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All content by Kate Drakulic
UCSD's Zor performs a series of dances centered around The Giving Tree book and and a brother and sister struggling to cope with loss, at the Orpheum Theater during Jazba 2018 on Saturday, March 3.

Bollywood, breakdance and ballet all at Jazba

by Kate Drakulic
Published March 5, 2018
Katie Kummerow, center, runs through a class-choreographed combination on Thursday, Feb. 22 at Barbara Baker Dance Center on West Bank. The modern dance class learned by dancing from their teacher and with each other, a format typical to the University dance program.

A day in ballet shoes

by Kate Drakulic
Published March 1, 2018
Chadwick Boseman is Black Panther in Marvel's new movie of the same name, which came to theaters Friday.

Review: ‘Black Panther’ promises and delivers

by Kate Drakulic
Published February 19, 2018
Kiss the Tiger perform at the Varsity Theater as part of their grand reopening show on Friday, Feb. 9.

Review: Varsity Theater’s “soft” reopening

by Kate Drakulic
Published February 12, 2018
Dustin Dorris instructs students on how to walk the runway in Rapson Hall on Friday, Feb. 2.

CDES celebrates 50 years of student fashion

by Kate Drakulic
Published February 8, 2018
Walker Art Center's Head of Archives Jill Vuchetich guides St. Kate's University Society of American Archivists student chapter through the basement archives at the Walker Art Center on Saturday, Jan. 27 in Minneapolis. The Walker has an archival library with materials like movie posters, photographs and music dating back to the Walker's early days.

Uncovering the Walker Archives

by Kate Drakulic
Published February 1, 2018

Culture Compass: Ice, cameras, Super Bowl action!

by Kate Drakulic
Published January 29, 2018
A tent and other supplies used by UMN professor Dr. Aaron Doering and his team to cross the Arctic were on display as part of the Vanishing Ice preview party at the Weisman Art Museum on Friday, Jan. 26.

New “Vanishing Ice” exhibit now at Weisman

by Kate Drakulic
Published January 29, 2018
Super Bowl LII comes to US Bank Stadium on Feb. 4.

A&E’s guide to Super Bowl week

by Kate Drakulic
Published January 25, 2018
Performers in the artist group Mixed Precipitation perform Tonya and Nancy: The Opera during the Art Shanty Projects event on Lake Harriet in Minneapolis on Satuday, Jan. 20.

CDES students take architecture to the ice

by Kate Drakulic
Published January 22, 2018
From left, Michael Kreher, Kim Tsujimoto, Shirin Saadat, and Lorraine Lassig pose for portraits during the preview party for the Weisman Art Museum's "Prince from Minneapolis" exhibition.

Street Style: Prince and purple everything

by Kate Drakulic
Published December 11, 2017
Aerosol artist Rock Martinez poses for a portrait with the mural he created in honor of Prince inside the Weisman Art Museum during the preview party for the "Prince from Minneapolis" exhibition on Friday, Dec. 8. Martinez has painted large scale murals for over 15 years. 

Purple rain, purple art, purple everything at the Weisman’s Prince from Minneapolis party

by Kate Drakulic
Published December 11, 2017
Stacy Dennis views artwork in search of holiday gifts at the Soo Visual Arts Center in Uptown.

SooVAC’s Artists Holiday Shop open through December

by Kate Drakulic
Published December 4, 2017
University professor and alumni Sam Hoolihan poses outside of Trylon Cinema on Wednesday, Nov. 29. Hoolihan presented numerous films including a three-projector, 16mm film accompanied by music from collaborators Crystal Mysaljek and John Marks.

Q&A: UMN adjunct professor and visual artist Sam Hoolihan

by Kate Drakulic
Published December 4, 2017

College gift guide: the “broke and on a budget” edition

by Kate Drakulic
Published November 30, 2017

Culture Compass: Light shows, yoga and Jaden Smith pretending to be an artist

by Kate Drakulic
Published November 29, 2017
Participants engage in the University's Art Department's 31st annual Iron Pour at the Regis Foundry on Tuesday, Nov. 21.

31st Fall Iron Pour sparks teamwork

by Kate Drakulic
Published November 27, 2017
Members of the CLA Student Board judge auditions for the Gopher's Got Talent talent show in Cyrus Northrop Auditorium on Thursday, Nov. 17.

‘Gophers Got Talent’ auditions promise a night of diverse performance

by Kate Drakulic
Published November 20, 2017
Designer Chris Bernardi sits down the Minnesota Daily to discuss his role in PIXAR's new film "Coco" in McNeal Hall on Thursday, Nov. 16.

Designing the Land of the Dead

by Kate Drakulic
Published November 20, 2017
Viewers of Gustavo Germano's work roam the gallery at the exhibit opening at Regis East on West Bank on Friday, Nov. 10. Germano's exhibition entitled "Absences" showcases people detained or murdered by civic-military dictatorships in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.

