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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.

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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.

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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Thread Book Hour: Kao Kalia Yang

Thread Book Hour: Kao Kalia Yang

Award-winning author Kao Kalia Yang speaks about her books and the Hmong experience in Minnesota. Her book, "The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father" won a 2017 Minnesota Book Award and was a 2017 National Book Award finalist.
by MPR News Staff

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For Chris Thile, hosting Prairie Home is opportunity of a lifetime

For Chris Thile, hosting Prairie Home is opportunity of a lifetime

As he nears the end of his first season, the host describes his turn leading the popular franchise as "just what the doctor ordered."
by Euan Kerr

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Rochester Art Center lays off 5 workers amid financial turmoil

Rochester Art Center lays off 5 workers amid financial turmoil

The center had just 12 employees in total before the layoffs. Earlier this year, its executive director left without explanation after a brief tenure, and a recent audit has raised serious questions about the museum's ability to survive.
by Catharine Richert

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