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Finding joy and community in amateur holiday performances 

From local Nutcrackers to community choir concerts, ‘tis the season for holiday shows put on by your friends and neighbors. 

Across Minnesota, stages are booked with theater, dance and music performances — and many of the people in the spotlight aren’t even paid professionals. 

They’re adults with day jobs who rehearse after dinner, all for the joy and community they find in amateur arts groups. 

Coming up at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, MPR News guest host Catharine Richert talks about what tapping into your inner performing artist does for your own well-being and how these local productions enrich our communities. 

Have you sung in a community choir or acted in community theater? If you’re involved on stage — or behind the scenes — in any kind of community performing arts production, tell us what you get out of it. 

Call us during the 9 a.m. hour at 651-227-6000 or 800-242-2828.

For her 250th birthday, a look at Jane Austen’s work and legacy

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Jane Austen novel must be in want of a new adaptation. Two and a half centuries after her birth, Austen’s novels about women, money and power endure, drawing new readers and endless re-imaginings. What do they say about the world we live in now? 

Inside the changing college admissions process

Millions of teens across the country are applying to college for the first time. To help get more prospective students in the door, many colleges are easing application requirements, offering more scholarships, and admitting a greater share of students than in the past.

Tuesday on Minnesota Now, we’re following all the regional news and weather. We'll learn about a collaboration that's bringing new life to folk recordings from the 1950s and '60s using AI. Plus, mental support for Minnesota farmers.

Siddhartha Mukherjee on understanding cancer now

In 2011, Siddhartha Mukherjee won the Pulitzer Prize for his biography of cancer, “The Emperor of All Maladies,” and now he’s back with an update. How our understanding of cancer has advanced over the past fifteen years, and what lies ahead.

Here’s a look at MPR News upcoming programming plan for the radio and on the stream. 


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