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"Old Minnesota: Song of the North Star" begins performances Thursday at the Minnesota State Fair.

The show is the newest entertainment offering at the Great Minnesota Get-Together, which opens Thursday and runs through Labor Day in Falcon Heights.

Morning Edition arts commentator and St. Paul Pioneer Press theater critic Dominic Papatola runs down some of the entertainment offerings.

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