For week of April 15-21; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.

BRAINERD

Blue Ox Bar

davis?, Thu

Tracey Blake Project, Fri-Sat

Radio Dayz, Mon-Tue

Vegas, Wed

Eagles Club

Muddy Water, 7:30-11:30 p.m. Fri

The Rail

Jack Tango, Thu

Silent Partner, Fri-Sat

Baby Grand, Wed

BREEZY POINT

Commander Bar

Shaggon Wagon, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Fri-Sat

Antlers

Cleo Kuelbs and Cliff Veronick, 6-9 p.m. Fri

CROSSLAKE

Moonlite Bay

davis?, Fri-Sat

LAKE SHORE

Bar Harbor

Steve Anderson, Fri-Sun

Zorbaz

DJ, Fri-Sat

MOTLEY

Ten Hi

Free Ride, Fri-Sat

Performing arts

BRAINERD

Bluegrass jams

6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 29, Coco Moon, free.

Piano and Voice Festival

7 p.m. Thursday, Chalberg Theatre, Central Lakes College.

"We the People"

Musical presented by Franklin Junior High School and Mississippi Horizons, 1:30 p.m. Saturday and 8 p.m. April 22, Franklin Junior High School auditorium, $4 (adults), $1 (students), free (ages 5 and under).

Legacy Chorale of Greater Minnesota

"Requiem," 7:30 p.m. Saturday, St. Andrew's Catholic Church, $8 (adults), $5 (students and seniors) at The Brainerd Dispatch, Bridge of Harmony and Music General in Brainerd, Lakes Music in Pequot Lakes, First Integrity Bank in Staples, at the door, 1-888-899-6034.

Butch Thompson's Big Three

Piano, trumpet, banjo and vocals, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Tornstrom Auditorium, Washington Middle School, presented by Lakes Area Concert Association, $28 (season membership), $10 (student season membership), $70 (family season membership), 829-3379.

"Tartuffe"

7:30 p.m. April 22-24, April 29-May 1, 2 p.m. April 25 and May 2, Chalberg Theatre, Central Lakes College.

"The Emperor's New Clothes

(or What Not to Wear)"

Children's play, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. April 24, Dryden Theatre, Central Lakes College, $2, 855-8199. (Sixteen performances for pre-school through middle school children will be held April 14-May 3).

Spring Concert

"Invitation to the Dance," presented by Heartland Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. April 24, Tornstrom Auditorium, Washington Middle School, $12-$35, 1-800-826-1997.

Everyday Sunday with We 3 Kings

Christian music, 7 p.m. May 1, World on Wheels Skate Center, $8 (advance), $10 (at door), tickets available at Bethany Books & Gifts, The Dispatch, Community Education, Brainerd Area Youth Ministries, www.christianhappenings.com, 1-800-965-9324, www.bayministries.org.

LITTLE FALLS

Spring Concert

"Invitation to the Dance," presented by Heartland Symphony Orchestra, 2:30 p.m. May 2, Charles D. Martin Auditorium, $12-$35, 1-800-826-1997.

NISSWA

Peter Mayer

Grassroots Concert Series, 7:30 p.m. April 23, Nisswa Community Center, $10 (adults), $5 (children), 963-2976, www.grassrootsconcerts.org, doors open at 6:30 p.m.

ONAMIA

Grand Casino Mille Lacs

Events & Convention Center

Mel McDaniel, Janie Fricke, Gene Watson and Tommy Cash, 5 and 8:30 p.m. April 24, $17 and $24, (651) 989-5151, www.ticketmaster.com.

PEQUOT LAKES

Spring Concert

"Invitation to the Dance," presented by Heartland Symphony Orchestra, 2:30 p.m. April 25, high school auditorium, $12-$35, 1-800-826-1997.

PINE RIVER

"West Side Story"

Presented by Pine River-Backus drama department, time TBA April 23-25, PR-B High School Auditorium, $5 (adults), $3 (students and seniors), (218) 587-8057.

STAPLES

Legacy Chorale of Greater Minnesota

"Requiem," 8 p.m. Friday, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, $8 (adults), $5 (students and seniors) at The Brainerd Dispatch, Bridge of Harmony and Music General in Brainerd, Lakes Music in Pequot Lakes, First Integrity Bank in Staples, at the door, 1-888-899-6034.

WADENA

"Nunsense"

Presented by Madhatters Community Theatre, Thursday-Sunday, Wadena Memorial Auditorium.

Red, Hot & Blue

Vocal and Dance Review 1900-2000, 7:30 p.m. April 27, Wadena Area Concert Association, Wadena Auditorium, (218) 631-2678.

Visual arts

BRAINERD

Brainerd City Hall

Fifth and Laurel streets

Encore Arts members, paintings, through July 1.

Evelyn Matthies' Gallery

712 Washington St.

"A Tribute to Charles Fields Sr." by Jenny Petersen, through April 28.

Brainerd Public Library

Bill Grange, handcrafted muskie fishing lures, through Thursday.

Chocolat Etc.

Helen Smith, Encore Arts Club Artist of the Month, through April.

Central Lakes College gallery

Juried Student Art Show exhibit, through April.

"Picturing IV: On a Ray of Light," through April 23, display and sale.

"Fire!" amateur photography contest winners, Tuesday-April 30.

DEERWOOD

Ripple River Gallery

South of Deerwood

David Norstad, "Saints Preserve Us!," mixed media, through May 2.

