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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.

Art Hounds: Paintings hearken back to warmer seasons

Art Hounds: Paintings hearken back to warmer seasons

Art Hounds also recommend the work of an artist who uses torn paper to mimic brush strokes and new music from the Iron Range’s Rich Mattson.
by Emily Bright

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St. Louis County film incentive already bearing fruit

The program, which the county approved in December, has lured filmmakers and film-adjacent businesses to the Duluth area.
by Tom Crann and Megan Burks

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New translation shares the voice of a poet who wrote as intensely as she lived

New translation shares the voice of a poet who wrote as intensely as she lived

Danish poet Tove Ditlevsen took her own life in 1976. A newly translated version of her three-part memoir traces the sometimes amusing, sometimes painful turns of her unconventional life.
by John Powers

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2021 Golden Globe nominees announced, Netflix leads the pack

2021 Golden Globe nominees announced, Netflix leads the pack

Nominees for the 2021 Golden Globes were announced today via a livestream. Past winners Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji P. Henson revealed the first few nominees in a simulcast with the “Today” show.
by Petra Mayer

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Author digs into family's 'Smalltime' mob operation, finds family secrets

Author digs into family's 'Smalltime' mob operation, finds family secrets

Russell Shorto's grandfather was a mob boss in the industrial town of Johnstown, Pa. Shorto writes about the family havoc that resulted from his grandfather's operation in his new memoir, “Smalltime.”
by Dave Davies

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'Finding My Voice': Hibbing native's YA novel reissue connects with new generation of readers

'Finding My Voice': Hibbing native's YA novel reissue connects with new generation of readers

One of the first Asian American young adult novels, “Finding My Voice,” is getting a third run this year since its first publication in 1992. But, the messages about racism, identity and family continue to resonate with readers who remember picking up the book years ago.
by Hannah Yang

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'Halfway Home' makes case that the formerly incarcerated are never truly free

'Halfway Home' makes case that the formerly incarcerated are never truly free

Sociologist, criminologist, and former jail chaplain Reuben Jonathan Miller says "no other marginalized group ... experience[s] [the] profound level of legal exclusion" that those once imprisoned do.
by Ericka Taylor

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