Arts and Culture

Michael Lewis, the author of “The Big Short” and “Moneyball,” has a new book out called “The Premonition: A Pandemic Story.” He spoke with MPR News about how it came together.

The federally funded museum has been accused of "institutional misconduct" including racism and sexual harassment. A petition claimed some employees call it "the last plantation on the National Mall."

In her latest book of poems, artist Kate Durbin looks at modern consumerism and the way people process trauma and loss through the objects they hoard. Durbin was inspired by the A&E show “Hoarders.”

A world premiere by composer Anat Spiegel sets Yiddish poetry to music; the Great Lakes Academy of Fine Art celebrates its first student show in Duluth; and Theater Mu’s Un(Scene) short plays festival tackles violence against Asian Americans.

Daniel James Brown writes a fascinating account of some of the bravest Americans who ever lived; it's also a sobering reminder of a dark history — of anti-Asian racism that never really went away.

Doctors meeting patients where they are. The use of technology in truly innovative ways. These are among the many positive changes brought by the pandemic, Dr. Shantanu Nundy argues in a new book.

The St. Cloud community comes together to distribute candy to children for Eid al-Fitr, a two- to four-day celebration marking the end of Ramadan.

Jim Klobuchar, a longtime Minnesota newspaper reporter and columnist and the father of U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, has died after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 93.

We revisited a virtual Talking Volumes discussion with Wilkerson about her most recent book “Caste: The Origins of our Discontents.”

The 2021 Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival launches its second pandemic run Thursday with "Summer of Soul." It’s a documentary critics say could be a big commercial hit this summer. Organizers are building on lessons learned from last year when the festival was entirely virtual.