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8 The Forefront of Fasion in SoMinn

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RICH LARSON SCENE EDITOR

hen opening day of a new baseball season comes around, I may as well be a Who on Christmas morning.

You know what I’m talking about? It’s that scene at the end of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The Whos of Whoville gather together in the town square on Christmas morning, join hands and sing to the day. Never mind that all of their material possessions have been stolen, and there are no presents to open.

The day itself is gift enough for them, and they are thrilled to proclaim it.

That’s opening day for me. The first of 162 days when at some point I will at least watch at least one baseball game, and probably more.

Welcome spring, goodbye snow, welcome baseball.

By the time you read this, I will be deep in preparation for the day. As a fan of the Minnesota Twins, I’ll be lying awake at night carefully going over potential lineups in my head, wondering if Manager Ron Gardenhire should platoon Josh Willingham and Jason Kubel at Designated Hitter, or whether outfield prospects Aaron Hicks and Oswaldo Arcia will turn the corner this year and establish themselves

as major leaguers. Mostly, I’ll be losing sleep over the pitching. Should I be as excited about the signing of Ricky Nolasco as everybody else seems to be? Can Mike Pelfry, two years removed from “Tommy John” (elbow reconstruction) surgery, get his groove back?

One thing I do know for sure, Phil Hughes will turn out to be the best addition to the team in 2014.

I think.

I’ll be wondering the same things about the Cubs, the Red Sox, the Giants, the Phillies and the Mariners. I’ll be keeping half an eye on the Yankees, because they’re evil, and praying that if the Twins are lousy again this year (which is entirely possible), then please let them win just one game more than the White Sox. And if they are terrible, at least that means I’ll be talking to my dad more. He knows how much I love that team, and when he needs to vent his frustration with Joe Mauer’s pitch selection (“For God’s sake, swing at the first pitch!”), he knows that I will be there for him.

See, that’s the thing. While I desperately want my team to win the World Series, it really doesn’t matter that much whether the Twins win 90 games or lose 90 games. It just matters that they play. Whether they fill me with pride or make my head explode, they keep me occupied. The part of my brain that worries about the condition of my front tires in January is much happier when it’s worried about the

condition of the Twins bullpen in August.

What matters is I’ll be able to sit on my deck in the sunshine and listen to Cory Provus and Dan Gladden call the game. In July, I’ll be able to talk with my friends about what kind of trades the Twins should – and inevitably won’t – make. And, if by some miracle they start to win again, I’ll be glued to the standings watching the pennant race unfold. God help the state of this magazine if the Twins actually make it to the World Series. It’ll have an absentee editor for a few days.

This is the beauty of spring. I can sit here and laugh and joke about what could be. I know in my head that the Twins are a third or fourth place team in their division, but there is always a chance. I’ve seen teams finish in last place one year and be World Champions the next. Right now anything is possible. Nothing has happened yet, so anything is possible. On Opening Day, every team has the same record.

The playing field is level, if only for about three innings. Eventually, someone’s going to get an upper hand, and by the end of the day the league will be divided into winners and losers.

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usic and fashion are a match made in heaven, like peanut butter & jelly or chips & salsa (can you tell I’m hungry as I write this?).

Whether it’s models dating musicians, designers creating costumes for band tours, or even singers turned fashion designers -- music and fashion go hand-in-hand. Like love and marriage (so said Frank Sinatra), the two are inseparable.

Fashion trends from decade to decade directly link to the popular music of the time. Since the beginning of rock and roll, how many young people, after seeing performers like Elvis Presley, The Beatles or The Rolling Stones in concert -- or more likely, on television -- immediately went out and changed their hair style and their wardrobes in order to emulate the look of the musicians they so admired? The same thing happened during the golden age of the music video (back in the days when the “M” in MTV actually stood for ‘music’!).

And it continues today. C’mon. We all want to dress like rock stars, am I right?!?

Rock music has a powerful impact on society -- influencing fashion, attitudes and even language. Now, let’s join Professor Paxton for a stroll down memory lane with a look at the evolution of music and fashion’s intimate relationship.

Beginning in the 1950s, as rock ‘n’ roll gained in popularity, both music and fashion reflected the growing rebellious nature of younger generations. Biggest form of rebellion at the time? Kids dressing not in clothing they might wear to church on Sundays, but rather casual t-shirts, jeans (or dungarees as they were then sometimes called) and -- gasp! -- black leather jackets.

Fashion journalist Kate Mulvey writes, “For the first time, nonconformity was shown by dressing down.

Rebelling against prosperous society

in the 1950s meant going a step down the socio-economic ladder, and wearing working class clothes to give authenticity to what they were trying to say. Young people didn’t want to identify with the straight laced, responsible attitudes of their fathers and so dressed like a youthful version of the working man.”

With the 1960s came the “Mod” (short for “modern”) subculture, inspired by the British. Music from “across the pond” was dominating the airwaves and teenagers were spending the majority of their money on records and clothes. Young men were greatly influenced by the hairstyles and outfits of The Beatles, and women were daringly sporting shorter hemlines -- resulting in the infamous mini-skirt, created by London fashion designer Mary Quant.

Then, as the 1960s came to a close, it was the Woodstock music festival on a farm in New York state that next greatly impacted fashion.

Seemingly overnight, “boho chic” was born. Musicians such as Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix popularized the hippie look -- colorful patterns, peasant tops, long skirts on women -- and men even wearing jewelry! Egads!

By the 1970s, with all those psychedelic influences, along with men wearing long hair and jewelry, fashion focused on more androgynous forms of self-expression. Artists like Mick Jagger, Freddie Mercury and David Bowie took center stage and Glam Rock was born. We’re talking platform boots, “costumes,” and lots of glitter and makeup (yes, even on the dudes).

By the late 70s, the leather jacket was back but taken to the next level with the punk movement -- bands like The Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Ramones popularized the trend, adding lots of metal studs, Doc Marten boots, ripped tees and bondageinspired fashions -- and remember the mohawks?!?

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Ironically, the punk movement was inspired by real-life rebellion but, like most trends, it soon became the norm. Fashion historian Melissa Richards writes, “Punks were anti-fashion motivated, and strived to create their own unique outfits, avoiding mainstream trends which were considered bourgeois, over-indulgent and bland. [But] fashion designers created their own punk-inspired collections, which ultimately became mainstream fashions themselves.” (Sorry, Johnny Rotten but even grandmas wear Doc Martens these days.)

From the mid-80s to mid-90s, hip-hop hit the mainstream and brought with it a rise in sportswear and tracksuits (with logos prominently displayed, baggy jeans, basecall caps -- and lots of heavy gold (bling-out) jewelry. It was the fashion of contrasts -- sneakers and diamonds, burgers and Cristal.

Of course this is a ridiculously abbreviated overview. Along the way there was also the rise of disco, the heavy metal look (black leather, long hair, acid-washed jeans) and of course the grunge look -- we can thank the whole Seattle scene for the ripped jeans, clunky boots, nerdy glasses -and the FLANNEL. Today, the partnership between music and fashion is at its most obvious, with luxury labels sponsoring tours, festivals and conferences (Coachella, Lollapalooza, and South

By Southwest) and musicians themselves launching their own designer labels. The hip-hop and R & B community in particular has played a huge and instrumental role, with artists like Puffy and Jay-Z and uber producer Russell Simmons (with his Phat Farm label) influencing the stylings of millions. Gwen Stefani is as well-known for her fashion aesthetic as her music.

While the early decades were definitely anti-fashion and anti-materialistic, today musicians and fashion designers proudly display their colFollow us

laborations. The motto of the day may have once been: “Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out.” As the Chicago Tribune’s Wendy Donahue observed recently, these days it’s more like “Tune In, Try On.” Ultimately, it’s difficult to separate the music from the fashion. Would we feel the same way about the music of such artists as David Bowie or Cyndi Lauper or Lady Gaga be without their over-the-top stage personas? Even performers like Beyonce and Pink rely heavily on the glitz, glamour and grunge.

From our neighborhood cafes and coffee shops to the high-end catwalks of the City of Lights -- everywhere we look (and no matter what we’re listening to), the love affair between music and fashion is stronger than ever.

Jessica Paxton, is the host of KYMN’s “All-Wheel Drive,” weekdays from 4-6 pm on 1080 AM and streaming online at www. kymnradio.net. Feel free to contact her at jessica@ kymnradio.net. You can also follow her on Twitter @callmejpax.

Musicians themselves gladly pay tribute to their love of fashion. From “Blue Suede Shoes” to “Raspberry Beret,” artists have been singing about the art of getting dressed for decades.

Here’s just a small sampling of some of my faves: “Fashion” by David Bowie (1980) “Vogue” by Madonna (1990) “Blue Suede Shoes” by Carl Perkins (1956) “Sharp Dressed Man” by ZZ Top (1983) “Dedicated Follower of Fashion” by The Kinks (1966) “Up On The Catwalk” by Simple Minds (1984) “Fashion Victim” by Green Day (2000) “Girls On Film” by Duran Duran (1981) “Handbags and Gladrags” by Rod Stewart (1969) “Freeze Frame” by J. Geils Band (1981) “Puttin’ On The Ritz” by Fred Astaire (1929) and Taco (1981) “Yankee Doodle” (Traditional) “The Slacks” by Trip Shakespeare (1990) “Boots of Spanish Leather” by Bob Dylan (1964) “Raspberry Beret” by Prince (1985) “I Love My Shirt” by Donovan (1969) “Dress You Up” by Madonna (1985)

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TOP: Sinning created this dress and matching handbag for the Raw Fusion fashion show in Mankato last year. Sinning still considers this her favorite piece (Photo courtesy of Puzzle Light Dresses).

TOP RIGHT: Designer Amy Sinning makes some adjustments to one of her Puzzle Light Dresses (Photo courtesy of Amy Sinning).

LOWER LEFT: KOKOON’s Bianca Mini Tunic. One of designer Laine Sou Weinberg’s favorite pieces from her spring collection. (Cristeta Boarini/SCENE)

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hen you think trendsetting fashion, the first cities that pop into mind are those lusciously ritzy places like Milan, Paris, London and New York City. With a plane ticket and several thousand dollars, a shopping splurge down the Champs-Elysées would certainly be memorable.

But before you break the bank, look in your own backyard.

At first blush, Minnesota’s high fashion scene may seem limited to the offerings at the Burberry satellite in the Mall of America. Nothing could be further from the truth. L’Etoile du Nord boasts many of her own innovative fashion designers -both budding and blossoming.

Two such creative minds are Laine Sou Weinberg and Amy Sinning. Both women are from the southern half of the state but represent two completely different ends of Minnesota’s fashion spectrum.

Weinberg, the designer and co-founder of the fashion house KOKOON, recently celebrated her company’s 25th anniversary. Hailing from Edina, Weinberg’s designs are feminine, yet comfortable -- meant to be worn at play dates, first dates, business lunches and everything in between.

Sinning, on the other hand, began Puzzle Light Dresses only one year ago with a concept dress entered in a local Mankato fashion show. Sinning’s architectural and electric (literally) dresses and other wearables blur the lines between high fashion and high art.

Although they take two entirely different approaches to fashion design, Weinberg and Sinning put Minnesota on the map with their innovative thinking.

Laine Sou Weinberg: Coming full circle KOKOON has been enchanting discerning fashionistas since the company opened in 1988.

The name comes from the Finnish word for “together,” but also brings up the English connota-

tions of “cocoon,” like metamorphosis.

No name could be more fitting for Weinberg’s company. Husband Richard focuses on the business side of KOKOON, while recently daughter Tess has joined the family trade doing events and promotions. As a family, they really are working together.

“It’s fantastic. We couldn’t trust anyone more and wouldn’t have it any other way,” Weinberg said. “With Richard, we each concentrate on a different part and we’re both contributing. It’s sexy to see someone you’re attracted to operate at such a high level.”

In February, Weinberg premiered her new spring line. While the flirty dresses and brightlypatterned tops look trendy for 2014, many of the silhouettes and styles come directly from Weinberg’s previous collections from the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. This past September, KOKOON hosted its 25th anniversary retrospective. As Weinberg went through the archives, many of the older pieces brought up great memories and inspiration.

“When we were putting together the retrospective, our employees wanted to buy the vintage items. It gave me a war, fuzzy feeling to think that all these items are still current. A lot of the items in this season are exact replicas from older seasons. This season is probably my favorite,” Weinberg said.

When designing, Weinberg said she doesn’t have any step-by-step process. Inspiration flows from all directions as she fills up sketchbook upon sketchbook of ideas. Some ideas can be put right into production, and some ideas have to wait years before they can hit the market.

“Sometimes the idea starts with fabric, but sometimes it’s a silhouette. The ideas never stop coming. There have been many times where I get a great idea, but it might not be right for the market at the time so it comes back at a later date. Sometimes I’ll buy some fabric and it will sit for years until I find the right use for it,” Weinberg said.

KOKOON is entirely American made, from the design to the production to the sales. After 25 years, the company has grown into a national brand and continues to thrive. Weinberg feels that after all this time, her company has set out what it started to do.

“KOKOON is something unique. We hear from a lot of our clients -- from working women to stayat-home-moms -- about how they feel beautiful wearing our pieces. Every piece we’ve made fulfills a purpose,” Weinberg said.

TOP LEFT: Sinning (center, all black) poses with models sporting her various Puzzle Light Dress designs. (Photo courtesy of Amy Sinning) TOP RIGHT: Empire Falls dress by KOKOON (Cristeta Boarini/SCENE) BOTTOM RIGHT: City of Angels skirt and Myrcella top from KOKOON (Cristeta Boarini/SCENE)

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The prompt for the Raw Fusion 2013 fashion show read like a challenge from Project Runway. In support of Habitat for Humanity, designers had to make pieces out of home supplies and “raw materials.’

Stumped, Sinning wandered around her local mall and stumbled upon LED lights.

“My mom teaches elementary school art and I went to design school,” Sinning said. “So I have this mixture of fine art and fashion background. Doing things like Puzzle Light is more fun and creative for me.”

For Sinning, a new love affair was born. With several years of experience in costume design, Sinning’s eye for the dramatic serves her well as she combines “puzzle pieces” of plastic, flattering clothing and lights to make dresses, skirts and accessories that stand out from the crowd.

“Everyone who’s seen my work loves the pieces, but they’re not the kinds of

things you could wear on a daily basis. It’s a hard sell. But on my Etsy shop, there’s a lot requests for people looking for something to wear out to the club or a Lady Gaga concert. It takes a certain person to wear these designs,” Sinning said.

Puzzle Light Dresses is in its infancy, and Sinning is constantly trying out new techniques. Sometimes she makes the garments that are the foundation for her hardwiring, and sometimes she buys dresses and skirts to later embellish. Her most recent projects have moved away from the puzzle pieces and focused instead on just lights.

“I’ve started working with some new lights that are programmable and respond to the beat of music,” Sinning said. “I also bought this really expensive fabric from France that is actually LED woven in to the material,” Sinning said.

Currently, Sinning is applying her techniques to a sculpture project for the Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota. A $1,000 grant has allowed Sinning to craft a huge tree with “puzzle piece” leaves illuminated by LED. Her future holds limitless possibilities.

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LOWER TOP: The audience applauds Laine Sou Weinberg (left, in gray) for her spring 2014 collection premier at Mozza Mia in Edina (Cristeta Boarini/SCENE)

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s a young girl, Owatonna resident Joann Jones would “style” dresses from the curtains in her parent’s home and spend hours with her mother in the fabric store. That interest in clothing and style stuck. She’s taken her passion for fashion and turned it into a business as the owner of A Designer Closet, a personal shopping/styling service.

Baby beginnings In 2002, Jones was at home on maternity leave when she found herself with a plethora of baby clothing that had barely been worn.

So, she got resourceful and found a market for consigning children’s clothing online. Fast forward three years and the market was huge, it seemed everyone was selling used kid’s clothing. This didn’t deter Jones though, and she discovered that her niche was more in women’s clothing anyways—not just consigning, but styling, too.

In 2010, Jones, who works full-time for the State of Minnesota’s Department of Public Safety, started volunteering as an image coach for the organization Dress for Success. There, she worked with disadvantaged women to select outfits for job interviews. It was here that she not only gained experience and made great connections, but realized her true delight in wardrobe styling. Dress for Success provided an “environment where I was able to learn to work with many different people,” Jones said.

Trending now The current focus of A Designer Closet is wardrobe editing. Jones wants to be able to assist people in getting their closet to a point where “they feel comfortable, they know what to wear, and it reflects their image, “she said. Jones continues to consign though, as she is able to keep a lookout for new pieces.

