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Bob Mould announces new album 'Sunshine Rock'

The news accompanied the release of the album's first single.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Art Hounds: Capturing cultural conversations in art

Art Hounds: Capturing cultural conversations in art

Anne Labovitz has a new show at the Tweed Art Museum that explores Duluth's five sister cities. Plus Art Hounds recommend the Twin Cities Horror Festival and "All the Great Books (Abridged)."
by Marianne Combs

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Here are the winners of the 2018 Kirkus Prizes

Here are the winners of the 2018 Kirkus Prizes

Ling Ma's debut, 'Severance,' won for fiction. 'Crown' earned Derrick Barnes and Gordon James the young readers' prize. And Rebecca Solnit's essays, 'Call Them by Their True Names,' won nonfiction laurels.
by Colin Dwyer

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Poet Tony Hoagland dies at 64

Poet Tony Hoagland dies at 64

Hoagland, known for his barbed wit, was published by Graywolf Press in Minneapolis.
by Marianne Combs

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Photos: A look at Fitzgerald Theater events from the past

Photos: A look at Fitzgerald Theater events from the past

First Avenue announced Wednesday that it has agreed to purchase the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul from Minnesota Public Radio. Here's a look at some of the events held at Fitzgerald Theater since MPR's ownership in 1980.
by MPR News Staff

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First Ave. to buy Fitzgerald Theater from MPR

First Ave. to buy Fitzgerald Theater from MPR

First Avenue and Minnesota Public Radio announced the tentative deal that would give the Minneapolis-based music venue operator ownership of the historic downtown St. Paul theater.
by Peter Cox

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Dom Flemons brings his new album, 'Black Cowboys,' to the Cedar tonight

His new album is a collection of songs by and about African-American cowboys. One, called "Goodbye Old Paint," has been traced back to a former slave named Charley Willis who worked as a cowboy on the Texas panhandle.
by Cathy Wurzer

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'Mockingbird' chosen as America's best-loved novel in vote

'Mockingbird' chosen as America's best-loved novel in vote

The other top-five finishers in order of votes were Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" series about a time-spanning love; J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" boy wizard tales; Jane Austen's romance "Pride and Prejudice"; and J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" fantasy saga.
by The Associated Press

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Getting too old for Narnia in 'Light Between Worlds'

Getting too old for Narnia in 'Light Between Worlds'

Laura Weymouth's new novel follows two sisters struggling with the aftermath of their adventures in a magic land. That struggle is the vivid heart of the book, but its Narnia-lite doesn't quite work.
by Caitlyn Paxson

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