Emma Salomon

Pop icons and married couple, Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Dean) are bringing their groundbreaking art collection to the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Featuring over one hundred works by contemporary Black artists, the exhibition will be on view from March 8–July 13 at the Target Galleries. Organized by the Brooklyn Museum, Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys is composed entirely of the couple's private collection.

The 139th annual Saint Paul Winter Carnival returns Jan. 23–Feb. 2 and is jam-packed with new and exciting events. As the longest-running winter carnival in the U.S. since 1886, the festival has celebrated our majestic albeit frigid Minnesota winters.

Almost every Minnesotan of a certain age remembers heading to downtown Minneapolis and riding Dayton’s escalators all the way up to the eighth floor and experiencing true holiday magic. Dayton’s (and later, Marshall Field's and Macy's) eighth-floor holiday show drew hundreds of thousands of visitors annually from 1963 to 2016. Inspired by children’s stories, the department store hosted a free, immersive experience composed of fairytale scenes and animated figures made by local artists.