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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.

Here are the finalists for the 2017 National Book Awards

Here are the finalists for the 2017 National Book Awards

The National Book Foundation winnowed the list of contenders for its literary prize to just 20 -- or five finalists each in four categories. Among them are Jesmyn Ward, Min Jin Lee and Frank Bidart.
by Colin Dwyer

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For chance to direct Harry Dean Stanton, actor got 'Lucky'

For chance to direct Harry Dean Stanton, actor got 'Lucky'

When the producers wanted a fellow actor to direct Stanton, they turned to Guthrie alum John Carroll Lynch.
by Euan Kerr

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New Muhammad Ali biography reveals a flawed rebel who loved attention

New Muhammad Ali biography reveals a flawed rebel who loved attention

"I don't think we do Ali any good by treating him as a saint," says biographer Jonathan Eig. "He was a human being, and he was deeply flawed, but ... he had the spirit of a rebel."
by Dave Davies

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Las Vegas massacre prompts musician to call for gun control: 'Enough is enough'

Las Vegas massacre prompts musician to call for gun control: 'Enough is enough'

Caleb Keeter, a guitarist for the Josh Abbott Band, says, "my biggest regret is that I stubbornly didn't realize it until my brothers on the road and myself were threatened by it."

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Jimmy Kimmel slams 'so-called leaders' on gun control

Jimmy Kimmel slams 'so-called leaders' on gun control

Late night hosts on various networks reacted to the massacre in Las Vegas by criticizing political inaction on gun laws, which continues to divide the American public.

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On using meditation to open doors in our everyday lives

In his new book "Why Buddhism is True," Robert Wright, a visiting professor of science and religion at Union Theological Seminary, explores the relationship between science and meditation, and why meditating can help us see the world more clearly.
by Kerri Miller and Julia Franz

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Twins aim to feel welcome in New York

Twins aim to feel welcome in New York

We will find out tonight how welcome the Twins feel in New York.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Tom Petty, down-to-earth rock superstar, dies at 66

Tom Petty, down-to-earth rock superstar, dies at 66

The rock superstar died Monday night at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles a day after he suffered cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu, Calif., a spokesperson said.
by The Associated Press

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Stephen and Owen King on the horror of a world without women in 'Sleeping Beauties'

Stephen and Owen King on the horror of a world without women in 'Sleeping Beauties'

What if every woman on earth went to sleep and never woke up, leaving only men to run things? That's the horror at the center of "Sleeping Beauties," the new novel from Stephen King and his son Owen.
by Mary Louise Kelly

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