Tyranny reigns. A rebellion rises. And an unexpected teenager may hold the key to restoring freedom throughout the world.
Patrick Slack
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She has had works displayed and receive awards across the state and has the lone watercolor painting by the Outdoors Painters of Minnesota featured at the Minnesota State Capitol.
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It’s like putting your hand over rising bread dough. Try as you might, you can’t stop it from growing.
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In a far-ranging collection of personal poetry and prose, “Crossroads: An Anthology of Resilience and Hope by Young Somali Writers” brings together 31 Somali American youth and young adults from Minnesota for a powerful project.
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The Blaine Festival has announced the celebration has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 22nd annual Anoka Riverfest and Craft Fair has been moved to Saturday, Sept. 26. The event was originally scheduled for Saturday, July 11.
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Fridley artist Jill Mason taught people how to paint a bike during a virtual painting class April 6.
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Spring Lake Park artist Jill Mason is hosting a virtual painting class throughout the month of April.
With bars and restaurants closed and many people staying at home in compliance with Gov. Tim Walz’s order, you may feel like getting creative at your own home bar.
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Most of the Rumriver Art Center in Anoka is shut down through Friday, April 10, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, but the gallery is still open to the public.
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The Rumriver Art Center’s second annual Art-A-Thon continued last weekend despite the COVID-19 outbreak.
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The city of Anoka recently announced the winners of its 2019 Reflections of Anoka Photo Contest.
UPDATE: The Anoka Children’s Theatre’s production of “Shrek The Musical Jr.” has been canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Anoka-Hennepin Community Education has not yet determined if the performance will be rescheduled.
The Twin Cities podcast “The Island of Discarded Women,” which focuses on topics and issues related to women, recently moved to Crooners Supper Club in Fridley to do monthly live shows.
The Blaine Arts Council is showcasing artwork from the NorthStar Watermedia Society in its “Kaleidoscope” exhibit, which runs through Friday, March 27, at Blaine City Hall.
Discover “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” March 13 through April 5 at Lyric Arts in Anoka.
At age 60 Ramsey resident and local attorney Joe Field found his father. He explores the story in a new book.
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The Anoka Children’s Theatre is celebrating 30 years of providing local children an outlet to participate and learn about the performing arts in Anoka.
Rumriver Art Center painter and fiber artist Pam Devine, of Brooklyn Park, is being featured at the center’s gallery in Anoka through Wednesday, March 11.
Thirteen past and present Andover Theatre students gathered Feb. 28 for the theater’s second annual Cabaret concert at Andover High School.
Travel out of Kansas and into the magical world of Oz in Westwood Intermediate and Middle School’s production of the classic tale “The Wizard of Oz” Feb. 27-29 at the Spring Lake Park High School Fine Arts Center.
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Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts in Fridley is in the midst of celebrating Youth Art Month during February.
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Popular jazz songs and the scene of New Orleans’ Mardi Gras are making their way to Coon Rapids this month.
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Young actors with the Northern Starz Children’s Theatre in Ramsey will explore “The Crucible,” Arthur Miller’s 1963 play on mass hysteria, Feb. 20-23.
Ruff Start Rescue and Forgotten Star Brewery, 38 Northern Stacks Drive, in Fridley are hosting a free event at 6 p.m. on Valentine’s Day, Friday, Feb. 14, for both singles and non-singles. The event is called “Dating with Dogs.”
The fantastic adventures of “Flora & Ulysses” are coming to the Lyric Arts stage Feb. 14-23 in Anoka in the family-friendly play.
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Anoka-Ramsey Community College’s production of the Minnesota romantic love story “Sweet Land: The Musical” will play at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14-15 and 20-22 at the Coon Rapids Campus Performing Arts Center.
Fridley Community Theatre’s annual dinner theater production is “Boeing Boeing,” a French farce (translated to English for the show) about a man with three fiancées.
Winners of the Impressions of Blaine Fall Photo Contest were recently announced.
Totino-Grace High School and local middle school students travel to the land of Oz in a new one-act play inspired by the classic tale Feb. 7-9 at the high school.
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The Blaine Arts Council is now inviting all local artists and pet lovers to submit artwork to the council’s juried “I Love My Pet Exhibit” that runs Feb. 3-28 at Blaine City Hall.
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Travel back in time to the golden days of radio in a production of “The Time Machine: Radio Play” at the Anoka Middle School for the Arts Fred Moore Campus. The play runs Jan. 31 through Feb. 9.
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For millennia, Native American people have played games that hone skills and carry cultural significance.
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Coon Rapids’ annual Snowflake Days celebration is just around the corner.
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Over a dozen local photographers are participating in the Blaine Arts Council’s ninth annual juried art show, which runs through Friday, Jan. 31, at Blaine City Hall.
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An Andover fitness trainer recently published a book about balancing life using faith and fitness.
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Enjoy an all-day jam session at the 42nd annual Concertina Bowl noon to 11 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at Brookhall in Blaine.
The Catholic Schools Raffle returns this winter to local Catholic schools, giving participants the opportunity to turn $5 into a new car or $20,000 in cash while supporting the schools.
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Anoka County high schools will soon compete in the 2020 Minnesota State High School League One Act Play Festival.
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Acrylic painting and plein air painters are exhibiting their artwork through Wednesday, Feb. 12, at the Rumriver Art Center Gallery in Anoka.
Solve the clues to uncover the killer at the St. Francis Area Chamber of Commerce’s Murder Mystery Wedding fundraiser dinner, which starts at 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31, at The Refuge Golf Club in Oak Grove.
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The Fridley High School cast, crew and pit orchestra of this fall’s musical production, “Guys and Dolls: A Musical Fable of Broadway,” earned numerous Hennepin Theatre Trust Spotlight Education awards.
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