It was a “spot fire” that started near a planned, prescribed burn that was underway. The spot fire was in an area of denser dead and downed timber, and was declared a wildfire when additional firefighting resources needed to be brought in. As of Friday afternoon’s update, the fire was  estimated at 209 acres — unchanged from Thursday evening — with an additional 56 acres burned by the planned fire.

While ticket sales and donor support were higher than the previous year, the theater still fell short of revenue goals. The numbers also fell short of pre-pandemic levels.  

The artist is known for a photographic canon that uses portrait and landscape to explore notions of home and belonging, family lore and the Hmong diaspora. The video installation, “Nim ye,” will be up at the Bockley Gallery of Minneapolis through June 22.

Drowning death rates increased nationally during the course of the pandemic, according to a new study. Another seasonal risk as we head into summer: bad air quality. On Monday, air pollution from fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in the Twin Cities was the worst it’s been since last June.

“MJ the Musical” has a script from Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage, and her telling features flashbacks and dream-like sequences dramatizing Jackson’s turbulent life. The show is framed around an MTV crew shooting a documentary during the final days of rehearsal for Jackson’s 1992 “Dangerous” tour.