UPCOMING EVENTS

Live music

For week of Sept. 3-9; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.

BRAINERD

Blue Ox

608 Laurel St.

Lasher, Friday-Saturday

Coco Moon

601 Laurel St.

Thursday Bluegrass, first, third and fifth Thursday of the month

The E Squared Cafe

123 East Washington St.

Steve Johnson, Friday-Saturday

Yesterday's Gone

612 Front St.

Open Jam, every Saturday

The Iron Rail

707 Laurel St.

Wayne Renn Band, Thursday-Saturday

BREEZY POINT

Commander Bar

30279 Airport Road

Shirts and Skins, Thursday; Joy Ride, Friday-Saturday; Rock It Science, Sunday

Prime Time Food and Spirits

8548 Ski Chalet Drive

The Stool Pigeons, Friday-Sunday

CROSBY

The Bridge Tavern

26929 Highway 6

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

DEERWOOD

The Deerstand Bar and Grill

24188 Mohs St.

Cuyuna Rhythm, 7:30-11:30 p.m. Thursday

FIFTY LAKES

50 Lakes Bar

40430 County Road 3

The Diamond Dogs, 8:30 p.m. -12:30 a.m. Saturday

FORT RIPLEY

St. Mathias Bar and Grill

8901 County Road 121

Montana Sky, 8:30 p.m. -12:30 a.m. Saturday.

GARRISON

Blue Goose Inn

9347 U.S. Highway 169

Cold Front, Friday-Saturday

LAKE SHORE

Bar Harbor

8164 Interlachen Road

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

MOTLEY

Ten Hi

133 Highway 10

Montana Sky, 8:30 p.m. -12:30 a.m. Friday

Performing arts

BAXTER

Legacy Five

Legacy Five concert, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 25, Heritage Assembly of God Church, Baxter; tickets are $16 in advance and $19 at the door. Tickets can be purchased at Bethany Book Store in Baxter, KTIG in Pequot Lakes, Good Book and Gift in Little Falls, Brainerd Dispatch in Brainerd and Inspirations in Wadena or purchased online at iTickets.com or by calling (800) 965-9324.

BRAINERD

Ballroom dancing

Jerry O'Hagen and his 14-piece orchestra to perform Friday-Sunday for a ballroom dancing event, Madden's Resort on Gull Lake.

Cowboy and Hobo Festival

Cowboy and Hobo Festival, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sept. 11-12 and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 13, Crow Wing County Fairgrounds, Brainerd. Tickets are $10 a day or $20 for a three-day pass; seniors 55 and older, a three-day pass is $15; and kids 12 and under, free with an adult.

'The Sound of Music'

The Sound of Music, Central Lakes College fall production, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1-3 and 7-10 and 2 p.m. Oct. 4 and 10 and at 10 a.m. Oct. 6. For more information contact Dennis Lamberson at 855-8202.

NISSWA

Chanhassen's 'Married Alive!'

Chanhassen's Married Alive! 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11-12, Gull Lake Center at Grand View Lodge, with a 5:30 p.m. social and silent auction, followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tickets, $75, are available from the Chanhassen Box Office by calling (866) 246-4926.

PEQUOT LAKES

Auditions for 'Curtains'

Auditions for Curtains, Pequot Lakes Community Theatre's fall production, 6-9 p.m. Sept. 14-15, in Pequot Lakes High School Choir Room.

DEERWOOD

Storyhill Festival

Storyhill Fest Midwest to include 12 musicians/artists, Sept. Saturday-Sunday, Presbyterian Clearwater Forest Camp. For more information go to www.storyhill.com/fest2/front.html.

WADENA

Concert

Israeli jazz pianist Anat Fort and her jazz trio, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 9, Wadena Memorial Auditorium; tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at door, students rush tickets for $2 one hour before the concert. More information by calling New York Mills Regional Cultural Center at (218) 385-3339.

Whiskey Creek Film Festival

Whiskey Creek Film Festival, Sept. 11-17, Cozy Theater; more information at www.whiskeycreekfilmfestival.org.

Visual arts

AITKIN

Jaques Art Center

121 Second St. N.W.

Charles Beck's woodblock prints exhibit through Sept. 13

BRAINERD

City Hall

501 Laurel St.

Encore Art Club members, paintings, ongoing.

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

Area photographer Peg Serani's Nature-Naturally exhibit, through Oct. 2.

Central Lakes College Gallery

501 W. College Dr.

Ann Klefstad, a writer and sculptor artist from Duluth, exhibition through Sept. 24.

Q Gallery at Franklin Arts Center

1001 Kingwood St.

Portraits of Home II: Veterans in Search of Stable Housing in Greater Minnesota photograph exhibition Sept. 8-30, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and Sept. 12. More information call Crossing Arts Alliance at 833-0416.

CROSSLAKE

Community Center and Library

14126 Daggett Pine Road

Paintings by Diane Runberg, ongoing.

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.

Special events

BRAINERD

Cultural Thursday

Gary Payne, a sociology instructor at Central Lakes College in Brainerd, will present Panama, noon, Thursday in the Chalberg Theatre, free.

Wine Tasting Contest

Blind Wine Tasting Contest, 6-9 p.m. Sept. 11, Northland Arboretum; tickets, $35 in advance and $40 at door. Tickets available at arboretum, Cash Wise Liquor in Baxter and from arboretum board members.

LEADER

Pig races

Pig races, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

LITTLE FALLS

Book signing

Author Matt Goldman, book signing from 12-4 p.m. Sept. 12, Bookin' It.

STAPLES

Staples Area Men's Chorus rehearsal

Staples Area Men's Chorus rehearsal, 8:30 p.m. Sept. 9, Staples Motley High School choir room.