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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.

'Minnesota 13' tells little known history of moonshine in Stearns Co.

'Minnesota 13' tells little known history of moonshine in Stearns Co.

During prohibition, Minnesotans made some of the highest quality liquor around. And not just any Minnesotans, but Catholic farmers in rural Stearns County.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Art Hounds: Glow-in-the-dark puppetry about mitosis

Art Hounds: Glow-in-the-dark puppetry about mitosis

This week on Art Hounds, Z Puppets Rosenschnoz presents "Cellula," a glow-in-the-dark play about cell division.
by Marianne Combs

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How Mary Tyler Moore made Minneapolis a star

How Mary Tyler Moore made Minneapolis a star

The actress introduced television viewers across the country to Minneapolis when "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" debuted in 1970.
by Tracy Mumford

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Actress Mary Tyler Moore is dead at age 80, publicist says

Actress Mary Tyler Moore is dead at age 80, publicist says

In the 1970s, she created one of TV's first career-woman sitcom heroines in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," which was set in a Minneapolis television station.

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'The Bear and the Nightingale' is a rich winter's tale

'The Bear and the Nightingale' is a rich winter's tale

Katherine Arden's new novel deftly weaves Russian fairy tales with tactile details to create a gorgeously wintry tale of magic, marred slightly by a clunky ending that's clearly setting up sequels.
by Amal El-Mohtar

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August Wilson examines the ugly contradictions in American history

August Wilson examines the ugly contradictions in American history

A talk given in Minnesota by the late August Wilson, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner and now an Academy Award nominee for the movie "Fences."

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Parting thoughts: A lifelong drive to write

Parting thoughts: A lifelong drive to write

Former MPR Commentator Peter Smith had a passion--and a knack--for writing about the little things in life. He passed away on December 31.
by Cathy Wurzer

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