She also uses social media and various fashion networks to keep up on what’s hot and what’s not.

Minnesota’s “What Not to Wear” Jones works with a variety of clientele.

Some may be looking to become trendier or to pep up their wardrobes. They may

A few of Jo nes’ DOs and DON Ts: DO: Basics

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have had major weight loss. Others simply don’t enjoy or have the time to shop for themselves. Often, a client’s closest friends or family won’t tell them what they really think when it comes their clothing. Jones admits that she will be candid with her clients, and tell them what looks good and what doesn’t.

She appreciates clients who are honest right back, “so the process can go as smoothly as possible,” she said.

Jones is a st rong believer in the basics. these staples Keep in the closet for plenty of winning com binations: • Long sleeve white button down top • A great pair of dark jeans— versatile for casual office Fridays and fo r a night out • Black blazer • Black heels

Ready. Set. Shop!

After an initial consultation with a client, Jones will shop. Most times, without the client. Depending on what the client wants and what their budget dictates where. “I’ve learned over the years what stores have the best selection of items when it comes to pants vs. skirts, the season and more,” she explained.

After the preliminary shopping hunt, Jones will send photographs of outfits to the client, to see if they are on the right path. Once she is given a green light, she’ll deliver the clothes. If the clothes don’t seem to be a fit at that point, Jones will return them free of cost and try again. “I just go into like I’m dressing my best friend for a great event,’ she said.

• Other essent ials include ite ms that are easy to transi tion from da y to night an few trendy ite da ms like a brig ht scarf or fu statement jew n, elry that can easily be adde to those stap d les.

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Kicking the khaki doldrums

Invest in a stylish, fun ctional coat and pair of boots. In Minnesota, “that’s what people are going to see you in from October to April,” Jones said. A fea ture of coats in all prices ranges can be fou nd on her website.

Sometimes, an expert just needs to call the shots. A client may wrinkle up their nose at a garment on the hanger, only to come to find out that it’s incredibly flattering or really does bring out their eyes once it’s on. “You just have to take some risks, sometimes people aren’t comfortable [doing that], and it’s kind of my job to push the limits,” Jones added, “sometimes all it takes are a couple of new colors or combinations,” It could be as easy as switching from khaki to gray. HINT: Gray is the new khaki, according to Jones.

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Jones hopes to make A Designer Closet a full-time business. “Its [personal shopping] a different territory for people to embark on, and there is a cost,” Jones explained, “It’s intimidating.” She’s up for the challenge and for more opportunities to share her passion and expertise with others. “Every customer has been so gracious and appreciative,” Jones said, and she feels the same gratitude towards them.

Currently coveting Jones is all about the trend of mixing prints: Think polka dots with stripes or leopard. Just be sure to keep it tasteful , especially with the leopard-- keep that meow subtle.

And one trend she’s over: grunge Fashion should be about expressing personal style and being comfortable in the clothes worn (this doesn’t mean sweatpants 24/7 though.) “There is so much freedom of ex-

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Clients can chose from packages ranging in cost from $125-$500, plus the cost of clothing.

The $125 Bronze package includes one styled outfit and three pieces. $500 provides a more posh treatment and usually results in a complete closet makeover with 15 new pieces. Gold and Silver packages are also available.

there really is no right or wrong way of getting creative with it,” Jones concluded.

Joann Jones can be contacted at adesignercloset@gmail.com. For more information about her service, visit the following: Adesignercloset.com Instagram: @adesignercloset Twitter: @adesignercloset Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ ADesignerCloset

“Fashion 911” is an option for those lastminute events where only one outfit is needed. Costs vary.

Wardrobe edits are available, as are the original foundation of A Designer Closet, consignment services. photos courtesy Joann Jones

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s guests pour into Mankato’s Verizon Wireless Center, the air hums with anticipation. Women in elegant gowns and men in sharp suit jackets chatter in low tones as they find their seats near the stage. When the lights go down, everyone swivels to watch a lone spotlight pierce through the darkness as the MC starts the show.

And here come the models: dripping with sophistication in haut couture—these designs are truly one of a kind. One by one, they strut down the runway, wrapped in satins and sequins and feathers and lace.

But wait—look a little closer, and you can see something’s off. The model in the satin ball gown that trails behind her… it’s not satin, it’s newspaper. The tulle tea dress isn’t tulle but window screens. The sleek fur wrap is a carpet. And the multi-colored skirt is made of license plates.

This is Mankato’s Raw Fusion Fashion Show—and it is no ordinary fashion event.

The fashion show started in 2011 when members of the Minnesota River Builders Association saw a similar event in the Twin Cities and decided to host something in Mankato.

Jaime Sorensen, Nicole Schroeder, Mary Kaus and Jen Swenson were inspired by the crafty creations and knew Mankato, with its thriving arts culture, would be a perfect place to host another show. But they added a twist—proceeds would go to benefit area nonprofits.

“We knew from the onset we wanted to spread the love,” said Amy Kolb, executive officer at MRBA. The first year, more than 20 area businesses participated in the event, hosting a model,

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donating supplies for outfits and offering services such as photography for free. There were 25 models in the first show, modeling everything from a wedding dress crafted out of newspaper to a party dress made out of

a table. A panel of judges scored outfits and awarded prizes such as “showstopper” and “most wearable,” while Mankato radio DJs acted as emceess. Ticket proceeds went to Habitat for Humanity.

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The show was a huge success, raising hundreds of dollars for Habitat and drawing a crowd that filled the Verizon Wireless Center’s ballroom.

“We’re really passionate about it because it was such a fun idea, and we had this vision that it could be a big event,” Kaus said.

While the volunteers who spent months organizing that first show hoped for a good night, no one expected the show to take off like it did.

“It just keeps growing every year, and I’m so thrilled with how the community has embraced this event,” Kolb said.

The next year’s show featured businesses than 2011, and 2013’s show had more businesses than 2012. By 2013, tickets were selling out within a month, filling the ballroom’s 500-guest limit, with people clamoring for more spots. There was such a demand that the show had to be moved to the Verizon Wireless Center’s auditorium this year to fit the crowd of people who wanted to attend.

“If we hit a thousand people attending [this year], that would be absolutely amazing,” Kolb said.

And as the show expands, so do the fashions. The first year, fashionistas may have erred on the side of caution, but now anything goes: light bulbs, nail studs, granite countertops. Businesses compete to top each other in sheer innovation and audacity, creating moving living of art out of tires and chains.

“It’s so amazing what these businesses come up with to incorporate in their outfits,” Kolb said. “It’s crazy what’s up on the

runway.”

This year’s show has been in the works for months as about 50 volunteers plan logistics, reach out to sponsors and participants and plan for a show to top all previous shows. They’ve already gathered more models than previous years. Any area business can participate, and many that don’t sponsor a model still help by sponsoring the show and donating funds or materials.

Perhaps the most difficult part is deciding what nonprofit organization to choose as the show’s beneficiary. As the show evolved, the committee came up with a system for nonprofit organizations to apply to be beneficiaries, and many organizations apply every year.

“There are so many out there who are deserving,” Kolb said.

This year, the featured nonprofit organization is the Backpack Food Program, which helps make sure underprivileged kids have food for evening and weekend meals. Last year, the show raised $7,500, and Kolb said she hopes for even more this year since more people were able to buy tickets.

Tickets for this year’s show are already available and can be purchased by visiting the event’s website at www.rawfusionmankato.com.

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AMY’S TV CRUSH

AMY MERRITT As enthusiastic as freelance writer Amy Merritt is about watching television, we are frankly grateful she chose to read Jack London this winter and not watch something like the 1997 television mini-series production of Stephen King’s The Shining.

She can be reached at amystvcrush@gmail.com

Ok.

So I obviously spend more time watching television than your average person. But this has been a long and stifling winter, and every once in a while I actually get sick of staring at the screen and pick up a book. A couple of words of advice here: if you live in Minnesota and you’ve endured, say, 50 or so days of below zero temperatures, and you’ve maybe been unable to get out of your long driveway for multiple days in a row due to 5 foot drifts, and you’ve had to trap yourself in one room for months on end because it’s the warmest in the house…. do NOT, after all of that, decide it’s time to pick up “The Unabridged Jack London”. DO NOT DO IT. I recently made this mistake. Have you ever read “In a Far Country”? It’s like reading “The Hunger Games” while you’re wounded and hiding in a cave with Katniss during the actual Hunger Games. In the short story, these two naïve guys join an expedition into the frozen Yukon in search of gold. They are completely ill-equipped in both disposition and physical ability. (This was starting to sound familiar). They whine more than they work, and are rightfully dubbed “The Incapables” by the others.

When the group comes upon a small abandoned cabin, the two men choose to forgo the expedition and wait out the winter in a 10x12 foot room together. What could possibly go wrong? Well, resentment builds quickly, the inevitable lethargy makes them weak and lazy, and “the foolish custom of washing passed out of their lives.” (Too familiar). Then paranoia, hallucinations, obsession.

Not to mention losing a few toes. Then this passage, which made the tears come: “He dwelt upon the unseen and the unknown till the burden of eternity appeared to be crushing him. Everything in the Northland had that crushing effect—the absence of life and motion; the darkness; the infinite peace of the brooding land; the ghastly silence…”

God. I feel you, man. In the end, one guy shoots the other guy, but not before getting an axe in the spine. The End. Needless to say, it is incredibly fortunate that as I write this I see some 30 degree temperatures in the forecast. And as you read this, I’m feeling optimistic that we have had a few days where standing outside is refreshing, and losing a glove isn’t limb-threatening. So enough of the soulcrushing darkness…it’s time to look excitedly to the future. Of course, I have some wild predictions about what is in store for certain somebodies in the TV universe. If you are not caught up there

are real spoilers here, and fake spoilers based only on uninformed, truly-not-researched speculation.

Here’s what I think:

Piper & Doggett

Orange is the New Black What happened: “Weeds” creator Jenji Kohan tells another “nice white lady” fish-out-of- water story. In this case, Piper Chapman is sentenced to 12 months in prison for a non-violent crime she committed ten years prior. Here’s where we stand: Red has been kicked out of the kitchen, Daya is pregnant with guard Bennett’s child, Larry and Alex both broke up with Piper, Crazy Eyes showed a softer side, and Piper and Doggett came to violent blows.

What will happen: Kohan hasn’t quite settled on what the show is going to be, and there are some moments that feel a little forced and desperate. It’s dramatic, then suddenly really silly.

Maybe she is trying to honor the message of the non-fiction book (written by the real Piper), while providing comic relief for her audience. I hope it isn’t so, but to me it smells like Agrestic is about to burn all over again. So here’s my prediction: Prison Riot.

lips are sealed. We also learned that Ezra is a big fat liar, Toby’s mom didn’t commit suicide, Wilden got what he deserved, and Caleb has some mysterious mission in Ravenswood.

What will happen: The fact that there will be a Season 5 tells us that the search for the truth is far from over. So...Ezra was doing research, but is certainly slimier and more sinister than we’ve learned so far. He is not, ultimately, “A.” And frankly, I think Ezra has to die. He knows way too much. Mrs. DiLaurentis knows more than she was letting on, and is obviously up to something, but she is also not “A.” Bear with me…I predict that Page is a crazy psycho who was always in love with Emily, and jealous of Emily’s love for Alison and pissed at Alison’s general mistreatment of people.

This explains why she left that note for the cops… she’s trying to get a certain person to come out of the woodwork. She might be in this deep. I’m also totally suspicious of Holbrook, and I think Hanna’s mom’s boyfriend killed Wilden. As I write the season isn’t quite over, so I might suspect someone new next week. I do know that next season is going to be nuts.

Brody & the Noose

Homeland What happened: A LOT happened. Against seemingly impossible odds, Brody fulfilled the mission, in part hoping to show the CIA that he wasn’t expendable. Unfortunately, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard saw things differently and sentenced him to public hanging. Carrie did everything she could, but in the end he was hoisted up with a rope around his neck.

What will happen: I’m not sure where this show can go without the Brody and Carrie storyline. So I’m gonna say it: Technically, we didn’t see Brody die…Carrie turned away as he was gasping for breath. So I predict that at the last minute someone pulls some “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” stuff and shoots down the rope.

Brody lives.

Pretty Little Liars

Pretty Little Liars What happened: More people should watch this show! In case you are even tempted to give it a try, I won’t give away the biggest and most shocking revelation of Season 4. It’s HUGE, but my

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ing high school, then bought a one way ticket to Salt Lake City. For the next three and a half years, I lived, ate, and breathed making violins. We all did.”

It was there, shortly after graduation that David sold his first violin, a maple and spruce for $900.

“I couldn’t imagine doing anything after that but making violins. I’d received a couple job offers from prestigious repair shops in San Francisco and Manhattan. But I only wanted to make violins. So that’s what I did.”

David’s rise was timed perfectly--a second golden age of violin-making grew in the 1990’s. The Information Age and scientific experiment had lifted the shroud of secrecy that had often covered the ancient craft.

The world’s best luthiers began to gather in

By MATTHEW HARGIS editor@southernminnscene.com avid Folland is an unassuming Northfield resident, typical of most people in the college town on the Cannon.

But there is something unique about him, even special: David Folland is a master. He builds stringed instruments, and the violins, violas and cellos he creates are world renowned and coveted.

He insists there is no magic involved in the construction of a violin--he differs from his crafting ancestors in that respect. Old Venetian legends pass down secret recipes for crafting the perfect orchestral instrument; claims of soaking wood in goat urine, or secretly pickling slabs of spruce in salt water bays have been passed from master to apprentice for centuries.

When I enter David’s studio, however, I almost don’t believe his magic-less assertion.

The room and the wood in it is red; it’s a deep, dark red, one that seems only to survive on violins and cellos and violas. It’s a stark red that would seem out of place anywhere else. Golden sunbeams fall in from the windows, making perfect lines across the studio and spotlighting dancing dust.

Half-finished violins sit at rest in various corners of the room. The walls hang with framed certificates.

David puts down the violin he is playing and introduces himself. David is a Minnesota’s premier luthier, with his instruments now reaching market value above $20,000.

Custom ordered violins of his creation are packed in boxes draped with fragile

warnings, and husked away in the bottom of redeye 747’s to the far corners of the globe.

They’ve sung under goldeneyed spotlights in Sydney, Berlin and Minneapolis; serenading diamond studded spectators, princes, silent paupers, and all in between.

After David sits down he explains how violin makers like him are born and made.

“I’ve always had a passion for wood, and for crafting. My earliest memories involve taking sticks and pieces of trees and making some sort of crude toy.”

David has hands creased from years of use. He often glances at them. Four members of his immediate family are violinists, two of whom are professional players.

“I’ve always had a partition for attention to detail. It’s always been my nature.

Also, with so many violinists around me at a young age, the music of the violin was literally part of the air I breathed as a child. My nature and nurture both led me to pursue becoming a luthier.”

David first formally learned his craft at the Violin Making School of America, a small school tucked in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains in Utah.

“I saved up for six months after graduat-

workshops to share ideas, with the foremost in Overland, Ohio.

“There was a new openness in luthiership-- for the first time, maybe in centuries. I’d go to the workshop in Overland for three weeks at a time, surrounded by the best

crafters in the world. I’d share something I did well, with my specific techniques behind it, and others would do the same in their specialties. It simply led to an explosion in the quality of violins around the world.”

David has continued this pattern for twenty years. He now builds his violins in a quaint farmhouse studio just outside of Northfield.

Despite the meteoric rise high quality of violins such as David’s, a cult following still surrounds ancient violins crafted by legendary luthiers, such as Italy’s Stradivarius. His violins are more than three centuries old, and were once thought to carry a unique sound unmatched in time or science.

“In testing, over and over, it’s been proven--these old violins selling for millions of dollars sound no different than today’s violins. Even the best players in the world, in a blind test, can’t tell the difference.”

There is one thing that even modern knowledge and technology can’t re-create, David admits.

“They’re simply old, beautiful objects.” The instruments, originally a brilliant mahogany, have been worn through the centuries to a golden and red swirl. They’ve been worn down not just by age, but by the fingers of the world’s most premier violinists, who are the only ones granted use of such expensive and revered instruments.

David looks at his worn hands again. “We can get very close to recreating these instruments, but we can’t quite get it.”

The demystification of the legendary violins hasn’t affected their value.

Maybe the de-mystification of the sound quality has uncovered a different sort of magic in the relationships we have with our instruments. Perhaps they serenade us with their songs. Maybe it’s the unchanged nature of their tradition, a sort of time capsule.

