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Art Hounds

Each week three people from the Minnesota arts community talk about a performance, opening, or event they're excited to see or want others to check out.

Podcast · By Minnesota Public Radio · English · US · Official site

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  1. Episode · Sep 3, 2026

    Art Hounds: A 4-H State Fair musical, maximalist Latinx art, and landscape paintings to make you look up (opens the original)

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    From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art. Their recommendations are lightly edited from the audio heard in the player above. Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here . A Teen Musical in the 4-H Building Erik Ostrom of Minneapolis is an improviser, composer and musician—and he always makes a point when he goes to the State Fair to see the 4-H State Arts-In Musical . The program brings together teen t

  2. Episode · Aug 27, 2026

    Art Hounds: An arts festival, art responding to ICE and latch-hook reinvention (opens the original)

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    From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art. Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here . Austin ArtWorks Festival brings visual art, music, books and film downtown Gretchen Ramlo has been involved with the Austin ArtWorks Festival since the beginning, but lately she has stepped back and is looking forward simply to attending this year. The free annual festival takes place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday,

  3. Episode · Aug 20, 2026

    Art Hounds: A twilight river circus, opera with drag and an upcycled Lake Superior quilt (opens the original)

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    From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art. Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here . A twilight circus takes over Raspberry Island Erinn Liebhard, artistic and executive director of Rhythmically Speaking, is looking forward to a one-night-only circus and cabaret performance Sunday, Aug. 23. Insomnia Salon Vol. 3: The River Night Circus takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. at Raspberry Island in St. Paul. Th

  4. Episode · Aug 6, 2026

    Art Hounds: 5 shows to catch at the Minnesota Fringe Festival (opens the original)

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    This week, Art Hounds is devoted to the Minnesota Fringe Festival. More than 100 individual plays will run on stages across Minneapolis Thursday through August. Fringe is the largest non-juried theater festival in the U.S.; amateur and professional theater makers alike pitch shows that are chosen by lottery. Each show must be fewer than 60 minutes, and there are up to seven slots a day for shows to run. For many, it's the wild diversity of shows itself that is the draw. Performances this year sp

  5. Episode · Jul 30, 2026

    Art Hounds: Opera by the lake, jazz-inspired dance and a graffiti legend (opens the original)

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    From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art. Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here . A world-class music festival in the Brainerd Lakes Hedy Holmberg spends the summers by Bay Lake in the Brainerd Lakes Region. In the past five years, she's been attending the Lakes Area Music Festival, which she calls a hidden gem. The series kicks off Friday and runs through Aug. 23 with a series of concerts. Some

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