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12 16 “JULIUS CAESAR” Monday, March 21, 2016 “Beware the Ides of March”, warns the Soothsayer in Act One. The Romans venerate their leader, but Brutus sees that Julius Caesar may be too powerful for the good of the nation. Shakespeare’s masterful examination of conspiracy, assassination, and its fallout remains hauntingly timeless. What do you do when one person becomes greater than one’s nation?

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AUTUMN VAN RAVENhorst Autumn Van Ravenhorst is a staff writer and columnist for SouthernMinn Scene. Drop her a line at AVanRavenhorst@owatonna.com

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s journalists, we are often forced to write about things we know nothing about. More often than not, we care even less than we know about those subjects.

In fact, I would say that between the ages of five and 24, I wrote about more things I did not give a shit about than those I even somewhat cared about. Does this strengthen your writing and overall critical thinking skills? Meh. Frankly, I think the 10 plus years I had the “five paragraph format” ingrained in my brain, along with researching the most mind numbing content, hindered much of my ability to think on my own.

Thankfully, I prevailed. Well, maybe not— take note of how many times I used the word “about” thus far.

I got a bit older and my superiors, both educationally and professionally, began telling me to “choose.” Uh, excuse me? No, really . . . what do you want me to write about? For over half of my life I was told what to draw, what to read, what to write, and in that writing, identify why said event was good, who it was good for, who suffered and the end.

Christ. Thanks for giving me even the slightest bit of wiggle room to say that possibly (probably) you are wrong. Did you know that the creation of railroads led to some pretty tragic events? At the age of 16, I was drilled to identify why they were great and nothing more.

Yeah, yeah—sometimes we have to do things we don’t want to do. I read and re-read “The Feminine Mystique” so I could write a paper that

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accounted for 20 percent of my precious college grade. I totally understand doing the undesirable.

But when you have been restricted, instructed and limited for so long, a mind doesn’t even know what to do with that much freedom. I get it—asking someone to involuntarily think outside of their comfort zone is great. But what about all the souls out there who don’t know what his or her comfort zone even is? And how much of that has been caused by the limited freedom to do anything.

A couple years ago, I began taking my then18-month-old son to a sort of gymnastics class that required him to wait in line and jump with two feet off the ground when someone told him to. And when he wouldn’t (or couldn’t), all the stares came. If your kid doesn’t understand “structured play” by the time they are two, watch out. For real.

What would Sally say today when asked, “Would you jump off a bridge because they told you to?” She would say yes because everyone would clap and cheer with elation for following the instructions. Sally would be more worried about not knowing what would happen if she didn’t, than what would happen if she did.

I can relate to Sally. I think half of my anxiety is due to not knowing the outcome of a situation. Or how others will respond to my writing.

Or what people may think about my quirky and habitually inappropriate reactions.

Larry David once said, “You write about what you know.” Now, this may or may not have been in reference to the topic of masturbation and bodily fluids in one of his Seinfeld episodes.

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(Okay, it was. There I go being inappropriate again.) Look at what happens when someone embraces what they already know. It flourishes into something beautiful—like Kramer’s filthy addiction to Kenny Rogers’ Chicken.

I love writing about what I know, what I think I know, or what I want to know. But when it came time to write something for the annual Arts Issue, I was reminded of a certain part of myself.

And that is: I love art, but I don’t “get” art.

If someone asked you to define art, would you be able to?

I couldn’t.

It isn’t that I am incapable of coming up with an original thought, or that I can’t Merriam Webster my way to an oversimplified explanation. And it certainly wasn’t due to the creativitykilling iron fist that is systematic education. I just refuse to put a label on the three-letter word that was continually redefined at every stage of my life.

I know I went off on a tangent about writing, but it is my medium and I was always mad at being regulated. So let’s talk about some other art.

When I was five, art was the turkey made from a construction paper cutout of my hand, with colors designated by my teacher. When I was eight, art was the two palm trees on an island that my mom taught me to draw. When I was 10, it was my mother’s intricate doodles— some on printer paper, others on the backs of envelopes the monthly bills once came in. I tried to mimic them, but I quickly realized I couldn’t (and shouldn’t) copy someone else’s doodles.

It only gets more complicated from there.

Right now, I see art as passion, love, talent,

thought, imagination, creativity, expression and more. But art is not everything. And I definitely just offended someone by saying that. (Editor’s Note: I’ll get over it.)

That is okay. To retort, I find it silly to generalize a concept because we feel unsettled by not defining exactly what something is. Why does it matter? Art is not everything just as it is not a mere painting on the wall. Most of you could agree with that. You know what happens when we try to define art? We then feel compelled to classify it as good or bad. And from there, we want to understand why we disagree.

Art needs to have meaning, but it does not need to be a meaning. It needs to just be, as so many other things. It is dependent on the situation, the individual, what form it is presented and ultimately how it is perceived. Brevity is beauty, but to simplify is to often misinterpret.

Structure, pattern and routine—they suck.

They are what get the eyes rolling if a toddler is not cooperating. They are what turn up the self-absorbed noses if I have no friggin’ idea what that abstraction on the wall is. Break away from all of it and whatever suppressed you growing up. Avoid patterns; castoff trends.

I love anyone who is so daring, as artists often are. They take risks. They let everyone see, judge, dissect and interpret their most precious possessions. My god, I won’t let anyone read this until it is printed 8,000 times and can’t do much about it, short of becoming the SoMinn Scene Bandit.

So rock on artists, you inspirational sonsabitches.

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SARAH OSTERBAUER Sarah Osterbauer is a die-hard music lover. When she does her budget each month, food comes after concert tickets. Find her on twitter @SarahOwrites.

#NowPlaying The Lowest Pair This backwoods old timey country pair breath new life into the banjo.

politics T When music meets

he convergence of music and politics has always been a way for artists to draw a proverbial line in the sand. It has been a way to bring much needed attention to broader social issues, give a voice to the voiceless and react to life changing events. At its best, merging the two brings attention and awareness to the forefront of issues that may be ignored or swept under the rug. They inspire civilians and governments alike to take action. At its worst it’s marketing ploys and trite statements trying in vain to fill a void or cash in on a traumatic event, yanking at the heartstrings of a broken public.

Whether or not you agree that political and social issues deserve a spot in music, it’s impossible to deny their impact.

From Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” to N.W.A’s “Fuck the Police” to Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A”, songs have the power to unite and divide. They inspire people to take action and give them a vehicle to have their voices heard whereas otherwise they might not. Some artists have made their careers by creating politically charged music; Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy and M.I.A to name a few. But whether it’s Ted Nugent, Toby Keith or Brother Ali doing the talking, taking a stand on issues is polarizing. Just like side stepping a political conversation at a dinner party, some people would rather avoid the whole thing all together when it comes to music. Political conversations and pointing out social injustices create friction and discomfort wherever they roam. For this reason, the majority of popular artists avoid it, using carefully

constructed PR soundbites if questioned. But in order for things to change, in order for people to take notice, the conversation has to start somewhere.

And often times, music is that place.

Some believe artists have a responsibility to reflect the current social climate in their music. And that responsibility is even greater when the artist comes from an oppressed minority group (whether it’s racial or societal). Because when people from that group see a person of their own rising to the top, they identify with them and want to see their own story told on that platform. This is why so many black people, women especially, raised their hands in solidarity behind Beyoncé’s “Forma-

tion” video and subsequent Super Bowl performance. She was acting as their voice and accepting the responsibility to do so, just as Kendrick Lamar did with his album and Grammy performance this year.

Not every artist chooses to reflect social injustices in their music but instead choose to voice their opinions via social media or by participating in activist groups. They may choose to make bold

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statements at prestigious award ceremonies or during their own headlining shows. Rhymesayers 20 was a large scale hip-hop blowout at Target Center featuring label heavyweights Brother Ali and Atmosphere. Both acts are quite vocal about their support of Black Lives Matter, and despite the public knowledge of their support, the discomfort when it was mentioned by Ali, was palpable. It was shocking (and honestly kind of disappointing) to see so many people roll their eyes or turn their attention off because they couldn’t handle the rhetoric. At the same time, it spoke to the power of melody and sound because these people, who claimed to be card carrying Slug and Ali fans, were also turned off by their political views.

At the end of the day, you could say that is the beauty of art. A person can love music, love an artist but not agree with their political or social views. It made me happy people could love the music despite that difference. I want to live in a world that empowers people to be fully themselves. In art, if someone cares enough about a political or social issue that inspires them to express those views in music, I want them to do it (concurrence with my own world view not required). Because this is how we start a conversation.

This is how art can create social change. This is how people get their voices heard, how untold stories gain life. If you are a proponent of art and care about authenticity, then you too, should appreciate when an artist cares enough to take a stand. It shows depth of character and boldness, the ability to look beyond oneself and into the lives of others. It’s these folks who are painting the musical snapshots of our time and we want those pictures to be sharp and uncompromising.

Top Photo: Beyonce at the Superbowl.

Photos Counter Clockwise: Billy Holiday, Bruce Springsteen, Katy Perry and Hillary Clinton, President Obama and Jay-Z, Donald Trump and Kid Rock, Chuck D and Flava Flav, NWA, Ted Nugent, Rage Against the Machine,President Nixon and Elvis and Bernie Sanders and Killer Mike.

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Lissie - On her third full length, My Wild West, Lissie is maintains her solid rock roots, churning out no frills introspective tunes that have a bit of Fleetwood Mac flavor to them.

Bibi Bourelly - The mastermind behind Rihanna’s hit “Bitch Better Have My Money” is a 21 year old firecracker from Germany. With her own set of soulful pipes she’s dropping “real talk” jams like “Ego” and “Sally”. No EP or LP yet, but once it lands, it’s sure to be a stunner.

Go See Chris Koza - April 30 with Anna Marie Mitchell at the Northfield Arts Guild Theater as a part of their 411 Series.

The Pines - Album release show for Above the Prairie March 18 (as this issue goes to print), if there are still tickets available or if you know a person who knows a person, definitely jump on their show in the First Ave mainroom.

Lucius - My dear friends return to the Twin Cities behind their new album Good Grief.

It is sure to be a show stopper just like all their other stellar live performances. March 23 in the mainroom at First Avenue.

This Happened Yeezy - In my last column we reported that Ye’s new album would be called Waves. We stand corrected yet again. It is now called The Life of Pablo and features notable collaborations, one with this columnist’s favorite guy, Justin Vernon (Bon Iver). In other news, Mr. Kardashian has made new headlines by claiming to be 53 million in debt and he would like very much to get an assist on this from Facebook titan Mark Zuckerberg. A Minneapolis man, feeling Ye’s pain started a GoFundMe to help him. He was able to raise just under seven grand for the artist, whose camp ended up refusing the dough. Maybe Kim picked up the tab for him?

Hayley Williams For those of you who forgot about the great 2000’s genre known as pop punk, Ms. Williams is the singer for the best band of the bunch (IMO) Paramore. She married New Found Glory guitar player and founding member Chad Gilbert, making them officially pop punk royalty. Congrats to them.

Kesha - The breakdown: Kesha filed a lawsuit against her producer in 2014 to exit her recording contract due to alleged “sexual, verbal, emotional and physical abuse” by Dr. Luke. He filed a countersuit citing defamation of character and that Kesha’s claims are outright lies. This week Kesha tried to get an injunction to allow her to record outside of her contract with Sony and Dr Luke while the suits are in process.

A New York judge denied the injunction, binding Kesha to Sony. While Sony has said Kesha is free to record sans Dr Luke, her lawyers feel that it’s an empty promise on their part and if she doesn’t work with him, her album will not be shown the same amount of marketing attention as her previous ones. Many other celebrities have voiced support for Kesha, including Demi Lovato, Kelly Clarkson and Adele. T Swizz even donated $250,000 to her legal case. The #freekesha movement continues...

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Winona’s

Alfred Thompson Bricher, one of the last great painters of the Hudson River School, painted On the Mississippi, Near Winona, Shower Clearing in 1868. The MMAM happens to be about five miles upriver from this exact location.

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hen visitors enter the Minnesota Marine Art Museum, they may feel like they’re entering the hull of a massive ship.

The main atrium is expansive with high ceilings and a large gathering area. A beautiful stained glass window sits high above and straight ahead, welcoming people as they enter. The wall colors and lighting are warm and inviting.

From the atrium, visitors can also see into some of the galleries, giving them the sense that the museum, not unlike a ship, is concealing treasure of incredible value and importance.

That gut feeling is right on.

The Minnesota Marine Art Museum (MMAM) is celebrating their 10th anniversary this year. What started as a passion project for a few local art collectors has turned into one of the best art museums in the Midwest.

MMAM sits on eight acres of land directly adjacent to the Mississippi River. The museum boasts six full galleries with art from all the over the world that represent a wide variety of style and media.

In its 10 years, the museum has undergone three significant expansions, adding

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galleries, an education room and a new lighting system; the staff has grown and visitor numbers have increased every year.

At the core of the museum is the art itself - the hidden gems in the hull.

Curator Jon Swanson has been with the museum since it opened in 2006. He can’t help but smile when asked if people realize the quality of art that the museum houses.

He said every day he hears people say they had no idea what artists could be found at MMAM. “You’re going to see works by artists normally you’d have to go to Chicago, New York or California to see, in your own state,” Swanson said. “And it’s not just the names, but it’s some of their best paintings.”

What “names” is he referring to?

Some of Swanson’s favorite artists’ work represented strike a chord with visitors - even if they haven’t taken art history.

“For me personally, the Vincent Van Gogh, John Constable, Claude Monet, Paul Gauguin, Winslow Homer, Pablo Picasso, Thomas Cole… and I’d be remiss not to say ‘Washington Crossing the Delaware.’”

That piece in particular, by Emanuel Leutze, is one Swanson speaks of with great pride.

He said he’s seen visitors, particularly school groups, come in to the museum and insist on going straight to that painting – bypassing the European gallery with the big names.

“We’re really redefining what marine art is and can be,” Swanson said. “We’re blessed

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Near Fécamp

by Claude Monet (1881) It’s easy to understand why a painting by Claude Monet would fit in at MMAM. The French impressionist often used water as a theme in his work, perhaps most well known being in his water lilies series.

Fécamp is located in the Normandy region of northern France. The cliffs overlook the English Channel, providing the water element needed to fit in at MMAM. Monet’s initial visit to Fécamp in came after an inspired series of coastal paintings in Les Petites Dalles, France in 1880. His time in Fécamp launched him into decade-long love of painting shorelines – specifically of the English Channel and Mediterranean coasts.

Near Fécamp hangs in MMAM’s European gallery, surrounded by artists like van Gogh, Renoir and Gauguin.

with having traditional and classic marine art that can be complimented with contemporary.”

That gives Swanson a lot of latitude.

He goes to great lengths to curate a variety of exhibitions so he can cast a wide net over audiences. Alongside the year-round exhibitions, he’ll feature anything from a fishing lures and hooks exhibition to the upcoming tattoo exhibition beginning in August – an art form with a rich maritime history, he said.

The connective thread is water.

Every piece in the collection has water in it in some way. That might mean a painting of ship at sea or it might mean a photo of a man with a silver of river in the background.

But no matter the subject, water is present.

Swanson said he’s often asked why there is a marine museum in the middle of the country. It’s a fair question, he said, but when you think about it, Winona makes sense.

Winona is one of Minnesota’s largest ports and the museum itself sits right on the Mississippi River. Deep-water lakes and rivers cover 2.5 million acres of the state, according to the Minnesota DNR, and that doesn’t include wet lands which when added in bring the total up to 13 million acres.

“Minnesota is known as the land of 10,000 lakes. It’s an important piece of our history and landscape,” Swanson said, adding that Minnesotans can all recount some experience at a cabin or on a lake.

The backdrop to the building is the Mississippi, as well as an impressive garden that the museum has worked hard to create.

“Our unofficial seventh gallery is our garden,” Swanson said, noting that there are hundreds of native species of plants, grass and flowers.

“When you drive into this museum it’s like driving into a landscape painting. It’s beautiful here in the summer…. it’s very colorful,” he said.

Heather Casper, the Curator of Education at MMAM, agreed that the museum has found itself a natural home in Winona, both because of the water connection and the town itself.

“When people think marine they think of the ocean… (but) it’s a good fit in southeast Minnesota, especially with our location right here on the river,” Casper said. Winona is also a great destination town with plenty to do before and after visiting MMAM, she added.

Casper has been with the museum for nine years and her position covers a breadth

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Washington Crossing the Delaware

by Emanuel Leutze (1851) Visitors have been known to bypass all the other galleries to view it first.

Volunteers can stand in front of it shift after shift and be in awe every time.

Staff speak of it was unparalleled pride and admiration.

It’s clear that the gem of the MMAM is Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze.

And for good reason.

This is one of two surviving paintings done concurrently by Leutze of George Washington crossing the Delaware River the night of Dec. 25, 1776, during the American Revolution. The other is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. A third version of the painting was destroyed in Germany during World War II. Swanson said that he has literally seen people come into the museum, pay their entrance fee and walk directly to that painting.

It’s not much of a surprise when you get up close to the dark and bold painting. Every inch is rich with detail and superior execution.

MMAM acquired the piece in 2014 and it remains the shining star of the museum. Before coming to the MMAM, Washington Crossing the Delaware hung in the West Wing of the White House.

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The Beach at Scheveningen

by Vincent Van Gogh (1882) The name Vincent Van Gogh is synonymous with post-impressionism art. It’s nearly impossible not to think immediately of the vivid twists and turns of his famous The Starry Night.

His work at MMAM looks very different.

The Beach at Scheveningen was painted early in Van Gogh’s career as an artist. Swanson said was makes it such an important piece is that it represents the artist’s early attempts at oil painting.

It is a small piece, 14” x 19-1/2”, but captures an important moment in the history of the artist that would go on to be a leader of the post-impressionism movement.

of activities. She oversees the programs, volunteers, gallery didactics and community engagement.

Casper said that the core of MMAM is the art, but that there is plenty going on beyond just viewing the massive collection.

Throughout the year, the museum runs several programs like free admission days for students, a toddler art program, adult lecture series, gallery walks and talks, and a busing programs for schools.

One of the programs that Casper is particularly proud of is SPARK!, which began in October 2010.

Once a month, adults living with memory loss, Alzheimer’s and other dementia and their caretakers can visit the museum free of charge. The program is designed to allow for social time that’s out of the house and happens to be at an art museum.

Casper said SPARK! is one of the highlights of her month and that the goal isn’t medical but simply a opportunity for some reprieve.

“It’s just a chance for folks with memory loss and their care partners to get out…. to have a bit of a respite,” she said. “It’s a chance to connect with each other and enjoy a lot of socialization.”

The facility is fully equipped to handle the program as well, with accessibility that you can’t always find elsewhere, Casper said.

“Places become increasingly hard to go to and you can go here,” she said. “We have 100 percent repeat rate.”

So how does a museum with six galleries, a wide variety of programming and special events get it all done? Both Casper and Swanson said it’s largely thanks to a specific group of people.

