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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.

Kevin Wilson is on fire in 'Nothing to See Here'

Kevin Wilson is on fire in 'Nothing to See Here'

Wilson's new novel centers on a young woman taking care of two kids with a disturbing ability: When upset, they burst into flames. But in Wilson's hands, what could be scary is funny, even beautiful.
by Heller McAlpin

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You may have to wait to borrow a new e-book from the library

You may have to wait to borrow a new e-book from the library

Macmillan Publishers Ltd. will begin restricting sales of new e-books to libraries to one per library system for the first eight weeks after publication. Libraries are fighting back.
by Lynn Neary

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The stunning memoir that could make Hemingway jealous

The stunning memoir that could make Hemingway jealous

Bookseller Jinny Amundson recommends a memoir by Beryl Markham, the first person to fly solo, nonstop across the Atlantic from east to west.
by Tracy Mumford

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Innocence Lost: Reconciliation, accountability stressed as Children’s Theatre suits settled

Innocence Lost: Reconciliation, accountability stressed as Children’s Theatre suits settled

Survivors of childhood sexual assault during the 1970s and 1980s at Children’s Theatre Company said they would try to work with the theater to restore trust and ensure such abuse never happens again. One key survivor said she was ending her boycott of CTC.
by Marianne Combs

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Playwright Lauren Yee’s work returns to the Twin Cities in a story about coming home

Playwright Lauren Yee’s work returns to the Twin Cities in a story about coming home

Yee is no stranger to the Minneapolis-St. Paul arts scene. Her career as a playwright began in Minneapolis, and over about a year-and-a-half stretch, four of her plays will have been staged in Twin Cities theaters.
by Tiffany Bui

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Cube Critics Discuss 'Harriet,' 'Terminator: Dark Fate' and 'Motherless Brooklyn'

There is a changing of the guard in the Cube as Marcheta Fornoff joins Euan Kerr as a Cube Critic. They discuss “Harriet,” “Terminator: Dark Fate,” and “Motherless Brooklyn.” Meanwhile, Stephanie Curtis fans do not despair. She will be back in the Cube as an occasional fill-in in coming months.
by Euan Kerr and Marcheta Fornoff

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Children's Theatre Company settles with 16 survivors

Children's Theatre Company settles with 16 survivors

Attorney Jeff Anderson will announce the settlement of the nine remaining lawsuits brought against the company at a press conference on Friday.
by Marianne Combs

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'Eat Joy': Top authors serve up recipes that gave them comfort in dark times

'Eat Joy': Top authors serve up recipes that gave them comfort in dark times

In a new book of essays, writers such as Claire Messud and Edwidge Danticat share stories of surviving dark times and the foods entwined with those memories. Think of it as a cathartic dinner party.

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Racial unrest of early '90s Los Angeles resurfaces in 'Your House Will Pay'

Racial unrest of early '90s Los Angeles resurfaces in 'Your House Will Pay'

Steph Cha's new novel takes place in the present day, but she connects her story of Korean American and black communities in LA to the riots and injustices of nearly three decades ago.
by Ailsa Chang

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