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Hurray for three day weekends, national holidays, and all the cultural events that go along with them. Saturday the Walker Art Center is hosting a full day of FREE activities for the whole family, including a hula-hooping workshop, an art-bike contest, and musical performances by the 

 is taking over Harriet Island in St. Paul tonight through Sunday, with performances by White Snake and Elvis Costello, among others. Fireworks nightly at 10pm.

I'd be remiss if I didn't mention A Prairie Home Companion's 

this Saturday at Lake Wobegon Park in Avon, Minnesota. It's FREE and features, according to Garrison Keillor, "a brass band, speeches, acoustic blues and rock 'n' roll, some reminiscences by old-timers, and the whole big crowd singing the national anthem, and our sound-effects man will make rockets go up in the air." (I'm guessing they might have some real ones, too)

 is celebrating Independence Day with an exhibition on poverty in America titled "

."  It's a touring exhibition of images by a group of photojournalists working to raise awareness about the issue.

A mild-mannered librarian ends up traveling the world in pursuit of the meaning of life and the person who returned a book 113 years overdue. "Underneath The Lintel" runs at 

After so much family friendly stuff, why not something a little spicier? Friday night 

. As the Star Tribune writes, "The singers are great, the band bumps and grinds with the beat and the dancers have just the right tongue-in-cheek attitude." Lili's motto? "We aim to tease."

Still haven't found something to tickle your fancy? Check out what these 

are up to. Want to join the Art Hound club? 

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There's Taste of Minnesota, the 35th anniversary of Prairie Home, an exhibition on poverty in America, and oh so much more...

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