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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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Somali refugee Abdi Nor Iftin: 'I am here to make America great'

Somali refugee Abdi Nor Iftin: 'I am here to make America great'

Back in Somalia, Abdi Nor Iftin was nicknamed "Abdi the American," and his love of this country put him in danger -- but then he got a visa to come here. Iftin has a new memoir out: "Call Me American."
by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

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Poetry is making a big comeback in the U.S., survey results reveal

Poetry is making a big comeback in the U.S., survey results reveal

The National Endowment for the Arts announced that "as a share of the total U.S. adult population, this poetry readership is the highest on record over a 15-year period."
by Colin Dwyer

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How a black detective infiltrated the KKK

How a black detective infiltrated the KKK

In "Black Klansman," Ron Stallworth writes about an undercover investigation in which he -- an African-American police detective -- convinced the Ku Klux Klan that he was one of them.

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