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Plus, a cabaret festival and a trip back in time to 1930s Lanesboro.

This week on Art Hounds: A major new mural at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, a Fergus Falls exhibit about mental health, and "Nadia."

Four new children's and YA books are being promoted in local bookstores this weekend. Plus, the Art Hounds recommend a show about the legacy of Indian boarding schools, and "Dancing on the Edge."

This week Art Hounds recommend an exhibition of Somali art at Mia, "Ballast" at Mixed Blood Theatre and a puppet-filled celebration of the lowly onion at Farm Fest in Duluth.

Headed to the State Fair this week for a little entertainment? Art Hounds recommend llamas, the 4-H musical, seed art and scarecrows.

This week, the Art Hounds recommend "Prince Pre-Fame," a dance concert and a local music festival in St. Cloud.

This week, Art Hounds recommend the grand reopening of the state Capitol, an art exhibit about medication and "Steel Magnolias."

Three Fringe fans tell us about the shows they're most anticipating at the 24th annual Minnesota Fringe Festival.

Plus, Art Hounds recommend "Heart Songs" and "Root Beer Lady: The Musical."

Plus, Art Hounds recommend a dance festival in Battle Lake and a vibrant retrospective at the Textile Center.

This week on Art Hounds: the National Puppetry Festival, a new opera about the mother of Martin Luther King Jr., and the Rolling River Music Festival.

Also on Art Hounds this week: the Twin Cities Open Partner Dance Competitions and an art exhibition that combines painting and glassblowing in Fergus Falls.

This week on Art Hounds: Jonathan Thunder's paintings, a murder mystery on stage, and "Everything is Flammable."

Here's what the hounds have picked for this weekend.

This week on Art Hounds: Raw Sugar presents "The Funny," Ken McCullough reads poetry in Plainview, and "Wali" celebrates traditional African drumming and dance.

Art Hounds recommend music by Manchita and Rachael Kilgour, and a show of abstract paintings by Sheila Wagner.

This week, the Art Hounds are barking about "Intimate Apparel," "The Elephant Man" and "The Boy and Robin Hood."

Three art shows take on the environment, consumerism and police brutality.

This week on Art Hounds, art inspired by the weather, an alternative alphabet and folk tunes.

This week on Art Hounds: "A Year with Frog and Toad" returns to the Children's Theatre, a premiere of new music in Mankato, and "Q Stage."