Arts
From Indigenous Beading to Appalachian Clogging, the Center for People and Craft Is Modernizing the 19th Century Folk-School Model
Rooted in the folk-school tradition, the newly launched center also aims for diversity and antifascism.
I Tried the Minneapolis-Made Camera So You Don’t Have To
Manufactured on Nicollet Avenue during the Truman administration, the Clarus MS-35 is fun to use but riddled with flaws. Are civic pride and a yearning for physical media enough to make you buy one in 2026?
‘A Brick-and-Mortar Space Leads to Real Community’: Twin Cities Art Spaces Carry on a Cultural Tradition
Meet the small local galleries that place artists and community first.
‘I’m a Pedestrian at My Core’: Catching Up With Comedian Jake Cornell
Cornell will appear at the Parkway in Minneapolis on Thursday night.
Sack’s Back: MN’s Greatest Political Cartoonist Un-Retired Because He’s ‘So Fucking Pissed’ at Trump, ICE
Before launching his Substack, Sack had to re-learn to draw using his non-dominant hand.
How Can Artists Show up for Minneapolis?
I held a 500-person virtual workshop on how artists can meaningfully support the work to get ICE out of Minneapolis. Here's what I learned.
Meet the Minneapolis Artist Offering ‘Chinga La Migra’ Flash Tattoos
Because sometimes all you can do is get a tattoo.
They’re on Probation for Graffiti. That Hasn’t Stopped Them From Painting.
Even after a harrowing trip to the Hennepin County Jail 2 years ago, these best friends keep painting—and pushing their luck.
7 2025 Books by MN Authors to Gift the Reader on Your List
We've got something for every kind of reader: poems for the doomscroller, essays about the natural world, a comic collab with Redman, and more.









