How Minnesota environmentalists use art to raise awareness
Some of Minnesota's most active environmentalists are artists. Whether poets or performers, visual artists or musicians, their work consistently focuses on environmental ills.
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Show collection items Marianne Cooper on 'Cut Adrift: Families in Insecure Times'
Cooper looks at the connection between financial stress and emotional duress that more families are enduring as the divide between rich and poor widens.
Manilow hit 'Mandy' came from song called 'Brandy'
Barry Manilow's version of "Mandy" was No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts 40 years ago this week.
Hip-hop collective Doomtree disconnects to make new album
Doomtree's newest album comes out Tuesday. To make it, the group went as far as renting a cabin without cell reception in order to get away from interruptions.
Big plans for Smallest Museum in St. Paul
Minnesota is home to grand museums, but its newest -- and smallest -- will find its home in a vintage fire hose cabinet.
Cathedral of St. Paul celebrates centennial
Sunday marks the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, and the Cathedral is marking the occasion by opening of a year of celebration for one of Minnesota's most iconic buildings.
From backing band to big stars: How The Current helped Mumford and Sons
Mary Lucia, Steve Seel and Jill Riley looked back at 10 years of The Current. For them, the band Mumford and Sons is a prime example of what the station is capable of.
A Lao journey: From a war-torn homeland to the U.S.
Chanida Phaengdara Potter's blog "Little Laos on the Prairie" has become a gathering spot for the Lao diaspora across the nation. Now, she's telling their stories in a new exhibit.
Feeling the vibe: Leigh Kamman kept jazz alive
Twin Cities musicians gather Sunday to celebrate the late broadcaster Leigh Kamman. They'll honor a consummate professional who interviewed jazz greats -- and inspired local artists to keep jazz alive.
More funding could give Minnesota State Band permanent rehearsal space
The Minnesota State Band--the only remaining state band in the nation--is seeking more funding and a permanent rehearsal space from the legislature this year.
The Current celebrates 10 years on air
The lineup for the station's birthday concert is fittingly eclectic.
Art Hounds: Mpls. mystery and Granite Falls art
This week we travel to Granite Falls for photographs of the prairie, examine Bertolt Brecht's treatment of women, and check out John Gaspard's novel "The Ambitious Card."
Screen Time: Diversity in Hollywood
Last week, the Academy Award nominees were announced and for the first time since 1997, all the acting nominees were white.
Chordettes rode a talent contest to national fame
"Mr. Sandman" by the Chordettes was No. 1 on the Billboard charts 60 years ago today.
How the local arts community engages in conversations about race
Three Minnesota artists joined The Daily Circuit to talk about the art communities freedom and obligations to address social change.
James Lee Burke's 'Creole Belle' is Kerri's book pick
Actor Will Patton narrates and "makes it sound like a play," Kerri said.
How women have been erased from history, politics and the workplace
Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani looked at recent and historical instances of women disappearing from the story.
'Fresh off the Boat' repackages the Asian-American story for TV
The TV show, based on Eddie Huang's memoir, retains some of the book's raw sensibility, but as he tells it, it's been a fight to keep his life's story from becoming a 'cornstarch sitcom.'
Larry Wilmore's 'Nightly Show' brings a new voice to late night TV
The ex-Daily Show correspondent becomes the only black man to host an entertainment show in late night TV. And he starts on an important occasion; the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
It's Patriots and Seahawks to the Super Bowl
The Patriots took the lead early, and proceeded to turn their advantage into a crushing defeat for the Colts. The Patriots will face the Seahawks in the Super Bowl on Feb. 1.