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2021 tempted us to "get back to normal," but the Twin Cities arts scene largely resisted and innovated by staging events outside, charging bouncers with the task of checking vaccination statuses, producing virtual art exhibits and fusing art forms to continue healing. Through it all, MinneCulture producers brought you timely arts stories as well as Minnesota history stories, told with modern and progressive voices. Here are some of the most memorable stories from 2021, as selected by the MinneCuture editorial team.

Challenger Learning Center honors 7 crew member lost 35 years ago Teachers and students in Tallahassee are remembering the seven crew members aboard the space shuttle Challenger who lost their lives. Posted at 5:21 PM, Jan 28, 2021 and last updated 2021-01-28 17:22:02-05 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Teachers and students in Tallahassee are remembering the seven crew members aboard the space shuttle Challenger who lost their lives. The Challenger 51-L “Teacher in Space” launch tragedy happened 35 years ago, on January 28, 1986. The space shuttle was in the air for more than a min...

Racism is the idea that one racial group is inferior or superior to another, and has the social power to carry out and benefit from systemic discrimination. This applies to most, if not all, institutions in this country, including public media. Anti-Blackness and white supremacy shape both the institutional policies and practices of society and shape the cultural beliefs and values that support racist policies and practices. White supremacy is the political and socio-economic system that allows white people both at a collective and individual level to enjoy structural advantage and rights tha...

*** Ugh. 2020. What an onslaught. And yet Minnesota artists persisted, creating and sharing amidst the constraints of isolation, disease and social injustice. MinneCulture producers at KFAI found innovative ways to work around the pandemic and through the unrest, connecting us with timely art and history stories from around the state. The year was terrible, but the work was a triumph. Here are our editors’ picks for Most Memorable Stories of 2020. The year started in ordinary fashion—Minnesotan artists doing their thing, KFAI producers sharing their stories. Producer Anna Stitt gave us a ...