“We have over 120 amazing volunteers who help in many capacities,” Casper said.

The volunteer core leads tours, greets guests, tends to the galleries and fills in wherever is needed. It’s a relief to the staff of nine running the museum.

“We could not and can not do it without them,” Swanson said.

Two of those main volunteers are Charles and Connie Hamilton. They have been with the museum almost since it opened. Their first experience was as guests but they quickly found themselves volunteering.

The art and the friendly atmosphere was an initial draw, Connie said. There was a need for volunteers that confirmed what they were feeling, Charles added.

The pair spend most of their volunteer hours helping with security or facilitating guests, but in general they are there to make the museum a place anyone can be a part of.

“Making people feel comfortable and feel free to ask questions,” Connie said of her main duties as a volunteer.

Landscape, Seated Man

by Georges Seurat (1884-85) Having a 6-1/4” x 9-5/8” painting

by Neo-Impressionist Georges Seurat might initially only seem impressive because of the prestigious name.

But once you see the piece, you immediately understand why it is much more important than just being “a Seurat.”

Landscape, Seated Man was one of many small oil paintings that were studies for Seurat as he prepared to create the pointillism masterpiece Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Swanson said.

The connection is clear upon viewing it.

The piece features a man sitting in the grass on the Parisian Island of Grande Jatte, which is located in the Seine River. The piece features short sweeping brushstrokes, making it less defined than A Sunday Afternoon in La Grande Jatte, but clearly linking the pieces.

Landscape, Seated Man hangs in the MMAM European gallery as a testament to the famous piece of art that emerged from it, which is at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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A View of Boston

by Thomas Cole (1837-39) Thomas Cole was the founder of the Hudson River School, a mid-19th century American art movement characterized by philosophical, romantic and poetic landscape art.

A View of Boston hangs among the other Hudson River School paintings at MMAM, in the same gallery as Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze.

The Boston harbor is one of the features in the painting and the qualifier for MMAM’s collection. Joshua Bates, a London patron, commissioned the piece and requested the harbor be one of the main subjects in the piece.

A View of Boston is unique in its incredible detail. One can see the state house in the far distance, a shepherd herding his flock in the foreground and the pillars of a church in the center of the painting.

Its detail like that why volunteer Charles Hamilton said he could view the work at the museum over and over.

“You can look at a Cole… a hundred times and see something different on the 101st time,” he said.

That sense of inclusivity is something the couple experienced straight away.

“We loved the art and the place was friendly,” Connie said, describing the couple’s first time visiting the museum.

They also realize how outstanding the collection is and said that over time they have watched visitors realize the value of the art as well.

“It’s constantly changing and the travelling art is just amazing. It’s something that as volunteers, we can learn something all the time,” Connie said. “I never get tired of this wonderful art.”

An innovative, accessible and relevant museum, which the Hamiltons cite as reason to volunteer is also a key piece of the puzzle for Swanson – especially when it comes to the future.

“There’s more and more competition for your entertainment time and entertainment dollars,” Swanson said. “If we don’t engage people under the age of 40… we’re losing the next generation of donors, volunteers and visitors.”

It’s a reality for many nonprofits and one that the MMAM combats with their contemporary exhibitions, youth programs and an active break down of the wall between a formal museum and its patrons.

The MMAM is grateful for the generous donors who have supported the museum, but Swanson said he’s also looking to engage youth.

“This is a community asset… this is a public institution” he said. “This is Winona’s liv-

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ing room.”

And the 10th anniversary is a good place to jump off from when engaging the community and beyond – the museum is established, the collection is growing and word is getting out about what it has to offer.

There aren’t specific events schedule yet outside the exhibitions and programming in place already, but Swanson said there are things in the works to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the museum.

Anniversary or no, the trip to MMAM is undeniably impressive and well worth the cost according to Charles.

“It’s worth a hundred times the admission fee,” he said.

Casper echoed Charles’ sentiments.

“We have amazing fine art inspired by water and that niche makes our collection really special,” Casper said. The MMAM is a best-kept secret in some ways, she said, but one she wants everyone in on.

The Minnesota Marine Art Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. The museum is located at 800 Riverview Drive, Winona. Admission is $7, with a special rate for students and families. Visit www.mmam.org for more information.

Megan Proft is a Southern Minnesota freelance writer and a frequent contributor to SouthernMinn Scene. She can be reached at megan.proft@gmail.com.

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Steven Avery.

By Autumn Van Ravenhorst AVanRavenhorst@owatonna.com ear ye, hear ye.

All are welcome to the most horrific, fantastic, spasmodic, asthmatic, head spin, whirlwind, conspiracy theorizing, twisted justice and made for all of us—the Steven Avery Circus.

In the spirit of 10,000 Lakes, I bit hook line and sinker. The most talked about documentary of the year, Making a Murderer is a riveting story that plays out like some bizarre saga that even a Stephen King, Andy Sipowicz and Jeffrey Dahmer hybrid couldn’t have created. But as the saying

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Andy Sipowicz. goes, sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.

Even more strange is that Jeffrey Dahmer, like Avery, was also from Wisconsin and Sipowicz was some kind of ‘90s law-drama sex symbol (paving the way for Dean Strang?). The wacky fest becomes even more ludicrous if you search on Google and YouTube in pursuit of vindicating your confirmation bias of Avery and Dassey’s innocence that the documentary so masterfully cultivates.

How far down the rabbit hole are you willing to go?

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15,000—blasphemy!

All that being said, Making a Murderer is not a cinematic creation of a fabricated thriller.

Let’s spare the summary, because for those who have seen it, you are probably tired of hearing about it. If you haven’t, I’m assuming you didn’t care enough to despite all of the tabloids, tweets and Nancy Grace—and justifiably so. That’s how I usually deal with hypersensationalized material I happen upon.

This is a true story with a real victim. The movie Brendan Dassey. suggests that the people who are doing time for the murder are also innocent victims of police corruption and a flawed justice system. Though the case for Avery and Dassey’s innocence presented in the film is quite compelling and deserves attention, I won’t get too much into specifics or my opinions.

No, I’ve already put myself through that and have regained my serenity. I’m more interBobby Dassey. ested in the upheaval the documentary has created.

Fascinating isn’t it? How can a 10-hour film that moves like a day of fishing without so much as

a tug on your line keep you right at the edge of sweet relief? Clinging to the dull suspense is what makes you thirsty for more and commands

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Teresa Halbach. attention. Then it leaves you with nothing but your thoughts and nagging responsibilities you’ve neglected for something you got absolutely nothing out of.

At least when you’re fishing, you can make true ripples in the water that have a real affect, if only by changing the light refracting through it and therefore your perspective. When you go through the web and all the collusions concerning this documentary, there is a sort of no-affect ripple that somehow goes worldwide.

That despite the activism, Avery Dave Begotka. and Dassey are likely to just sit in prison—great if they are guilty, heartbreaking if they are not.

In spite of my inactivist zeal, I cannot put this question to bed. If Avery and Dassey are innocent, who did do it? Avery’s defense was prohibited by the court from suggesting other suspects during the trial, but there is no shortage of theories on

the internet. Are you still with me? Good. I knew there were critical minds in SoMinn. Its’ time to explore the possibilities and maybe even get a little weird.

Some prospects the clever defense alluded to without actually accusing were served up to the jury during the trial. First, Bobby Dassey and Scott Tadych gave a testimony that, to be brief, seemed very odd. Second, the ex-boyfriend was possibly a possessive scorned lover who had access to her passwords. Third, the police did it, thus framing Avery and Dassey—they had a 36 million dollar repute-ruining motive. And finally, an opportunistic killer took advantage of a known desire to put Avery away for good (more on that later). These are interesting, but my investigation soon opened doors to other dimensions.

Such is the case with Dave Begotka, a Manitowoc County native, who shares a captivating story

Unlikely Hearthrob Dean Strang.

on his YouTube channel. He tells viewers about a satanic sex club in Manitowoc County that calls all the shots. They can make things—and people— go away. I’ll hit some highlights.

Begotka was at the beach riding a jet ski the day Penny Beernsten was raped (the crime Avery served 18 years for and was later exonerated by DNA evidence) in 1985 and observed some stuff he thought didn’t add up. Begotka and his wife also saw Steven Avery on Halloween 2005 (the day Halbach was murdered). He contacted police with the information but they never responded. Ok, that’s strange. But as the documentary points out, not so abnormal for Manitowoc.

Just you wait.

Begotka bought a bar and was approached by this racketeering club; he kept refusing to participate. Then, the woman he hired to operate his bar while he worked another job turned up dead. Begotka claims she owed the club money and she told him the club was threatening her and was afraid for her life. Begotka asserts that respected members of the community and the police are part of this club and he is also certain that they’re capable of at least framing someone and planting evidence—maybe even rape and murder.

He’s contacted the F.B.I in multiple states.

Edward Wayne Edwards.

Honestly, he seems genuine, black lab T-shirt and all.

Next is the genius serial killer, Edward Wayne Edwards. At 12:35 of the sixth episode, a suspicious man makes an odd cameo in the movie.

Could it be the killer maniac, Ed Edwards? According to a 26-year law enforcement vet and author of an Edwards biography, John Cameron says the Halbach murder fits the Edwards M.O. to a T. Edward Wayne Edwards specialized in killing people and pinning the murder on someone to purely revel in the buzz it created. Cameron says it was common for Edwards’ murders to involve destroyed cremains and the vehicles of victims to suddenly turn up in possession of the poor chump he was framing. He would send letters to investigators, stating he saw them working at a crime scene and give details on if they were on the right track. He would even go to his victims’ trial. Now, if that doesn’t give you the Michael

Myers Halloweenies I don’t know what will. Wait, Donald Trump should do it.

The last but most probable alternate ending to the Halbach case involves a clinically diagnosed, med-refusing, narcissistic psychopath. A man only referred to as “The German.”

Short story shorter, this guy is a freak. His wife discovered, among other things, a bloody hammer, women’s underwear and a container of lighter fluid with bloody fingerprints.

She told police that during the time Halbach disappeared, her husband had exhibited erratic and scary behavior. She said he spoke of meeting a photographer at the property they were moving to and that he thought she was stupid. He told her he burned something at the rental property and he spoke of visiting a salvage yard. She contacted police with the evidence and told the investigator she thought her husband killed Halbach.

The investigator told her they had a suspect in the Halbach case, end of story.

The woman moved to Oregon to get away from her now estranged husband. Sources say that since the documentary came out, the woman has brought this information back to the attention of authorities.

This guy deserves more consideration. The scenario doesn’t require any stretch of the imagination at all be true. Alas, I’m growing weary of this whole Avery spectacle; however, something tells me its not going away quietly.

I apologize for the satire in this article. There is a family grieving a terrible loss and a second family definitely anguished, wondering how it all could be. This is the world we live in and there is no shortage of tragedy. Sometimes you have to come at these things with a quirked lens to cope and I hope my words are not stirring anger. I just want to help restore the harmonious equilibrium that the universe must reverberate on to avoid utter destruction.

Autumn Van Ravenhorst is a staff writer and columnist for SouthernMinn Scene. Drop her a line at AVanRavenhorst@owatonna. com.

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AMY’S TV CRUSH

AMY MERRITT Amy Merritt is a highly regarded television critic, who we fear is in for a long, long spring, summer and fall. Send her notes of sympathy at amystvcrush@gmail.com

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lease help me. I’m begging you.

This month my editor has had an enormous amount of faith in me. I am a procrastinator. To the core. I mean, I am aware of these things called deadlines, but I admit that there is a certain amount of, let’s say, “fluidity” in meeting them.

But writing about TV this month brought a whole new level of challenges. In addition to my usual procrastination, indecisiveness and the loads of other barriers keeping me from simply turning in a few hundred words about my favorite pastime, I continue to have total and complete TV fatigue.

This has never happened to me before. When it comes to TV, I am crazy easy to please. But the truth is, this presidential election is killing me. I turn on the TV and wait for the fun to come. Instead, my hobby has been hijacked. Not just by all of the candidates and their ridiculous antics, but by every single talk show and so-called news program in America.

I’ve been coping the only way I know how.

Some days I simply, stubbornly pretend that this is all just another crappy, highly-produced show put on the air so I can be passively entertained.

Most days, I fantasize that we could settle this whole thing some other way.

At first, these thoughts went to a pretty dark place. Like maybe Donald Trump is Walter White. I mean, he built an empire and he’s taking on the Mexicans. Is this still funny? No, no. Nevermind. Walter got away with way too much before we ever decided that dirty bastard had to…go. Maybe all the candidates could just audition for America’s Got Talent? It would surely simplify the message. Lil’ Rubio comes out

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strong, shooting plates in the air with a massive shotgun. But he only makes 13% of the shots.

Ted Cruz could do a ventriloquist act with his trusty companion, “Constitution Charlie.” Hilari-

anyway. Each candidate can take turns trying to woo him while they get drunk and rip each other apart. Let’s face it, George has the ego for it, and we just really want to keep the crazy people around as long as possible. Of course, George would have his favorites, but the others could take turns trying to sabotage. Give him a

ous. Hillary could put an email server on a table and wave a magic wand and watch it disappear.

Applause, applause. Maybe Trump could use his “large hands” to hypnotize the audience into

building a wall and Bernie could come out of a clown car with thousands of little supporters and throws pies in the sky. Kasich won’t appear until the Ohio auditions. At this point, I seriously trust Heidi Klum to guide me. And then maybe we can all call or text (up to five times a night) to pick a winner.

If that doesn’t work for you, consider the fact that this is a lot like The Bachelor. Maybe we could let George Stephanopoulos stand in for all of us, since he seems to be doing that

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big, wet kiss and point out that the competition is “not here for the right reasons” or that they are causing “tension in the house,” if you know what I mean. It’s perfect. They could all interrupt each other a lot and go on a “group date” to the Florida primary. In the end, it’s down to two and George has already said he loves them both. Who will get that final rose, George?

I guess I sound like kind of a jerk. Please don’t get me wrong, SoMinn. I really do think the outcome of this election matters. I’ve donated, I’ve caucused, I have served as an election judge many times. I know it’s not really a joke and I promise I feel way more passionately about the outcome than I do about who ends up trying to stay relevant on Bachelor in Paradise this summer. My point is that all of these characters feel like characters, and the news feels like a re-cap of a reality show.

It’s springtime now, and maybe I just need to turn it all off and go for a walk. Or else I’m going to spend the next few months thinking I’m watching an episode of Survivor. Outwit.

Outlast. Outplay.

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kate phrson Kate Pehrson is a celebrated Twin Cities musician, writer, humorist, mother, wife, fire prevention partner and film aficionado. Contact her at editor@southernminnscene.com.

umans used to tell stories around the fire. Sitting in the dark trying to keep warm, we told stories to help us understand our place in what seemed a vast and unknowable universe and to help us unravel the mysteries of our existence. All over the world, we recounted stories about creation and destruction, gods and kings, mothers and daughters, love and war, tragedy and redemption - tales that served as humanity’s most nourishing food. The best stories taught lessons for the benefit of all sides and glowed with the bright flame of hope. When times were dark, those stories explained why the darkness had fallen and helped us reach back toward the light.

In 1977 I was in primary school and not old enough to understand the atmosphere of the times.

The revolutionary impetus of the 60s had sunk into malaise - not without good reason - but at our age, we wouldn’t have known why. Then came Star Wars, a story that I believe saved my generation.

I don’t really remember much about where or when I first saw Star Wars Episode IV. I have snippets of memory of course, but what I do remember is that we saw the movie and saw it again, and maybe like my husband, again and even again. For months afterward, we quoted the lines to each other and we played it during recess at school. Halloween was full of Lukes and Leias, and when Christmas came, we begged our parents for the bedsheets, posters, and action figures. My Star Wars-addled peers and I purchased the digital world into life with our thirst for space-age technology and all its droid-like beeps and buzzes.

The Star Wars juggernaut also launched countless space spin-offs and series, and renewed interest in old ones. Gene Roddenberry’s vision of the universe was rebooted with the release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 1979. On the small screen we followed a new Buck Rogers into the 25th century and watched a ragtag fleet of space refugees fight

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chrome-armored Cylons in Battlestar Galactica. In 1980, my parents and others of the public television demographic watched Carl Sagan’s COSMOS, with its accessible blend of science and history, and laughed with Johnny Carson as he lovingly mimicked and made safe the professor’s astronomy lessons for the general population. Mel Brooks took borscht-belt humor to a galaxy far away in his parody Spaceballs, and even the Muppets had a go with their skit “Pigs in Space”. We were caught up in a new universe of possibility - our parents may have gotten to the moon, but we were traveling the stars.

In 1981, Ronald Reagan became president,

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NASA’s Space Shuttle program launched, and The Empire Strikes Back was released. We, the youngest witnesses to this new fireside tale, were a little older, cooler, and wiser, the first stirrings of our puberty wakening when Leia said “I love you” and Han Solo replied “I know”. In March of 1983, President Ronald Reagan gave a speech introducing the idea of his Strategic Defense Initiative to the nation, aka the “Star Wars” program, to guard us against the “Evil Empire” of the USSR. The AIDS epidemic was just beginning to rear its full and ugly head. By the time The Return of the Jedi came out to finish the trilogy that May, our perspectives and paradigms were shifting permanently away from childhood.

When I saw Jedi, it was summer and we were up at our cabin. We drove into town to see the movie. At the end of the movie, when Darth Vader’s face is finally revealed, I remember squinting at the screen, desperately trying to see his features from our seats at the back of the theater. Talking about it with my mom on the ride home, we realized I needed to get glasses. The future was getting blurry, and interests turned fully to teenage dreams, the “big 80s” and big changes. In 1986, we were in study hall when the Challenger space shuttle blew up, carrying a schoolteacher on board. The next year, the first decade of Star Wars came to a close with a stock market crash and Ronald Reagan revealing his

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Alzheimer’s. Soon after, we elected our last president from the Greatest Generation. When Saddam Hussein bullied his way into Kuwait and President Bush fought back with missiles and CNN’s 24-hour news campaign, our adulthood fizzled into being in the world-weary 90s, creating Grunge as the soundtrack for our generation depressed by a world hell-bent on continuing a dark and deadly status quo.

When the original Star Wars trilogy was rereleased into theaters on its 20th anniversary, die-hard fans and grown-up children lined up for tickets, hoping to rekindle optimism and bond with like-minded geeks. It was us who loosed that collective Wookie growl at the changes Lucas made: CGI could do a lot, but that wasn’t the Star Wars we remembered. When the Episode 1 came out in 1999, it was my generation that bemoaned most the introduction of clumsy CGI characters and international movie stars. It may have been “just a movie”, and we may have been geeks, but we felt betrayed that it hadn’t been done “right”. “Master Lucas” had been led astray.

So we come to the present. I watched Star Wars: The Force Awakens with tickets that were bought two months in advance. Sitting in the giant IMAX auditorium, we put on our 3D glasses and are immediately awestruck. We allow ourselves to immerse fully into the false digital illusion of the world on screen. The new heroine is young, fierce, intuitive and the opposite of whiny. The antagonist is strong, young, wounded and struggling. A new threat to freedom seems familiar as we recognize the jockeying for position, but we cannot pinpoint its origin.

