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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.

Our arts coverage is made possible in part by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment's Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

Ghosts, vampires, and monsters: 5 titles to get you in the Halloween spirit

Ghosts, vampires, and monsters: 5 titles to get you in the Halloween spirit

Whether you’re looking to send a chill up your spine or uncover the secret of the vampire next door, look no further. We’ve rounded up five titles by independent booksellers recommended to get you in the right spirit for the season. 
by Emily Bright

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First steps made in Congress to honor pop superstar Prince

First steps made in Congress to honor pop superstar Prince

Minnesota's Congressional delegation on Monday is introducing a resolution to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to pop superstar Prince, citing his "indelible mark on Minnesota and American culture," The Associated Press has learned.
by The Associated Press

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Nick Offerman on why he finds solace in the outdoors

Nick Offerman on why he finds solace in the outdoors

The actor and author has a new book, “Where the Deer and the Antelope Play.” He talks with NPR's Scott Simon about why walking in the woods makes him feel better and how to experience nature in a city.
by Scott Simon

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Katie Couric goes behind the scenes in the cutthroat world of morning TV news

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the veteran broadcast journalist and former Today show anchor about her new memoir, “Going There,” which chronicles her decades in TV news as well as her personal life.
by Scott Simon, Ian Stewart, Danny Hensel and Emma Bowman

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Film crew voiced complaints before fatal on-set shooting

Film crew voiced complaints before fatal on-set shooting

Court records state that Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set with a gun a crew member had assured the actor didn't carry live rounds. The tragic mistake came hours after some workers walked off the job to protest conditions and production issues.
by The Associated Press

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States mostly defer to union guidance for on-set gun safety

States mostly defer to union guidance for on-set gun safety

The film industry and its unions provide guidelines on how to deal safely with prop guns on movie sets. But in states where movie-making is big business, lawmakers and regulators rely on those suggested practices rather than regulate on-set firearm use. The lack of strict gun safety rules is under scrutiny after a cinematographer was killed by a prop gun on the New Mexico film set of "Rust."
by The Associated Press

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Baldwin was told gun was 'cold' before movie set shooting

Baldwin was told gun was 'cold' before movie set shooting

An assistant director of the film "Rust" told Alec Baldwin that a weapon he gave him was safe to use in the moments before the actor fatally shot a cinematographer, according to court documents in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Instead, the gun was loaded with live rounds. Baldwin killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
by The Associated Press

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'Monster in the Middle' muses on the complex nature of romantic love

'Monster in the Middle' muses on the complex nature of romantic love

Tiphanie Yanique's sophomore novel follows two lovers — the American Fly and Stela, who's from the Caribbean, as they make their way towards a lasting relationship despite their differences.
by Carole V. Bell

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Ask a Bookseller: A love letter to horror films

Ask a Bookseller: A love letter to horror films

Lee Francis IV of Red Planet Books and Comics in Albuqueque, N. M., has the perfect horror book leading up to Halloween: “My Heart is a Chainsaw” by Stephen Graham Jones.
by Emily Bright

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