‘Arts’ Archives
WHAT WE CARRY
By ATLAS OF BLACKNESS ARTWORK: Saint Grim Last month, Atlas of Blackness presented “What We Carry” at the John and Denise Graves Foundation’s Creating Change Gallery, an intimate exhibition featuring the 2024 Black Scholar Fellows. Over many months, these young storytellers, artists, and cultural workers traced the emotional, structural, and historical forces that shape Black life in the Twin Cities. Their work examines the weight held in our bodies and families, the memories our cities ask us to carry, and the moments that refuse silence. Centering Black mental health, the complexities of Black motherhood, the long shadow of loss, and the quiet transformations that make survival possible, this exhibition insists that these experiences are not marginal or private. They are primary sites of knowledge and power, especially for women, nonbinary people, and Black youth coming of age in an uncertain time. Curated by Lucina Kayee and Patience Zalanga, “What We Carry” honors [...]
Hamnet
from the series Movie Corner... 5/5 Stars Period Piece/Romance/DramaFocus Features By HOWARD MCQUITTER II Howard McQuitter II When I was a kid, I had a love for period pieces and other genres such as Anthony Mann’s El Cid (1961) and Peter Glenville’s Becket (1964). Fast forward to December 2025 as I watched the highly touted film Hamnet. Hamnet is hauntingly filled with grief as the pestilence lies in the background like a leopard waiting in a bush before it pounces on its prey. At the center of this 16th century (c1590) English village is William Shakespeare, his wife Agnes, and three children, one of whom is the young boy named Hamnet. In Shakespeare’s time, the names of “Hamnet” and “Hamlet” were interchangeable. Agnes is an extraordinary woman as a healer and Will a promising playwright and actor. Focus Features Hamnet is told through the eyes of Agnes as a family affair. Even when death grips the most vulnerable, it is life that is fervently [...]
South and Roosevelt High Schools Bring Swing Night to the Neighborhood
A night of music and dancing filled the Hook & Ladder Lounge with festive energy the evening of November 19th. Performances by jazz bands from South and Roosevelt High Schools along with dance demos by South High Dance kept the crowd moving! Photo: Laura Hulscher Photo: Laura Hulscher Photo: Laura Hulscher