There are new species, mercenaries and mystics.

Our old heroes are still alive, but their positions and future unsure. The force remains constant, but is finding new tributaries into which it will flow.

Mysteries are posed, allegiances are questioned, and battles leave new scars. We are overjoyed with JJ Abrams: the director did it “right”.

When George Lucas released the first film, he was 33, Harrison Ford was 35, Carrie Fisher was 21, and Mark Hamill, 26.

In elementary school I looked up to these screen heroes, able to see myself in just a decade or so: a teenage princess with a bad boy older boyfriend.

I can see myself now, too, only Luke and Leia are like my older cousins, and Han Solo is the age of my father-in-law. It looks like it honestly hurts him a little to run. It is bittersweet when I recognize my acceptance of this passage of time.

I walk out of the theater readjusting to real life in 3 dimensions, and trying to read the print on my ticket stub realize I need new glasses again.

Since I last witnessed a battle with the dark side, I too have survived some losses, healed some scars, grown some new skin, and adapted. I realize that when I get down to it, I was prepared. I wasn’t. It

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sucks. It doesn’t. It’s inevitable.

A few years ago, Lucas in one of his seemingly endless tweaks, added a subtitle to the original Episode IV, naming it “A New Hope”. And it was.

The next generation is always about a new hope, or we wouldn’t keep making one. Some have said that the generation before us had the Beatles to speak for them. My generation had Star Wars. And yes, it saved us. When humans first sat around the fire, we talked about a universe that only extended as far as we could see. When George Lucas moved our bonfire onto the silver screen, he introduced us to a galaxies far, far away, and we saw that we could take our earthbound hope with us on our travels.

We worry for our children and wonder what tales will be told around their bonfires - now wireless and capable of being held in their laps – because we are no longer naïve enough to believe that the light is always the side that will be chosen. However, we have hope and faith that it will be chosen often enough to weigh the universe in its favor. We know now just how vast the universe is, and know that conquering it isn’t possible. Our mission is to keep learning and find a proper place in it.

The 21st century is full of so much promise but so much menace. This year we watched the largest migration of humans in 70 years, witnessed a seemingly unstoppable disease rip through several countries, endured a numbing number of domestic killings, and seen a tide of fear rise with the tides of the oceans. And despite it all, I still have hope.

In the end, this movie was for me and my generation. It was a hello, but also a goodbye. I’m not sad, because the torch has been passed and a new generation is grabbing the light. Let us promise to sit close and help keep it lit.

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THE Billy McLaughlin with Jeff Arundel & the Hammersmen 7:30 p.m., April 1

Lighthouse Theatre and Event Center, Albert Lea The Minnesota music scene is riddled with amazing guitar players throughout its history. The list begins with Prince, followed closely by Leo Kottke and contains names like Charlie Bingham, Eddie Cochran and Willie Murphy. There are plenty more most of you haven’t heard of, like Ted Vig, but should have. They all have stories to tell, particularly Murphy, but none have a story quite like Billy McLaughlin.

McLaughlin, who will be at the Lighthouse Theatre and Event Center in Albert Lea on April 1, was a wildly popular “new age” acoustic player in the 80’s and 90’s, known for not just his amazing playing but for his wildly passionate performances. I once happened upon him playing a promotional show in Gavidae Commons in Minneapolis. He was playing a mall show like it was Carnegie Hall.

He sold out shows all over the country, and was on his way to being recognized as one of the great players of the day.

But then suddenly, he couldn’t play anymore. In 2001 he was diagnosed with focal dystonia, which is described as an “incurable neurological disorder.” It affected his right hand so badly that he couldn’t play his guitar, and it was assumed his career was done.

However, McLaughlin refused to accept that his music was gone.

Fueled by that legendary passion for playing, he did something most people wouldn’t even dream of: he taught himself to play the guitar left-handed.

While those of you who play guitar pick your jaws up off of the floor, I’ll explain the ridiculousness of this to those who don’t.

This isn’t like a baseball player learning how to become a switch hitter. This is more like Misty Copeland, the prima ballerina of the American Ballet Theater, dancing Swan Lake in reverse. It’s practically impossible. But in just four years, McLaughlin was back on stage playing his music. McLaughlin once famously received a review that called him “two of the best guitar players you’ll ever see.”

While that was hyperbole at the time, today it’s absolutely true.

Joining McLaughlin at this show is Twin Cities singer/songwriter Jeff Arundel. Asid from being the proprietor of St. Anthony Main hotspot The Aster Café, Arundel has offered a sweet brand of sentimental folk pop around the Twin Cities for nearly three decades. Don’t let him off the stage until he plays his song “Harmon Killebrew.”

– – Rich Larson is the publisher and editor of SouthernMinn Scene. You can reach him at rlarson@southernminnscene.com.

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Treasure Hunt Week: 18-Mar, 9:00 AM, Minnesota Children’s Museum Rochester, 1643 N. Broadway, Rochester, $0-$5.50. Museum Admission: $5.50 Ages 1-101; Free Children Under 1. Happy St. Patricks Day from the Minnesota Children’s Museum Rochester! Join us in celebrating with green all over the Museum.

We will also have hidden items throughout the Museum that could win you a prize Keep your Irish eye out! Wednesday morning sing along is happening once again at 11am, come out and show us your moves. We will also have a naturalist from Eagle Bluff visit us from 1 3p on Sunday!. .

Morning Library Story Time: 18-Mar, 10:00 AM, Northfield City Hall, 801 Washington St, Northfield, Free. Our ‘Story times for All Ages’ are at 10 am. Come and listen to some great picture books read aloud, discover delightful fingerplays, and play with other children during this library time. Hearing stories, songs and rhymes helps develop your child’s vocabulary. No sign up or registration needed. These story times are held in the City Hall Council Chambers on the south end of the first floor. Wednesday & Fridays at 10 am This session will run through March 25 when we start moving back into the renovated library. We will resume morning storytimes at the renovated library on May10th. Infant Lapsit 10 am Tuesdays, Toddler Rhyme Time 10 am Wednesdays and Pre-school Story Time 10 am on Thursdays. WELCOME BACK! Emmett Ramstad: After You: 18-Mar, 10:00 AM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5 . After You is the first exhibition in Rochester Art Center’s 2016 3rd Floor Emerging Artist Series, featuring new sculpture and installation-based work by Emmett Ramstad, a Minneapolis-based artist.

The sculptures in the exhibition originate from familiar bathroom features such as towel dispensers, soap dishes, bathroom stalls, and restroom insignia. Together they form extra-ordinary pieces that distort the scale and function of bathroom surroundings and ask the viewer to reconsider their public grooming associations, as well as constructions of cleanliness. 507-467-2905 Northfield All-School Exhibition: 18-Mar, 12:00 PM, Northfield Arts Guild, 304 Division St., Northfield, Free. The walls are filled top to bottom with artwork from local students grades K-12! See the progression of fantastic arts education here in the Northfield community!

Until Forever: 18-Mar, 2:00 PM, Rochester Galaxy 14 Cine & IMAX, 4340 Maine Ave SE, Rochester, $5-$6.50. Check Rochester Galaxy Theater website for more times. Showing from March 18th to March 24th.. True love story about a young man suffering with leukemia.

The Odd Couple: 18-Mar, 7:30 PM, Paradise Center for the Arts, 321 Central Ave., Faribault, $10-$15. $10 Students, $14 Members, $15 Non-Members. Neil Simons classic comedy returns to the Paradise Center stage in its original male version! Compulsive neatnik Felix Unger is thrown out of his house by his

divorce-bound wife. Worried that Felix will try something desperate, his incorrigibly sloppy sportswriter friend, Oscar Madison, invites Felix to move in with him. Within a few days, this mismatched pair is on the verge of mutual murder. Felix cannot abide Oscars slovenliness, while Oscar is driven insane by Felixs obsession with cleanliness. Theres a laugh a second in this foolproof comic situation, kept alive and healthy by some of the funniest dialogue ever written.

Scotland Road: 18-Mar, 7:30 PM, Commonweal Theatre, 208 Parkway Ave N., Lanesboro, $15-$35. The Commonweal Apprentice Company presents ‘Scotland Road.’ In 1995, a woman in old fashioned dress is rescued from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. When asked where she came from, her answer is only one word: Titanic. In a quest for the truth of her real identity, shes whisked away to an isolated facility for a week-long interrogation that reveals more questions than answers. Much like the iceberg that sealed the fate of that great ship, plenty lurks beneath the surface in this exciting roller coaster ride by our friend Jeffrey Hatcher, which the Minneapolis Star Tribune called an intellectual tour de force and superbly crafted mystery drama. 507-282-8629 Samantha Rastles the Woman Question: 18-Mar, 7:30 PM, State Theater, 96 E 4th St, Zumbrota, $10-$18. Based on the works of 19th-century literary humorist Marietta Holley, Samantha, features farm wife and rustic philosopher Samantha Smith Allen as she soars into eloquence about many of the issues of the womens rights movement of her day.

Through her dry wit and horse sense American humor, Samantha challenges the status quo and plants herself squarely on the side of sensible womens rights. Audiences are invited to celebrate Womens History Month with a funny female of yesteryear whose observations still resonate today.

Other Desert Cities: 18-Mar, 8:00 PM, Rochester Repertory Theater, 103 Seventh Street North East, Rochestetr, $22 . A Comedy/ Drama by Jon Robin Baitz Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs after a six-year absence to celebrate Christmas with her parents, her brother and her aunt. She announces her plans to publish a memoir dredging up a

pivotal and tragic event in the familys history a wound they dont want to have reopened.

Drawing a line in the sand, she dares them all to cross it.

‘The Trespasser’s Garden’ Exhibit: Emily Gray Koehler: 18-Mar, All Day, Crossings, 320 East Ave, Zumbrota, Free. The current exhibit at Crossings features a new collection of work by well-known Minnesota printmaker Emily Gray Koehler. The Trespassers Garden is series of reduction woodcuts and collagraphs that addresses the havoc invasive species wreak on our regional environment, doing so in a hauntingly beautiful manner. A free public reception is Sat., March 5, 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.

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Eagle Bluff Skills School: Basic Metalworking: 19-Mar, 9:00 AM, Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center, 28097 Goodview Dr, Lanesboro, $110 . From fine art to quick and dirty repairs, the ability to precisely shape metal with simple hand tools is a valuable part of self-reliance and sustainable living. This class will cover project layout, workspace setup, tool selection, and technique in detail to ensure that participants leave with a set of skills and principles that can be applied to a variety of projects. This class is also a good first step for anyone interested in learning to make knives and other edged tools. Instructor: Will Capron.

Treasure Hunt Week: 19-Mar, 9:00 AM, Minnesota Children’s Museum Rochester, 1643 N. Broadway, Rochester, $0-$5.50. Museum Admission: $5.50 Ages 1-101; Free Children Under 1.

Mayo Clinic Sibshops: 19-Mar, 9:30 AM, Rochester Athletic Club, 3100 19th St NW, Rochester, $10 . If you know a family who has a child with special needs or health concerns, then Sibshops is for them! Sibshops is a program geared toward supporting siblings who have a brother or sister with a chronic illness, life-long health concern, or disability. The goal of the program is to bring these unique siblings together to express the good and the bad about having a brother or sister with special health concerns, and to have a day that focuses on them! Sibshops is for siblings 6-13 years.

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Chris Koza 7:30 p.m., April 30 - The Northfield Arts Guild Theater You know what’s cool? Doing something and making a difference.

A few years ago Northfield musician, tech wizard, promoter and math teacher Ray Coudret and his equally skilled and talented promotion partner Dan Rustad decided that Northfield, as great a music town as it is, was lacking in some bigger name shows. That needed to change, they decided, especially since a venue like the Northfield Arts Guild Theater was already in place and criminally underused.

After some easy negotiations with the NAG, Coudret and Rustad found themselves booking the 411 Concert Series (named after the address of the theater). Over the last four years, these gentlemen have brought people like John Gorka, Gary Louris (of The Jayhawks), Ruth Moody (of The Wailin’ Jennys), The Pines and Michael Johnson to the college town on the Cannon River, always with a local musician opening the show. information and to register, please contact Mayo Clinic Child Life at (507) 255-4091 or mayosibshop@mayo.edu.

4th Annual Austin Area FREE Baseball Clinic: 19-Mar, 10:00 AM, Austin Packer Dome, 1420 West Oakland Ave, Austin, Free.

Registration: 9:30 am Clinic: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm The clinic is open to all area boys and girls ages 8-12. Come to one or both session! There is no pre-registration and participants will need to bring their baseball gloves. Tennis shoes or turf shoes only.

No food, beverages, or candy is allowed in the Dome. This clinic is sponsored by the Austin All Stars Youth Baseball and Austin High School Baseball. For more information, please contact Tracey Murphy at 507-4388619 or Chris Gogolewski at 507-460-1825.

stalls, and restroom insignia. Together they form extra-ordinary pieces that distort the scale and function of bathroom surroundings and ask the viewer to reconsider their public grooming associations, as well as constructions of cleanliness.

Northfield All-School Exhibition: 19-Mar, 11:00 AM, Northfield Arts Guild, 304 Division St., Northfield, Free.

Sons of Norway ‘ Dinner Theater Production: Ole and Lena and Love’.: 19-Mar, 6:00 PM, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 2124 Viola Rd NE, Rochester, $20 . Sons of Norway will hold a diner Theater Production: ‘Ole and Lena and Love’. Please make reservations by March 10th through Barb Chase, 282-1477. Cost is $20. 507467-2905

Eagle Bluff Maple Syrup Fest: 19-Mar, 10:00 AM, Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center, 28097 Goodview Dr, Lanesboro, $10 . The snow is melting the sap is flowing!

Join a naturalist in Eagle Bluff’s sugar bush to tap a tree and collect maple sap. A tasty treat of real maple syrup and a silver dollar pancake awaits after your tour! No reservations needed. www.eagle-bluff.org.

Emmett Ramstad: After You: 19-Mar, 10:00 AM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5 . After You is the first exhibition in Rochester Art Center’s 2016 3rd Floor Emerging Artist Series, featuring new sculpture and installation-based work by Emmett Ramstad, a Minneapolis-based artist.

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entertains and enlightens his audiences with stories and colorful anecdotes about the accordion’s history and his experiences making a living by playing and singing with the instrument he loves. Accordion lovers walk away from Dan’s shows knowing they’ve heard their favorite instrument presented in a fresh and new way, while the squeezebox skeptic will realize that there is much to love about the accordion when it’s in the right hands. 507-697-8000 The Odd Couple: 19-Mar, 7:30 PM, Paradise Center for the Arts, 321 Central Ave., Faribault, $10-$15. $10 Students, $14 Members, $15 Non-Members. Neil Simons classic

French Musette, Gypsy Swing, Cajun, Jug band, Tex-Mex and Cumbia. Dan calls this global gumbo ‘ethnoclectic’ music. ‘Daddy Squeeze’ happily crosses musical borders with ease, often mixing styles with results like the ‘Yohnny B Goode Polka’ (a hilarious look at what Chuck Berry’s music might sound like had he grown up in Minnesota)or a French language waltz version of the rock and roll chestnut ‘Wild Thing’. Dan’s original songs about thrift store shopping, coffee, hi-top sneakers, heartbreak, and joy are delivered with a voice that is captivating, expressive and encourages harmonizing. He mines gems from the repertoires of icons such as Gus Viseur, Gus Cannon, Bo Carter, Jo Privat, Clifton Chenier, Bob Wills as well as a few nuggets written by his friends and fellow musicians of today. Dan ‘Daddy Squeeze’ Newton

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since 1987, when he won the Nebraska State Accordion Contest at the Czech Festival in Wilber, Nebraska. He has used the squeeze box for playing all kinds of music not normally associated with free reed instruments, as well as standard accordion material. Daddy Squeeze also enjoys mixing up styles and genres that don’t generally seem compatible.

‘Music out of context’, or ‘Ethno-clectic Bop’ is the result of his gender-bending experiments with Celtic, Tex-Mex, Creole, Blues, Jazz, Scandinavian, Polka and pop music.

Dan’s fresh approach to the much-maligned squeeze-box and his mind-boggling repertoire of both original and traditional material will change the mind of the most hardened accordion skeptic, and delight the fan of the instrument. He draws influences for songs and tunes from such sources as

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Mark Twain: Life on the Mississippi: 19-Mar, 7:00 PM, Sheldon Theatre, 443 West 3rd Street, Red Wing, $22-$35. Advanced Tickets $35.00 - $22.00 Add $3 per ticket day of show. Former WCCO news anchor Don Shelby returns to the Sheldon Theatre with his fascinating portrayal of Mark Twain. Using material drawn from Twain quotes, stories and history, this one-man play celebrates life on the Mississippi from the perspective of a riverboat captain and one of Americas greatest literary figures. Shelby’s Mark Twain amazes with his wit and sensibility, and remarkable ability to spin a tale with home-spun humor and exquisite detail.

Dan Newton: 19-Mar, 7:30 PM, Chatfield Center for the Arts, 405 Main Street South, Chatfield, $15 . Dan ‘Daddy Squeeze’ Newton has been playing offbeat accordion music

The annual four show series is always well attended, not only because of the great musicians they bring to town, but also because the NAG Theater is such a fantastic venue. Seating just around 125 people, the intimate setting provides for close contact with the performers, which always makes for great performances.

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Minnesota Twins Home Opener Target Field, Minneapolis

The Trespasser’s Garden Exhibit / Through 3.30 / Crossings / Zumbrota

In my mind, there are two days every year that Congress should declare to be national holidays: Election Day and Opening Day. I’m a romantic. I love American history. I love competition. I love spring and I love summer. So of course, I love baseball. I’m a sucker for the idea ofa game that can be played on green pastures, abandoned city lots, a beach, a school yard or a palatial stadium. I love the numbers (though, admittedly, the records do not mean what they once did). I love the pace of the game and the long empty spaces where each team is sizing the other up, trying to anticipate the next move. I love nasty sliders, 81 m.p.h. changeups and 98 m.p.h. fastballs. Walks drive me crazy, but I love a swinging strikeout. Home runs are great. The six greatest words ever uttered in baseball are “And we’ll see you tomorrow night,” followed very closely by “All the way to the wall.”

So, it’s back. Baseball season is upon us. Many questions face our Local Nine this year. Can the Twins build on the success of last season’s 83 wins and challenge for a playoff spot? Do they have enough starting pitching? Will Byron Buxton begin to meet expectations? Will Byung Ho Park be the same kind of slugger in the Major Leagues that he was in South Korea? Can Miguel Sano really play right field?

The answers to those questions will unfold over the next six months or so, but for now, it’s early in the season. This is the time of year where we don’t have to watch scoreboards or worry about a bullpen pitcher throwing for the fourth day in a row. This is the time to kick back, crack open a beer, get a hotdog with mustard, sit in the cheap seats and just enjoy the game.

