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Run free and wild with this week's hounds as they track down an oversized optical illusion at the M.I.A., the Klingon translation of a Christmas classic, and a new music champion who's bringing his internationally renowned quartet to the University of Minnesota.

Ruben Nusz is an artist and arts writer from Minneapolis who enthusiastically endorses a new installation by University of Minnesota ceramics professor Tetsuya Yamada at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Yamada's 

 on display at the M.I.A.'s Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program gallery through January 24th, is an installation that transforms mundane repetitive movement into an oversized optical illusion.

Heidi Berg is an actor in the Twin Cities. Heidi can think of no better way to celebrate Christmas then to see Commedia Beauregard interpret Dickens the way a Klingon would in 

Don't worry if you're not fluent in Klingon. The dialogue will be translated back into English on a screen. The production is on stage at Mixed Blood Theatre through December 13th.

Jessica Narum is a graduate student in music theory at the University of Minnesota. Jessica says one of new music's best known and adventurous performers will be making a relatively rare visit to the "U" this weekend.  

specializes in the compositions of today, from composers around the world. Arditti will perform a guest recital on Friday, Dec. 4th at 7:30pm at Ferguson Hall. He's expected to play works from student composers. He'll perform again on Sunday, Dec. 6th at 7:30pm, at Ted Mann Concert Hall, accompanied by pianist and visiting "U" professor Noriko Kawai.

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Run free and wild with this week's hounds as they track down an oversized optical illusion, a Christmas classic - in Klingon, and a champion of new music.

Art Hounds: Tetsuya Yamada, A Klingon Christmas Carol, Irvine Arditti

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