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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.

'Falling and Flying' makes for a hypnotic read

'Falling and Flying' makes for a hypnotic read

Ben Loory's new story collection is dreamlike in the best way: both cheerfully surreal and cosmically unsettling, full of lovelorn cephalopods, discontented sloths and the occasional darker touch.
by Michael Schaub

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2 new Walker shows want visitors to look at things anew

2 new Walker shows want visitors to look at things anew

One of the Walker's new offerings features an artist bent on redefining sculpture, and the other examines issues in the news through pieces in the museum's extensive collection.
by Euan Kerr

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Art Hounds: New children's books by Minnesota authors

Art Hounds: New children's books by Minnesota authors

Four new children's and YA books are being promoted in local bookstores this weekend. Plus, the Art Hounds recommend a show about the legacy of Indian boarding schools, and "Dancing on the Edge."
by Marianne Combs

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Leaving the past behind -- or trying to -- in Rushdie's latest

Leaving the past behind -- or trying to -- in Rushdie's latest

Salman Rushdie's 'The Golden House' explores the idea of reinvention in America, through an Indian family whose shady patriarch may not be able to escape his past, despite fleeing across the Atlantic.
by Ari Shapiro

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No. 1 song 'Tammy' influenced Berry Gordy

When Gordy started his own record label in 1959, he wanted to name it Tammy Records. But that name was already taken so he called the label Tamla instead. It would eventually become Motown Records.
by MPR News Staff

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Exhibition asks, who's the 'we' in 'We the people'?

Exhibition asks, who's the 'we' in 'We the people'?

The Minnesota Museum of American Art set four curators to the task of selecting works that help answer the question.
by Marianne Combs

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Photos: 1st Midwest Latin music fest puts on a party in Wisconsin

Photos: 1st Midwest Latin music fest puts on a party in Wisconsin

Los Dells brought Latinos and other Latin music fans to Mauston, Wis., over Labor Day weekend to hear performers like Maná, Daddy Yankee, Prince Royce, Sofia Reyes and Los Tucanes de Tijuana.
by Maria Cardona

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A black food historian explores his bittersweet connection to Robert E. Lee

A black food historian explores his bittersweet connection to Robert E. Lee

Michael Twitty's enslaved ancestors witnessed the Confederate general's surrender, the significance of which weaves through his new memoir as he seeks 'culinary justice' for African Americans.
by Nina Martyris

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In 'A Legacy of Spies,' John le Carre goes back out in 'The Cold'

In 'A Legacy of Spies,' John le Carre goes back out in 'The Cold'

Former CIA operative Valerie Plame says pop culture doesn't usually get espionage right -- but le Carre comes close. His new novel is a kind of prequel to 1963's 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.'
by Lynn Neary

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How Taylor Swift is fighting ticket scalpers for her next tour

How Taylor Swift is fighting ticket scalpers for her next tour

When tickets go on sale, fans who have demonstrated their loyalty -- either by buying her album or watching her videos, etc. -- will move up in line. Some people aren't happy about the approach, though.
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