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  • Perpich Board Gathers on Campus for Annual Board Retreat

    Perpich Board members tour the Arts High School building as part of their day-long annual retreat.

    August 26, 2022

    The Perpich Board of Directors gathered on campus for their Annual Board Retreat on Thursday, August 25. For many of the members, it…

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  • New Library Materials – Graphic Novels – Fall 2021

    Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir – Robin Ha

    Amulet. Book 8, Supernova – Kazu Kibuishi

    Banned Book Club – writers, Kim Hyun Sook & Ryan Estrada; artist, Ko Hyung-Ju

    Be Gay Do Comics: Queer History, Memoir, and Satire from The Nib – editor and publisher: Matt…

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  • New Library Materials – DVDs – Fall 2021

    The Chinese Exclusion Act – American Experience PBS

    Grey Gardens – Criterion Collection

    Isle of Dogs – Fox Searchlight Pictures and Indian Paintbrush

    Life, Animated – Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

    Masterworks of American Avant-Garde Experimental Film, 1920-1970 – Flicker Alley

    Midnight Traveler – Oscilloscope Laboratories

    Minari – Lionsgate

    Rolling Thunder Revue:…

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  • Mikal Nabors

    Board Member Mikal Nabors Says Farewell

    June 27, 2022

    Perpich Board Member, Mikal Nabors, has retired from the Perpich Board after two terms. His last official meeting was February 24, 2022. Nabors, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, was appointed to the Board by Governor Mark Dayton. He was appointed in October of 2014…

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  • New Library Materials – Fiction: Horror, Mystery – Fall 2021

    The A.B.C. Murders – Agatha Christie
     

    The Murder of Roger Ackroyd – Agatha Christie

    Murder on the Red River – Marcie R. Rendon

    One of Us Is Next – Karen M. McManus

    Sadie – Courtney Summers

    We Have Always Lived in the Castle – Shirley Jackson

    The Silent Companions –…

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  • Walz, Flanagan Announce Appointment to Perpich Board

    May 3, 2022
    Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan announced the following appointment to the Perpich Center for Arts Education Board of Directors:

    Dr. Ronald Manuel Salazar joining the Board

    The Board of Perpich Center for Arts Education manages the Perpich Center agency. The…

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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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