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The yearly Securian Winter Run brings a half-marathon, a 5K and a 10K to the Saint Paul Winter Carnival, drawing about 1,600 runners to raise money for the Saint Paul Festival and Heritage Foundation. On January 28, runners can check in at the Securian lobby, check out the vendors, including Captain Ken’s Chili, and pick up a complimentary mug and dry-weave T-shirt. Dress for this year’s winter-inspired costume contest, bearing in mind last year’s record high of 42 degrees. Read more about Winter Warm-up

With rising racial tension in the news, artist Ken Gonzales-Day helps put recent events, including the shooting of Philando Castile, in context with his photography at the Minnesota Museum of American Art. The exhibit, called Shadowlands, looks at racially motivated violence in the United States and features work from his Run Up series that connects Saint Paul to Ferguson to Los Angeles to Charles Valento’s lynching in 1920, restaged and photographed by Gonzales-Day. Read more about Restaged