Entertainment Guide

For week of July 17-23; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.

BRAINERD

Blue Ox Bar

House O'Hair, today

Loose Cannon, Fri-Sat

Subzero, Mon-Wed

Eagles Club

Kenny Jake, 8:30 p.m. Fri

Iron Rail Saloon

Preston and Paulzine, today

Silent Partner, Fri-Sat

Wayne Renn, Wed

BREEZY POINT

Commander Bar

Austin Healy, today

Bonedaddy, Fri-Sat

Jam session featuring Sister Sez, Sun

Prime Time Charlie's

Borderline, Fri-Sat

Blues Train, 8 p.m.-midnight Sun, downstairs

The Frank Kardello Project (acoustic), 7-11 p.m. Sun-Mon

CROSSLAKE

The Exchange

D.J. Paul, today

Dirty Word, Fri

Epic Hero, Sat

Elvis, a.k.a Chris Olson, Sun

Cherry Fix, Wed

Moonlite Bay

32 Below, Fri-Sat

American Legion

Kenny Jake Band, 7 p.m. Sat, $7 (part of fund-raiser event)

GARRISON

The Blue Goose

Late Arrival, Fri-Sat, $3

LAKE SHORE

Bar Harbor

Sawtell, Thu-Sun

Steve Anderson, Mon-Tue

Sawtell, Wed

Zorbaz

Brian Barber, 3-6 p.m. Sat-Sun, on patio

LITTLE FALLS

West Side Bar

Stampede, today-Sat

MOTLEY

Ten Hi

Legal Limit, Fri-Sat

Performing arts

BRAINERD

Bluegrass jams

First, third and fifth Thursdays of the month, Coco Moon, 6:30 p.m.

"Gypsy"

Musical play, 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday, Dryden Theatre, Central Lakes College, $5 general public, free for CLC students, 855-8199.

"Rhythm of the Rails"

Outdoor theater, 8 p.m. today-Saturday, July 24-26, with a kids' show at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 303 Front St., $8 (adults) and $6 (under 14).

Bob Bovee and Gail Heil

Bluegrass, 6 p.m. today, Gregory Park, free.

Second annual Great Northern

BBQ and Blues

Friday and Saturday, downtown Brainerd.

Organ Recital Series

The Rev. Richard Collman, noon-12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Park United Methodist Church.

Organ Recital Series

Bonnie Groneberg, noon-12:30 p.m. July 30, St. Francis Catholic Church.

Dennis Warner

Singer/songwriter, 6 p.m. July 31, Gregory Park, free.

Organ Recital Series

Eldon Hegstrom, noon-12:30 p.m. Aug. 6, Trinity Lutheran Church.

Crow Wing County Fair

Music, rides and games, Aug. 5-10, fairgrounds in south Brainerd, brainerd.com/fair.

AITKIN

"Pasta, Passion & Pistols"

Dinner theater murder mystery, 7 p.m. July 26, Moose Club Room, $25 per person, $160 table of eight, (218) 927-5613.

BAXTER

Organ Recital Series

Heather Larson, noon-12:30 p.m. Aug. 13, First Baptist Church.

BREEZY POINT

The Frank Kardello Project

Singer-songwriter, 7-11 p.m. Sundays and Mondays through August, Prime Time Charlie's.

LITTLE FALLS

Larry McDonough

Jazz pianist and singer, 7:30 p.m. today, GRAA Arts Center, $5 adults, $3 ages 6-12, free ages 6 and under.

Don Nelson

Easy listening contemporary music, 4 p.m. Sunday, Maple Island Park, downtown, free.

Charlie Roth

Acoustic rock singer from St. Cloud, 4 p.m. July 27, Maple Island Park, downtown, free.

Collective Unconscious

Eclectic folk music, 4 p.m. Aug. 3, Maple Island Park, downtown, free.

Minneapolis Police Band

Under direction of Robert W. Frank, 4 p.m. Aug. 10, Maple Island Park, downtown, free.

NISSWA

Gutzgauch

German folk concert, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Lutheran Church of the Cross, $5 suggested donation.

ONAMIA

Izatys comedy club

Scott Hansen, 8 p.m. today-Sunday, $10.

2003 Twin Cities Laff-Off with host Scott Hansen, 8 p.m. July 25-27, $10.

2003 Twin Cities Laff-Off, 8 p.m. July 31-Aug. 3, $10.

Jeff Gerbino, 8 p.m. Aug. 7-10, $10.

Bergs & Larson, 8 p.m. July 14-17, $10.

