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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.

Comic: Teaching kids to make art out of what they have in the pandemic

Comic: Teaching kids to make art out of what they have in the pandemic

It's been a year since teachers were handed an unprecedented request: educate students in entirely new ways, amid the backdrop of a global pandemic. This week is a first grade teacher in Los Angeles.

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Sharon Stone on new memoir 'The Beauty of Living Twice'

Sharon Stone on new memoir 'The Beauty of Living Twice'

Sharon Stone is a survivor — of a stroke, and some of the worst Hollywood has to offer. She writes about her life in a funny, tender, sometimes shocking new memoir called “The Beauty of Living Twice.”
by Michel Martin

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Former 'Pregnant Girl' builds support to help other teen moms

Former 'Pregnant Girl' builds support to help other teen moms

Nicole Lynn Lewis felt overwhelmed and isolated as a young single mom in college. Now she runs a nonprofit designed to help teen parents get the financial and emotional support they need to thrive.
by Terry Gross

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A Minnesota-born ambassador and a long lost puppy

A Minnesota-born ambassador and a long lost puppy

The Thread Must-Read this week features the true-life story of a faraway place, a Minnesota-born ambassador and a lost puppy.
by Kerri Miller

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Michael Lewis' 'The Premonition' is a sweeping indictment of the CDC

Michael Lewis' 'The Premonition' is a sweeping indictment of the CDC

In a new book, author Michael Lewis writes about public health officers who tried to get others to look at the data on COVID-19 and act to make sure the virus didn't spread.
by Rachel Martin

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He asked strangers about things they regret not saying. The replies were cathartic

He asked strangers about things they regret not saying. The replies were cathartic

Photographer Geloy Concepcion asked his Instagram followers to share "things you wanted to say but never did." Thousands of responses came in, touching on themes of love, fear, loneliness and grief.
by Julia Weng and Michele Abercrombie

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Olympia Dukakis, Oscar-winning 'Moonstruck' star, dies at 89

Olympia Dukakis, Oscar-winning 'Moonstruck' star, dies at 89

Olympia Dukakis, the veteran stage and screen actress whose flair for maternal roles helped her win an Oscar as Cher’s mother in the romantic comedy “Moonstruck,” has died. She was 89.
by The Associated Press

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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Solutions and Other Problems’

Ask a Bookseller: ‘Solutions and Other Problems’

This week, Ask a Bookseller called closer to home, with a recommendation from Charlie Aldrich of Buffalo Books & Coffee in Buffalo, Minn. He recommended “Solutions and Other Problems,” written and illustrated by Allie Brosh.
by Emily Bright

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