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Twin Cities Collage Collective, 'Collage is for everyone'

Twin Cities Collage Collective, ‘Collage is for everyone’

by Sommer Wagen
Published November 4, 2024

After nearly a decade as an informal artist collective, the Twin Cities Collage Collective (TCCC) is displaying its first public exhibition at Boiler Room Coffee in the Stevens Square neighborhood of Minneapolis.The...

The film and music festival celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Courtesy of Heidi Zumbrun.

Sound Unseen Festival to visually rock Minneapolis

by Isabella Caswell
Published November 3, 2024

Sound Unseen Film and Music Festival is coming to the Minneapolis Parkway Theater and Cloudland in November, showcasing documentaries, short films and music videos.Director of Sound Unseen Jim Brunzell...

Breymer wanted to emphasize their journey getting top surgery and not so much the destination in their latest album, "When I Get Through." Courtesy of Simone Thompson

New colors of life with singer Breymer

by Sommer Wagen
Published November 1, 2024

When Minneapolis-native Breymer, aka Sarah Walk, started writing her highly personal third album “When I Get Through,” she said she didn’t think at all about eventually performing the songs — all...

Released on Oct. 28, “CHROMAKOPIA” by Tyler, the Creator is an album made to be replayed and heard live.

Tyler, the Creator’s “CHROMAKOPIA” is a journey through fame disillusionment

by Sophia Arndt
Published October 30, 2024

Sometimes an artist will release an album made for live performance. Considering two of my best friends have already purchased their tickets for the upcoming tour, “CHROMAKOPIA” by Tyler, the Creator...

No matter what genre a reader is pulled to, fall is a great time to settle down and read a new book as the days become shorter and nights are longer.

Fall book recommendations

by Sophia Arndt
Published October 30, 2024

As November draws closer and before the onslaught of snow promised by meteorologists hits campus signifying the beginning of winter, it is important for readers to select their next book for the season.In...

Costumes aren’t required to celebrate Halloween, but they definitely make a spooky night out more fun.

A guide to last-minute Halloween costumes

by Sommer Wagen
Published October 30, 2024

Every Oct. 1, I concoct an elaborate plan for a Halloween costume, and once Halloween rolls around, my plan falls apart, and I’m scrambling to find a new costume.While wearing a costume isn’t required...

The festival is full of family-friendly fun, frights and festivities.

Anoka celebrates another year as the “Halloween Capital of the World”

by Gabriel Brito
Published October 28, 2024

In Anoka, Minnesota, Halloween reigns supreme.“Nothing touches Halloween,” said Pete Turok, executive director of the Anoka Area Chamber of Commerce.For over a century, Anoka has drawn tens...

Hernández and a few other comedians made light of current events and politics.

Marcello Hernández left Northrop audience in tears Friday

by Isabella Caswell
Published October 28, 2024

Comedian Marcello Hernández left the audience in Northrop barreling over and slapping knees Friday night.The “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) cast member sold out Northrop for his two-and-a-half-hour...

Experimenting with genres and musical inspirations, “The Great Impersonator” ruminates on singer-songwriter Halsey's struggles with fame and chronic illness and her journey through motherhood.

Halsey’s ‘The Great Impersonator’ is a vulnerable journey through genres

by Sophia Arndt
Published October 27, 2024

“The Great Impersonator” by popstar Halsey, released on Friday, is a meditation on the struggles of fame and grief.The singer-songwriter, whose real name is Ashley Frangipane, unpacks their two-year-long...

“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” - Leo Tolstoy.

Second-year acting students make their debut in “Anna in the Tropics”

by Gabriel Brito
Published October 27, 2024

Editor’s Note: Some of Carla Solari’s quotes were translated from Spanish.Second-year University of Minnesota acting students are starring in a production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Anna...

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