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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.

Road trip with 'Zora and Langston' in this real-life literary adventure

Road trip with 'Zora and Langston' in this real-life literary adventure

Squeeze into the rumble seat --- Yuval Taylor brings readers along on a 1927 summer road trip taken by Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes. Their friendship turned out to be a very bumpy ride.
by Maureen Corrigan

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In 'Horizon,' considering all that is connected

In 'Horizon,' considering all that is connected

Barry Lopez's new book is a biography and a portrait of some of the world's most delicate places, but at heart it's a contemplation of the belief that the way forward is compassionately, and together.
by Genevieve Valentine

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'The New Me' is meh about adulthood and ambition

'The New Me' is meh about adulthood and ambition

Halle Butler's new novel explores what it's like to work in a dead-end office job. Her satirical story focuses on a 30-year-old woman named Millie who wanders from temp job to temp job.
by Ailsa Chang

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40 years since Gloria Gaynor's 'I Will Survive' topped the pop chart

When Polydor Records released Gloria Gaynor's single "Substitute," the song didn't make much of an impression. Then, club DJs flipped the single over to the B-side and discovered "I Will Survive."
by Cathy Wurzer

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Jerome Foundation awards $3.2 million to artists

Jerome Foundation awards $3.2 million to artists

The Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship program is a two-year grant aimed at artists who have established their practice, but have yet to get wide recognition for their work. Most of the artists identify as people of color or indigenous.
by Marianne Combs

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A parable of international development from Dave Eggers

A parable of international development from Dave Eggers

In a slim novel, two mismatched men are sent to a war-torn country to pave a highway in 12 days. 'But ultimately,' the author says, 'it's not really about either one of these guys.'
by Rachel Martin

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Dick Dale, 'King of Surf Guitar,' dies at 81

Dick Dale, 'King of Surf Guitar,' dies at 81

Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like "Miserlou" and "Let's Go Trippin'" earned him the title "King of the Surf Guitar," has died at age 81.
by Associated Press

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