"Wild" Bill Bauer, 8 p.m. Aug. 21-24, $10.

Comedy Pajama Party with the Stagebenders and Scott Hansen, 8 p.m. Aug. 28-31, $10.

Grand Casino Mille Lacs

Events & Convention Center

Comedian Tim Conway and Friends, 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Friday, sold out.

Bering Strait, noon-5 p.m. Saturday, part of Bluegrass & Arts and Crafts Festival, outdoors, free.

Lonesome River Band, noon-5 p.m. Sunday, part of Bluegrass & Arts and Crafts Festival, outdoors, free.

Ricky Skaggs, 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, part of Bluegrass & Arts and Crafts Festival, outdoors, $15 and $20 at Grand Casino Hinckley and Grand Casino Mille Lacs box offices, or Ticketmaster at (651) 989-5151.

David Cassidy, 7 and 9 p.m. Aug. 7, $25 and $32, (651) 989-5151.

REMER

Summer Concert Series

Every Sunday June-September, Remer Gazebo, 800-831-5262.

WALKER

Northern Lights Casino

The Outfield, 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday, Event Center, $8 and $10.

Daylon Wear (country), 8 p.m.-1 a.m. June 25-26, Cabaret, free.

Highway 101, 5 and 8 p.m. Aug. 3, Event Center, $10 and $8.

Visual arts

BRAINERD

Brainerd City Hall

Fifth and Laurel streets

"Simply Nature" by Mary Tuomi, through Oct. 2.

The Crossing Arts Center

617 Laurel St.

"Eclectic Energy," ongoing.

Porthole Gallery

712 Washington St.

"Recent Work" by Nicole Roberts Hoiland, through July 29.

Brainerd Public Library

Oil paintings by Sandy Paumen, through Oct. 2.

Central Lakes College

"Picturing III: Outer Light/Inner Sight, juried photography exhibition, Aug. 4-15, 833-0416 or (218) 829-7852. Workshops and seminars, all day Aug. 8, $5.

Crow Wing County

Historical Museum

"Hooked on Fishing," featuring lures, reels and photographs, ongoing. To submit items, call 829-3268.

AITKIN

Jaques Art Center

Native American Art Exhibit, through July 26.

Ripple River Gallery

South of Aitkin

"Unstill Lives" by Dean Lettenstrom and Nancy Cramer Lettenstrom, through Aug. 10; reception 4-7 p.m. Saturday.

BAXTER

Lakewood Bank

Photographs by John Erickson, ongoing.

CROSSLAKE

Moonlight Bay restaurant

"Environmental Experience," touring exhibit, noon-5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, free.

LITTLE FALLS

Great River Arts Center Gallery

"Volcanica" by Rachel Siegel, ongoing.

"Carscapes, Reservoirs and Nature Vitamins" by Christina Seely, through Aug. 1.

Morrison County

Government Center

"Abstracted Landscape" by Michael Hawkins, through Aug. 31.

Morrison County Historical Society

"Good Eatin'," through December.

Family Medical Center Gallery

"Alternative Views of Atmosphere" by Shelly Leitheiser, through Aug. 31.

NISSWA

Nisswa Community Center

and Nisswa Park

Majestic Pines Festival, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 25-26, free. Includes more than 100 artists and food, (218) 963-2620, www.nisswa.com.

Paper Birch Gallery

Art in the Evening, 6-8:30 p.m. July 26, www.lifesabirch.com.

PINE RIVER

Pine River Elementary School Gym

43rd annual Pine River Art Show and Sale, 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m. July 24-26, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. July 27, free.

Out of town

MINNEAPOLIS

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

2400 Third Ave. South

"Crossing the Channel: British and French Painting in the Age of Romanticism," through Sept. 7.

Rock the Mic

Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Sean Paul and Fabulous, today, Target Center, (651) 989-5151, www.ticketmaster.com.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Friday, Historic Pantages Theatre, (651) 989-5151, www.ticketmaster.com.

Starlight Express

Tuesday-July 27, Historic Orpheum Theatre, (651) 989-5151, www.ticketmaster.com.

Metallica, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park

and The Deftones

July 27, Metrodome, (651) 989-5151, www.ticketmaster.com.

Counting Crows

July 31, Target Center, (651) 989-5151, www.ticketmaster.com.

The Isley Brothers

Aug. 1, Historic Orpheum Theatre, (651) 989-5151, www.ticketmaster.com.

ST. PAUL

Minnesota Children's Museum

"Arthur's World," based on the PBS series, through Jan. 4.

"Pattern Wizardry," through Sept. 7.

