Entertainment Guide

For week of Nov. 6-12; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.

BRAINERD

Blue Ox Bar

Inner Vintage, today

Phat Pearl, Fri-Sat

D-Sifer, Mon-Tue

Ded Walleye, Wed

Iron Rail Saloon

Pop Machine, today-Sat

Jack Tango, Sun

Free Ride, Wed

BACKUS

Willard's

Blues Train, 8:30 p.m. Fri

BREEZY POINT

Commander Bar

Reeling in the Years, Fri-Sat

Prime Time Charlie's

Icebreaker, Fri-Sat

CROSSLAKE

The Exchange

Blues Hound, 9:30 p.m. Fri

Oktoberfest, live music, Sat

Moonlite Bay

Baby Grand, Fri-Sat

EAST GULL LAKE

Ernie's on Gull Lake

Blues Train, Sat

GARRISON

The Blue Goose

High Noon, 9:30 p.m. Fri-Sat, $3

LAKE SHORE

Bar Harbor

Donny Vosen, Fri-Sun

Zorbaz

DJ, Fri-Sat

MOTLEY

Ten Hi

Bounty Hunter, Fri-Sat

Performing arts

BRAINERD

Bluegrass Jams

6:30 p.m. first, third and fifth Thursdays of the month, Coco Moon, downtown.

Monroe Crossing

Bluegrass music, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Paul Bunyan Nature Learning Center, $10 and $12, 829-9620.

Tom Prin

Pianist, noon-3:30 p.m. Sunday, Finishing Touch.

Brainerd High School

Orchestra concert

7 p.m. Tuesday, Tornstrom Auditorium, Washington Middle School. Benefit concert for the Brainerd Soup Kitchen.

"The Nutcracker"

Performed by Stroia Ballet Co., 7 p.m. Nov. 14, Tornstrom Auditorium, Washington Middle School, $10 (13 and up), $7 (12 and under), tickets available at Bridge of Harmony or at the door.

Living Illusions

7-9:30 p.m. Nov. 15, Washington Middle School. Sponsored by BAY Ministries.

"The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds"

7:30 p.m. Nov. 18-22, 24-25, 2 p.m. Nov. 23, Dryden Theatre, Central Lakes College.

Winter concert

"Holiday Spectacular," presented by Heartland Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6, Tornstrom Auditorium, Washington Middle School, $12-$35, 1-800-826-1997.

"And It Came to Pass"

Traditional and original Christmas songs performed by the Golden Gems, 3 p.m. Dec. 7, Presbyterian Church, free will offering, 829-6961.

LITTLE FALLS

Winter concert

"Holiday Spectacular," presented by Heartland Symphony Orchestra, 2:30 p.m. Dec. 7, Charles D. Martin Auditorium, $12-$35, 1-800-826-1997.

ONAMIA

Scott Hansen's Comedy Gallery at Izatys

Mark Poolos, 8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, $10.

Fancy Ray, 8 p.m. Nov. 22-23, $10.

Grand Casino Mille Lacs

Events & Convention Center

Sawyer Brown, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, $19 and $26,

(651) 989-5151, www.ticketmaster.com.

PEQUOT LAKES

"HONK!"

Musical, presented by Pequot Lakes Community Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday and Nov. 14-15, 2 p.m. Sunday and Nov. 16, Pequot Lakes School Auditorium, $10 (adults), $9 (ages 60 and up), $8 (ages 18 and under), tickets available at Pequot Lakes Community Education, Wells Fargo Bank in Pequot Lakes, Lakes State Bank in Pequot Lakes and Crosslake, Brainerd Lakes Area Chambers of Commerce, tickets purchased at door are $1 extra, (218) 568-9200, www.glapa.org. On Friday, student tickets are $4 and pizza and pop will be served to the first 300 theater-goers from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. in the high school commons.

PILLAGER

Pillager junior high band,

choir concert

6:30 p.m. Monday, Pillager High School Performing Arts Center, free.

Pillager High School band,

choir concert

7:30 p.m. Monday, Pillager High School Performing Arts Center, free.