As Walt Whitman once wrote, “Let us go forth a while and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms. The game of ball is glorious.”

Listen to Uncle Walt. He knew what he was talking about.

comedy returns to the Paradise Center stage in its original male version! Compulsive neatnik Felix Unger is thrown out of his house by his divorce-bound wife. Worried that Felix will try something desperate, his incorrigibly sloppy sportswriter friend, Oscar Madison, invites Felix to move in with him. Within a few days, this mismatched pair is on the verge of mutual murder. Felix cannot abide Oscars slovenliness, while Oscar is driven insane by Felixs obsession with cleanliness.

Theres a laugh a second in this foolproof comic situation, kept alive and healthy by some of the funniest dialogue ever written.

Jivin’ Ivan and the Kings of Swing: 19Mar, 7:30 PM, Signature Bar and Grill, 201 Central Ave N, Faribault, Free. Something is afoot. Swing at The Sig. Great band, good times! 651-388-8700 Scotland Road: 19-Mar, 7:30 PM, Commonweal Theatre, 208 Parkway Ave N., Lanesboro, $15-$35.

Concert: Andy Cohen: 19-Mar, 7:30 PM, St. Mane Theatre, 206 Parkway Ave N, Lanesboro, $12-$15. $15/$12 LA member.

Andy Cohen is a finger-style country-blues guitarist and folklorist from Memphis, TN with a Masters Degree in Anthropology. A devotee and student of legendary blues and gospel musician Rev. Gary Davis, Cohen performs blues music rooted in Mississippi, the Piedmont, Memphis, and Chicago, as well as some ragtime, gospel & original tunes. Andy is an enthusiastic proponent of the dolceola and claims to never leave home without it.

Desribed by some as a miniature piano, the dolceola has a keyboard, but the strings are struck with wooden mallets. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Califonira Autoharp Gathering in 2012 and the Eisteddfod Award from The Eisteddfod Traditional Music Festival in 2011. Tickets are $15/$12 LA member and are available online at lanesboroarts.org, at Lanesboro Arts Gallery, by calling 507-467-2446, and at the St. Mane Theatre box office beginning at 6:30 p.m. on the night of the event. This concert is sponsored by Inspire(d) Media, Community Grounds Market, the High Court Pub, and the Old Village Hall Restaurant. For more than

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Choral Arts Ensemble: Mostly Mozart with Maria Jette: 19-Mar, 7:30 PM, Christ United Methodist Church, 400 Fifth Ave SW, Rochester, $17-$28. Joined by the incomparable Maria Jette, and accompanied by chamber orchestra, Choral Arts Ensemble will sing a program including the gorgeous Mozart Vespers, K 339. 507-282-8629 Love Is A Rose: 19-Mar, 7:30 PM, State Theater, 96 E 4th St, Zumbrota, $28-$32. $28 in advance, $32 at the door. Crossings brings back Pamela McNeill Productions to perform this tribute with reverence, power and emotion. Ronstadt is an American treasure, having earned 11 Grammy Awards. With a band including many members of the highly successful Rumours and Dreams: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac, familiar to Crossings audiences and the incredible, heartfelt vocals of McNeill and Mary Jane Alm, this concert is sure to please fans. Hear When Will I Be Loved, Blue Bayou, Heatwave, Youre No Good, Ooh Ooh Baby, Its So Easy, Poor Poor Pitiful Me, and Hurt So Bad. Boiled in Lead: 19-Mar, 8:00 PM, Oak Center General Store, 67011 Highway 63, Lake City, $15 . One of the Twin Cities’ most beloved Irish bands returns to the Oak Center general store for their traditional post St. Patrick’s Day show.

Charley Pride: 19-Mar, 8:00 PM, Jackpot Junction Casino, 39375 County Highway 24, Morton, $30-$55. Main Floor $55 and $45, Risers $30. Becoming a trailblazing Country Music superstar was an improbable destiny for Charley Pride, especially considering his humble beginnings as a sharecroppers son on a cotton farm in Sledge, Mississippi.

His unique journey to the top of the music charts includes a tumultuous detour through the world of Negro league, minor league and semi-pro baseball as well as many long years of labor alongside the volcanic fires of a smelter. But in the end, with boldness,

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perseverance and undeniable musical talent, he managed to parlay a series of fortuitous encounters with Nashville insiders into an amazing legacy of hit singles and tens of millions in record sales. From the bus station in Nashville, Charley walked straight over to Cedarwoods office and by sheer luck ended up meeting Jack Johnson, who had been actively searching for a promising black Country singer. Johnson made a simply produced recording of Charley performing a couple of songs and then drove him straight back to the bus station with the promise of a management contract. Johnson quickly made good on that promise and it was the beginning of a working relationship that would start off slow, but prove to be very fruitful over the next decade. Johnson ran into significantly more resistance than he had anticipated as he shopped around the crude demo recording that he had made of Charley to the record labels in Nashville.

It wasnt until 1965 that forward progress was made. Charley came to Nashville and Johnson introduced him to producer, Jack Clement. Clement gave Charley seven songs to learn (including The Wabash Cannonball, Night Train To Memphis and Just Between You And Me) and within a week they cut two of these songs The Snakes Crawl At Night and Atlantic Coastal Line during an afternoon studio session with top-notch session players. Even with the professionally produced sides, Johnson and Clement continued to have a difficult time as they shopped Charley around to the Nashville labels. But finally in 1966, Chet Atkins decided to trust his ears and signed Charley to RCA Records. Atkins took Charley under his wing, nurtured his talent and oversaw a shrewd promotional campaign that successfully navigated the racial challenges of mid-1960s America. Although Charleys first couple of singles failed to jump-start his career, Just Between You and Me caught fire in 1967, breaking into the Top-10 Country chart and garnering Charley his first Grammy nomination. What happened next is Country Music history. Charley Pride quickly became Country Musics first AfricanAmerican superstar. Between 1967 and 1987, he amassed no fewer than 52 Top-10 Country

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hits and went on to sell tens of millions of records worldwide. In 1971, Charley won two Grammy Awards related to his Gospel album DID YOU THINK TO PRAY Best Sacred Performance, Musical (Non-Classical) for the album, as well as Best Gospel Performance Other Than Soul for the single Let Me Live.

Later that year, his #1 crossover hit Kiss An Angel Good Mornin sold over a million singles and helped him to win the Country Music Associations Entertainer of the Year award and the Top Male Vocalist awards of 1971 and 1972. It also brought him a Best Male Country Vocal Performance Grammy Award in 1972. Some of Charleys unforgettable hits from his 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s output include All I Have To Offer You Is Me, Is Anybody Goin To San Antone, Amazing Love, Mississippi Cotton Pickin Delta Town, Burgers And Fries, Roll On Mississippi and Mountain Of Love. After parting ways with RCA Records in 1986, Charley spent the remainder of the decade releasing albums on the 16th Avenue Records label.

507-732-5210 Other Desert Cities: 19-Mar, 8:00 PM, Rochester Repertory Theater, 103 Seventh Street North East, Rochestetr, $22 . A Comedy/Drama by Jon Robin Baitz Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs after a six-year absence to celebrate Christmas with her parents, her brother and her aunt. She announces her plans to publish a memoir dredging up a pivotal and tragic event in the familys history a wound they dont want to have reopened. Drawing a line in the sand, she dares them all to cross it.

‘The Trespasser’s Garden’ Exhibit: Emily Gray Koehler: 19-Mar, All Day, Crossings, 320 East Ave, Zumbrota, Free.

4th Annual Austin Area Free Baseball Clinic: 20-Mar, 12:00 PM, Austin Packer Dome, 1420 West Oakland Ave, Austin, Free.

Registration: 11:30 am Clinic: 12:00 - 2:00 pm The clinic is open to all area boys and girls ages 8-12. Come to one or both sessions. There is no pre-registration and participants will need to bring their baseball gloves. Tennis shoes or turf shoes only. No food, beverages, or candy allowed in the

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Dome. The clinic is sponsored by the Austin All Starts Youth Baseball and Austin High School Baseball. For more information, please contact Tracey Murphy at 507-4388619 or Chris Gogolewski at 507-460-1825.

Emmett Ramstad: After You: 20-Mar, 12:00 PM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5.

Treasure Hunt Week: 20-Mar, 12:00 PM, Minnesota Children’s Museum Rochester, 1643 N. Broadway, Rochester, $0-$5.50.

Museum Admission: $5.50 Ages 1-101; Free Children Under 1. 507-467-2905 1860 Base Ball Spring Training: 20-Mar, 1:00 PM, Hill Theatre RCTC, 851 30th Ave SE, Rochester, Free. Come out and watch as 1860 base ball players from around the state of Minnesota and Wisconsin gather for an exhibition of 1860 base ball. This spring training event will help the ball players get ready for the upcoming season. Admission is free, but bring a lawn chair or blanket as seating is extremely limited. 507-282-8629 Scotland Road: 20-Mar, 1:30 PM, Commonweal Theatre, 208 Parkway Ave N., Lanesboro, $15-$35.

Hands Up For Our Similiarities! Happy World Down Syndrome Day!: 20-Mar, 2:00 PM, Rochester Public Library, 101 SE 2nd Street, Rochester, Free. World Down syndrome day is March 21st. This date is important because people with Down syndrome have three copies of chromosome 21. Hence, 3-21. Come and celebrate World Down syndrome Day on March 20th into March 21st. March 16th: *Get your order of handprint cookies into Hyvee Barlow!

Unfrosted cookies are $0.58 and frosted cookies are $0.75. They are also willing to make frosting for an additional charge so you can frost your own! March 20th: *2:00 PM-Rochester Public Library will be playing ‘Where Hope Grows’. There will be a discussion after for people who have questions/ comments. March 21st: *Book Reading and bracelet making at ABC Toy Zone *Local school book readings and a National Rock Your Socks Event (https://www.facebook. com/events/570112456478359/) *Plummer

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Davina and The Vagabonds 7:30 p.m., April 23 - State Theater, Zumbrota There just aren’t many bands like Davina and The Vagabonds anymore. Frankly, there probably never were.

Davina Sowers’ bluesy jazz combo features upright bass, drums, horns and her voice and piano. You’ll notice there is no guitar in that list. That’s right. DATV are a throwback band to the heyday of New Orleans jazz, where the piano and horns were always at the forefront of the music. And even back in the day, there wasn’t a band anywhere near the Mississippi River Valley that was fronted by such an incredible combination of musicianship, writer’s acumen and bawdy personality as the package offered by Davina herself.

A staple in the Twin Cities music scene for nearly a decade, DATV have found success from coast to coast and throughout Europe, appearing at such prestigious festivals as SXSW, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and the Montreaux Jazz Festival in Switzerland (this June they’ll add the San Francisco Jazz Festival to that list as well.).

Of course (to my utter mystification) the quirky genre the band has chosen to call home isn’t always the most in-

Building will be lit up in blue and yellow POSTS. Choral Arts Ensemble: Mostly Mozart with Maria Jette: 20-Mar, 4:00 PM, Christ United Methodist Church, 400 Fifth Ave SW, Rochester, $17-$28. Joined by the incomparable Maria Jette, and accompanied by chamber orchestra, Choral Arts Ensemble will sing a program including the gorgeous Mozart Vespers, K 339.

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Happy World Down Syndrome Day!: 21-Mar, 12:00 AM, Rochester Public Library, 101 SE 2nd Street, Rochester, Free.

‘The Trespasser’s Garden’ Exhibit: Emily Gray Koehler: 21Mar, All Day, Crossings, 320 East Ave, Zumbrota, Free.

‘The Trespasser’s Garden’ Exhibit: Emily Gray Koehler: 22Mar, All Day, Crossings, 320 East Ave, Zumbrota, Free.

Think Spring Week: 23-Mar, 9:00 AM, Minnesota Children’s Museum Rochester, 1643 N. Broadway, Rochester, $0-$5.50. Museum Admission: $5.50 Ages 1-101; Free Children Under 1. Spring is in the air at the Museum! We will be planting seeds, making tissue paper flowers, and making spring come to life at the Museum.

Soak in the fun during this whole week, including the Wednesday morning sing along at 11am and a visit from one of Zollman Zoos naturalists on Friday at 1pm! We will be closed Sunday, March 27th for the Easter holiday.

Emmett Ramstad: After You: 23Mar, 10:00 AM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5.

Northfield All-School Exhibition: 23-Mar, 12:00 PM, Northfield Arts Guild, 304 Division St., Northfield, Free. 507-282-8629 Oil Painting: 23-Mar, 2:00 PM, Rochester Senior Center, 121 N Broadway Ave, Rochester, $35-$45. $35 for members, $45 for non-members.. $35 for members, $45 for non-members.

Students are welcome to bring their own paper and paints. Wednesdays from March 9 through April 13.

Karaoke: 23-Mar, 6:30 PM, American Legion Post 92, 315 First Avenue NW, Rochester, Free. From 6:30 - 10:30 PM every Wednesday!

‘The Trespasser’s Garden’ Exhibit: Emily Gray Koehler: 23Mar, All Day, Crossings, 320 East Ave, Zumbrota, Free.

Think Spring Week: 24-Mar, 9:00 AM, Minnesota Children’s Museum Rochester, 1643 N. Broadway, Rochester, $0-$5.50. Museum Admission: $5.50 Ages 1-101; Free Children Under 1.

Emmett Ramstad: After You: 24Mar, 10:00 AM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5.

Northfield All-School Exhibition: 24-Mar, 12:00 PM, Northfield Arts Guild, 304 Division St., Northfield, Free. 507-282-8629 Musicians Honor Connor: 24-Mar, 6:00 PM, The Wicked Moose, 1201 Eastgate Drive SE, Rochester, $10+/ person for Connor’s medical bills. Join us as we honor Connor Johnson, a 13 year old boy with brain cancer, with a concert featuring Crazy on You (a Tribute to Heart), Chester Bay, Parks & Kleist, and Smash & Grab. Auction items and free will donation at the door ($10+/person recommended).

Scotland Road: 24-Mar, 7:30 PM, Commonweal Theatre, 208 Parkway Ave N., Lanesboro, $15-$35. 507467-2905 ‘The Trespasser’s Garden’ Exhibit: Emily Gray Koehler: 24Mar, All Day, Crossings, 320 East Ave, Zumbrota, Free.

Think Spring Week: 25-Mar, 9:00 AM, Minnesota Children’s Museum Rochester, 1643 N. Broadway, Rochester, $0-$5.50. Museum Admission: $5.50 Ages 1-101; Free Children Under 1.

Last Friday Morning Library Story Time: 25-Mar, 10:00 AM, Northfield City Hall, 801 Washington St., Northfield, Free. Our ‘Story times for All Ages’ are at 10 am Wednesday.

Come and listen to some great picture books read aloud, discover delightful fingerplays, and play with other children during this library time. Hearing stories, songs and rhymes helps develop your child’s vocabulary. No sign up or registration needed. These story times are held in the City Hall Council Chambers on the south end of the first floor. This session ends today, March 25. We start moving back into the renovated library. We will resume morning storytimes at the renovated library on May10th. Infant Lapsit 10 am Tuesdays, Toddler Rhyme Time 10 am Wednesdays and Pre-school Story Time 10 am on Thursdays. WELCOME BACK!. . 507-467-2905 Emmett Ramstad: After You: 25Mar, 10:00 AM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5.

Northfield All-School Exhibition: 25-Mar, 12:00 PM, Northfield Arts Guild, 304 Division St., Northfield, Free.

Lady Parts in Art: 25-Mar, 5:30 PM, Arts Center of St. Peter, 315 South Minnesota Avenue, St. Peter, $18 . Join us for a walk through the history of art that focuses on womens anatomy, from Venus of Willendorf to Judy Chicago to thelargelabiaproject.com. Following the presentation, the instructors will lead a no-skills-required painting exercise for participants to make their own original piece to take home. A body-positive creative learning experience for women curious about their bodies, the creative process and art. BYO refreshments.

Materials included.

Scotland Road: 25-Mar, 7:30 PM, Commonweal Theatre, 208 Parkway Ave N., Lanesboro, $15-$35. 507282-8629 ‘The Trespasser’s Garden’ Exhibit: Emily Gray Koehler: 25Mar, All Day, Crossings, 320 East Ave, Zumbrota, Free.

Hosanna’s Pantry: 26-Mar, 9:00 AM, Hosanna Lutheran Church, 2815 57th St NW, Rochester, Free. Hosanna’s Pantry is a satellite food shelf of Channel One food bank in Rochester. A photo ID is required. Coffee and treats are served while you wait to shop.. .

507-467-2905 Think Spring Week: 26-Mar, 9:00 AM, Minnesota Children’s Museum Rochester, 1643 N. Broadway, Rochester, $0-$5.50. Museum Admission: $5.50 Ages 1-101; Free Children Under 1. 507-697-8000 4th Annual Egg Hunt on the Farm: 26-Mar, 10:00 AM, Red Barn Learning Farm, 27251 State Highway 30, Hayfield, $6 . There is no better place to kick-off Spring! Pull on your rubber boots and come out to the farm to celebrate new life and hunt for eggs!

This egg hunt does not have a shotgun start - all ages of kids can hunt at their leisure as well as enjoy the other fun attractions on the farm.

40/8 Easter Egg Hunt: 26-Mar, 10:00 AM, Quarry Hill Park West, 9th street NE, Rochester, Free. Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by 40/8 Voiture 327.

Quarry Hill Park West. PLEASE enter from 9th Street NE entrance . Three age groups: 4 and under, 5-7 yrs. and 8-10 yrs. Parents can accompany the 4 and under group ONLY. All children receive a bag of candy at the end of hunt.

Please join the fun!!

Free Community Easter Egg Hunt: 26-Mar, 10:00 AM, Calvary Baptist

Church, 5905 Silas Dent Rd NW, Rochester, Free. Free Community Easter Egg Hunt and Activities for preschool through 6th grade! Children will move through activity stations that include games, crafts, cookie decorating, an Egg Hunt, and will listen to the story about the Resurrection of Christ.

Emmett Ramstad: After You: 26Mar, 10:00 AM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5.

Northfield All-School Exhibition: 26-Mar, 11:00 AM, Northfield Arts Guild, 304 Division St., Northfield, Free.

Bingo: 26-Mar, 1:00 PM, American Legion, 315 First Avenue NW, Rochester, Free. Bingo 1PM the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month. Kitchen open at 11:00 serving delicious foods! $1.00 and $2.00 cards.

Scotland Road: 26-Mar, 7:30 PM, Commonweal Theatre, 208 Parkway Ave N., Lanesboro, $15-$35. 507282-8629 Claudia Schmidt With Dean Magraw: 26-Mar, 7:30 PM, Crossings, 320 East Ave, Zumbrota, $18-$20. Claudia Schmidt brings her incredible voice to bear in a concert with Dean Magraw. Schmidt’s silkysmooth voice and charismatic stage presence and Magraws seemingly endless positive energy radiate through the music and on to those lucky enough to hear it. Together, these well-known, highly regarded and veteran touring musicians put on a show that touches every human emotion. .38 Special: 26-Mar, 8:00 PM, Jackpot Junction Casino, 39375 County Highway 24, Morton, $20-$45.

