Arts and Culture

MPR News has you covered with news and stories about local art and culture happenings across Minnesota.

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.

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.

August 13, 2018 12:00 AM

With wit and sadness, 'Baby, You're Gonna Be Mine' has echoes of Salinger

Critic Maureen Corrigan says Kevin Wilson's funny, raw, beautiful writing reminds her of J. D. Salinger. He starts with a goofy premise and then draws deep emotional truths.

by Maureen Corrigan

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August 13, 2018 12:00 AM

'The Line That Held Us': Noir in Appalachia

Novelist David Joy, whose books chronicle the rural, working-class South of his own milieu, has penned a new book where a hunting accident triggers a thriller of violent vengeance.

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

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August 12, 2018 4:10 PM

Photos: Minnesota Orchestra brings its music, outreach to Durban, South Africa

The Minnesota Orchestra's tour of South Africa continued Sunday with a concert and musical outreach in Durban.

by Euan Kerr

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August 12, 2018 12:00 AM

Like 'Goosebumps?' Here's another 30 years' worth of horror for kids

From the late '60s to the rise of Harry Potter in the late '90s, horror fiction had a hold on young readers, and there was something to scare everyone, from realistic thrillers to possessed dummies.

by Grady Hendrix

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August 11, 2018 6:40 PM

Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul dies at 85

V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose celebrated writing and brittle, provocative personality drew admiration and revulsion in equal measures, died Saturday at his London home, his family said.

by Associated Press

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August 11, 2018 6:00 PM

Music brings together Minnesota Orchestra musicians, South African students

It may have been Saturday morning, but hundreds of students, teachers and parents crammed into the Eurocon Primary School just outside Cape Town, South Africa, to welcome members of the Minnesota Orchestra.

by Euan Kerr

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August 11, 2018 12:00 AM

Graceful 'Court Dancer' can't escape her sorrows

Kyung-Sook Shin's atmospheric, tragic novel follows a beautiful orphan whose dancing skills secure her a place at the Korean court, and later a life in Belle Epoque France -- but not happiness.

by Jean Zimmerman