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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.

A history of the small but mighty Dinkytown neighborhood

A history of the small but mighty Dinkytown neighborhood

It's just four blocks, nestled next to the University of Minnesota and the Mississippi River, but Dinkytown has been a center of Minneapolis' political, intellectual and cultural life for a century.

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'Body of Water': What fishing teaches us about being human

'Body of Water': What fishing teaches us about being human

Chris Dombrowski's two great passions are fishing and poetry. His new book explores the life of a legendary bonefishing guide in the Bahamas, and the wisdom the man has earned from his time at sea.
by MPR News Staff

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In 'Hag-Seed,' a gentle guide to Shakespeare's stormy island

In 'Hag-Seed,' a gentle guide to Shakespeare's stormy island

Margaret Atwood's retelling of "The Tempest" follows the exiled director of a Shakespeare festival, now reduced to putting on shows with convicts at an isolated rural prison.
by Liza Graham

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Bragg and Henry recorded songs on train trip from Chicago to LA

Bragg and Henry will perform Monday night at Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis.

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'Teen Idol' honors legacy of pop star Bobby Vee

'Teen Idol' honors legacy of pop star Bobby Vee

"Teen Idol: The Bobby Vee Story," chronicling the singer's career and the onset of Alzheimer's disease, is currently playing at the History Theatre in St. Paul.

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How much is a Nobel prize medal worth?

How much is a Nobel prize medal worth?

On Monday, Sotheby's will auction off a Nobel economics prize medal awarded to John Nash in 1994. So, how much is a Nobel medal worth?
by Rebecca Hersher

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Canada just wants to #TellAmericaItsGreat

Canada just wants to #TellAmericaItsGreat

A Canadian company started the hashtag #TellAmericaItsGreat to help its southern neighbors endure this contentious election season.
by Sam Sanders

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Ask a bookseller: Phinney Books in Seattle

Ask a bookseller: Phinney Books in Seattle

Tom Nissley says the hardest request he gets as a bookseller is when people say: "I want a happy book." But a newly released book fits that bill.
by Tracy Mumford

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