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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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Boyah J. Farah on how America made him a Black man

Boyah J. Farah on how America made him a Black man

Boyah J. Farah fell in love with America as a refugee escaping war in Somalia. But it’s become a sometimes painful and deeply complicated relationship. Farah new memoir, “America Made Me a Black Man,” is a poetic, thoughtful and honest accounting of his journey.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Born 100 years ago and raised in Minnesota, Oscar Pettiford changed the sound of American music

Born 100 years ago and raised in Minnesota, Oscar Pettiford changed the sound of American music

Jazz pioneer Oscar Pettiford got his start on the stages of the Twin Cities, helping create a "Minneapolis sound" long before Prince. His innovations made him one of the most influential bass players of the bebop era. A century after his birth, that legacy endures.
by Tim Nelson

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'Luda' isn't a book you read — it's a book you experience

'Luda' isn't a book you read — it's a book you experience

Luda is a magical, multilayered, intoxicating story about identity, stardom, performance, lust, and death that could only have come from the prodigious mind of Grant Morrison.
by Gabino Iglesias

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The rapper Coolio has died at 59

The rapper Coolio has died at 59

The artist, one of hip-hop's biggest names of the 1990s with hits including "Gangsta's Paradise" and "Fantastic Voyage," died Wednesday at age 59, his manager said.
by The Associated Press

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Art Hounds: Visual art show celebrates athleticism ahead of Twin Cities Marathon

Art Hounds: Visual art show celebrates athleticism ahead of Twin Cities Marathon

If you add up the artists featured in studio art tours this weekend alone — 40 in the Meander Art Crawl, plus over 30 in the Fargo-Moorhead Visual Arts Studio Crawl — you get a glimpse of the tremendous wealth of creative talent Minnesota has to offer. Plus, “Journey to Rock Bottom” in Burnsville by artist Annie Young celebrates marathoners who raced in Antarctica.
by Emily Bright

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Vikings player Blake Proehl moonlights on TikTok

Vikings player Blake Proehl moonlights on TikTok

In 2021, Blake Proehl was the Minnesota Vikings’ most promising free agent. But a devastating knee injury pushd him to explore a new talent. He talks with guest host Tim Nelson about his unexpected turn.
by Gretchen Brown and Tim Nelson

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The Current, Walker Art Center announce end to Rock the Garden

The Current, Walker Art Center announce end to Rock the Garden

The Walker Art Center and MPR News sister station The Current on Wednesday announced they're ending the annual Rock the Garden music festival in Minneapolis.
by MPR News Staff

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