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Joseph Arthur and Peter Buck make an album together

Guitarist Peter Buck, best known for his work with the band REM, and singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur have teamed up for a musical collaboration they are calling Arthur Buck.
by Cathy Wurzer

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A.M. Homes: Short stories are 'food for the soul and for the mind'

A.M. Homes: Short stories are 'food for the soul and for the mind'

Her first story collection in 15 years is called "Days of Awe," and it covers everything from a chat room for bird lovers, to a summit on genocide, to a superstore where someone's abandoned a baby.
by Audie Cornish

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Climate One: Net Zero Living

Climate One: Net Zero Living

Ways to reduce trash generation and energy use at home.
by MPR News Staff

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'Vera Kelly' finds the connections between deep cover and the closet

'Vera Kelly' finds the connections between deep cover and the closet

The personal is most definitely political in Rosalie Knecht's crisp, lively and subversive novel about a queer woman who discovers her early life in the closet makes her well-suited for espionage.
by Jean Zimmerman

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New artistic director named for Park Square

New artistic director named for Park Square

Flordelino Lagundino will take over at the St. Paul theater this summer.
by Marianne Combs

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Bobby McFerrin returns to Minnesota with Voicestra for 'Circlesongs'

Bobby McFerrin returns to Minnesota with Voicestra for 'Circlesongs'

For the first time since 2014, much-beloved former Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Artistic Partner and international pop star Bobby McFerrin returns to Minnesota this week with his quartet Voicestra for eight performances.
by Vaughn Ormseth

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A look back at the chart-topping glory of 'Grease'

Forty years ago today, Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta's duet "You're the One That I Want" was number one on the Billboard pop chart. It's from the movie "Grease," which hadn't even been released when the song topped charts.
by Cathy Wurzer

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The stress of a shepherd's life, and other Somali stories

The stress of a shepherd's life, and other Somali stories

The Minnesota writer Ahmed Ismail Yusuf hopes the tales in his book, "The Lion's Binding Oath," will promote understanding about his Somali homeland.
by Euan Kerr

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A campaign for 'often the hardest-working people on stage' -- the chorus

A campaign for 'often the hardest-working people on stage' -- the chorus

Broadway chorus members won't be recognized in their own categories as part of Sunday night's Tony Awards. But they might be in the future, thanks to an effort from the Actors Equity union.
by Jeff Lunden

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