The Function returns in 2026.

Public Functionary is artist-led space to dream and live in a world where our multi-faceted identities are celebrated and centered. A place where creative production is reparative and generous. Supporting the expression of art and culture — Public Functionary pours into an abundant community of practice, where possibility is seen in relationship to each other.

Families can explore Swedish and Swedish American culture together during ASI’s Preschool Program. Designed for children ages 3-5 and their favorite grownups, this engaging experience invites preschoolers and their grownups to learn side by side through hands-on activities, music, movement, and creative play. Calling all små grodorna! Families can hop over to the Castle this June to celebrate Midsommar.

The Spoken Heart exhibit features artwork by artists who are currently incarcerated in Minnesota and is guided by the question: If your heart could speak, what would it say? As the exhibit comes to a close, we invite you to explore meaningful ways to stay involved with Art from the Inside, support the artists, and remain connected to a growing movement of art, healing, and creative expression within justice-impacted communities.

In a world longing for justice and hope, we believe that wisdom grows when generations come together. This series invites people of all ages to engage in meaningful dialogue about justice and spirituality—exploring how values can inspire action and deepen connection.

Through stories, reflection, and listening, we’ll discover the threads that unite us and the vision that calls us forward. Join the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet to be part of a conversation that bridges hearts, honors diverse experiences, and sparks transformative change.

Shaping the Here: A Conversation On Immigrant and Refugee Artists and Culture Bearers of Color, with Jeff Chang and Aaron Johnson-Ortiz  is a free public conversation on the powerful role immigrant and refugee artists and culture bearers of color have played in shaping American culture.

Across the U.S., “challenging” literature is disappearing from schools and libraries, with stories about diverse identities and vulnerable groups in the crosshairs. In our new Banned Book Club, we’re spending a year with a few of these books, which represent American history and our nation’s diverse people and communities with love, humor, and honesty.

The Open Streets MPLS™ that you know and love is back, and we’re kicking it off on Lyndale Ave South!

Mark your calendar and join us in a celebration of community, where we’re closing Lyndale Ave S to car traffic, allowing people to walk, bike, roll, and connect with their neighbors and local businesses. Together, we’ll experience the street as a place to explore, play, and dream.

The St. Anthony Park Arts Festival transforms our charming St. Paul neighborhood into a lively, art-filled celebration. Now in its 57th year, the festival has a rich history of showcasing regional artists and musicians, celebrating community, and bringing neighbors together for a day of creativity, discovery, and fun.

Whether you’re discovering a new favorite artist, enjoying a family-friendly activity, or simply soaking up the vibrant atmosphere, the St. Anthony Park Arts Festival is a one-day celebration of creativity, connection, and neighborhood spirit. Come experience the festival’s unique blend of art, music, and community that has delighted attendees for over half a century.

Blending visual storytelling with memory, myth, and place, All at Once creates an immersive experience that bridges personal and collective transformation.

Developed through story circles with BIPOC South Minneapolis residents, their new show, Boundless / Sin límites, invites audiences into a fantastical world grounded in local history and lived experience. In this work, Sol, a young person sheltering in place from ICE is swept into a time-traveling journey by Coyote, a trickster deity—moving through the layered histories of the Southside while uncovering identity, migration, and connection to community.

Serpentina Arts is an artist-led organization that expands artistic expression by amplifying the voices of those with a shared lived experience. We support artists in Minnesota through all stages of their professional & artistic development, from emerging creatives to established professionals.

Creators Meetup is offering a free small group visit to “Modern Art & Politics in Germany 1910–1945” at Minneapolis Institute of Art. The exhibition centers around art, culture, tension, and transformation during one of the most turbulent periods in modern history.

This won’t feel like a formal tour or networking event. More like wandering through striking exhibits together, having conversations naturally unfold between paintings, architecture, and whatever ideas the work pulls out of us.

The East Side Freedom Library (ESFL) is an independent nonprofit organization founded in 2013. Their mission is to mobilize community knowledge for solidarity, justice, and equity for all.

