TU Dance’s CULTIVATE program nurtures dancers’ dreams
TU Dance in St. Paul is building on its mission to diversify the landscape of the Minnesota dance scene with its new CULTIVATE program....
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Jasmine McBride
Feb 19
Black History Month inspires togetherness
Black History Month is an annual celebration of the accomplishments of Black Americans. The annual observance has taken place since 1976,...
Jasmine McBride
Feb 16
Black History Month events to check out this week
Black History Month is a time set aside to acknowledge the significant influence of Black people on US history and culture. And there are...
Jasmine McBride
Feb 13
Darrius Strong brings his imagination – and movement – to CTC’s Alice in Wonderland
Movement artist Darrius Strong’s life is proof that what you dream can become real. Strong says working with his imagination has opened...
Jasmine McBride
Feb 12
Celebrating Black History as U.S. History
Black History Month is an annual celebration to – as President Gerald Ford decreed – “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often...
CBJ Staff
Feb 9
Black History Month events to check out this week
Black History Month is a time set aside to acknowledge the significant influence of Black people on US history and culture. And there are...
Jasmine McBride
Feb 7
In a world full of labels, artist Jai Stephenson says “I just am”
Through film, local visual artist Jai Stephenson is empowering the Black and Queer community to think outside external labels as an act...
Jasmine McBride
Feb 3
Michele Norris expands the conversation on race
This past Thursday journalist Michele Norris discussed her recently released book “Our Hidden Conversations; What Americans Really Think...
CBJ Staff
Feb 1
Twin Cities arts organizations celebrate Black History Month
Black History Month is a time set aside to acknowledge the significant influence of Black people on US history and culture. And there are...
Jasmine McBride
Jan 29
Ricardo Levins Morales: Making art for activists
Ricardo Levins Morales is a visual artist from Puerto Rico working at the intersection of healing and social justice. For decades he has...
Jasmine McBride
Jan 26
“Handprints” captures family legacy of strong father
“Handprints,” written by Greta Oglesby, opens this weekend at the History Theater in Saint Paul and runs through February 18. The...
Jasmine McBride
Jan 15
"Juanell’s Chair" offers hope in the struggle for racial justice
This Martin Luther King Day, Walker West Music Academy in Saint Paul presented a reading of “Juanell’s Chair,” an original African...
Jasmine McBride
Jan 11
Walker West, Ujamaa Place create digital music program for young men
Walker West Academy and Ujamaa Place are now offering a Digital Music Production program to Black men between the ages of 18 to 30. The...
Jasmine McBride
Dec 28, 2023
Ceramic exhibition honors women in Africa, Asia and the Americas
The Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery is presenting a solo exhibition by longtime ceramic artist Donna Ray. Ray is...
Jasmine McBride
Dec 12, 2023
“US” merges Victorian fashion with Afrofuturism
Now on view in downtown Minneapolis, “US” is a new photography exhibition that merges the 1800s Victorian fashion with Afrofuturism.
Jasmine McBride
Nov 30, 2023
Puerto Rican drumming is transforming lives in St. Paul
A centuries-old musical tradition from Puerto Rico is finding a new home in St. Paul. On Wednesday nights students gather at the Black...
Jasmine McBride
Nov 20, 2023
ConFluence makes space for BIPOC nerds to create, play
This weekend, Public Functionary in Minneapolis hosted a two-day celebration of sci-fi and fantasy, centering content by and for Black...
Jasmine McBride
Nov 16, 2023
“American Precariat” empowers the incarcerated
More than a hundred people crowded into the Hook and Ladder in Minneapolis Wednesday night to celebrate the launch of “American...
Jasmine McBride
Nov 15, 2023
Photography exhibition celebrates Native culture, resilience
A new exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) depicts Native cultures as seen through their own photographers’ eyes. “In Our...
Jasmine McBride
Nov 1, 2023
New children’s book celebrates the comforting power of sweet potato pie
Rose McGee was a writer long before she began spreading the comfort of pie. Now her two loves have merged in her debut children’s book.
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