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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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Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Lilac People’ by Milo Todd

Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Lilac People’ by Milo Todd

Sophia Terry of Bank Street Books in Mystic, CT, recommends “The Lilac People" by Milo Todd.
by Emily Bright

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Lush nature and fathomless loss coexist in 'Under Water'

Lush nature and fathomless loss coexist in 'Under Water'

The underwater world that Tara Menon creates in her new novel is wonderous and immersive. She joins Kerri Miller on this week’s Big Books and Bold Ideas to talk about nature and friendship and loss, and how to write without cliches or sentimentality.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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MN Shortlist May 1-7: Musicals, a secret circus and an exhibition on Native American treaties

MN Shortlist May 1-7: Musicals, a secret circus and an exhibition on Native American treaties

A secret circus of puppets, lumberjack songs and a collection of stringed instruments that survived the Holocaust — find out more in this week’s MN Shortlist.
by Alex V. Cipolle, Jacob Aloi and Emily Bright

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Art Hounds: Fresh dance, short plays and a nightmare gala

Art Hounds: Fresh dance, short plays and a nightmare gala

Art Hounds recommend Strange Loop Project’s “Fresh Baked,” Threshold Theater’s “More 4Play” and Plains Art Museum’s Spring Gala.
by Emily Bright

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‘Your own Minnesota badge of honor’: The Rebel Loon becomes walking resistance artwork

‘Your own Minnesota badge of honor’: The Rebel Loon becomes walking resistance artwork

The Rebel Loon, a round graphic of the state bird with wings outstretched above it — has become a symbol of Minnesotan's response to the immigration enforcement surge. It didn’t take long for the arts world to adapt it into anything imaginable, including tattoos.
by Anika Besst

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New documentary explores history of Minneapolis West Bank’s influential, funky music scene

New documentary explores history of Minneapolis West Bank’s influential, funky music scene

The new Twin Cities PBS documentary “Wild West Bank Sound” explores how Cedar-Riverside, otherwise known as the West Bank in Minneapolis, became a center for music in the 1960s and beyond.
by Nina Moini and Ellen Finn

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Thoroughly Modern Lisl: A new book tells the story of the woman who was Minnesota's first Modern architect

Thoroughly Modern Lisl: A new book tells the story of the woman who was Minnesota's first Modern architect

Architectural historian Jane King Hession has been studying the work of Minnesota’s first Modernist architect Elizabeth “Lisl” Scheu Close for decades, even conducting an oral history with the architect in 2000 for the Minnesota Historical Society.
by Alex V. Cipolle

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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Flourish’ by Daniel Coyle 

Ask a Bookseller: ‘Flourish’ by Daniel Coyle 

Brie Taralson of Lykke Books in New Ulm recommends “Flourish” by Daniel Coyle.
by Emily Bright

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