Jenna Ross
Reporter
Arts and CultureJenna Ross is an arts and culture reporter with the Minnesota 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
Music
Who is that violinist with the rainbow hair? Meet Minnesota Orchestra’s Susie Park.
The St. Paul resident is the orchestra’s second in command, but she’ll take the spotlight in concerts this month.
February 10, 2025
Music
Minnesota Orchestra posts $3.8M deficit for fiscal year 2024
Ticket sales for conductor Thomas Søndergård’s first season were up. But they couldn’t fill the hole left by the loss of federal funds.
January 29, 2025
Things To Do
Great Northern festival lights up Lake Street with new HotTea art piece
The Twin Cities artist’s latest installation is one of many new pieces of the 2025 fest, which runs through Feb. 2.
January 25, 2025
Minneapolis
William McReavy Sr., director of family-run Washburn-McReavy funeral services, dies at 92
McReavy stepped into the family business as a high school senior. Over his tenure, it grew to 17 funeral chapels and four cemeteries.
January 22, 2025
Things To Do
Famous on TikTok, One Minute Tours guy goes long with new YouTube series
For 12 years, Mankato-raised John O’Sullivan led tours in other countries. Now, he’s exploring Minnesota.
January 18, 2025
Things To Do
Part art, part science: Art Shanty Projects returning to Lake Harriet ice
After last year’s event was cut short by March-like temperatures, organizers have been monitoring the forecast.
January 10, 2025
Stage & Arts
As funding wanes and costs rise, Twin Cities dance scene is at ‘an inflection point’
Many hope that in its next iteration, the Cowles Center can act as a hub for a dance scene grappling with post-pandemic struggles.
January 4, 2025
Things To Do
Kids who loved the Scholastic Book Fair are flocking to grown-up versions of the events
Minneapolis brewery is the latest to host a book fair for adults, tapping into shoppers’ nostalgia.
January 2, 2025
Things To Do
Famous on TikTok, One Minute Tours guy goes long with new YouTube series
For 12 years, Mankato-raised John O’Sullivan led tours in other countries. Now, he’s exploring Minnesota.
January 18, 2025
Things To Do
Part art, part science: Art Shanty Projects returning to Lake Harriet ice
After last year’s event was cut short by March-like temperatures, organizers have been monitoring the forecast.
January 10, 2025
Stage & Arts
As funding wanes and costs rise, Twin Cities dance scene is at ‘an inflection point’
Many hope that in its next iteration, the Cowles Center can act as a hub for a dance scene grappling with post-pandemic struggles.
January 4, 2025
Things To Do
Kids who loved the Scholastic Book Fair are flocking to grown-up versions of the events
Minneapolis brewery is the latest to host a book fair for adults, tapping into shoppers’ nostalgia.
January 2, 2025