Upcoming arts and entertainment events
Live music
For week of Aug. 16-22; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.
BRAINERD
Blue Ox Bar
Aimee B. and the Sundogz, Fri-Sat
Open mic jam session with Lurking with Intent, Mon
Eagles Club
Kenny Jake, 8 p.m.-midnight Fri
The Rail
Coldwater Johnson, Fri-Sat
Eclectic Cafe
Brian Jones, Sat
Coco Moon
Katie Ziegler will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday at Northern Pacific Park in Staples as part of the Music in the Park series. Admission is free.
Bluegrass jam, 6:30 p.m. Thu
Paradise Shores Resort
South Long Lake
Kenny Jake Band, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Sat
Villella's Bada Bing
Thunderguns, Fri (outdoors)
Black Valentine, Sat (outdoors)
DJ, Fri-Sat
Yesterday's Gone
Open jam night, 7 p.m. Sat
BAXTER
Prairie Bay Restaurant
Jim Olsen, Thu-Fri, Wed
BREEZY POINT
Prime Time Food and Spirits
Red Dot Garage, Fri-Sat
CROSBY
The Bridge Tavern
Austad Family (classic country), 4-8 p.m. Sun
CROSSLAKE
Town Square
Brass Messengers (Latin American dance and Afro-pop), 6:30 p.m. Sat
EAST GULL LAKE
O'Madden's Pub
Madden's Inn & Golf Club
Paul Berget, Fri, Tue
3 in a Tree, Sat
GARRISON
The Blue Goose
Black Wills, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Fri-Sat
LAKE SHORE
Bar Harbor
Kevin Klimek (variety), 7-11 p.m. Fri-Sun
Music Jam hosted by Steve Anderson, 1-5 p.m. Sun, open to all musicians, bring your own instrument.
Zorbaz
DJ, Fri-Sat
MOTLEY
Ten Hi
One Night Stand, Fri-Sat
WALKER
Northern Lights Casino
Cabaret Lounge
Everette Smithson (Cajun), 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Fri-Sun
Performing arts
BRAINERD
The Rev. Eric Holleque
Summer Organ Series, noon Wednesday, Trinity Lutheran Church, free-will offerings accepted, 829-9740.
Cowboy & Hobo Days Festival
Country and rockabilly and storytelling, Sept. 7-8, county fairgrounds, $5 (adults per day), free (14 and younger), proceeds benefit Salvation Army, 763-3662, www.cactuswillie.net. Headliners include The Cowboy, Hobo & Drifter, The Shaffer Family, Geoff Elvee and Johnny Jay Huhta.
Peggy Kriha Dye
Opera singer's Hometown Recital, with Brainerd High School A Cappella Choir, 3 p.m. Oct. 7, Franklin Arts Center Theatre, $50 and $30 for reserved seating, $5 discount for students, seniors and Crossing Arts Alliance members, (218) 833-0416, reception follows concert in Crossing Gallery 119, proceeds benefit Crossing Arts Alliance.
AKELEY
Woodtick Musical Theater
Bluegrass, folk, country, gospel and comedy, 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and Wednesdays, 3 p.m. Thursdays and Wednesdays, through Sept. 15, Woodtick Theater, $14.50 (adult), $13.50 (senior), $9.50 (ages 13-17), $6.50 (child), group rates also available, (800) 644-6892, www.woodticktheater.com.
CROSBY
Music in the Park
Billy Hanson, country music, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 23, Memorial Park, free, bring own lawn chairs or blankets, (218) 546-8131.
NISSWA
Robert Robinson
Gospel recital, 8 p.m. Saturday, the Journey Church, free-will offerings accepted, 963-2663, doors open at 7 p.m.
Scott Lykins
Cello recital, 2 p.m. Sunday, Lutheran Church of the Cross.
ONAMIA
Grand Casino Mille Lacs
Events & Convention Center
Grand Ladies of the Grand Ole Opry, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14-15, $15 and $20, (651) 989-5151, www.ticketmaster.com.
