Entertainment Guide

For week of Sept. 26-Oct. 2; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.

Brainerd

Blue Ox Bar

Baby Grand (rock) Thur

Junk (rock) Fri-Sat

Paradise City (rock) Mon-Tues

Eagles Club

Whiskey Logic (country rock) Fri

Iron Rail Saloon

Preston & Paulzine (variety) Thur

Diamondback (country rock) Fri-Sat

Bottom Feeders (variety) Wed

Breezy Point

Commander Bar

High Noon (country) Fri-Sat

Marina Bar (Breezy Point Resort)

Tami & the Bachelor (variety) Thur-Sat

Prime Time Charlie's

Southern Uprising (Southern and classic rock) Fri-Sat

Crosslake

The Exchange

Shakey Jake, Sat

Moonlite Bay

The Package, Fri-Sat

East Gull Lake

O'Madden Pub (Madden's Resort)

Jack Tango (variety) Thur

Preston & Paulzine (variety) Fri-Sat, Mon-Wed

Garrison

The Blue Goose

Troubleshooter (variety) Fri-Sat

Lake Shore

Bar Harbor

Sawtell (variety) Thur-Sun, Wed

Little Falls

West Side Bar

Wildcat Creek (country rock) Thur-Fri

Starlight (variety) Sat

Sandy Brooks (variety) Wed

Merrifield

The Cabin

Whiskey Logic (country rock) Sat

Performing arts

Grassroots concerts

Prudence Johnson in Grassroots Concerts series, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Pequot Lakes High School auditorium, $15 at the gate, which opens at 6:30 p.m.; Douglas Wood, Oct. 11.

Celtic dancers

"Celtic Crossroads" production, featuring Northwind Crossing band and McNaughton Irish Step Dancers, 7 p.m. Friday, Pine River-Backus High School auditorium, Pine River, call Pine River-Backus Community Education for ticket information, (218) 587-2080.

Legacy concert

River of Life Productions presents Legacy Five gospel group in concert, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Tornstrom Auditorium, Washington Middle School, Brainerd, $12 in advance at area Christian bookstores, KTIG Radio or by calling 829-0065, or $15 at the gate.

New York Mills concert

Beth Custer and her jazz ensemble in concert, 8 p.m. Saturday, New York Mills Regional Cultural Center, downtown, $10 at the gate.

Little Falls stage season

Peter Mayer in Little Falls House Concerts series, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4, Pine Edge Inn of Little Falls, $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and students, (320) 632-0960; George Maurer Jazz Ensemble, Oct. 26.

Community theater production

On Stage Community Theater troupe presents "Annie," 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10-12 and 17-19, and 2 p.m. Oct. 13 and 20, Franklin Junior High School, Brainerd, $8 for adults, $5 for children 12 and under, 828-5372.

Classical concert

Heartland Symphony Orchestra fall concert, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12, Tornstrom Auditorium, Washington Middle School, Brainerd, and Oct. 19, Wadena Memorial Auditorium, 2:30 p.m. Oct. 20, Little Falls High School auditorium, call 800-826-1997 for ticket information.

Children's theater

Greater Lakes Area Performing Arts season opens with Children's Theater Co. of Minneapolis production of "Snowflake," 2 p.m. Oct. 12, Pequot Lakes High School auditorium, followed by "Lucky Stiff" on Oct. 25-27 and Nov. 1-3 and five other productions through April 4, season tickets $60 for adults, $55 for seniors, call (218) 568-9200 for more information.

Lakes Area Concert Association

Lakes Area Concert Association performing arts season opens Oct. 19 with Dare to Breathe quintet, followed by The Abaca String Band on Nov. 10, Dance Through Time on Feb. 12, Per Tengstand on March 11 and Barbary Coast Dixieland Band on April 25, $25 season ticket for individual, $65 for family, 829-3379 or 828-7105; Brassissimo Vienna opens Central Lakes Concert Series today at Alexandria-Jefferson High School; all concerts start at 7:30 p.m.

Classic country

Classic Country Jamboree, featuring Jeannie Riley, John Conlee, Jerry Reed, George "Goober" Lindsey and others, in concert, 3 and 6:30 p.m. Oct. 27, Grand Casino Mille Lacs convention center, $19 and $26, (651) 989-5151 or at the casino.

Visual arts

AITKIN

Jaques Art Center

"Visions from the Land of the Midnight Sun" Scandinavian exhibit, through Oct. 26, downtown.

Ripple River

Gallery

"Time and Place" exhibit featuring works by bead artist Jo Wood and fiber artist Tina Fung-Holder, through Sunday; "The Elements" exhibit by Northern Printmakers Alliance opens Oct. 2.

BRAINERD

Brainerd Public Library

Painting exhibit by Irene Schalow, through Oct. 15.

The Crossing's Fine Arts Center

Private collection paintings by Eric Abbott, Saturday-Oct. 28, downtown.

Evelyn Matthies Porthole Gallery

Painting exhibit by Oren Thorson, Sunday-Oct. 28, 712 Washington St.

LITTLE FALLS

Government Center Gallery

"Spirit Dimensional Abstract Art" exhibit by Wayne Smith, through October, 213 S.E. First Ave.

Family Medical Center Gallery

"Paint, Pattern and Cloth" exhibit by Judith Visker, through October, 811 S.E. Second St.

LAKES AREA

Mille Lacs Indian Museum

Minnesota Historical Society offers series of workshops on traditional Ojibwe skills, including baby moccasins Oct. 19-20 and Ojibwe moccasins Nov. 9-10, $25 plus supplies, call (320) 532-3632 for more information.

NY Mills Regional Cultural Center

Mixed media collage exhibit by Joyce Haviland and glass exhibit by Larry Bautch, through Oct. 23; painting exhibit by Kathleen and Maureen Welter opens Oct. 6 with 1-4 p.m. reception, downtown.

Stable Gallery

Exhibit by painter Fred Somers, through Oct. 15, Madden's Resort, Gull Lake.

Out of town

MINNEAPOLIS

Guthrie Theater

725 Vineland

Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors," Saturday-Nov. 3, $16-$46, 877-447-8243.

Children's Theatre Co.

2400 Third Ave.

"A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings," through Oct. 19, $12-$25 for children, $16-$31 for adults, (612) 874-0400.

HINCKLEY

Grand Casino Hinckley presents B.B. King Blues Festival with B.B. King, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Shane Henry, 2 p.m. Sunday, $29, (651) 989-5151.

ST. CLOUD

21st annual Millstream Arts Festival, featuring music, art and food, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Riverside Park, $1 donation, (320) 253-0679.

"Red! A Tribute to Red Skelton" starring Tom Mullica, 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Paramount Theater, downtown, $19 for adults, less for seniors and students, (320) 259-LINE.

Cantus vocal ensemble in concert, 2 p.m. Sunday, St. John's University, $22 for adults, $18 for seniors, (320) 363-3577.

Comedian Bill Cosby in concert, 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. Nov. 8, St. Cloud State University, $24-$32, (320) 255-2205.

Special events

Cultural Thursday

Cultural Thursday presentation on Venezuela by Gary Payne of Baxter, noon Oct. 3, Central Lakes College Lecture Hall, Brainerd campus.

Speaker series

John Erickson, area attorney and photographer, will be guest speaker in the first First Thursdays Speaker Series, 7 p.m. Oct. 3, Brainerd Public Library, free.

Arts center fund-raiser

Benefit art auction for Great River Arts Association's new art center, 7 p.m. Nov. 2, downtown Little Falls, $20 in advance, $25 at the gate, call (320) 632-0960 for more information.

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.