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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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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.

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Peek inside St. Paul's newest theater

Peek inside St. Paul's newest theater

The city has spent nearly $15 million to renovate the old Palace Theater. The music venue is throwing an open house over the lunch hour Friday.
by Euan Kerr

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The best kid's books to give this year

The best kid's books to give this year

Two children's book experts share their favorites reads for everyone from toddlers to young adults.
by MPR News Staff

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'Drug Dealer, MD': Misunderstandings and good intentions fueled opioid epidemic

'Drug Dealer, MD': Misunderstandings and good intentions fueled opioid epidemic

Psychiatrist Anna Lembke says the medical establishment and drugmakers began telling doctors in the 1980s that opioids were effective treatment for chronic pain. "That was patently false," she says.

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Facebook finally gets serious about fighting fake news

Facebook finally gets serious about fighting fake news

Facebook is taking new measures to curb the spread of fake news on its huge and influential social network, focusing on the "worst of the worst" offenders.
by Associated Press

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What's a holiday without lutefisk and a little white lye?

What's a holiday without lutefisk and a little white lye?

The whitefish is famous for being repulsive - and divisive. But Scandinavian-Americans in the Midwest consider their seasonal smelly-jelly feast to be an important link to their Viking ancestors.
by Tove K. Danovich

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Art Hounds: 'Prints on Ice' at Highpoint Center for Printmaking

Art Hounds: 'Prints on Ice' at Highpoint Center for Printmaking

This week on Art Hounds, Highpoint Center for Printmaking presents its 30th "Prints on Ice," In The Heart of the Beast takes to the streets with "La Natividad," and "The Venetian Twins" travels to Duluth.
by Marianne Combs

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Apartheid is long gone, but African food is still hard to find in Cape Town

Apartheid is long gone, but African food is still hard to find in Cape Town

Cape Town, South Africa, is now a global food hot spot. But the lack of restaurants serving traditional dishes of the continent speaks to larger concerns about what this post-apartheid society values.
by Alan Greenblatt

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Charlie Parr song featured on new holiday album

Charlie Parr song featured on new holiday album

The album also features The Pines, a local group from Minneapolis, and other roots and folk classics like Dale Watson, the Wailin' Jennys, and Robin & Linda Williams.

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VocalEssence stops by with songs for the holidays

VocalEssence stops by with songs for the holidays

VocalEssence, a Minneapolis-based choral music choir, stopped by our studios to sing and chat with MPR News host, Tom Crann.
by Tom Crann and Jeff Jones

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