STAPLES

Riverside Bass Quintet

Jazz, folk, religious, renaissance and contemporary, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21, Centennial Auditorium, $10 (adult advance), $12 (adult at door), $5 (student advance), $6 (student at door), (218) 894-5416, (800) 213-6877.

WADENA

"A Gingerbread Christmas"

Craft sale, music, dancing and demonstrations, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 29 and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 30, Wadena Elementary School and Memorial Auditorium, $1, (218) 631-1751.

WALKER

Northern Lights Casino

Glen Campbell, 7 p.m. Nov. 22, $20 and $25.

Visual arts

BRAINERD

Brainerd City Hall

Fifth and Laurel streets

Diane Runberg, watercolors, collage, acrylic and colored pencil art, through December.

Central Lakes College Gallery

Award Winning Student Design Art, through Dec. 12, featuring pieces that earned citations of excellence from a professional advertising organization.

Brainerd Public Library

Donna Maves, watercolors, through Jan. 8.

Crow Wing County

Historical Museum

"Hooked on Fishing," featuring lures, reels and photographs, ongoing. To submit items: 829-3268.

Black Bear Pottery

10797 Black Bear Road S.E.

Highway 18 between

Brainerd and Garrison

Holiday open house featuring pottery, handmade paper and candles, wooden angels, soap, ornaments, wood turning and hand-dyed, hand-painted and beaded silks. Nov. 28-30 and Dec. 6-7, (218) 764-3296.

AITKIN

Ripple River Gallery

South of Aitkin

"Light and Landscape" by the Korte family, ongoing.

BAXTER

Lakewood Bank

Artwork by Steve Bardolph, through November.

LITTLE FALLS

Morrison County

Historical Society

"Good Eatin'," through December.

Out of town

MINNEAPOLIS

Aerosmith and KISS

7 p.m. Monday, Target Center, $125, $85 and $45, (651) 989-5151.

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

"P.R.S.S.," an interactive installation by Rich Shelton and Piotr Szyhalski dealing with the essential aspects of contemporary human behavior, through Nov. 30.

"Sacred Symbols: Four Thousand Years of Ancient American Art" featuring work from a selection of civilizations found throughout North, Central and South America, through Jan. 11.

Verdi's Rigoletto

The Minnesota Opera, in Italian with English translations, 8 p.m. Nov. 15, 2 p.m. Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18, 20-22, 2 p.m. Nov. 23, The Ordway, $28.50 and $86.50, 1-651-224-4222.

"The Wizard of Oz"

Nov. 21-Jan. 10, The Children's Theatre Co., 2400 Third Ave. S., $19-$29 (adults), $13-$25 (children), (612) 874-0400.

ST. PAUL

"Arthur's World"

Based on the PBS series, through Jan. 4, Minnesota Children's Museum.

"Minnesota! It's Not Just for

Lutherans Anymore ..."

Ongoing, 7 p.m. Fridays, 6:30 p.m. Saturdays and Wednesdays, Brave New Workshop Theatre, (612) 332-6620, www.bravenewworkshop.com.

"Lewis & Clark: Great

Journey West"

Omnitheater film, through spring 2004, Science Museum of Minnesota, $7 (adults), $5 (ages 4-12 and seniors), (651) 221-9444.

"CSI: Crime Scene Insects"

Forensic entomology exhibit, through Jan. 19, Science Museum of Minnesota, gallery admission is $8 (adults), $6 (kids and seniors), (651) 221-9423.

"The Gift: A Christmas

With Love"

With T. Mychael Rambo, gospel, jazz, rhythm and blues and stories of the season, 8 p.m. Nov. 29 and 2 p.m. Nov. 30, Fitzgerald Theater, 10 E. Exchange St., $28, $23 and $18, $3 discount for MPR members, (651) 290-1221.

HINCKLEY

Grand Casino Hinckley

Events & Convention Center

Trick Pony, 4 and 7 p.m. Nov. 16, $26, (651) 981-5151, www.ticketmaster.com

MEDINA

Medina Ballroom

Rick Springfield with Ken Valdez, 8 p.m. today, $33 (advance), $37 (at door), 21 and over, (763) 478-6661.

Thunder from Down Under, 9 p.m. Saturday, $18 (advance), $22 (day of show), $26 (VIP seating), 21 and over, (763) 478-6661.

