Author: Frankie Felegy
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A 40-Year-Old Quilting Community Creates a Patchwork of Stories
February 25, 2025
Carolyn Mazloomi, now in her late 70s, has been quilting for decades. She calls the art both a passage and keepsake for stories—of struggle to survival and success.
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This Giant Kite Festival Turns Winter Blues into the Coolest Hues
February 11, 2025
Iowa’s Color the Wind Kite Festival, the biggest of its kind in the Midwest, is in its second decade of flying massive kites in the middle of winter.
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Blush, Blend, and Break Barriers One Makeup Course at a Time
February 5, 2025
Staff at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance created a free online course inclusive of all ages, hair textures, and skin tones.
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9 Midwest Must-Visits from Enchanted Highways to Winter Art Crawls
January 23, 2025
Here’s your excuse to traverse the Midwest—in pursuit of cool art happenings! With your help, we compiled an array of bucket-list travel spots across the region with artsy ties.
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Midwest Made: New Local Music to Add to Your Playlist
January 16, 2025
We asked y’all for local band recommendations, plus a few favorites from staff here at Arts Midwest. Listen up!
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Ohioans are Turning Water Pollution into Oil Paints
January 14, 2025
Paint from this Ohio company starts out as orange sludge from a polluted creek.
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Bare Feet and Banjos Meet at Woolsock, a Winter Festival
January 9, 2025
This old-time music and dance festival is set in the chilly woods of northeast Minnesota. The weekend is a celebration of winter triumph, collective joy, and movement.
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Need a Mental Health Boost? Talking Hot Dog is Here
December 19, 2024
A Minnesota-based comic book artist is sharing colorful stories about battling anxiety and other mental health gremlins.
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Striking Documentary Brings Native Nation’s Pipeline Resistance to National Stage
December 12, 2024
Bad River: A Story of Defiance (2024) follows the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in northern Wisconsin.
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This School’s Student Population is 230 ... Plus a Chicken Flock
November 21, 2024
Students and staff at a rural Indiana school grow and harvest produce, and serve it up for lunch.