Arts & Culture
Thursday, April 24, 2025
MN town practices art of love, one letter at a time
By Alana Horton for Arts Midwest.Broadcast version by Mike Moen for Minnesota News Connection reporting for the Arts Midwest-Public News Service Colla…
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Advocates hope to teach CA lawmakers an art lesson
Supporters of the arts are gathering Wednesday in Sacramento for Arts Advocacy Day in order to lobby lawmakers on a range of issues. Educators are …
Texans brace for financial impact of trade wars
Texas is the number one exporting state in the nation - and although tariffs with Mexico and Canada have been delayed, Texans are still uneasy about …
Arkansas public libraries face uncertain future
There are 133 public libraries in Arkansas, and many of them could be in jeopardy of closing because of cuts from the Trump administration. The …
April celebrates the creative combo of libraries, poetry
April is both National Poetry Month and National Library Month, and younger generations are embracing both. The American Library Association says …
Chicago nonprofit transforms former toxic site to feed community
By Angela Burke for Civil Eats.Broadcast version by Judith Ruiz-Branch for Illinois News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Pub…
Library funding at risk, even as literacy scores drop
This has been "National March Into Literacy Month" but it may become tougher over the summer to "march" into a public library and ask for help finding…
AR heroes celebrated at National Medal of Honor Museum
Some 29 Arkansas Medal of Honor recipients will be recognized Tuesday as the National Medal of Honor Museum opens in Arlington, Texas. The museum is …
Film highlights reform need of IL’s parole system through one man’s fight
An Illinois documentary takes a deep dive into the Illinois Prisoner Review Board and the politics that influence its decision-making through one man'…
Art, action unite at Florida Climate Correction Conference
As Florida grapples with rising sea levels, stronger hurricanes and extreme heat, the state's vulnerability to climate change is impossible to ignore…
Iowa 'dance fighter' interprets his world through artform
By Frankie (Amy) Felegy for Arts Midwest.Broadcast version by Mark Moran for Iowa News Service reporting for the Arts Midwest-Public News Service Coll…
Forget the divide! Arts project seeks urban-rural solidarity instead
By Anya Slepyan for The Daily Yonder.Broadcast version by Mike Moen for Minnesota News Connection for the Public News Service/Daily Yonder Collaborati…