Projects: Making a whimsical community on frigid Lake Harriet
“’Exhilirating’ is definitely the word of the day,” said artist Kat Morgan, who spent her afternoon pedaling art lovers around on a tiny tour bus.
‘It’s a culture mix’: From salsa to yoga, La Doña Cervecería bustles in north Minneapolis
“Craft beer is a really easy way to bring people together and share culture and explain, ‘This is who I am,’” said owner Sergio Manancero. “‘This is our culture and this is what we do.’”
‘A phenomenal moment’: Minnesota Liberians celebrate their hard-won path to U.S. citizenship
“This is the most joyful place in America tonight,” Rep. Dean Phillips said Saturday evening, as seemingly everyone in the entire Brooklyn Park Community Activity Center beamed hard-won smiles.
Long overdue: ‘Our Home: Native Minnesota’ to open at the Minnesota History Center
The 2,700-square-foot exhibit employs maps, rare artifacts, interactive screens, multimedia pieces, and historic and contemporary photographs to tell first-person stories of the history of Minnesota’s first people.
Living the chardi kala at the Sikh Society of Minnesota’s open house
To celebrate the 550th birthday of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, the Sikh Coalition of Minnesota held an open house Sunday at the Sikh Society of Minnesota Gurdwara in Bloomington.
Shakopee’s Hocokata Ti cultural center is the place to be for Native American Heritage Month and beyond
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community hosted a first-ever Native American history, language, gaming, and culture day at the newly opened center.
Dan Wilson on songwriting — and how he comes up with his online tips
Dan Wilson: “I have this philosophy about song ideas that not everyone agrees with, but I’m right and they’re wrong. Which is: I try to record every idea I have that I think is really good.”
At Festival de las Calaveras, Latinx Minnesotans ‘remember, reflect, and connect with our ancestors’
For three hours at CLUES, a few hundred people expressed, in a burst of artful ways, their love for their Latinx community and gone-not-gone loved ones, and about the thin lines between this world and the afterworld.
‘Purple Rain’ and pepper spray: What I saw (and heard) when Trump came to town
Trump’s rally was easily the strangest thing I’ve ever seen at Target Center.
For Sigurd Olson’s biographer, Greta Thunberg’s activism gives new hope
“For the same kind of reason I love Greta Thunberg, Sigurd was someone who had this sense of purpose, this sense of calling, that he couldn’t let go of,” said David Backes.
Prison writing exhibit ‘SEEN’ is made even richer with portraits
“SEEN” is presented by the criminal justice reform/storytelling project We Are All Criminals in collaboration with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop.
‘We really need to get rid of Minnesota Nice and start having honest conversations’: 2019 Facing Race Awards recognize anti-racism activists and leaders
The Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundations’ Facing Race Awards have been acknowledging anti-racism activists in Minnesota since 2007.
‘It helps a lot with climate grief’: Student organizers gear up for next week’s Minnesota Youth Climate Strike
In a meeting room at the Danish American Center, members of the Minnesota Youth Climate Strike huddled up to change the world.
‘Everybody’s happy here, and it’s great to play for happy people’: Taking in the live music scene at the Minnesota State Fair
“This is a chance to see some amazing music in a really fun setting,” says Nate Dungan, the Fair’s live music booker.
‘The People’s Station’: KMOJ-FM broadcasts for the Minnesota African-American community and beyond
KMOJ connects in a way that only community radio can, providing as it does a listening experience wherein the deejays speak directly to you, the listener, complete with the freedom to voice their opinions about life and the news of the day.
