Entertainment guide

For week of Oct. 31-Nov. 6; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.

Brainerd

Blue Ox Bar

Rags (rock) Thur

Dozer (rock) Fri-Sat

Baby Grand (rock) Mon-Wed

Coco Moon

Cliff Veronick, pianist, and Cleo Kuelbs, vocalist, (soothing jazz) Fri, 7-10 p.m.

Eagles Club

Deuces Wild (variety) Fri

Iron Rail Saloon

Free Ride (variety) Thur-Sat

Eagle River (country rock) Wed

Breezy Point

Commander Bar

Ded Walleye (rock) Fri-Sat

Prime Time Charlie's

Baby Grand (rock) Fri-Sat

Blues Train (blues) Sun, 8 p.m.-midnight

Crosslake

Moonlite Bay

24 Seven, Sat

Garrison

The Blue Goose

Muddy Water (country) Fri-Sat

Lake Shore

Bar Harbor

Bill Shaw (variety) Thur-Sun, Wed

Little Falls

West Side Bar

Southern Uprising (country rock) Thur-Sat

Performing arts

'Macbeth' at CLC

Central Lakes College presents "Macbeth," 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday and midnight today, John Chalberg Theatre, Brainerd campus, $5, 855-8218 or 800-933-0346.

Grassroots Concerts

Larry Penn in Grassroots Concerts series, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nisswa Community Center, $10 at the gate, which opens at 6:30 p.m.; Claudia Schmidt, Nov. 15.

Pequot Lakes theater

Greater Lakes Area Performing Arts presents "Lucky Stiff," 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday and Nov. 8-9, 2 p.m. Sunday and Nov. 10, and five other productions through April 4, season tickets $60 for adults, $55 for seniors, call (218) 568-9200 for more information.

Piano performance

Pianist Mary Beth Carlson in dinner concert, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sherwood Forest restaurant, Nisswa, sponsored by Whispering Pines Good Samaritan Center, call (218) 587-4423 for ticket information.

Free jazz concert

U.S. Army Field Band's Jazz Ambassadors in free concert, 8 p.m. Monday, Brainerd High School gymnasium, tickets available at The Brainerd Dispatch, Echo Publishing in Pequot Lakes and Pine River Journal.

'Nutcracker Ballet'

Stroia Ballet Co. presents "The Nutcracker Ballet," 7 p.m. Nov. 8, Little Falls High School auditorium, and 7 p.m. Nov. 15, Tornstrom Auditorium, Washington Middle School, Brainerd, $10 for adults, $7 for children at Bridge of Harmony in Brainerd, at the door or call (320) 632-5531.

Lakes Area Concert Association

Lakes Area Concert Association presents The Abaca String Band, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10, followed by 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; also Oldtyme in concert, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10, Sauk Centre High School; and Russian State Chorus in concert, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Park Rapids High School, both open to season ticket holders on a seats-available basis.

Children's Theatre in Staples

Children's Theatre Co. of Minneapolis presents "Snowflake," 2 p.m. Nov. 10, Centennial Auditorium, Staples, $10 for adults, $7 for students, (218) 894-5416 or 800-213-6877.

Contemporary Christian

Joel Hanson, former front man for contemporary Christian music group PFR, in concert, 3 p.m. Nov. 10, Charles Martin Auditorium, Little Falls, $10, available at area Christian bookstores or by calling 877-834-6999.

BHS orchestras

Brainerd High School Sinfonia and Chamber orchestras in concert, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12, Tornstrom Auditorium, Washington Middle School, Brainerd, donated money will go to Brainerd Area Soup Kitchen program.

Little Falls stage season

Acoustic folk duo Latona's Thirst in house concert, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15, Pine Edge Inn, Little Falls, $8 for adults, $6 for seniors, $3 for children, (320) 632-0960.

On stage at CLC

Central Lakes College presents "Going to See the Elephant," Nov. 19-26, John Chalberg Theater, Brainerd campus, call CLC box office.

Country concerts

Sawyer Brown Band in concert, 6 and 8:30 p.m. Nov. 30, Grand Casino Mille Lacs convention center, $17 and $24, (651) 989-5151 or at the casino.

Visual arts

AITKIN

Jaques Art Center

"Christmas Market" exhibit, today-December, downtown.

Ripple River Gallery

"The Elements" exhibit by Northern Printmakers Alliance, through mid-November; workshop with bead artist Jo Wood, Nov. 16-17, (218) 678-2575.

BRAINERD

The Crossing Fine Arts Center

Brainerd Area Art Club member show, today-Dec. 15; children's art workshop, 10 a.m.-noon Nov. 9, 617 Laurel St., 833-0416.

Brainerd City Hall

Watercolor exhibit by Linda Axvig, through December.

Evelyn Matthies Porthole Gallery

Jenny Rebecca Peterson's "Retrospect of Work," including drawings, photos, paintings and 3-D pieces, Nov. 1-30; artist's reception, 2-5 p.m. Saturday, 712 Washington St.

LITTLE FALLS

Family Medical Center Gallery

"Landscapes" exhibit by Laurie Field Mahling, through December, 811 S.E. Second St.

LAKES AREA

Mille Lacs Indian Museum

Minnesota Historical Society offers workshop on making Ojibwe moccasins, Nov. 9-10, $25 plus supplies, call (320) 532-3632 for more information.

NY Mills Regional Cultural Center

Painting exhibit by Kathleen and Maureen Welter, through mid-November, downtown.

ST. CLOUD

Watercolor workshop with Janice Courtney Fitch, 6-9 p.m. each Monday, Nov. 4-Dec. 9, St. Cloud State University, (320) 255-3081 for registration information.

Out of town

MINNEAPOLIS

Guthrie Theater

725 Vineland

Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors," through Sunday, $16-$46, 877-447-8243.

ST. CLOUD

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

Lorie Line & Her Pop Orchestra in "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" Christmas concert, 7 p.m. Nov. 17-19 and 3 p.m. Nov. 17, Benedicta Arts Center, St. Joseph, (320) 363-5777.

HINCKLEY

Collin Raye in concert, 4 and 7 p.m. Nov. 17, Grand Casino Hinckley, $21.95; Wayne Newton in concert, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Dec. 6, $38, (651) 989-5151.

Special events

Art center fund-raiser

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

Book signings

Bookin' It Bookstore, Little Falls, hosting book signing for authors William Kent Krueger and Joyce Sutphen, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday; and Halloween event featuring Spot the Dog from Eric Hill's children's series, 3-7 p.m. today, downtown.

Cultural Thursday

Chilean teacher Irma Flores will discuss her country, noon-1 p.m. Nov. 7, Lecture Hall, Central Lakes College, Brainerd campus, 855-8183.

Speaker series

Dr. Richard Siebert, author of "Personal Wars," to speak as part of First Thursdays Speaker Series, 7 p.m. Nov. 7, Brainerd Public Library.

Celebration of Hispanic music

Celebration of Hispanic music, featuring Central Lakes College Jazz Band and Community Band, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12, Chalberg Theatre, CLC, Brainerd, $3 at the door, free for CLC students with ID and children 12 and under.

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.