Articles by Ava Ladky

The Honors College “For People and Planet” student organization seeks to improve student access to sustainability resources while empowering students’ personal environmental activism. The club started and currently operates out of the Honors college, but is open to all students.  “I felt this urge to leave an impact and this club was the opportunity to […]

Seven-time Grammy-winning vocalist and “cosmic cowgirl” Kacey Musgraves’ 2024 album, entitled “Deeper Well” was released March 15, showcasing acoustics and vocals with 14 new songs.  Musgraves promoted pre-sale tickets via Instagram for the “Deeper Well” tour with special guests: Lord Huron, Father John Misty, Nickel Creek, and Madi Diaz. The tour kicks off April 28 […]

As pickleball continues to grow in popularity, this short documentary follows Gina Cilento’s experience as an Association of Professional Pickleball (APP) award-winner, instructor, and it gives us an inside view of her business: a pickleball athleisure brand that has Katy Perry as a customer.

To shop locally is to live locally. These Midwestern entrepreneurs showcased their passions, businesses and wares at the annual Minneapolis Gift and Art Expo.

Gina Cilento fuses her passion for drums and appreciation for old standards while explaining music’s impact on her life.

Artist. Curator. Educator. Puppeteer. His Instagram is flooded with images of faces: colorful, deconstructed and reimagined. Bright colors with geometric shapes and patterns continue to catch the eyes of visitors both in the studio and on-screen. Anwar Floyd-Pruitt is the St. Kate Art Hotel’s newest artist in residence whose interdisciplinary work reveals a passion for […]

Brianna Levenhagen shares the growing pains of being raised in a family of females.