Many years ago the Minneapolis-based musical group the Girls planned on retiring. The group consisted of six women who performed interchangeably in smaller groups.   Before retirement, the Girls...

Four artists, four subjects, angles and styles — each one trying to let the audience see the world through his or her eyes. For four Minneapolis-based photographers, the city is more than skylines...

Graduate students Crystal Compton and Julia Duvall sat in the UMN Wearable Technology Lab surrounded by sketches, notes, sewing machines and mannequin parts. What looked like regular articles of clothing...

College diets are often associated with outrageous amounts of ramen noodles and microwave-friendly meals. Food Day UMN wants to challenge those ideas and prove to students that healthy eating in college...

Mick Sterling started his Twin Cities music career in 1980. For a few years, he fumbled around in different bands until he hit his stride in 1988 and started performing 200 gigs a year. Now, 35 years later,...

To many, the word suburbia produces ideas of a generic, “Stepford Wives” way of living. Suburbs are often associated with simplicity and accessibility not offered in the city.     “One...

Pressured to name their band in order to compete in a high school competition, Spencer and Dave Grimes turned to a game of Bananagrams. Vowing that the first six letters pulled would be the band’s...

For almost 20 years, Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts has challenged preconceived notions of what it means to be a disabled artist.    Consisting of disabled artists from the...

Drawing inspiration from nature, Megan Moore’s artwork is simple, calming and beautiful. Starting with a wood canvas and oil paints, Moore paints scenes of birds perched on treetops and the changing...

This summer, incoming freshman received a white rectangle containing a single “M” logo in the center. Given full creative license, the new students took on an artistic task: to create a design...