Audience Engagement Editor

Casey Darnell is an audience engagement producer and a social media specialist.  


An hour inside the quietest room in Minneapolis (and the world)

Minneapolis' Orfield Labs is offering group tours of the quietest room in the world. Could you sit in silence for an hour with the lights off?


We asked readers to suggest essential State Fair experiences for a first-timer. Here are the results.

What happens when you send someone who has never even tried a cheese curd to the State Fair?


Celebrating marriage equality: Couples sent us their wedding photos

On Aug. 1, 2013, Minnesota's marriage law became gender-neutral, allowing gay, lesbian and nonbinary couples to marry. To mark the 10th anniversary of the law, the Star Tribune asked couples to send in their photos.


Celebrating marriage equality: Couples sent us their wedding photos