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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Gabriel Brito

Gabriel Brito, Arts and Entertainment Reporter

Gabriel Brito is a fourth-year student studying Journalism and Political Science with a minor in French. In his spare time, he enjoys sports video games, good food and loud music.
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There is no better place to shop for Christmas gifts while supporting Native artists.

Native Holiday Market in St. Paul promotes Indigenous artistry

by Gabriel Brito
Published December 11, 2024
Subsubheader: Spoiler alert: Taylor Swift outsold everyone else, again.

Backroad bangers, Brat summer and a bar song — What we listened to in 2024

by Gabriel Brito
Published December 7, 2024
The cultural heritage center on Franklin Avenue spreads holiday cheer through sugar, spice and everything nice.

Gingerbread Wonderland celebrates 10 years of holiday cheer

by Gabriel Brito
Published December 6, 2024
Visitors were able to purchase paintings right off the walls at this yearly fundraiser.

MCAD art sale connects students with buyers

by Gabriel Brito
Published November 24, 2024
Ceramics by Chanelle Gallagher on display at "Niimiwin."

‘Niimiwin’ exhibit showcases Indigenous culture and community through art

by Gabriel Brito
Published November 20, 2024
Urban Lights Music on Nov. 10, 2024.

The other underground music scene

by Gabriel Brito
Published November 12, 2024
The twosome is better than ever, even twenty years later.

Death From Above rocks Fine Line

by Gabriel Brito
Published November 11, 2024
Lovers of comics, movies, anime, video games, art, wrestling, history and more gathered for a three-day celebration of fandom.

Superfans, stans come together for Twin Cities Con

by Gabriel Brito
Published November 11, 2024
Full of tongue-in-cheek musical numbers and jazzy performances, “Cabaret” aims to make you laugh and make you think. Photo courtesy of Beau Meyers.

‘Cabaret’ set to open next week on West Bank

by Gabriel Brito
Published November 5, 2024
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
“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
Graduating acting seniors will demonstrate their dramatic ability and Scottish accents in these two distinctly separate, but related, shows.

Acting students show their skills in ‘James I’ and ‘James III’

by Gabriel Brito
Published October 23, 2024
If you like the Hollywood depictions of Latin America, you will love the real thing.

Cine Latino celebrates the beauty of Latin cinema

by Gabriel Brito
Published October 10, 2024
Halloween is more like a state of mind when you really think about it.

Classic horror films recommended by lovers of the macabre

by Gabriel Brito
Published October 10, 2024
Love will NOT tear us apart.

Local goths celebrate love, darkness and each other

by Gabriel Brito
Published October 9, 2024
Thomas Troupe and Gina Christ attempt to record evidence of a spirit in the basement of the Black Forest Inn.

Haunted places near you

by Gabriel Brito
Published September 30, 2024
A paisley purple potato being harvested. Courtesy of Laura Shannon

Paisley Purple potato debuts at local restaurant

by Gabriel Brito
Published September 24, 2024
Lovers of dance music rejoice, for Jamie xx is here to deliver us from the thralls of Fred Again.

Indie Sleaze is dead (again), and Jamie xx killed it (again)

by Gabriel Brito
Published September 22, 2024
A fursuit group photo before the Furry Migration 2024 fursuit parade. Courtesy of Adam Oachs

The whimsical world of furries

by Gabriel Brito
Published September 10, 2024
A movie so nice they named it twice.

Review: “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”

by Gabriel Brito
Published September 9, 2024
Like a world’s fair but just for Minnesota and held annually in the same place.

Fried food, butter sculptures and lines at the Minnesota State Fair

by Gabriel Brito
Published September 5, 2024
Daikaiju at Palmfest 2024

Beer, sweat, noise: PALMFEST 2024

by Gabriel Brito
Published July 31, 2024
Full of drill beats, lyrics about being sexy and not much else, the album was released on July 26.

Review: “Y2K!” by Ice Spice

by Gabriel Brito
Published July 30, 2024
Unlike many other markets, guitar sales increased greatly as stay-at-home orders were announced.

Guitar stores are doing business as usual after a pandemic boom

by Gabriel Brito
Published July 30, 2024
The new mural was brought on by a two-year community effort to brighten up the concrete walls of the brutalist apartment building.

A new mural graces side of Dinkytown’s tallest building

by Gabriel Brito
Published July 22, 2024
Blanca Kirkland gives festivalgoer Rikki a forearm tattoo on Sunday, July 14 at the Twin Cities Tattoo Festival.

Tattoo artists and styles come together at Twin Cities Tattoo Festival

by Gabriel Brito
Published July 15, 2024
The two-day festival featured vendors, musicians, a zipline and live wrestling.

Taste of Minnesota showcases the state’s culinary diversity

by Gabriel Brito
Published July 9, 2024
Films of Chapultepec park shown at Cucarachalandia. Picture courtesy of Seth Dahlseid.

‘Cucarachalandia’ celebrates Chicano and Mexican culture

by Gabriel Brito
Published July 8, 2024
The opening sequence of "Only Ugly Guys." Picture courtesy of Jacob Olson.

“Only Ugly Guys,” an enthralling play about the struggles of queer dating

by Gabriel Brito
Published June 27, 2024
“Stung!,” the tenth album by the band from Fremantle, is an hour of trippy, distorted and reverb-heavy music perfect for a summer night.

Review: “Stung!” by Pond

by Gabriel Brito
Published June 27, 2024
Visitors flocked to Lowertown in St. Paul to watch musicians at the festival’s many venues.

Twin Cities Jazz Festival hosted across the Twin Cities

by Gabriel Brito
Published June 26, 2024
The annual pedestrian festival was held June 15 and 16.

Stone Arch Bridge Festival celebrates 30th birthday

by Gabriel Brito
Published June 17, 2024
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