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Volunteer painting the mural at Art 4 Water event at Zion Lutheran Church on July 7 in Minneapolis, Minn.

Spreading awareness through art: Art for Water mural to be installed in Lyndale community garden

by Frankie Carlson
Published July 13, 2021
With help from members of the Lyndale neighborhood, artist Alex Dresdner creates a new mural as a part of Minnesota Water Stewards “Art for Water” program.
Heat of the Week: Pride, Florence Pugh and a gangster walking tour

Heat of the Week: Pride, Florence Pugh and a gangster walking tour

by Nina Raemont
Published July 13, 2021
Keep your finger on the pulse of this week’s heat.
Owner of Saba Dhaba Do poses outside of the Curie Food Hall. The Currie Food Hall has a variety of restaurants to chose from, including two that are run by Saba.

Saba Dhaba Do-check out this Pakistani ghost kitchen

by Sophia Zimmerman
Published July 12, 2021
Sabahat Imran works to bring her take on Pakistani cuisine to the Twin Cities food scene.
The installation "for every one have some thing" by Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds displayed in the exhibit on June 9.

Minnesota Center for Book Arts releases new virtual exhibit with plans to reopen in the fall for in-person viewing

by Megan Phillips
Published July 12, 2021
The exhibit centers around the climate crisis and features a variety of visual and text art from local and international artists.
The Minnesota State Capitol on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2018.

UMN to receive $692.8 million in pandemic relief from Legislature

by Olivia Stevens
Published July 11, 2021
The University of Minnesota will receive 40% of the total $692.8 million in Walz’s higher education budget.
The changes come after a settlement between the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR), MPD and the city of Minneapolis was reached on March 31.

Students react: balancing police presence and student safety

by James Schaak
Published July 11, 2021
Students have noticed a surge in crime, but balancing a heavier police presence with student safety and comfort remains a dilemma.
All public, nonprofit private colleges in Minnesota now eligible for state funding for food insecurity

All public, nonprofit private colleges in Minnesota now eligible for state funding for food insecurity

by Sonja Kleven
Published July 9, 2021
Colleges can apply for up to $8,000 to launch food pantries, hold educational events and create task forces to reduce food insecurity.
Curatorial Fellow Ian Karp poses in front of the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) on Tuesday, July 6. Karp, a University of Minnesota 2020 graduate, is organizing an exhibition of The Fly Zine Archive, "a collection of zines, comics, artist's books and printed ephemera from countercultural scenes of the 1990s and 2000s," according to the MIA website.

Recent UMN grad organizes new zine exhibition at Minneapolis Institute of Art

by Macy Harder
Published July 9, 2021
Ian Karp, a University of Minnesota 2020 graduate and curatorial fellow at Mia, organized “The Fly Zine Archive: A Chronicle of Punk, Queer and Anarchist Counterculture.”
Brankin: Teenage girls, boy bands and ill placed shame

Brankin: Teenage girls, boy bands and ill placed shame

by Tara Brankin
Published July 9, 2021
Why are the musical interests of teenage girls looked down upon?
Doty: Beyond our scope

Doty: Beyond our scope

by Matthew Doty
Published July 9, 2021
When it comes to the handing out the death penalty, we will always be overconfident and underequipped.

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