St. Paul gets another million-dollar arts infusion from Knight Foundation

With fatter wallets, St. Paul artists are preparing to creatively address hot-button issues in pockets of the city.

The Knight Foundation split $1.29 million Tuesday among 40 projects in the second round of its three-year St. Paul Arts Challenge.

The range of ideas is as contemporary as it is multicultural, spinning classics like “Pirates of Penzance” and “Romeo and Juliet” with gender-bending and Latino/Hmong casts, respectively.

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