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Thursday, August 27, 2009








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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