Author: Lydia Moran
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How Opal Grove Games Is Fostering a Third Place for Black Gamers in Detroit
March 27, 2024
Co-founders Aisha Blake and Ben Lippi opened the store to create an inclusive community — and a little cooperative competition — for new, casual and diehard tabletop players.
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Meet Akwi Nji, an Iowan Spoken-Word-Turned-Visual Artist
March 14, 2024
During 2020, spoken-word-artist Akwi Nji couldn't get on stage anymore to express herself in front of live audiences, so she turned to visual art. It led to a complete overhaul of her artistic mindset — one that included shredding (literally) her early material.
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Native Sound Production Company Dubs Lakota Language for Disney+ Marvel Studios Film
March 13, 2024
Grey Willow Music Studio & Productions worked with area Lakota-Dakota language speakers to dub "The Avengers" 2012 film, expected release is in April.
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Rural Ohio Printmaker Wants LGBTQ+ Youth to Know They’re Not Alone
March 6, 2024
'I like being a queer person in a small town. It took me a long time to get to that point.'
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Wičahpi Olowan: A Harmony of Culture and Creativity Thriving in Pine Ridge Reservation
March 4, 2024
The program at the Oglala Lakota Artspace has been a beacon of support for Indigenous artists, offering diverse opportunities through free workshops, concerts, jam sessions, and events.
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How New Detroit Bookstores Forged Community Ties to Survive After the Pandemic
February 21, 2024
“What we strive to do is not only be a place where you can come buy books, but a place where you can share your own story,” said Drew Pineda, co-owner of 27th Letter Books.
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How One Community is Embracing Diversity and Building a Drag Scene in Rural Ohio
February 12, 2024
In an area of Ohio covered in farmland and conservative yard signs, drag culture fights to flourish.
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What's Made at a Wild Rice House in Northern Minnesota? Food, Community, and More
February 5, 2024
Driving home, I realize the Finland Wild Rice House experience has worked: I have a new relationship with this native grain.
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Queering the Panel: How an Ohio Creative is Changing the World Through Her Comics
January 31, 2024
Famed Columbus-based author Grace Ellis won an über-prestigious comics award for her work ‘Flung Out of Space’
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In South Dakota, This Collaboration Is Connecting Orchestras and Lakota Music
January 24, 2024
The Lakota Music Project has been connecting Indigenous and non-Indigenous Musicians for nearly two decades as part of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra.