A new cookbook honors the overlooked home chefs who nourish their communities, including a south Minneapolis artist carrying on their grandfather’s immigrant legacy by grilling his beloved “Drunk Chicken” and reflecting on heritage, activism and belonging.

Ryan & Diana talk about “Back of House” with @mprnews.org & showcases a recipe for Drunk Chicken, which is in the book! Check it out here: www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1... “Back of House” by @ryanstopera.bsky.social & Diana Albrecht is available to order now: www.ryanstopera.com/shop/p/back-...

“Back of House” for @mspmag.bsky.social (cc: @ryanstopera.bsky.social): mspmag.com/eat-and-drin... “Back of House” by Ryan Stopera & Diana Albrecht is available to order now (I wrote the foreword): www.ryanstopera.com/shop/p/back-...

this interview made me feel nice

Alongside co-author Ryan, we talked about “Back of House” with @biketrouble.bsky.social for @racketmn.com today: racketmn.com/back-of-hous... “Back of House” by @ryanstopera.bsky.social & Diana Albrecht is available to preorder now (I wrote the foreword): www.ryanstopera.com/shop/p/back-...

They're talking about killing leftist activists. They're talking about murdering people organizing in defense of immigrant communities, doing mutual aid work, and protesting their violence. They are talking about murdering people like me and my friends. We must do more than acknowledge it's fascism.

Spent part of the summer penning a foreword for Back of House, a cookbook written by @ryanstopera.bsky.social & Diana Albrecht, featuring recipes from those who aren’t necessarily deemed chefs, but caretakers of their community. Available for preorder today: www.ryanstopera.com/shop/p/back-...

Come celebrate our official book release November 8 at Bar Brava! It's going to be a great party with delicious food from Jook Sing, an amazing list of natural wines, a DJ and we'll be signing books all night. You can pre-order Back of House from the link below www.ryanstopera.com/shop/p/back-...

Ghouls already using this tragedy—our city’s 4th shooting in 24 hours—to stoke hate and violence against our trans loves. Please minimize your social media use for the rest of today . . . go outside, love on as many people as you can, and come to Lynnhurst for the 8 pm vigil if you’re able

NEW: In 40 cities across Australia, an estimated one million people have been on the streets calling for an end to the genocide in Gaza. These were the scenes in Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth.

Between a "No Other Land" crew mate filming himself being killed by a settler, to a journalist being killed by airstrikes he was covering minutes earlier, I'm not sure how much more televised Israel's genocide can be

“Comics were the first ones to punch Nazis before movies. They are inherently political. One thing they want to do is erase the past, but that’s one thing that this museum celebrates.” Guillermo del Toro at San Diego Comi-con on the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

Reading this powerful book in front of half dome is giving me life @rlmartstudio.bsky.social

The big news in three photos: I wrote the foreword for @ryanstopera.bsky.social & Diana Albrecht’s cookbook “Back of House” coming out in November 2025. A community meal & celebration is taking place as they send the book off to print. Details below.

Thank you for an essential conversation as we approach what’s going to be an intense summer @bullycreative.bsky.social Nadia Shaawari Lorenzo Suerna Sadie Luetmer

If you were curious about how Ryan Coogler and his team constructed that musical sequence in Sinners, here’s a clip of him explaining it. (Via The NY Times 😒)

Update! Over 1750 people have signed up for the Resistance Summer School pilot course! This is the seed to a new movement and parallel education structure. It won't put participants in lifelong student debt. Or be subject to attacks on diversity. karenattiah.substack.com/p/columbia-c...

Timeline cleanse Public Functionary and Cinefilmu are hosting Open Screen: The Forum, a three-week gathering of filmmakers, photographers, and artists who see image-making as a means for connection and resistance. All screenings, workshops and panels are FREE publicfunctionary.org/openscreenfo...

MPLS/STP pals! If you are in a spot to support a project: I'd appreciate it if you could lend a few dollars to support @ryanstopera.bsky.social and Diana Albrecht's Back of House book project:

The Minneapolis St Paul International Film Festival kicks off tonight with a screening of Free Leonard Peltier. Next Wednesday The People’s Way premieres. There are so many great films this year @mspiff.bsky.social

Toni Morrison:

Please see Mickey 17 in a theater. For some reason Warner Bros is doing a terrible job at promoting this film. We need more political satire in all forms of art right now. Anti capitalist/colonialist sentiments while still maintaining some levity is how we just might get through the next four years.

The poorest families receive an average of $26,000 a year from the government whereas the top richest families get $36,000 a year from the government. Collecting unpaid federal income taxes from the top 1% would bring in some $175 billion a year. - Matthew Desmond youtu.be/KoLN0YoErK0?...

"No Other Land," the Palestinian-Israeli made film showing the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers, just won the Oscar for Best Documentary. It can't get a distributor in the US. Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.

On February 14th, 2025, hundreds of community members marched to raise awareness on missing and murdered Indigenous relatives. This yearly event has been happening for 10 years in the Twin Cities Indigenous community. For @mprnews

Protesters outside the Tesla service center near Minneapolis. “Unplug Mad King Musk,” “This Car Runs on Fascism,” “Who Buys Cars from a Nazi?” “Say No to Doge,” and “Don’t Buy Swasticars – BAD DOGE!” ( 📷 @daviss.bsky.social ) #3E #EndOligarchy #TeslaTakeover #TeslaProtests

Need a white guy to walk confidently into a federal building and delete all the student loans files

it really doesn't get any more disgusting than this. sick

OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS Public Functionary invites emerging visual artists to submit a body of work for an exhibition responding to the theme of “return.” Public Functionary will exhibit two selected projects concurrently in the main gallery in 2025 publicfunctionary.org/open-call-ex...

Stop using Amazon!!! The ease is not worth it!

Join us for the opening day of the Weisman Art Museum's spring exhibition, SEEN - the work of artists inside the carceral system, in partnership with artists on the outside. All events and activities are free and open to the public. wam.umn.edu/seen-opening...

So, the National Endowment for the Arts announced today that they are reworking the guidelines for all 2026 grants and will be prioritizing projects that center the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It's now just a propaganda fund. www.arts.gov/news/press-r...

Printing photo books is expensive but I just keep doing it. Feels good to share these memories in something you can hold

For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation

A unique film festival begins today.

How might we promote our projects, events, campaigns, art, values, etc *beyond* social media? There's no one magic key, but some friends and I did some brainstorming and skill-sharing. Hope it can useful to artists, musicians, organizers, small business owners, and beyond:

With certain chain grocers owned by conglomerates doing rollbacks of DEI initiatives, now is as good a time as any to remind you of the many international grocers we have in the Twin Cities that I keyed up for @racketmn.bsky.social: racketmn.com/guide-intern...

Being intentional about where we spend our money is the first thing we can do to have any impact right now. We knew target and every other performative company only made temporary changes as a marketing tactic and never really cared about equity.

Jade Dynasty is my new favorite Chinese spot. Weekend dim sum, lazy susans for proper family style feasts and a vibe in each room

The more I question how to navigate the issues with social media and find ways to connect I’m reminded that we need to create more physical spaces for us to be together. No panels, no keynote speaker, just space for us to process and talk about how we are moving through this together.