The library has amassed a collection of over 35,000 items centered on labor, immigration, and social justice histories. Beyond archiving, ESFL fosters community connections and education through storytelling, exhibits, performances, and public programs, exploring themes of arts and humanities. More than a repository, ESFL is a hub for dialogue, community-building, and collaboration.

Max Ritvo is an exceptional young man: a student at Yale, member of an experimental comedy troupe, and insightful poet. When he applies to Sarah Ruhl’s playwriting workshop, he finds not only a mentor, but a friend.

When Max finds out his childhood cancer has returned, the two begin writing letters to each other. Their correspondence, both humorous and profound, explores questions of creating art, the meaning of work and the strange experience of being human. Based on these real communications, LETTERS FROM MAX is an emotional mosaic of letters, poetry, music and dialogue that showcases theatre’s ability to express the ineffable.

NOTE: This performance will not take place. As part of our season pause, this production has been cancelled. We hope to share future opportunities to experience this work in new ways.

Highpoint is thrilled to announce a brand-new, free, weekend-long celebration of printmaking, community, and creativity! Taking place in our studios and sprawling out to our parking lot and Lake Street sidewalk, Print Fest brings together artists, neighbors, and print lovers of all ages for hands-on activities, live print demonstrations, a vendor fair, food trucks, and a collaborative public art project. Print Fest festivities also include the opening of Highpoint’s 25th anniversary co-op exhibition, featuring a salon-style exhibition of works from co-op members past, present and future.

Expanding upon the concept and spirit of Free Ink Days, this event marks an exciting new chapter in Highpoint’s history and a joyful invitation to gather, explore, and make together.

Join our conservation team of volunteers to cut Buckthorn!

Location: Meet at the Pondview (pumphouse) gate in the south fence along Lake Harriet Parkway, just west of Roseway Road. Parking is available on the parkway.

Supplies: Wear layers, gloves, and eye protection. Bring drinking water and a lopper and/or pruner if you can.

Event hosted by Friends of Roberts Bird Sanctuary. Send questions to contact@friendsofroberts.org

NOOMA is an opera for babies. It is an invitation into a vocal circus, a space where sounds, words, gestures and objects are offered, mimicked and transformed as we delight in the joy of making music together. Our audience are invited to move and interact freely as co-creators in our playful world, blurring traditional boundaries between audience and performers. 

For more than 175 years, the Minnesota Historical Society has preserved and shared the stories that define our state. The Stories We Keep, the inaugural exhibit in the Minnesota History Center’s new Collections Gallery, brings this mission to life through 25 remarkable objects from MNHS collections.

Each object connects to a past moment. As you spend time with them, ask questions. Who made you? Who cherished and saved you? Did you change lives? What secrets do you hold Look closely, then read carefully. Let each story unfold. When you harness the power of objects to study the past, the discoveries never end.

For over 25 years, the Flint Hills Family Festival has brought communities together through the power of the arts, welcoming over a million students, teachers, and families since its conception in 2001. Join us to kick off each summer with thrilling performances, student matinees, art-making activities, and more.

During the Festival, kid-friendly activities spark creativity, exciting outdoor performances are free to attend, and inspiring, low-cost indoor performances are fun for the whole family!

The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is the largest urban sculpture garden in the United States and one of the Midwest’s most visited sites. Anchored by the beloved Spoonbridge and Cherry, the 11-acre garden features more than 60 works by artists including Theaster Gates, Alexander Calder, and Angela Two Stars. Part outdoor gallery, part public park, it’s an ideal gateway to the Walker—and a perfect spot for a date, picnic, or quiet moment.

The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is home to more than 60 outdoor sculptures. Generations of artists from 10 different countries around the world created these artworks. Many of the works are site-specific and made especially for this public park—from the iconic Spoonbridge and Cherry centerpiece to structures that offer spaces for gathering, conversation, or dreaming. Rediscover the Garden’s art and natural beauty through Minnesota’s ever-changing seasons.

