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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.

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

These 3 books are perfect for your back-to-middle-schooler

These 3 books are perfect for your back-to-middle-schooler

LeUyen Pham has written and illustrated more than 100 books for kids of all ages — so we asked her to give us some solid middle-grade reading recmomendations for kids heading back to school.
by Asma Khalid

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Ask a Bookseller re-sings the tales of Ovid from the women’s points of view

Ask a Bookseller re-sings the tales of Ovid from the women’s points of view

Autumn Siders of The Country Bookseller in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, recommends a re-telling of Ovid’s collection of ancient myths “Metamorphoses,” told by the tales’ female characters.
by Emily Bright

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Take a magical mystery tour with this Chinese comic artist

Take a magical mystery tour with this Chinese comic artist

"If I could put it into words, I wouldn't be drawing it," says one of the characters in Zuo Ma's surreal graphic novel “Night Bus,” a collection of stories that drives through every literary boundary.
by Thúy Đinh

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An Afghan author on losing her homeland — for the second time

An Afghan author on losing her homeland — for the second time

"It is too cruel to ask if it hurts more the first or second time a homeland is lost," says Afghan American author Nadia Hashimi, whose parents are from Kabul. "I know one never becomes numb to it."
by Nadia Hashimi

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Art Hounds hearken back to the 60s

Art Hounds hearken back to the 60s

“Summer of Love” is a live, 1960s music and light show. “The Uncertainty Principle” explores the ripple effect of the Vietnam War. Plus, the Austin Artworks Festival is back this weekend with music and art.
by Emily Bright

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State Fair vendors hope to make lemonade from COVID's lemons

State Fair vendors hope to make lemonade from COVID's lemons

The Minnesota State Fair opens its gates Thursday for the first time since 2019. Many will be glad to get back to the end-of-summer tradition, after one of the most trying years of their lifetimes.
by Tim Nelson

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In 'Dopamine Nation,' overabundance keeps us craving more

In 'Dopamine Nation,' overabundance keeps us craving more

Psychiatrist Anna Lembke's new book explores the brain's connection between pleasure and pain. It also helps explain addictions — not just to drugs and alcohol, but also to food, sex and smartphones.
by Terry Gross

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Think you know where the stories in 'Skinship' are going? Think again

Think you know where the stories in 'Skinship' are going? Think again

The eight short stories in Yoon Choi's extraordinary collection splinter out in unexpected ways, shifting focus from a single life to decades of complex family history.
by Maureen Corrigan

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