In the end, David couldn’t find the words to explain why we get attached to our instruments, personally, globally, monetarily.

Maybe there aren’t any words. Words are only metaphors anyhow. Sometimes they are poor metaphors. Sometimes they come very close, but they can’t quite get it.

David Folland has won two gold medals from the Violin Society of America, among numerous other awards. He can be reached through his website, follandviolins.com.

Matthew Hargis is a freelance writer.

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The Mid West Music Fest April 24th - 26th 13 Different Venues in Winona, Including: The Historic Masonic Temple Theater Ed’s No Name Bar Broken World Records (two stages) Cloud 9 Union Theater Acoustic Cafe Winona Arts Center Boathouse Patio Mason Jar Eagles Club Senior Friendship Center More than 100 performers including Caroline Smith, Charlie Parr, The 4onthefloor, Cliff Eberhardt and Dosh Three day wristbands are $60 (entry into all MWMF events, except the pre-festival birthday party) For details visit www.midwestmusicfest.org

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here’s a longstanding perception about promoters. They all have personalities that are bigger than life, and they are all greedy pigs trying to rob blind the people with whom they work.

Bill Graham, the man who practically invented the modern-day music festival, had a legendary temper and more than 20 years after his death is still not well liked by anyone who ever negotiated with him.

Bob Arum, who has promoted boxing matches featuring Sugar Ray Leonard, Evander Holyfield and Oscar de la Hoya, is famously credited for stating, “Yesterday I was lying to you, but today I’m telling you the truth.”

Perhaps the most famous promoter in history, P.T. Barnum coined the phrase “There’s a sucker born every minute.”

The list goes on and on.

These are visionary people who create spectacles. In order for them to do that, they have to be able to make huge, grandiose statements that will dazzle our senses and lead us to believe that if we aren’t at whatever it is they want us to come to, we’ll never forgive ourselves. We’ll be branded as losers for the rest of our lives, ostracized from friends, family and probably society itself.

So, sitting down with Sam

Brown, the creator of Winona’s wildly ambitious and shockingly successful Mid West Music Fest is nothing short of a revelation.

Brown is soft-spoken, a bit disheveled (in a hipster sort of way) and deliberate, at times almost coming across as shy.

His earnest and grateful greeting is the epitome of a homegrown, Minnesota personality, nothing like the fast-talking used car salesman approach one would expect. Brown is as far from being the slick, greasy, bombastic, stereotypical promoter as a Labrador is from being a hyena.

It makes his accomplishments seem that much more incredible.

The Mid West Music Fest, now entering its fifth year, is an expansive, multi-genre exploration and celebration of music held at the end of April every year in the picturesque river bluff town of Winona.

Over the course of three days, more than 100 different performers will play, all in 13 separate venues from the local Eagles Club to the Masonic Temple to a proposed riverside tent in Levee Park that will accommodate some 1,300 people.

The list of performers for 2014 is an august body of musicians that includes Twin Cities favorites Lizzo, The 4onthefloor, Charlie Parr, Caroline Smith, The Cactus Blossoms, Cliff Eberhardt and Farewell Milwaukee.

Past headliners have included Willie Murphy, The Big Wu, Astronautilus, Greg Brown, Kimya Dawson, Tapes

‘n’ Tapes, Pert Near Sandstone and Rogue Valley.

There are family oriented areas for kids, a polka dance featuring Karl and the Country Dutchman, and a square dance featuring Bob Bovee and Pop Wagner. The festival also features a series of workshops for musicians looking to better their approach to the business side of their craft.

Oh, and don’t forget the Fifth Birthday Party happening the night before the festival opens, featuring the most popular contestant ever to appear on NBC’s The Voice, Minnesota’s own Nicholas David Mrozinsky.

“There was no way this wasn’t going to happen” All of this is the brainchild of the understated, soft-spoken Brown.

Born in Red Wing, Brown went to college in Oregon where, to hear him tell it, he majored in the school’s annual music festival. After graduation, he dabbled in booking bands for a national firm, and started the Cherry Hill Music Fest in Salem, Ore. “On paper, it looks a lot like Mid West Music Fest,” said Brown. “Multiple venues, a fundraiser for a local nonprofit, and a vehicle for musicians of all different styles to play simultaneously. That was the model I borrowed from.”

Health issues brought him back to Red Wing in early 2009 and by August he had

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an AmeriCorps position teaching pre-school with the Winona Head Start program.

But he also had a problem. A commitment to AmeriCorps lasts for nine months. Brown’s time at the school where he had been placed would be up with three months to spare, and he had to find a service project to fill out his time.

By February, he was starting to get nervous. He had no idea what that service project might entail.

“Then I went to the Wonderful, Super Duper, Delicious Winona Variety Show at the Masonic Temple on 5th and Main,” he said. “A festival had probably been in the back of my mind since I got to town, but I didn’t think it would be viable in Winona, because I hadn’t figured the infrastructure was there. But when I saw the Masonic Theater, I thought now, wait a minute; you could do something in here. It’s got capacity for 600 people, and it’s really cool.”

Suddenly Brown was off and running. His AmeriCorps service project would be a large scale, multi-venue music festival, with the proceeds benefitting his AmeriCorps site.

“I asked my supervisor if it would be OK if I organized a music event in Winona,” he said, “and I’m sure she didn’t understand what the scope of the event would be.

I immediately had a logo and a website explaining what we were working on. I had a few people who said they would help, and we got going. The festival bug bit me, and in my

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mind there was no way that it wasn’t going to happen.”

When they make a movie in Hollywood about the origin of the Mid West Music Fest (there already is a documentary that was shot during the the first year entitled Birth of A Music Festival), this will be the part that shows many quick cut shots of young people in bright yellow shirts walking through town, passing out hand bills, being friendly with locals of all ages, making signs, laughing at each other as one person tries to do something three times, only to get it right on the fourth.

All the while some really good music will be playing to reinforce the emotional excitement. Hollywood cliché though it may be, that really is how things happened that first year.

“When I came up with this idea, I was in everyone’s face reaching out to anyone and everyone because I knew this could happen,” Brown said.

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“I pretty much just twisted the arms of all my friends and got them to commit to working with me.”

The people of Winona got used to seeing Brown show up on their doorstep.

“I became King of the Pop In, just popping in on people, not making an appointment and just showing up,” he said. “It was a lot of fun. It was pretty exhilarating to be at that point in this thing.”

Where Hollywood will have to get creative when they make that movie will be in finding a villain. There just isn’t one in this story. Not even the municipal government fought him.

“The city has been very supportive every year since the beginning,” said Brown.

“When I was just starting out, I applied for a grant from the Winona Fine Arts Commission, asking for $2,000.”

Brown wrote into the grant that part of the proceeds was

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going to go back into the Winona Fine Arts Commission itself.

“We got the money right away, in fact it was the first money I raised for the festival,” he said. “Eventually, we wound up giving them almost $3,200, so we actually increased their granting fund.”

It helped having a community that welcomed the arts.

“It might not have worked in a lot of communities,” said Parker Forsell, who has been involved in one way or another with the festival since the beginning and became the Managing Director of the festival in 2013. “Winona was already very supportive of the arts, and I think it was a little bit easier to make the case to the community that ‘Well, yeah, we’ve seen that other arts events do draw people, and that has made more money for my business.”

“I think he’s nuts” Ok. The City of Winona is behind this 100 percent. It doesn’t change the fact that this is a mammoth undertaking, though. Surely, the sound and lighting for 10 stages in the first year was a nightmare of logistics and staffing, right?

Ben Assef has been the Production Manager of the Mid West Music Fest since that first year in 2010. He was a one man operation when Brown approached him about handling the technical side of things for his project. To be sure, he was an in-demand sound engineer, but he was just one person.

“I heard from someone else about this first,” said Assef.

“A friend of mine had come to me and said ‘Hey there’s this guy who wants to do a Festival in Winona with 15 stages. I think he’s nuts, but if it’s something you want to do, have at it.’

“Then I met Sam at an event I was working and he told me about it, and I said no problem, but inside I was wondering how to pull it all together. That first year we were just trying to find as many speakers as possible.”

He obviously pulled it off.

Four years later, Assef has formed Northern Sun Productions. Among his clients are

the Big Wu Family Reunion and the City of Rochester, which employs his company for their Thursdays on First & 3rd events.

As happy as Brown was to have a top-notch technical director, he was just as happy to be working with a good guy.

“It’s easy to get a bad egg in the music business; someone who’s jaded and has a chip on their shoulder,” Brown said. “And [Assef] definitely brings good energy, and he hires good people who also bring good energy.

That makes a huge difference to us, to the musicians who are playing, to the audience.”

“There’s nothing like bad sound to kind of ripple in a negative way, not only through the people coming to the show, but to the artists and performers as well,” said Forsell. “If the sound is professional it reflects well on us and the festival itself.

The performers are used to a standard, and they’re going to know if someone running the sound doesn’t really know what they’re doing. It’s a critical component of a successful festival, having someone who knows what they’re doing.

With the technical issues in capable hands, Brown set off to fill his rosters, knowing he would have just under four months to find at least 75 performers. While that’s a mind-boggling number to most people, he didn’t seem to think it would be too difficult. There were a lot of bands to be found in Winona itself, but he knew he would have to look far and wide to bring in enough acts for the 10 stages he planned. How does an aspiring impresario and promoter contact dozens of performers quickly and efficiently?

“One word: Craigslist,” Brown said. “That’s really how I got the word out in a big way. I just explained what we were doing in a Craigslist ad with a link to our registration page. And it generated a list of more than 100 artists of all levels. We actually had to turn some people away.”

Brown had already created a very nice looking website and logo and felt the professional look added to the festival’s legitimacy. Eventually, he had an impressive

bill topped by Twin Cities hip-hop heroine Dessa. In the end, more than 1,000 people attended and participated in the event, and they raised enough money to pay for the construction of a tricycle trail for Brown’s preschool.

To include the student population of the two colleges in Winona, the decision was made to move the dates of the festival from July to April the next year. In year three, they started generating a little bit of a buzz in the Twin Cities, garnering attention from media taste merchants like City Pages and The Current. That has made it easier, according to Forsell, to bring interested music fans down from places like Rochester and the Twin Cities.

“We’re two-and-a-half hours away,” he said. “People could drive down here and drive back the same night.

They don’t always do it, but they can. We’re just reachable enough from one of the best music scenes in the country, and that’s pretty helpful for the festival.”

Furthermore, it’s helped them add to, and improve, the quality of the music the festival offers.

“It’s amazing,” Forsell said.

“Just the level of people using our form is incredible. We still go out to get people and approach them ourselves, but some of the better bands on the bill actually applied through our submission form, which is fantastic. And they’re starting to see that we get quite a few people down here and that we can help them with exposure and to grow their fan base. The way the music industry works now, [artists] are not reaching [new fans] through their recording the same way anymore. You have to get in front of people to sell your recordings and to grow.”

The growth has brought a need for more and more volunteers as well, which has not been a problem. Brown and Forsell estimate they’ll have somewhere around150 people donating their time this year. That kind of support is invaluable to someone like Assef, who has a huge need for manpower.

“For 13 venues, I’ll have 25 people on my staff,” he said. That’s audio engineers,

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lighting designers, general laborers, plus I bring in a set designer, too. I’ll give Sam a list of what I need and how many people I need to help.

There will usually be 60 spots on that sheet.”

And according to Assef, all of those spots get filled.

Where Music and Community Meet That kind of support from the community is mirrored by the commitment the Mid West Music Fest made from the very beginning to give back and use their success to raise money for local non-profit organizations. It’s something Brown and Forsell are both very proud of.

“To date, we’ve raised $23,000 for organizations that support kids and the arts,” said Brown. Past recipients have included the Winona Fine Arts Commission and the Winona Early Childhood Initiative. In 2014, the festival has selected the Winona based Minnesota Marine Art Museum’s Art Venture program as their prime beneficiary.

From supporting local arts programs to ensuring that the festival offers something for everybody, Brown and Forsell are both committed to the idea that the Midwest Music Festival is becoming an important part of both the community of Winona and

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the larger music community.

“The tag line I started with was ‘Where Music and Community Meet,” said Brown, “and that’s kind of been the goal throughout this thing.”

Also a part of that mentality to give back is education, has become an important portion of the festival, according to Forsell.

“We do all these musicians workshops. That’s something we would like to increase in terms of helping musicians develop themselves and make more connections,” he said.

“The music and community thing works from two perspectives – one connecting the music to an audience, and then when you bring all these musicians together, they don’t often get into the same place, so we try to take real advantage of that as well.”

Mostly, though, MWMF is about everybody finding some sort of music to enjoy, and hopefully discovering something new.

“If you come, you’ll see that there are all different ages of people here, and all different kinds of people,” said Forsell. “Our listeners guide does a pretty good job of narrowing down in two sentences what kind of music a certain performer plays, however hard that is. I think it helps people find something

that they want.”

The story of the Mid West Music Fest is one of success fueled by belief, by passion, by quality, by commitment and by community. From the outside, it looks like nothing short of a wondrous, miraculous confluence of the right people being in the right place at the right time.

But to hear Forsell and Brown tell their story, there’s a sense of inevitability to the whole thing.

A community like Winona, with its beautiful location and understanding that the arts should be a part of everyday life, was ripe for this sort of thing to grow. The longer the festival runs and the more it grows, the more stature it will gain, and a higher level of importance will be affixed to it.

Whether or not it has the potential to become Minnesota’s own SXSW, or even a regional version of that, is anybody’s guess. But for now, it’s good enough to sit back and marvel at what can happen when a well run community decides to listen to a really great guy with a crazy idea.

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Based on the classic Disney animated feature and originally rooted in Hans Christian Andersen’s enchanting fairy tale, The Little Mermaid is a musical favorite for audiences of all ages. This production is sure to thrill in every way as it showcases beautiful sets, dazzling costumes and an award-winning musical score by Alan Menken and Howard

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Rumors: 23-Mar, 2:00 PM, Sheldon Theatre, 443 West 3rd Street, Red Wing, $12.50 - $20.50. There are no servants to speak of, the hostess has gone missing and the deputy mayor has shot himself - in the head (it’s okay, it’s just a flesh wound). The deputy New York City mayor and his wife are celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary!

It’s a party! However, when four couples arrive they soon discover that something is a miss.. http://www.sheldontheatre.org/events/ phxthSpring2014. 651-388-8700 Footloose: The Musical: 23-Mar, 2:00 PM, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, $13 . A city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.

Enjoy the music of Footloose, Let’s Hear It for the Boy, Almost Paradise, and Holding Out for a Hero. The performance will include both adult and teen actors.. http://test. lakevillemn.gov/index.php?option=com_ jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=4949&It emid=1364&year=2014&month=03&day=21 &title=footloose-the-musical&uid=22245a59 7ebf49abf552c51c2a9904e3. “Cyrano Swing West, Nightclub Two-Step: 24-Mar, 7:00 PM, Lakeville Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, $70 . Each dance session teaches different dance steps.

You do not need to attend the first session to register for the second session. Instructor: Larry Ablin. http://test.lakevillemn.gov/index. php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat. detail&evid=4837&Itemid=1356&year=2014&month=02&day=24&title=adult-d ance-class-swing-west-nightclub-two-step& uid=01e35641742cd4cf8eb41ad1b93459ae.

“Semi-Detached Hit or Miss: 25-Mar, 7:30 PM, House of Comedy, 408 East Broadway, Level 4 East, Bloomington, $7 . Come down before the show for dinner in the theatre. Our

dinner show package includes any burger, sandwich, salad or flatbread. Beverages, appetizers, entrees and desserts are available at an additional cost. Dinner guests receive earlier access to the theater. Seating is on a first come, first serve basis (with the exception of groups of 8 or more which are pre-set). Anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Patron must be at least 16 years of age to enter the venue. Shows are considered rate ‘R.’ When it comes to laughter it’s either Feast or Famine... Fizzle or Sizzle... Fly or Die....

Well you get the point. Who will hit? Who will miss? The only way to know is to be here Tuesday nights. Come down to the House of Comedy for Hit or Miss Tuesday! Think you’re hilarious? Interested in performing? All Tuesday nights are pre-arranged, so contact us today!. http://houseofcomedy.net/about/ comics-details.asp?ID=259.

