At just 21, Wisdom Nunn earned an Upper Midwest Regional Emmy nomination for his animated series “Bob’s World” and its episode “A Silly Detour.” Learn how Nunn and his siblings turned their childhood imagination into an award-nominated show — and what’s next for their creative journey.

A painful chapter in history is bringing new conversations about truth, accountability and healing to the University of St. Thomas. The exhibit “What We Inherit: Truth, Repair, and a Promise to the Future” explores the 1838 sale of 314 enslaved people by Maryland Jesuits and the descendants working to preserve their families’ stories and pursue repair.

After six years and more than 100 pop-up screenings across St. Paul’s East Side, TriLingua Cinema finally has a home of its own. The community-focused micro-cinema is bringing independent, local, multilingual and family-friendly films to a permanent space while creating a place for East Siders to gather, connect and make the cinema their own.

From the farm to the dinner table. Black to the Farm brought Black farmers, chefs and community members together for an evening centered on food, connection and agriculture.

After winning first place in the preteen division of the 2026 Minnesota State Fair Amateur Talent Contest, 12-year-old Charles Foster is setting his sights on bigger stages — from theater and music to movies and more.

Black Power, Red Power and Brown Power are often taught as separate movements. A traveling exhibit at Mill City Museum shows how those fights for change crossed paths in North Minneapolis. “Soulforce: The Movements of Memory” brings Black, Indigenous and Chicano history into one conversation. Through photographs, newspaper clippings, books and videos, visual panels highlight community, events, and turning points within the movements. Created in summer 2024 by artist and curat

Safiya Bikah, 8, and her mother, Salma Hussein co-authored “Safiya’s Big Idea,” a children’s book inspired by Safiya’s idea for a “Respect Club.” Photo: Binta Kanteh When eight-year-old Safiya Bikah came up with the idea for a “Respect Club,” she was thinking about how children could make their schools more welcoming. Her mother, Salma Hussein, knew the idea was worth taking seriously – and together, the Burnsville mother and daughter turned it into a children’s book. “Safiya

Professor Mahmoud El-Kati is honored at the recent Selby Jazz Fest in St. Paul. El-Kati, a longtime educator, historian and community elder, will soon be recognized with an honorary street co-naming in St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood. Photo: Anika Bowie St. Paul to honor Professor Mahmoud El-Kati with street co-naming in Rondo neighborhood Nearly a decade later, the St. Paul City Council is restoring honorary street co-naming, with community elder, activist, historian and long

Best selling author and playwright Resmaa Menakem visited the Power 104.7 FM studio on Sept. 4 to talk about the inspiration for his Afro-futuristic play, Mothership. When it comes to a new stage play by best-selling author Resmaa Menakem, let's hope it's just a work of a brilliantly imaginative mind and not a harbinger of things to come. With the news of multiple researchers at AI company Anthropic raising concerns over concerns that the technology could wipe out humanity

The African Museum, Arts, and Cultural Center is giving emerging Black artists in Minnesota something they often struggle to find: a place to show their work and be seen. Its current exhibition, Voices of Freedom, brings together the work of Maya Washington, Bianca Rhodes, Zakaria Abdullahi and Mounisha Gorle.

This Saturday, Aug. 22, Black Garnet Books will host the inaugural Midwest Black Book Fair at the University of Minnesota’s Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center in North Minneapolis. The free, one-day gathering will bring together Black authors, booksellers, literary organizations and readers from across the Midwest.

DejaJoelle created an immersive experience named The Ceremony which will take place Aug. 14-16 followed by two weekends of The Sanctuary, an interactive public art installation, at the Public Functionary in Minneapolis. Photo: Binta Kanteh For St. Paul-raised cultural healing curator DejaJoelle, The Ceremony and The Sanctuary are more than an art performance and installation—they are an invitation to reflect on the everyday traditions, wisdom and acts of care that have h

For 40 years, Oromo scholars, artists and community members have worked to preserve knowledge, culture and history — and a new Minneapolis exhibit is bringing that story into focus. Mara: 40 Years of Oromo Knowledge Making explores the Oromo understanding of time, cultural preservation and the ways knowledge is passed between generations.

This free event takes place from noon - 4 p.m. at the intersection of 7th and Hope streets. 7th Street Live features live entertainment, food and merchandise vendors, double dutch, cultural dance performances, boxing exhibitions and more.

Artist Peyton Scott Russell will create two 8-foot murals in real time during the 7th World Conference on Remedies to Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality, inviting the public and international delegates to join him in painting as part of a first-of-its-kind focus on arts and activism. The live mural sessions will take place Aug. 3 and 4 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the East Patio of the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs. The free event is open to the

Community members gather at Play on Payne on St. Paul's East Side, where families and neighbors share food, play lawn games and spend time together in a temporary outdoor plaza created to support local businesses and encourage community connection along the Payne Avenue corridor throughout the summer. Photo: Hunter Meyer, Visit Saint Paul Instead of a single day of celebration, Payne Avenue is becoming a gathering place all summer. An underused parking lot at 926 Payne Ave. h

Hosted at the Main Cinema in Minneapolis, the aim of the festival is to showcase Cuban culture and cinema and also call attention to the impacts of the U.S. blockade of the island nation, which the Minnesota Cuba Committee says is an economic and commercial war on the country.

An undertaking that took two years, the CLT specifically asks for entrepreneurs in the exchange to have roots in the historic Rondo community. Operating a shop in the incubator comes with business coaching and technical assistance and public and private space for business operations.

In collaboration with the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP), Theatre Mu is screening four documentaries at Indigenous Roots, 788 E. 7th St., St. Paul, on Saturday in an event called “Belonging and Resistance: Queer AAPI Documentaries.”

After closing for about two years, Golden Thyme café and restaurant re-opened under the care of the Rondo Community Land Trust, a non-profit organization focused on the history of the Rondo community while preserving Black-owned businesses and strengthening economic opportunity in the neighborhood.