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.

Art Reviews: Our arts team offers insight on the latest in theater, music, visual arts and more. We explore the breadth of creativity and innovation found throughout Minnesota, offering audiences a deeper understanding of the works and artists shaping our cultural landscape. Read more here.

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.

March 2, 2017 2:50 PM

Guthrie season: a study in counterpoints

Plays that seem unrelated are actually the result of deliberate pairings.

by Marianne Combs

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March 2, 2017 11:07 AM

Unemployed, living in a caravan - and now, winner of a $165,000 literary prize

Ali Cobby Eckermann, an Australian indigenous poet forcibly taken from her family as a child, discovered without warning last week she had just won one of the richest literary prizes in the world.

by Colin Dwyer

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March 2, 2017 8:36 AM

Sting to perform new and old songs at Myth

During his 40-year career, Sting has explored a wide variety of musical styles from reggae to jazz to world beat to classical. But with this new album, he returns to his roots as a rock 'n' roller.

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March 2, 2017 6:06 AM

America's 'complacent class': How self-segregation is leading to stagnation

Economist and author Tyler Cowen worries that Americans' desire to keep changing has gone away. "The forward march of progress," he says, "is not the main story today."

by Heidi Glenn

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March 2, 2017 4:00 AM

Art Hounds: Balkan music and 'ResisDance'

This week Art Hounds recommend a Balkan celebration of spring, a show of prints in Fergus Falls and a dance-filled protest.

by Marianne Combs

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March 2, 2017 4:00 AM

Drone out: 'The revolution will be asleep'

Doctors Without Borders got a donation of some $4,000 from a strange source: a 28-hour drone.

by Cody Nelson

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March 1, 2017 11:07 AM

So presidential: Alec Baldwin working on Trump satire

Actor Alec Baldwin is teaming with author Kurt Andersen on the satirical book "You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump."

by Associated Press