Minnesota’s Singing Resistance seeks to heal through love // new for @startribune.com www.startribune.com/minnesotas-s...

Lunar New Year, Fat Tuesday, Ramadan and Lent occur around the same time this year www.startribune.com/lunar-new-ye... My latest for @startribune.com

A passageway hidden below a dresser at the Merchant’s House Museum in New York City had long been a mystery. It was recently linked to the Underground Railroad. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/n...

People find ways to help as ICE surge continues in Twin Cities www.startribune.com/people-find-... Story I wrote for the @startribune.com // posted Jan 22

Minnesota’s ICE surge might not last forever, but these tattoos will www.startribune.com/minnesotas-i... nice story by Kyeland Jackson for @startribune.com

Such a heartwarming story out of Chicago 🩷 wgntv.com/news/feature...

Great story!

Just saw a St. Paul mailman wearing shorts.

🖤🖤Smashing Pumpkins Played Their 1st Show At Chicago 21. Can Parts Of Closed Club Be Saved? blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/12/s... nice story on @blockclubchi.bsky.social

How outdoor public memorials change the landscape of everyday life My latest for @startribune.com www.startribune.com/why-do-peopl...

In Minneapolis, Artists Mobilize to Crush ICE My latest for @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/in-minneapol...

The Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:

Bovino is……….driving back to California? From the live blog: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

People gather and mourn at a memorial for Alex Pretti near 26th and Nicollet in Minneapolis on Sunday, Jan. 25. Pretti was shot and killed by an ICE agent on Jan 24.

STAR TRIBUNE live blog www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

Beautiful photos by my colleague Jeff Wheeler @startribune.com

ICE says it arrested 10,000 "criminal illegal aliens" in MN but it has only released 240 names of immigrants arrested as of Jan. 19. Of those 240, 80% have felony convictions. Nearly all had served their time and were not actively wanted when they were detained, according to a Star Tribune analysis.

Twin Cities art folks: Are you canceling or postponing events bc of the general strike on 1/23? If so message me, send deets! Ty

Chicago!!

Artist Noval Noir painted a tribute portrait of Renee Good at 34th and Portland on Friday, Jan. 9. "She is our community hero, and I don't want her to be recognized no other way but a hero to her son," Noir said. "She stood up for what was right."

Heartbreaking. www.startribune.com/literary-wor...

These Are the Artists in the 2026 Whitney Biennial Three Palestinian visual artists, plus one born in Baghdad, are listed among the 56 participants. @hyperallergic hyperallergic.com/these-are-th...

Halloween in December? You betcha. I tracked down the Halloween holdouts 🎃 🎅🏽 for @startribune.com www.startribune.com/when-should-...

15 places to buy gifts for the art lover in your life! New for 🎅🏽 🕎 @startribune.com www.startribune.com/15-places-to...

We are fucked. Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...

Watch!! open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

This is TRULY EVIL. All this happened while Trump distracted the public with the Epstein Files and calling a reporter “Piggy.” Don’t get lost in the Trump’s endless distraction machine In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...

At 90, African art specialist is selling the gallery he thinks of as ‘a gift from God’// new for @startribune.com www.startribune.com/meet-rex-mhi...

Douglas Flanders, champion of famous & unknown artists, dies at 75 // my latest for @startribune.com www.startribune.com/douglas-flan...

Anyone in Minneapolis or St Paul still have their Halloween decorations up?

A Minneapolis K-pop takeover!

‘Queering Indigeneity’ debuts at the Minnesota Museum of American Art >> new from me for the @startribune.com @stribgoingout.startribune.com www.startribune.com/queering-ind...

Japan’s Leader Started a Meeting at 3 A.M. Then Came the Backlash. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/w...

Spellbinder The Illusionist Goes Viral With Magic Act, Lands West Sider A Chicago Residency blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/12/s... I saw this guy a few years ago in Chicago at the Magic Lounge!

At 90, African art specialist is selling the gallery he thinks of as ‘a gift from God’ www.startribune.com/meet-rex-mhi... // my latest for @startribune.com @stribgoingout.startribune.com

Anyone seen the Minneapolis tagger RAT BOY? 🐀

Acclaimed artist Dyani White Hawk’s ‘Love Language’ exhibition comes home to Minnesota @startribune.com @stribgoingout.startribune.com www.startribune.com/acclaimed-ar...

Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival will screen 47 films in seven locations @startribune.com @stribgoingout.startribune.com www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...

Artists work 9-to-spooky-5 on thousands of pumpkins! www.startribune.com/artists-carv...

A ConFluence for Star Trek fans, cosplayers and gamer nerds of color www.startribune.com/a-confluence...

Minneapolis’ giant LOTI Pencil dresses up for Halloween 🎃 www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...

Thieves broke into a first-floor wing of the Louvre Museum in Paris and fled with jewelry of “incalculable” value in a brazen daylight robbery, French officials said Sunday. nyti.ms/4qirt05

Tony Fitzpatrick's Art Is All Over Chicago. Here's Where To Find It blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/t... RIP TONY!

‘Life of a Showghoul’ lawn display goes viral with mashup of Taylor Swift, Halloween scares @startribune.com @stribgoingout.startribune.com www.startribune.com/south-minnea...

U’s Nash Gallery art show features works of the Puerto Rican diaspora @startribune.com @stribgoingout.startribune.com www.startribune.com/us-nash-gall...

Here’s what Minnesota influencers think of the pending TikTok deal @startribune.com www.startribune.com/heres-what-m...

6 Palestinian films at Twin Cities Arab Film Festival focus on human stories @startribune.com @stribgoingout.startribune.com www.startribune.com/6-palestinia...

A statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands in D.C. is removed as fast as it appeared Via @npr.org

7 Minnesota fall art festivals to check out // @startribune.com @stribgoingout.startribune.com www.startribune.com/7-minnesota-...