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Sarah Agnew in "The Syringa Tree" at the Jungle Theater in Minneapolis

I've got the jingle for Doublemint gum stuck in my head, because this weekend good things seem to come in pairs.

continues its run at the Jungle Theater in Minneapolis. It tells the story of two families in South Africa, one white and one black, with actress Sarah Agnew performing all the characters (Euan Kerr has a full report on the show, which you can find 

Lunga Sinuka offers a different take on life under apartheid in his one-man show at 

in St. Paul. "The Cool Train" follows Sinuka in his childhood in a Xhosa village with no electricity or running water, to working as a glass cleaner at one of South Africa's best hotels, and eventually joining the African National Congress in the violent struggle for freedom.

in Minneapolis, and the first of those nights it's a double-header with legendary flautist 

.  Pairing a classical flautist with a latin jazz group may seem like a stretch, but since Tiempo Libre is known for its riffs on Bach, this could be pretty fun.

It's the second and final weekend of the 

, the weekend where people try desperately to get in to see the shows that have emerged as this year's faves. Some of the winners? 

The Harty Boys in the Case of the Limping Platypus

Sometimes two just isn't enough, as in the case of this weekend's art fairs. There's the 

all in Minneapolis this weekend, with a Target shuttle bus offering rides between them. It's art-loving madness!

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This weekend good things seem to come in pairs, and even triplets.

Art Hounds: Three art fairs, two takes on apartheid, and second helpings at the Fringe

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