Intermediate Pottery: 26-Mar, 6:00 PM, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, $150 . Expand and improve throwing and hand-building through demos and discussions. Fee includes 25 lbs. of clay and $10 worth of firing. Additional firing is $1 per lb.. http:// test.lakevillemn.gov/index.php?option=com_ jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=5002&It emid=1356&year=2014&month=02&day=19 &title=intermediate-pottery&uid=d64ec99ab5 d43415e59c7dcf560723ef.

Trust: 26-Mar, 7:30 PM, Andeas Theatre of the Earley Center for Performing Arts, Minnesota State University, Mankato, $8-$10. A hot young musician, Cody, has recently made the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. He is engaged to Becca, an assistant to the publisher; however, he is also interested in an older musician, Leah. They get tangled up with Gretchen, a dressmaker who once harbored a crush for Leah, Holly, a young bohemian who is interested in Cody, and Roy, a DJ who is interested in Holly. Romantic craziness

This job is really great for a lot of reasons, but sometimes the good stuff creeps up on you. Any sort of big happening at the Rochester Mayo Civic Center is worth exploring – they aren’t always worth highlighting, but we should always look into them. Here at the plush and secret headquarters of SouthernMinn Scene, we have to admit that nobody had ever heard of Uncle Lucius. After doing the diligent work due to such an event, we are very happy to report that this is an outstanding band. Classic rock is a little bit of an endangered species these days. Most guitar riff oriented music gets pushed over to the country side of things, but Uncle Lucius plays good old fashioned vintage 1974 southern fried rock ‘n’ roll, in the tradition of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet and The Marshall Tucker Band. All five guys in the band are songwriters, giving them their own unique sound, but the energy – and dare we say balls – behind the music is pure Austin, TX. They should have the joint rockin’. $24.00 Visit mayociviccenter.com for details.

– – Rich Larson, editor@southernminnscene.com

ensues. This is its Minnesota State Mankato debut.. http://www.mnsu.edu/theatre.

Fool Me Once: 29-Mar, 8:00 PM, Arts Center of St. Peter, 315 South Minnesota Avenue, St. Peter, $10 . Cabaret Le Ruse will perform its new April Fools show, ‘Fool Me Once,’ 8 p.m. March 28 at Henderson Roadhaus, 8 p.m. March 29 at Arts Center of St. Peter; 7 p.m. April 1 at Mankato Event Center; and 8 p.m. April 4 at Grand Kabaret in New Ulm. Join us for short plays, skits, poetry and music with String Theory, featuring Ron Arsenault, Dave Pengra and special musical guest Billy Steiner. Tickets on sale at Charley’s Restaurant, Arts Center, Roadhaus, Grand Kabaret and by calling 507-420-1881.

For more information go to http://cabaretleruse.com.. http://cabaretleruse.com.

Senior Show 1: 31-Mar, 9:00 AM, 1-Apr, 9:00 AM, 4-Apr, 9:00 AM, Conkling Gallery Minnesota State University, 139 Nelson Hall, Mankato, Free. Senior Show 1. Reception March 31 7 p.m.. http://www.mnsu.edu/ artdept/exhibitions.

Mixed Blood Theatre Presents: The Deaf Duckling: 31-Mar, 7:00 PM, Meyer Hall 101 Bethany Lutheran College, 700 Luther Dr., Mankato, . Featuring a talented cast of deaf and hearing actors, this innovative show deftly intertwines the familiar fairy tale with the story of a deaf child born into a hearing family. Performed simultaneously in English and American Sign Language, it

Ted Paul Theatre of Early Center for Performing Arts / Mankato / 4.10

offers a warm and insightful look at how one family bridges deaf and hearing cultures.. http://www.blc.edu/events.

Pop Up Museum: 2-Apr, 10:00 AM, Club Prior, 15210 Eagle Creek Ave., Prior Lake, Free. Join us for Club Prior’s Pop Up

Museum, the community show and tell! Bring an object related to the theme ‘My Travels and Vacations.’ Get ready to share stories with your fellow community members!. http://www.cityofpriorlake.com/documents/ club_prior.pdf.

17th Annual Henrik Ibsen Festival April 11th – 13th, Commonweal Theatre, Lanesboro Among the reasons Commonweal is one of the most respected small town professional theatre companies in the company is its commitment to the community it serves. Planted deep in the heart of Norwegian/Scandinavian Middle America (yes, SoMinn, that’s you) Commonweal Theatre is the only professional company in the country that performs a Henrik Ibsen play every year.

While Ibsen’s work isn’t always the most uplifting, he is one of – if not the – most important literary figure in Norwegian history.

Part of the way Commonweal has tried to make him more accessible is by contracting with well-respected playwright Jeffery Hatcher (who happens to live in the Twin Cities) for new adaptations of ten of Ibsen’s finest work, such as Brand, the premiere of which is the centerpiece for their 17th Annual Ibsen Fest, yet another program designed to bring Ibsen to the masses. Among the events are lectures centering some of Brand’s themes (exploring fanaticism and the cult of personality, and the indigenous Sami of Northern Scandinavia and the Arctic Circle) an art show of jewelry created by artist Liz Ducheit of Crown Trout Jewelers inspired by many of Ibsen’s characters, and a Kubb – often referred to as Viking Chess – tournament.

Visit www.commonwealtheatre.org for details.

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Legacy Dance Competition: 2-Apr, 12:00 PM, Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Avenue, Burnsville, Free. Dancers compete for scholarships and the coveted ‘Legacy Award’. http:// www.burnsvillepac.com/events.html.

Oil and Acrylics: 2-Apr, 6:00 PM, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, $55 . In this class, new students will get a good grounding in the basics. Advanced students can challenge themselves to the next level and learn a variety of techniques to strengthen skills. Plenty of support, demos and critiques. Call for a supply list.. http://test.lakevillemn.gov/index.php?option=com_ jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=5006&Itemid=13 56&year=2014&month=02&day=05&title=oil-acrylics &uid=68a80181d7737a99eab0ca37c2f51752.

The Voice of the Prairie: 4-Apr, 7:30 PM, Sigurd K. Lee Theater, Bethany Lutheran College, 700 Luther Dr., Mankato, $5-$8. The Voice of the Prairie is a play centered around the time-honored tradition of storytelling. Flashing back between the 1890s and 1920s, the play follows David Quinn as he tells tales on the radio which is just making its way west. Most of David’s stories involve his youthful adventures with Frankie, a blind girl he rescued from a cruel father. He becomes famous on the radio until Frankie reenters his life thirty years later.. http://www.blc.edu.

Merely Players presents: The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe: 4-Apr, 7:30 PM, Lincoln Community Center, 110 Fulton St., Mankato, $9-$15.

Through the magic of theatre, we travel to Narnia through the old wardrobe with the four Pevensie children, and get swept into their journey to stand with the great lion Aslan against the evil White Witch.

As the children battle the forces of evil they discover that Love is the deepest magic of all.. http://www. merelyplayers.com/.

The Voice of the Prairie: 6-Apr, 2:00 PM, Sigurd K. Lee Theater, Bethany Lutheran College, 700 Luther Dr., Mankato, $5 - $8. The Voice of the Prairie is a play centered around the time-honored tradition of storytelling. Flashing back between the 1890s and 1920s, the play follows David Quinn as he tells tales on the radio which is just making its way west. Most of David’s stories involve his youthful adventures with Frankie, a blind girl he rescued from a cruel father. He becomes famous on the radio until Frankie reenters his life thirty years later.. http://www.blc.edu.

Merely Players presents: The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe: 6-Apr, 2:00 PM, Lincoln Community Center, 110 Fulton St., Mankato, $9-$15.

Through the magic of theatre, we travel to Narnia through the old wardrobe with the four Pevensie children, and get swept into their journey to stand with the great lion Aslan against the evil White Witch.

As the children battle the forces of evil they discover that Love is the deepest magic of all.. http://www. merelyplayers.com/.

Pottery Making: 6-Apr, 2:00 PM, Chanhassen Library, 7711 Kerber Blvd, Chanhassen, Free. Pottery Making Sunday, April 6 2-5 PM Richard Dorn will be demonstrating and teaching a hands-on pottery class in which participants will actually work with clay and make your own creation. Instructor will take it and fire your creation and you will be able to pick up at a later date. Call to register or register online, class size is limited. NOTE: Class is for adults.. http://host6. evanced.info/melsa/carver/eventsignup.asp?ID=7518 &rts=&disptype=&ret=eventcalendar.asp&pointer=&r eturnToSearch=&num=0&ad=&dt=mo&mo=4/1/2014 &df=calendar&EventType=ALL&Lib=1&AgeGroup=AL L&LangType=0&WindowMode=&noheader=&lad=&p ub=1&nopub=&page=&pgdisp=.

The Drowsy Chaperone: 10-Apr, 7:30 PM, Ted Paul Theatre of Earley Center for Performing Arts, Minnesota State University, Mankato, $15-$22. A rare combination of unprecedented originality and blinding talent, The Drowsy Chaperone boldly addresses a great unspoken desire in all of our hearts: to be entertained. If you’ve ever sat in a dark theatre and thought, ‘Dear Lord in heaven, please let it be good,’ this is the show for you! It all begins when a die-hard musical-theater fan plays his favorite cast album on his turntable, and the musical literally bursts to life in his living room, telling the rambunctious tale of a brazen Broadway starlet trying to find, and keep, her true love. This is its Minnesota State Mankato debut.. http://www.mnsu.edu/theatre.

Symposium Regional Dance Competition: 11-Apr, 9:00 AM, Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Avenue, Burnsville, Free. The leading organization of dance talent contests in the Midwestern United States.. http://www.burnsvillepac. com/events.html.

The Drowsy Chaperone: 11-Apr, 7:30 PM, 13-Apr, 2:00 PM, Ted Paul Theatre of Earley Center for Performing Arts, Minnesota State University, Mankato, $15-$22. A rare combination of unprecedented originality and blinding talent, The Drowsy Chaperone boldly addresses a great unspoken desire in all of our hearts: to be entertained. If you’ve ever sat in a dark theatre and thought, ‘Dear Lord in heaven, please let it be good,’ this is the show for you! It all begins when a die-hard musical-theater fan plays his favorite cast album on his turntable, and the musical literally bursts to life in his living room, telling the rambunctious tale of a brazen Broadway starlet trying to find, and keep, her true love. This is its Minnesota State Mankato debut.. http://www.mnsu.edu/theatre. “The Fox on the Fairway Davina and the Vagabonds: 12-Apr, 8:00 PM, Hooligans, 1400 East Madison Ave., Mankato, $10$12. Davina’s vocals are unreal. She simultaneously evokes Adele and Bessie Smith, and the bands sound is vintage and fresh, a modern take on old-time blues and jazz.

Act: City Mouse. http://www.mnsu. pace atLead-off the Owatonna Arts edu/music/events/. a Woodcarving wonder.Demonstration: It’s a beautiful 13-Apr, 2:00 PM, and tiledLibrary, floors thatBlvd,someChanhassen 7711 Kerber Chanhassen, Free.

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F F O % 0 5 o T Up The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov April 4th – 13th Northfield Arts Guild Theater It speaks volumes about Anton Chekhov that he intended this, his final play, to be a comedy. A commentary about the fall of the bourgeoisie and the culture change in early twentieth century Russia, there are certainly funny elements to the story, but don’t go to this show looking for Gilbert & Sullivan or Christopher Durang. Instead look for a thoughtful, well directed and expertly presented classic that still rings with relevance and wisdom more than a century after it’s debut. There is no denying the passion and commitment felt by both participants and supporters of the NAG, and a script and story like this, so rich in the themes of economic development, class mentality, grief, and environmental preservation will be well developed in those hands.

Plus between director Jon Terrill, and cast members Felicia Crosby, Susan Carlson, Tristan Rouh and Peter Webb among others, this play features some fantastic talent both on stage and behind the scenes.

Visit northfieldartsguild.org for details and ticket information.

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the top five comedic writers I know the other Prior Lake, Free. Centrally located near the four are already stars. Craig Allens comedy Promenade Stage and the blackjack pit, has spanned nearly two decades, Isaac has has been described as bizarre, yet intelligent’ Drinx Bar is the place to see and be seen. developed a quirky and sometimes even and ‘he delights in turning the mundane Serving your favorite adult beverages until 2 dark style that does not fit the mold of your into the insane’ and his twisted logic would a.m. daily, with live music every Friday and average clean comedian. Most people don’t make a Vulcan cry with laughter. Craig Saturday night.. http://www.mysticlake.com/ notice till after the show that they could have initially started out writing material for other bars/drinxbar. “Wayne Wagner brought their grandmother. With his perfect comedians, such as Rick Rockwell from Who Andrew Huber: 22-Feb, 8:00 PM, Acoustic timing and unique cadence, he hits his Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?. http:// Cafe, 77 Lafayette, Winona, Free. The punchlines hard but can also play pauses dangerfieldscomedy.com/?p=712. 952-445Acoustic offers live music every Friday and and silence for big laughs. Isaac’s seemingly 2245”Gus Lynch Saturday night with no cover charge. The bottomless arsenal of precisely worded jokes bands play from 8:00pm 10:30pm and we are all on display in his recently released close at 11:00 these nights. Wine and beer album, Zero Balance produced by Rooftop are available so bring your friends for a fun Comedy. . http://dangerfieldscomedy. night on the town!. http://www.theacoustic. com/?page_id=89. 952-445-2245 com/entertainment.html. (507) 453-0394 Cheech and Chong: 21-Mar, 8:00 PM, The Sudden Lovelys: 22-Feb, 7:30 PM, Joe Carey: 22-Feb, 8:00 PM, The Tavern Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Crossings at Carnegie, 320 East Avenue, Lounge, 212 Division St., Northfield, Free.

Blvd, Prior Lake, $49 . Hey, what happens Zumbrota, $15-$18. Billing themselves as Singer-songwriter Joe Carey has been active when Cheech and Chong get together with aggressive folk from Nordeast Minneapolis, in Minnesota’s music scene for over 15 years Tower of Power and WAR? Answer: The the Sudden Lovelys take the stage at playing with several local bands, namely Loft, Greatest Stoner show of all time!. http:// Crossings.. http://www.crossingsatcarnegie.

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8:30 PM, Dangerfields Comedy, 1583 East Sirens of the 60s: 22-Feb, 7:30 PM, Marimba Bullies: 22-Feb, 8:00 PM, The First Avenue, Shakopee, $15-$30. Born in Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Comedian Comedian Coffee Grounds, 1579 Hamline Ave, Falcon Duluth, Minnesota, Bob has been headlining Avenue, Lakeville, $18-$22. A new musical Hts, Free. The name really says it all. They’re Craig Allen/ / comedy clubs across the country since Craig Allen revue saluting some of the best-loved female mean, lean, and they play cool instruments.

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32 years. In the meantime, Bob had a These Boots Are Made for Walking, Do the 3.28 3.28 varied work experience. He definitely had Locomotion, Goldfinger, and more!. http:// Rachel Kilgour: 22-Feb, 8:00 PM, Oak a blue-collar background. He worked hard test.lakevillemn.gov/index.php?option=com_ Center General Store, 67011 Highway 63, for his money and his work ethic shows jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=4942&ItLake City, $5 - $15. Based out of Duluth, bition: 14-Apr, 6:30 AM, Centennial Student Union artdept/exhibitions. “Senior Show 2 in his comic performances. He worked his emid=1356&year=2014&month=02&day=22 MN, Rachael Kilgour has built a devoted Gallery, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Free.

Maverick Musings: 23-Apr, 7:30 PM, 24-Apr, 7:30 way through college as a lumberjack, and a &title=sirens-of-the-60s-the-girl-singers-offollowing over the last seven years, captivatUndergraduate Research Symposium Art Exhibition.

PM, Andreas Theatre of Earley Center for Performing stock-boy. After college, he was a millwright the-hit-parade&uid=4dd1655682052005938 Reception April 14 6 p.m.. http://www.mnsu.edu/ ing audiences with a balance of provocative, Arts, Minnesota State University, Mankato, $8-$10. mechanic for 8 years at a coal dock on artdept/exhibitions.

5576eeab062b1. topical lyrics, passionate musical delivery, An evocative evening of short plays (including one- Lake Superior. http://dangerfieldscomedy. and a charmingly innocent yet witty stage A Little Chamber Music: 14-Apr, 7:30 PM, Elias J. acts and ten-minute scenes) culled from the newly Bass Brand Brass Band: 22-Feb, 7:30 com/?p=706.

