Entertainment Guide

Live music

For week of June 6-12; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.

Brainerd

Blue Ox Bar

10 Days Late (rock) Thur-Sat

Baby Grand (rock) Mon-Wed

Coco Moon

Cliff Veronick, pianist, and Cleo Kuelbs, vocalist (jazz), Fri-Sat, 7-10 p.m.

Eagles Club

Muddy Water (country) Fri

Iron Rail Saloon

Free Ride (variety) Thur-Sat

Sandie (variety) Wed

Breezy Point

Commander Bar

Ded Walleye (rock) Fri-Sat

Marina Bar (Breezy Point Resort)

Tami & the Bachelor (variety) Thur-Sat, Mon-Wed

Prime Time Charlie's

Baby Grand (rock) Fri-Sat

Crosslake

The Exchange

Chris "Elvis" Olson (impersonator) Sat

Three Bobs (variety) Mon

East Gull Lake

O'Madden Pub (Madden's Resort)

Preston & Paulzine (variety) Thur-Sat

Second Take (variety) Mon-Wed

Garrison

The Blue Goose

Lisa Dodd & Shameless (country) Fri-Sat

Lake Shore

Bar Harbor

Lou and Eddy (variety) Thur-Sun, Wed

Steve Anderson (variety) Mon-Tues

Little Falls

West Side Bar

Lisa Dodd & Shameless (country) Thur

Stall 68 (country rock) Fri

Starlight Express (show) Sat

Delivery Boys (country rock) Wed

Nisswa

The Nisswa Grille

Lee Bone (variety) Thur-Sat, 6-10 p.m.

Staples

T. Maxwell's

Celo V'ec, violinist (dinner music), Sat, 6-9 p.m.

Performing arts

Stage production

Long Lake Theater, Hubbard, presents comedy "A Night in the Theater," 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday and June 13-15, 3 p.m. Sunday and June 16, call (218) 732-0099 for ticket information.

Scandinavian festival

Nisswa-stamman Scandinavian Folk Music Festival 2002 opens 7 p.m. Friday with concert at Lutheran Church of the Cross, Nisswa, and 9 p.m. dance at Pequot Lakes Senior Center; Saturday's events include fiddlers parade at 9:45 a.m. in downtown Nisswa, performances by 130 musicians on two stages at Nisswa's Pioneer Village throughout the day, 5 p.m. smorgasbord at Nisswa Community Center, and old-time dance at 7 p.m., Nisswa American Legion Club; tickets at the gate for each event.

Concert in the Park

Folk musician Charles Warnberg at Little Falls' Concert in the Park series, 4 p.m. Sunday, Maple Island Park, downtown, free; Faultline, June 16.

Mystery theatre

Mystery Dinner Theatre performances to benefit St. Francis Catholic School, noon, 4 and 8 p.m. Sunday, Ruttger's Bay Lake Lodge, Deerwood, $55, 888-279-0089.

Paul Bunyan season

Paul Bunyan Playhouse, Bemidji, opens ticket sales for its 52nd annual summer season, including "The Robber Bridegroom" June 12-23, "The Last Night of Ballyhoo" June 26-July 7, "The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr" July 9-13, "Beauty and the Beast" July 17-21, "Sylvia" July 24-Aug. 4 and "The Wizard of Oz" Aug. 7-23, $57 and $60, (218) 751-7270.

Performances in the Park

Paul Imholte in the Performances in the Park concert series, 7 p.m. June 13, Gregory Park, Brainerd; Lonesome Tradition, June 20.

Country

concert

Country singer Clay Walker in concert, June 20, Grand Casino Mille Lacs, (651) 989-5151.

Visual arts

BRAINERD

Evelyn Matthies Porthole Gallery

"Around the World" exhibit, featuring several regional artists in several media, through June, 712 Washington St.

Brainerd Area YMCA

Area artists featured in painting and sculpture exhibit, through July.

