Twin Cities

January 25, 2023 9:04 AM

Faculty calls for Hamline president to resign over religious art controversy

Faculty members criticized the way Fayneese Miller responded to a Muslim student's complaint over the showing of an image of the Prophet Muhammad in an art history class last fall.

by Nina Moini

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January 25, 2023 4:00 AM

Twin Cities Lunar New Year events push on after California mass shooting

“We’re not a community of victims,” said Sia Her, executive director of the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans.

by Nicole Ki

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January 24, 2023 4:00 PM

Found safe: 10-year-old St. Paul girl located after going missing for five days

St. Paul police issued an alert for the public to help find Ariyah Lewis, 10, who has been found safe, police say.

by MPR News Staff

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January 23, 2023 2:18 PM

Rep. María Isa brings hip-hop to the Minnesota House

The same day the newly elected Rep. María Isa Pérez-Vega was sworn into office, she also released a hip-hop EP, Capitolio, inspired by her campaign run, motherhood, community, and day-to-day living.

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January 23, 2023 2:03 PM

Inside Minneapolis band Creeping Charlie's rapid growth

Word of Creeping Charlie has spread over the Twin Cities music scene as quick as the evergreen creeper. On Friday, Jan. 20, they played First Avenue’s Best New Bands of 2022 show.

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January 20, 2023 6:12 PM

Where to celebrate Lunar New Year, Year of the Rabbit in the Twin Cities

The Twin Cities’ annual Chinese New Year Celebration, typically a one-day festival, this year has grown to a week-long celebration at Asia Mall in Eden Prairie.

by Nicole Ki

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January 20, 2023 4:17 PM

How Pit Stop found a country sound in the middle of the Twin Cities

From their Minneapolis practice space, band members talk about their first (barely) pre-pandemic show, their punk and indie roots and what’s influencing their upcoming album.

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January 18, 2023 5:57 PM

Largest Minneapolis homeless encampment, site of recent homicide, is torn down

The encampment in Cedar-Riverside was the largest one left in Minneapolis after the city tore down several others in recent months.

by Grace Birnstengel

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January 18, 2023 5:16 PM

Woman paddleboards ‘Lake Chipotle,’ the famously-flooded Minneapolis parking lot

Warm weather has thawed snow and ice, in turn filling a parking lot so notorious for its flooding that it has a name and a fan club.

by Robyn Katona

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January 18, 2023 4:00 AM

Despite ice not cooperating, Minnesotans push ahead with winter events

Several days of warm, wet January weather are posing challenges for Minnesotans organizing outdoor recreational events.

by Mark Zdechlik

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