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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.

Audit: Rochester Art Center in deep financial trouble

Audit: Rochester Art Center in deep financial trouble

Rochester heavily subsidizes the art center, but city officials were surprised to hear that auditors recently cast "substantial doubt" about the center's ability to survive. Contributions, corporate sponsorships and memberships are all in decline.
by Catharine Richert

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'Girl in Disguise' is a spunky spy saga

'Girl in Disguise' is a spunky spy saga

Little is known about the real life of Kate Warne, the first female detective in America, but Greer Macallister's romp of a novel paints her as a live wire, an ace in a dangerous man's world.
by Jean Zimmerman

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Lennon's unusual stamp on 'Good Morning Good Morning'

Lennon's unusual stamp on 'Good Morning Good Morning'

John Lennon says a jingle from a Kellogg's ad inspired a song that he wrote for the Beatles.
by MPR News Staff

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David Grann on the brutal crime America forgot

David Grann on the brutal crime America forgot

David Grann's new book, "Killers of the Flower Moon," tells the true story of the Osage Indian nation. Once the wealthiest people in the world, by the early 1920s, they were being killed off one by one.
by Tracy Mumford

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Aaron Copland didn't like his famous nickname

Aaron Copland didn't like his famous nickname

He was known as the Dean of American Composers. "That's just a name that somebody pinned up," Copland said. "It doesn't mean a thing."
by Cody Nelson

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How for-profit colleges sell 'risky education' to the most vulnerable

How for-profit colleges sell 'risky education' to the most vulnerable

Tressie McMillan Cottom worked in enrollment at two for-profit colleges, but quit because she felt uncomfortable selling students an education they couldn't afford. Her new book is "Lower Ed."

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107-year-old northern Minn. woman leaves behind stories of moonshine, priests

107-year-old northern Minn. woman leaves behind stories of moonshine, priests

Elsye McGuire's early life reads like "Little House on the Prairie" -- if it were written for adults, and Pa ran an illegal moonshine still in the swamp behind his house.
by John Enger

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Elvis Costello customized 'Less Than Zero' lyrics for American listeners

Elvis Costello customized 'Less Than Zero' lyrics for American listeners

The song is about Oswald Mosely, but when performing in America, Costello would change the lyrics so that it would be about Lee Harvey Oswald. He assumed Americans had never heard of Oswald Mosely.
by MPR News Staff

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If you could make your own holiday, what would it celebrate?

March 26 was National Make Up Your Own Holiday Day. It's an opportunity to reflect on the things in life that are worth celebrating -- whether it's the importance of voting, kindness or hairdos. Here are some ideas from members of our Public Insight Network.
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