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'This is good food': Reclaiming a classic Nigerian dish in Minnesota

'This is good food': Reclaiming a classic Nigerian dish in Minnesota

Ask just about anyone to tell their personal story, and it’s likely that food will feature at some point. For Nigerian immigrant Uche Irogbu, fufu was a staple of his childhood, and now its a staple of his identity in the U.S.
by Mecca Bos

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With new name in Dakota, St. Paul nonprofit pushes Indigenous renaming forward

With new name in Dakota, St. Paul nonprofit pushes Indigenous renaming forward

Lower Phalen Creek Project is now Wakaŋ Tipi Awaŋyaŋkapi. The new name means “those who care for Wakaŋ Tipi” in Dakota, referencing a cave currently known as Carver’s Cave but ancestrally called Wakan Tipi. 
by Robyn Katona

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Arts Briefs: Miniature golf, Elvis and puppets

Arts Briefs: Miniature golf, Elvis and puppets

This week’s arts briefs include Monkeybear's Harmolodic Workshop, hip hop dance with Cypherside and The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum in Duluth. Also in Absolute Bleeding Edge: folk music with blips and bloops.
by Jacob Aloi, Alex V. Cipolle and Max Sparber

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Voices across time: Theater Mu ignites intergenerational conversation

Voices across time: Theater Mu ignites intergenerational conversation

Theater Mu is hosting the AAPI Generations Conference, an event celebrating 30 years of fostering Asian American and Pacific Islander theater, promoting intergenerational dialogues, and encouraging inclusive participation.
by Jacob Aloi

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Ageless echoes: The Karen story of Muyehpen finds new life

Ageless echoes: The Karen story of Muyehpen finds new life

Exposed Brick Theater is staging "Muyehpen," the first English adaptation of a Karen legend, to keep the story alive and shed light on the persecution of the Karen community.
by Jacob Aloi

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Celebrating 25 years of techno parties and raves at Intellephunk

Celebrating 25 years of techno parties and raves at Intellephunk

Through trials and tribulations, the Minneapolis promoters celebrate 25 years of dance parties, raves, and the future of the Twin Cities techno community.

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When fufu is a taste of love and a taste of home

When fufu is a taste of love and a taste of home

For the 14,000 Nigerians who now live in Minnesota fufu is a west African taste of home. Uche Iroegbu who arrived in Minnesota some years ago now fully understands its importance.
by Mecca Bos

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5 new fantasy novels invigorate old tropes

5 new fantasy novels invigorate old tropes

Spell books, dragons, mermaids, fairies and a magic circus all take on new life in the pages of these five enchanting tales hitting shelves in May and June.
by Caitlyn Paxson

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