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Aspen Ideas Festival: The creative genius of Leonardo da Vinci

Aspen Ideas Festival: The creative genius of Leonardo da Vinci

Best-selling biographer Walter Isaacson has written a new book about a man who he says takes the cake as the "world's most creative genius": Leonardo da Vinci. He says "we can't be Newton. We can't be Einstein. But we can try to be more like Leonardo."
by MPR News Staff

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Citing low ticket sales, Rochester theater asks city for an extra $80,000

After a tumultuous start to the year that included losing its executive director amid allegations of sexual harassment and firing its popular artistic director, the Rochester Civic Theatre is asking the city for an additional $80,000 to make ends meet this year.
by Catharine Richert

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Twenty-four hour play resurrects university theater in Bemidji

Twenty-four hour play resurrects university theater in Bemidji

Amateur playwrights, directors and actors take part in Bemidji State University's first 24-hour Play Festival. They're challenged to create short plays in a single day.
by John Enger

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'Lady Killers:' Cherchez la femme fatale

'Lady Killers:' Cherchez la femme fatale

An FBI investigator once famously said "There are no female serial killers," but Tori Telfer sets out to prove him wrong with this gruesome new account of multiply-murderous women throughout history.
by Jean Zimmerman

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Exclusive first read: Philip Pullman's 'The Book Of Dust'

Exclusive first read: Philip Pullman's 'The Book Of Dust'

Philip Pullman returns to the world of his beloved Dark Materials trilogy in "The Book of Dust." We have an exclusive first peek at young protagonist Malcolm, his canoe, and the day his life changes.
by Petra Mayer

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Paul Weller looks forward

Paul Weller looks forward

The musician is performing Friday night at the Pantages Theatre in Minneapolis.
by MPR News Staff

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How living in a library gave one man 'the thirst of learning'

How living in a library gave one man 'the thirst of learning'

Ronald Clark's father was a live-in custodian at a New York City library. Clark tells his daughter about growing up surrounded by stacks of books -- and how that shaped the man he would become.
by Heidi Glenn and Liyna Anwar

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