ArtsWhen Polydor Records released Gloria Gaynor's single "Substitute," the song didn't make much of an impression. Then, club DJs flipped the single over to the B-side and discovered "I Will Survive."
The Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship program is a two-year grant aimed at artists who have established their practice, but have yet to get wide recognition for their work. Most of the artists identify as people of color or indigenous.
Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like "Miserlou" and "Let's Go Trippin'" earned him the title "King of the Surf Guitar," has died at age 81.
After authorities were tipped off about the potential heist, they replaced the Flemish masterpiece with a replica.
The Arkansas-born blues singer looks back on her career and discusses "Travelin' Woman," her first album in more than 20 years.
Born 100 years ago today, Nat King Cole topped the charts year after year, sold more than 50 million records, pushed jazz piano in a new direction and paved the way for later generations of performers.
Twin Cities poet Ed Bok Lee will read from his new collection of poetry, "Mitochondrial Night," on Saturday night in Minneapolis.
The SXSW music festival is underway in Austin, Texas, and MPR's sister station The Current is hosting a party.
The internationally known Minnesota photographer changed how he works as a result.
Normally, senior producer Stephanie Curtis recommends five things to see, do, read or experience. But this week, we asked Liliana Percy Ruiz, executive producer at "On Being" and host of the podcast "This Movie Changed Me," to fill in.
The duo's tour has been getting good reviews, with the two musicians — now in their mid-seventies — performing a mix of old favorites and more recent tunes. The show also includes tributes to Peter Tork, who died last month, and Davy Jones, who passed away in 2012.
Plus, Art Hounds recommend jazz at the Duluth Depot and a smorgasbord of queer theater.
The Twin Cities has never been known as a good place to get soul food, but some dedicated entrepreneurs are making the local food scene take note of an unusual-to-Minnesota phenomenon: black-owned food businesses serving both classic and innovative takes on black cooking.
With no permanent home, the theater company has built a loyal, mobile audience that likes to be challenged.
"Captain Marvel" revealed an appetite for good movies with strong female leads. But Hollywood still has a ways to go to achieve equity.
One woman who got tickets for herself and her entire book club as soon as they went on sale is Sheletta Brundidge, co-host of the "Two Haute Mamas" podcast. Brundidge talked with MPR News host Cathy Wurzer about why she's going to the event.
Mariah Carey performs at the State Theatre in Minneapolis on Wednesday night. It will be the first time that the 49-year-old singer, who has scored 18 number one hits, will headline a solo concert in the Twin Cities.
The moment that gave us "Say it ain't so, Joe" has been set to music.
Minneapolis-based Zenon Dance Company will close this summer following its final performances in June. The company's founder and artistic director Linda Z. Andrews said that Zenon, like many other mid-sized arts organizations, grew overwhelmed by funding problems.
A new adaptation of Tolkien's classic tale uses just five actors.