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June 12, 2023

Plan ahead for a busy weekend of celebrations, concerts, block parties, and more.

How to celebrate Juneteenth in the Twin Cities this year

How to celebrate Juneteenth in the Twin Cities this year

Cynthia Maya • Jun 12, 2023

Plan ahead for a busy weekend of celebrations, concerts, block parties, and more.

How a Minneapolis techno hero is helping musicians get paid

How a Minneapolis techno hero is helping musicians get paid

Michaelangelo Matos • Jun 12, 2023

DJ DVS1 has created a new dance-music payment ecosystem with Aslice

Coffee Break: Songs saluting the 5th anniversary of #mprraccoon

Coffee Break: Songs saluting the 5th anniversary of #mprraccoon

Jill Riley • Jun 12, 2023

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which songs celebrating perseverance should we play?

PHOTOS: Joni Mitchell At The Gorge

PHOTOS: Joni Mitchell At The Gorge

Ann Powers • Jun 12, 2023

The beloved singer-songwriter performed in front of more than 20,000 fans at an idyllic amphitheater in rural Washington state.

Album of the Week: Janelle Monae, "The Age of Pleasure"

Album of the Week: Janelle Monae, "The Age of Pleasure"

Jade • Jun 12, 2023

The artist, who’s previously created a trilogy of albums about their journey as an android trying to figure out this place they called home, seems firmly in the here and now – but with that same curiosity to explore.

Photos: Samia charms Current Happy Hour crowd

Photos: Samia charms Current Happy Hour crowd

Darin Kamnetz • Jun 9, 2023

Sociable Cider Werks in northeast Minneapolis hosted the latest Current Happy Hour on Thursday, June 8. Samia and her band provided live entertainment, and The Current host Mac Wilson played a DJ set.

How music venues can make concerts accessible to more people

How music venues can make concerts accessible to more people

Darby Ottoson • Jun 9, 2023

Minnesota musicians and members of disability communities describe what it would take to create more welcoming live music spaces. 

The Cure dig deep to deliver spellbinding Xcel set

The Cure dig deep to deliver spellbinding Xcel set

Joel Swenson and Steven Cohen • Jun 9, 2023

The band’s first Twin Cities visit since 2016 was a love-fest for the performers and fans alike.

Coffee Break: Songs to celebrate the end of the school year

Coffee Break: Songs to celebrate the end of the school year

Jill Riley • Jun 9, 2023

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which songs to mark the end of the school year should we play?

First look: Uptown Theater debuts as a music venue

First look: Uptown Theater debuts as a music venue

Jun 8, 2023

Now under new ownership, the Uptown is now a live entertainment venue after spending more than 80 years as a movie theater.

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