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Art Hounds: Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what's exciting in local art. You can explore arts events here, or become an Art Hound today.

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Art Friend: Everyone needs an art friend. Art Friend is a new segment with our arts team. Art spaces can feel exclusive and art can be confusing, obtuse, and even boring. But, especially with the right context, everyone can be a critic. So let us be your guide- your Art Friend. Listen or read Art Friend stories here.

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Move over, Mr. Ripley. ‘I Am Agatha’ is a delightfully duplicitous debut

Move over, Mr. Ripley. ‘I Am Agatha’ is a delightfully duplicitous debut

Nancy Foley’s deviously-plotted novel centers on an aging artist in New Mexico. Brutally dismissive of anyone who disagrees with her, Agatha is a perfectly engaging (if unreliable) narrator.
by Maureen Corrigan

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Why this Minneapolis feminist art collective still matters 50 years later

Why this Minneapolis feminist art collective still matters 50 years later

A Minneapolis exhibition marks 50 years of WARM, a pioneering feminist art collective that created space for women artists and helped reshape the local and national art scenes.
by Alex V. Cipolle

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A new poetry book, 20 years in the making

A new poetry book, 20 years in the making

A new poetry book explores poems of spring and connection through 20 years of poetry.
by Cathy Wurzer and Lukas Levin

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'Fargo' 30 years later: How it put Minnesota on the map, for good and bad

'Fargo' 30 years later: How it put Minnesota on the map, for good and bad

To celebrate 30 years of “Fargo,” a special showing at the Fargo Theatre features one of its stars, Peter Stormare, who will watch the movie in its entirety for the first time. Here’s how the movie put Minnesota on the map and changed how people thought of the state.
by Tadeo Ruiz Sandoval

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New book with Minneapolis roots tells ‘How Black Music Took Over the World’

New book with Minneapolis roots tells ‘How Black Music Took Over the World’

Musician Melvin Gibbs has built a career over decades nimbly crossing genres. He spoke with MPR News host Clay Masters about his new book, “How Black Music Took Over the World,” described as part memoir, part history and part science.
by Clay Masters and Gretchen Brown

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11 new books in April offer a chance to step inside someone else’s world

11 new books in April offer a chance to step inside someone else’s world

The books we’re spotlighting this month don’t exactly radiate escapist good vibes — but they do offer the opportunity to step into someone else's life and get to know their view of our shared world.
by Colin Dwyer

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