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Cesar Pelli, architect of Wells Fargo Center and Minneapolis library, dies at 92

Cesar Pelli, architect of Wells Fargo Center and Minneapolis library, dies at 92

Famed Argentine-American architect Cesar Pelli, known for designing some of the world's tallest and most iconic buildings — including several works in Minnesota — has died. He was 92.
by Associated Press and MPR News Staff

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Now starring in children's cartoons: authentic indigenous characters

Now starring in children's cartoons: authentic indigenous characters

An Alaska Native girl (Molly of Denali), an Andean boy (Pachamama), two half-brothers in Mesoamerica (Victor and Valentino): Three new animated TV shows or films feature Native people without bygone-era baggage.
by Mandalit del Barco

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Notre Dame fire revives demand for skilled stone carvers in France

Notre Dame fire revives demand for skilled stone carvers in France

"With stone carving, we give life to an edifice and perpetuate history. We're also creating a link with the past and transmitting values that are important to conserve in society," one student says.
by Eleanor Beardsley

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Spirited 'Family of Origin' defends the maligned millennial

Spirited 'Family of Origin' defends the maligned millennial

CJ Hauser's new novel centers on two estranged siblings trying to unravel their late father's work with a group of fringe biologists who believe evolution is running backward, away from millenials.
by Lily Meyer

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An imagined future speaks in 'Talking to Robots'

An imagined future speaks in 'Talking to Robots'

If you want to see what that future might look like, David Ewing Duncan's book is a fun place to start; he envisions various bots based on interviews with scientists and engineers, among others.
by Adam Frank

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Art Hounds are following a fresh scent

Art Hounds are following a fresh scent

At 10 years old, these hounds have learned some new tricks.
by MPR News Staff

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Constantinople; Michelangelo; Elephants

Constantinople; Michelangelo; Elephants

Bookseller Matt Keliher recommends a short summer read by one of France's greatest living writers.
by Tracy Mumford

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Artist explores truth through piece that will wear away at Mia

Artist explores truth through piece that will wear away at Mia

Artist Jonathan Herrera Soto printed 200 faces of Mexican journalists — all murdered or missing and presumed dead — on the floor of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. In coming months he expects the portraits will wear away, but raise questions about the nature of truth.
by Euan Kerr

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34 ways to beat the system in 'Raised in Captivity'

34 ways to beat the system in 'Raised in Captivity'

Chuck Klosterman's new collection of "fictional nonfiction" is full of people who subvert expectations and find ways around the systems that rule our lives. Also, there's a puma in an airplane toilet.
by Jason Sheehan

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Rooted in history, 'The Nickel Boys' is a great American novel

Rooted in history, 'The Nickel Boys' is a great American novel

Colson Whitehead's deeply affecting new novel is based on the true story of a segregated reform school in Florida where African American boys were brutalized and possibly murdered.
by Maureen Corrigan

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