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.

October 24, 2016 5:00 AM

For John Sandford, Minnesota remains the perfect crime scene

Thrill master John Sandford, who set his latest book, "Escape Clause," at the Minnesota Zoo, talks with MPR News about his characters' Minnesota roots -- and the hardest part about crime writing.

by Tracy Mumford

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October 22, 2016 4:00 AM

Ask a bookseller: Left Bank Books in St. Louis

Bookseller Shane Mullen has two eerie, unsettling reads for your October book list. The first deals with a horror film gone awry in the Amazon and the second revolves around the mysterious disappearance of young twin girls.

by Tracy Mumford

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October 21, 2016 6:52 PM

One-woman show looks at war through child's eyes

Playwright and actor Ifrah Mansour offers a work based on her own experiences as a child in Somalia's civil war.

by Marianne Combs

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October 21, 2016 5:36 PM

Endgame near for those claiming family ties to Prince

Prince's legal family portrait is coming into focus as the process to establish his estate's heirs moves toward a conclusion. Millions of dollars are at stake.

by Tim Nelson

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October 21, 2016 4:59 PM

St. Paul's Bedlam venue to close its doors

The multifaceted performance and event space had operated under a debt burden that grew too heavy.

by Euan Kerr

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October 21, 2016 2:08 PM

Is Wonder Woman suited to be a U.N. ambassador?

This Friday the U.N. holds a star-studded ceremony to appoint Wonder Woman its honorary ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls. Many women's rights advocates are in an uproar.

by Nurith Aizenman

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October 21, 2016 2:03 PM

Justice Ginsburg will make her operatic debut - sort of

The Supreme Court justice is set to play a nonsinging role on opening night of the Donizetti opera "The Daughter of the Regiment" at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

by Nina Totenberg

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October 21, 2016 1:07 PM

U.S. Bank Stadium to open doors to runners, skaters

The new home of the Vikings will open 16 times through mid-March for runners and in-line skaters, continuing a tradition that started at the Metrodome before it was torn down, officials said Friday.

by Tim Nelson

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October 21, 2016 12:00 PM

Here's the only good thing -- books! -- about the Lynx losing the WNBA championship

The mayors of Minneapolis and Los Angeles staged a friendly wager over the game: The loser has to send a shipment of books by local women authors to the winning city. Minneapolis is preparing to send the books next week.

by Tracy Mumford