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.

Let’s start off with a couple of “givens.” It’s a given that Prince is the greatest artist to ever live. Again, this is a given. We don’t have time to argue the givens. I mean, why else would the likes of Spike Lee be in Minnesota for the premiere of a stage adaptation to Prince's iconic cinematic production, 1984’s “Purple Rain” and the accompanying album of the same name? The movie is required watching (maybe 30 times in my case) and the album required listening. Again, t

After years behind the lens, photographer Bianca Rhodes shares her works with the public.

Minneapolis artist Christopher E. Harrison’s portraits at the Weisman Art Museum reimagine the faces of those who went missing as slaves.

An 8th grade student from Brooklyn Park is inspiring others and giving back to the community through painting.

Puerto Rican artist Ricardo Levins Morales receives this year’s Mcknight Distinguished Artist Award for his commitment to art and activism.

The art exhibition Blak Grit seeks to destigmatize the vulnerability of Black men.

The North Side’s community newspaper offers a fuller look at a community that’s often reduced to negative stereotypes in mainstream media.

Beverly Hammond is Ramsey County Commissioner Rena Moran’s Administrative Secretary. But that’s just one side of her rich, multifaceted life

Mohannad Ghawanmeh is drawing on his Arab-American Muslim background as he serves as the first POC President of Public Art St. Paul.