Gustavo Germano’s ‘Ausencias/Absences’ brought to the Quarter Gallery at Regis

by Kate Drakulic
Published November 13, 2017
Artist Mara Duvra's work on display at The White Page on Friday, Nov. 10.

University of Minnesota MFA graduate’s ‘To allow for breath’ exhibit opens at The White Page

by Kate Drakulic
Published November 13, 2017
Event goers place their pieces of paper on a tree at Weisman Art Museum Friday, Nov. 3.

Art across cultures at Small World Coffee Hour at Weisman Art Museum

by Kate Drakulic
Published November 9, 2017
Newly appointed dean of the University's College of Design Carol Strohecker poses for portraits on Sept. 22.

Q&A: College of Design Dean Carol Strohecker

by Kate Drakulic
Published November 6, 2017
Artist Sonia Barrett gives a talk about her work at Regis Center For the Art on West Bank on Thursday, Oct. 26.

Department of Art hosts visiting artist Sonia Barrett

by Kate Drakulic
Published November 2, 2017

Culture compass: Art, music and trash, all for free

by Kate Drakulic
Published November 1, 2017
People view various works of art during the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association's member art show at Solar Arts by Chowgirls in northeast Minneapolis on Friday, Oct. 27.

NEMAA’s AutumNE art show features University of Minnesota alumni

by Kate Drakulic
Published October 30, 2017

Q&A: UMN Theatre Alumnus Ian Truitner

by Kate Drakulic
Published October 26, 2017
Comedian and former SNL cast member, Vanessa Bayer, performed her stand-up routine at the Ted Mann Concert Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 17.

The tragic punchline victim in this year’s homecoming comedy show? Communication studies.

by Kate Drakulic
Published October 23, 2017
Derek Prescott covers himself in clay during a performance at the CLA's second annual Art's Quarter Festival on Wednesday, Oct. 11.

Campus arts celebrated at CLA’s Arts Quarter Festival

by Kate Drakulic
Published October 16, 2017
Left: Roman Chrischilles, center, poses with his friends to show off their zombie costumes during the Zombie Pub Crawl on Saturday in downtown Minneapolis. Center: Heather Stoffregen poses as a zombie Disney princess. Right: Collette Hermes and Nicole Kendricks wear black swan inspired zombie costumes.

Street Style: Zombie Pub Crawl

by Kate Drakulic
Published October 16, 2017
Toasted Marshmallow Pumpkin Spice at Humble Cup — The Lumberjack at Purple Onion — Aztec Mocha at Bordertown Coffee — Pumpkin Pie at Espresso Royale — Vanilla Almond Chai at Black Coffee and Waffle Bar

Rich and bold, sweet and spicy or smooth and gourd-y? A latte review.

by Kate Drakulic
Published October 13, 2017

Culture compass: Live drag, live poetry and dead zombies

by Kate Drakulic
Published October 11, 2017
Festival-goers listen to information about the galleries during a guided tour at the Minneapolis Print & Drawing Festival at MIA on Saturday, Oct. 7.

MIA’s Print and Drawing Fair reaches its 24th year

by Kate Drakulic
Published October 9, 2017
Artist Beth Lipman puts the finishing touches on her new work in Weisman Art Museum on Friday, Sept. 29. The glass sculpture's height reaches more than halfway up the museum's wall.

History through the looking glass

by Kate Drakulic
Published October 5, 2017
Alma Sanchez holds a photo of her and her mom in front of the Ofrenda that Sanchez helped create at Intermedia Arts in Minneapolis on Thursday, Sept. 28.

Prayers for ancestors passed and Intermedia Arts

by Kate Drakulic
Published October 2, 2017
Saeide Mirzaei stands beside her oil paintings exploring the experiences of immigrant women in the U.S. on the garden level of Appleby Hall on Sept. 20, 2017.

Communicating “otherness” through art

by Kate Drakulic
Published September 28, 2017
Wendy Perron, a dancer, choreographer, teacher and recently became an author, speaks at the Barbara Baker Center for Dance on Monday, Sept. 18.

Q&A: Through the eyes of Wendy Perron

by Kate Drakulic
Published September 25, 2017
Vanessa Kaczmarek models a fall look at Cliche, a women's boutique in Minneapolis on Friday.

University voices chime in on what to expect from campus fashion this fall

by Kate Drakulic
Published September 21, 2017
One of the first people to experience the World of Matter exhibit views a video inside the Katherine E. Nash Gallery on Sept. 14.

Exploring Geopolitics through Collaboration and Conversation

by Kate Drakulic
Published September 21, 2017
New Target Studio Weisman Art Museum curator Boris Oichermanon poses for a portrait outside of the museum on Monday, Sept. 11.

At Weisman, a new take on curation and collaboration

by Kate Drakulic
Published September 15, 2017
Local rap artist, Dwynell Roland, performs during WAM-O-Rama on Friday Sept. 8 at the Weisman Art Museum.

Music, art, condoms and community: All present at WAM-O-RAMA

by Kate Drakulic
Published September 14, 2017
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