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Will Smith breaks silence, apologizes to Chris Rock over Oscar slap

July 29, 2022August 1, 2022 - by MSR News Online - Leave a Comment

‘There was no part of me that thinks that was the right way to behave in that moment.’

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Arts & Culture / Bulletin / Photo Galleries

2nd Annual Duck Race helps kick off spring

May 9, 2022May 11, 2022 - by MSR News Online - Leave a Comment

Community members came out in droves for the 2nd Annual Minnehaha Creek Duck Race on a warm, spring Saturday, May 7.

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Arts & Culture / Arts & Culture / Movies

Glover film highlights Iraq war vets’ struggles

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 - by Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon

‘The Drummer’ tells the interlinked story of three soldiers who enlisted in the U.S. Army, became combat veterans in Iraq, and then tried to avoid being sent back to the same disastrous George Bush-initiated conflict.

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Arts & Culture / Arts & Culture / Music

In ‘Rumors,’ Lizzo, Cardi B put new twist on ancient Greek tradition

September 3, 2021September 3, 2021 - by Grace B. McGowan

The bodies of the statues in Lizzo’s video are not the chiseled physiques you’re accustomed to seeing in museums.

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Dear Auntie
Arts & Culture / Arts & Culture

Family secrets

June 17, 2021August 30, 2021 - by Dear Auntie

Dear Auntie helps a reader who discovers a family secret right before Father’s Day.

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Clarence Williams III
Arts & Culture / Arts & Culture / Movies / Television

Iconic actor Clarence Williams III dead at 81

June 7, 2021June 7, 2021 - by Stacy M. Brown

Actor Clarence Williams III, who starred as Lincoln Hayes on the countercultural ABC drama, ‘The Mod Squad’ and as superstar Prince’s father in ‘Purple Rain,’ has died.

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Arts & Culture / Arts & Culture / Books

Iconic wordsmith strikes again with fascinating ‘The Awkward Black Man’

March 4, 2021March 3, 2021 - by Dwight Hobbes

Taut narratives collect an array of remarkably imperfect people in ‘The Awkward Black Man.’

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Arts & Culture / Arts & Culture / Books

‘A Garden of Black Joy’: Local author explores the possibilities of Black utopia

March 23, 2020March 31, 2020 - by Tiffany Johnson

‘A Garden of Black Joy’ delves deeply into why poetry is a profoundly critical tool for guiding and finding joy.

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Arts & Culture / Arts & Culture / Good News / Music

Rihanna donates $5 million to help fight the coronavirus

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 - by MSR News Online

It was recently announced that through her Clara Lionel Foundation, singer/beauty mogul Rihanna is donating $5 million to aid marginalized communities in the United States, the Caribbean, and Africa.

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Arts & Culture / Television

Filmmaker aims to understand a complicated father in ‘Daddy and the Warlord’

February 9, 2020February 11, 2020 - by Nadine Matthews

‘Daddy and the Warlord’ follows a daughter’s captivating quest to understand why her father collaborated with corrupt leaders.

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Arts & Culture / Theater

In ‘Once on This Island’ actress explores color, class, and power of love

February 6, 2020February 9, 2020 - by Nadine Matthews

New York City-based James will be at the Ordway February 4 through February 9 starring in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical ‘Once on This Island.’

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Arts & Culture

Renowned artist Seitu Jones to speak at Black History Month event

January 29, 2020February 9, 2020 - by MSR News Online

The presentation, ‘Celebrating the Artistry of Seitu Jones,’ will take place at the Minneapolis Central Library in downtown Minneapolis on Saturday, Feb. 22.

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Arts & Culture

Chris Tucker is aging like fine wine

January 29, 2020February 9, 2020 - by MSR News Online

Chris Tucker’s performance at Mystic Lake Casino proved he still has ‘It.’

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Arts & Culture / Movies

‘Bad Boys For Life’: still a fun ride

January 22, 2020February 9, 2020 - by Dwight Brown

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence go back to the same well one more time. Is there any water left?

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Arts & Culture

Whitney Houston, Notorious B.I.G. among 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees

January 17, 2020February 9, 2020 - by MSR News Online

Whitney Houston and the Notorious B.I.G. were among this year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees.

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Arts & Culture / MLK Legacy Section

The tour that helped create the MLK holiday

January 12, 2020February 9, 2020 - by MSR News Online

Gil Scott-Heron relates his experience with Stevie Wonder on his 1981 ‘Hotter Than July’ tour in which Wonder advocated and organized for the MLK Holiday.

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Arts & Culture / Featured / Music

In memory of Alexis Alijai Lynch

January 8, 2020February 9, 2020 - by Ashley Lauren

The music world was shocked at the untimely death of rising star Alexis Alijai Lynch aka ‘Lexii Alijai.’

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Arts & Culture / Featured

Gone but not forgotten: entertainers who left us in 2019

December 30, 2019December 30, 2021 - by MSR News Online

Here we’ve highlighted a few notable stars who left this world—but not our hearts—in 2019.

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Arts & Culture / Books

Angela Henry’s offers another thriller with ‘Doing it To Death’

December 29, 2019February 9, 2020 - by Dwight Hobbes

Fans of mystery novelist Angela Henry’s Kendra Clayton series, rejoice. Delightfully intrepid, crime-solving sleuth Clayton is back.

Angela Henry’s offers another thriller with ‘Doing it To Death’ Read More
Arts & Culture / Music

Review: An Ashley Dubose Christmas concert

December 28, 2019February 9, 2020 - by S. Brooks Green

Ashley Dubose helped bring in the holiday season with songs that conjured up fond memories and the holiday spirit.

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