952-445-2245 presence. She’s shared the stage with such Halling Recital Hall of the Earley Center of Performing and permanently installed playwriting class, under the PM, The Grand Kabaret, 210 N. Minnesota Arts, Minnesota State University 320 Maywood Ave., folk luminaries as Greg Brown, Ferron, Pat tutelage of award-winning playwright and alumnus Fool Me Once: 28-Mar, 8:00 PM, 29-Mar, St., New Ulm, Free. Bringing the traditional Mankato, $7-$9. A number of student ensembles Bruce Jones, Maverick Musings promises to be a Humphries and Holly Near and earned a local 8:00 PM, The Roadhaus, 510 Main St., and modern New Orleans style brass band perform in chamber group settings.. http://www.mnsu. diverse and penetrating look into the minds of our Henderson, $10 . Cabaret Le Ruse will reputation as ‘everyone’s favorite, spirited sound to the Grand .

Currently they consist edu/music/events. theatre majors.. http://www.mnsu.edu/theatre. folkster.’ Kilgour sings about love and family, perform its new April Fools show, ‘Fool of 7-8 players; 2-3 trumpets, 2 trombones, Undergraduate Research Symposium Art Exhibut her most compelling songs are about ‘Time Stands Still,’ a Drama: 25-Apr, 7:30 PM, Me Once,’ 8 p.m. March 28 at Henderson saxophone, sousaphone,coupon and drums. Theto redeem *Must present offer. bition: 15-Apr, 6:30 AM, Centennial Student Union 27-Apr, 2:00 PM, Little Theatre of Owatonna, 560A Roadhaus, 8 p.m. March 29 at Arts Center human nature, societal shortfalls and our BBBB originally formed in 2004 as a group of Gallery, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Free.

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The Okee Dokee Brothers Friday, April 11th, 7:30 pm Paradise Center for the Arts For the 2014 the PCA instituted a Family Entertainment series, and the Okee Dokee Brothers are the crown jewels of that series. Winners of the Grammy Award in 2014 for Best Children’s Album for Can You Canoe, these guys have proven that independent music isn’t just for hipsters and music snobs. The Dokee’s (childhood non-brother friends Justin Lansing and Joe Mailander) moved to Minnesota from their native Colorado in 2007 with the unique intent to play bluegrass music that would inspire families to go enjoy the Great Outdoors. While the intent may be on the level of Sesame Street, the music itself is as well written and well performed as any Newgrass band this side of Mumford & Sons. Along with that Grammy, they are also two time Parents Choice award winners as well. This is a unique opportunity to go see legitimately great music that will find your kids dancing up a storm in front of the stage a solid decade before they can ask you for the car keys.

Visit www.paradisecenterforthearts.org for tickets and details.

– – Rich Larson, editor@southernminnscene.com

Minnesota Twins Opening Day

Fool Me Once: 29-Mar, 8:00 PM, Arts Center of St. Peter, 315 South Minnesota Avenue, St. Peter, $10 . Cabaret Le Ruse will perform its new April Fools show, ‘Fool Me Once,’ 8 p.m. March 28 at Henderson Roadhaus, 8 p.m. March 29 at Arts Center of St. Peter; 7 p.m. April 1 at Mankato Event Center; and 8 p.m. April 4 at Grand Kabaret in New Ulm. Join us for short plays, skits, poetry and music with String Theory, featuring Ron Arsenault, Dave Pengra and special musical guest Billy Steiner. Tickets on sale at Charley’s Restaurant, Arts Center, Roadhaus, Grand Kabaret and by calling 507-420-1881.

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Monday, April 7th, 3:00 p.m.

Target Field, Minneapolis Regular readers of this magazine know that, on the whole, the crack staff of SouthernMinn Scene is not a fan of winter. We see it as the opposite of pizza – even when it’s at its best, it’s still not great. So, imagine the feeling of hope and optimism that washed over the plush and secret headquarters when we saw baseball on the calendar. And not just any ol’ baseball game, mind you, but our beloved Minnesota Twins playing the Oakland A’s for their home opener. Every member of the full time Scene staff is deeply devoted to this game. Those who say it is “slow” and “boring” have never taken the time to appreciate the subtleties of the game – the way an outfielder positions himself to be in the perfect place to catch a deep fly ball before the pitch is even thrown, or the way a batter swings at slider and takes a change-up just to get a pitcher to give him the perfect pitch to hit two at bats later. It’s the thinking person’s game. J.D. Salinger, Arthur Miller and Walt Whitman loved baseball. Hey, man, if it’s good enough for Uncle Walt, it’s good enough for us.

Fool Me Once / Cabaret Le Ruse’s / St. Peter / 4.1

Visit www.twinsbaseball.com or call (800) 33-Twins for tickets and details.

– – Rich Larson, editor@southernminnscene.com

Paradise Theatre / St. Peter / 3.28

Treasure Island Casino / Welch / 4.26

Crankshaft / Shakopee Library / Shakopee / 3.27

From 21 Dunnell Drive, Owatonna, $10-$14. Written

by Donald Margulies Directed by Craig Berg Technical Director Mary Butler-Fraser Time Stands Still focuses on Sarah and James, a photo journalist and a foreign correspondent trying to find happiness in a world that seems to have gone crazy. Theirs is a partnership based on telling the toughest stories, and together, making a difference. But when their own story takes a sudden turn, the adventurous couple confronts the prospect of a more conventional life.. http://www. littletheatreofowatonna.org.

Gypsy: 25-Apr, 7:30 PM, 27-Apr, 2:00 PM, Bloomington Center for the Arts, 1800 W Old Shakopee Rd, Bloomington, $25 - $32. Set in the 1920s when vaudeville was dying and burlesque was born, Gypsy is a classic showbiz musical. Loosely based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, Gypsy tells the story of Mama Rose, the ultimate stage mother, and how her daughter Louise, a child Vaudeville actor, became the famous burlesque stripper.. http://www.btacmn.org/2perform/at_theaters/ schneider/gypsy.html.

Drawing Horses: 26-Apr, 11:00 AM, Chaska Library, 3 City Hall Plaza, Chaska, Free. Come Join Abrakadoodle and lets learn about horsesand draw them, too! Well read a book about horses. Then, using the drawsters technique using basic shapes, youll learn to

draw some amazing horses and then finish them with chalk pastels. This lesson is approximately 60 minutes long. This class is limited to 36 children per session. For ages 6-12. Registration required....call 448-3886 to register. Chaska Library 3 City Hall Plaza. http://host6.evanced.info/melsa/carver/ eventcalendar.asp.

Starry River of the Sky: 26-Apr, 7:00 PM, Stages Theatre Company, 1111 Main Street, Hopkins, $15 . The moon is missing from the remote village of Clear Sky, but only a young boy named Rendi seems to notice! Join in the adventure as Stages Theatre Company brings this beautiful Chinese tale to life.. http://www.stagestheatre.org/upcomingshows/02/28/2013/starry-river-sky. “’Time Stands Still,’ a Drama Gary Spivey: 26-Apr, 9:00 PM, Treasure Island Resort and Casino Minnesota, 5734 Sturgeon Lake Road, Welch, $20 . Dont miss your chance to spend an evening with the world famous, Gary Spivey. This Modern Day Nostradamus is one of the most sought after spiritual advisors in the world and his next stop is Treasure Island Resort & Casino! Known equally well for his work as a professional psychic as he is for that white wig, Gary Spivey has helped thousands of people all across the United States with his supernatural abilities. On April 26, hell be here along with the crew from KDWBs Dave Ryan in the Morning Show.. http://www. treasureislandcasino.com/entertainment-mn/

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Mom! A New Musical: 27-Apr, 2:00 PM, Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Avenue, Burnsville, $20 . Mom! celebrates the twists and turns, delights and dilemmas, rewards, and regrets of parenting.

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Senior Show 3: 28-Apr, 9:00 AM, Conkling Gallery Minnesota State University, 139 Nelson Hall, Mankato, Free. Senior Show 3.

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Senior Show 3: 29-Apr, 9:00 AM, Conkling Gallery Minnesota State University, 139 Nelson Hall, Mankato, Free. Senior Show 3.

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COMEDY Stevie Ray’s Comedy Cabaret: 21-Mar, 8:00 PM, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, 501 West 78th Street, Chanhassen, $28 . The Stevie Ray’s Comedy Troupe creates hilarious comedy based on suggestions you call out from the audience. Watch a high-quality show in a relaxed atmosphere!. http://www. chanhassentheatres.com/stevie_rays_comedy_cabaret.aspx. (952) 934-1525”Cheech and Chong Craig Allen: 28-Mar, 8:30 PM, Dangerfields Comedy, 1583 East First Avenue, Shakopee, $15-$30. Craig Allen is a highly-respected comedy writer who can be heard regularly on XM Satellite Radio, and who recently made his national radio debut on The Bob and Tom Show. Craig Allen is known in the comedy industry as a top-notch joke writer. Comedian Wild Bill Bauer, says of Craig: Craig Allen is one of the top five comedic writers I know the other four are already stars. Craig Allens comedy has been described as bizarre, yet intelligent’ and ‘he delights in turning the mundane into the insane’ and his twisted logic would make a Vulcan cry with laughter.

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Live Music: 21-Mar, 8:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, Free. Centrally located near the Promenade Stage and the blackjack pit, Drinx Bar is the place to see and be seen.

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Karaoke: 21-Mar, 9:00 PM, Casper’s Cherokee of Eagan, 4625 Nicols Road, Eagan, Free.

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Pype: 28-Mar, 9:00 PM, Buster’s Sports Bar & Grill, 1325 Madison Avenue, Mankato, Free. PYPE. They aren’t a tribute band - never was, never will be. PYPE is hard rock. With an entire arsenal of Led Zeppelin songs in their satchel PYPE gives an energy sapping show playing some of the greatest rock epics of all time. ‘Dazed and Confused’, ‘Whole Lotta Love’, ‘Ramble On’, ‘Heartbreaker’, ‘Good Times Bad Times’ just to name a few.

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JNH Band: 28-Mar, 9:00 PM, Pauly’s, 114 West Main St, New Prague, Free. A dynamic and vibrant part of the Midwest music scene, JNH Band has been knocking peoples socks off since 2004. Simply stated, they are an acoustic duo with a very big sound.. http:// www.paulys-pub.com/Calander_Of_Events. html. (952) 758-7795 Rhino: 28-Mar, 9:30 PM, Babe’s Music Bar,

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A Boiled In Lead concert is a combination of darkly-tinged folk ballads and originals alongside instrumental dance music from Ireland and elsewhere. With the return of original lead singer Todd Menton and the addition of world-travelling eclectic instrumentalists Dean Magraw and Marc Anderson, they move forward with a fresh approach to a classic style. Enthusiastic, powerful, technically brilliant, playing a wealth of instruments with extreme dynamics, Boiled In Lead routinely demolishes genres with its highly-identifiable sound.. http:// www.oakcentergeneralstore.com.

Rhino: 29-Mar, 8:00 PM, Northstar, 503 N Broadway, Rochester, Free. Come out to Northstar tonight for some great live music!. http://www.northstarbar.net/.

20685 Holyoke Ave. S., Lakeville, Free. Rhino is a five member, high energy Twin Cities based band playing a wide variety of modern, alternative, 80’s and classic rock with twists of country and other surprises splashed in.

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Killer Hayseeds: 28-Mar, 9:30 PM, Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 West 123rd Street, Savage, Free. Come and enjoy some live music.. http://neisens.com/musicevents/. (952) 846-4513 The Fox and the Fairway: 29-Mar, 2:00 PM, Paradise Center for the Arts, 321 Central Ave., Faribault, $10-$14. Come on a hilarious romp which pulls the rug from underneath the stuffy denizens of a private country club. $10 students. $14 for adults. http://www. paradisecenterforthearts.org/theatre/.

Alesana and Get Scared: 29-Mar, 5:00 PM, The Garage, 75 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville, $15 . Join us for some live music.. http://www.facebook.com/events/139 7715810479799/?ref=5.

Strings, Winds and Brass: 29-Mar, 7:00 PM, Sheldon Theatre, 443 West 3rd Street, Red Wing, $9.50 - $14.50. Students from around the world perform.. http://www. sheldontheatre.org/events/MNSCST2014.

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Daddy Squeeze: 29-Mar, 8:00 PM, The Tavern Lounge, 212 Division St., Northfield, Cover Charge. Come and enjoy some live music.. http://tavernofnorthfield.com/index. php?view=details&id=234%3 Adaddy-squeeze&option=com_ eventlist&Itemid=6.

Luke N Bob Texas: 29-Mar, 8:00 PM, Wicked Moose Bar & Grill, 1201 Eastgate Dr. SE, Rochester, $5 . Come on in and enjoy a night with great entertainment!. http:// www.wickedmoosebarandgrill.com/events/ upcoming-events/upcoming-events.html.

The Last Honky Tonk Music Series: 29-Mar, 9:00 PM, Buster’s Sports Bar & Grill, 1325 Madison Avenue, Mankato, Free.

Beginning 2014, the Last Honky Tonk Music Series will bring real roots music to every state in America. Never before has there been anything like the Last Honky Tonk Music Series. Each state will have a chosen venue to participate in the series on a weekly, monthly or twice monthly basis. The series will be booked from a roster of artists selected by the Honky Tonk Round Table and feature the best in quality roots music entertainment.

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Soul Tree: 29-Mar, 9:00 PM, Pauly’s, 114 West Main St, New Prague, Free. Soul Tree is an amazingly well established variety band for their age (24-27). They have been playing over 100 shows a year around the Mid-West for the past 5 years.. http://www. paulys-pub.com/Calander_Of_Events.html.

(952) 758-7795 Mark Cameron: 29-Mar, 9:00 PM, The Busted Nut, 118 2nd Street East, Hastings, Cover Charge. Come down and check out some great live music.. http://www.thebustednut.com/Calendar.html. (651) 438-6887 Rock It Science: 29-Mar, 9:30 PM, Main Street Bar and Grill, 814 Main Street, Hopkins, $6 . Come out for Rock It Science and dance to the songs of the 80’s!. http://www. mainstreetbar.com/events_list.php.

High and Mighty: 29-Mar, 9:30 PM, Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 West 123rd Street, Savage, $10 . Join us for some live music.. http://neisens.com/musicevents/. (952) 846-4513 Alluvion and Animalhead: 29-Mar, 10:00 PM, The Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, Free. Join us tonight for live music from Alluvion and Animalhead.. http://1001solutionsllc.com/ the-contented-cow/calendar/#.UvT9Bvl5OSp. 1.507.663.1351 Diet Folk: 30-Mar, 11:00 AM, Pub 500, 500 S Front St, Mankato, Free. Like a mixed drink on a summer night, Diet Folk is a blend of

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intoxicating and smooth comfort. This Duluth, Minnesota based group of soulful folk musicians epitomize the spirit of blending the old with the new; reaching for new territory while keeping their roots planted firmly in the ground.. http://www.pub500.com/happenings/LiveMusic. (507) 625-6500 Sawtooth Bluegrass Band: 30-Mar, 2:00 PM, Chanhassen Library, 7711 Kerber Blvd, Chanhassen, Free. Members of Sawtooth met as young teenagers, and after years of performance, is becoming a leading upper Midwest bluegrass band. The groups quest is to play bluegrass the old way, following the models set by the first generation of bluegrass players.. http://host6.evanced.info/ melsa/carver/eventcalendar.asp.

The Fox and the Fairway: 30-Mar, 7:30 PM, Paradise Center for the Arts, 321 Central Ave., Faribault, $10-$14. Come on a hilarious romp which pulls the rug from underneath the stuffy denizens of a private country club. $10 students. $14 for adults. http://www. paradisecenterforthearts.org/theatre/. “The Chicago Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble Chance Meeting: 2-Apr, 7:30 PM, The Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, Free. Come out to the Contented Cow tonight for live music from Chance Meeting!. http://1001solutionsllc.com/ the-contented-cow/calendar/#.UxItifl5OSp. 1.507.663.1351 Red Molly: 3-Apr, 7:30 PM, Shattuck-St. Mary’s School, 1000 Shumway Ave, Faribault, $9-$15. NEWHALL AUDITORIUM Critics are putting this female Americana trio in the company of The Wailin’ Jennys and The Roches. A Red Molly concert features gorgeous a cappella ballads, bluegrass-tinged folk and a touch of jazzy western swing, all done in Red Molly’s trademark three-part harmonies, signature dobro licks and inventive arrangements. This is music that is exciting, optimistic and joyful! redmolly.com. http://www.s-sm.org.

Stewart Ross, Trombone: 3-Apr, 7:30 PM, Elias J. Halling Recital Hall of the Earley Center of Performing Arts, Minnesota State University 320 Maywood Ave., Mankato, $7-$9. The Department of Music presents Dr. Stewart Ross in a Farewell Recital.. http:// www.mnsu.edu/music/events/.

