- Femi Kuti plays the saxophone during a standing room only concert at the Cedar in Minneapolis on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. Photo: Richard Ooga/MshaleThe Cedar Cultural Center hosts hundreds of musical acts every year, but they could not contain the sound of Femi Kuti and his band Positive Force…
- Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley speaks at the DFL District 38 State Senate Convention on Saturday, March 26, 2022 where she won most of the delegates. Stonewall DFL and OutFront Minnesota—two influential LGBTQIA+ advocacy groups have announced their endorsement of her candidacy. Photo: Panashe Matemba-…
- A drummer at Brooklyn Park’s Juneteenth celebration on Friday, June 17 2022. Photo: Panashe Matemba-Mutasa/MshaleSpirits were high last weekend in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, as residents attended the suburban Minneapolis city’s first annual celebration of Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the…
- Dr. Angel Smith (left) moderates the Juneteenth Community Discussion during a City of Brooklyn Center-sponsored Juneteenth celebration at Centennial Park. Photo: Panashe Matemba-Mutasa/MshaleResidents of Brooklyn Center gathered in Centennial Park on Saturday to commemorate Juneteenth (short for…
- Black Violin treated concert goers at the Ordway in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 17, 2022 with hip hop, fusion, jazz, and pop covers all played on violin, viola, a Korg KRONOS keyboard. Photo: Courtesy of Black ViolinThe world changed for a lot of people this year on June 17th. Quite possibly the…
- Ambassador Hajia Alima Mahama of Ghana walks to the podium to deliver the keynote address at the annual Books for Africa fundraising luncheon in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 8, 2022 where she spoke about the urgency of solving the book crisis in Africa. Photo: Jerusa Nyakundi/MshaleThe world’s…
- FILE - Licensed vocational nurse Caren Williams, right, collects a nasal swab sample from a traveler at a COVID-19 testing site at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, on Nov. 23, 2020. The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international air travelers to the U.S…
- Black Violin will perform at the Ordway in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 17, 2022. If you have tickets from their postponed April 3 concert, your tickets are still good. Photo: Courtesy Black ViolinBlack Violin performs at The Ordway in St. Paul next Friday, June 17th. Everything about this duo, Wil…
- Minnesota’s online portal to apply for “hero pay” went live on Thursday (June 9) to accept applications from workers who stayed on the job at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The application period will be open for 45 days. The legislature approved $500 million to be sent to health care workers…
- Femi Kuti, right, seen here with his son Mádé will bring his North American tour to Minneapolis on June 22, 2022 when he performs at the Cedar. Photo: Courtesy Femi KutiTake a look at Femi Kuti’s tour schedule for the past two years. Steady gigs until July 2020 then silence. It takes twenty months…
- FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2020, file photo, a sign for Moderna, Inc. hangs on its headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. Moderna's experimental COVID-19 vaccine that combines its original shot with protection against the omicron variant appears to work, the company announced Wednesday, June 8, 2022. COVID-…
- (L to R): Boyd Morson, Wynfred Russell and Hollies Winston have filed to run for Mayor of Brooklyn Park in the 2022 election. The three will have to go through an August 9 primary election to determine the two that will proceed to the November 8 general election. Photos: Panashe Matemba-Mutasa and…
- A George Floyd Mural is located on the side of Cup Foods, the convenience store located on 38th Street and Chicago Avenue where a clerk called the cops on Floyd for trying to pay with a counterfeit $20 bill. Saturday marked the second anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis…
- Kellace McDaniel has been named the new police chief for the City of Brooklyn Center. He will start on June 27, 2022. Photo: Courtesy City of Brooklyn CenterHiring from among its own residents, Brooklyn Center has selected 25-year law enforcement veteran Kellace McDaniel as the city’s next chief of…
- Dana Smith, owner of MinnyRow Market in Hopkins, Minnesota is a past recipient of a Comcast RISE tech makeover. Applications for the latest round of grants will open on June 1-14, 2022. Photo: Comcast Vimeo Screen grabComcast Corporation has announced that it will begin accepting applications for…
