April is Minnesota Music Month! The Current, Carbon Sound, and Radio Heartland are celebrating our thriving local music on air, online, and together at live events – all month long.
Reclaim! Azhe-giiwewining, a new Ojibwe‑language point‑and‑click adventure game, engages learners of all ages through story, culture and informal language use. Developed by Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia and partners, the game offers a unique experience that language learners can access outside the classroom.
The Congressional Medal of Honor Society named Victor Greenawalt, 11, the 2026 Young Hero honoree for shielding another student with his body during a mass shooting last August.
The St. Paul event — featuring local officials and activists alongside nationally known figures such as Jane Fonda, Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen and Sen. Bernie Sanders — is slated to be a flagship event on a day of thousands of gatherings across the country protesting Trump administration policies.
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The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency report found that the costs of inaction, including health effects and damaged infrastructure, far exceed the cost of climate adaptation measures.
The Senate State and Local Government Committee heard testimony this week about a proposal that would change the language around Minnesota's state grain, wild rice. The language includes adding both Dakota and Ojibwe to the bill as well as recognizing the plant’s ‘inherent’ right to exist and thrive.
YourClassical’s Performance Today, America’s most popular classical music radio show, announces the four distinguished young musicians who have been selected as part of the 2026 Performance Today Young Artists in Residence program.
Two Minnesotans played their first games as part of the U.S. ice hockey team on Saturday, helping the team beat out Italy 14-1.
Minnesota has seen an explosion of art made in response to ICE’s presence. Perhaps more than any other art form, artists and designers have made protest posters and signs en masse. “There’s never been a viable movement for social change without the arts as central to the movement,” one art historian says.