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Celebrating Black Music Month: How Black music shaped every sound we know

Celebrating Black Music Month: How Black music shaped every sound we know

Gary Hines, the music director and founder of Sounds of Blackness, joins MPR News host Angela Davis to talk about the history and influence of Black artists across all genres of music.      
by Angela Davis and Nikhil Kumaran

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Wild, safe and sober: An antique mall in Fridley centers the queer community

Wild, safe and sober: An antique mall in Fridley centers the queer community

At Wild Things Antiques in Fridley — a queer-owned, 20,000-square-foot vintage mall and sober community space — monthly events like First Thursday Drag Bingo blend LGBTQ history, Pride-themed decor and inclusive celebration with the owners’ mission to create a welcoming, diverse alternative to the often exclusionary world of antiques.
by Alex V. Cipolle

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In wildly different projects, Duluth musician Alan Sparhawk works through grief

In wildly different projects, Duluth musician Alan Sparhawk works through grief

Alan Sparhawk reemerged last year with a new sound featuring a drum machine and his voice through a processor. He has another new album with a band also born out of Duluth, Trampled by Turtles. Sparhawk spoke with MPR News host Clay Masters about both albums.
by Clay Masters and Gretchen Brown

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Democratic senators rent space at the Kennedy Center to host a Pride event

Democratic senators rent space at the Kennedy Center to host a Pride event

A group of Democratic senators and Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller are hosting a Pride celebration at the Kennedy Center Monday evening. But the Kennedy Center has nothing to do with programming it.
by Elizabeth Blair

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From Eiffel Tower to bistro chairs: Paris expos take center stage in new release by Minnesota author

From Eiffel Tower to bistro chairs: Paris expos take center stage in new release by Minnesota author

After losing Minneapolis bid for Expo 2027, Charles Pappas took a dispirited walk in Paris that led him to realize how deeply the city’s iconic identity was shaped by its World Expos — an epiphany that inspired his new book, “Nobody Sits Like the French,” a historical exploration of Paris through its expos from 1855 to 1937.
by Alex V. Cipolle

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Artist Salad Hilowle shares his Afro-Swedish experience at American Swedish Institute

Artist Salad Hilowle shares his Afro-Swedish experience at American Swedish Institute

A theme of Blackness in both Swedish history and art history runs throughout the artist’s first exhibition in the U.S. The show, a collaboration between ASI and The Somali Museum of Minnesota, is on view through Oct. 27.
by Alex V. Cipolle

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Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Pretender’ by Jo Harkin

Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Pretender’ by Jo Harkin

David Burton of novel, a bookstore in Memphis, Tenn., recommends “The Pretender” by Jo Harkin.
by Emily Bright

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