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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.

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Taxpayers helped fund 'Tonight Show' Super Bowl broadcast from Minnesota

Taxpayers helped fund 'Tonight Show' Super Bowl broadcast from Minnesota

Jimmy Fallon sprinkled Minnesota references throughout his "Tonight Show" remote broadcast after the 2018 Super Bowl. Minnesota gave the show almost $267,000 despite some misgivings about the subsidy.
by Brian Bakst

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Art Hounds: A dog's tale of love and grief

Art Hounds: A dog's tale of love and grief

Plus, Art Hounds recommend the Vintage Band Festival in Northfield and "Holding On: Unexpected Stories of World War II" in Minneapolis.
by Marianne Combs

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'The Cuban Comedy' walks the line between politics and poetry

'The Cuban Comedy' walks the line between politics and poetry

Pablo Medina's novel walks a fine line between poetry and political satire. It follows a woman in rural 1960s Cuba who longs to be a poet, and the troubles she faces when she succeeds.
by Gabino Iglesias

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Enter the quarantine around 'Wilder Girls' at your own risk

Enter the quarantine around 'Wilder Girls' at your own risk

Rory Power's debut novel combines creeping, corrupting body horror with the intense bonds between teenage girls at an isolated school for a post-apocalypse story that's fresh, horrible and beautiful.
by Caitlyn Paxson

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A return to America's Eden

A return to America's Eden

He was the personal doctor of both Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, and the surgeon behind America's first botanical garden, which he planted for medicinal purposes. But most people have never heard of David Hosack.
by Stephanie Curtis and Kelly Gordon

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I'm With Her performs Wednesday at the Minnesota Zoo

The band is comprised of singer-songwriters Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O'Donovan, who began collaborating in 2014 at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival.
by Cathy Wurzer

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'Saturday Night Ghost Club' celebrates the wonders and horrors of being a kid

'Saturday Night Ghost Club' celebrates the wonders and horrors of being a kid

Craig Davidson's new novel follows a group of kids through a strange summer of hunting urban legends -- it's a coming-of-age story that's also about loss, particularly what we lose when we grow up.
by Jason Heller

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