Bill Engvall, comedy, 6:30 and 9 p.m. Sept. 22, $32 and $39, (651) 989-5151, www.ticketmaster.com.
PINE RIVER
Lakes Bluegrass Festival
Aug. 23-26, Cass County Fairgrounds, $3.50-$45, (218) 568-7366. www.lakesbluegrassfestival.org. Headliners include Blue Moon Rising and The Chapmans.
STAPLES
Music in the Park
Katie Ziegler, country, 7 p.m. Sunday, Northern Pacific Park, free.
"My Fatal Valentine"
Murder mystery dinner theater staged by Lamplighter Community Theatre, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday-Aug. 23, T Maxwell's Restaurant, doors open at 6 p.m., $22, tickets available at (888) 894-1112 and the Staples World, reserve tickets by Aug. 17.
WALKER
Northern Lights Casino
Cajunfest (outdoors), Thursday-Sunday, free, www.northernlightscasino.com.
Laughs at the Lights, 7 p.m. Tuesdays, free.
Travis Tritt, 8 p.m. Sept. 7-8, $47-$57, www.northernlightscasino.com.
Jerry Douglass & Alecia Nugent, "The Best of Bluegrass," 8 p.m. Oct. 12, $13-$23, www.northernlightscasino.com.
Collin Raye, 8 p.m. Oct. 12-13, $11-$21, www.northernlightscasino.com.
Blake Shelton, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10, $32-$42, www.northernlightscasino.com.
Visual arts
BRAINERD
City Hall
Fifth and Laurel streets
Encore Art Club members, paintings, ongoing.
Crossing Arts Alliance Gallery
Franklin Arts Center
Various artists, ongoing.
Q Gallery 222
Franklin Arts Center
American Society of Photographers' Traveling Loan Collection, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Gallery 119
Franklin Arts Center
"Viewing the Invisible: Scanning Microscopic Images" by Marilyn Koering, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, through August.
Brainerd Public Library
Barbara Rischmiller, paintings, through Aug. 31. Presented by Encore Art Club.
Crow Wing County Historical
Society Museum
"Doses of History," medicine exhibit, ongoing.
"Lifeline: County Hospitals in Retrospect," ongoing.
AITKIN
Jaques Art Center
"Lladro & Other Mediterranean Art," through Aug. 25, (218) 927-2363, info@jacquesart.com.
BREEZY POINT
City Hall
Paintings by Crosslake Art Club, through August.
CROSBY
Memorial Park
Serpent Lake Festival of Fine Art and Craft, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. Part of Heritage Days.
CROSSLAKE
Crosslake Community Center
Paintings by Crosslake Art Club, through August.
City Hall
Paintings by Crosslake Art Club, through August.
DEERWOOD
Ripple River Gallery
Woodblock prints, paintings and bird carvings by Charles Beck, through Sept. 16, (218) 678-2575, ripriv@mlecmn.net, www.ripplerivergallery.com.
LONGVILLE
King Gardens Fall Art Show
and Harvest Sale
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 1-2, King Gardens, five miles north of Longville, www.kinggardens.com.
NISSWA
World Art Gallery
Lower level of Integrity Realty
Mark Malan, hand-turned native wood bowls, 4-6 p.m. Friday, (218) 963-0440.
Out of town
MINNEAPOLIS
"Sacred Beauty: Treasures from
Swedish Cathedrals and Churches"
Through Oct. 7, American Swedish Institute, $4-$6, www.americanswedishinst.org.
"Uzbek Embrodiery in
the Nomadic Tradition"
Through Aug. 26, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, (612) 870-3046, www.artsmia.org.
"A Mirror of Nature: Nordic
Landscape Painting 1840-1900"
Through Sept. 2, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, (612) 870-3046, www.artsmia.org.
"1776"
Musical, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 7 p.m. Sundays, through Aug. 26, Guthrie Theater Thrust Stage, $27-$57, (877) 44-STAGE, www.guthrietheater.org.
"The Kensington Rune Stone"
Presentation by Scott Wolter, 7 p.m. Wednesday, American Swedish Institute, $4-$6 museum admission, www.americanswedishinst.org.
