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New Library Materials – Fiction: Literary, Realistic, Historical – Fall 2021
Afterlife – Julia Alvarez
Another Roadside Attraction – Tom Robbins
Birthday – Meredith Russo
The Black Flamingo – Dean Atta
A Burning – Megha Majumdar
Call Me by Your Name – André Aciman
The Committed – Viet Thanh Nguyen
Concrete Rose – Angie Thomas
Deacon King Kong – James McBride
Dear Justyce –…
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New Library Materials – Fiction: Fantasy, Paranormal, Science Fiction – Fall 2021
Akata Witch – Nnedi Okorafor
All Systems Red – Martha Wells
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – Suzanne Collins
Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard – Echo Brown
A Blade So Black – L.L. McKinney
The Bone Shard Daughter – Andrea Stewart
Cemetery Boys –…
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Dr. Wendy Barden Named Director of Professional Development and Resources
April 21, 2022
Perpich Center for Arts Education is happy to announce that a staff member will be taking on a new role. Dr. Wendy Barden was hired as our PDR Director in the Professional Development and Resource Programs department. Wendy’s start date is Wednesday,…
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Walz, Flanagan Announce Appointments to Perpich Board
April 5, 2022
Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan announced the following appointments to the Perpich Center for Arts Education Board of Directors:Board member Paul Hustoles has been reappointed to the Board.
Joining the Board are: Rebecca Lynn Petersen and Janet Mohr.The…
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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…
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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:…
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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…
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Hennepin Theatre Trust Partners with Perpich for Exposed Brick Theatre Workshop For Educators
Photo courtesy of Ari Koehnen Sweeney, Hennepin Theatre Trust.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….
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2022 Minnesota Dance Summit
Participants and presenters for the 2022 Minnesota Dance SummitFebruary 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…