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Luke Bryan first to hold concert at U.S. Bank Stadium

Luke Bryan first to hold concert at U.S. Bank Stadium

The Minneapolis concert is a long way from his roots in Georgia.

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'We Don't Talk Like That': Reflecting on 'Fargo' 20 years later

'We Don't Talk Like That': Reflecting on 'Fargo' 20 years later

The film "Fargo" turned 20 this spring. Documentarians Diane Richard and Todd Melby have produced an in-depth look at how the movie did -- and did not -- capture life in the Midwest.
by Tracy Mumford

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We Don't Talk Like That: 'Fargo' and the Midwest Psyche

We Don't Talk Like That: 'Fargo' and the Midwest Psyche

A new documentary called, "We Don't Talk Like That: 'Fargo' and the Midwest Psyche." It's about the cultural implications of the Coen brothers movie, "Fargo." The documentary producers are Todd Melby and Diane Richard of Two Below Zero.

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Summer Music Series: Baby Shel

Baby Shel, a rapper from the Red Lake Indian Reservation, joined MPR News host Tom Weber in MPR's Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser studio to talk about his work and play a few songs.
by MPR News Staff

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Sculpture Garden piece gives Park Rapids artist a boost

Sculpture Garden piece gives Park Rapids artist a boost

Aaron Spangler's first bronze will occupy a prominent spot along the garden's new sculpture walk.
by Euan Kerr

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'Homegoing' traces the roots of slavery on both sides of the ocean

'Homegoing' traces the roots of slavery on both sides of the ocean

Yaa Gyasi's novel winds its way from eighteenth-century Ghana to modern day America, following the descendants of two half-sisters separated by history and violence.
by Tracy Mumford

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Riveting 'Obelisk Gate' shatters the stillness

Riveting 'Obelisk Gate' shatters the stillness

N.K. Jemisin continues the story of the Stillness -- a world constantly rocked by quakes, and the rare, gifted people who can control them -- in a second volume even more engrossing than the first.
by Amal El-Mohtar

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Weird Al Yankovic to play State Theatre in Minneapolis

Weird Al Yankovic to play State Theatre in Minneapolis

Since his start 40 years ago, he's become the best-selling comedy musician in history. He's sold more than 12 million albums and won four Grammys.

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Photos: A rendezvous with the past at Grand Portage

Photos: A rendezvous with the past at Grand Portage

The annual Rendezvous Days celebrates and recreates the intersection of Ojibwe people and the North West Company and their people, explorers and traders during its heyday in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
by Derek Montgomery

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