Yelawolf: 3-Apr, 8:00 PM, Verizon Wireless Center Mankato MN, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Mankato, $21-$31. Hip-hop artist Yelawolf has recently released a sequel to his breakthrough mixtape titled Trunk Muzik Returns, and his sophomore album titled Love Story is set to be released in May 2014.. http:// www.verizonwirelesscentermn.com/23339/ Event.aspx.

Wesley Church & The Fabulous Vanguards: 3-Apr, 8:00 PM, The Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, Free. Come out to the Contented Cow tonight for live music from Wesley Church & The Fabulous Vanguards!. http://1001solutionsllc.com/the-contentedcow/calendar/#.UxItifl5OSp. 1.507.663.1351 La Dispute and Pianos Become the Teeth: 4-Apr, 7:00 PM, The Garage, 75 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville, $13 - $15. Join us for some live music.. http://www.facebook. com/events/1430394067177659/?ref=5.

Uncle Lucius: 4-Apr, 7:30 PM, Mayo Civic Center, 30 Civic Center Drive, Rochester, $21.75-$24. Austin-based indie rock band Uncle Lucius released its most recent studio album And You Are Me on August 28, 2012.

Recorded in Austin and Nashville And You Are Me finds Uncle Lucius stretching their musicianship and reeling in eleven songs that punch with a fullness reminiscent of The Doors to early Black Crowes to the current new blues sound of The Black Keys. Uncle Lucius takes rock and roll from its deep roots, pushes it onward by putting their own honest interpretation of new rock sounds with elements of r&b and blues added. The band includes Kevin Galloway on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Hal Vorpahl on bass, Mike Carpenter on lead guitar and vocals, Josh Greco on drums and percussion and Jon Grossman on lead vocals, and keys. The first single and video is ‘Pocket Full of Misery’ . The new album comes on the heels of a three-year run of tour dates that took Uncle Lucius across the continent strapped with 2009’s Pick Your Head Up, a self-released album hailed for bringing rock and roll back to its heyday sound. Packed into their van the band toured everywhere from the corners of both coasts and throughout the Midwest from their Austin, TX home pushing their rock and soul shows into late nights throughout the country. Songs from this 2009 album were featured on TV shows such as Castle and Friday Night Lights. They pride their live show as a sacred and energetic experience, with a belief that this is still the truest form of communication with their fans.. http://www. riversideconcerts.com.

Jana Anderson: 4-Apr, 8:00 PM, Wicked Moose Bar & Grill, 1201 Eastgate Dr. SE, Rochester, Free. Come enjoy a night of great music!. http://www.wickedmoosebarandgrill. com/events/upcoming-events/upcomingevents.html.

Shoot Lucy: 4-Apr, 8:00 PM, The Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, Free. Come out to the Contented Cow tonight for live music from Shoot Lucy!. http://1001solutionsllc.com/the-contentedcow/calendar/#.UxItifl5OSp. 1.507.663.1351

Pop Rocks: 4-Apr, 9:00 PM, Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 West 123rd Street, Savage, $5 . Join us for some live music.. http://neisens.com/music-events/. (952) 846-4513 Power of Ten: 4-Apr, 9:30 PM, Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 West 123rd Street, Savage, $5 . Come and enjoy some live music.. http://neisens.com/music-events/.

(952) 846-4513 Jazz Club: 5-Apr, 2:00 PM, 7:00 PM, Sheldon Theatre, 443 West 3rd Street, Red Wing, $10 - $15. Join us for some jazz music presented by Red Wing Singers.. http:// www.sheldontheatre.org/events/RWS2014.

651-388-8700 The Beatles: 5-Apr, 7:30 PM, Zumbrota State Theatre, 88 E 4th St., Zumbrota, $22$25. Come down to the Zumbrota State Theatre for live music.. http://zaac.org/ state-theatre/upcoming-theatre-events2.

507-732-5210 SPCO with the Mir Quartet: 5-Apr, 8:00 PM, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, 345 Washington Street, Saint Paul, $12-$42.

The SPCO welcomes conductor Steven Schick to the stage for a dynamic program of well-known favorites and innovative premieres. After opening with Beethovens First Symphony, the world renowned Mir Quartet joins the orchestra for the world premiere of a new work from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts (Silent Night, 2011).

The second half of the program will feature the eagerly awaited world premiere of John Luther Adams Become River and Rossinis cherished Overture to The Barber of Seville.. http://content.thespco.org/events/spco-miroquartet/. (651) 282-3000 Pop Rocks: 5-Apr, 8:00 PM, Wicked Moose Bar & Grill, 1201 Eastgate Dr. SE, Rochester, $5 . Come spend your night listening to some great music!. http://www.wickedmoosebarandgrill.com/events/upcoming-events/ upcoming-events.html.

Oly: 5-Apr, 9:00 PM, The Busted Nut, 118 2nd Street East, Hastings, Cover Charge.

Come down and check out some great live music.. http://www.thebustednut.com/ Calendar.html. (651) 438-6887”Two Hicks & A Chick Junk FM: 5-Apr, 9:30 PM, Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 West 123rd Street, Savage, Free. Join us for some live music.. http://neisens.com/music-events/. (952) 846-4513 The Kasota Piano Trio: 6-Apr, 3:00 PM, Elias J. Halling Recital Hall of the Earley Center of Performing Arts, Minnesota State University 320 Maywood Ave., Mankato, $7$9. The Department of Music presents Lydia Miller, violin; Joseph Rodgers, cello; David

Viscoli, piano in a Faculty Recital.. http:// www.mnsu.edu/music/events/.

Mouldy Figs: 6-Apr, 4:00 PM, Main Street Bar and Grill, 814 Main Street, Hopkins, $3.

Come check out the Mouldy Figs at Main Street bar and grill!. http://www.mainstreetbar. com/events_list.php. “April Verch Band The Animal in Me and Conduit: 8-Apr, 5:00 PM, The Garage, 75 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville, $10 - $12. Come and enjoy some live music.. http://www.facebook. com/events/257245987784517/?ref=5.

DreamTheater: 8-Apr, 8:00 PM, Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Avenue, Burnsville, $49-$69. DreamTheater has steadily achieved a startlingly sublime synthesis of soaring andunmistakable melody, progressive instrumentation and aggressive heavinessunrivaled within hard rock music. Dream Theaters brand new, self-titled opus isa masterpiece of ambition, adventure and redefined purpose. Dream Theaterheralds an exceptionally energized and profoundly dynamic emergent chapter forthe melodic, progressive and consistently heavy masters of hard rock invention. It is an album that at once recalls the brilliant hallmarks that have made the band icons to fellow musicians and hard rock fans alike, while simultaneously abold declaration of a future yet to come.. http://www.burnsvillepac. com/dream-theater.html.

Chance Meeting: 9-Apr, 7:30 PM, The Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, Free. Come out to the Contented Cow tonight for live music from Chance Meeting!. http://1001solutionsllc.com/ the-contented-cow/calendar/#.UxItifl5OSp. 1.507.663.1351”Sound Horizon Wesley Church & The Fabulous Vanguards: 10-Apr, 8:00 PM, The Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, Free. Come out to the Contented Cow tonight for live music from Wesley Church & The Fabulous Vanguards!. http://1001solutionsllc.com/ the-contented-cow/calendar/#.UxItifl5OSp. 1.507.663.1351”Phillip Morris Catherine Russell: Strictly Romancin’: 11-Apr, 7:30 PM, Fairmont Opera House, 45 Downtown Plaza, Fairmont, $10-$20.

Genuine jazz and blues singer. Her voice is a dusky, stalwart and soulful instrument that radiates interpretive power yet remains touchingly vulnerable. Catherine Russell joins the rank of the greatest interpreters and performers of American Popular Song.

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Davina & The Vagabonds Saturday, April 12th, 9:30 pm Hooligans, Mankato Sometimes I wonder if it’s possible to really appreciate all of the great music coming out of this state. Great music tends to inspire more great music, and a scene can thrive from feeding on itself, but the embarrassment of riches that is Minnesota Music is a little bit staggering. Case in point – Davina and the Vagabonds are currently on tour right now. Over the course of six weeks they will play all over the country, from Seattle to the Southern tip of Florida (SoFlo? Or I suppose it should be SoFla…). Dressed like a 1940’s jazz band, and offering up a sweet & hearty stew of jazz, blues, and horn driven soul, this in-demand band isn’t just some crowd pleasing, kitschy oldies act. Davina Sowers, known for her piano chops, her powerful high alto voice and her bawdy stage presence, is also an accomplished songwriter, who cranks out original compositions that would be as comfortable in a 1951 smoky jazz club as they are at First Avenue or the Turf Club. This is one of those bands that bring the fun with them wherever they play. Do not hesitate to check them out in Mankato.

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The Ten Commandments Thursday, April 17th, 7:30 pm The Historic Paramount Theatre, Austin

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Old restored theaters are one of the best parts of smaller towns, and SoMinn is full of them. There’s the Sheldon in Red Wing, the State in Zumbrota, the Paradise in Faribault, the Opera House in Mantorville, and on and on. Down in Austin, the Paramount has embraced it’s past, not just as an old playhouse, but as a movie theater as well. Once a month, it’s Movie Night at the Paramount, where they’ll show an old classic film. This year, Passover runs from April 14th to the 22nd, so there is no better time to dust off Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 epic-among-epics The Ten Commandments With a star-studded cast that includes Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, and Edward G. Robinson, and a literal cast of 1000 extras, this is classic DeMille at his extravagant best. Yes, the special effects aren’t quite up to CGI standards nearly 60 years later, but they just don’t make them like this anymore. Plus, if you think Al Pacino is the finest over-actor of his generation, wait until you get sight of the righteous indignation that Heston pours into Moses. In 21st Century vernacular, this movie is what you would call “Extreme”. On the BIG silver screen, this is not an opportunity to be missed.

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Monroe Crossing: 11-Apr, 7:30 PM, Zumbrota State Theatre, 88 E 4th St., Zumbrota, $18-$20. Live music from Monroe Crossing.. http://zaac.org/statetheatre/upcoming-theatre-events2. 507-732-5210 La Madness: 11-Apr, 8:00 PM, Wicked Moose Bar & Grill, 1201 Eastgate Dr. SE, Rochester, . Don’t miss this night full of great music!. http://www. wickedmoosebarandgrill.com/events/upcomingevents/upcoming-events.html.

The Song Remains the Same: 11-Apr, 8:00 PM, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, 501 West 78th Street, Chanhassen, $40-$55. Jonny James and the Hall of Fames (the band that brought you The Beatles Anthology) is back rocking harder than ever with The Song Remains The Same, a tribute to the greatest rock band of all time, Led Zeppelin, who just this past year was awarded a Kennedy Center Honor for their contribution to the music industry. For 10 years, Led Zeppelin dominated the US and the UK with their unforgettable guitar riffs, blues-inspired wails, and insane drum solos. Their music is some

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of the most loved in rock history. JJHOF will feature the greatest Zeppelin tunes including: Black Dog, Heartbreaker, Whole Lotta Love, Immigrant Song and of course, Stairway to Heaven.. http://www. chanhassentheatres.com/concert_series.aspx. (952) 934-1525 Raggs Band: 11-Apr, 9:00 PM, Santorini Taverna & Music, 13000Technology Drive, Eden Prairie, Free. Live music from the Raggs Band.. http://www. google.com/calendar/embed?height=600&wkst=1&b gcolor=%23FFFFFF&src=a2ij5afgreagep7gc00ujq40 io%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%23060D 5E&ctz=America%2FChicago.

Air Supply: 11-Apr, 9:00 PM, Treasure Island Resort and Casino Minnesota, 5734 Sturgeon Lake Road, Welch, $25-$35. his Australian pop duo dominated the airwaves in the early 80s with their soft, romantic ballads and on Friday, April 11 theyll be dominating the Island Event Center stage!

Soft-rock sensation, Air Supply was one of the best-selling acts of its era with seven straight Top Five singles and over 100 million in album sales.

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majestic lyrics of Graham Russell as they perform timeless hits such as Even the Nights are Better, The One That You Love, Lost in Love, All Out of Love, and Making Love Out of Nothing at All, live at The Island.. http://www.treasureislandcasino.com/ entertainment-mn/concerts-shows-mn/air-supply/.

1-800-222-7077 Junk FM: 11-Apr, 9:30 PM, Main Street Bar and Grill, 814 Main Street, Hopkins, $5 . Come spend your Valentine’s Day with Junk FM here at Main Street bar and grill!. http://www.mainstreetbar.com/ events_list.php.

So Big: 11-Apr, 9:30 PM, Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 West 123rd Street, Savage, Free. Join us for some live music.. http://neisens.com/musicevents/. (952) 846-4513 Celebrate Harmony: 12-Apr, 2:30 PM, Business, Arts & Recreation Center, 1012 Fifth Avenue, Windom, $10-$12. The Windom Area Chordhustlers annual spring show, with guest quartet Grand Design and also featuring chapter quartet Original Blend.

Don Williams: 12-Apr, 6:30 PM, Jackpot Junction

Casino, 39375 County Highway 24, Morton, $25+.

For some great live music, come check out Don Williams at Jackpot Junction Casino.. http://jackpotjunction.com/entertainment/. 507-697-8000 Earth Tones: 12-Apr, 7:00 PM, Sheldon Theatre, 443 West 3rd Street, Red Wing, $11.50 - $17.50.

Celebrate Earth Day with music, poetry and stories that praise the earth, featuring Red Wings own Lauren Pelon and a multitude of musicians. Please stay after the concert to visit with the musicians in the mezzanine.. http://www.sheldontheatre.org/ events/EarthTones. 651-388-8700 Dean Magraw and Friends: 12-Apr, 8:00 PM, Oak Center General Store, 67011 Highway 63, Lake City, $5-$15. Celebrate Spring with an intimate performance kickin’ out the the geetar jams and laughin’ away your blues - Dean Magraw unveils soulful melodic grooves intricately designed to heal the broken dancer, confuse the boldest mathematician, and eradicate ennui in our lifetime.

His musical passion transcends all boundaries, yet the vital essence of his distinctive style remains. Get tickets early! $15-$5 Pay What you Can. http://www. oakcentergeneralstore.com.

The Song Remains the Same: 12-Apr, 8:00 PM, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, 501 West 78th Street, Chanhassen, $40-$55. Jonny James and the Hall of Fames (the band that brought you The Beatles Anthology) is back rocking harder than ever with The Song Remains The Same, a tribute to the greatest rock band of all time, Led Zeppelin, who just this past year was awarded a Kennedy Center Honor for their contribution to the music industry. For 10 years, Led Zeppelin dominated the US and the UK with their unforgettable guitar riffs, blues-inspired wails, and insane drum solos. Their music is some of the most loved in rock history. JJHOF will feature the greatest Zeppelin tunes including: Black Dog, Heartbreaker, Whole Lotta Love, Immigrant Song and of course, Stairway to Heaven.. http://www. chanhassentheatres.com/concert_series.aspx. (952) 934-1525 Nick Fox: 12-Apr, 9:00 PM, The Busted Nut, 118 2nd Street East, Hastings, Cover Charge. Come down and check out some great live music.. http:// www.thebustednut.com/Calendar.html. (651) 438-6887 Shagagogo: 12-Apr, 9:15 PM, Santorini Taverna & Music, 13000Technology Drive, Eden Prairie, Free.

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Time Machine: 12-Apr, 9:30 PM, Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 West 123rd Street, Savage, Free.

Come and enjoy some live music.. http://neisens. com/music-events/. (952) 846-4513 Chester Bay: 18-Apr, 9:00 PM, Wicked Moose Bar & Grill, 1201 Eastgate Dr. SE, Rochester, $6 .

Come enjoy some great music!. http://www.wickedmoosebarandgrill.com/events/upcoming-events/ upcoming-events.html.

Brian Kinney: 18-Apr, 9:15 PM, Santorini Taverna & Music, 13000Technology Drive, Eden Prairie, Free. Come out to the Santorini Taverna for the Brian Kinney band!. http://www.google.com/calendar/em bed?height=600&wkst=1&bgcolor=%23FFFFFF&sr c=a2ij5afgreagep7gc00ujq40io%40group.calendar. google.com&color=%23060D5E&ctz=America% 2FChicago.

Six to Midnight: 18-Apr, 9:30 PM, Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 West 123rd Street, Savage, Free.

