Music Department Presents Sound Works III Concert

March 11, 2022

The Perpich Arts High School Music Department presented their third concert of the school year, Sound Works III, on Thursday, March 10. The concert showcased the work done by student ensembles during the past quarter. The music presented was chosen or created…

New Library Materials – Plays – Fall 2021

Appropriate/An Octoroon: Plays – Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Blood at the Root – Dominique Morisseau

Blues for Mister Charlie: A Play – James Baldwin

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark – Lynn Nottage

Choir Boy – Tarell Alvin McCraney

Contemporary Plays by Women of Color: An Anthology, 2nd edition – edited…

New Library Materials – Nonfiction Social Studies Books – Fall 2021

An African American and Latinx History of the United States – Paul Ortiz

All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life – Winona LaDuke

A Black Women’s History of the United States – Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross

Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country:…

New Library Materials – Poetry – Fall 2021

African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song – Kevin Young, editor

American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin – Terrance Hayes

Catrachos: Poems – Roy G. Guzmán

Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver – Mary Oliver

Finna: Poems – Nate Marshall

Halal If You Hear…

Hennepin Theatre Trust Partners with Perpich for Exposed Brick Theatre Workshop For Educators

March 3, 2022

Along with our partners at Hennepin Theatre Trust, Perpich Center for Arts Education was excited to offer a professional development opportunity for theater educators and directors on Saturday, February 26….

Gabrielle Abram (Dance 2015) Speaks to Students During Common Experience

March 2, 2022

On Monday, February 28, Gabrielle Abram (Dance 2015) spoke to students during Common Ex. Common Ex is a series of presentations where students hear about the artistic life from practicing…

2022 Minnesota Dance Summit

February 18, 2022

The 2022 Minnesota Dance Summit brought dance instructors and dancers together at Perpich Center on February 12, 2022. This event was hosted by Perpich Center for Arts Education in collaboration…

Fantasy and Science Fiction by Black Authors

February 23, 2022

For Black History Month, the library is highlighting some of the incredible Black science fiction and fantasy authors we have in our collection. All items on this list are available at the Perpich library. Click on titles for more information.

1. The Gilded Ones…

Craig Farmer to Study Winslow Homer with Education Minnesota Foundation Professional Development Grant

February 7, 2022

Craig Farmer, Art History Instructor, has earned a summer Professional Development Grant from the Education Minnesota Foundation. Farmer was pleased to share the news, adding, “This is my second time receiving a grant from…