INSIDE OUT 5: A Community Celebration of Vitality

Pillsbury House + Theatre, Pillsbury Creative Commons, KRSM Radio, and community partners invite neighbors from across Minneapolis to gather for INSIDE OUT 5, a free community block party celebrating creativity, healing, wellness, and connection.

This year’s theme is Vitality: what it means, how we nourish it, and how we build it together.

Inspired by community conversations around health, healing, belonging, and resilience, INSIDE OUT 5 brings together artists, healers, community organizations, local businesses, and neighbors for an afternoon of live performance, music, food, creative activities, wellness experiences, health and wellness resources provided by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, and opportunities to connect.

Through a community health survey conducted by Pillsbury House + Theatre, South Minneapolis residents identified mental health, burnout, access to resources, and opportunities for connection as top community priorities. In response, INSIDE OUT 5 will feature community healing and wellness activities in collaboration with Blue Cross, family-friendly programming, local artists, creative experiences, food provided by Cooks of Hope, and access to organizations supporting the well-being of South Minneapolis residents.

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Mizna celebrates the twentieth edition of the Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, embracing the theme Looking Forward, Looking Back, September 23–27, 2026, at the Main Cinema and Walker Art Center.

Learn more + get passes at tcaff26.eventive.org

The 80-minute investigative documentary examines civilian casualties, AI-driven targeting systems, mass surveillance, and military bureaucracy in the Gaza Strip.

The Pentagon announced plans to carry out the military execution of Nidal Hasan by firing squad on the afternoon of December 3, 2026, at Fort Hood, Texas, with a public livestream arranged by the Department of Defense. [1]

• • The Convicted: Nidal Hasan is a former Army psychiatrist. He was sentenced to death in 2013 for the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage that left 13 people dead and 32 wounded. [1]
  • Method & Approval: President Trump approved the execution by firing squad, marking the first military firing squad execution since World War II. [1]
  • Public Viewing: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated that the execution proceedings will be made available for public viewing via a livestream. [1]

Often credited with the sentiment/phrase "Fascism is capitalism with bared teeth" (though widely attributed across various modern and mid-century anti-fascist writings, including essays by Orwell and modern writers like Naomi Klein

How the media frame issues to serve the elites..and ruling class

The Minneapolis Taste of Greece Festival at St. Mary's Greek Orthodox Church took place from September 11 to September 13, 2026. [1]If you are looking for upcoming local Greek events in the Twin Cities area this season, the St. George Mini Greek Festival is coming up

How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History by Josephine Quinn is a global history book that argues the modern West was built through continuous cross-cultural contact rather than a isolated Greco-Roman lineage