Trevor Ebinger and Jason Franzen worked the music scene long before they even knew how to drive.   You could say that Ebinger and Franzen — who used to ride the school bus together and graduated from Brainerd High School a year apart in the late 1980s — are following in their fathers’ foo...

Live music For week of Feb. 24-March 2; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.   BRAINERD Blue Ox 608 Laurel St. Whiskey Richards, Friday-Saturday Coco Moon 601 Laurel St. Thursday Bluegrass, first, third and fifth Thursdays of the month Eagles Club 124 Front...

Just For Kix Friends and Family show planned Friday BAXTER — Just For Kix will have its informal Friends and Family Show on Friday in the cafetorium at Forestivew Middle School in Baxter.   There will be two shows at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. that will feature dancers from pre-sch...

Andrew Johnson  Year: Senior.  Age: 17.  Art focus: Decoy carving and advanced drawing....

You’re sitting alone, listening to your favorite album. You close your eyes and imagine the band on stage. In “The Drowsy Chaperone,” “The Man in Chair” who is feeling blue, does just that to pick up his spirits — he plays the original Broadway recording of “The Drowsy Chaperone” and...

  Live music For week of Feb. 17-23; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.   BACKUS American Legion Near Highways 371 and 87 Frankie Lamb Band, 2-6 p.m. Sunday BRAINERD Blue Ox 608 Laurel St. Slick Chad, Friday-Saturday Coco Moon 601 Laurel St. Thursday Bluegr...

Lamplighter staging ‘The Cemetery Club’ STAPLES — “The Cemetery Club,” the newest production of Lamplighter Community Theatre, will be performed Feb. 25-26 and March 3-5 at the Landmark Inn, 631 3rd Ave. N.E., Staples. The funny and poignant story about the lives of three ...

  Jillian Anderson Year: Senior.  Age: 17. Art focus: Mock trial. Adviser nomination: “Jillian has taken on the role of lawyer this year in mock trial. She pulls the best testimony possible from her witnesses and is a tiger on cross-examination. She does the closing argument pulling the entire c...

They got together to play music in 1995 at O’Brien’s Tavern in Santa Monica, Calif., but destiny had other plans for Gaelic Storm. The internationally acclaimed Celtic quintet will be in Brainerd at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday as part of the Central Lakes College Cultural Arts Series in Tornstrom Audito...

Live music For week of Feb. 10-16; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.   BACKUS American Legion Near Highways 371 and 87 Frankie Lamb Band, 2-6 p.m. Feb. 20 BRAINERD Blue Ox 608 Laurel St. Electric Almighty, Friday-Saturday Coco Moon 601 Laurel St. Thursd...