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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.

Kerri Miller’s two novels for ‘Downton Abbey’ addicts

Kerri Miller’s two novels for ‘Downton Abbey’ addicts

MPR News host Kerri Miller is still savoring the pleasure of the new “Downton Abbey” movie. This week on The Thread, she brings us two novels with a great “Upstairs, Downstairs” vibe.
by Kerri Miller

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Art Hounds: Printmakers in Mni Sota Makoce

Art Hounds: Printmakers in Mni Sota Makoce

Highpoint Center for Printmaking present an exhibition of prints by Native American artists. Plus, Art Hounds recommend Park Square's production of "Aubergine" and the paintings of Frederick Somers.
by Marianne Combs

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'I've never told anyone': Stories of life in Indian boarding schools

'I've never told anyone': Stories of life in Indian boarding schools

A new book by Ojibwe author Denise Lajimodiere, “Stringing Rosaries,” tells the first-person stories of life for Native American children who were sent to boarding schools designed to purge their language and culture.
by Dan Gunderson

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From snakes to spikes, reporters reveal Trump's extreme border proposals

From snakes to spikes, reporters reveal Trump's extreme border proposals

Border Wars authors Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael Shear chronicle the president's attempts to upend the nation's immigration system — including a proposed alligator-filled border trench.
by Terry Gross

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Plácido Domingo resigns from LA Opera

Plácido Domingo resigns from LA Opera

The announcement that the opera megastar is stepping down as the company's general director comes in the midst of two formal investigations into accusations of sexual misconduct made by 20 women.
by Anastasia Tsioulcas

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Rachel Maddow on oil and gas, Russia and Democracy in 'Blowout'

Rachel Maddow on oil and gas, Russia and Democracy in 'Blowout'

The MSNBC host's book compiles the most convincing research and journalism on the harm oil and gas have done to global democracy, and then weaves together a narrative of greed, power and corruption.
by Annalisa Quinn

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Renia Spiegel's diary survived the Holocaust. People are finally reading it

Renia Spiegel's diary survived the Holocaust. People are finally reading it

Renia's Diary spent decades in a safe deposit box before being published this week in the U.S. It was written by a Jewish teenager in Poland before she was murdered by the Nazis.
by Lynn Neary

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Legendary Mexican crooner José José dies from cancer

Legendary Mexican crooner José José dies from cancer

Mexican crooner José José, the elegant dresser who moved audiences to tears with melancholic love ballads and was known as the "Prince of Song," has died at the age of 71.
by The Associated Press

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