Main Floor $45 and $30, Risers $20.

After more than three decades together, 38 SPECIAL continue to bring their signature blast of Southern Rock to over 100 cities a year. And at each and every show, thousands of audience members are amazed by the explosive power of the bands performance. Their many Gold and Platinum album awards stand in testament to the endurance of a legendary powerhouse. With sales in excess of 20 million, most associate the band with their arena-rock pop smashes, Hold On Loosely, Rockin Into the Night, Caught Up in You, Fantasy Girl, If Id Been the One, Back Where You Belong, Chain Lightnin, Second Chance, and more Timeless hits that remain a staple at radio, immediately recognizable from the first opening chord, and paving the way to their present-day touring regimen.

‘The Trespasser’s Garden’ Exhibit: Emily Gray Koehler: 26Mar, All Day, Crossings, 320 East Ave, Zumbrota, Free.

MARCH 27APRIL 2: Emmett Ramstad: After You: 27Mar, 12:00 PM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5 . After You is the first exhibition in Rochester Art Center’s 2016 3rd Floor Emerging Artist Series, featuring new sculpture and installation-based work

by Emmett Ramstad, a Minneapolisbased artist. The sculptures in the exhibition originate from familiar bathroom features such as towel dispensers, soap dishes, bathroom stalls, and restroom insignia. Together they form extraordinary pieces that distort the scale and function of bathroom surroundings and ask the viewer to reconsider their public grooming associations, as well as constructions of cleanliness.

507-282-8629 Time Trader Orientation: 28-Mar, 5:30 PM, Rochester Area Family YMCA, 709 1st Avenue SW, Rochester, Free. We have group orientations the 4th Monday of the month at 5:30p.m. at Rochester Family YMCA. Time Trader

is an organized exchange network through which members earn Time Credits (TC) for time spent helping other members. One hour of service earns one TC. With TC, members can buy services they want or need.

For example, if you give one hour of childcare, you can receive one hour of painting, accounting, transportation assistance, or a piano lesson, and the list goes on.

‘The Trespasser’s Garden’ Exhibit: Emily Gray Koehler: 28Mar, All Day, Crossings, 320 East Ave, Zumbrota, Free. The current exhibit at Crossings features a new collection of work by well-known Minnesota printmaker Emily Gray Koehler. The Trespassers Garden is series of reduction woodcuts and collagraphs that addresses the havoc invasive species wreak on our regional environment, doing so in a hauntingly beautiful manner.

A free public reception is Sat., March 5, 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Hours: MTWF: 10am - 5pm Thurs: 10am - 8pm Sat: 10am - 4pm.

Northfield All-School Exhibition: 29-Mar, 12:00 PM, Northfield Arts Guild, 304 Division St., Northfield, Free. The walls are filled top to bottom with artwork from local students grades K-12! See the progression of fantastic arts education here in the Northfield community!

‘The Trespasser’s Garden’ Exhibit: Emily Gray Koehler: 29Mar, All Day, Crossings, 320 East Ave, Zumbrota, Free.

Birds of a Feather Week: 30-Mar, 9:00 AM, Minnesota Children’s Museum Rochester, 1643 N. Broadway, Rochester, $0-$5.50. Museum Admission: $5.50 Ages 1-101; Free Children Under 1. Birds of a feather flock together, and thats what were doing at the Museum this week! We will have feathers in AirPlay to experiment with, and a visit from a peregrine falcon on Saturday at 10am. Also join us for a sing along Wednesday morning at 11am!

Emmett Ramstad: After You: 30Mar, 10:00 AM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5.

Northfield All-School Exhibition: 30-Mar, 12:00 PM, Northfield Arts Guild, 304 Division St., Northfield, Free. 507-282-8629 Oil Painting: 30-Mar, 2:00 PM, Rochester Senior Center, 121 N Broadway Ave, Rochester, $35-$45. $35 for members, $45 for non-members.. $35 for members, $45 for non-members.

Students are welcome to bring their own paper and paints. Wednesdays from March 9 through April 13.

Karaoke: 30-Mar, 6:30 PM, American Legion Post 92, 315 First Avenue NW, Rochester, Free. From 6:30 - 10:30 PM every Wednesday!

Oleanna by David Mamet: 30-Mar, 7:30 PM, Jane Early Center for the Performing Arts, 320 Maywood Ave, Mankato, $10 . A college student, Carol, drops by her professors office in an effort to gain his help to do better in class. John, the professor, in the midst of buying a house to celebrate his nomination for tenure, at first seems distant. As the first meeting progresses it seems as if a bond has been made.

But appearances can be deceiving, especially for John.

‘The Trespasser’s Garden’ Exhibit: Emily Gray Koehler: 30Mar, All Day, Crossings, 320 East Ave, Zumbrota, Free.

Birds of a Feather Week: 31-Mar, 9:00 AM, Minnesota Children’s Museum Rochester, 1643 N. Broadway, Rochester, $0-$5.50. Museum Admission: $5.50 Ages 1-101; Free Children Under 1.

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demand brand of music out there. That means more often than not, you’ll have to catch Davina and the Vagabonds at a bar or tavern where their music creates tremendous fun and atmosphere, but can leave those looking for the full DATV experience wanting, due to all the distractions intrinsic to an establishment whose means of survival comes through selling as much alcohol as possible.

Thankfully, there are places like the State Theater of Zumbrota where one can go see Davina and The Vagabonds in a proper sit down (or most likely stand up and boogie) concert setting. DATV will be there on April 23 bringing all the energy and fun of their typical live show, but making it easier for pure music lovers to hear, see and feel the band’s music. Normally to see a show like this one, those of us in SoMinn would have to make the trek to Downtown Minneapolis and the Dakota Jazz Club. This show is a gift to music lovers in Southern Minnesota.

I suggest you all take advantage of it.

The Merlin Players present From the Creator of “House of Cards”

Farragut North April 22, 23, 28, 29, 30 - 7:30PM Sunday, April 24 2:00PM Directed by Craig Berg

A backroom political brawl that “House of Cards” fans will love.

Warning: This play contains profanity.

Featuring: Nate Chesney, Betsy Cole, Tom Ett, Larry Lodermier, Amber Boettcher, Tim Fitzgerald, Darren Schaufenbuel, Linda Anderson This taut political thriller is set in Iowa, weeks before the state’s caucuses. The ending careens to a wild finish.

Paradise Center for the Arts, 321 Central Ave., Faribault Call 507-332-7372 during box office hours. Tues., Wed., Fri., Sat.: noon-5PM; Thurs.: noon-8PM and 1 hour before performances

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The Merlin Players present Farragut North 7:30 p.m., April 22-23, 28-30, 2 p.m. matinee April 24 Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault

So, I’m not sure if you’ve heard or not, but 2016 is an election year. To some an American presidential election is an event to be celebrated. Fortyfour times in our nation’s history we have bestowed the mantle of leadership upon one man (yes, to this point they have all been men). With the possible exception of the bush/Gore fiasco in Florida, not once has the election of this man gone awry. Once an election has been certified, there has never been an interruption in the transfer of power. No Army general has ever sent tanks rolling up Pennsylvania Avenue to challenge election results. No president has ever refused to leave the office once his term has expired. It’s a testament to the enduring wisdom of the Founding Fathers and the brilliant strength of our Constitution.

To others, an American presidential election is a contest of shame held every four years to select yet another mediocre politician beholden to corporate interests, ideological dogma and unfathomable ego. We don’t select from the best and the brightest so much as we take the person with the most money and the best marketing department.

Emmett Ramstad: After You: 31-Mar, 10:00 AM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5.

Northfield All-School Exhibition: 31-Mar, 12:00 PM, Northfield Arts Guild, 304 Division St., Northfield, Free. 507-467-2905 Minnesota Stories in a Changing Climate: 31-Mar, 6:30 PM, Frontenac State Park, 29223 County 28 Boulevard, Frontenac, $0-$25. Free program, state park vehicle pass required.. How is climate change affecting Minnesota? How can we harness the power of storytelling to motivate climate actions? Join us for a screening of Minnesota Stories in a Changing Climate, a documentary produced

by Twin Cities PBS in partnership with Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy.

Screening of the 1hour documentary followed by a discussion of the stories and themes in the film lead by staff from Climate Generation.

This program is hosted by the Frontenac State Park Association. Snacks and hot beverages will be provided.

Josh Wilson, Jason Gray, JJ Heller Live In Concert!: 31-Mar, 7:00 PM, Autumn Ridge Church, 3611 Salem RD SW, Rochester, $15-$25. http://AutumnRidgeChurch.org/arts. The Autumn Ridge Church Arts Series 10th Anniversary Season!

3611 Salem Road, SW, Rochester, MN AutumnRidgeChurch.org http://AutumnRidgeChurch.org/arts Continuing the tradition of the finest of world-class Christian artistry on the Autumn Ridge stage, the Arts Series is pleased to announce its spring concert artists

for the tenth anniversary season. Thursday March 31, 2016, 7 PM An unforgettable night with three of the finest rising stars of modern Christian music: Josh Wilson http://youtube. com/watch?v=tutZkXDSalo and Jason Gray http://youtube.com/watch?v=V4bB7BUxBbY live in concert with JJ Heller http://youtube. com/watch?v=BEzmXhhkWgk Autumn Ridge lobby ticket presale (reserved seats $15 and $25 artist circle): Saturday February 6: 3:30 - 7:30 PM Sunday February 7: 8AM - 1 PM Then online starting February 8 at: echoconcerts.com information at www.

AutumnRidgeChurch.org.

Scotland Road: 31-Mar, 7:30 PM, Commonweal Theatre, 208 Parkway Ave N., Lanesboro, $15-$35. The Commonweal Apprentice Company presents ‘Scotland Road.’

In 1995, a woman in old fashioned dress is rescued from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. When asked where she came from, her answer is only one word: Titanic. In a quest for the truth of her real identity, shes whisked away to an isolated facility for a week-long interrogation that reveals more questions than answers. Much like the iceberg that sealed the fate of that great ship, plenty lurks beneath the surface in this exciting roller coaster ride by our friend Jeffrey Hatcher, which the Minneapolis Star Tribune called an intellectual tour de force and superbly crafted mystery drama.

Oleanna by David Mamet: 31-Mar, 7:30 PM, Jane Early Center for the Performing Arts, 320 Maywood Ave, Mankato, $10.

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Bruce Burniece: 31-Mar, 8:00 PM, The Tavern Lounge, 212 Division St., Northfield, Free. With over 35 years of performance experience, Bruce Burniece returns to the Lounge, presenting an evening of classic pop rock favorites, accompanied by piano and guitar. 507-282-8629 Oleanna by David Mamet: 1-Apr, 7:30 AM, Jane Early Center for the Performing Arts, 320 Maywood Ave, Mankato, $10.

Birds of a Feather Week: 1-Apr, 9:00 AM, Minnesota Children’s Museum Rochester, 1643 N. Broadway, Rochester, $0-$5.50.

Museum Admission: $5.50 Ages 1-101; Free Children Under 1.

Emmett Ramstad: After You: 1-Apr, 10:00 AM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5. 507-467-2905 Northfield All-School Exhibition: 1-Apr, 12:00 PM, Northfield Arts Guild, 304 Division St., Northfield, Free.

1st Annual Southeastern MN Toast & Taste: 1-Apr, 6:00 PM, Rochester International Event Center, 7333 Airport View Dr SW, Rochester, $50 . MC:Rachel Wick*Music by Parks&Kleist Band & Project Substitute*Tasting by Silver Lake Liquor*Featuring Wenonah Brewing*Silent Auction & Raffle*Hors doeuvres/ Cocktails*Benefits Bear Cave Amphitheater..

Mary Poppins: 1-Apr, 7:00 PM, Rochester Civic Theatre, 20 Civic Center Dr SE, Rochester, $19-$29. Adult $29; Senior $24; Student

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$19. Live, on stage at the Rochester Civic Theatre, it’s the magical family musical ‘’Mary Poppins!’’ One of the most popular Disney movies of all time is capturing hearts in a whole new way as a Broadway musical that the whole family will enjoy! Shows are Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:00 pm, and Sundays at 2:00 pm. Doors open an hour before showtime. Tickets are on sale now! We expect that this show will sell out early--don’t wait to get your tickets! Get tickets online at www.rochestercivictheatre.org, or call our box office at 507-282-8481.

Billy McGlaughlin with Jeff Arundel & The Hammersmen: 1-Apr, 7:30 PM, Lighthouse Theatre & Event Centre, 621 Marshall St,, Albert Lea, $20-$25. Billy McLaughlin is recognized internationally as a world-Class guitarist, composer and inspirational performer who has appeared on Billboards Top Ten Chart. Previously signed to Virgin Records Narada label, McLaughlin has 14 CD releases, 3 National Campus Entertainer of the Year Awards*, 5 Minnesota Music Awards and his decades of national concert touring earned him the Hall of Fame Achievement Award*. and a Grammy in 2013.

Mr. Arundel plays a peculiar combination of wistful melancholia and soul music, most often with his band the notorious ‘Hammsmen’, often called ‘the most sensitive band in North America’ . Mr. Arundel has been the recipient of various accolades and awards, most of whom he prefers not to mention as they are somewhat in the past. His live performance is

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Regardless of your perspective, there is no denying that politics makes for great theater, in this case, quite literally. The Merlin players will present Farragut North for a two weekend run from April 22-30, and boy if you don’t already feel like the way we pick our leadership is a circus, wait until you see Beau Willimon’s play about how dirty one’s hands must get to work behind the scenes for a major political candidate.

First produced in 2005 and loosely based on the 2004 presidential campaign of former Vermont governor Howard Dean, this is a believable, if cynical look at the state of American politics. In the hands of many community theater troupes, the production could easily come off as idealistic or heavyhanded. However, there is no group we trust more than The Merlin Players to bring out the nuance and lessons of this story, while, of course, providing us with great entertainment. For both political junkies and those who are tired of the whole thing, this should be a truly enjoyable night at the theater.

– – Rich Larson is the publisher and editor of SouthernMinn Scene. You can reach him at rlarson@southernminnscene.com.

show and its topics are fairly mild by modern standards, we give it a ‘PG-13 rating, and recommend that it is best viewed by patrons 13 and over. 507-282-8629 Ben Aaron: 1-Apr, 8:00 PM, The Tavern Lounge, 212 Division Street South, Northfield, Free. Ben Aaron returns to Northfield with his original folk, blues and Americana songs for a night of great live entertainment.

Sit back and relax as he plays your favorite popular songs from the past and present, along with selections from his recent CD release, ‘Blue Winter.’

Birds of a Feather Week: 2-Apr, 9:00 AM, Minnesota Children’s Museum Rochester, 1643 N. Broadway, Rochester, $0-$5.50.

Museum Admission: $5.50 Ages 1-101; Free Children Under 1.

Quarry Hill Bird Walk: 2-Apr, 9:00 AM, Quarry Hill Nature Center, 701 Silver Creek Rd NE, Rochester, Free. Join us on a casual walk thru Quarry Hill Park. Bring binoculars if you have them, some are available to borrow from the nature center. Dress for the weather.

Families and children are welcome. Stay for any length of time. Walks usually last about one hour. Free and open to the public - no registration required. Audubon Leaders: Terry & Joyce Grier.

Bagels & Birds: 2-Apr, 9:30 AM, River Bend Nature Center, 1000 Rustad Road, Faribault, Free. Enjoy coffee and bagels in a relaxed atmosphere while watching the antics of wildlife. We’ll meet in the comfort of

typically a magic carpet ride of his own songs mixed in with nostalgic tunes that he and the Hammsmen like to play.

Scotland Road: 1-Apr, 7:30 PM, Commonweal Theatre, 208 Parkway Ave N., Lanesboro, $15-$35.

No Sex, Please, We’re British!: 1-Apr, 7:30 PM, Mantorville Opera House, 5th Street West, Mantorville, $13-$15. Get your tickets at http://mantorvillain.com/PayPal_NoSexPlease.htm. The Mantorville Theatre Company is thrilled to present Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foote’s ‘No Sex, Please, We’re British!’ April 1 - 24, 2016. Shows will play Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, and Sundays at 2:00 pm at the Mantorville Opera House. It’s the 1960’s in England, and newlyweds Peter and Frances Hunter live in an apartment above the bank where Peter works. Francis decides to supplement their income by selling products from the ‘Scandinavian Glassware Company’ -- but the company is not quite what she thought it was! Their attempts to hide the company’s ‘naughty’ products from their conservative (and law-abiding) friends and family results in one of the most successful, side-splitting comedies every produced. (‘No Sex Please, We’re British’ ran in London’s West End for 16 years and remains the longest-running comedy ever, with 6,761 performances to its name.) Tickets are available online at www. mantorvillain.com, or to make a reservation, leave a message with our Box Office at 507-635-5420. PLEASE NOTE: While the

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Help with identification, fun facts, binoculars, guide books, and conversation will make this a great way to start the day. Stay at the Historic Hutchinson House B&B and return to the house for a spectacular breakfast brunch!

507-467-2905 Emmett Ramstad: After You: 2-Apr, 10:00 AM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5.

Northfield All-School Exhibition: 2-Apr, 11:00 AM, Northfield Arts Guild, 304 Division St., Northfield, Free.

Mary Poppins: 2-Apr, 7:00 PM, Rochester Civic Theatre, 20 Civic Center Dr SE, Rochester, $19-$29. Adult $29; Senior $24; Student $19.

Scotland Road: 2-Apr, 7:30 PM, Commonweal Theatre, 208 Parkway Ave N., Lanesboro, $15-$35.

Oleanna by David Mamet: 2-Apr, 7:30 PM, Jane Early Center for the Performing Arts, 320 Maywood Ave, Mankato, $10 .

Divas Through the Decades: 2-Apr, 7:30 PM, State Theater, 96 E 4th St, Zumbrota, $28-$32. Divas Through the Decades is a musical tribute to some of the most influential female vocalists in American pop music, featuring songs from the 40s through todays current hits. The women of Belladiva dont stop at singing and dancing theres comedy

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The show features music made famous by various divas including Tina Turner, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Celine Dion, Aretha Franklin, Gloria Estefan, Beyonce, Shania Twain, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, and many more.

507-282-8629 Fred the Bear with Wilkinson James: 2-Apr, 8:00 PM, The Tavern Lounge, 212 Division Street South, Northfield, Free. Fred the Bear plays original material from Northfield’s very own Ray Coudret. FTB’s music reflects upon life’s promises and disappointments with a back-beat of driving rhythms. Mixed between these original songs is a blend of adult alternative covers from artists you know and artists you’ll be glad to get to know .

