Upcoming arts and entertainment events

For week of Sept. 30-Oct. 6; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.

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BRAINERD

Blue Ox Bar

Babylon, Thu

Tracy Blake Project, Fri-Sat

Three Dollar Molly, Mon-Tue

Ded Walleye, Wed

Eagles Club

Virg and the Eldorados, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Fri

The Rail

Kid Hollywood, Thu

Southern Uprising, Fri-Sat

October Road, Sun

Pop Wagner will present the best of old-time Appalachian string band music, cowboy classics and hot picking, as well as snappy repartee, crazy antics and lariat tricks, when he performs with the Pop Wagner Trio at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8 at the Pequot Lakes High School Auditorium. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $8 for students.

Heartbreak Ridge, Wed

BREEZY POINT

Commander Bar

Suicide Blonde, Fri-Sat

Prime Time Charlie's

Steve Anderson, 7-11 p.m. Thu

Free Ride, Fri-Sat

CROSSLAKE

The New Exchange

Dirty Word, 9:30 p.m. Sat

GARRISON

The Blue Goose

Hit Kickers, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Fri-Sat, $3

LAKE SHORE

Bar Harbor

Saxy Lady and the Surf Cat, 7-11 p.m. Thu-Sun, Wed

Zorbaz

DJ, Fri-Sat

MOTLEY

Ten Hi

Muddy Water, Fri-Sat

Performing arts

BRAINERD

Bluegrass jams

6:30 p.m. Thursday and Oct. 7 and 21, Coco Moon, free.

"The Children's Hour"

Play, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, Dryden Theatre, Central Lakes College, $5 (public), free (CLC students), 855-8199.

The Stagebenders

Comedy, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Scott Hansen's Comedy Gallery at The Rail, $10, 829-0513, www.comedyinfo.com.

KJ52 and Pigeon John

Christian hip-hop concert, 7 p.m. Saturday, World on Wheels Skate Center, $10 (advance), $13 (at door), (218) 821-0864, www.bayministries.org, www.kj52.com, www.pigeonjohn.com.

Orange Kellin's New Orleans

Blues Serenaders

7:30 p.m. Monday, Tornstrom Auditorium, Washington Middle School. Lakes Area Concert Association season memberships: $28 (adults), $10 (students), $70 (families).

"The Sound of Music"

Presented by On Stage Community Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7-9 and 14-16, 3 p.m. Oct. 10 and 17, Franklin Junior High School Auditorium, $8 (adults), $5 (12 and under), $10 (reserved), tickets are available at the Brainerd Community Education office, Brainerd Lakes Area Chambers of Commerce and Bethany Bookstore.

Alex Cole

Comedy, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8-9, Scott Hansen's Comedy Gallery at The Rail, $10, 829-0513, www.comedyinfo.com.

Heartland Symphony Orchestra

"Meet the HSO," 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9, Tornstrom Auditorium, Washington Middle School, $20 (adult season), $30 (adult pair season), $35 (family season), $12 (senior or student season).

EAST GULL LAKE

Legacy Chorale of

Greater Minnesota

"Autumn in New York: Favorites from Broadway and the Met," fund-raiser, 6 p.m. Oct. 8, Cragun's Legacy Clubhouse main dining room, $55, (218) 820-6034, 1-888-899-6034, (218) 820-6034, legacychorale@charter.net. Tickets available at the Dispatch, Music General and Bridge of Harmony in Brainerd and Lakes Music in Pequot Lakes.

LITTLE FALLS

Heartland Symphony Orchestra

"Meet the HSO," 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8, Charles D. Martin Auditorium, Little Falls High School, $20 (adult season), $30 (adult pair season), $35 (family season), $12 (senior or student season).

NISSWA

Jim Miller

Grassroots Concert, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nisswa Community Center, $10, www.turtletownmusic.com.

ONAMIA

Grand Casino Mille Lacs

Events & Convention Center

Tracy Byrd, country music, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, $18 and $25, (651) 989-5151, www.ticketmaster.com.

PEQUOT LAKES

Pop Wagner Trio

Appalachian string band, cowboy classics and lariat tricks, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8, Pequot Lakes School Auditorium, $12 (adults), $10 (seniors), $8 (students), (218) 568-9200.

PINE RIVER

Big John Dickerson

& The Celebrators

7:30 p.m. Oct. 15, Pine River-Backus High School stage, (218) 587-2080.

STAPLES

Moscow Nights

Russian folk ensemble, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Centennial Auditorium, $12 (adult advance), $6 (student advance), $15 (adult at door), $7 (student at door); tickets available at Centennial box office, (218) 894-5416, (800) 213-6877. Part of Staples-Motley Arts Council Concert Series.

Visual arts

BRAINERD

City Hall

Fifth and Laurel streets

Adrien Town and Helen Smith, paintings, ongoing.

Evelyn Matthies' Gallery

712 Washington St.

McKenzie Bass, acrylic ink and stained glass, and Bernadette Schaffer, acrylics, through Friday.

"SCUBA diving in the Brainerd lakes area," Friday-Nov. 1; reception 5-7:30 p.m. Oct. 9.

Brainerd Public Library

Work by Encore Arts Club members, through October.

Crow Wing County Historical

Society Museum

"Bird's-Eye View," old and new photographs of Brainerd, ongoing.

"Dressing Up and Stepping Out," ongoing.

"No Time to Play," collectible toys, ongoing.

"Fashion: Function, Style, Fad," children's exhibit, ongoing.

Brainerd High School

Fall Arts and Crafts Festival, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 9, free. More than 150 exhibitors; use north or south doors.

Brainerd Medical Center

Kathy Kovala, watercolors, through October.

DEERWOOD

Ripple River Gallery

"Printmakers Invitational," 14 artists, through Oct. 10.

Open house, featuring raku pottery firing, Saturday-Sunday

EAST GULL LAKE

Stable Gallery at Madden's Resort

Various artists, through October. Gallery hours noon-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.

Special events

BRAINERD

Arty Party

10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Brainerd High School cafeteria.

Cultural Thursdays

Spain, Ana Sanchez Fernandez, noon Oct. 7, Chalberg Theatre, Central Lakes College.

CROSBY

Unlimited Learning series

"Inside Islam," 1:30 p.m. Tuesday and Oct. 19 and 26, Hallett Community Center, $20 (all four sessions), $6 (individual session).

CROSSLAKE

Octoberfest

Outdoor pig roast, noon Oct. 16, New Exchange.

LITTLE FALLS

League of Minnesota Poets

Fall Conference

Featuring keynote speaker Bruce Eastman, Oct. 15-16, St. Francis Center, $25. For information, contact Sue Wipperling at sunisue@gmail.com.

PINE RIVER

Meet the Author series

Playwrights Cynthia and Roy Booth, 7 p.m. Oct. 12, Pine River-Backus High School Media Center, free, (218) 587-2080.

Classes/workshops

BRAINERD

Second Saturdays

Art workshop for kids, 10 a.m.-noon second Saturday of the month, Crossing Arts Center, $8 per child (non-members), $3 per child (members), limited to first 20 registrants, 828-5372.

Community Band rehearsals

7-9 p.m. Mondays, Central Lakes College music room, 855-8215.

NISSWA

Watercolor classes

Taught by Kathy Kovala, 9 a.m.-noon (beginner), 1-4 p.m. (intermediate) Thursdays Oct. 7-Nov. 11, Lutheran Church of the Cross, $125 (full six-week session), 829-1457, misis@starband.net.