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MPR News has you covered with news and stories about local art and culture happenings across Minnesota.

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Our arts coverage is made possible in part by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment's Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

Macon, Georgia honors rocker Gregg Allman at his funeral

Legions of fans lined the streets of Macon, Georgia, to honor music legend Greg Allman as he's carried to his final resting place in the same cemetery where he and his band members used to hang out and write songs amid the tombstones.
by Associated Press

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This big book could carry you through the summer

This big book could carry you through the summer

English professor Samuel Andresen-Anderson hasn't seen his mother since he was a child. Then one day, he gets a call: She's been arrested in a political protest, and she needs a character witness.
by Tracy Mumford

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'White Fur' is a fable of love, class, money and death

'White Fur' is a fable of love, class, money and death

Jardine Libaire's novel -- more a series of vignettes -- follows two kids from very opposite sides of the tracks who fall hard in love in 1980s New York, and what happens when reality intrudes.
by Jason Sheehan

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'The Dispatcher' is a short stroll in a strange neighborhood

'The Dispatcher' is a short stroll in a strange neighborhood

John Scalzi's new novel imagines the implications of a world where 999 out of 1,000 murder victims pop back into existence, naked, confused and safe in their own beds.
by Jason Sheehan

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Speeches, a ceremony and 'Scaffold' starts to come down

Speeches, a ceremony and 'Scaffold' starts to come down

The sculpture, meant as a commentary on capital punishment, had provoked objections from the Dakota community for its reference to a mass execution in 1862.
by Euan Kerr

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Animal cafes are cool, but does a raccoon cafe go too far?

In NPR's Elise Tries series, correspondent Elise Hu tests out new experiences in East Asia. In this inaugural episode, she visits a South Korean animal cafe. Things don't go as smoothly as planned.
by Elise Hu

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Using music and rhythm to help kids with grammar and language

Using music and rhythm to help kids with grammar and language

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are studying how music and rhythm activities could help children who struggle with grammar and language development.
by Robert Siegel and Andrea Hsu

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Mankato professor: 'Scaffold' inspires shock, anger and hope

Mankato professor: 'Scaffold' inspires shock, anger and hope

Gwen Westerman, a professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato, discusses "Scaffold" and why its arrival in Minnesota was met with public outcry.
by MPR News Staff

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