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Joshua Gillespie, a Minneapolis drummer and storyteller who performs as Brotha Ase, wants everyone to know about the 

 this weekend, put on by Duniya Drum and Dance. 

The conference includes classes in West African drumming and dance for beginners as well as experienced performers. Instructors are visiting from Guinea, Mali and Nigeria. Classes run Friday through Sunday at the Barbara Barker Center for Dance on the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Campus. 

A culminating performance, “Bridges of Rhythm: A Path of Generations,” is open to all this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Duniya Drum & Dance also teaches 

 It's a great opportunity that you should take advantage of this weekend, if you're looking for something cool to do and getting some cultural healing in your spirit.

Joshua Cunningham is a landscape painter in St. Paul who works primarily with Groveland Gallery in Minneapolis. He highly recommends the 

 events taking place this month. Artists are painting within a 25-mile radius of Red Wing, including in the city itself, over the next week. 

Opportunities to watch artists at work — and for kids to paint for free — include 

 at the Red Wing Arts. An exhibition of the work they create runs June 20 – Aug. 16 at the Depot.

 They have had between 50 and 100 paintings done every year, so you can imagine the body of work that has been created over the last 20 years. Though some of those areas get painted more frequently than others, [each] day only comes once. 

The light and the air of a given day is what defines all of the colors and the values — and often the mood of the place — so you're never really standing in the same place twice.

Scott Pakudaitis, board chair of Revolution Dance Works, has been a fan of Corpus Dance Works since he saw their fringe show inspired by plant biology in 2022. He’s looking forward to their new dance show inspired by sports team culture, 

 at Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis June 11-15.

He anticipates high energy and some comedy that will appeal to sports and dance fans alike:

says: They create very innovative and frenetic dances that touch on a lot of things that everybody can relate to. 

There will be things like mascots and a marching band and dancing referees, a look behind the locker room, tackles and lots of balls flying in the air from dancers who do not know how to catch footballs.

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Art Hounds recommend Fakoly Drum & Dance Conference, the 20th annual Red Wing Arts Plein Air events and “Line of Scrimmage” at Mixed Blood Theatre.

Art Hounds recommend Fakoly Drum & Dance Conference, 20th annual Red Wing Arts Plein Air events and “Line of Scrimmage,” at Mixed Blood Theatre.

Art Hounds: West African drumming, Football-meets-Dance and Red Wing Arts Plein Air

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