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Reviews: Our dedicated reviewers offer 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 the reviews here.

Art Friend: Everyone needs an art friend. Introducing Art Friend from MPR News, a new segment with the MPR News arts team. Art spaces can feel exclusive and art can be confusing, obtuse, 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 the stories here.

Our arts coverage is made possible in part by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment's Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

January 5, 2016 8:06 AM

Over 10 years, filmmakers documented the 'making' of a murderer

Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi were film students when they started working on their 10-part Netflix series about Steven Avery. "We had no money, but what we did have was time," Demos says.

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January 4, 2016 4:33 PM

Books to fill your reading time until the next "Game of Thrones"

George R.R. Martin just announced that "The Winds of Winter" will be further delayed. Take up these fantasy epics while you wait.

by Tracy Mumford

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January 4, 2016 4:27 PM

Graphic novelist named ambassador for young people's lit

Gene Luen Yang is a two-time National Book Award finalist. He is the first graphic novelist to be named to the post.

by The Associated Press

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January 4, 2016 3:31 PM

In sluggish year on Broadway, 'Lion King' beat 'Hamilton'

Attendance and receipts were both lower than last year.

by The Associated Press

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January 4, 2016 11:42 AM

The pitfalls of adult sibling relationships

"Remember that we're with our siblings longer than anyone else -- longer than our parents, longer than our children, longer than our partners," author Geoffrey Greif said.

by MPR News Staff

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January 4, 2016 9:12 AM

George R.R. Martin admits 'Winter' isn't coming -- at least, not for a while

The writer says he missed an end-of-year deadline to finish "Winds of Winter," the sixth book in the "Game of Thrones" series. The delay means the show will air the next season before its source material.

by Colin Dwyer

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January 4, 2016 8:56 AM

Tribute to James Brown at the Dakota Jazz Club

The Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis will host a James Brown tribute.

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January 4, 2016 12:00 AM

'Mein Kampf' enters public domain; may return to European bookstores

Reprints of Hitler's manifesto have been received warily; the legal case around Anne Frank's diary is significantly murkier.

by Colin Dwyer

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January 2, 2016 11:35 AM

Wayne Rogers, Trapper John on 'M.A.S.H.', dies at 82

For three seasons on the CBS hit TV show, Rogers played an Army surgeon alongside Alan Alda's character, Hawkeye Pierce.

by Doreen McCallister

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January 1, 2016 12:52 PM

Wayne Rogers, Trapper John on 'M.A.S.H.', dies at 82

For three season on the CBS hit show M.A.S.H., Wayne Rogers played Army surgeon "Trapper" John McIntyre alongside Alan Alda's character Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce.

by Doreen McCallister

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