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Summer Rabold writes and photographs arts and entertainment events and feature articles in Minneapolis, MN. In journalism, she likes interviewing people in bustling crowds during protests and before and after concerts, following AP style rules to a T and dumping her reporting notebook into an article before inevitably cutting half of it out.


In photography, she likes looking for audience-reaction moments, kneeling on a beer-soaked floor to get a bottom-up angle with her fisheye lens and walking back to her car through the streets of downtown Minneapolis the night after a gig. 


She also likes going thrifting until she’s seen every item in the building, leaving not a single wall without a picture in her bedroom and bringing home a 99-cent vinyl from Electric Fetus she judged by its cover. She seeks a career in arts and entertainment or breaking news reporting and photography, and aspires to become a touring band photographer.

Recent Articles

The New York Times •

Hundreds of Minnesota Businesses on Strike in Protest Against ICE

Thousands of protesters shut down parts of Minneapolis-St. Paul on Friday as hundreds of businesses closed their doors, and workers and students stayed home to demand an end to the sweeping immigration crackdown that has roiled the Twin Cities for weeks.The action on Friday, which unfolded in subzero temperatures, was the most widespread and organized demonstration since federal agents arrived in Minneapolis more than six weeks ago. It was aimed at pressuring the federal government to pull thous...
East Bank Epitaph •

Making art from what’s missing

Justin Allen has no memory of the Fujifilm instant photographs he took at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 2013. Three-and-a-half weeks of his life were gone — erased by the trauma of a brain bleed that nearly killed him at age 23. He had flown off a skateboard on a steep hill about seven miles from the hospital — an effort to cure spring fever on his first day off of crutches after spending weeks on the couch following hip surgery — and ended up having a seizure in the middle of a quiet suburban street. The only person in the area that Friday afternoon, a Boy Scout leader preparing to take his troop to the Boundary Waters, recognized that Allen was in trouble and refused to let him stand or return to his car. According to doctors, had Allen gotten up and walked away, the untreated brain bleed would almost certainly have killed him later that day.
East Bank Epitaph •

Why Gen Z is buying what Spotify can’t sell

It’s the mid-1980s. Richard Schwinden stands behind the counter of a record store, watching the front door swing open. A teenager walks in and asks if the store has the new Iron Maiden album on cassette. The tape is sold out, and as the customer turns to leave, Schwinden’s boss reminds him that he needs to do his job and offer vinyl and CD alternatives.“He asked for a cassette,” Schwinden said. “He didn’t want a record.” Schwinden calls after the teen and suggests the substitutes anyway, even though he knew they weren’t what he wanted.
East Bank Epitaph •

Art in the clouds: Flavor World’s Art Share unites Twin Cities creatives

By Summer Rabold | Reporter & PhotographerThomas Richey ran up to the platform and sat on a blue wooden stool, guitar in hand. His knees bounced as he wiped his hands on his pants.“I’m a loud, loud boy,” he said, asking for the mic to be turned down. “I can’t tell if this is already a song, so please tell me if it is.”The room quieted as he began to play, his voice starting soft before rising into a belt reminiscent of gospel and Jeff Buckley, as one audience member later described. About 30 peo...

Work & Educational Background

Recent University of Minnesota - Twin Cities graduate with a degree in Art(photography), Journalism, and Video Production.

Freelance Breaking News Reporter for The New York Times, Reporter for East Bank Epitaph, photographer for First Avenue concert venues, Pleaser Magazine, and former photojournalist for MN Daily news and Photography Team Lead for Buttercup Magazine.

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