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MPR News has you covered with news and stories about local art and culture happenings across Minnesota.

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.

Art Reviews: Our arts team offers insight on the latest in theater, music, visual arts and more. We explore the breadth of creativity and innovation found throughout Minnesota, offering audiences a deeper understanding of the works and artists shaping our cultural landscape. Read more here.

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.

What's a true summer 'beach read'?

What's a true summer 'beach read'?

Summer officially started last week, so Kerri Miller is asking:  What’s a true “beach read”?
by Kerri Miller

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Young love shines in the dark in this new story collection

Young love shines in the dark in this new story collection

Six best-selling Black YA authors pooled their talents for “Blackout,” a collection of linked stories about teens navigating life, love, and just getting to a party during a New York City blackout.
by Denny S. Bryce

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What resilience looks like for a queer Guyanese Indian poet

What resilience looks like for a queer Guyanese Indian poet

"Antiman" is a slur for gay men — poet Rajiv Mohabir reclaims it in his new memoir, which mixes poetry, song and prose in an investigation of his sexuality and his Guyanese Indian heritage.
by Jeevika Verma

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Forgiveness is a super power in Graham Norton's new novel

Forgiveness is a super power in Graham Norton's new novel

British talk show host Graham Norton is also an accomplished novelist — his latest, “Home Stretch,” follows the people of a small Irish town after a fatal car accident upends everyone's lives.
by Petra Mayer

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Art Hounds: COVID-19 and mourning on film, plus other emotion-provoking performances

Art Hounds: COVID-19 and mourning on film, plus other emotion-provoking performances

Yeej Moua debuts his short film, “The Wind Always Strikes the Highest Mountain,” for the Northern Spark festival’s final weekend. Minnesota artists explore issues of disability and theater at Full Circle. And Laura Sellner has a new EP.
by Emily Bright

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You don't have to be a complete nerd to love this novel ... but it helps

You don't have to be a complete nerd to love this novel ... but it helps

Carrie Vaughn is a veteran science fiction and fantasy author who puts her years in the scene to good use in this rollicking tale about a high-tech fantasy theme park (think “Westworld”) gone wrong.
by Jason Heller

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A woman is committed to an asylum for thinking in 'The Woman They Could Not Silence'

A woman is committed to an asylum for thinking in 'The Woman They Could Not Silence'

In a new book, “The Radium Girls” author Kate Moore follows the struggles of Elizabeth Packard who, locked up by her husband in 1860 for having opinions and voicing them, finds she's not the only one.
by Annalisa Quinn

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