LITTLE FALLS

Morrison County Government Center

"As Twenty Ends, Twenty-first Begins" painting exhibit by Flora Shinkle, through June, downtown.

Family Medical Center Gallery

"Colorful Surroundings" painting exhibit by Kasey Westra, through June, 811 Second St. S.E.

AITKIN

Jaques Art Center

"Miniature Places & Spaces" dollhouse exhibit by Lindy Westgard and "People in Line" exhibit by illustrator Dorothy Messenger, through July 13, downtown Aitkin.

Ripple River Gallery

"Three-Way Glass" featuring glass artists Robinson Scott, Bob Toensing and Mike Tonder, through June 23, rural Aitkin, (218) 678-2575.

Out of town

ST. PAUL

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

345 Washington St.

Musical comedy "Anything Goes," June 11-30 with evening and matinee performances, (651) 224-7661.

Palace Theatre

Downtown

Brave New Workshop's "Flanagan's Wake" runs weekly Thursday-Sunday, (612) 332-6620.

Science Museum of Minnesota

120 W. Kellogg Blvd.

Features several exhibits, Omnitheater films and 3D laser show, including "Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure," through mid-June, (651) 221-9444.

Xcel Energy Center

Downtown

Down from the Mountain Tour featuring artists from Grammy Award-winning "O' Brother Where Art Thou" sound track, 7:30 p.m. July 23, $37-$75; John Mellencamp Cuttin' Heads Tour, 8 p.m. July 6, $36.50-$66.50; (651) 989-5151.

MINNEAPOLIS

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

2400 Third Ave. S.

"Bridging America with Frank Lloyd Wright" exhibit, featuring more than 40 Wright-designed bridges in the United States, through July 7, (612) 870-3131.

Children's Theatre Co.

2400 Third Ave. S.

"Alice in Wonderland," through June 15, (612) 874-0400.

HINCKLEY

Alabama in concert, 8 p.m. June 27, Grand Casino Hinckley, followed by George Thorogood & the Destroyers with Credence Clearwater Revisited on July 21 and George Jones and Loretta Lynn on Aug. 25, (651) 989-5151 or at the casino.

SABIN

Fifth annual One Big Event music and gardener's festival, 9 a.m. -9 p.m. June 22, Summer's Memories Gardens, folk musicians Peter Mayer, Margot Wagner, Brenda Weiler and Mark Reeves featured acts, $12 at gate, (218) 585-4252.

Special events

Public debate

Great American Think-Off finalists public debate, 7 p.m. Saturday, New York Mills High School, $5-$10, (218) 385-3339.

Vocal class

Vocal improvisation class with singer Mary Lofstrom, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Music General, Brainerd, $25, 828-4249.

Speaker series

Freya Manfred, author of "Frederick Manfred: A Daughter Remembers," in Brainerd Public Library's "brown bag" luncheon series, noon Monday; authors Karin Baltzell and Georgianne Nienaber, June 17.

Writing workshop

"Daring Ways to Tell a Story" workshop with writer Margot Fortunato Galt, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. June 15, Aitkin Public Library, registration and $20 fee due at library by Friday, (218) 927-2339.

Bluegrass jams

Bluegrass jams on first, third and fifth Thursdays of each month at Coco Moon in downtown Brainerd, starting at 6:30 p.m., and every Saturday at Lakes Music in Pequot Lakes, starting at 3 p.m., call Charlotte Curtis at (218) 692-4035 for more information.

String ensemble

St. Francis Music Center string ensemble meets 8-9:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the center in Little Falls, all skill levels, (320) 632-0637.

Choir auditions

Legacy Chorale of Greater Minnesota auditions 6:30-10 p.m. June 13 and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. June 15, Lord of Life Lutheran Church, Baxter, call 888-899-6034 or 820-6034 to pre-register.

History demonstrated

Basketmaking demonstration by Carol Hopkins, 1 p.m. Sunday, Crosslake Historic Log Village.