"Jane Eyre"
7:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 7 p.m. Sundays, selected matinees, Sept. 14-Nov. 10, Guthrie Theater, $24-$69, (877) 44-STAGE, www.guthrietheater.org.
Brian Friel's "The Home Place"
Directed by Joe Dowling, times TBA Sept. 28-Nov. 25, ticket prices TBA, (877) 44-STAGE, www.guthrietheater.org.
"Georgia O'Keeffe: Circling
Around Abstraction"
Oct. 7-Jan. 6, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, admission TBA, (612) 870-3046, www.artsmia.org.
"The Genius of Shibata Zeshin"
Oct. 13-Jan. 6, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, (612) 870-3046, www.artsmia.org.
ST. PAUL
Minnesota State Fair
Aug. 23-Sept. 3, fairgrounds, 1265 Snelling Ave. N., $22-$54 for grandstand shows, free for bandshell and other side stages, various gate admissions, (651) 288-4467, www.mnstatefair.org.
"A Tribute to Bob Feldman:
Celebrating a Life in Music"
7 p.m. Sept. 9, Fitzgerald Theater, ticket prices TBA, (651) 290-1221, www.fitzgeraldtheater.org, www.redhouserecords.com, featuring Red House Records artists including Greg Brown, Eliza Gilkyson and John Gorka.
EXCELSIOR
"Leaving Iowa"
Comedy, presented by Old Log Theater, 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 7 p.m. Sundays and 1 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, through Sept. 15, Excelsior Playhouse, $18.50-$30, (952) 474-5951, www.oldlog.com.
HINCKLEY
Grand Casino Hinckley
Events & Convention Center
Liza Minnelli, 5 p.m. Sept. 16, $35-$45, (651) 989-5151, www.grandcasinomn.com.
NEW YORK MILLS
Regional Cultural Center
"State of Dress," work by Robin Barcus, through Sept. 2.
Four Shadow
A cappella, 8 p.m. Sept. 15, Mann Performing Arts Auditorium, $5-$12.
ST. CLOUD
"Watercolor Mentoring"
Taught by Raleigh Kinney, times TBA Monday-Wednesday, $300, limited space, (719) 539-6907 or (480) 586-8758, rekwc@hotmail.com, www.kinneywatercolors.com.
ST. JOSEPH
Ballet Folklorico "Quetzalli" de Veracruz
7 p.m. Sept. 15, Petters Auditorium, Benedicta Arts Center, College of St. Benedict, $22 (adults), $11 (seniors/youths), (320) 363-5777, www.csbsju.edu/finearts.
TERRACE
Terrace Mill
Group photography show, through Sept. 30, $1, (320) 278-3261, www.terracemill.org.
New Orleans Cajun Heritage Festival
1:30 p.m. Aug. 26, Terrace Mill, $3-$7. Featuring music by Cajun Hot Soles and food.
WINSTEAD
Higher Ground Music Festival
Christian rock/contemporary, Friday-Saturday, campgrounds, $30-$65, (866) 821-5151, www.hgmusicfest.com.
WINTON
Seventh annual Boundary
Waters Blues Festival
Aug. 23-25, The Longbranch, $20-$50, (218) 349-5520, www.elyblues.com.
Special events
BRAINERD
Texas Hold'em
6 p.m. Thursdays, Paradise Shores Resort, free, 764-2328.
Texas Hold'em
7 p.m. Thursdays, Villella's Bada Bing, no buy-in or entry fee, 828-2900.
Sushi Sake Samurai Saturday
5-7 p.m. Saturdays, Eclectic Cafe. Featuring sushi and sake for $1 each and samurai films.
Texas Hold'em
5 p.m. Sundays, The Green Lantern, free, no buy-in or entry fee, 764-2323.
Northcountrymen Barbershop Chorus
Practices, 7 p.m. Mondays, First Congregational Church. New members and audiences welcome. If interested, call Dick Jensen at 829-9663 or Yibby Knudsen at 829-1214.
Texas Hold'em
6 p.m. Wednesdays, Lakeside Resort, free, 828-1708.
