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Black Scholars, Trans Ancestors, and Video Games: ‘I Promise to Burn Forever’ Challenges Visitors to Remember

Public Functionary's latest is a spirited exhibition that implicates, but doesn't alienate, its visitors.

October 2, 2025

‘Only Ugly Guys’ Is More Beautiful Than You’d Expect

A provocative new play asserts a bold and innovative presence in Twin Cities theater.

September 30, 2025

Fork Over A Few Quarters and Take Home a Mini Masterpiece From These Art Vending Machines

Accessible, affordable, nostalgic, and fun, mini art vending machines are taking over the Twin Cities.

September 10, 2025

See Some of the Fair’s Best Crop Art Inside MN’s Biggest Museum

'Cream of the Crop: A Minnesota Folk Art Showcase' comes to Mia later this week.

September 4, 2025

18 Hours at the Minnesota Fringe Festival

What I saw, what I would see again, and what I wish I hadn’t.

The Stashery: A ‘Rare Third Space’ Bursting with Fiber-Arts Bargains

How Textile Center's long-running garage sale evolved into this year-round secondhand store.

Meet the Deltiologists: MN’s Postcard-Collecting Community Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Instagram

Postcard nostalgics will gather this weekend to celebrate the (mostly) lost art.

Minnesota’s Mighty Maker Spaces

Need a cement mixer? A 3D printer? A pottery wheel? A laser cutting station? Yeah, these places have got you covered.

From Tokyo to Mickey’s Diner, Deborah Jiang-Stein’s ‘Lucky Tomorrow’ Is a Book of Belonging and Becoming

'I feel a little bit landlocked here,' Jiang-Stein says. Her stories are anything but.

May 15, 2025

Raising the Sausage Curtain: How Art-A-Whirl Helped Turn NE Minneapolis Into an Arts District

Thirty years ago, most people in Minneapolis thought Northeast was too sleepy or dangerous to visit. A scrappy open-studio tour with some unlikely political support changed that.