Jenna Ross
Reporter
Arts and CultureJenna Ross is an arts and culture reporter with the Star Tribune. She specializes in newsy features and in-depth profiles, spotting emerging issues and intriguing characters. The national Society for Features Journalism honored her work with a first-place prize for "Specialty Writing Portfolio" in 2021. Before joining the paper’s arts and entertainment team, she wrote about regional and breaking news as an enterprise reporter. Her favorite stories on that beat seemed to involve big lakes: She captured the winter surfing scene on Lake Superior and profiled the longtime teacher at the one-room schoolhouse on Lake of the Woods. A Duluth native, she published her first newspaper, "The Ross Report," when she was 11 years old.
Latest from Jenna Ross
Culture
From a dirt road outside Duluth, Sharon McMahon expands her media empire with new book
The former government teacher’s “The Small and the Mighty” celebrates the lesser-known people who “just decide to do things.” She, too, had no grand plan.
September 27, 2024
Books
With new novel about Anne Frank, author Alice Hoffman honors her 12-year-old self
At Talking Volumes event, the prolific author will discuss “When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary,” a lifetime in the making.
September 21, 2024
Things To Do
Minnesota-raised Mark Anderson (aka Kelsey’s hot dad) meets the first ‘Golden Bachelorette’
A season preview at the first episode’s end suggests Anderson, a widower, will go far.
September 19, 2024
Music
SPCO and musicians ratify a three-year contract
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra touted the deal, but musicians again emphasized their “grave concerns” with the nonprofit’s leadership.
September 18, 2024
Culture
Pilot program giving Minnesota artists guaranteed income extended to five years
Springboard for the Arts is adding 25 new rural artists to its program, which gives $500 a month, no strings attached. Researchers are closely watching.
September 18, 2024
Stage & Arts
Minnesota museums and theaters target youngest audiences, giving new meaning to ‘art crawl’
This fall, traditional arts venues look to infants and toddlers as part of a focus on audiences.
September 17, 2024
Things To Do
Small Minneapolis art gallery expands to New York City and brings local artists along
For its first show, the new Chinatown space features 15 artists, many of them Minnesota-based: “We wanted to bring the whole crew.”
September 16, 2024
Stage & Arts
Famed artist Dyani White Hawk’s new sculpture celebrates community and continuity
The 10-foot-tall work, inspired by sculptures by two other Native American artists, emerged from a Minneapolis studio with a radical mission: “There’s a lot of healing happening here.”
September 14, 2024
Culture
Pilot program giving Minnesota artists guaranteed income extended to five years
Springboard for the Arts is adding 25 new rural artists to its program, which gives $500 a month, no strings attached. Researchers are closely watching.
September 18, 2024
Stage & Arts
Minnesota museums and theaters target youngest audiences, giving new meaning to ‘art crawl’
This fall, traditional arts venues look to infants and toddlers as part of a focus on audiences.
September 17, 2024
Things To Do
Small Minneapolis art gallery expands to New York City and brings local artists along
For its first show, the new Chinatown space features 15 artists, many of them Minnesota-based: “We wanted to bring the whole crew.”
September 16, 2024
Stage & Arts
Famed artist Dyani White Hawk’s new sculpture celebrates community and continuity
The 10-foot-tall work, inspired by sculptures by two other Native American artists, emerged from a Minneapolis studio with a radical mission: “There’s a lot of healing happening here.”
September 14, 2024