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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 Chance the Rapper is giving back to his hometown

How Chance the Rapper is giving back to his hometown

Chance will be performing at a sold-out show Friday night at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
by MPR News Staff

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Past job raised red flags about Rochester Art Center's ex-chief

Past job raised red flags about Rochester Art Center's ex-chief

After Megan Johnston's brief stint running the publicly-subsidized Rochester Art Center, most of the staff had turned over and budget related layoffs ensued. These problems were foreshadowed in her prior job running a Georgia museum.
by Catharine Richert

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'Fargo' recap: Good luck with your homicide!

'Fargo' recap: Good luck with your homicide!

"Fargo" puts its own twist on "Peter and the Wolf" as Gloria starts to connect the dots between Eden Valley and Eden Prairie.
by Tracy Mumford and Jay Gabler

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'Based on a True Story' may not be true -- but it's still scary

'Based on a True Story' may not be true -- but it's still scary

French novelist Delphine De Vigan follows up her tell-all 2012 memoir with a creepy tale of a blocked novelist -- also named Delphine -- who falls under the sway of an elegant, menacing ghostwriter.
by Bethanne Patrick

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La Santa Cecilia on NPR's First Listen

The group's new album will be released Friday.
by MPR News Staff

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DNR mulls fate of celebrated author's Minnesota prairie home

DNR mulls fate of celebrated author's Minnesota prairie home

Novelist Frederick Manfred found inspiration in the landscape around the home he built within southwestern Minnesota's Blue Mounds State Park. But the house, now the park's visitor center, is crumbling and may face demolition.
by Mark Steil

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Art Hounds: The Hounds have three arts events for your weekend

Art Hounds: The Hounds have three arts events for your weekend

This week on Art Hounds: "A Year with Frog and Toad" returns to the Children's Theatre, a premiere of new music in Mankato, and "Q Stage."
by Marianne Combs

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'House of Names' is a violent page-turner, and a surprising departure

'House of Names' is a violent page-turner, and a surprising departure

Colm Toibin ventures far afield -- in time and place -- for this heart-stopping take on the tragedy of Clytemnestra and her family, reanimated with suffering the ancient Greeks never imagined.
by Heller McAlpin

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