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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR
Live music
For week of Aug. 27- Sept. 2; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.
BRAINERD
Blue Ox
608 Laurel St.
Black Valentine, Friday-Saturday
Coco Moon
601 Laurel St.
Thursday Bluegrass, first, third and fifth Thursday of the month
Eagles Club
124 Front St.
Montana Sky, 7:30-11:30 p.m. Friday
New Song Ministries/Crossroad Music Cafe
217 S. Seventh St.
Jesse Keller opening for No Shirts, No Shoes, Knows Jesus, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, $5 cover; and Spoken, 8 p.m. Sunday, $5 cover.
The E Squared Cafe
123 East Washington St.
Drew Peterson, Friday
Yesterday's Gone
612 Front St.
Open Jam, every Saturday
Madden's on Gull Lake
11266 Pine Beach Peninsula
Carlton Moody from Burrito Deluxe, Thursday and Saturday; Paul Berget, Friday
BREEZY POINT
Commander Bar
30279 Airport Road
Payback, Thursday-Saturday
Prime Time Food and Spirits
8548 Ski Chalet Drive
Headin' Back, Friday-Saturday
CROSBY
The Bridge Tavern
26929 Highway 6
Classic Country Dinner Theater, 4-8 p.m. Sunday
GARRISON
Blue Goose Inn
9347 U.S. Highway 169
Tamarack, Friday-Saturday
LAKE SHORE
Bar Harbor
8164 Interlachen Road
Kevin Klimek, 7-11 p.m. every Friday-Saturday
MOTLEY
Ten Hi
133 Highway 10
Cutloose, Friday
PILLAGER
The Huntin' Shack
724 Highway 210 W.
Jammers Club, 8:30 p.m. -12:30 a.m. Friday.
Performing arts
AITKIN
ä Benefit concert set Saturday
Concert by Katie McMahon, known as The Voice of Riverdance, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday, Aitkin High School auditorium.
BRAINERD
ä Ballroom dancing
Jerry O'Hagen and his 14-piece orchestra to perform Sept. 4-6 for a ballroom dancing event, Madden's Resort on Gull Lake.
ä 'The Sound of Music'
The Sound of Music, Central Lakes College fall production, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1-3 and 7-10 and 2 p.m. Oct. 4 and 10 and at 10 a.m. Oct. 6. For more information contact Dennis Lamberson at 855-8202.
NISSWA
ä Chanhassen's 'Married Alive!'
Chanhassen's Married Alive! 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11-12, Gull Lake Center at Grand View Lodge, with a 5:30 p.m. social and silent auction, followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tickets, $75, are available from the Chanhassen Box Office by calling (866) 246-4926.
PEQUOT LAKES
ä Auditions for 'Curtains'
Auditions for Curtains, Pequot Lakes Community Theatre's fall production, 6-9 p.m. Sept. 14-15, in Pequot Lakes High School Choir Room.
DEERWOOD
ä Bay Lake Concert
Bay Lake Concert, 7 p.m. Sunday, Ruttger's Bay Lake Lodge, free.
ä Storyhill Festival
Storyhill Fest Midwest to include 12 musicians/artists, Sept. 5-6, Presbyterian Clearwater Forest Camp. For more information go to www.storyhill.com/fest2/front.html.
Visual arts
AITKIN
ä Jaques Art Center
121 Second St. N.W.
Charles Beck's woodblock prints exhibit through Sept. 13
BRAINERD
ä City Hall
501 Laurel St.
Encore Art Club members, paintings, ongoing.
ä Crow Wing County
Historical Society
320 Laurel St.
Various exhibits, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 829-3268, www.crowwinghistory.org.
ä Northland Arboretum Art Gallery
Area photographer Peg Serani's Nature-Naturally exhibit, through Oct. 2.
ä Public Library
416 S. Fifth St.
Michaelangelo's Sister Watercolor Exhibit, through Monday. Featuring artist Kathy Kovala and her students.
ä Central Lakes College Gallery
501 W. College Dr.
Ann Klefstad, a writer and sculptor artist from Duluth, exhibition Sunday through Sept. 24.
ä Q Gallery at Franklin Arts Center
1001 Kingwood St.
Portraits of Home II: Veterans in Search of Stable Housing in Greater Minnesota photograph exhibition opens Sept. 8-30, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and Sept. 12. More information call Crossing Arts Alliance at 833-0416.
CROSSLAKE
ä Community Center and Library
14126 Daggett Pine Road
Paintings by Diane Runberg, ongoing.
