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1 week ago | 
sahanjournal.com | Myah Goff |Alberto Gomez
Jazz musicians, soul line dancers, ceramic figurines and a queer council take over the Twin Cities arts scene this weekend. The Twin Cities Jazz Festival will return for its 27th year, bringing more than 100 local and national musicians to venues across the metro. One artist in St. Paul will piece together Mexican folk traditions through ceramics and quilts, while another will host a soul line dance party at Minnehaha Falls.
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2 weeks ago | 
sahanjournal.com | Myah Goff |Alberto Gomez
In the Twin Cities art scene this weekend, a dance festival in St. Paul celebrates Minnesota’s hip-hop legacy, spotlighting women artists, choreographers and krump dancers. Over on Rice Street, the Asian Street Food Night Market brings together more than 35 vendors alongside emerging Asian musicians and dance troupes. In Minneapolis, the Somali Museum launches its first summer festival with art workshops and performances by Somali artists on Lake Street.
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2 weeks ago | 
sahanjournal.com | Myah Goff |Trisha Collopy
Shameka Bogan didn’t grow up celebrating Juneteenth. Raised in a small town in Alabama, she said the Fourth of July was the holiday that brought out flags, fireworks, grilled meats and family pride. “I had heard of Juneteenth and I kind of knew what it was but the Fourth of July was a huge thing for us,” Bogan said.
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3 weeks ago | 
sahanjournal.com | Myah Goff |Alberto Gomez
Fifty years after the first wave of Southeast Asian migration to the United States, a new art exhibit at Xia Gallery in St. Paul asks what it means to call this country home — and how queerness, memory and cultural survival shape that experience. Just a few miles away, more than 100 artists will fill Swede Hollow Park for the annual “Art in the Hollow” festival, featuring live music and dance.
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3 weeks ago | 
sahanjournal.com | Myah Goff |Trisha Collopy
Sixteen large-scale alebrije sculptures have taken up residence on St. Paul’s Raspberry Island, transforming the riverfront into a zoo of multicolored, mythical creatures. Adorned with horns, wings, scales, jagged teeth and bulging eyes, the papiermâché animals are part of a new outdoor art show from the Minnesota Latino Museum. The show “Alebrijes: Keepers of the Island,” features works by four Mexico City-based papier-mâché artists.
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4 weeks ago | 
sahanjournal.com | Myah Goff |Alberto Gomez
From Rice Park to Lake Phalen, Plymouth to south Minneapolis, local artists, educators and cultural leaders are turning public spaces into hubs of music, dance and tradition this weekend. Whether it’s West African drums with Tiyumba, taiko and salsa at the Flint Hills Family Festival, a martial arts showcase at the West Metro Asian Fair, or a celebration of Latina entrepreneurship in south Minneapolis, this weekend’s events use art to connect generations and cultures across the Twin Cities.
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1 month ago | 
sahanjournal.com | Myah Goff |Alberto Gomez
In the Twin Cities art scene this weekend, artists turn to the body, the gallery and the page to tell stories of survival and belonging. At Red Eye Theater, five performers present unfinished works that move through Black lineage, queer visibility, disability and the cyclical nature of time. At All My Relations Arts, 15 Indigenous artists turn ancestral stories into contemporary art.
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1 month ago | 
sahanjournal.com | Myah Goff |Alberto Gomez
Spring is in full swing in the Twin Cities art scene this weekend. A Hmong festival in St. Paul marks Hmong American Day and 50 years of resettlement in the U.S. with live outdoor performances and food trucks. The 30th annual Art-A-Whirl celebrates artists and galleries across northeast Minneapolis. At Midtown Global Market, a new arts and music festival spotlights performers and chefs of color.
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1 month ago | 
sahanjournal.com | Myah Goff |Alberto Gomez
When protesters took to the streets after George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police in 2020, they created a patchwork of cardboard signs, left handwritten messages and painted plywood murals on boarded-up storefronts. Artist and activist Leesa Kelly began collecting those expressions of grief and resistance to create a living archive. She knew these artworks would carry Floyd’s legacy, preserving his memory long after the protests had ended. “It was a trauma response,” Kelly said.
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1 month ago | 
sahanjournal.com | Myah Goff |Alberto Gomez
Start your weekend festivities early in the Twin Cities with the Festival de las Calaveras, where live Mexican music meets lucha libre wrestling at The Hook and Ladder Theater. On Saturday, Grammy-winning vocalist Jamecia Bennett pays tribute to Black female musicians who shaped soul and gospel. And throughout the weekend, the State Capitol grounds will come alive with monk blessings, fashion shows and Southeast Asian performances during the annual Minnesota Songkran Festival.
