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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.

In Meg Cabot's latest, saving animals, finding love, and making 'No Judgments'

In Meg Cabot's latest, saving animals, finding love, and making 'No Judgments'

The heroine of Cabot's new novel, inspired by a real story, tries not to judge the neglectful people who've abandoned their pets after a hurricane batters her Florida home town. Hint: It's difficult.
by Kamrun Nesa

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Mystery woman sings opera in Los Angeles metro — and goes viral

Mystery woman sings opera in Los Angeles metro — and goes viral

A video posted on Twitter by the LAPD shows the woman, her hair pulled up in pigtails and arms loaded with bags, singing a famous Puccini aria, and hitting every note.
by Kat Lonsdorf

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Tracy Chevalier says 'A Single Thread' can make all the difference

Tracy Chevalier says 'A Single Thread' can make all the difference

Chevalier's new novel follows one of the generation of "surplus women," who lost their men in World War I and had to make new lives for themselves — sometimes outside the bounds of convention.
by Petra Mayer

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Rainbow Rowell's 'Wayward Son' seeks peace on the road

Rainbow Rowell's 'Wayward Son' seeks peace on the road

In her new book, Rowell returns to her Harry Potter-inspired heroes Simon and Baz — who've saved the world from evil and are at a loss as to what to do next. The answer? A road trip across America.
by Caitlyn Paxson

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In 'Imaginary Friend,' Stephen Chbosky squeezes horror from everyday life

In 'Imaginary Friend,' Stephen Chbosky squeezes horror from everyday life

Stephen Chbosky — who wrote the YA classic The Perks of Being a Wallflower -- says his new book takes the familiar scares of childhood, like monsters in the closet, and twists them a little.
by Scott Simon

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A dangerous search for a dozen eggs

A dangerous search for a dozen eggs

Bookseller Holly Brooks recommends a novel that follows two men desperately searching for cake ingredients in the middle of the siege of Leningrad.
by Tracy Mumford

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The scares in 'Violet' aren't original, but they sure are scary

The scares in 'Violet' aren't original, but they sure are scary

Scott Thomas's new novel, about a woman grappling with loss, grief and a mysterious evil in her childhood home, takes well-worn horror tropes and spins a slowly gathering storm of terror around them.
by Jason Heller

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Charlie Parr uses injury to reassess and record

Charlie Parr uses injury to reassess and record

A year after a devastating injury threatened his career, Duluth guitarist Charlie Parr is back with a new album, a new tour and a new understanding of the tunes he plays.
by Euan Kerr

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In 'The Water Dancer,' Ta-Nehisi Coates creates magical alternate history

In 'The Water Dancer,' Ta-Nehisi Coates creates magical alternate history

Ta-Nehisi Coates' new novel, set during the era of slavery, follows a young black man who discovers that his memories trigger a mysterious power of teleportation that can help escaped slaves flee.
by Annalisa Quinn

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