LITTLE FALLS
ä Morrison County Government Center Gallery
213 First Ave. S.E.
Art by Jim Poff, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays and 9-11 a.m. Saturdays, ongoing.
ä Weyerhaeuser Museum
2151 S. Lindbergh Drive
Commemorate!, artifacts from Minnesota's 150-year history, ongoing, open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, free, (320) 632-4007, www.morrisoncountyhistory.org.
NEW YORK MILLS
ä Regional Cultural Center
24 Main Ave. N.
Alexandria artists Ellen Eilers and Roxanne Sorenson artwork exhibition, through Sept. 2.
Special events
BRAINERD
ä Cultural Thursday
Gary Payne, a sociology instructor at Central Lakes College in Brainerd, will present Panama, noon, Sept. 3 in the Chalberg Theatre, free.
CROSBY
ä Unlimited Learning class
Kenny Wilson will teach class on old time country music, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Sept. 14, Heartwood Conference Room, 500 Heartwood Drive; cost is $6 and free for Unlimited Learning members. Call (218) 546-9853 for more information.
LEADER
ä Pig races
Pig races, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m., every Friday and Saturday through Labor Day.
LITTLE FALLS
ä Book signing
Author Matt Goldman, book signing from 12-4 p.m. Sept. 12, Bookin' It.
Out of town
AKELEY
Woodtick Musical Theater
Highway 34 and Marie Ave.
Tic Band, 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 3 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays through Sept. 12; tickets are $15.50 for adults, $9.50 for ages 13-17, $6.50 for children and $14.50 for seniors. For more information call (800) 644-6892.
BLOOMINGTON
Mall of America
60 East Broadway
Bodies the Exhibition, exhibit of unprecedented view of the human body, through Dec. 31, 2010, on the fourth level; tickets are $22 for adults; $14 for children ages 4-13; and $18 for seniors 62 and older.
CHANHASSEN
Chanhassen Dinner Theatre
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat through Sept. 26; Always ... Patsy Cline playing through Oct. 31, box office, (800) 362-3515, www.chanhassentheatres.com
EXCELSIOR
Old Log Theater
5175 Meadville St.
Funny Money a comedy presented by Old Log Theater, through Sept. 26; Treasure Island, (952) 474-5951, www.oldlog.com.
HINCKLEY
Grand Casino Hinckley Events and Convention Center
777 Lady Luck Drive
Regis Philbin, 8 p.m. Sept. 11, general $35, $40, VIP, $45
MINNEAPOLIS
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 Third Ave. S.
Sin and Salvation: William Holman Hunt and the Pre-Raphaelite Vision, through Sept. 6; (612) 870-3131, www.artsmia.org.
ONAMIA
Grand Casino Mille Lacs
Asian Concert, 8 p.m. Sept. 6, tickets, $38, $42.
PARK RAPIDS
Long Lake Theater
Dearly Departed play ends Saturday; tickets call (218) 732-0099 or go online at www.longlaketheater.net.
SAUK CENTRE
Sauk Centre High School
Sinclair Lewis 2009 Writers Conference, Oct. 10 in auditorium; cost is $60 for adults, $55 for college students and senior citizens and free for high school students, but they have to register and pay for lunch and breaks: More information go to www.saukhearald.com/ftp/writers or call Jim Umhoefer at (320) 352-2735 at night.
ST. CLOUD
Paramount Theatre and Visual Arts Center
Chicago,1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12 and 2 p.m. Sept. 13; tickets are $24 for adults, $21 for seniors and $15 for students. www.paramountarts.org/main/events (320) 259-5463
ST. PAUL
Science Museum of Minnesota
120 W. Kellogg Boulevard
Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, through Jan. 3, tickets are $23 for adults and $18 for children age 4-12; for more information go to www.smm.org/titantic
PLYMOUTH
Plymouth Playhouse
2705 Annapolis Lane
Church Basement Ladies 2: A Second Helping! Wednesdays -Sundays through Nov. 1, tickets $24-$35, tickets are available by calling (763) 553-1600 or going online at plymouthplayhouse.com.
WALKER
Northern Lights Casino
Randy Travis, 7 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.
Doug Allen and the Chicago Mob, 8:30 p.m. -12:30 a.m., Thursday-Saturday, Cabaret at the casino.
If you'd like your event listed in the entertainment guide, e-mail Jennifer at jennifer.stockinger@brainerddispatch.com, call 855-5851, fax 829-0211 or mail to Jennifer Stockinger, 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.
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