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A candle under the Prince symbol was on stage at the NPG Music Club on the seven year anniversary of Prince’s death at Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minn., on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Renée Jones Schneider, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune) Jon Bream   04/21/2023 A Brooklyn Park dance troupe he funded was part of the festivities at Paisley Park on Friday. "Be ready." That's what Prince told Linda Green, owner of the Art of Dance, when his charity helped fund her Brooklyn

Rebecca Gilbuena 05/07/2025 Tucked in the heart of Brooklyn Park sits The Art of Dance, a Black-owned studio founded and operated by Linda Green. For more than two decades, the studio has transformed the lives of hundreds of young dancers, many of whom have grown up within its walls, from toddlers to adults taking center stage.  It started as a dream and a few borrowed hours in a high school dance studio and has since blossomed into a character-building community space, one

Andy Steiner   04/15/2016 Minnesota-born explorer Ann Bancroft was able to achieve her dreams when she became the first woman to have stood at both the North and South poles. Meeting those lofty goals wasn’t always easy: As a girl, Bancroft struggled with a learning disability, but when a coach and teacher at her school took her under her wing, she blossomed, building the confidence needed to go places other women had never been before. Because she realized the power that a