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August 28, 2025
Designing the Future: Indigenous Camp Inspires Young Architects
By Amy “frankie” Felegy
The week-long workshop aims to inspire and build for the future growth of Native architects across Minnesota, tribal nations, and the country.
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Young Minnesota Campers Find Art in Nature
August 26, 2025
We spent half a day at Camp Milkweed, finding respite in the outdoors and the art that so naturally draws from it.
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How Parking Lots Became Pop-Up Stages for Dance and Music
August 21, 2025
Over six years, Sioux Falls’s Headlights Theater gathered hundreds of community members for distinct performances—sparking joy and sharing a world of possibilities.
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Catch an Outdoor Movie in the Last Month of Midwest Summer
August 20, 2025
From drive-ins to park flicks, here’s a list of where to break out the popcorn (and out of doors) near you.
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How Midwest Volunteers Are Sending Books to Women in Prisons
August 13, 2025
This nonprofit provides hundreds of free GED books, crafting books, and more to prisons in Illinois and beyond.
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Six Midwest Cities Among the ‘Most Arts-Vibrant’ in the US
By Angela Zonunpari
The numbers are in: six Midwestern cities just made the list of the country’s most culturally dynamic communities.
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Wash & Mosh: An Unlikely Home for All-Ages DIY Music
By Taylor Dorrell
The last-standing storefront of a once-expansive laundromat-bar chain in central Ohio has welcomed hardcore music lovers for the last decade.
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The ‘Prosthetic Guy’ Who Crafts Artful Appendages to Empower Patients
By Jonathan Feakins
Nicholas Harrier, a childhood cancer survivor and above-knee amputee, creates custom, free-of-charge “jackets” to be slipped over patients’ artificial limbs. Study shows that this type of engaged process leads to positive outcomes.
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