"Dracula"

Minnesota Centennial Showboat play, through Aug. 23, 8 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, Harriet Island, (651) 227-1100.

"Circus! Science Under the Big Top"

Exhibit, through Sept. 1, Science Museum of Minnesota, downtown, gate admission is $8 (adults), $6 (ages 4-12 and seniors), (651) 221-9444, www.smm.org.

"Chicago"

Musical, through Sunday, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, $35-$65, (651) 224-4222.

Mariah Carey

July 26, Xcel Energy Center, (651) 989-5151, www.ticketmaster.com.

James Taylor

Aug. 1, Xcel Energy Center, (651) 989-5151, www.ticketmaster.com.

CHANHASSEN

Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Dave Rogers' "Big Bugs" exhibit, through Sept. 28; gate admission $7.

"The Sound of Music"

Through Oct. 24, eight showings weekly, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, $41-$63, (800) 362-3515.

DETROIT LAKES

SpiritFest Midwest

Christian music, July 25-27, Soo Pass Ranch, www.spiritfestmidwest.com, 1-800-493-3378.

HINCKLEY

Southern Gospel Concert Series

6:30 p.m. Saturdays all summer, First Presbyterian Church, 1-800-996-4566.

NEW YORK MILLS

Regional Art Exhibit

More than 100 pieces by 60 artists, through Sunday, Regional Cultural Center Gallery.

Three Rivers Kantele

Finnish folk group, 7 p.m. Sunday, $8 (members), $10 (non-members), $5 (students), New York Mills Regional Arts Center, (218) 385-3339.

"On a Wing and a Prayer"

Prints by Abigail Merickel, Tuesday-Aug. 31; reception 2-4 p.m. July 27.

PRIOR LAKE

Mystic Lake Casino

Peter Frampton, Aug. 4, (651) 989-5151, www.ticketmaster.com.

REGAL

15th Annual Cornstalk Country

Music Festival

All day, starting at noon, Fri-Sat, outdoor amphitheater, gates open at 10:30 a.m., www.cornstalkfest.com.

Special events

BRAINERD

Bruce Eastman

CLC instructor and poet, Brown Bag Lunch Speakers Series, noon-1 p.m. Monday, library.

Arnie Johnson

Author of "Got a Problem? Get a Duck! Getting Where You Want to Be," Brown Bag Lunch Speakers Series, noon-1 p.m. July 28, library.

Crow Wing County Fair

Music, rides and games, Aug. 5-10, fairgrounds in south Brainerd, brainerd.com/fair.

CROSSLAKE

Old Timer Day

Area "old timers" are invited to record memories, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 2, dedication of plaques at 2 p.m., music and refreshments available, free admission.

Crosslake Days

Aug. 6-10. Centennial Parade Aug. 6. Artisans Fair, Aug. 10, Crosslake Historic Log Village.

PILLAGER

Cass County Fair

Today-Sunday, Pillager Fairgrounds, (218) 568-4971.

Classes/workshops

BRAINERD

Fish painting

Taught by Evelyn Matthies, 1 p.m. today, Crossing.

A Day of Workshops

Lecture/Q&A format, keynoted by Rose Edin, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Aug. 9, $5 at the door, Crossing.

The FlipSide: Photography

Ages 13 and up, 10 a.m.-noon Aug. 9, Crossing Fine Arts Center, $5 per child (non-members), $3 per child (members), limited to first 20 registrants, 828-5372.

CROSSLAKE

Fund-raiser

For Mid-Minnesota Women's Center and the Alex & Brandon Child Safety Center, 5 p.m. Saturday, Crosslake American Legion, $6 in advance, $7 at the door. Includes picnic, fashion show, silent auction and the Kenny Jake Band.

LITTLE FALLS

Voice Classes for Children

Ages 6-9, instructor Danna Pantzke, various times and dates, (320) 632-0637.

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.

Community Band

Meets from 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays at the St. Francis Music Center, open to anyone that plays a band instrument, all skill levels, (320) 632-0637.

Landscape Photography Class

Taught by Christina Seely, 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, July 8-24, $25, (320) 632-0960, www.greatart.org.

WADENA

Camp Madhatter

Music/drama day camp for ages 6-18, Aug. 4-15, (218) 631-1297.

If you would like your event listed in the Entertainment Guide, e-mail John at john.hansen@brainerddispatch.com, call (218) 855-5863 or mail to John Hansen, Brainerd Daily Dispatch, P.O. Box 974, Brainerd, MN, 56401. Please include time, date, place, admission price and contact information. Deadline is Monday for Thursday publication.