Come and enjoy some live music.. http://neisens. com/music-events/. (952) 846-4513 Dailey and Vincent: 19-Apr, 7:00 PM, Sheldon Theatre, 443 West 3rd Street, Red Wing, $19.50 $30. Join us for an evening of bluegrass music.. http://www.sheldontheatre.org/events/DaileyVincent2014. 651-388-8700 Claudia Schmidt & Dean Magraw: 19-Apr, 7:30 PM, Crossings at Carnegie, 320 East Avenue, Zumbrota, $18-$20. Join us for live tunes from Claudia Schmidt & Dean Magraw; powerful, adventurous world music.. http://www.crossingsatcarnegie.com/

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Monroe Crossing / Zumbrota State Theatre / Zumbrota / 4.11 page0003_Concerts_and_Events_Schedule. html. (507) 732-7616 Maud Hixon: 19-Apr, 7:30 PM, Waseca Art Center, 200 State Street North, Waseca, $15-$17. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served ‘She Said, She Said: Classic Women Songwriters from Flapper, Swing and Bebop Eras ‘Spend an evening with the trailblazers of classic popular song with standards like ‘I Can’t Give You Anything But Love’ and ‘Big Spender’ Maud Hixson is a singer of classic jazz and popular songs of the 20th century, based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She made her Guthrie Theater debut in ‘Coward’s Women’ in 2010, performed at the New York Cabaret Convention in 2011 at Lincoln Center’s Rose Hall, and in 2012 appeared in concert with composer and pianist Richard Rodney Bennett as part of the Midtown Jazz Series in New York City. Her newest album, ‘Don’t Let A Good Thing Get Away’ was released in 2013, and spotlights the work of composer Michael ‘Mickey’ Leonard. CO-SPONSORED BY THRIVENT LUTHERAN $15 WAC / $17 Public. http:// www.wasecaartscouncil.org.

Johnny Holm: 19-Apr, 8:00 PM, Wicked Moose Bar & Grill, 1201 Eastgate Dr. SE, Rochester, $10 . Come enjoy a night full of great music!. http://www.wickedmoosebarandgrill.com/events/upcoming-events/ upcoming-events.html.

Optimum Trajectory: 19-Apr, 8:00 PM, The Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, Free. Come out to The Contented Cow tonight for live music from Optimum Trajectory!. http://1001solutionsllc. com/the-contented-cow/calendar/#.UxJEN_ l5OSp. 1.507.663.1351 Mark Cameron Band: 19-Apr, 9:00 PM, The Busted Nut, 118 2nd Street East, Hastings, Cover Charge. Come down and check out some great live music.. http:// www.thebustednut.com/Calendar.html. (651) 438-6887 Cherry Gun: 19-Apr, 9:30 PM, Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 West 123rd Street, Savage, Free. Join us for some live music.. http://neisens.com/music-events/. (952) 846-4513 University Jazz Big Bands: 22-Apr, 7:30 PM, Elias J. Halling Recital Hall of the Earley Center of Performing Arts, Minnesota State

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April 25th – 27th Various locations in Winona, Lanesboro, Spring Grove and Houston, MN Decorah, New Albin and Dorchester, IA For arts enthusiasts and artists alike, there really is nothing like a studio arts tour. Artists all over the area open their studios up to the general public. Through these open houses, we’re able to view the artist’s creations through a completely different context. You can actually watch somebody working with a lathe, a potter’s wheel or a blowtorch. You can talk with an artist about paint texture or precious metal to better understand the their point of view. And, if you’re up to it, you can visit a couple dozen different studios. Generally, many of those studios are hosting other artists as well – it can make for a dizzying and thoroughly enjoyable assault on the senses over a couple of days. On top of that, let us consider that the setting for this particular tour is in the Mississippi River Valley, just as spring should be kicking into high gear. Really, can you think of a better way to spend the weekend?

University 320 Maywood Ave., Mankato, $7 $9. Dr. Douglas Snapp directs the MSU Jazz Maverick Big Bands performing swinging, hard groovin’ jazz.. http://www.mnsu.edu/ music/events/.

University Orchestra: 24-Apr, 7:30 PM, Elias J. Halling Recital Hall of the Earley Center of Performing Arts, Minnesota State University 320 Maywood Ave., Mankato, $7-$9. Dr. Joseph Rodgers conducts the University Orchestra. $7 MSU students with valid MavCard (student discounts available) $9 General admission. http://www.mnsu.edu/ music/events/.

Deuces Wild Dueling Pianos: 25-Apr, 8:00 PM, Wicked Moose Bar & Grill, 1201 Eastgate Dr. SE, Rochester, $10 . Don’t miss this opportunity to join in on a fun night to support a great cause!. http://www.wickedmoosebarandgrill.com/events/upcomingevents/upcoming-events.html.

Kirk & Low: 25-Apr, 8:00 PM, The Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, Free. Come out to The Contented Cow tonight for live music from Kirk & Low.. http://1001solutionsllc.com/the-

contented-cow/calendar/#.UxJEN_l5OSp. 1.507.663.1351 Return to Motown: 25-Apr, 8:00 PM, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, 501 West 78th Street, Chanhassen, $40-$55. New to CDT audiences, catch the Fabulous Armadillos in another of their hugely popular tribute shows - a retrospective of the Motown label. Hear songs made famous by The Jackson Five, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles and so many more.

Their huge band features many special guests including: Julius Collins (When A Man Loves A Diva), Kenni Holmen (The Hornheadz), Aimee Lee (Rainy Days & Mondays), Julius Andrews IV (Michael Jackson Tribute), Pamela McNeill (Rumors and Dreams), Cate Fierro (The Irresistibles, Memphis and the Meantimes). This stellar group performs a retrospective of what made the Motown label a piece of American pie and why it continues to be a long-standing, revered part of the history of American music.. http://www. chanhassentheatres.com/concert_series. aspx. (952) 934-1525 The Good, the Bad, and the Funky: 25-Apr, 9:15 PM, Santorini Taverna & Music,

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Rock It Science: 25-Apr, 9:30 PM, Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 West 123rd Street, Savage, Free. Join us for some live music.. http://neisens.com/music-events/. (952) 846-4513 Johnny Azari: 26-Apr, 5:00 PM, The Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, Free. Come out to The Contented Cow tonight for live music from Johnny Azari. http://1001solutionsllc.com/ the-contented-cow/calendar/#.UxJEN_l5OSp. 1.507.663.1351 The Sheldon Theatre Brass Band Spring Concert 2014: 26-Apr, 7:00 PM, Sheldon Theatre, 443 West 3rd Street, Red Wing, $11.50 - $17.50. Join us for some live music.. http://www.sheldontheatre.org/ events/STBBSpring2014. 651-388-8700

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Rumours and Dreams: 26-Apr, 7:30 PM, Zumbrota State Theatre, 88 E 4th St., Zumbrota, $28-$30. Live music from Rumors and Dreams.. http://zaac.org/state-theatre/ upcoming-theatre-events2. 507-732-5210 Switchback: 26-Apr, 8:00 PM, Oak Center General Store, 67011 Highway 63, Lake City, $15-$5. For over two decades, Brian FitzGerald and Martin McCormack, known as Switchback, have entertained crowds with their unique blend of music. Brian and Martin play an exciting mix of mandolin, guitar, and bass. Their harmonies have won them comparisons to famous duos, such as the Louvin Brothers, the Everly Brothers, and Simon and Garfunkel. Music Connection Magazine writes: ‘The words ‘American Roots & Celtic Soul’ only begin to describe this unusual act, whose vocal prowess is as pure as it is

unique... there is no denying the stunning vocal blends that are achieved by this duo.’. http://www.oakcentergeneralstore.com.

Pink Floyd Tribute: 26-Apr, 8:00 PM, Wicked Moose Bar & Grill, 1201 Eastgate Dr. SE, Rochester, . Enjoy a night of great music!. http://www.wickedmoosebarandgrill. com/events/upcoming-events/upcomingevents.html.

Forest & The Rangers: 26-Apr, 8:00 PM, The Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, Free. Come out to The Contented Cow tonight for live music from Forest & The Rangers!. http://1001solutionsllc.com/the-contented-cow/calendar/#.UxJEN_l5OSp. 1.507.663.1351 Return to Motown: 26-Apr, 8:00 PM, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, 501 West 78th

Street, Chanhassen, $40-$55. New to CDT audiences, catch the Fabulous Armadillos in another of their hugely popular tribute shows - a retrospective of the Motown label. Hear songs made famous by The Jackson Five, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles and so many more.

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From 27 history of American music.. http://www. chanhassentheatres.com/concert_series. aspx. (952) 934-1525 Down the Road: 26-Apr, 9:00 PM, The Busted Nut, 118 2nd Street East, Hastings, Cover Charge. Come down and check out some great live music.. http://www.thebustednut.com/Calendar.html. (651) 438-6887 The Shaw Brothers: 26-Apr, 9:30 PM, Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 West 123rd Street, Savage, Free. Join us for some live music.. http://neisens.com/musicevents/. (952) 846-4513 Orchestra Festival with Young Artists: 27-Apr, 2:00 PM, Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Avenue, Burnsville, $16 . The winners of our seventh annual Young Artists competition will be featured in our final concert of the season. The University of Minnesota Health Sciences Orchestra will also join us for this concert.

Together we will perform Tchaikovsky’s dramatically powerful and lyrically romantic Fourth Symphony. http://www.burnsvillepac. com/dakota-valley-symphony.html.

Spring Concert: 27-Apr, 4:00 PM, SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 105 N. 5th Street, Mankato, $7-$9. The Minnesota State University Symphonic Band, Chamber Singers and University Chorale present a Spring Concert. $7 MSU students with valid MavCard (student discounts available) $9 General admission. http://www.mnsu.edu/ music/events/.

Letlive and Architects: 27-Apr, 6:30 PM, The Garage, 75 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville, $13 - $15. Join us for some live music.. http://www.facebook.com/ events/470619096372076 /?ref=5.

University Jazz Combos/Singers: 29-Apr, 7:30 PM, Elias J. Halling Recital Hall of the Earley Center of Performing Arts, Minnesota State University 320 Maywood Ave., Mankato, $7-$9. Dr. Douglas Snapp coaches the Jazz Combos and the Vocal Jazz groups, performing jazz standards and covering today’s popular music. $7 MSU students with valid MavCard (student discounts available) $9 General admission. http://www.mnsu.edu/ music/events/.

Performance Series Event: Ray Bonneville: 1-May, 7:30 PM, Elias J. Halling Recital Hall of the Earley Center of Performing Arts, Minnesota State University 320 Maywood Ave., Mankato, $11-$12.

Ray Bonneville is a Canadian born, Austin (TX) based singer, songwriter, world-class guitarist and harmonica player, who is known for his ‘loose, darkly funky vibe’ (All Music Guide). His Red House release Goin’ By Feel was named one of the best CD’s of 2008 by DownBeat Magazine. Ray is a unique player and has performed with such blues luminaries as B.B. King, Muddy Waters, and Robert Cray.. http://www.mnsu.edu/music/events/.

Back to Motown: Starring Ronn Easton & His All Star Soul Review: 2-May, 7:30 PM, Fairmont Opera House, 45 Downtown Plaza, Fairmont, $10-$20. Ronn Easton and his All Star Soul Review bring alive the

legendary icons of Rhythm and Blues. Come sing, dance along or just kick back and listen to the sounds of The Temptations, The Dells, Jerry Butler, Otis Redding, The Miracles, Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield and many, many others. Web: www.ronneaston.com. http://www.fairmontoperahouse.com.

Euro DJ Night: 3-May, 9:00 PM, Santorini Taverna & Music, 13000Technology Drive, Eden Prairie, Free. Come down to the Santorini Taverna for Euro DJ Night.. http:// www.google.com/calendar/embed?height=60 0&wkst=1&bgcolor=%23FFFFFF&src=a2ij5 afgreagep7gc00ujq40io%40group.calendar. google.com&color=%23060D5E&ctz=Ameri ca%2FChicago.

FILM Documentary Film Series: 3-Apr, 7:00 PM, Treaty Site History Center, 1851 N. Minnesota Ave., St. Peter, Free. Please join us for the 2013-14 documentary film series.

A partnership between St. Peter Community and Family Education and the Nicollet County Historical Society, films are screened the first Thursday of every month at 7pm, at the Treaty Site History Center, through May.. http:// www.nchsmn.org/programs_events.html.

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Maple Syrup through History: 22-Mar, 10:00 AM, The Landing - Minnesota River Heritage Park, 2187 E. County Road 101, Shakopee, $5 . Follow sap from tree to tap and from syrup to sugar as you discover Minnesota’s rich history of maple syruping.

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Master Gardener- Fairy Garden: 27-Mar, 6:30 PM, Chanhassen Library, 7711 Kerber Blvd, Chanhassen, Free. Gardens, Gardens, Gardens is the theme for the 2014 Library Classes offered by Extension Carver/ Scott Master Gardeners. Join us whether you are just starting your garden or want to enhance the garden you already have. Some of the classes will be repeats or updates of

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Raptors in the Yard: 30-Mar, 3:00 PM, Richardson Nature Center, 8737 E. Bush Lake Road, Bloomington, Free. Meet a captive merlin and barred owl and learn about amazing birds of prey. Cameras welcome! Drop in anytime.. http://www.threeriversparks.org/ events/R/raptors-in-the-yard_-_1.aspx.

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ne of the perks of being a journalist is the inspiration that comes from the people you interview and write

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Oftentimes those people represent an ideal you strive for, be it accomplishment or general outlook on life. It might not be reasonable to do what they do, but it doesn’t make you any less inspired.

While working in Mankato a few years back, I wrote a story about Eric and Christie Nelson, a local couple riding a tandem bicycle from Minnesota to Argentina. The trip took about 18 months and in order to do so, they quit their jobs, sold their house and got rid of most of their earthly possessions.

Their reason for going on such an adventure? “We wanted to let the world impact us,” Christie said.

I remember being fascinated with the Nelsons during their journey. I checked their blog daily and came to admire how uninhibited they were. Their trip represented everything I loved about cycling: the exploration, the daily adventure, the freedom, everything.

I told myself I wanted to go on my own adventure someday. It seemed like something that would give me a fresh perspective on life and be a story I would always hold dear. Also, it just sounded awesome.

However, I kept thinking about all the factors that prevent someone from doing a trip like this. Would I ever be able to afford it? Could I stomach being away from family and friends for so long? Would I be able to get a job when I got back?

It seemed unfathomable to make such a leap. I’ve always been conservative when it comes to adventures, never straying too far from my comfort zone and always keeping my career in mind. Could I ever get past that?

Eventually though, I came to realize how

pointless it was to dwell on the negatives.

It’s important to be cautious in life, but it’s also important to take chances once in a while. If this was something I truly wanted to do, I had to be proactive and take steps to make it happen.

Which leads me to the point of this column: After months of planning and saving, my adventure ambitions have become a reality. Starting April 7, I will be leaving Minnesota to embark on a cross-country bike trip to northern Georgia. Once I get there, I’ll trade my bike for a backpack and hike north on the Appalachian Trail with the goal of completing it. All 2,185 miles of it.

At this point, you probably have a lot of questions, namely why I decided to incorporate both biking AND hiking into one trip. After all, they’re two very different activities. One requires wheels, the other requires feet. One travels mostly on paved roads, the other almost exclusively on rugged trails.

My answer is kind of a dopey one: I just like both of them. I enjoy the physical challenges of both of them and embrace the outdoorsiness – it’s a word, I swear – associated with them.

They also both represent a non-motorized form of transportation I’ve come to admire. There’s an appreciation for the journey and destination that comes by traveling without a car. It requires more time and effort, but it helps you get more enjoyment out of the little things in life.

Above all else, that’s what this trip is about for me: appreciating the little things in life and finding joy in the journey. I like the idea of a multi-faceted adventure and welcome the logistical challenges that come with it.

While I will be leaving my job as a page designer for Huckle Media, I am happy to report that my adventure will live on with

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Now that I’ve got all that off my chest, it’s time to get back into planning/preparation mode. I’m nervous about the great unknown, but I look forward to the journey.

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ashion trends seem to ‘come back to haunt’; the seventies bell bottoms, the eighties big hair, the nineties casual chic and tattoos.

Food has its trends as well.

