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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.

Fall books for your must-read list

Fall books for your must-read list

Fall brings big books. MPR’s Kerri Miller, Stephanie Curtis and Tracy Mumford share the titles on their must-read lists this season.
by MPR News Staff

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3 crackling young adult reads to welcome fall

3 crackling young adult reads to welcome fall

Time to put down the beach reads and pick up some substantive, immersive new young adult books — from a monstrous fantasy, to a refugee's tale, to a story that brings new meaning to haunted houses.
by Caitlyn Paxson

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Keri Pickett's photographic journey returns to Moorhead

Keri Pickett's photographic journey returns to Moorhead

After 40 years photographing around the world, Kerri Pickett returns to her alma mater Minnesota State University Moorhead, where she says she was inspired to become an art photographer.
by Euan Kerr

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Rocker Ric Ocasek, frontman of The Cars, dead at 75

Rocker Ric Ocasek, frontman of The Cars, dead at 75

Ric Ocasek, The Cars frontman whose deadpan vocal delivery and lanky, sunglassed look defined a rock era with several chart-topping hits, was discovered dead Sunday afternoon in his Manhattan apartment.
by The Associated Press

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Country's new supergroup 'The Highwomen' unite to make way for unsung female artists

Country's new supergroup 'The Highwomen' unite to make way for unsung female artists

Natalie Hemby and Amanda Shires talk about the formation of their new all-female supergroup that also includes Brandi Carlile and Maren Morris — what some might consider a gutsy move within a male-dominated genre.
by Sarah McCammon and Gemma Watters

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A portrait of Molly Ivins, maverick Texas journalist, in 'Raise Hell'

A portrait of Molly Ivins, maverick Texas journalist, in 'Raise Hell'

A new documentary about the political columnist and author takes a personal look at a woman who used her scalding wit and investigative skills to skewer politicians for nearly four decades.
by Wade Goodwyn

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'Homesick' is a boundary-expanding story of devotion and growing up

'Homesick' is a boundary-expanding story of devotion and growing up

Accomplished translator Jennifer Croft's first non-translated work is a hybrid, mixing photography and impressionistic autobiographical writing to tell the story of Croft's artistic coming of age.
by Lily Meyer

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'The Divers' Game' depicts an unimaginably unjust, all too believably cruel

'The Divers' Game' depicts an unimaginably unjust, all too believably cruel

In author Jesse Ball's universe, which runs too closely parallel to our own, human worth has been reduced, negated, argued out of existence. But it has left an echo, one with a haunting symphony.
by Jason Heller

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