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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.

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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.

How a 'magical' church moment inspired Morby's 'Pearly Gates'

Kevin Morby had been searching -- in the cold -- for St. John The Divine in Manhattan. When he finally found it, he walked inside and saw a choir singing. "After having been lost for so long and being greeted like this, it was just a magical moment," he said.
by MPR News Staff

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I saved every letter you wrote me: The Library of Congress digitizes Hamilton

I saved every letter you wrote me: The Library of Congress digitizes Hamilton

For fans of Hamilton and history alike, the Library of Congress has put the hippest founding father online by digitizing Alexander Hamilton's papers and making them available on the Library's website
by Lynn Neary

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The lives of those within 'The Force'

Author Don Winslow writes about police officers who walk the line between "rough justice and tempered mercy."
by Kerri Miller

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MN National Guard band to play the State Fair

The band, made up of members of the Minnesota National Guard, has been around since 1900.
by MPR News Staff

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Take a walk on the wilder side of death with 'Reincarnation Blues'

Take a walk on the wilder side of death with 'Reincarnation Blues'

Michael Poore's new novel is surprisingly goofy for a book about dying. It's the story fishing guide Milo, who's just been eaten by a shark. Oh, and he's in love with Death, who's also named Suzie.
by Jason Sheehan

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Love and cruelty are bound together in 'My Absolute Darling'

Love and cruelty are bound together in 'My Absolute Darling'

Gabriel Tallent's debut novel has been called a masterpiece on the level of 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' It's the difficult story of a young girl living in the California woods with her abusive father.

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For 'Jaws' fans, a look at what it's really like to hunt a shark

For 'Jaws' fans, a look at what it's really like to hunt a shark

Bookseller Molly Coogan works not far from where "Jaws" was filmed. Her reading recommendation is right on theme, "even if you missed Shark Week."
by Tracy Mumford

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The brief, tumultuous reign of an erstwhile best-seller

The brief, tumultuous reign of an erstwhile best-seller

For a while Thursday, Lani Sarem's debut, 'Handbook for Mortals,' stood as the reigning best-seller in young adult literature. Within hours, it had been removed from the list entirely. What happened?
by Colin Dwyer

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What science 'gone wrong' can teach us

What science 'gone wrong' can teach us

Pandora's Lab stresses that for science to work, it needs to base claims on data, studies need to be replicable, and scientists must be more attached to science than to their own ideas, says Alva Noe.
by Alva Noë

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