Franklin Arts Center Open House
10 a.m.-4 p.m. second Saturday of every month, 1001 Kingwood St.
Brainerd Writers' Alliance meeting
10 a.m.-1 p.m., third Saturday of every month, Central Lakes College cafeteria, $10 annual membership dues, 825-0461, www.brainerdwriters.org.
AITKIN
Texas Hold'em
6 p.m. Tuesdays, The Landing, free, weekly prizes, (218) 927-9998.
Cuyuna Range Community Band
Practice, 7 p.m. Tuesdays, Aitkin High School band room, (218) 546-7402.
BAXTER
"Chefs' Challenge"
6:30 p.m. second Tuesday every other month, Chef & Company, free. Cooking competition similar to "Iron Chef.
DEERWOOD
Texas Hold'em
6 p.m. Tuesdays, The Deer Stand, no buy-in or entry fee.
HACKENSACK
12th annual Northwoods
Art & Book Festival
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 25, Community Center, (218) 675-5135, moren@uslink.net. Featuring book readings (10 a.m. and 1 p.m.), coffee shop (10-11:30 a.m.), authors and illustrators signing books, food, music and art. Presented by Northwoods Arts Council.
HARDING
Texas Hold'em
5 p.m. Sundays, Dubb's Pub, free, (320) 277-9500.
HILLMAN
Texas Hold'em
6 p.m. Mondays, The Looney Bend, free, (320) 277-9452.
Texas Hold'em
6 p.m. Wednesdays, Hillman Bar & Grill, free, (320) 277-9515.
IRONTON
Texas Hold'em
6 p.m. Thursdays, Gary's Sports Bar & Grill, no buy-in or entry fee.
LITTLE FALLS
Prairie Point Quilters meeting
7 p.m. first Tuesday of the month, First Lutheran Church, (320) 632-4254 or 825-9345.
ONAMIA
41st annual Mille Lacs Band
of Ojibwe Traditional Powwow
Friday-Sunday, powwow grounds two miles north of Grand Casino Mille Lacs, free. Grand entries at 7 p.m. Friday, 1 and 7 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday, (320) 532-5944.
PILLAGER
Texas Hold'em
6 p.m. Tuesdays, KC's Saloon, free, weekly prizes, (218) 746-3328.
PINE CENTER
Texas Hold'em
6 p.m. Tuesdays, JR's Junction, free, weekly prizes, (218) 764-2796.
Classes/workshops
BRAINERD
"Surpassing the Competition
in Watercolor"
Taught by Raleigh Kinney, times TBA Aug. 27-29, $300, limited space, (719) 539-6907 or (480) 586-8758, rekwc@hotmail.com, www.kinneywatercolors.com.
Beginner wood carving class
9 a.m.-noon third Saturday of the month and 6-9 p.m. third Wednesday of the month, Franklin Arts Center Woodworking Shop.
AITKIN
Jaques Art Center workshops
Sunday Painters, led by Carolyn Parson,12:30 p.m. Sundays, (218) 927-2363.
Weavers' Club, 1 p.m. first Saturday of the month, (218) 927-2363.
Calligraphy study group
5-7 p.m. first Monday of the month, 9-11 a.m. fourth Wednesday of the month, Jaques Art Center, (218) 927-2363, www.aitkinbeanery.com, www.northernlightswine.com.
DEERWOOD
Forest Road Art Studio class
Drawing, 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays, $4, (218) 534-4936.
LITTLE FALLS
Great River Arts Center classes
Ceramics Open Studio, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturdays, $5 (GRAA members), $8 (non-members).
Drawing Discovery Book Club, 3:30-4:30 p.m. first Thursday of the month, free, (320) 616-5421, www.greatart.org, kampas@fallsnet.com.
Good Living Cookbook Club
7 p.m. second Tuesday of the month, Bookin' It, (320) 616-5580, www.bookinitontheweb.com.
If you would like your event listed in the entertainment guide, e-mail John at john.hansen@brainerddispatch.com, call 855-5863, fax 829-0211 or mail to John Hansen, 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.