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Kao Kalia Yang’s new book, “Where Rivers Part,” is coming out on March 19 and tells the story of her mother’s life.

Arts groups received smaller Cultural STAR grants concentrated downtown.

Among the Cultural STAR grant recipients announced this week were a series of events to be held in downtown St. Paul.

Scary movies, goth markets, and power drills.

Whether it was his work for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, his work with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Watkins never lost sight of how to use power in the cause of justice.

Artscape Columnist Sheila Regan has all the art, music, and theater events happening this weekend across the Twin Cities and beyond.

William D. Green will join the Wadena County Historical Society on Saturday, August 12 for a reading and discussion of his book STRIKE! as part of WCHSs Bookends Online series.

In her new play, Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay examines the impact of colonialism and United States secret war in Laos through camp, Kung Fu, and creativity. 

David Mura will join the East Side Freedom Library for a hybrid reading and discussion of his new book, THE STORIES WHITENESS TELLS ITSELF, in conversation with Shannon Gibney on Thursday, April 27.