Author: Alana
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A Rural Opera House Faces its Biggest Challenge Yet
November 4, 2024
Minnesota’s oldest operating theater is racing to raise $4 million to save its historic stage.
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Meet the Rural Road Warriors of Jazz
October 21, 2024
JAS Quintet is making a case for the ‘Great American Art Form’ across North and South Dakota.
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Art "Blooms" in Museums Across the Midwest
April 23, 2024
At Art in Bloom events, you’ll encounter colorful and fragrant displays of flower arrangements that take inspiration from art on the walls of museums.
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A Gratitude-Inspired Mural Brought This Community Together
April 16, 2024
Ross Gay’s poetry book Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude spurred murals, conversations, and connection in this small Kentucky city.
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Connecting Bismarck’s Indigenous Community Through Culture, Art, and Kindness
March 20, 2024
Sacred Pipe Resource Center is a home away from home for many Indigenous peoples in Bismarck, North Dakota’s urban area.
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Native-led Nonprofit Offers Dentalium ‘Shell Sesh’ as One of Many Community Projects
March 19, 2024
Sacred Pipe Resource Center aims to provide Native people a safe space to meet others and expand their circles.
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Inspired By a Book, These Artists Made a Planetarium Their Screen
March 11, 2024
Two art films, one focused on land and another an homage to the sky, were inspired by Andrew Krivak’s The Bear.
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Two Midwestern Artists Receive Nation's Highest Honor in Folk and Traditional Arts
February 28, 2024
A master carousel carver and restorationist from Ohio and a tap dancer, teacher, and historian from Illinois are two of the latest NEA National Heritage Fellows.
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Madeline Island Moves Toward Zero Waste
January 10, 2024
How residents on a remote Wisconsin island turn trash to treasure.
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Ghanaian Music Moves Rural Michigan
August 16, 2023
Okaidja Afroso's week-long World Fest residency brought music into schools, stores, and a Main Street theater, spreading connection and curiosity in small town Albion.