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“Rumours” is a Canadian dark comedy horror film directed by Guy Maddin, alongside frequent collaborators Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson.

The Confluence neighborhood design group invited passersby to submit ideas for the former 3rd Precinct site on Aug. 30. Alex V. Cipolle | MPR News

Lois Widmark, 102, of Ivanhoe, was a codebreaker during World War II. Widmark enjoys quilting, embroidery, gardening, driving to church and cuddling her cat Muggins. Courtesy of Valérie Jardin

Minnesota artist Hend Al-Mansour wants you to think about Khadijah and Hafsah, each a wife of the Prophet Muhammad.

The city of Minneapolis announced the first awardees of its Vibrant Storefronts Initiative . The city's pilot program subsidizes the rent of formerly vacant storefronts downtown for artists and arts organizations.

Critical DMs are lightly edited Slack conversations by members of the MPR News arts team about Minnesota art and culture.

Pillsbury House + Theatre broke ground on the Pillsbury Creative Commons, a South Minneapolis expansion featuring artist housing, a theater tech training scene shop and a new KRSM Radio studio, set to open in July 2025 as a long-awaited community investment.

Curator John Kelsch walked from an empty pedestal to an emergency exit at the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids.

On Dec. 21, Bryant Lake Bowl & Theater in Minneapolis will host the 113th and final performance of “A Very Die Hard Christmas.” The rowdy musical

At the Minnesota Museum of American Art, newly commissioned Native works and a broad range of historic and contemporary art are displayed together in the expanded New Wing, creating a setting that centers Indigenous perspectives, explores connections across place and time, and culminates in a dedicated space for Ojibwe modernist painter George Morrison’s art.