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Pete Hennig and his Blue Grass Bandits
picture_in_hardtimes_bluegrass_festival_poster_09_small_291124252_std.jpgMon, 07/14/2014 - 8:00pm - 10:00pmWho knew? Pete Hennig has a Blue Grass side.Shane Akers -DobroBlair Krivanek -Guitar,...
View ArticleBaby steps forward: New law for pregnant inmates
Lucille MarshallAs of July 1, the marginalized lives of pregnant prison inmates are now featured center stage. Minnesota’s new law protecting incarcerated pregnant women went into effect this...
View ArticleTree gators and dead sod: 2014 Nicollet Avenue construction update
Lyndale Neighborhood Association You may have noticed that the winter was not kind to some of the new, greener features of Nicollet Avenue. This spring there were a number of trees that didn’t make it...
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This week in Saint Paul: Speaking of summer July 7–13, 2014
Clarence WhiteI am already feeling nostalgic for summer, for some good reasons and for reasons that are, well, the sepia-colored-glasses–type of recalling. We sure have had our share of rain, and like...
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Bare
1404764244-bare_070714_temp.jpgp1 Set to a pulsating pop-opera score, Bare is the electrifying story of a group of coed Catholic boarding school students wrestling with identity, sexuality and...
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Friday Night Dinner Cruise on the Minneapolis Queen
boat-051413.jpgp1 Climb aboard the Minneapolis Queen paddle-wheeler for an exciting dinner cruise on the majestic Mississippi River. You'll experience views of the St. Anthony Falls, take in the beauty...
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Clive Barker's Crazyface
1404155068-crazyface_063014.jpgp1 Famed fantasy-horror novelist Clive Barker (Hellraiser, Candyman) created this dark stage satire that follows a 16th-century simpleton called Crazyface on a fool's...
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OPINION | Youth Congress commemorates Mississippi Freedom Summer
Artika Tyner Insight News The 50th Anniversary of Freedom Summer was celebrated June 25 – 29 during a convening in Jackson, Miss.More than 1,500 young people, community leaders and civil rights...
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T.R. Anderson Gallery
POINT(-93.2436994 44.9709258) The T.R. Anderson Gallery is located at the entrance to the James Ford Bell Library, Suite 472 on the 4th floor of Wilson Library at the University of Minnesota.Exhibits...
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Labor in the Eyes of Artists: Zines, Scenes and In-Betweens
baner-for-pr-1-300x200.jpgTue, 07/08/2014 - 9:00am - Fri, 07/11/2014 - 4:30pmMon, 07/14/2014 - 9:00am - Fri, 07/18/2014 - 4:30pmThis exhibition includes artist zines, posters, and other forms of...
View ArticleAs EdTech grows, concern about corporate influence
Luke Plutowski Last April, when New York governor Andrew Cuomo was deciding how to allocate $2 billion for classroom technology, he turned to a three person council for advice. One of the advisors he...
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Mississippi Freedom Summer 50th anniversary: A primer in leadership
Artika TynerThe exercise of leadership is the foundation for creating social change. Freedom Summer of 1964 serves as a primer on how to lead social change movements. In 1964, over 700 students from...
View ArticleThe rhetoric of harm
Eleanor ArnasonSomeone on facebook posted a link to You Are Triggering Me! The Neo-Liberal Rhetoric of Harm, Danger and Trauma. It's by Jack Haberstam, someone I don't know, but I liked a lot of the...
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Tracks in the Snow: The Minnesota Muslim Experience since 1880
34ad2a9f2250b58ce55ecfbfda6b164c.jpgThu, 07/31/2014 (All day) - Fri, 08/08/2014 (All day)Named with a nod to our northern clime, the traveling exhibit Tracks in the Snow: The Minnesota Muslim...
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Doing Good: The Jewish Community's Rescue, Relief and Renewal around the World
minneapolis-twin-cities-header.jpgMon, 07/21/2014 - 11:30am - 7:15pm"...the first-ever Global Symposium, sponsored by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), the Minneapolis Jewish...
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Home care workers file for largest union election in Minnesota history
Barb_Kucera Workday Minnesota Joined by the clients they serve, workers who care for people in their homes filed Tuesday to form a union. Organizing under the slogan, “Invisible No More,” they said a...
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Sasquatched! The Musical
1404770370-goldstar_02.jpgp1 If you've ever been terrified of Bigfoot, you just haven't met Arthur, a kindhearted, 8-foot-tall Sasquatch who's discovered lost in the woods one day by young Sam....
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Holistic Living on a Budget
hmnlogosmall.jpgWed, 08/20/2014 - 7:00pm - 9:00pmJoin the Twin Cities Chapter of the Holistic Moms Network to discuss Holistic on a Budget. Holistic living generally means we consider our mind, body...
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Tipped worker pay stirs up minimum wage debate
The Minnesota Daily Though Minnesota lawmakers recently raised the state’s minimum wage to $9.50 an hour by 2016, servers and other tipped employees can expect to see a push to lock in their wages at...
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Fermentation 101
hmnlogosmall.jpgWed, 09/17/2014 - 7:00pm - 9:00pmJoin the Twin Cities Chapter of the Holistic Moms Network to learn about the health benefits and basics of fermentation, and make your own organic...
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