This is an ongoing monthly series of poetry & spoken word open mics that will take place on the 4th Monday of the month.

Here’s how it works:
Up to 15 poets. 5 minutes or 3 poems each. Any form. Sign-up will be first come, first serve.

Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm.

Artistic Partner Abel Selaocoe returns to lead an ethereal musical kaleidoscope of minimalism, spirituality and transformation. Taking its name from Edmund Finnis’ The Centre is Everywhere for twelve string players — which itself is a reference to an anonymous, medieval definition of God as ‘an infinite sphere whose centre is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere’ — this program is an exploration of music as texture, pattern and movement across time. From contemporary soundscapes to raw, emotional improvisation, the music ebbs in waves, balancing meditative moments with driving intensity that invites you to be present with us in the moment.

The Great Big Jamboree is a joyful, all-ages outdoor festival featuring live music, hands-on art activities, and space for families to relax, explore, and play together. Designed for kids and grown-ups alike, it’s a full day of music, creativity, and connection in a beautiful outdoor setting.

Wrap up your week with something big! Museum Nights are the Science Museum of Minnesota’s big Friday night feature, with Omnitheater films, live science shows, and adults-only trivia. Students get a $10 discount on tickets; use code STUDENTFRIDAY and bring your student ID.

Death Cafe was created in 2011 when Jon Underwood from London, England held his first Death Cafe in his home with his mother. The goal was increasing the awareness of death to help people make the most of their finite lives. This concept was first conceived by Bernard Crettaz a Swiss sociologist and Jon modeled his Death Cafe after Crettaz’s work. Today Death Cafe is a world wide nonprofit model lead by individual Death Cafe’s across the world.

There is no agenda, theme or intent to lead participants to any particular conclusion, product or action. It is not a therapy or grief group. However, it is a group for those curious about death, those wanting to remove fear around death, and simply normalize a taboo subject. Death Cafe is a place where we come together with coffee/tea and cake.

Bring your own book and enjoy storytelling with your littles ones at ZOMA House. ZOMA House is a community art studio, event venue, and storefront in Uptown Minneapolis. Our mission is to serve as a gathering space for Twin Cities artists and community members to create, connect, and collaborate through art-based programming and events.

Can you believe it? Our third season of artists groups is coming to a close and we have experienced so much goodness together. Come to Show and Tell to hear from artists as they share their paintings, poetry, writing excerpts, music, stories and short film projects.

On Tuesday, May 19, artists who have participated in our season of gathering-- to write, to paint, to connect and to glean inspiration from one another-- will share a work from this past year of showing up in the space for their practice. 

Co-producers Devohn Bland, Madi RT, and Comrade Tripp are committed to celebrating the artistry, humor, and strength of black, brown, indigenous, queer, trans, and women folk - one show at a time.

This show is FREE! There will be a donation bucket at the door if you’d like to support Uproar. Doors and open mic sign-up are at 6 PM, Show starts at 7pm.

Somewhere between The Moth and what could only happen in an underground New York City poetry reading, you’ll find us gathered Sunday night in Minneapolis.

Raw. Intimate. Electric. Stories you didn’t know you needed hear. A stage for people who need to be heard. Share your story and find your people.

The largest open artist studio tour in the country, Art-A-Whirl happens annually throughout Northeast Minneapolis the third weekend of May.

Over 1,600 NEMAA member artists, galleries, and businesses participate across all of Northeast Minneapolis at 100+ locations. Art-A-Whirl is a fantastic way to connect with artists in their own spaces, enjoy demonstrations and interactive activities, listen to live music, and enjoy local restaurants and breweries. Art-A-Whirl is free and open to the public.

Due to popular demand… VALT FOR ADULTS is here. Immerse yourself in the Juxtaposition Arts experience—no longer limited to youth and young adults. We’re bringing something special to the 21+ crowd of artists and supporters who’ve been asking for this.

Tickets dropping soon, so stay tuned and don’t miss your chance to snag a spot for a night of drinks, art-making and good vibes.