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The Bookshelf: The 'People's Book' Showcases New Hampshire Writers, Artists

This week marked the launch of the second annual edition of The People's Book, a collection of literary works and visual art created by New Hampshire writers and artists.




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The Bookshelf: Joe Hill on Collaboration: 'Story is Our Family's Private Language'

When Joe Hill launched his career as a writer, he didn't want anyone to know about his famous writer parents, Stephen and Tabitha King. Rather than ride their coattails, he wanted to find success on his own—thus the pen name, Joe Hill.




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The Bookshelf: Poet Marie Harris and 'Desire Lines'

If you've ever been on a college campus or a public park, you may have seen desire lines. Those are those well-worn paths carved by travelers who, for whatever reason, preferred a route that diverged from the ones carefully cured in concrete by city or campus planners.




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The Bookshelf: A Sexual Assault Survivor Learns to Thrive in Lisa Gardner's New Novel

One day, while hiking in the Georgia mountains, a couple finds the bones of a human body buried many years ago. The discovery prompts a search for answers: why was this person killed? Who did it? And how many more bodies are hidden in these hills?




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The Bookshelf: The Little-Known History Of Violence At New England's African American Schools

The history of school desegregation in America has long been centered around the southern United States.




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The Particular Sadness of Trout Fishing in America

People love fishing for trout. They love it so much that we are willing to go to insane lengths to catch them. But what should we make of the fact that much of that experience of fishing for trout is just a facsimile of what it once was… and may actually be bad for the very same fish, that we so love to catch?

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Leo Rising

Depending on who you ask, astrology is a science, an art, a form of therapy… or, a pseudo-science, fortune-telling, a scam.  But astrology is way more than a horoscope.

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Rising overnight temperatures with rain chances

Temperatures will trend upwards for Sunday evening into early Monday morning. A cold front moving eastward from the Dakotas will bring a chance of rain showers on Monday. Look for above-average temperatures this week with highs in the lower to mid-50s.




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Election Day rain winds down this evening

A low-pressure system brings another soaking to much of Minnesota on Election Day.




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Warmer-than-normal November likely, but a more challenging winter is ahead

It’s warm for now. But a weak La Niña should produce a colder winter than last year.




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Sunshine and 50s for Friday; rain chances this weekend

Some rare November sunshine is on tap for our Friday. Temperatures continue to trend above our seasonal average with highs in the 50s expected. Our next weather system will bring some intermittent, light rain showers for the weekend.




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Next rainfall is likely Wednesday

Our next weather system on Wednesday looks arm enough for rain. A good soaking is likely across much of Minnesota.




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Wind chill is back; rain ahead Wednesday

It was frigid Tuesday morning across Minnesota. Our next rain arrives on Wednesday.




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Fuel Economy Standards Are Supersizing Our Vehicles. Ford Scrapping Small Cars Is An Alarm Bell.

Asst. Prof. Koichiro Ito explains research on regulations increasing average size of vehicles




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Fuel Economy Standards Are Supersizing Our Vehicles. Ford Scrapping Small Cars Is An Alarm Bell.

Asst. Prof. Koichiro Ito explains research on regulations increasing average size of vehicles




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The Secret History of White Power

In Q&A, Asst. Prof. Kathleen Belew discusses research on white power movements




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Renowned Indian-American behavioral economist to join Booth School of Business

Behavioral economist Sendhil Mullainathan to join Booth faculty as University Professor




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Philip Roth, Towering Novelist Who Explored Lust, Jewish Life and America, Dies at 85

Obituary recounts life and career of alumnus and preeminent novelist Philip Roth




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A Brief History of Dinosaurs in Space

Prof. W.J.T. Mitchell writes book on cultural depictions of dinosaurs




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Tusks, Horns, and Claws: The Fight to Dismantle the Facebook Animal Parts Bazaar

Prof. M. Todd Henderson discusses liabilities for hosting criminal content




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Twin Shadow's new album is about our society's fault lines

When the album was released he wrote: "Our perceptions of who we are as human beings, because of technology and machines, are falling apart. We're living at a breaking point, and a lot of the themes on the album are talking about these fault lines."




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11-year-old Minnesota pianist recovers from brain hemorrhage

Last Thanksgiving, Eliana Szabo suffered a brain hemorrhage when an arteriovenous malformation ruptured. Now 11, she has relearned how to walk and talk. Meanwhile, a fellow pianist is trying to raise $10,000 through selling handmade paper cranes.




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Watchdog group finds spooky Spotify ad is too scary for kids, causes 'distress'

In 60 seconds, the commercial showcases a medley of horror film tropes, including a maniacal doll that presumably kills a group of young people whenever they play a catchy pop song.




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Ed Sheeran brings his one man band to U.S. Bank Stadium

Ed Sheeran will be performing Saturday night at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Sheeran is a one-man band, creating his music using only his voice, guitar and loop machines.




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A 'cosmic connection' between two violinists

For decades, Cologne-based violinist Geoffry Wharton has played jazzy crowd-pleasing encores written in the 1930s by an obscure composer, Audrey Call. Then Wharton discovered a spooky connection with her.




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On Barbra Streisand's latest album, the walls do talk -- to the president

With her latest release, Barbra Streisand has done something different: Her new album, Walls, addresses songs -- including some of her own originals -- to the president of the United States.




