UPCOMING ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR

Live music

For week of Feb. 5-11; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.

BRAINERD

The Iron Rail

707 Laurel St.

King's Ransom, Friday-Saturday

Blue Ox

608 Laurel St.

Spooky Poodle, Friday- Saturday; Every Tuesday is Rock Night with Walzy (D.J.)

Eagles Club

124 Front St.

Montana Sky, 7:30-11:30 p.m., Friday

Yesterday's Gone

612 Front St.

Open Jam, Saturday, Karaoke every Wednesday

Cragun's Legacy Grille

11000 Cragun's Dr.

Lee Bone Sherseth, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Saturday

Green Lantern

13184 County Road 8

Wayne Renn Band, 8:30 p.m. -12:30 a.m., Feb. 14

The Medium

217 S. Seventh St., Suite 108

Story of the Sea, Self Evident, Birthday Pony, Friday, $5 cover

CROSBY

The Bridge Tavern

26929 Highway 6

Classic Country Dinner Theater, 4-8 p.m., every Sunday

PEQUOT LAKES

Commander Bar

30279 Airport Rd

Gel, Friday-Saturday; Karaoke, Sunday;

Prime Time Food and Spirits

8548 Ski Chalet Dr.

October Son, Friday-Saturday

MOTLEY

Ten Hi

133 Highway 10

Jammer's Club, 8 p.m. to midnight Friday, free jukebox, Saturday

GARRISON

Blue Goose Inn

9347 U.S. Highway 169

Sweet Siren (formerly Suicide Blonde), Friday-Saturday

LAKE SHORE

Bar Harbor

8164 Interlachen Rd.

Kevin Klimek, 7-11 p.m., every Friday-Saturday.

PILLAGER

The Huntin Shack (formerly Steve's Club)

Highway 210 and County Road 1

Kenny Jake Band, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., Saturday

Performing arts

BRAINERD

My five weeks in China

Cultural Thursday, noon, Thursday, Chalberg Theater, Central Lakes College, free, for more information contact Jan Kurtz at 855-8183.

Harlem Gospel Choir

Harlem Gospel Choir, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 19, Tornstrom Auditorium, tickets and information are available at Central Lakes College Theatre Bow Office, 855-8199 or (800) 933-0346, www.clcmn.edu/theatre.

Prelude winter concert series set

Sharon Follingstad, an organ recital, 9:30 a.m., Feb. 15, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 408 N. Seventh St., Brainerd.

PEQUOT LAKES

'Born Yesterday' to be performed

The Pequot Lakes Community Theatre production will perform Garson Kanin's classic comedy Born Yesterday, on Feb. 13-15 and Feb. 20-22 at the Pequot Lakes High School Theater. The Friday and Saturday performances will be at 7:30 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors 60 or older and $8 for students. Call Pequot Lakes Community Education at (218) 568-9200, for reservations and further information.

NEW YORK MILLS

Four-member band to perform

An Emigrant themed concert by a four-member band from Goteborg on the Swedish west coast will perform at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18 at the Regional Cultural Center in New York Mills.

Visual arts

BRAINERD

Crossing Arts Alliance Gallery

Franklin Arts Center

1001 Kingwood St.

Various artists, ongoing.

City Hall

501 Laurel St.

Encore Art Club members, paintings, ongoing.

Brainerd Public Library

Picturing America, ongoing.

Karen Kersten, With Time Span exhibit through March 31

Crow Wing County Historical Society

320 Laurel St.

Various exhibits, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 829-3268, www.crowwinghistory.org.

Northland Arboretum Art Gallery

Roy L. Abbott, a photographer, architect and sculptor, exhibit through Feb. 15.

Central Lakes College Gallery

Phantom Homeland: Photography by Colin Kopp, Starts Tuesday and goes through Feb. 18

Q Gallery

Franklin Arts Center

1001 Kingwood St.

Fiber artists gone wild, reception from 5-7 p.m. Feb. 7, $10 per person, 838-6627, Exhibition dates, Feb. 7, 14, 21 and 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Feb. 8, 12-4 p.m.; Feb. 9, 2-5:30 p.m. for a Q & A informal session with the artists; and Feb. 13, 20 and 27 from 4-8 p.m.

BAXTER

Lord of Life Lutheran Church

6190 Fairview Rd.

An exhibit called Nude Truths with artists Kristi Ylvisaker and Mary Ylvisaker Nilsen will run from Feb. 25 through April 15, with an opening reception from 5:30-7 p.m.

AITKIN

Jaques Art Center

121 Second St. N.W.

Private Collection of Northern Promotions, Feb. 13 through March 21, public reception Feb. 14 from 1-4 p.m.

Red Hot Tea, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., March 16, reservations, $15

Art by Francis Lee Jaques, ongoing, (218) 927-2363, info@jacquesart.com.

CROSSLAKE

Community Center and Library

14126 Daggett Pine Road

Paintings by Diane Runberg, ongoing.

STAPLES

Centennial Auditorium

400 Second St. N.E.

Monroe Crossing, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27, advanced tickets, $12 for adults and $6 for students and at the door, $15 for adults and $7 for students, call the Centennial Auditorium Box Office at (218) 894-5416 or (800) 213-6877 or email Julie at jpolak@isd2170.k12.mn.us

LITTLE FALLS

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.

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

Regional Cultural Center

24 North Main Ave.

Fiber Art Show runs through Feb. 14.