UMN multimedia sketch comedy crew finds humor in staying home
June 26, 2020
No generation knows how to find the humor in horrible situations quite like Gen Z. And Censorquip, the University of Minnesota’s newest multimedia sketch comedy group that began producing sketches during the first few months of the pandemic, knows this best. With their third sketch comedy show pre...
Q&A: Dad Bod lead singer and guitarist on upcoming EP “Precursor”
June 25, 2020
Dad Bod has been a part of the Minneapolis music scene since the summer of 2019, regularly playing shows at 7th St. Entry and college house parties. The band is made up of five members: Callie Marino, Wilson Zellar, Noah Topliff, Michael McGough and Alex Gray. A&E sat down with Dad Bod lead ...
Women for Political Change aims to fuel sustainable activism
June 23, 2020
Anti-racist learning has come to the forefront of students' everyday lives. People have learned that anti-racist education must also coincide with actions that support Black, Indigenous and other minority communities. The University of Minnesota student group, Women for Political Change, caught th...
A guide to Black-owned restaurants near campus
June 20, 2020
Minneapolis has been in a state of constant change since police killed George Floyd and protests broke out in all corners of the city. Students have donated time and resources to communities around the Twin Cities. Some have taken a stand with the Black Lives Matter movement and protested against r...
Reading recommendations: stories for understanding political change
June 17, 2020
During times of illness or political unrest — or maybe even both, simultaneously — books are not only an escape but a conduit for education and change. A&E spoke to experts about certain books that are instrumental in understanding new and old BIPOC narratives, the history that led up to our cu...
‘Say Their Names’ cemetery memorializes Black lives lost to police brutality
June 15, 2020
We hear their names — George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner – but artists Connor Wright and Anna Barber want people to know all of their names. The two are the co-creators of the “Say Their Names” art installation in South Minneapolis. The symbolic cemetery can be found on East 37th Street, on...
Behind the camera: George Floyd protests
June 13, 2020
The George Floyd protests not only brought Minneapolis together, but sparked a larger movement — the fight against systemic injustice — which soon took off across America. Some local photographers set out to capture the movement as it spread. Isaiah Rustad is a photographer who first moved to the Twin Cities for college in 2013. R...
College kitchen: The best picnic recipes and spots for a social distancing get-together
June 11, 2020
In the age of social distancing, there aren’t many options for social interaction more appealing than having a picnic. Here is a painless picnic spread and some appealing picnic spots worth visiting with your crew. Shrimp Spring Rolls Spring rolls are an easily transportable and satisfying yet light lunch for ...
UMN students create multicultural arts platform to uplift underrepresented creatives
June 10, 2020
During her senior year of high school, Yayoua Yang began to notice the representative disparity among young artists of color throughout the Twin Cities. But with every challenge comes an opportunity for creative change, and SEKY, the organization she co-founded with former member Faith Ochwangi, is a ...
Q&A: Remo Drive talks music, memes and quarantine
June 8, 2020
Conceived in 2013 by brothers Stephen and Erik Paulson, Twin Cities-based band Remo Drive has done multiple cross-country tours, playing with fellow local music staples including Hippo Campus and Beach Bunny. A&E caught up with lead singer Erik to talk about what the band has been up to this year an...