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APRIL 3-9: Emmett Ramstad: After You: 3-Apr, 12:00 PM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5. After You is the first exhibition in Rochester Art Center’s 2016 3rd Floor Emerging Artist Series, featuring new sculpture and installation-based work

by Emmett Ramstad, a Minneapolisbased artist. The sculptures in the exhibition originate from familiar bathroom features such as towel dispensers, soap dishes, bathroom stalls, and restroom insignia. Together they form extraordinary pieces that distort the scale and function of bathroom surroundings and ask the viewer to reconsider their public grooming associations, as well as constructions of cleanliness.

507-282-8629 Birds of a Feather Week: 3-Apr, 12:00 PM, Minnesota Children’s Museum Rochester, 1643 N. Broadway, Rochester, $0-$5.50. Museum Admission: $5.50 Ages 1-101; Free Children Under 1. Birds of a feather flock together, and thats what were doing at the Museum this week! We will have feathers in AirPlay to experiment with, and a visit from a peregrine falcon on Saturday at 10am. Also join us for a sing along Wednesday morning at 11am!

Scotland Road: 3-Apr, 1:30 PM, Commonweal Theatre, 208 Parkway Ave N., Lanesboro, $15-$35. The Commonweal Apprentice Company presents ‘Scotland Road.’ In 1995, a woman in old fashioned dress is rescued from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. When asked where she came from, her answer is only one word: Titanic. In a quest

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Bluff Country Studio Art Tour 10 a.m.-5 p.m., April 22-24

Various locations in Southeast Minnesota, Northeast Iowa and Western Wisconsin

Scotland Road / Through 4.3 / Commonweal Theatre / Lanesboro

This magazine has devoted a lot of column inches to the amazing amount of great music that is produced in Southern Minnesota, because a.) it’s true and b.) as writers, music is where our strength lies. But the truth is, for every great songwriter, guitarist, fiddler and singer in Southern Minnesota, there is also an incredible painter, sculptor, woodworker and jewelry artist here too.

I’ll admit it’s easier to write about music because one can go see a musician on any given day at hundreds of different venues throughout our region. You can watch them ply their trade. Quite often they’ll talk to you about what it is they’re trying to say, but at the very least you can see these artists put their incredible skills on display.

That’s the very reason I’m such a fan of studio art tours. Visual artists who invite the general public into their own studios where the art is created organize these events, precisely so the viewing public can get a better feel for the artist’s techniques and perspective. It’s one thing to see a painting hanging in a gallery or to see a beaded necklace in a store, but when you can see the whole story on a given piece it can make things far more meaningful.

The artists of Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin’s Bluff Country will open their studios to visitors for the weekend of April 22-24. Among the artists showing their works and creative space will be potter Sue Pariseau of Lanesboro, Winona painter Julia Crozier, basket weaver Lori Hungerholt of Rushford and glass worker Vicky Kruk in Spring Grove. Lanesboro arts and the Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona will also host events over the course of the weekend.

The artistic talent in our part of the world is off the charts. It’s that good and that plentiful. An event like this tour gives us all an opportunity to see these folks at work first hand and gain an even deeper appreciation for what they do. Fair warning: you’ll probably want to buy something, too.

– – Rich Larson is the publisher and editor of SouthernMinn Scene. You can reach him at rlarson@ southernminnscene.com.

Northfield All-School Exhibition: 7-Apr, 12:00 PM, Northfield Arts Guild, 304 Division St., Northfield, Free.

Mary Poppins: 7-Apr, 7:00 PM, Rochester Civic Theatre, 20 Civic Center Dr SE, Rochester, $19-$29. Adult $29; Senior $24; Student $19. 507-282-8629 Mary Poppins: 7-Apr, 7:30 PM, Ted Paul Theatre of Earley Center for Performing Arts, Minnesota State University, Mankato, $19-$22. Young Jane and Michael Banks have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives on their doorstep. Using a combination of magic and common sense, she must teach the family how to value each other again. Popular songs include ‘A

Spoonful of Sugar,’ ‘Let’s Go Fly A Kite’ and ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.’ This is the first time Minnesota State Mankato has presented Mary Poppins.

Ryan Van Slooten: 7-Apr, 8:00 PM, The Tavern Lounge, 212 Division St., Northfield, Free. Since his first solo album in 2010, Ryan Van Slooten has established a strong following. With catchy hooks, chiming guitars, lush arrangements, and heart-on-sleeve lyrics, his songs are relatable across a broad field.

He is equal parts rock n’ roller and crooner, without losing that singer-songwriter charm.

Now working on his 4th studio album, the follow-up to the 2013’s ‘Victory March’ (PerfectDuluthDay’s Album of the Year),

2016 will be a promising year for this up and coming artist. Dont miss his Tavern debut!

507-282-8481 Emmett Ramstad: After You: 8-Apr, 10:00 AM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5.

Northfield All-School Exhibition: 8-Apr, 12:00 PM, Northfield Arts Guild, 304 Division St., Northfield, Free.

Mary Poppins: 8-Apr, 7:00 PM, Rochester Civic Theatre, 20 Civic Center Dr SE, Rochester, $19-$29. Adult $29; Senior $24; Student $19.

13th Annual Lakeville Area ECFE Kids’ Stuff Sale: 8-Apr, 7:30 PM, Kenwood

Trail Middle School, 19455 Kenwood Ave, Lakeville, Free. 13th Annual Lakeville Area ECFE Kids Stuff Sale 7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m. April 8 and 8 a.m.-1 p.m. April 9, 2016 Kenwood Trail Middle School, 19455 Kenwood Trail, Lakeville www.lakevilleecfesale.com The Lakeville Early Childhood Family Education Advisory Councils 13th annual Kids Stuff Sale is April 8-9 at Kenwood Trail Middle School. The sale features maternity and childrens clothing (infant through size 14), toys, books and baby equipment. Cash, check or credit card is accepted. Shop early for the best varietyshop late for the best deals. The sale starts from 7:309:30 p.m. Friday, April 8, and admission is $5. The sale re-opens at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 9, and theres no admission fee. From 10:30 a.m. to Noon, merchandise will be sold for half-price, and there will be a $5 bag sale from 12:301 p.m.

Visit www.lakevilleecfesale.com for details.

The Kids Stuff Sale is sponsored by the Lakeville Area ECFE Advisory Council, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that donates 100 percent of sale proceeds to the Lakeville Area ECFE program. Last year, the sale raised $3,500 for Early Childhood Family Education programs in Lakeville, which provided equipment, learning games and other permanent supplies for early childhood classrooms.

Mary Poppins: 8-Apr, 7:30 PM, Ted Paul Theatre of Earley Center for Performing Arts, Minnesota State University, Mankato, $19-$22.

Crimes of the Heart: 8-Apr, 7:30 PM, Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 W. Third Street, Northfield, $13-$17. $17.00 adults, $13.00 seniors/students. Winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. An astonishing first play, initially presented by the Actors Theatre of Louisville, then Off-Broadway, and then on Broadway, where it established the author as a major voice in our theatre. Warm-hearted, irreverent, zany and brilliantly imaginative, the play teems with humanity and humor as it examines the plight of three young Mississippi sisters betrayed by their passions.

507-222-4347 Tough Enough to Wear Pink: 8-Apr, 7:30 PM, Olmsted County Fairgrounds, Rochester,

MN, 1570 Fairgrounds AV SE, Rochester, $10-$22. $22 Preferred Seating; $20 Adult General Admission; and $10 Children (ages 1-12).. The 20th Annual Valley Featherlite Bull Riding Challenge features some of the best cowboys in the sport of bull riding and some of the best bulls in the country! Events will include Mutton Bustin’ for the kids, Mexican Poker and good old fashioned bull riding. Wear pink to Tough Enough to Wear Pink night and help raise awareness of breast cancer and also support Join the Journey, a local nonprofit committed to supporting breast cancer survivors in our community.

For every person wearing pink, sponsors will donate to Join the Journey.

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Nigel is a blues original, a veteran of the 1970s British music scene who has played with legendary groups like Supertramp and Mott the Hoople. Egg’s repertoire includes original blues songs, a few classics, and a very personal collection of soulful American roots music. He is the recipient of numerous music awards, taking multiple awards at the Minnesota Folk Festival, the Austin (TX) Songwriters Group, the Big Top Chautauqua (Bayfield, Wis.), the Great River Festival (LaCrosse, Wis.) and the Telluride (Colorado) Blues and Brews festival. Egg is also a seven-time winner of the ‘mnspin’ music competition sponsored by mnartists.org. Egg is currently touring the country in support of his latest CD release, The Blues Is Personal.

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13th Annual Lakeville Area ECFE Kids’ Stuff Sale: 9-Apr, 8:00 AM, Kenwood Trail Middle School, 19455 Kenwood Ave, Lakeville, Free. 13th Annual Lakeville Area ECFE Kids Stuff Sale 7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m. April 8 and 8 a.m.-1 p.m. April 9, 2016 Kenwood Trail Middle School, 19455 Kenwood Trail, Lakeville www.lakevilleecfesale.com The Lakeville Early Childhood Family Education Advisory Councils 13th annual Kids Stuff Sale is April 8-9 at Kenwood Trail Middle School. The sale features maternity and childrens clothing (infant through size 14), toys, books and baby equipment. Cash, check or credit card is accepted. Shop early for the best varietyshop late for the best deals. The sale starts from 7:309:30 p.m. Friday, April 8, and admission is $5. The sale re-opens at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 9, and theres no admission fee. From 10:30 a.m. to Noon, merchandise will be sold for half-price, and there will be a $5 bag sale from 12:301 p.m.

Visit www.lakevilleecfesale.com for details.

The Kids Stuff Sale is sponsored by the Lakeville Area ECFE Advisory Council, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that donates 100 percent of sale proceeds to the Lakeville Area ECFE program. Last year, the sale raised $3,500 for Early Childhood Family Education programs in Lakeville, which provided equipment, learning games and other permanent supplies for early childhood classrooms.

Young Historians: 9-Apr, 10:00 AM, Blue Earth County Historical Society History Center, 424 Warren Street, Mankato, Free.

Young Historians is a monthly, hands-on workshop for kids grades 1-6. During the month of April, Young Historians will learn more about the Somalian Immigrants that settled in Blue Earth County. Pre-registration is encouraged.

Emmett Ramstad: After You: 9-Apr, 10:00 AM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5.

Northfield All-School Exhibition: 9-Apr,

11:00 AM, Northfield Arts Guild, 304 Division St., Northfield, Free.

Bingo: 9-Apr, 1:00 PM, American Legion, 315 First Avenue NW, Rochester, Free. Bingo 1PM the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month.

Kitchen open at 11:00 serving delicious foods! $1.00 and $2.00 cards.

Special Screening of Remembering the Flood of 1965: 9-Apr, 2:00 PM, Blue Earth County Historical Society History Center, 424 Warren Street, Mankato, $0-$5. $5 for Adults $2 for Children 5-17 Free for BECHS Members and Kids under 5. The flood of 1965 is widely remembered throughout the community. Last year, KEYC made a special documentary about the flood, Remembering the Flood of 1965. KEYC’s meteorologist Mitch Keegan will be onsite to discuss the documentary and people’s reactions 50 years later.

Mary Poppins: 9-Apr, 2:00 PM, Ted Paul Theatre of Earley Center for Performing Arts, Minnesota State University, Mankato, $19-$22.

Shoop!: 9-Apr, 7:30 PM, Paradise Center for the Arts, 321 Central Ave., Faribault, $10-$22. $10 Students/$17 Members/$22 Non-Members. Shoop is a vocal jazz group that puts new twists on old standards with a sound thats a nod to the Manhattan Transfer and New York Voices. Fronting the group are five seasoned Twin-Cities vocalists, Lou Ann Henderson, Amy Olson, Karen Sullivan, John Sturtz, and Geoff Thompson, who blend their vocal talents in fresh and complex harmonies, with depth and range. Backing this vocal powerhouse is a tight, six-piece jazz combo that creates a big band sound.

Mary Poppins: 9-Apr, 7:30 PM, Ted Paul Theatre of Earley Center for Performing Arts, Minnesota State University, Mankato, $19-$22 .

Crimes of the Heart: 9-Apr, 7:30 PM, Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 W. Third Street, Northfield, $13-$17. Come see the story of the three Magrath sisters, Meg, Babe, and Lenny, who reunite at their grandfather’s home in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, after Babe shoots her abusive husband. The sisters were raised in a dysfunctional family with a

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No Sex Please, We’re British 7:30 p.m. (2 p.m. matinees), April 1-24 Mantorville Opera House

The Mantorville Theatre Company is best known for the series of melodramas they produce every summer at the Mantorville Opera House, and the shows usually served during any given season are generally quite family friendly. So, I was a little surprised to see that they are offering up Anthony Marrioot and Alistar Foote’s scandalously titled farce this spring.

Of course, especially by 21st Century standards, the scandal pretty much ends at the title.

The plot concerns a young newlywed couple, Peter and Frances Hunter, who live above the bank where Peter works as an assistant manager. To help make ends meet, Frances decides she would like to sell for “The Scandinavian Glass Company,” and sends away for a sampling of the company’s product.

The items that arrive are not the drinking glasses and candlesticks Frances had expected.

Of course, this being a British farce, there is lots of frenetic running around and hiding, along with outlandish stories created spontaneously to account for the presence of sketchy materials, pictures, books, films (even a pair of girls) which seem to arrive in a non-stop and never ending stream of naughtiness.

Honestly folks, No Sex Please, We’re British is much, much more about innocent mistakes and unintentional consequences than anything else. Pretty much the only thing even mildly titillating about the show is the bodiced caricature on the poster. The Mantorville Theatre Company does recommend that kids under the age of 13 stay home, but your 11 year old will see and hear much racier material by staying home and watching an episode of The Bachelor or Dancing with the Stars than they would at the Mantorville Opera House.

With all that said, I do want to commend the MTC for stretching their comfort zone a little bit. The melodramas are great fun, but a stately building like the Mantorville Opera House deserves to stage more than cornball comedy and tired, ubiquitous drama. We’re not asking for David Mamet, mind you (well, actually we are), but the occasional curse word or controversial theme never hurt anybody. We hope to see a little more of that in the 2016-17 season.

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Jon Manners: 9-Apr, 8:00 PM, The Tavern Lounge, 212 Division St., Northfield, Free. Northfield favorite Jon Manners brings his passionate, percussive, bluesy roots-rock to the Tavern Lounge. 507-282-8629

APRIL 10-16: Mary Poppins: 9-Apr, 7:00 PM, Rochester Civic Theatre, 20 Civic Center Dr SE, Rochester, $19-$29. Adult $29; Senior $24; Student $19. Live, on stage at the Rochester Civic Theatre, it’s the magical family musical ‘’Mary Poppins!’’ One of the most popular Disney movies of all time is capturing hearts in a whole new way as a Broadway musical that the whole family will enjoy! Shows are Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:00 pm, and Sundays at 2:00 pm. Doors open an hour before showtime. Tickets are on sale now!

We expect that this show will sell out early--don’t wait to get your tickets! Get tickets online at www.rochestercivictheatre.org, or call our box office at 507-282-8481. 507-282-8481 Emmett Ramstad: After You: 10Apr, 12:00 PM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5 . After You is the first exhibition in

Rochester Art Center’s 2016 3rd Floor Emerging Artist Series, featuring new sculpture and installation-based work

by Emmett Ramstad, a Minneapolisbased artist. The sculptures in the exhibition originate from familiar bathroom features such as towel dispensers, soap dishes, bathroom stalls, and restroom insignia. Together they form extraordinary pieces that distort the scale and function of bathroom surroundings and ask the viewer to reconsider their public grooming associations, as well as constructions of cleanliness.

507-222-4347 Mary Poppins: 10-Apr, 2:00 PM, Ted Paul Theatre of Earley Center for Performing Arts, Minnesota State University, Mankato, $19-$22. Young Jane and Michael Banks have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives on their doorstep.

Using a combination of magic and common sense, she must teach the family how to value each other again.

Popular songs include ‘A Spoonful of Sugar,’ ‘Let’s Go Fly A Kite’ and ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.’ This is the first time Minnesota State Mankato has presented Mary Poppins.

Mary Poppins: 10-Apr, 2:00 PM, Rochester Civic Theatre, 20 Civic Center Dr SE, Rochester, $19-$29. Adult $29; Senior $24; Student $19.

Laghdu: 10-Apr, 3:00 PM, Carleton College Great Hall, 1 North College Street, Northfield, Free. TBA. 507282-8629 Tret Fure Cd Release Concert: 10Apr, 7:00 PM, Crossings, 320 East Ave, Zumbrota, $16-$19. Tret Fure performs

songs from her new album, Rembrandt Afternoons, in a CD release concert. A trailblazer in acoustic womens music, Fure has four decades of experience in the music industry, as a performer, sound engineer and producer. While the concert will feature songs from her latest release, fans will hear a few old favorites as well. 507-282-8481 Crimes of the Heart: 10-Apr, All Day, Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 W. Third Street, Northfield, $13-$17. $17.00 adults, $13.00 seniors/ students. Winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. An astonishing first play, initially presented by the Actors Theatre of Louisville, then Off-Broadway, and then on Broadway, where it established the author as a major voice in our theatre. Warm-hearted, irreverent, zany and brilliantly imaginative, the play teems with humanity and humor as it examines the plight of three young Mississippi sisters betrayed by their passions.

Mayo Clinic Hospice Community Grief Support Group: 11-Apr, 1:00 PM, Mayo Clinic Hospice, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, Free. Death of a Significant Other Mayo Clinic Hospice invites you to join one of our Rochester Adult Grief Support Groups. Grief Support groups provide an opportunity to meet with others who have experienced a similar loss. Through sharing and facilitator support, the group will help normalize your grief experience and offer support and comfort. Eight consecutive Monday meetings will be held from April 4th through May 23, 2016.

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to anyone from the community who has lost a significant person in their life through death. Registration closes on March 25, 2016. For information and registration, please contact: Dianne Axen - Bereavement Coordinator, Mayo Clinic Hospice - Phone: 507-284-4002 or 1-800-679-9084 - email: axen. dianne@mayo.edu. - or - Debbie Ball Administrative Assistant - Mayo Clinic Hospice - Phone: 507-284-4002 or 1-800-679-9084 - email: ball.debra@ mayo.edu.

Conversations: Living Well With Chronic Conditions: 11-Apr, 2:00 PM, Elder Network Northgate Shopping Center, 1130 1/2 7th Street NW, Suite 205, Rochester, Free. Support group for adults age 55 and older living with a chronic condition such as high blood pressure, chronic pain, diabetes, COPD, heart disease, arthritis, depression, anxiety, etc.

Community Grief Support Group: 11-Apr, 6:30 PM, Mayo Clinic Hospice, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, Free. Death of a Child or Grandchild Death of a Parent or Grandparent Death of a Spouse or Significant Other Mayo Clinic Hospice invites you to join one of our Rochester Adult Grief Support Groups. Grief Support groups provide an opportunity to meet with others who have experienced a similar loss.