Flipp, 8:30 p.m. Nov. 21, $11 (advance), $15 (at door), 21 and over, (763) 478-6661.

Boogie Wonderland, Thanksgiving dance, 9 p.m. Nov. 26, $10, 21 and over, (763) 478-6661.

NEW YORK MILLS

Regional Cultural Center

Sharon Harris and Teresa Reed, art exhibit, through Nov. 29, Second Story Gallery.

Glass art by John Olesen and Heikki Jylha-Vuorio and paintings by Aura Jylha-Vuorio, through Nov. 29.

Kent DuChaine

Delta blues, 8 p.m. Saturday, $10 (public), $8 (members) and $5 (students), (218) 385-3339.

Four Shadow

A cappella group, 7 p.m., Nov. 14, $10 (public), $8 (members) and $5 (students), (218) 385-3339.

ST. CLOUD

SCSU Orchestra Concert

7:30 p.m. Friday, Kimberly Ritsche Auditorium, Stewart Hall, free.

Special events

BRAINERD

First Thursday

Judith Guest, "Ordinary People and Errands," 7 p.m. today, Brainerd Public Library, free. "Friends of the Library" meeting and potluck, 5:30 p.m., new members welcome.

Roger MacDonald, "A Country Doctor's Casebook: Tales from the North Woods," 7 p.m. Dec. 4, Brainerd Public Library, free.

Art for the Holidays

Show and sale presented by the Brainerd Area Art Club, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 24-Dec. 23, 617 Laurel St. (The Crossing's old location).

DEERWOOD

"Mostly Mediterranean"

A benefit for the A Cappella Choir. An evening of gourmet cuisine and classical music, 6:15 p.m. Saturday, Ruttger's Bay Lake Lodge, advance tickets $55 per person or $310 for a table of six, (218) 963-7990, djacobs@brainerd.net.

LITTLE FALLS

Bookin' It

Author Douglas Wood will sign copies of his books, "Old Turtle and the Broken Truth" and "What Santa Can't Do," 6-7 p.m. Nov. 13.

Classes/workshops

BRAINERD

Community Band

Rehearses 7 p.m. Mondays, music room, Central Lakes College.

Play with Your Food

With Wendy Olson, ages 3 and under, 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Crossing Arts Center, $8 per child (non-members), $3 per child (members), limited to first 20 registrants, 828-5372.

Earthenware Mask Making

Instructed by Haddie Hadachek, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Black Bear Pottery, $65, $10 supply fee, 828-5373.

Fun with Watercolors

Instructed by Kathy Braud, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 15, Crossing Arts Center, $50, 828-5373.

CROSBY

Unlimited Learning Series

"Iraq: What Does the Future Hold," 7 p.m. Tuesday, Cuyuna Range Elementary School.

"Lutefisk and Lefse: Scandinavians and the American Dream," 1:30 p.m. Nov. 20, Hallett Community Center.

LITTLE FALLS

Voice Classes for Children

Ages 6-9, instructor Danna Pantzke, various times and dates, (320) 632-0637.

Beginning string ensemble

Meets 11 a.m.-noon Saturdays, St. Francis Music Center, all skill levels, (320) 632-0637.

String ensemble

Meets 7:30-9 p.m. Tuesdays, St. Francis Music Center, all skill levels, (320) 632-0637.

Community Band

Meets 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays at the St. Francis Music Center, open to anyone who plays a band instrument, all skill levels, (320) 632-0637.

ONAMIA

Mille Lacs Indian Museum

12 miles north of Onamia

On Highway 169

Sweet Grass Containers workshop, noon-4 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 9, $25 (public), $20 (Minnesota Historical Society members) and $10 (band members), $4.50 supply fee.

Black Ash Basket Weaving Workshop, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 21-23, all materials provided, $145 (public), $135 (Minnesota Historical Society members).

If you would like your event listed in the Entertainment Guide, e-mail John at john.hansen@brainerddispatch.com, call (218) 855-5863, fax (218) 829-7735 or mail to John Hansen, Brainerd Daily Dispatch, P.O. Box 974, Brainerd, MN, 56401. Please include time, date, place, admission price and contact information. Deadline is Monday for Thursday publication.