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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.

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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.

‘Smashing our dreams’: NEA terminates grants for many Minnesota arts organizations

‘Smashing our dreams’: NEA terminates grants for many Minnesota arts organizations

Several Minnesota arts organizations, including Penumbra Theatre and the Lakes Area Music Festival, have had their 2025 NEA grants abruptly terminated as the agency shifts its funding priorities to align with new federal directives restricting support for projects promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
by Alex V. Cipolle

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Thinking outside the ‘daily concrete life’: How puppets and picture books create a sense of possibility

Thinking outside the ‘daily concrete life’: How puppets and picture books create a sense of possibility

Minnesota artist Anne Sawyer, a puppeteer and educator, channels her lifelong love of storytelling and improvisation into a new children’s book about pollinators that blends science, imagination and playful creativity.
by Anika Besst

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Jury selection in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex trafficking trial begins today

Jury selection in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex trafficking trial begins today

The trial for the rap mogul, who faces criminal charges for sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transporting to engage in prostitution, is underway. Opening statements are slated for May 12.
by Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

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‘I'm one American story’: Minnesota author Kao Kalia Yang resists being ‘the Hmong voice’

‘I'm one American story’: Minnesota author Kao Kalia Yang resists being ‘the Hmong voice’

Author Kao Kalia Yang resists being boxed in, both as the only '“Hmong voice” in literature and in a singular genre. The Minnesota author has written memoirs, fiction, picture books, and even an opera.
by Emily Bright

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'Thunderbolts' kicks off the summer movie season with $76 million at the box office

'Thunderbolts' kicks off the summer movie season with $76 million at the box office

Marvel Studios’ “Thunderbolts” opened with $76 million in domestic ticket sales. Studio estimates released Sunday showed the film kicking off the summer box office with a solid No. 1 debut, though it fell shy of Marvel’s more spectacular launches.
by The Associated Press

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