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28 trombonists play 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' will send shivers down your spine

Recorded during the 2018 International Trombone Festival, this brass choir elevates the cover game.




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Ensemble 'gives a voice' to Nazi death camp prisoners through unearthed music

While conducting research at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, a music theory professor discovered manuscripts of music that haven't been heard since World War II.




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'Baby, It's Cold Outside,' seen as sexist, frozen out by radio stations

Programmers have banned the song after fielding listener complaints that the song is offensive, only to face a backlash against that decision.




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Jayhawks play Friday night at First Avenue in Minneapolis

The latest album is mostly made up of songs that Jayhawks leader Gary Louris initially wrote for other artists like Jakob Dylan and Carrie Rodriguez. He wrote it with the Dixie Chicks.




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Beautiful! Carole King makes surprise appearance in Broadway show

Anything can happen in live theater, and audience members seeing "Beautiful," the life story of Carole King, got a surprise when King appeared in the role of herself to celebrate the show's fifth anniversary on Broadway.




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For many with disabilities, 'Let It Go' is an anthem of acceptance

The breakout song from Disney's "Frozen" has inspired many marginalized groups -- but its message of rejecting stigma holds special resonance for disabled people and their families.




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Kacey Musgraves and Childish Gambino win top awards at Grammys

No single artist dominated, but over the course of a night in which a handful of artists won major awards, a thread became clear: The Academy was attempting to make amends for past mistakes.




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R. Kelly goes back to jail, takes risks with TV interview

A spokesperson for the Cook County Sheriff's Office said Kelly would not be released from jail until he pays the full child-support debt. His next hearing was scheduled for March 13.




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Need a can't-miss wheel of cheese? Try playing it some hip-hop

Researchers exposed cheese to different genres of music for 24 hours a day over six months to find out that hip-hop might create the tastiest cheese.




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Jenny Lewis performs new album in Twin Cities this week

Thursday afternoon she'll be playing in the intimate Clown Lounge under the Turf Club. Then Friday night she'll be at the Palace Theatre in downtown St. Paul.




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Bob Dylan whiskey distillery to open fall 2020 in Nashville

A news release says Heaven's Door Spirits will transform a 160-year-old church into the Heaven's Door Distillery and Center for the Arts, featuring the distillery, a whiskey library, a restaurant and a 360-seat live performance venue.




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Cellist Yo-Yo Ma plays Bach in shadow of border crossing

The world-renowned cellist brought his Bach Project to the sister cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, on Saturday.




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Beyoncé surprise drops live Coachella album, Netflix doc now streaming

The recording of her historic 2018 performance, titled Homecoming: Live Album, includes new songs and arrives just as a documentary of the concert begins streaming on Netflix.




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Billy Bragg's three-night stand in Minneapolis

British singer/songwriter Billy Bragg is in Minneapolis for his "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back" tour. On each stop of the tour he is playing three nights.




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An album from Prince's vault, and his memoir, are coming

The Prince estate has announced plans to release Originals, another album of previously unreleased tracks -- many of which were hits for other artists -- he recorded between 1981 and 1991.




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Cuban diva Omara Portuondo feels as strong as ever on 'Last Kiss' world tour

Now 88 years old, Cuba's musical matriarch wants to perform for audiences until she dies. "What I have left to live for is smiles," Portuondo says.




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Legendary actress and singer Doris Day dead at 97

The Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed Day died early Monday at her Carmel Valley, Calif., home. The foundation said she was surrounded by close friends.




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Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' video is here to lasso the yeehaw agenda

Folks, the yeehaw agenda has reached its absolute apex. Chris Rock, Rico Nasty, Vince Staples, Diplo and, of course, Billy Ray Cyrus guest in the video for the smash hit.




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The Netherlands wins Eurovision Song Contest

The Netherlands won the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv Saturday, with Duncan Laurence's doleful piano ballad "Arcade" crowned champion of Europe's annual music extravaganza.




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The Improvised Life: Sam Miltich takes his message of jazz and mental health across Minn.

Fifteen years ago, Sam Miltich was a teenager on top of the world. He taught himself how to play jazz guitar growing up in the woods outside Grand Rapids. And he got so good that at 18 he played in Europe and New York. Then, four years later, something happened that made it hard for Miltich to comprehend living, much less making a living playing jazz.




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Lizzo on feminism, self-love and bringing 'hallelujah moments' to stage

The flute-playing pop star celebrates self-acceptance on her latest album, Cuz I Love You. "About 10 years ago, I made the decision that I just wanted to be happy with my body," she says.




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This 'Greatest Hits' album is real. Its artist is fiction

Laura Barnett wrote a novel about an aging singer-songwriter sizing up her life in 16 tracks. Then she approached musician Kathryn Williams, who created the book's original soundtrack.




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In 'We Get By,' Mavis Staples keeps singing 'songs of change'

Nearing 80, the solo artist has a new album out. Decades after she brought a gospel score to the civil rights movement with The Staple Singers, she remains hopeful in her enduring mission for change.




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First listen: Bob Dylan, 'The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings'

Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue occupies a mythic place in the history of rock tours. It was an experiment on a conceptually grand scale to create music on an intimate scale.