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

Mixed Blood Theatre explores immigration and identity at the ballpark (literally)

Mixed Blood Theatre explores immigration and identity at the ballpark (literally)

A play at CHS Field explores issues of immigration and identity. Playwrights Alex Levy and Gabriel Greene met in grammar school. "We've been friends for 35 years," Greene said. "Always into theater, always into baseball."
by Euan Kerr

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Why 'Ruby Tuesday' was the hit side in the U.S.

Why 'Ruby Tuesday' was the hit side in the U.S.

The song was actually released as the B-side of the single. The A-side "Let's Spend the Night Together" was a top five hit in Great Britain, but many American radio stations thought the song was too risque to play on the air.

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Writing past the white gaze as a black author

"I wanted my characters to be respectable," LJ Alonge writes. "I wanted them to somehow escape the judgement they'd get for just being, the same kind of judgement I've gotten for just being..."
by LJ Alonge

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