Shining bright this holiday season, four winners were named for the Lights of Logan contest, illuminating the neighborhood with their stunning displays.

Deborah Foutch’s latest solo exhibition, “Unraveling: A Fiber Art Exploration of Our Natural World,” features more than 30 intricate mixed-media pieces inspired by ecology, geology and hope. 

The Minnesota State Arts Board (MSAB) released its list of artists who received grants for the 2025 fiscal year under the Creative Support for Individuals grant category. A total of $3,552,128 was granted to 364 artists across Minnesota; 23 of those artists have ties to the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District, and were awarded a total of $220,486.

Windom Park resident Doron Clark filed his bid for Sen. Kari Dziedzic’s seat in the Minnesota Senate on Dec. 30, one day before the filing deadline and his birthday. Raised on a farm in southeastern Minnesota, he moved to the Twin Cities to attend college at Hamline University; he’s lived […]

A grandfather and granddaughter are bringing together a generational art collection in Northeast’s historic Northrup King Building this month. 

Meeting Audubon neighborhood resident Norah Jones, aka, “Come Away With Me,” can at first be a little intimidating. Her sleek, silky fur, perfectly coiffed on her lean, 140-lb. muscle-laden body, is topped with cropped ears that make any Great Dane look like royalty. 

Zina Gutmanis grew up in Northeast’s Ukrainian community. Although she sometimes heard references to “Holodomor,” she didn’t really understand it. “I didn’t think it had anything to do with me,” she said in a recent interview.  Until 2015, when she was invited to join a committee on the Ukrainian Holodomor Genocide Awareness Board. The committee was charged with putting a monument on federal land to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Holodomor, an artificial famine imposed on Ukrainians by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in 1932-33.

A major upgrade to Central Avenue for pedestrians and public transit users is on the way, but Northeasters will have to wait a while longer.

I don’t know how I found out about it, maybe through a newspaper association, but Jimmy Carter wanted to see me in Washington, D.C. — at the White House, no less. All I had to do was pay my way out there and have a place to stay. I made […]

The Washburn-McReavy name is synonymous with the Twin Cities funeral industry. That’s due to the hard work of the man who followed in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps and built a business steeped in compassion for people who’ve lost loved ones.