- This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. Monkeypox, a disease…
- Vieux Farka Touré of Mali (left) performed to a full house at the Dakota in downtown Minneapolis on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. It was the largest audience at the downtown venue since the pandemic started. Photo: Tom Gitaa/MshaleVieux Farka Touré took the stage at The Dakota on Wednesday night (May…
- Kenya Airways has launched a fare matching program called Best Price Guarantee. Photo: Courtesy ZhukhovskySponsored Content from Kenya Airways Kenya Airways has introduced an exciting product, BEST PRICE GUARANTEE (BPG). Best Price Guarantee (BPG) is a fare matching program that aims to give…
- Minnesota Housing has started accepting applications at HomeHelpMN.org for Minnesotans to apply for government financial assistance to avoid foreclosure. Applications will be accepted through June 17, 2022. Photo: Shawn Goldberg/ShutterstockMinnesotans who have fallen behind on their mortgages and…
- Vice President Kamala Harris, right, listens as President Joe Biden speaks at an event on lowering the cost of high-speed internet in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, May 9, 2022, in Washington.On the left is Alicia Jones, a beneficiary of the internet program. Manuel Balce Ceneta/…
- In this May 7, 2020 picture, a medical worker carries a directional sign for curbside testing of the coronavirus. The Minnesota Department of Health announced on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 that it will open a community testing site in the Midway neighborhood of Saint Paul on May 16, 2022. Photo: Steve…
- Rep. Ilhan Omar, left in mask and her daughter Isra, talk to a delegate during the DFL Fifth Congressional District endorsement convention on Saturday, May 7, 2022 where she won the endorsement in her reelection bid. Photo: Jasmine Webber/MshaleThe Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) has once again…
- Karine Jean-Pierre, left, speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Thursday, May 5, 2022, in Washington after President Joe Biden named her as the next White House Press Secretary and the first Black person to hold the position.Outgoing Press Secretary Jen Psaki is on the right.Photo:…
- Vieux Farka Touré of Mali is scheduled to perform at the Dakota in Minneapolis on Wednesday, May 18 2022. Photo: Courtesy of Vieux Farka Touré More than half his life—and he’s only 41 years old—has been devoted to on-stage, live performance. Vieux Farka Touré revels in the energy of his audience…
- A supporter of Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga wearing a t-shirt with an image of Mr. Odinga at the Brooklyn Park Community Center on Wednesday, April 27, 2022 when a delegation of top Odinga surrogates addressed Kenyans. Photo: Richard Ooga/MshaleThe Raila Odinga presidential campaign…
- The first Black-owned bank in the state of Minnesota held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 in Minneapolis. Photo: Courtesy First Independence BankResidents, officials, and banking industry professionals gathered in Minneapolis Tuesday to celebrate the opening of the first Black-…
- Black Violin will perform at the Ordway in Saint Paul, Minnesota on Friday, June 17, 2022. Photo: Courtesy of Black ViolinThe Ordway has announced a new date for the postponed Black Violin concert. The new date is Friday, June 17 at 7:30 PM. The duo, composed of classically trained violist and…
- A visualization of the COVID-19 virus. Photo: Courtesy CDCWhat do we know about the new omicron mutant? It’s a descendant of the earlier super-contagious “stealth omicron” and has quickly gained ground in the United States. BA.2.12.1 was responsible for 29% of new COVID-19 infections nationally…
- A voter fills out a ballot during a February 8, 2022 special election in Brooklyn Park. The city is recruiting election judges for the August 9, 2022 primary election and the November 8, 2022 general election. Photo: Jasmine Webber/MshaleBrooklyn Park City Clerk Devin Montero has put out a request…
- In this January 23, 2022 photo, a Kenya Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane rests on the tarmac at JFK International Airport in New York. The airline has announced a new partnership with JetBlue effective immediately that will allow those flying from Minneapolis-St. Paul to connect seamlessly with…
- Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Commissioner Steve Grove (Third from left) and DEED’s Assistant Commissioner for Immigrant and Refugee Affairs, Anisa Hajimumin (Second from left) during the roundtable discussion at Mercado Central in Minneapolis on the…
