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Stephanie Anne Bertumen and Clay Man Soo in a scene from “Sanctuary City.”

Exploring the life of the undocumented and gay in ‘Sanctuary City’

by Sheila Regan 20 hours ago02/03/2025

Aerial photograph showing flooding in the Traverse Gap, the former southern outlet of Glacial Lake Agassiz and the source of River Warren. Ice-covered Lake Traverse (Mde Hdakiŋyaŋ), a natural border between Minnesota (left) and South Dakota (right) is at bottom center; Big Stone Lake (Mde Iŋyaŋ Taŋka) is at top center.

The draining of Glacial Lake Agassiz

by Paul Nelson 2 days ago01/31/2025

A scene from “The Black Sea.”

Black Europe Film Festival debuts in Minneapolis

by Sheila Regan 01/29/202501/29/2025

Top: “The Kitchen Maid” by Diego Velázquez; bottom: “The Kitchen Maid” by Fred Kudjo Kuwornu

Film

Writers and directors show the diversity and complexity of Black Europeans through the medium of film

by Deanna Pistono 01/29/202501/29/2025

This month, Toussaint Francois Battiste stars in “Milo Imagines the World,” a musical adaptation of the children’s book by writer Matt de la Peña and illustrator Christian Robinson.

Toussaint Francois Battiste stars in CTC’s ‘Milo Imagines the World’

by Sheila Regan 01/28/202501/29/2025

Scott Zuckman, Susan Hoffman and Lisa Savitt attending a Passover seder at the St. Paul Talmud Torah in 1960.

From exclusion to integration: The story of the Jewish community in Minnesota

by Laura Weber 01/27/202501/28/2025

Munir Kahar, The South Wand, natural pigments

Step into the Mirror Lab with artists Munir Kahar and Savannah Reich

by Sheila Regan 01/22/202501/21/2025

Detail from Worlds Within Worlds, 2024, graphite, molding paste, black gesso on paper, in custom metal frame with museum glass, 27 x 23 in.

Mixed media artist David Goldes offers stark landscapes for dark times

by Sheila Regan 01/22/202501/21/2025

Mary Prescott’s event, “Mother Tongue,” is a kind of precursor to a large-scale performance piece coming to the festival in 2026, “Ancestral Table.”

With ‘Mother Tongue,’ artist Mary Prescott will give her audience a taste of cultural narratives about food

by Sheila Regan 01/21/202501/22/2025

Anna Arnold Hedgeman, ca. 1950s.

Anoka’s Anna Arnold Hedgeman, the only woman on the March on Washington planning committee

by Tina Burnside 01/20/202501/17/2025

NowandLater I and II (2024), acrylic, pork rinds, icee pop, pickle, hot fries, hugs, epoxy, chain, motor, 36x30x30 inches

Contemporary artist Cameron Patricia Downey’s works showcased in Italy, New York and at home in Minneapolis

by Sheila Regan 01/15/202501/15/2025

Adam Fielitz as Jack Jensen in a scene from “Alma Murder: A Killer Class Reunion.”

For comedy, murder and an immersive experience, Mystery Café’s ‘Alma Murder: A Killer Class Reunion’ has it all

by Sheila Regan 01/14/202501/14/2025

Honeywell Thermostat

The origin of Honeywell’s round thermostat

by John Fitzgerald 01/13/202501/10/2025

Ben Barnes performs Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 8 p.m. at the Fine Line.

‘Prince Caspian’ (Ben Barnes) heads to Minneapolis

by Sheila Regan 01/10/202501/09/2025

F. Scott FItzgerald: A Composite Biography

100 years after ‘The Great Gatsby,’ remembering F. Scott Fitzgerald

by Sheila Regan 01/08/202501/08/2025

A scene from “Exquisite Pain.”

Forced Entertainment returns to the Walker

by Sheila Regan 01/07/202501/07/2025

Major General C. C. Andrews, ca. 1865.

C.C. Andrews: Civil War veteran, international diplomat and Minnesota’s first chief fire warden

by Rick Magee 01/06/202501/03/2025

"GREEN JIM AT THE FONTI," 2023. Pigmented ink on paper.

Between headlines and olive trees with JoAnn Verberg

by Sheila Regan 01/03/202501/02/2025

Juyeon Song and Jenna Agbayani in a scene from “The Heart Sellers.”

In ‘The Heart Sellers,’ a deep conversation reveals the opportunities — and the costs — of immigration

by Sheila Regan 01/02/202501/02/2025

State Rep. Ben Davis, center back, and Rep. Harry Niska, lower right, yelling at the end of the 2024 legislative session.

The top photographs on MinnPost in 2024

by Corey Anderson 12/24/202412/26/2024