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In this west-central Minnesota town, fiddle jams draw players from ages 3 to 86

In this west-central Minnesota town, fiddle jams draw players from ages 3 to 86

The Sunburg Minnesota Community Fiddlers started with a few people getting together to jam. One woman made it her mission to build that group into an intergenerational community centered around music and fun. 
by Dan Gunderson

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New Dyani White Hawk show at the Walker is a 'love letter' to community

New Dyani White Hawk show at the Walker is a 'love letter' to community

The “Dyani White Hawk: Love Language” exhibition, which is up at the Walker through Feb. 15, is a big and bright kaleidoscopic show, an expansive mid-career survey spanning 10,000 square feet of the Walker and the last 15 years of the Minnesota artist's career. 
by Alex V. Cipolle

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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Coming Up Short’ by Robert B. Reich

Ask a Bookseller: ‘Coming Up Short’ by Robert B. Reich

Daniel Wells of Gramercy Books in Bexley, Ohio, recommends the memoir “Coming Up Short” by Robert B. Reich.
by Emily Bright

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This week brings a bumper harvest of brand new books

This week brings a bumper harvest of brand new books

This week’s new titles include memoir, comics journalism and speculative fiction, horror and humor. Susan Orlean tells her own story in “Joyride,” and Pulitzer-winner Adam Johnson has a new novel.
by Colin Dwyer

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Talking Volumes: Misty Copeland on ballet, ‘Bunheads’ and what comes next

Misty Copeland is one of the most well-known ballerinas in the world. She officially retires from the stage this fall, but she’s excited for what comes next, as she told Kerri Miller last month at Talking Volumes.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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