Through sharing and facilitator support, the group will help normalize your grief experience and offer support and comfort. Eight consecutive Monday meetings will be held from April 4th through May 23, 2016. The groups are free of charge and open to anyone from the community who has lost a significant person in their life through death. Registration closes on March 25, 2016. For information and registration, please contact: Dianne Axen - Bereavement Coordinator, Mayo Clinic Hospice - Phone: 507-284-4002 or 1-800-679-9084 - email: axen. dianne@mayo.edu. - or - Debbie Ball Administrative Assistant - Mayo Clinic Hospice - Phone: 507-284-4002 or 1-800-679-9084 - email: ball.debra@ mayo.edu.

Emmett Ramstad: After You: 13Apr, 10:00 AM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5.

507-282-8629 Oil Painting: 13-Apr, 2:00 PM, Rochester Senior Center, 121 N Broadway Ave, Rochester, $35-$45. $35 for members, $45 for non-members. $35 for members, $45 for non-members.

Students are welcome to bring their own paper and paints. Wednesdays from March 9 through April 13.

Karaoke: 13-Apr, 6:30 PM, American Legion Post 92, 315 First Avenue NW, Rochester, Free. From 6:30 - 10:30 PM every Wednesday!

Emmett Ramstad: After You: 14Apr, 10:00 AM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5.

Mary Poppins: 14-Apr, 7:00 PM, Rochester Civic Theatre, 20 Civic Center Dr SE, Rochester, $19-$29.

Adult $29; Senior $24; Student $19.

507-333-1620 Steel Magnolias: 14-Apr, 7:30 PM, Newhall Auditorium, 1000 Shumway Ave, Faribault, $9-$15. The action is set in Truvys beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are anybody come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the towns rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, (Im not crazy, Ive just been in a bad mood for forty years); an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, MLynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a good ole boy. Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strengthand lovewhich give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad.

Mary Poppins: 14-Apr, 7:30 PM, Ted Paul Theatre of Earley Center for Performing Arts, Minnesota State University, Mankato, $19-$22.

Chris Holm: 14-Apr, 8:00 PM, The Tavern Lounge, 212 Division St., Northfield, Free. Minneapolis-based acoustic folk, blues & country musician Chris Holms returns to the Tavern in support of his debut solo release, The Trains Dont Run Here Anymore. A fingerstyle guitar picker and harmonica player, Chris channels the high-spirited liveliness of Charley Patton, thumping on his suitcase drum, attacking his guitar strings with abandon, and shouting along in a gravelly howl, later to channel the lonesome sounds of a weeping slide guitar and a blue yodel.Despite his Northern Minnesota roots, Chris has formed in intimate connection with the music of the American South.

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Emmett Ramstad: After You: 15-Apr, 10:00 AM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5. 507-333-1620 Mary Poppins: 15-Apr, 7:00 PM, Rochester Civic Theatre, 20 Civic Center Dr SE, Rochester, $19-$29. Adult $29; Senior $24; Student $19.

Steel Magnolias: 15-Apr, 7:30 PM, Newhall Auditorium, 1000 Shumway Ave, Faribault, $9-$15.

Comedian Scott Novotny: 15-Apr, 7:30 PM, Paradise Center for the Arts, 321 Central Ave., Faribault, $10-$20. $10/Students; $15/ Members; $20/Non-Members. Scott Novotny recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of his becoming a full-time professional stand-up comedian. Over that time, Scott has had people laughing from coast to coast with his clean, non-offensive, very funny observations. Armed with only great comedy material, a wonderful sense of timing, and some physical comedy that is sure to make you laugh, Scott gets the job done.

Mary Poppins: 15-Apr, 7:30 PM, Ted Paul Theatre of Earley Center for Performing Arts, Minnesota State University, Mankato, $19-$22.

Crimes of the Heart: 15-Apr, 7:30 PM, Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 W. Third Street, Northfield, $13-$17. $17.00 adults, $13.00 seniors/students.

Peter Ostroushko with Dan Chouinard:

15-Apr, 7:30 PM, Zumbrota State Theatre, 88 E 4th St., Zumbrota, $18-$22. Peter Ostroushko, one of the finest mandolin and fiddle players in acoustic music, brings pianist and accordionist Dan Chouinard to perform with him. Peter is at his most passionate playing a rich ethnic mix of music, at the heart of which is his Ukrainian heritage.

Randy Broughten & Dan Gaarder: 15-Apr, 8:00 PM, The Tavern Lounge, 212 Division St., Northfield, Free. The Tavern is pleased to present two of Minnesotas greatest musical talents, together for one night of amazing music. Guitarist and vocalist Dan Gaarder lends his honey-toned vocals to Randy Broughtens expert stylings on the pedal steel guitar. Two legendary talents, known for their work with bands like Trailer Trash, The Roe Family Singers, Mother Banjo, The Cactus Blossoms and The Gear Daddies.

This performance is not-to-be-missed! (952) 445-9000 Rascal Flatts: 15-Apr, 8:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, $99-$165. Country superstars Rascal Flatts have charted 15 No. 1 singles and sold over 7 million concert tickets. Dont miss an intimate evening of hits like These Days, Fast Cars and Freedom, Here Comes Goodbye and many more. 507-282-8629 Crimes of the Heart: 15-Apr, All Day, Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 W. Third Street, Northfield, $13-$17. Come see the story of the three Magrath sisters, Meg, Babe, and Lenny, who reunite at their grandfather’s home in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, after Babe shoots her abusive husband. The sisters were raised in a dysfunctional family with a penchant for ugly predicaments. Each has endured her share of hardship and misery.

Past resentments bubble to the surface as the sisters are forced to deal with assorted relatives and past relationships while coping with Babe’s latest incident. Each sister is forced to face the consequences of the ‘crimes of the heart’ she has committed. 507-282-8481 Ibsen Festival: 16-Apr, 10:00 AM, Down-

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River Hills Women’s Weekend Show: 16-Apr, 10:00 AM, RIVER HILLS MALL, 1850 ADAMS STREET, Mankato, Free. A Quality Event At A Premier Shopping Destination The success of the Womens Weekend Show has been the ability to reach new customers attending the show, as well as the malls retail customers with products and services. Providing Access To The Unreachable Invisible Consumer - Invisible Consumers are a demographic description of a growing population of well educated, high income consumers that rely on the internet, social media, satellite radio, and cell phones as providers of immediate information and entertainment.

Increasingly, these individuals are unreachable through traditional advertising. The River Hills Womens Weekend Show provides access to this growing demographics.

Crimes of the Heart: 16-Apr, 7:30 PM, Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 W. Third Street, Northfield, $13-$17. Come see the story of the three Magrath sisters, Meg, Babe, and Lenny, who reunite at their grandfather’s home in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, after Babe shoots her abusive husband. The sisters were raised in a dysfunctional family with a penchant for ugly predicaments. Each has endured her share of hardship and misery.

Past resentments bubble to the surface as the sisters are forced to deal with assorted relatives and past relationships while coping with Babe’s latest incident. Each sister is forced to face the consequences of the ‘crimes of the heart’ she has committed. 507-282-8629 Slavic Soul: 16-Apr, 7:30 PM, Lourdes High School, 2800 19th Street NW, Rochester, $5-$30. Shostakovich Festive Overture Lutoslawski Concerto for Orchestra Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 featuring

Emmett Ramstad: After You: 16-Apr, 10:00 AM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5.

Mary Poppins: 16-Apr, 2:00 PM, Ted Paul Theatre of Earley Center for Performing Arts, Minnesota State University, Mankato, $19-$22.

Mary Poppins: 16-Apr, 7:00 PM, Rochester Civic Theatre, 20 Civic Center Dr SE, Rochester, $19-$29. Adult $29; Senior $24; Student $19.

Mary Poppins: 16-Apr, 7:30 PM, Ted Paul Theatre of Earley Center for Performing Arts, Minnesota State University, Mankato, $19-$22.

Steel Magnolias: 16-Apr, 7:30 PM, Newhall Auditorium, 1000 Shumway Ave, Faribault, $9-$15. 507-333-1620

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Our guest pianist Scott Cuellar closes the program with the all-powerful piano concerto from Tchaikovsky. 507-282-8481 Joe Carey: 16-Apr, 8:00 PM, The Tavern Lounge, 212 Division St., Northfield, Free.

Singer-songwriter Joe Carey has been active in Minnesota’s music scene for over 15 years playing with several local bands, namely Loft, The Careys, Love Songs For Angry Men and his newest endeavor, The Chinwaggers. His sound is best described as a soulful roots rock band with a twist of twang.

Ibsen Festival: 17-Apr, 10:00 AM, Downtown Historic Lanesboro, 100 Milwaukee Rd, Lanesboro, Free. Enjoy a weekend of Scandinavian culture in Lanesboro., special presentations and more. The highlight of the festival is Commonweal Theatre Company’s production of Henrik Ibsen’s satrical comedy The League of Youth.

Emmett Ramstad: After You: 17-Apr, 12:00 PM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5 . After You is the first exhibition in Rochester Art Center’s 2016 3rd Floor Emerging Artist Series, featuring new sculpture and installation-based work by Emmett Ramstad, a Minneapolis-based artist.

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Mid West Music Fest April 16, LaCrosse, WI April 28-30, Winona Various Locations

Year seven and growing like crazy. The Mid West Music Fest is, in the humble opinion of the crack SouthernMinn Scene staff, the premier showcase event for the Minnesota music scene. MWMF is a three day event spread over ten venues throughout Winona, featuring more than 100 artists and crossing genres from indie rock to hip hop to old school country.

What began as an ambitious idea from the mind of Winona musician and promoter Sam Brown has grown into an annual event that draws attention from all over the Midwest. Under the guidance of festival director Parker Forsell, MWMF has grown from a stand-alone event to a series of year round concerts and programs, like their Sounds Like School initiative that brings music performance and education to the public schools in Southeast Minnesota and beyond.

In 2016, MWMF is crossing the border into Wisconsin with a one day event in LaCrosse on April 16. On that one day, LaCrosse will play host to (among others) The 4onthefloor, Farewell Milwaukee, Toki Wright, The Ericksons, Koo Koo Kangaroo, The Ilika Ward Duo, Dem Atlas and Mike Munson.

Meanwhile the big event is three days in Winona April 28-30. This year the lineup includes Jeremy Messersmith, Romantica, Reina Del Cid, Charlie Parr, Apollo Cobra, Heiruspecs, Al Church, The Heavy Set, Martin Devaney, The People Brothers Band, Erik Koskinen, Frog Leg, The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank and so many more. There are also seminars for working musicians, songwriter workshops and, inevitably, some surprise appearances and collaborations.

The maddening part of MWMF is the impossibility of seeing and hearing everything. But for music lovers, it makes for three of the best days of the year just trying.

– – Rich Larson is the publisher and editor of SouthernMinn Scene. You can reach him at rlarson@ southernminnscene.com.

Ibsen Festival / 4.16 / Downtown Lanesboro towel dispensers, soap dishes, bathroom stalls, and restroom insignia. Together they form extra-ordinary pieces that distort the scale and function of bathroom surroundings and ask the viewer to reconsider their public grooming associations, as well as constructions of cleanliness.

Mary Poppins: 17-Apr, 2:00 PM, Ted Paul Theatre of Earley Center for Performing Arts, Minnesota State University, Mankato, $19-$22. Young Jane and Michael Banks have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives on their doorstep. Using a combination of magic and common sense, she must teach the family how to value each other again. Popular songs include ‘A Spoonful of Sugar,’ ‘Let’s Go Fly A Kite’ and ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.’ This is the first time Minnesota State Mankato has presented Mary Poppins.

Crimes Of The Heart: 17-Apr, 2:00 PM, Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 W. Third Street, Northfield, $13-$17. $17.00 adults, $13.00 seniors/students. Winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. An astonishing first play, initially presented by the Actors Theatre of Louisville, then Off-Broadway, and then on Broadway, where it established the author as

a major voice in our theatre. Warm-hearted, irreverent, zany and brilliantly imaginative, the play teems with humanity and humor as it examines the plight of three young Mississippi sisters betrayed by their passions.

507-282-8629 Rochester Symphony Orchestra: Slavic Soul: 17-Apr, 2:00 PM, Lourdes High School, 2800 19th Street NW, Rochester, $5-$30. Shostakovich Festive Overture Lutoslawski Concerto for Orchestra Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 featuring pianist Scott Cuellar There is no music that wears its heart on its sleeve like Slavic music.

Our all-Russian and Polish program exposes the native soil from which it rose and the deep emotions that are so apparent in every bar.

Our guest pianist Scott Cuellar closes the program with the all-powerful piano concerto from Tchaikovsky.

Mary Poppins: 17-Apr, 2:00 PM, Rochester Civic Theatre, 20 Civic Center Dr SE, Rochester, $19-$29. Adult $29; Senior $24; Student $19. Live, on stage at the Rochester Civic Theatre, it’s the magical family musical ‘’Mary Poppins!’’ One of the most popular Disney movies of all time is capturing hearts in a whole new way as a Broadway musical that the whole family will enjoy! Shows are

Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:00 pm, and Sundays at 2:00 pm. Doors open an hour before showtime. Tickets are on sale now! We expect that this show will sell out early--don’t wait to get your tickets! Get tickets online at www.rochestercivictheatre. org, or call our box office at 507-282-8481.

507-282-8481 Mayo Clinic Hospice Community Grief Support Group: 18-Apr, 1:00 PM, Mayo Clinic Hospice, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, Free. Death of a Significant Other Mayo Clinic Hospice invites you to join one of our Rochester Adult Grief Support Groups. Grief Support groups provide an opportunity to meet with others who have experienced a similar loss. Through sharing and facilitator support, the group will help normalize your grief experience and offer support and comfort. Eight consecutive Monday meetings will be held from April 4th through May 23, 2016. The groups are free of charge and open to anyone from the community who has lost a significant person in their life through death.

Registration closes on March 25, 2016. For information and registration, please contact: Dianne Axen - Bereavement Coordinator, Mayo Clinic Hospice - Phone: 507-284-4002 or 1-800-679-9084 - email: axen.dianne@ mayo.edu. - or - Debbie Ball - Administrative Assistant - Mayo Clinic Hospice - Phone: 507-284-4002 or 1-800-679-9084 - email: ball.debra@mayo.edu .

Community Grief Support Group: 18Apr, 6:30 PM, Mayo Clinic Hospice, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, Free. Death of a Child or Grandchild Death of a Parent or Grandparent Death of a Spouse or Significant Other Mayo Clinic Hospice invites you to join one of our Rochester Adult Grief Support Groups. Grief Support groups provide an opportunity to meet with others who have experienced a similar loss. Through sharing and facilitator support, the group will help normalize your grief experience and offer support and comfort. Eight consecutive Monday meetings will be held from April 4th through May 23, 2016. The groups are free of charge and open to anyone from the community who has lost a significant person in their life through death.

Registration closes on March 25, 2016. For information and registration, please contact: Dianne Axen - Bereavement Coordinator, Mayo Clinic Hospice - Phone: 507-284-4002 or 1-800-679-9084 - email: axen.dianne@ mayo.edu. - or - Debbie Ball - Administrative Assistant - Mayo Clinic Hospice - Phone: 507-284-4002 or 1-800-679-9084 - email: ball.debra@mayo.edu.

Alzheimer’s & Memory Loss Support Group Meeting: 19-Apr, 6:30 PM, Kingsway Retirement Living, 815 W Main St., Belle Plaine, Free. Third Tuesday of every month, at Kingsway Retirement Living, located on the campus of the Lutheran Home of Belle Plaine. For more information call Sarah at (952) 873-2161.

Caregiver Support Group: 20-Apr, 10:00 AM, Elder Network Northgate Shopping Center, 1130 1/2 7th Street NW, Suite 205, Rochester, Free. If you are caring for an older family member, friend or neighbor, heres an opportunity to meet with other caregivers to exchange helpful tips, give and receive support and learn about new resources.

Emmett Ramstad: After You: 20-Apr, 10:00 AM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5. 507-282-8629 Karaoke: 20-Apr, 6:30 PM, American Legion Post 92, 315 First Avenue NW, Rochester, Free. From 6:30 - 10:30 PM every Wednesday!

Jason Ringenberg, Hayward Williams and Brandon Sampson & John Wheeler: 20-Apr, 7:30 PM, Rochester Civic Theatre, 20 Civic Center Dr SE, Rochester, $19-$24. Jason Ringenberg was born and raised on an Illinois hog farm that bordered the Rock Island Line Railroad. He left for Nashville July 4 1981 to pursue his dream of making a band that could kick American roots music into the modern age! Little did he know just how far the kick would travel. He immediately formed Jason and the Scorchers and never looked back. Throughout the 1980s and 90s they tore up venues across the planet and became known as one of the most exciting live bands in music. On classic LPs like Fervor and Lost and Found they singlehandedly rewrote the history of rock nroll in the South. -Rolling Stone Their instinctive ability to combine traditional country music with high energy punk rock has not been surpassed to this day. In 2008 they were awarded the Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance.

There is an exhibit of them in the Country Music Hall of Fame. But Ringenbergs story does not stop there. In 1999 the Godfather of Americana (Mojo) decided to go solo. He has released five solo cds where his songwriting has been lauded by everyone from the BBC to USA TODAY. Touring the world relentlessly, The Times (UK) called him one of the most exciting performers of his generation. So dont go to his shows expecting to see a sensitive singer-songwriter sitting on a stool. With his acoustic guitar and fearless charisma he will rock the house. 507-282-8481 Emmett Ramstad: After You: 21-Apr, 10:00 AM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5. 507-282-8629 Mary Poppins: 21-Apr, 7:00 PM, Rochester Civic Theatre, 20 Civic Center Dr SE, Rochester, $19-$29. Adult $29; Senior $24; Student $19. 507-282-8481 Mark Grim: 21-Apr, 8:00 PM, The Tavern Lounge, 212 Division St., Northfield, Free.

Some songs old, some songs new, some songs country, some songs blue is how singer, guitarist Mark Grim describes what he sings. With a voice that brings to mind Gordon Lightfoot, he artfully picks and strums

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April 1-24, Rochester Civic Theatre April 7-17, Ted Paul Theater, Earley Center for Perfroming Arts, Minnesota State University, Mankato What’s better than Mary Poppins? Two Mary Poppins’!

Obviously, the performing rights to the musical adaptation of the beloved Disney film, itself adapted from the beloved series of novels by P.L. Travers has been made available at a reasonable rate, because we suddenly have a glut of performances to discuss (the same thing will happen later this summer when both the Northfield Arts Guild and the Little Theatre of Owatonna present Grease).

But this is not a bad thing. Yes, one feels a little badly for both the RCT and the theater department at MSU that these productions will go on simultaneously, but this is Mary Poppins, for cryin’ out loud. How many times have you seen the movie or read the book? How long have you known the words to “A Spoonful of Sugar?” How often have you delighted in just saying “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”? Really, you think you’ll have to make a choice between going to see one or the other? As our

through songs ranging from the Beatles Blackbird to Warren Zevons Poor, Poor Pitiful Me. His own songs I Still Cant See, Me and My Tattoo and Easy Money will give you cause to reflect, as well as laugh, at the real life characters that are portrayed.

