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Minnesota Opera performs ‘The Snowy Day’

2 months ago | sahanjournal.com | Myah Goff |Alberto Gomez

A wave of emerging talent is making its mark in the Twin Cities art scene this weekend. A recent Augsburg University graduate uses her capstone project to explore Black hair and identity through a photography exhibit, while an actress and dancer makes her directorial debut at the Minnesota Opera, bringing the 1962 children’s book “The Snowy Day” to life.
Local artists bring Hmong pop, sound bowls, blues to Cedar stage

2 months ago | sahanjournal.com | Myah Goff |Alberto Gomez

In the Twin Cities art scene this weekend, six up-and-coming artists will debut new music at the Cedar Cultural Center’s concert series, a photography exhibit in St. Paul invites visitors to explore the lives of elderly Hmong women in Minnesota, and Michoacán’s Indigenous community will celebrate the P’urhépecha New Year with a “new fire” ceremony and dance performances.
It’s the Year of the Snake! 10 ways to celebrate.

2 months ago | sahanjournal.com | Myah Goff |Alberto Gomez

As Minnesota welcomes the Year of the Snake on January 29, residents with East Asian ties will celebrate a Lunar New Year rooted in tradition. Families and community members will gather over dumplings and rice cake soup, while red envelopes will be exchanged as symbols of luck and prosperity. Events will feature lion dances, orchestral music, taekwondo demonstrations, fashion shows, and a cabaret highlighting the queer Asian American community.
Black Europe Film Festival debuts in Minneapolis

2 months ago | sahanjournal.com | Myah Goff |Alberto Gomez

“Once you flee a country, survival mode is the only thing you have,” said Muhubo Mohamed, the director of community of partnerships at the Qalanjo Project, a Somali arts nonprofit based in the Twin Cities. “How can I ensure that my family and I are safe? And then, when we settle in another country, we have the luxury to yearn for the things we’ve never had. How can we connect with our community?
Twin Cities Lunar New Year celebrations, Great Northern Festival

Jan 23, 2025 | sahanjournal.com | Myah Goff |Alberto Gomez

In the Twin Cities art scene this weekend, the Great Northern Festival returns, offering 10 days of film screenings, live music, climate change discussions, and sauna sessions. Meanwhile, true crime fans can celebrate the Season 2 launch of the “Truer Crime” podcast with Celisia Stanton, where she’ll discuss systemic injustice and forgotten cases. And for those ringing in the Year of the Snake, three Lunar New Year celebrations will light up the weekend with performances, food, and crafts.
Winter Fest kicks off in Minneapolis’ 38th Street Cultural Corridor

Jan 17, 2025 | sahanjournal.com | Myah Goff |Alberto Gomez

Forget hibernating — this weekend, the Center for Performing Arts’ Winter Festival brings Haitian dance, Congolese music, spoken word poetry, improv, and more to Minneapolis. At Lake Harriet, the Art Shanty Projects returns with ice-bound art installations and performances highlighting Japanese musicians, Native sports and wellness programs for Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC).
Choreographer melds ballet, taiko in St. Paul New Year’s show

Jan 9, 2025 | sahanjournal.com | Myah Goff |Alberto Gomez

The Twin Cities art scene this weekend ushers in the new year with a performance of ballet, contemporary dance and Japanese taiko drumming at Hamline University. The Landmark Center in St. Paul offers a journey through India, featuring Bollywood, Bharatanatyam and Bhangra dance performances, a sari-draping fashion show, food, and more.
Your weekend guide: Ethiopian music, women’s history and the Guthrie

Jan 2, 2025 | sahanjournal.com | Myah Goff

Kick off the first weekend of 2025 at CLUES gallery in St. Paul, where visitors can reflect on 2024 and offer blessings for the new year at a Puerto Rican-inspired altar. At the Minnesota History Center, explore an exhibit highlighting women’s roles in social movements, featuring artifacts spanning the education, civil rights and suffrage movements.
How Minnesota’s Muna Abdulahi survived Netflix’s “The Mole”

Dec 25, 2024 | sahanjournal.com | Myah Goff

Who is the mole? For Somali American poet Muna Abdulahi, that question loomed large during her first day on season two of Netflix’s reality game show, “The Mole,” which was filmed in the napier grass fields of western Malaysia. Abdulahi had to figure out who to trust among the other 11 players while aware that one of them might be secretly sabotaging the game, and while navigating cultural differences and working to stay under the radar herself during the six-week filming.
Meet Terresa Moses, new owner of St. Paul’s Black Garnet Books

Dec 24, 2024 | sahanjournal.com | Myah Goff

Designer and University of Minnesota professor Terresa Moses never imagined herself owning a bookstore. She had carved a path in community-centered abolition work through Blackbird Revolt, a design studio focused on advancing racial justice with protest-ready materials like posters, prints and T-shirts. But when Black Garnet Books founder Dionne Sims, approached her with the opportunity to take over the abolitionist bookstore, it felt like a natural next step in her career.