LITTLE FALLS

Great River Arts Center Gallery

Judy Pearson Uebelacker, "Mindscapes," paintings, through April.

STAPLES

40th Annual Staples Rotary Arts

and Crafts Show

6-9 p.m. April 22-23, noon-8 p.m. April 24, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. April 25, Centennial Auditorium lobby.

Out of town

MINNEAPOLIS

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

"Beauty, Honor and Tradition: The Legacy of Plains Indian Shirts," through May 16.

ST. PAUL

"Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West"

Omnitheater film, through spring, Science Museum of Minnesota, $7 (adults), $5 (ages 4-12 and seniors), (651) 221-9444.

Omnifest 2004

Six films, various times, through Sunday, Science Museum of Minnesota, $7 (adults), $5 (ages 4-12 and seniors), (651) 221-9444, www.smm.org.

Garrison Keillor

& Prairie Home Companion

Saturday, May 8 and 15, Fitzgerald Theater, (651) 989-5151, www.ticketmaster.com.

Rod Stewart

Sunday, Xcel Energy Center, (651) 989-5151, www.ticketmaster.com.

HINCKLEY

Grand Casino Hinckley

Events & Convention Center

Randy Travis, 5 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, $35, (651) 989-5151, (651) 989-5151, www.ticketmaster.com.

NEW YORK MILLS

Regional Cultural Center

Images of Finland by Kuvaraito, through April, Second Story Gallery.

Larry Long, singer/songwriter, 8 p.m. Friday, $10 (public), $8 (members), $5 (students).

Ring of Kerry, 8 p.m. April 23, $10 (public), $8 (members), $5 (students), free (children accompanied by adult member).

Traditional Irish and Scottish music, 8 p.m. April 23, $10 (public), $8 (members), $5 (students), free (students accompanied by adult).

Central Minnesota Boys Choir

2 p.m. April 25, James W. Mann Performing Arts Center, $6 (adults), $1 (students), free (students accompanied by adult).

ST. CLOUD

Legacy Chorale of Greater Minnesota

"Requiem," 3 p.m. Sunday, Salem Lutheran Church, $8 (adults), $5 (students and seniors) at The Brainerd Dispatch, Bridge of Harmony and Music General in Brainerd, Lakes Music in Pequot Lakes, First Integrity Bank in Staples, Salem Lutheran Church in St. Cloud, at the door, 1-888-899-6034.

Special events

BRAINERD

BHS Fine Arts Banquet

Social and dinner, 6 p.m. Monday, Brainerd High School cafeteria, $8 (adults), $5 (students), must be purchased by 11 a.m. Friday at main office.

Poetry Jam

1 p.m. April 24, Brainerd Public Library, 829-5574.

Scholastic Book Fair

April 30-May 1, Brainerd Public Library, 829-5574.

First Thursdays

"Minnesota Crime Wave," featuring William Kent Krueger and three additional authors, 7 p.m. May 6, Brainerd Public Library, free, 829-5574.

CROSBY

Unlimited Learning series

"Landscaping for Wildlife," 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Hallett Community Center, $6.

"Domestic Violence: A Private or a Community Matter?" 1:30 p.m. May 4, Hallett Community Center, $6.

Book signing

Terry Dean Ruschmeyer, author of "Winning in an Unfair World," 6 p.m. April 27, Hallett Memorial Library.

LITTLE FALLS

Keyboard Festival

Featuring Central Minnesota piano students, April 23-24, St. Francis Music Center, (320) 632-0637.

WALKER

World Champions of Poker Tournament

Time TBA April 25, Northern Lights Casino, (800) 252-7519.

Classes/workshops

BRAINERD

Community Band

Rehearses 7 p.m. Mondays, music room, Central Lakes College.

"Picturing IV: On a Ray of Light"

workshops

9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday, Central Lakes College, $5 (public), free (students).

Home Landscaping Course

10 a.m.-2 p.m. April 24, Paul Bunyan Nature Learning Center, call 829-9620 to register, class size limited.

LITTLE FALLS

Voice Classes for Children

Ages 6-9, instructor Danna Pantzke, various times and dates, (320) 632-0637.

Beginning string ensemble

Meets 11 a.m.-noon Saturdays, St. Francis Music Center, all skill levels, (320) 632-0637.

String ensemble

Meets 7:30-9 p.m. Tuesdays, St. Francis Music Center, all skill levels, (320) 632-0637.

Community Band

Meets 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays at the St. Francis Music Center, open to anyone who plays a band instrument, all skill levels, (320) 632-0637.

ONAMIA

Mille Lacs Indian Museum

12 miles north of Onamia

On Highway 169

Ojibwe language classes, 3-5 p.m. Friday, $3 (public), $1 (Minnesota Historical Society members), free (Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe members), (320) 532-3632.

Sewing and beading circle, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Fridays, noon-3 p.m. Saturdays through April 24, $3 (public), $1 (Minnesota Historical Society members), free (Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe members), (320) 532-3632.

Music classes

5-7 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, Mille Lacs Band District I Community Center, Vineland, free. For information, call Rick Anderson at (320) 532-8847.

If you would like your event listed in the Entertainment Guide, e-mail John at john.hansen@brainerddispatch.com, call 855-5863, fax (218) 829-7735 or mail to John Hansen, The Brainerd Dispatch, P.O. Box 974, Brainerd, MN, 56401. Please include time, date, place, admission price and contact information. Deadline is Monday for Thursday publication.