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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.

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.

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Race, power and privilege at play in ‘The White Card’

Race, power and privilege at play in ‘The White Card’

Now on stage at Penumbra Theatre, the play zeroes in on white supremacy, even among liberals who would say they know better.
by Marianne Combs

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The stories in 'Verge' are beautiful, but don't quite satisfy

The stories in 'Verge' are beautiful, but don't quite satisfy

Lidia Yuknavitch's new story collection is weighed down by strangely predictable structures and obvious metaphors — but in places it's rivetingly insightful, and one story towers above the rest.
by Kamil Ahsan

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'The Mercies' is a spark of light on a bleak shore

'The Mercies' is a spark of light on a bleak shore

Kiran Millwood Hargrave's new novel takes place in a 17th century Norwegian fishing village devastated by a storm that swallows husbands, brothers and fathers, leaving the women to survive alone.
by Caitlyn Paxson

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New coronavirus 'won't be the last' outbreak to move from animal to human

New coronavirus 'won't be the last' outbreak to move from animal to human

Science writer David Quammen says the new coronavirus is the latest example of the way pathogens are migrating from animals to humans with increasing frequency — and sometimes deadly consequences.
by Dave Davies

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Kirk Douglas, longtime influential movie star, dies at 103

Kirk Douglas, longtime influential movie star, dies at 103

Kirk Douglas, the muscular actor with the dimpled chin who starred in "Spartacus," "Lust for Life" and dozens of other films and helped fatally weaken the Hollywood blacklist, has died at 103, People magazine reported.
by The Associated Press

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Oscar predictions: Can 'Parasite' upset '1917'?

Oscar predictions: Can 'Parasite' upset '1917'?

In his predictions for Sunday, AP film writer Jake Coyle says Bong Joon Ho's class satire “Parasite” will pull off the upset. It would be the first foreign language film to ever win best picture.
by The Associated Press

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Multiple universes fill the pages of 'The Lost Book of Adana Moreau'

Multiple universes fill the pages of 'The Lost Book of Adana Moreau'

Michael Zapata's debut novel is a straightforward literary mystery on the surface — but his simple tale of a lost sci-fi manuscript goes deep on themes of family, displacement and mythology.
by Jason Heller

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