7+ hour, 22+ min ago  (175+ words) R IS FOR RONDO By Dr. Artika Tyner and Jacklyn Milton Dr. Artika Tyner and Jacklyn Milton are steadfast as advocates for literacy, and the connections in the roots of St. Paul's Rondo community. That being said, it is my…...

8+ hour, 24+ min ago  (536+ words) Rock and roll music traces its origins to rhythm and blues music created and performed by Black artists. Pioneers, like Little Richard, left, and Chuck Berry helped shape the sound that would define the genre. Maureen Mahon, professor of music…...

10+ hour ago  (431+ words) OUR FIRST BUS RIDE Ask most Americans about Black music in Minnesota and the fi" The ceremony reflected the continuing evolution of one of Black America's most significant cultural institutions, balancing reverence for artistic legacy with recognition of a new…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (837+ words) Ask most Americans about Black music in Minnesota and the first answer is Prince. The second might be Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. A few will name Sounds of Blackness, Mint Condition, Alexander O'Neal or Morris Day. All deserve recognition....

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (163+ words) Mac Phail Center for Music has appointed Michael Waldman as its new vice president of development, bringing more than 25 years of nonprofit leadership and strategic fundraising experience to the nation's largest community music school. In his new role, Waldman will…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (886+ words) Black-owned bars are reclaiming Western style by blending classic saloon aesthetics with modern culture, music, and community. From swinging saloon doors to country dance floors, these spaces are reshaping what the Western experience looks like today. The doors swing open,…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago  (233+ words) Hennepin County is moving on multiple fronts to stabilize ho" When thousands of national labor delegates, civil rights lea" The Bloomington Farmers Market returned for its second week June 13 at Bloomington Civic Plaza, continuing a season that runs Saturdays through…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (369+ words) Rondo was the beating heart of Black St. Paul " churches, bu" Every year, the panel overseeing the trust fund for Social S" Gary Hines, Sounds of Blackness musical director Written and produced by founder and music director Gary Hines and…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (290+ words) What happens when catastrophe lands on your doorstep'and you choose to open the door? That's the beating heart of Come From Away, the critically acclaimed Canadian musical now headed to the Guthrie Theater's Mc Guire Proscenium Stage for a summer…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (564+ words) Walk into Strive Bookstore at 825 Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis and you step into a space built on a conviction: that stories shape identity, that representation heals, and that a community bookstore can do real economic and cultural work at…...