Mizna will soon be leaving the California Building and Northeast Minneapolis! So this year's Art-a-Whirl is a last-Northeast-hoorah. Stop by sometime on Saturday or Sunday, May 19 and 20, to view Fatima Zahra's visual art, catch Fatima doing some live painting, or hear the music of Amwaaj, an Arab music ensemble.

Visual art Saturday & Sunday.
Occasional live painting
Exhibition reception
Saturday, May 19, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Performance by Amwaaj
Sunday, May 20, 3 p.m.

Amwaaj's performance is co-sponsored by the Arab American Cultural Institute.   MORE >>

Have you been moved by the goings on in the Arab World recently? Are you a film enthusiast? Would you like to learn more about Arab art and culture? If so, join us to find out how you can help plan Mizna's next Twin Cities Arab Film Festival.

Mizna invites you to join its film festival committee for the upcoming edition of the festival scheduled for spring of 2013. Mohannad Ghawanmeh is returning to curate this edition, bringing his expertise and infectious enthusiasm for Arab film.   MORE >>

During the long wait between Twin Cities Arab Film Festival editions, where do you go to stay tuned in to the landscape of Arab film? Mizna is proud to present Cinema Arabiata, a new blog about Arab film by film enthusiast and past TCAFF curator, Mohannad Ghawanmeh. From Mohannad, "Cinema Arabiata aims to cover Arab cinema primarily, but not exclusively. Its ambition is to persuade my readers that cinema, including Arab cinema, has the demonstrated potential not only to inform and impact, but to profoundly move and inspire, to leave a lasting and indelible mark on the lives of it audiences."   MORE >>