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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.

Kate McKinnon’s new middle-grade mystery is for all her fellow misfits

Kate McKinnon’s new middle-grade mystery is for all her fellow misfits

The SNL star says her new book is part of what she calls her “private mission to give a wink and a nod” to young people who might feel “different” — like she did — growing up.
by Elizabeth Blair

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Ta-Nehisi Coates explores how oppression can breed oppression in ‘The Message’

Ta-Nehisi Coates explores how oppression can breed oppression in ‘The Message’

In his first nonfiction book in a decade, Coates reflects on what he learned while visiting three different places: Senegal, South Carolina and the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
by Terry Gross

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Horror and mystery are center stage with two Twin Cities productions

Horror and mystery are center stage with two Twin Cities productions

MPR News arts reporter Jacob Aloi reviews two Twin Cities shows for Halloween, with “Scotland, PA” offering a comedic, fast-food-themed take on “Macbeth,” and “The Reunion” providing a clever, meta whodunnit.
by Jacob Aloi

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Gavin Creel, Tony Award winner and musical Broadway veteran, dies at 48

Gavin Creel, Tony Award winner and musical Broadway veteran, dies at 48

Gavin Creel, a Broadway veteran who won a Tony Award for “Hello, Dolly!” and nominations for “Hair” and “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” died Monday of a rare and aggressive form of cancer.
by The Associated Press

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As theaters struggle, many independent cinemas in Los Angeles are finding their audience

As theaters struggle, many independent cinemas in Los Angeles are finding their audience

In a time when streaming and a pandemic have radically transformed cinema consumption over the past decade, a growing number of mostly younger people are contributing to a renaissance of the Los Angeles independent movie theater scene. 
by The Associated Press

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