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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.

Walking in the woods in winter with naturalist Kathy Heidel

Walking in the woods in winter with naturalist Kathy Heidel

During a nature hike in 1983, naturalist Kathy Heidel uses animal tracks to show reporter Dan Olson how small mammals manage to get around in the deep snow, without snowshoes.
by MPR News Staff

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Ground Level: What's 1 thing you want changed in Minnesota in 2018?

Ground Level: What's 1 thing you want changed in Minnesota in 2018?

Governmental policies, health care, education and roads, roads, roads! These are just a few things Minnesotans said they'd like to see improve in the state according to a recent Ground Level survey.
by Sara Porter

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Canadian orchestra launches probe after Dutoit allegations

Canadian orchestra launches probe after Dutoit allegations

The Montreal Symphony Orchestra said its executive committee on Saturday decided to have an independent, third party conduct an investigation following the complaint to "establish the relevant facts" and make recommendations on how to prevent sexual harassment.
by The Associated Press

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It's competition season for coquito, Puerto Rico's boozy holiday treat

It's competition season for coquito, Puerto Rico's boozy holiday treat

At the Coquito Masters, the competition is as stiff as the Puerto Rican cocktail. But this year, the contest has a bittersweet mission in preserving a culinary culture impacted by Hurricane Maria.
by Ray Suarez

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For children, a good booger joke helps the medicine go down

For children, a good booger joke helps the medicine go down

Dr. Howard Bennett knows that humor can help his young patients be less worried when they're at the doctor's office. In his latest book, he uses gross-out jokes to explain how kids' bodies work.
by Lauren Kafka

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She's done the sums on Santa, and the math checks out

She's done the sums on Santa, and the math checks out

Hannah Fry is co-author of The Indisputable Existence Of Santa Claus, an application of mathematics to holiday quandaries like wrapping round presents, turkey roasting and one man's annual journey.
by Ray Suarez

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A brutal crime and the beginning of the FBI

A brutal crime and the beginning of the FBI

Bookseller Karen Barros recommends David Grann's book on the murders of the Osage tribe in Oklahoma in the 1920s and 30s: "This book explores those murders, and the birth of the FBI in solving those murders."
by Tracy Mumford

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How an American became Santa in a little town in France

How an American became Santa in a little town in France

An American with a home in the French town of Vimoutiers, in Normandy, looks so much like Santa that the locals want him to play the part.
by Eleanor Beardsley

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Dutoit out at 8 symphonies amid sexual assault accusations

Dutoit out at 8 symphonies amid sexual assault accusations

The reaction to the graphic sexual assault accusations made by the four women has been swift in the classical music world, accompanied by assertions about Dutoit's decades-long reputation for inappropriate behavior.
by The Associated Press

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