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Cymbals crash as John Cook directs the concert band in the piece "Convergence" by Larry Clark, part of the fall music showcase Monday, Oct. 18, 2021 at Park Rapids Area High School. Robin Fish / Park Rapids Enterprise
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Band and choir combine in fall music showcase

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Health Variant: Why won't people listen to perfectly good health advice?

An outdoor graduation and community celebration of the city's 400th anniversary take place in front of the basilica at Guadalajara, Mexico. Contributed / HCLL, Oct. 3, 2021
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Wolff presents ‘Images of Mexico’

Mary Niklaus (right) reviews "Educated" by Tara Westover (Random House Publishing Group, 2018). Contributed photo / Mary Niklaus
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CHECK IT OUT: 'Educated' shares author’s path to resiliency

Michael Keaton plays Dr. Samuel Finnix, a doctor who overprescribes Oxycontin to his patients, in the new Hulu drama "Dopesick." (Antony Platt/Hulu/TNS)
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‘Dopesick’ swallows the opioid crisis, one pill at a time, from the perpetrators to the victims

Young-adult author and Minneapolis native Gary Paulsen died Oct. 13, 2021. He was 82. The three-time Newbery Honor winner’s titles include “Dogsong,” “Woodsong,” “The Voyage of the Frog” and “Masters of Disaster.” Paulsen fled a difficult home life at age 14 and ran away with the circus, according to his publisher, Random House. Perhaps his biggest message to his fans is “Read like a wolf eats.” Contributed via St. Paul Pioneer Press
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Acclaimed Minnesota author Gary Paulsen dies at 82

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In her cozy apartment at Baker Park Senior Housing, Darolyn Erickson sings one of her favorite Frank Sinatra songs. (Dennis Doeden / Bemidji Pioneer)
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92-year-old shows off her singing voice on the way to Minnesota competition

"Restorative Loops," an exhibit of Kristen Anderson's felted artworks, are now on display at the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center through Nov. 6. Contributed / NYM Cultural Center, Oct. 4, 2021
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‘Restorative Loops’ showing at NYM Cultural Center

Tom Chapin Contributed / HCLL, Sept. 27, 2021
Entertainment

Chapin tells more tales of poachers caught

Eilif and Eric Dregni in Norway. Photo courtesy of Eric Dregni / Special to The Forum
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Minnesota author searches for Norwegian happiness in 'For the Love of Cod'

Tiffanie Trujillo Contributed / NYM Cultural Center, Oct. 7, 2021
Music

New York soprano to perform in New York Mills

From left, Selena Gomez, Steve Martin and Martin Short in "Only Murders in the Building." (Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu/TNS)
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Commentary: What 'Only Murders in the Building' gets right about our obsession with true crime

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Health Variant: So, the American Heart Association called

Audra Mari meets with Mahrie Ohren at Backroads Steakhouse.
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Get your classic meat and potatoes with the kids or have an after-work cocktail at this small-town Minnesota steakhouse. Check it out on this episode of 'Backroads with Audra Mari'

The Trashmen. Contributed / Sundazed Records
History

The Trashmen were more than junk in the 1964 Minnesota music scene

Geri and Darby Nelson paddled the full length of the Minnesota River. Geri, left, will share about the couple's experience at the Headwaters Center for Lifelong Learning on Tuesday, Oct. 5 at the Armory in Park Rapids. Contributed / HCLL, Sept. 20, 2021
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Nelson relates Minnesota River journey

Grand Central Publishing, 2021; Greystone Books, 2016; MIRA, 2020.
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Rachel's Ruminations: ‘Obesity Code’ could be more helpful

Gaelynn Lea announced Wednesday via Twitter that she is creating the soundtrack for a 2022 Broadway revival of "Macbeth" directed by Sam Gold. Clint Austin / 2018 file / Duluth News Tribune
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Minnesota musician Gaelynn Lea tapped for Broadway production of 'Macbeth'

This print by Jason Clark is among the works displayed in the upcoming show "Say It with Color" at the Watermark Art Center in Bemidji. Contributed / Watermark Art Center, Sept. 29, 2021
Art

Color-themed exhibit opens at Watermark

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This Minnesota museum celebrates a 'legacy' of lake life and the boats that make it so much fun, on this episode of 'Backroads with Audra Mari'

Julie Sanders, left, of Detroit Lakes and Linda Bentson of Bad Medicine chat with artist Kathleen Ristinen on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021 before leaving Ristinen's Art Leap site near Menahga with a newly purchased pottery bowl. Robin Fish / Park Rapids Enterprise
Art

Art Leap sites boast beauty inside and out