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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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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.

Madonna put spotlight on AIDS with 'Live to Tell' performance

Madonna put spotlight on AIDS with 'Live to Tell' performance

In 2006, during her Confessions tour, she sang it while hanging on a giant mirrored cross and wearing a crown of thorns. The number 12 million flashed behind her, an estimate of the number of children orphaned by AIDS in Africa.

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What if Romeo and Juliet didn't have to die?

What if Romeo and Juliet didn't have to die?

What if Romeo and Juliet had lived? In Ryan North's new "chooseable-path adventure" about Romeo and Juliet, you can make sure the two never meet -- or have them take over Verona in giant robot suits.

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The future of Cuban sci-fi is 'Super Extra Grande'

The future of Cuban sci-fi is 'Super Extra Grande'

In "Super Extra Grande," Cuban sci-fi author Yoss imagines a world where faster-than-light travel has brought humanity into contact with a vast array of strange and marvelous intergalactic creatures.
by Juan Vidal

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Annie Proulx's bloody new novel 'Barkskins' is about more deforestation

Annie Proulx's bloody new novel 'Barkskins' is about more deforestation

"Barkskins" follows two loggers' stories over three centuries. Proulx says the forest is the hero of her book, but it's also "one facet of larger things, like climate change and the melting of the ice."

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