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Featured / Local / News

From ā€˜Purple Rain’ to ā€˜Dear White People’ —how Minnesota’s film industry uplifted Black storiesĀ 

May 12, 2022May 14, 2022 - by Abdi Mohamed - Leave a Comment

‘I feel like the Twin Cities was really on the forefront of the work that was similar to things that came afterward…’

From ā€˜Purple Rain’ to ā€˜Dear White People’ —how Minnesota’s film industry uplifted Black storiesĀ  Read More
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 / Music

Top-rated Prince tribute scores with music lovers, garners Saturday replay

April 24, 2020April 26, 2020 - by MSR News Online

The ratings for CBS’ Prince tribute were strong enough for the network to replay the special on Saturday, April 25.

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Arts & Culture / Purple Music: Musings on the Minneapolis Sound / Remembering Prince / Remembering Prince (1958 - 2016)

‘Purple Rain’ turns 35 – how Prince’s cult classic broke barriers

July 26, 2019April 21, 2022 - by Tony Kiene - 1 Comment

Thirty-five years ago this month, Prince’s iconic ‘Purple Rain shocked Hollywood, delighted moviegoers and thrust Prince in mega-stardom – breaking barriers in the process.

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Arts & Culture / Arts & Culture / Music / Purple Music: Musings on the Minneapolis Sound / Remembering Prince / Remembering Prince (1958 - 2016)

Prince and the B-Sides: a love story

June 7, 2019June 12, 2019 - by Tony Kiene - 1 Comment

Unlike other artists, the songs that Prince chose as B-sides were gems and never deemed throwaways or filler.

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Arts & Culture / Movies / Remembering Prince

Untold stories of ‘Purple Rain’

May 3, 2016June 15, 2016 - by Charles Hallman

It’s been about two weeks since the news broke of Prince’s unexpected and sudden death. Last weekend the MSR attended one of an estimated 700 screenings of the late musician’s iconic Purple Rain across the country.

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