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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.

Minneapolis dedicates Dakota artwork at Bde Maka Ska

Minneapolis dedicates Dakota artwork at Bde Maka Ska

The public artwork honors a Dakota village from the 1830s that was next to the lake. Minneapolis city officials said the idea, years in the making, was to acknowledge the first people to call the area home.
by Nina Moini

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In Scotland's Outer Hebrides, mobile libraries are a lifeline

In Scotland's Outer Hebrides, mobile libraries are a lifeline

Library vans ply lonely roads and deliver books, including works in Gaelic, to hundreds of isolated residents. Seeing the mobile librarian is sometimes the only human contact they will have for days.
by Celeste Noche

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'Magic for Liars' asks: What if you're actually not magic?

'Magic for Liars' asks: What if you're actually not magic?

Sarah Gailey's new novel centers on estranged sisters, one magically talented and one just a talented private investigator -- who gets called in to solve a crime at her sister's school for magic.
by Liza Graham

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Macabre and irreverent, 'Mostly Dead Things' is a satisfying journey

Macabre and irreverent, 'Mostly Dead Things' is a satisfying journey

Kristin Arnett's new novel follows a woman dealing with the suicide of her father, while running the taxidermy business she inherited from him, getting over an ex, and learning to live for herself.
by Ilana Masad

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'The Sentence is Death' is a bracing addition to any beach bag

'The Sentence is Death' is a bracing addition to any beach bag

Anthony Horowitz's new Inspector Hawthorne mystery is a sometimes too-complex but ultimately fun tale set in and around London's literary scene, with plenty of axes to grind and nibs to sharpen.
by Bethanne Patrick

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'Hands down, it's the best book I've ever read'

'Hands down, it's the best book I've ever read'

Could you name the best book you've ever read? Could you pick just one? Bookseller Wesley Minter has his ready.
by Tracy Mumford

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Barnes & Noble set to be sold to Elliott Management for about $683 million

Barnes & Noble set to be sold to Elliott Management for about $683 million

That price tag includes all of the book megachain's debt. Elliott's acquisition of the largest retail bookseller in the U.S. comes less than a year after it bought Waterstones, the largest in the U.K.
by Colin Dwyer

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Art from invasive species creates conversations about conservation

Art from invasive species creates conversations about conservation

A traveling art studio lets people make paper with pulp created from an invasive grass. The artist hopes to spark interest in paper making and conversations about environmental issues.
by Dan Gunderson

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The end of the world ought to be the start of the story in 'Oval'

The end of the world ought to be the start of the story in 'Oval'

Elvia Wilk's new novel follows a group of aimless young people in Berlin, working, going out, coming home -- until something happens that brings about a cataclysm. But is the aimlessness intentional?
by Jason Sheehan

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