K.Rae Communications

04/24/2026

Great to be writing about music related news and the new for my community paper the

06/21/2025

New Standards and Tina Schliske Mears Park

03/25/2025

Hey All - Here's my latest piece for the Northeaster, my community newspaper. Fun to write for them, and this piece was especially interesting after a visit to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam where I could experience the vivid colors of cadmium still preserved. Oh, and as I was reading an Northeaster issue, I found out I'd won a prize for a previous story! More on that later.
Painted into a corner: Northeast artists brush up against cadmium ban in paint

Painted into a corner: Northeast artists brush up against cadmium ban in paint by Karen R. Nelsonposted on March 11, 2025“Sunflowers” by Vincent Van Gogh, “Embers No. 1” by Laura Hanson and “Nordeast Mpls: Ritz” by Mat Ollig. All paintings feature cadmium paint. (Provided) Without cadmiu...

08/09/2024

First time seeing 's Circus Juventas related to my latest article for the Northeaster about Aubrey Larson, a talented Minneapolis teenager, who has worked her way up through the ranks over the years to perform in higher level acts for CJ. It was a pleasure to speak with her, her mother Cristina and her coach Chimgee to learn about what it takes to excel. Thoroughly enjoyable entertainment! Don't snooze - it's the last weekend to experience them at the big top in St. Paul! Saint Paul Parks and Recreation.

The circus life — a Northeast girl flies high by Karen R. Nelsonposted on July 31, 2024Sixteen-year-old Northeast resident Aubrey Larson flies through the air with the greatest of ease. She’s been studying with Circus Juventas for eight years. (Photo by Dan Norman, provided by Circus Juventas) N...

04/26/2024

Nice pick for Barbara Cohen Music and the Open Eye Theatre gig tonight and tomorrow April 26-27! Hope you can make it! Don’t miss the Armenian wine tasting with sommelier Dana Farner. Come early

We're in the Star & Trib's Big Gigs List , thank you Jon Bream!
Barbara Cohen + Little Lizard - Open Eye Theatre, Friday & Saturday, April 26 & 27, 2024. Join me, Jacqueline Ultan, Jeremy Ylvisaker, and Marc Anderson for two intimate concerts starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets & info:
https://www.openeyetheatre.org/barbara-cohen-little-lizard-reunion-concerts
Come early for a special, pre- and post-show wine tasting event. Tasting is included in admission.
Big Gigs!
https://www.startribune.com/nicki-minaj-sierra-ferrell-fred-armisen-david-foster-kat-mcphee-judy-collins-alejandro-escovedo/600361234/
Photo by Elena Stanton

04/16/2024

Don't miss this one! April 26 and 27th at Open Eye Theatre!

04/16/2024

Working with Barbara Cohen again for the Little Lizard Reunion concerts at Open Eye Theatre - April 26 and 27th! Some of the best local talent in town. See you there.

12/27/2023

Let me know if you need a Rae of PR Sunshine!

12/27/2023

Doing some publicity for my talented friend Barbara Cohen Music, who's back from LA to reunite with her stellar band Little Lizard for a rare reunion show at the Hook & Ladder this Sat. $10 in advance! Let's sell it out! This just hit Star Tribune and Star Tribune Going Out thanks to music reporter Jon Bream.

The Big Gigs: 11 best concerts in the Twin Cities in the next two weeks, Highlights for Dec. 28-Jan. 10
https://www.startribune.com/ruben-studdard.../600330832/
4. Barbara Cohen & Little Lizard: Revisit the hip 1990s scene in Twin Cities indie rock. In Little Lizard, Jacqueline Ultan's cello, Marc Anderson's percussion and Jeremy Ylvisaker's guitar accompanied Cohen's expressive, often haunting, sometimes precious voice. All of them went on to other work: Cohen with Brother Sun, Sister Moon, Orbital and Air; Ultan with Dan Wilson, Ondara and Soul Asylum; Ylvisaker with John Prine, Bon Iver and the Suburbs, and Anderson with Max Roach, Angelique Kidjo and Taj Mahal. After two decades in Los Angeles, Cohen has returned to Minnesota and has reunited Little Lizard. Opening are the Hang-Ups, a tasty Twin Cities pop band dating back to the '90s. (7 p.m. the Hook and Ladder, 3010 Minnehaha Ave, Mpls., $10-$15, thehookmpls.com)

11/18/2023

Having so much fun tapping back into my journalist training at the University of Minnesota Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication to write for the Northeaster Newspaper, my local community paper. Here's my latest article, "Catholic Eldercare celebrates 40 years of growing old together..." My editor said I didn't have to be Catholic to write it. . . 🙂 https://www.mynortheaster.com/news/catholic-eldercare-celebrates-40-years-of-growing-old-together/
by Karen R. Nelson

Catholic Eldercare celebrates 40 years of growing old together by Karen R. Nelson posted on November 15, 2023The idea began with a 1972 conversation on a Vail, Colo., chairlift between Tom Glodek and Al Hofstede (soon to be Minneapolis mayor, then the youngest leader of a major U.S. city). “Albert...