Jacob Aloi

Quick Read Even in death Prince looms large over his home state — his impact everlasting.

This week's MN Shortlist features a great American novel adapted for the stage, music from a video game-turned-TV show and Parisian cafes, a new

A secret circus of puppets, lumberjack songs and a collection of stringed instruments that survived the Holocaust — find out more in this week's MN Shortlist.

The 8,000 capacity, multi-million dollar amphitheater will be operated by the Port of Minneapolis, a collaboration between music venue First Avenue and the Minnesota Orchestra.

Opera’s saddest clown, “Hollywood in the ceramics world,” Asian Phoenix Fest and a bank of art — find out more in this week’s MN Shortlist.

Professional rakugo storytellers all over Japan practice an art form dating back to the 14th century. One such performer is Katsura Sunshine, a white man from Canada, who fell in love with it, and who is now bringing rakugo to new audiences in the US and Canada. Jacob Aloi of Minnesota Public Radio has the story.

The Minnesota Orchestra welcomed 2026 with its annual “Nordic Soundscapes Festival” in January. With music by Jean Sibelius and Hans Abrahamsen, the festival was a bright spot of warmth during winter.

The biggest art crawl in the universe, interactive theater at the historic Searle Mansion, Duluth music, mental health at the movies and painted outdoor folklore in Winona — find out more in this week's MN Shortlist.

Artists investigate what it means to neighbor, “What the Constitution Means to Me” comes to Artistry, a Red Eye Theatre experimental bonanza, new

On May 25, 1976, in a Scott County flood plain , a collection of rides and amusements started whizzing, whooshing and whirling, forever changing the Shakopee skyline.