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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.

Talking Volumes: Tim O’Brien on ‘Dad’s Maybe Book’

Talking Volumes: Tim O’Brien on ‘Dad’s Maybe Book’

Minnesota native Tim O’Brien joined MPR’s Brandt Williams on stage for Talking Volumes to discuss his first book in 10 years.

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Art Hounds: An algorithm becomes sound, light — and quilts

Art Hounds: An algorithm becomes sound, light — and quilts

This week on Art Hounds: Art and tech combine in "Artists on the Verge" and a zine launch party at Black Forest Inn and Moving Company asks "What If?"
by Marianne Combs

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'Impeachment: A Handbook': How a Watergate-era essay can guide us today

'Impeachment: A Handbook': How a Watergate-era essay can guide us today

Originally published in 1974, the barely 60-page essay by Charles L. Black Jr. is considered one of the reference works on the subject — and it's getting renewed attention.
by Rose Friedman

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When mom is Mary Poppins: Julie Andrews writes memoir with her daughter

When mom is Mary Poppins: Julie Andrews writes memoir with her daughter

"It was sometimes difficult to share her," Emma Walton Hamilton says of life with her famous mom. Hamilton and Andrews have written 32 books together; their latest is “Home Work.”
by Terry Gross

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Kids' books to read again, and again, and again, and again...

Kids' books to read again, and again, and again, and again...

Kids almost never want to read a book just once. So we asked children's author (and dad) Matt de la Peña to share recommendations for books that stand up — even on their 10,000th reading.
by Audie Cornish

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The Thread: Books for dog lovers

The Thread: Books for dog lovers

On this week’s Thread, Kerri Miller recommends three books that would make great gifts for the dog lover in your life.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Scrunchies are cool again. Hair's how they staged a comeback

Scrunchies are cool again. Hair's how they staged a comeback

A 2003 “Sex And The City” episode ridiculed the bulky hair tie as profoundly unfashionable. But now scrunchies are back, baby! How does a trend go from being so passé — to stylish again?
by Alina Selyukh

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