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The Mercantile Library has been serving readers, writers, and thinkers since 1835. It's a membership library—but the memberships are affordable thanks in part to its 10,000-year lease. With almost daily events, there's more than just books to enjoy.  

The Red Willow Collective in North Dakota serves young, Native musicians and artists—to bolster community, identity, and resilience.

A growing collaboration between music therapy students and chamber musicians in Iowa City makes professional music accessible to elders and caregivers.

Shelf to table. Do you just want to devour your favorite book? Well, now you can at the Edible Books Festival! You'll just have to wait until next year.

In her Indiana backyard, Viki Graber grows over 15 willow species—their beauty and utility continuing a craft passed down from her great-grandfather.

Indiana University Health’s art therapy group is making space for people with the disease to meet and find “supplemental medicine” in their creativity.

The CAC is scoring major aura points with Gen Z. Its Young Adult Lab is providing art supplies (and snacks), feeding the imagination of the next generation. Rather than crashing out, they're letting creativity out.

Apprenticeships have shaped Rapid City artist Tonya Mandy’s path as a traditional arts practitioner and mentor, thanks to a program that ensures centuries-old craft finds new learners.