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Consistently Updating Post: Ways to Help Fight Covid-19 in Minnesota

I, like many of you, have been shocked at how quickly changes due to COVID-19 have rippled through our communities in the last few weeks. Literally overnight we have seen closures of stores, entertainment, transit, conferences, workplaces, schools, and just about every non-essential function.

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Thrillist: Best Places to Travel in 2020

Look ma, I made it!  Photo courtesy of Thrillist I cannot describe how thrilled I was when Thrillist decided to include my pitch about a smalls lice of my African honeymoon in this year’s 20 top destinations list! It’s the most in-depth piece I’ve written for travel sections by far,

Thrillist: How to Volunteer in the Twin Cities This Holiday Season

Don’t be a Scrooge.   Photo courtesy of Thrillist The season of giving is upon us! While that most often means an exhausting list of shopping, wrapping, and gift giving and receiving, I also like to think that it’s a time to think even more than usual about giving back

Thrillist: How the East African Community Enriches Twin Cities Culture

This is a big one for me. Photo courtesy of Thrillist As long-time readers know, I’ve been writing for Thrillist for a couple of years now. Most of what I’ve had the chance to write has been listicle style roundups, but I was recently afforded the chance to write a

Thrillist: Best New Attractions in America

I love Minneapolis but it’s not the only thing I know about!   Photo courtesy of Thrillist. I try as hard as I can to get out of my #twincities bubble. One of the greatest surprises for me has been Oklahoma, one of my favorite short weekend trips. The Sooner

Autonomy Is In A Class All Its Own

I can truly promise that you will never see a show like this again.   You’ve heard of drive-in movie theaters, but have you heard of drive-in plays? No? You wouldn’t be alone! It’s a highly unusual concept, but a drive-in play (or maybe a drive-by play is more accurate)

Reviewed in Brief: The Last Firefly by Theater Mu

What does community outreach mean to you?   Photo courtesy of Mu Performing Arts How about accessibility? For a lot of people I imagine the definition would be pretty literal – have you invited people to attend your show? Do you have ramps and elevators for those who can’t climb

Pangea World Theater’s “Mother Courage” is Worth Consideration

What makes a good mother?   *Correction: I unintentionally misspelled the name of Marcela Michelle as Marcella Mobama in my initial review; I apologize for the mistake and have corrected it here.  That’s always been a mercurial question, but it’s harder to answer than it seems. We live in an era of helicopter

MUST SEE: Roe at Mixed Blood Theatre

History is way, way more important than modern society gives it credit for.   Photo by Rich Ryan And I’m not just saying that because I was a history major in college. When people think of history, they tend to think of a boring giant textbook with tests that make

“benevolence” Will Blow You Over

What did you do on Valentine’s Day?   Photo courtesy of the Penumbra The holiday seems to be one that you love or love to hate. As for myself, I could swing either way – there is no denying that the entire day is set up to allow corporations to

The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotype is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. they make one story become the only story.

– chimamanda ngozi adichie

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