The seventies fondue, whole grains and crock pots, the eighties fat and sugar free processed foods, chicken McNuggets and microwave popcorn, and the excess of the nineties McDonald’s Triple Cheeseburger, Hot Pockets and Starbucks. I think right now we are seeing a return somewhat to the seventies fondue, crock pots and whole grains but in a more healthy way. Trends are moving away from processed and unhealthy food (thank goodness!) and moving back to fresh local ingredients cooked simply and from scratch! I couldn’t be happier! Here are the top ten trends for 2014:

Midwestern Table,is inspired by her Minnesota roots. This is all about farm fresh and local taken to the next level, using the types of food readily available in the Midwest. The East Coast is known for Italian; the West Coast for seafood—we think it’s time the Midwest became known for more than lutefisk and potatoes.

Chefs such as St. Louis’ Gerard Craft are beginning to focus on doing interesting things with root vegetables, steaks, and more. And there is nothing more Midwestern than buttermilk soaked fried chicken. Midwestern style cooking has become a true food movement that more chefs are discovering and putting their own twists on foods that Midwesterners have kept secret for all these years.

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Low Tea

We’ve heard of “high tea”. The reality is that the designation is more based on table height than anything else! High tea was served at the dinner table, usually to the middle and lower classes, and was a more substantial meal because it held them over while they served dinner to “the family”. It may have replaced lunch (and dinner, too) for them. The upper classes had a “low tea” that was more likely to be served in the drawing room or parlor, on a low table. It was meant to sustain them prior to evening activities. We wouldn’t want them to feel faint would we?

The influence of the TV show Downton Abbey may be at work here, but it’s just one of the reasons we see the celebration of tea trending. It’s also attributable to the desire to emulate great experiences at white table restaurants and bring them down-to-earth. Those who have found more frequent small

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meals suit them better than three heavy meals a day have added afternoon tea around 4 pm for a quick pick up meal. Let’s return to our childhood and have a Tea Party! We are even rubbing some of our meats with crushed teas before we saute!

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Is it safe to dine distracted?

Restaurants are beginning to put their menu items into forms that accommodate the cell phone obsessed—so you can eat with one hand! OMG – put the phone down and no one gets hurt! Sandwiches, wraps, small bites are showing up on menus because they don’t require two-fisted dining. It seems that restaurants have given up the fight to have people concentrate on their food (or on their companion for that matter). Of course, we are also seeing the trend where restaurants are creating “no cell phone” zones (YAY!). But to accommodate the masses, we predict you’ll see more catering to the multi-taskers.

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Bread. Mmmm, warm homemade bread Even in this gluten-free world we see artisanal, brioche and homemade bread (even the now-mainstream trend toward pretzel bread) on the rise (no pun intended). It’s about the flavor and comfort experience of bread. Expect breads in more flavors, more forms, and dipped in more than just soup in the future.

The trend for bread extends to bread with benefits (flax seed, anyone?), salted bread, flavored breads and bread as the main course.

Instead of being a carrier of other foods, bread is now becoming the

star of the meal. Bread salad, breaded meatballs and meatloaf, bread pudding, muffin cups, flatbread pizzas, stuffing casseroles—all of these help us welcome bread back to the table.

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Investing in Food

Even in the worst days of the Recession, people would say, “invest in food—we all still eat three times a day.” The financial community has begun to take notice, with restaurant investments becoming hot property and restaurant stocks soaring. We now see how the food world has begun building trust. Those in the food business take this seriously.

After all, one attack of food poisoning can destroy a restaurant’s image.

With the rise in restaurant investments it seems that investors have decided the food world knows what it is doing. We’re beginning to trust what they serve—so much so that discussion begins to revolve around extending food expiration dates and addressing world hunger in new ways. We support their causes and their staff.

For a number of years, entertainment has driven celebrity chefdom, which eventually led to those chefs opening restaurants. The tide has turned and great restaurateurs are finding ways to entertain and they continue to invest in the passion that made them popular in the first place.

We are placing our trust in something we understand. After all, we still eat three times a day right?

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Ethnic Inspired

The one to watch is Indian cuisine—but this is meant to bring attention to the flavors of India. Think

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Hybridization of Food . . . what?

Americans have upped their vegetable intake (yay), but Meatless Mondays are not even on the radar for the majority. Enter a new mashup—what we’re calling the Hybridization of Food, where we are enhancing our protein with vegetables. Mushrooms in the meat, for example. It may have started with sneaky moms and a blender, but it’s a growing trend.

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Small Scale Molecular Gastronomy

We’ve been fascinated for years by chefs playing around with the chemical composition of food, and now we’re doing it ourselves: pickling and brining.

You might even say it’s a little bit of “what goes around comes around,” because this sort of chemical play is what our great-grandmothers did simply to preserve food longer . . .another trend returns!

With both brining and pickling you get chemical changes in the food, which can bring about new flavors. While turkey brining is one of the only smart ways to roast a turkey if you want the meat to be moist and flavorful, we are now into pickling, too.

And it’s not just cucumbers—it’s pickled fruit, pickled onions, shrimp, and the full range of pickled vegetables. We expect you’ll find pickled and brined items on more and more restaurant menus.

Glazing has picked up steam, too—just another example of our desire to change our food. It’s all about a different flavor, texture, or even color.

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We are seeing an increase in having someone else do your shopping for you (personally I like to squeeze my own tomatoes). Local grocery stores offer apps to help you select your items, and then they pull them off the shelves, bag them up, and deliver them to your door. Want mail delivery? Just shop online and have even fresh food delivered overnight. Personal shopping is no longer just a convenience for the wealthy—having someone shop for your groceries, with home delivery, is becoming a necessity for some.

As the population ages, we’re seeing more people who require assistance, meaning the stores will begin to accommodate it more and more. People want delivery of more than pizza—they want meals, they want groceries, and they feel entitled to customization, just like they see in large cities. And, they are willing to pay the price when they compare it to the cost of their time and other care.

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Americans are exploring their creativity. Sure, you can make the case that when everyone is creative, no one really is . . . but when it comes to food, the new concoctions are giving us variety and excitement in our food and beverages. Think Craft Chocolates and Craft Beer.

There is an interesting evolution happening at the packaging level though (and we know how I feel about packaged anything!), which is going to move “craft” beyond small batch production into something bigger. Expect to see the return of beer in cans, for example. While the traditional thinking has been that you can’t “do craft” in anything but bottles, it benefits the brewer’s bottom line. We haven’t heard many complaints as yet. More interesting packaging is on the horizon, along with more experimentation with beer pairings.

The question is will ‘craft’ be decimated by the desire to sell more? After all, when fast food places start selling wine and beer with their food items, you know an explosion isn’t far behind. I’m frightened Auntie Em!

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Mike Munson’s New Mississippi Blues

omeone once said “the blues ain’t nothin’ but a good man feelin’ bad.”

It’s a nice thought, and a great quote, but it’s nowhere near that simple. This is not to say Mike Munson is not a good man, because he is. And he may well be feeling bad - you’d have to ask him. But on his debut album, Munson has given us ten original compositions – and one traditional – that are far from simple twelve bar “Woke up this morning” blues songs.

Munson’s album is a master class in creative blues composition and performance, full of unique twists and turns, but never losing sight his art form and the music’s roots.

Hailing from the river town of Winona, MN, Munson writes music that is definitely rooted in the Delta Blues. A solitary performer playing either an acoustic or an electric guitar, he’s a man who clearly has no problem accompanying himself.

Munson has two very gifted hands. His ability to pick a rhythm and a base line with his right hand, while keeping things interesting with and without the slide on his left is a rare combination. On songs like Empire Builder, Good Gal Said and Black Bird, Munson bounces us along telling as much of the story with his guitar as he does with his lyrics.

One of the more intriguing aspects of both Munson’s playing and writing is his use of melody. To be sure, the use of a riff is nothing new, but Munson has an ability

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The Heavy Set is All Over the Map - In A Good Way

inona born and Minneapolis based singer/songwriter/guitarist Jake Ilika is capable of rendering an acoustic ballad, a blues anthem or 70s style acid rock with equal aplomb. He has an innate ability to find the heart of a song and play it from the inside out. It’s a skill that will separate the great musicians from the pedestrian.

His versatility is on full display with the debut EP of his new band The Heavy Set. From sleepy ballads to country rock to the glorious crunch of garage rock, Ilika puts everything he has on display. The band, meanwhile, proves themselves to be a solid and very talented. Guitarist Jim Trouten, bassist Jamie Groth, and drummer Zac Barbieur show they can play anything Ilika can throw at them.

With a name like Jake Ilika & The Heavy Set, it’s easy to approach this album with preconceived notions. Ilika has a solo career, and he also if half of an acoustic duo called Tour Funk. “This is his rock project,” you think. “The one where he puts down his acoustic guitar and picks up a Les Paul. This is going to be loud and

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to create a guitar line, and then match it perfectly with vocals. Counterpoint isn’t something one normally hears in the blues, yet there it is on All Over Now and Too Far Gone. Rather than the simple call and response of John Lee Hooker or Willie Dixon, Munson is able to integrate his guitar with his vocals creating a far more complex sound. While this too is hardly groundbreaking, in the lone bluesman tradition, it is far from typical.

While he’s clearly a very good musician, he equals himself as a lyricist. The themes (loss, frustration, travelin’) are not new, but again, Munson is able to frame these things in a unique context. Shortly before the recording of this album, Munson made the decision to quit his day job and give things a go as a full time musician. He uses that decision in Good Gal Said, hearing the same things over and over from his mother, his sister, his doctor “If you don’t quit that guitar playing/ You’re bound to wind up dead”, however, it’s his wife who tells him “Soon as you quit that guitar playing/You’re bound to wind up dead.” His song about the Amtrak line that runs through Winona, Empire Builder, turns on the line “It’s called the Empire Builder/Mostly runs on time/ It’ll take you anywhere/’Cept where there ain’t no line.” One of his better moments on the album is at the very end. With All Over Now, through delivery and simple words, Munson makes the blues sadder and lonelier than ever, singing “One night only/This night for sure/Tonight

raucous.”

Well, maybe not right away.

The album opens with Hate Coming Here, a sad, slow piece bathed in acoustic guitar, Hammond organ, harmony and a mournful lap steel. At first glance, it’s a curious choice. The Heavy Set’s live show is a loud and powerful affair, yet the first thing they offer is a quiet, dreamy ballad.

However, the lack of volume takes nothing away from the raw emotion of the song. The music, in fact, is the perfect setting for Ilika’s lyrics. “Here you are again,” he sings. “You swore we would be friends/That never works out in the end/ Here you are again.” The melancholy in Ilika’s voice is so strong it’s nearly tangible. While unexpected, it’s a very strong way to open the album.

With the bar set, Ilika next gives us Minnesota Homegrown, an alt.country gem proclaiming his love and allegiance to his beloved state. Full of Western tremolo and a shuffle beat, the song gives the feeling of traveling on the highway he sings about in the first line.

Throughout the album, each song builds on the one before it, giving the album a very natural feel and flow. Let the City Sleep Tonight plugs the instruments

I’m longing/And not oversold/I’m getting tired/And a little unnerved/Tell me a story that I’ve never heard/It’s all over now”.

Perhaps the entire album can be summed up in the song What’s the Matter. All of his strengths are on display here– a twelve bar line followed by a quick two bar shuffle, and lyrics that are both clever and thought provoking, mostly concerning Jesus finding various reasons to question his own faith and getting out of Dodge.

If there is any sort of misfire on this album, it’s the lack of a backing band. His ability to play as a lone minstrel is impressive, of this there is no doubt, however there is a lot of power in Munson’s songs that feels held back at times. Every now and then a dramatic cymbal crash or a bass guitar to free his up his playing a little bit would be really great for his songs. Nevertheless, as a one-man operation, Munson is far more than satisfactory.

In fact, he’s damn good.

On this album, Mike Munson introduces us to his unique perspective set against a traditional form. It’s hard to know whether or not a label should be affixed to his music (Indie Blues? Modern Blues? Alt.blues?), so that will be left to the listener to decide. What is for sure is that Munson has found a way to re-invigorate – if not re-invent – the blues. Where he goes from here will be fascinating to watch.

Rich Larson is the editor of Southern Minnesota SCENE. You can reach him at editor@southernminnscene.com.

in, but doesn’t necessarily kick up the volume. The byplay of Ilika’s and Trouten’s guitars roll over the song like a late night fog. A fantastic Trouten solo cuts the peaceful calm of the song, followed by a near Keith Moon like drum flourish by Barbieur.

Ilika finally unleashes the band on Don’t Leave Me Alone. After using the rest of the album as a showcase for their versatile skills and abilities, they dispense with subtlety, trading it for power and a simple three-chord turn around. Trouten, Groth and Barbieur grab that ball and run with it, playing like racehorses out of the gates. The sound is a glorious thing to experience.

And that may actually sum up this entire album. It’s a lot of fun to hear a songwriter as good as Ilika challenge a band only to see them give life to his music, and then come back for more.

If that only forces Ilika to raise his game even higher, then what we have here is the start of something very special.

Rich Larson is the editor of Southern Minnesota SCENE. You can reach him at editor@southernminnscene.com.

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KEVIN KREIN THE BEARDED LIFE

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Kevin Krein is a fashionable music writer and humorist, and he wants you to know he asked his editor at SCENE for an advance in order to purchase urban streetwear for this month’s column.

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n shows like “Queer Eye for The Straight Guy” and “What Not to Wear,” unsuspecting schlubs incapable of dressing themselves are blindsided by television personalities that are subject matter expects in style, et. al, and are given a makeover along with some tough love, and their lives are then magically turned around.

You may sit in the comfort of your home, watching these shows, certainly not laughing with these people but at them, and their fashion follies. However, anytime I catch even a moment of a “surprise makeover” show, I am sent into an internalized panic.

My anxiety comes from wondering the big question—what would they do to ME? If Stacy and Clinton from “WNTW” went through my closet,

how many of my band t-shirts would they make me throw away? Could I at least keep the “nicer” ones? And by that, I mean “the more expensive ones?” Where would I be sent on my own to shop for a new look, only to have them show up later and chide me for not trying hard enough? Please let it not be Eddie Bauer.

If I were to be “Queer Eyed,” how far would I have to zhush the sleeves of my blazer up my arms? Would they try to frost the tips of my beard? Or worse yet—would they suggest that I shave my beard off completely?

I seek comfort in the fact that both of those programs have been canceled, and also, I’d like to think that nobody in my life is cruel enough to subject me Stacy & Clinton to something as torturous as a forced makeover for TV. And more importantly, I’d really like to think I rock a pretty put together, albeit incredibly casual look.

I’d like to believe that I put thought into the clothing that I am going to wear. But because I rock a pretty put together, though incredibly casual look, whenever I do have to put forth what one may call “effort,” people are always rather shocked by my ability to look “nice.”

Like, they didn’t even know that I owned shirts that button up and have collars, that I own a wide variety of ties, or that I am able to pull it all together with a vest. Because after my wife watched Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Inception, she was like, “Hey, you need to get a vest. NOW.” The humbling truth is that I haven’t always been fashion since day one. There have been

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some ill-advised looks in my past—most notably was the period of time where I had a chain wallet—an accessory I had to part with after my wife grew weary of me constantly whapping her with it when we sat next to one another. Also, it used to catch on, like, everything.

Part of being fashionable, or at least feeling somewhat put together is having confidence in yourself, and the look you are going for, and this is something I have been struggling with as of late. I am starting to second guess my ability to pull off the look I am going for, and I worry that I am not dressing for my age.

Pushing 31, I wonder if I’m ever going to be forced to give up my t-shirts altogether, or abandoned my newfound interest in urban streetwear brands like Pyrex Vision or Been Trill, in favor of khakis and button downs from LL Bean or Land’s End. I am certainly not young at heart, but I know I am not old enough to start dressing like a cool dad.

Recently, I stood in the fitting room in a Pac Sun, a store I probably don’t even belong in anyway, looking at my reflection in the mirror as I tried on numerous Been Trill shirts. None of them fit right or even looked very nice on my waif-thin body. This gave me reason for pause.

The word “trill,” by Urban Dictionary definition, is a slang word meaning that you are true to yourself, and real with others.

I wondered in that moment if I was being true to myself. There’s no easy answer for that.

We wear clothing so we aren’t arrested for indecent exposure when we leave the house, but we also choose to wear clothing as an extension of our personality. If you work in a professional environment, you wear clothes that are also professional. If you are a ridiculous person who doesn’t take themselves seriously (like me), you wear a different Radiohead shirt every day of the week. It would seem that a delicate and fashionable balance must be struck—not so much “growing up,” but possibly dressing like a grown up while still trying to remain true to yourself.

And it seems like that conclusion is the kind of thing Stacy and Clinton from “What Not to Wear” would have told me, as we all stand in front of the mirror, and marvel at my brand new look.

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