Bluff Country Studio Art Tour: 22-Apr, 10:00 AM, Lanesboro Arts, 103 Parkway Ave N, Lanesboro, Free. Visit artists in studio in the Driftless region.

Emmett Ramstad: After You: 22-Apr, 10:00 AM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5 Mary Poppins: 22-Apr, 7:00 PM, Rochester Civic Theatre, 20 Civic Center Dr SE, Rochester, $19-$29. Adult $29; Senior $24; Student $19. 507-282-8629 Farragut North: 22-Apr, 7:30 PM, Paradise Center for the Arts, 321 Central Ave., Faribault, $9-$15. $9 Students/$15 Adults.

Directed by Craig Berg This taut political thriller is set in Des Moines, Iowa, weeks before the states caucuses officially commence.

Stephen Bellamy, a fast rising press secretary, finds himself caught up in backroom politics that threaten to torpedo his career. An object lesson in the dangers of the lust for power, Farragut North rockets to its final moments with surprises that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Lonesome Dan Kase: 22-Apr, 8:00 PM, The Tavern Lounge, 212 Division St., Northfield, Free. For the last 15 years, Lonesome Dan Kase has been playing his unique brand

of country-blues on stages throughout the U.S. His live performances showcase both his unique finger-picking style and warm vocals as well as his depth of knowledge in the history of the blues. 507-282-8481 Root River Bird Walk: 23-Apr, 7:30 AM, Rochester Community & Technical College Heintz Center Commons, 1926 Collegeview Rd. S.E., Rochester, Free. We will visit Root River County Park just south of Rochester near Simpson. The park has nice walking trails and good diverse habitat for a wide variety of birds. Meet at the Heintz Center at 7:30 AM to car pool. Walk will be cancelled in the event of rain/thunderstorms. Audubon Leader: Sandy Hokanson.

Hosanna’s Pantry: 23-Apr, 9:00 AM, Hosanna Lutheran Church, 2815 57th St NW, Rochester, Free. Hosanna’s Pantry is a satellite food shelf of Channel One food bank in Rochester. A photo ID is required. Coffee and treats are served while you wait to shop.

Bluff Country Studio Art Tour: 23-Apr, 10:00 AM, Lanesboro Arts, 103 Parkway Ave N, Lanesboro, Free.

Emmett Ramstad: After You: 23-Apr, 10:00 AM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5.

Bingo: 23-Apr, 1:00 PM, American Legion, 315 First Avenue NW, Rochester, Free. Bingo 1PM the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month.

Kitchen open at 11:00 serving delicious foods! $1.00 and $2.00 cards.

Mary Poppins: 23-Apr, 7:00 PM, Rochester Civic Theatre, 20 Civic Center Dr SE, Rochester, $19-$29. Adult $29; Senior $24; Student $19. 507-282-8629 Farragut North: 23-Apr, 7:30 PM, Paradise Center for the Arts, 321 Central Ave., Faribault, $9-$15. $9 Students/$15 Adults.

Jivin’ Ivan and The Kings of Swing: 23-Apr, 7:30 PM, Signature Bar and Grill, 201 Central Ave N, Faribault, Free. Great Band, Dancing, Dining, Drinking and all that fun stuff.

Davina & the Vagabonds: 23-Apr, 7:30 PM, State Theater, 96 E 4th St, Zumbrota, $20-$23. A high-energy quintet whose lead vocalist has been likened to Adele, Bessie Smith, Etta James and Amy Winehouse, Davina & the Vagabonds bring their fresh-but-retro sound. Davina Sowers and the Vagabonds have created a stir on the national blues scene with their high-energy live shows, sharp-dressed professionalism, and Sowers commanding stage presence.

With influences ranging from Fats Domino and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to Aretha Franklin and Tom Waits, the band is so much more than just a blues act. DATVs shows are filled with New Orleans charm, Memphis soul swagger, dark theatrical moments that evoke Kurt Weill, and tender gospel passages.

507-282-8481 Johnny OBrien: 23-Apr, 8:00 PM, The Tavern Lounge, 212 Division St., Northfield, Free. Johnny O’Brien (formerly John Wills)

is a folk/acoustic singer/songwriter from Minneapolis.

APRIL 24-30: Bluff Country Studio Art Tour: 24-Apr, 10:00 AM, Lanesboro Arts, 103 Parkway Ave N, Lanesboro, Free. Visit artists in studio in the Driftless region.

Emmett Ramstad: After You: 24-Apr, 12:00 PM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, $5 . After You is the first exhibition in Rochester Art Center’s 2016 3rd Floor Emerging Artist Series, featuring new sculpture and installation-based work by Emmett Ramstad, a Minneapolis-based artist.

The sculptures in the exhibition originate from familiar bathroom features such as towel dispensers, soap dishes, bathroom stalls, and restroom insignia. Together they form extra-ordinary pieces that distort the scale and function of bathroom surroundings and ask the viewer to reconsider their public grooming associations, as well as constructions of cleanliness.

Rochester Catholic Schools Open House (Preschool - Grade 12): 24-Apr, 12:00 PM, Lourdes High School, 2800 19th Street NW, Rochester, Free. Come discover Rochester Catholic Schools at our Spring Open House, hosted at all five Rochester Catholic Schools sites. Serving students in preschool - grade 12 Rochester Catholic Schools teachers and staff will be there to

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Farragut North: 24-Apr, 2:00 PM, Paradise Center for the Arts, 321 Central Ave., Faribault, $9-$15. $9 Students/$15 Adults.

Directed by Craig Berg This taut political thriller is set in Des Moines, Iowa, weeks before the states caucuses officially commence.

Stephen Bellamy, a fast rising press secretary, finds himself caught up in backroom politics that threaten to torpedo his career. An object lesson in the dangers of the lust for power, Farragut North rockets to its final moments with surprises that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Mary Poppins: 24-Apr, 7:00 PM, Rochester Civic Theatre, 20 Civic Center Dr SE, Rochester, $19-$29. Adult $29; Senior $24; Student $19. Live, on stage at the Rochester Civic Theatre, it’s the magical family musical ‘’Mary Poppins!’’ One of the most popular Disney movies of all time is capturing hearts in a whole new way as a Broadway musical that the whole family will enjoy! Shows are Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:00 pm, and Sundays at 2:00 pm. Doors open an hour before showtime. Tickets are on sale now! We expect that this show will sell out early--don’t wait to get your tickets! Get tickets online at www.rochestercivictheatre.org, or call our box office at 507-282-8481.

Mayo Clinic Hospice Community Grief Support Group: 25-Apr, 1:00 PM, Mayo

Clinic Hospice, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, Free. Death of a Significant Other Mayo Clinic Hospice invites you to join one of our Rochester Adult Grief Support Groups. Grief Support groups provide an opportunity to meet with others who have experienced a similar loss. Through sharing and facilitator support, the group will help normalize your grief experience and offer support and comfort. Eight consecutive Monday meetings will be held from April 4th through May 23, 2016. The groups are free of charge and open to anyone from the community who has lost a significant person in their life through death.

Registration closes on March 25, 2016. For information and registration, please contact: Dianne Axen - Bereavement Coordinator, Mayo Clinic Hospice - Phone: 507-284-4002 or 1-800-679-9084 - email: axen.dianne@ mayo.edu. - or - Debbie Ball - Administrative Assistant - Mayo Clinic Hospice - Phone: 507-284-4002 or 1-800-679-9084 - email: ball.debra@mayo.edu.

Time Trader Orientation: 25-Apr, 5:30 PM, Rochester Area Family YMCA, 709 1st Avenue SW, Rochester, Free. We have group orientations the 4th Monday of the month at 5:30p.m. at Rochester Family YMCA. Time Trader is an organized exchange network through which members earn Time Credits (TC) for time spent helping other members.

One hour of service earns one TC. With TC, members can buy services they want or need. For example, if you give one hour of childcare, you can receive one hour of paint-

ing, accounting, transportation assistance, or a piano lesson, and the list goes on.

Community Grief Support Group: 25Apr, 6:30 PM, Mayo Clinic Hospice, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, Free. Death of a Child or Grandchild Death of a Parent or Grandparent Death of a Spouse or Significant Other Mayo Clinic Hospice invites you to join one of our Rochester Adult Grief Support Groups. Grief Support groups provide an opportunity to meet with others who have experienced a similar loss. Through sharing and facilitator support, the group will help normalize your grief experience and offer support and comfort. Eight consecutive Monday meetings will be held from April 4th through May 23, 2016. The groups are free of charge and open to anyone from the community who has lost a significant person in their life through death.

Registration closes on March 25, 2016. For information and registration, please contact: Dianne Axen - Bereavement Coordinator, Mayo Clinic Hospice - Phone: 507-284-4002 or 1-800-679-9084 - email: axen.dianne@ mayo.edu. - or - Debbie Ball - Administrative Assistant - Mayo Clinic Hospice - Phone: 507-284-4002 or 1-800-679-9084 - email: ball.debra@mayo.edu.

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Just Between Friends, RochesterHuge Community Consignment Sale: 28-Apr, 7:00 AM, Graham Arena Complex, 1570 Fairgrounds Ave, Rochester, $2 . ‘Just Between Friends, the Nation’s Leading Children’s and Maternity Community Consignment Sales Event, will be returning to Rochester, MN April 28-30, 2016. Don’t miss this opportunity to Sell, Shop and Save 50-90% off the brand names shoppers love. We bring in thousands of shoppers. This is an event you will not want to miss!’.

Mid West Music Fest: 28-Apr, 6:00 PM, Mid West Music Fest, 168 E 3rd St, Winona, $50 . This years festival will will feature an exciting line-up of over 100 bands and musicians in 11 venues across downtown Winona.

Farragut North: 28-Apr, 7:30 PM, Paradise Center for the Arts, 321 Central Ave., Faribault, $9-$15. $9 Students/$15 Adults.

Farragut North: 28-Apr, 7:30 PM, Paradise Center for the Arts, 321 Central Ave., Faribault, $9-$15. $9 Students/$15 Adults.

Nick Hensley: 28-Apr, 8:00 PM, The Tavern Lounge, 212 Division St., Northfield, Free. Singer/songwriter Nick Hensley is the mastermind behind the musical collaborative, Love Songs For Angry Men, also the title of his first solo release, after fronting the criticallyacclaimed rock ensemble, The District.

Hensley has shared the stage with bands like The Hold Steady, Widespread Panic, The Gear Daddies, Trampled By Turtles, The Samples, and Big Head Todd and The Monsters. Hensleys music has received 4-star ratings from Paste magazine, City Pages, and Alt Country.com.. . (507) 281-6189 Just Between Friends, RochesterHuge Community Consignment Sale: 29-Apr, 8:00 AM, Graham Arena Complex, 1570 Fairgrounds Ave, Rochester, $2 . ‘Just Between Friends, the Nation’s Leading Children’s and Maternity Community Consignment Sales Event, will be returning to Rochester, MN April 28-30, 2016. Don’t miss this opportunity to Sell, Shop and Save 50-90% off the brand names shoppers love. We bring in thousands of shoppers. This is an event you will not want to miss!’.

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some of the biggest names in 60s and 70s music. The Wrecking Crew was a nickname coined by famous drummer, Hal Blaine, for a select group of musicians who played anonymously on hundreds of huge hits by artists including the Beach Boys, Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Carpenters, Simon and Garfunkel, The Mamas and the Papas, The Monkees, Elvis, Frank Sinatra, The Righteous Brothers, Jan and Dean, Barbara Streisand, Neil Diamond and hundreds more.

507-282-8629 Andriana Lehr: 29-Apr, 8:00 PM, The Tavern Lounge, 212 Division St., Northfield, Free. With a vocal range vast as the open prairie, Andriana Lehrs melodies combine the soaring range of Joni Mitchell with the depth and grounded roots of Aimee Mann and Brandi Carlile. Her song styles range from folk, Americana, and alt-country to pop-ballads, with notes of jazz and blues influence. With early influences by the likes of Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), Natalie Merchant, Sarah McLachlan, Wilco, Jewel, and Joni Mitchell, Lehr’s songwriting speaks straight to the soul, either through the heart, or through heady, existential lyrics that portray the struggles of 21st century existence. Lehr’s upcoming release, ‘Artifacts,’ exemplifies the confusion and growth that comes through selfexploration and the search for meaning and finding one’s place in this world. It is due out in 2016. Stay tuned.

Just Between Friends, RochesterHuge Community Consignment Sale: 30-Apr, 8:00 AM, Graham Arena Complex, 1570 Fairgrounds Ave, Rochester, $2.

Falls Duathlon: 30-Apr, 9:00 AM, Hannah’s Bend Park, , Cannon Falls, $55$90. Different price breaks: Individual: $55 - $60 Team: $85 - $90. We have had many over the years come to this duathlon and everyone agrees, it is one of the best early duathlons out there. The transition area is at the Cannon Falls pool parking lot on pavement. The whole course is along the Cannon River and if you want a short cut, make it a triathlon and cross the river to the other side. But honestly, you will love this Duathlon as it winds along the river. If it’s your first time at this event you will see why we call it the Falls Duathlon on the first run when you go up the trail next to the falls and later back down on the other side.

Emmett Ramstad: After You: 30-Apr, 10:00 AM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Roche 4th Annual First Tee Gala: 30-Apr, 6:00 PM, Lake Elmo Inn Event Center, 3712 Layton Ave N, Lake Elmo, $75 .

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Koochiching County visiting schools and gala at the Lake Elmo Event Center. Gala engaging with students before performing includes a seated dinner, live and silent at the Backus Community Center in auctions, raffle opportunities and live International Falls. Additionally, Koza is music. The First Tee program provides a regular guest musician and lecturer at the opportunity for kids to be introduced McNally Smith College of Music in St. to the game of golf as well as instilling Paul and at the Institute of Production and 9 core values to promote success in Recording in Minneapolis. everything they do.

Alice’s Adventures in WonderFarragut North: 30-Apr, 7:30 PM, land: 30-Apr, 7:30 PM, Little Theatre Paradise Center for the Arts, 321 Central of Owatonna, 560A Dunnell Drive, Ave., Faribault, $9-$15. $9 Students/$15 Owatonna, $10-$14. Adapted from Lewis Adults.

Carroll’s beloved story about a girl named The 411 Concert Series presents Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into Chris Koza: 30-Apr, 7:30 PM, Northfield a fantasy world populated by peculiar Arts Guild Theater, 411 W. Third creatures.

Street, Northfield, $25 . Chris Koza is a Matthew Griswold: 30-Apr, 8:00 PM, songwriter/musician living and working The Tavern Lounge, 212 Division St., in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where the Northfield, Free. Matthew Griswold brings climate, the mighty Mississippi River and his bone shakin voodoo grooves back to the balance of large city and rural comthe Lounge, keeping your toes tappin and munities offer continued inspiration. Koza hands clappin all night long. His brand grew up in Portland, Oregon and studied of foot stompin folk-rock pays a tribute to piano throughout elementary school the Delta Blues with a side order of thistle before expanding to guitar, euphonium, and shamrock. Expect a repertoire of and theater/voice while in high school. classic covers, reinvented traditionals and Koza first came to Minnesota to attend well-crafted originals.. . (507) 281-6189 St. Olaf College where he graduated with a B.A. in Studio Art (oil painting) and Philosophy. After college, Koza Add your event for began writing, recording, performing, FREE to the TIMELINE and producing his own compositions. c a l e n d a r . G O TO In 2004 he released his first solo album w w w. s o u t h ern Exit Pesce followed by 2006’s Patterns minn . c o mm / s c ene / and A Friend of a Friend. These releases c a len d a r & C l i c k + were met with warm critical acclaim by A d d a n E v ent key critics in the Twin Cities and led to regional touring and recognition. Koza moved to Minnesota for good in the fall of 2007, after spending the the previous six years splitting time between Portland, Minneapolis, and New York City. In 2008 he released The Dark Delirious Morning which built on the goodwill of earlier releases. With a full band, he headlined the famed First Avenue in Minneapolis and played over 150 shows regionally and nationally. In 2010 Koza began a cycle of albums with his new ensemble Rogue Valley and performance at the historic Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul.

Beginning with the Spring release Crater Lake, Koza and the band released four full length albums in one year, each released timed for a season. The Summer and Autumn albums, The Bookseller’s House and Geese in the Flyway followed and the project culminated in April of 2011 with False Floors in a multimedia dance/video/ music performance at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis. Lately, Koza has utilized his role as a musician in educational and outreach opportunities. During the winter of 2013, Koza was artist in residence and produced a performance with the Hopkins High School Orchestra. Later that year through the aid of grant funding, Koza and Rogue Valley spent a week in

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: 29-Apr, 7:30 PM, Little Theatre of Owatonna, 560A Dunnell Drive, Owatonna, $10-$14. Adapted from Lewis Carroll’s beloved story about a girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar creatures. (507) 281-6189 Hamburg, Magdeburg, and Brandenburg VI: 29-Apr, 7:30 PM, Zumbro Lutheran Church, 624 3rd Ave SW, Rochester, $10-$25. Bachs Brandenburg concertos, now some of his most celebrated works, sat unplayed in the Brandenburg archives until their rediscovery almost 100 years after Bachs death. With a nod to Bachs daring instrumental combinations, Jaap ter Lindenguest on viola da gambahas concocted a program that is all about the bass instruments. Featuring music for viola, viola da gamba, cello, and base de violon, as well as Brandenburg VI, its a lower string extravaganza!

Songs by The Wrecking Crew With The Fabulous Armadillos: 29-Apr, 7:30 PM, State Theater, 96 E 4th St, Zumbrota, $34-$38. In their latest show, the talent-packed Fabulous Armadillos pay tribute to some of the biggest musicians never known. Songs by The Wrecking Crew celebrates a group of musicians who performed for studio recordings of

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By Amanda Dyslin amandadyslin@gmail.com

SCENE: A large one-room apartment on the top floor of an old brownstone in the East Forties off Third Avenue. The room is barren.

A ladder, canvas drop cloth, and a couple of empty paint cans stand forlornly in the center of the room. There is a huge skylight, which pours the bright February SUNSHINE glaringly into the room.

And with this, the stage was set – in more ways than one. This is the first scene in Neil Simon’s 1963 play “Barefoot in the Park,” setting the stage for the unfolding of the first few days of characters Paul and Corie Bratter’s marriage. But it’s also the first scene of the first-ever show of Highland Summer Theatre (HST) during the summer of 1967, setting the stage for the next 50 years of professional summer stock theatre in Mankato.

This summer will mark the Golden Anniversary of Highland, which has featured several crowd-pleasing productions every summer. Plays and musicals have ranged from “Sweeney Todd” (the play version, capping off the first season in 1967), to “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” (1987), to “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” (the first production in Andreas Theatre in 2000), to “Xanadu” (2015). As with the Mainstage and Studio seasons in the Theatre and Dance Department at Minnesota State University, Highland has always offered something for everyone.

This summer, to celebrate such a momentous year, Artistic Director Paul J. Hustoles said Highland Summer Theatre will both pay homage to the past and look toward its future. To honor the past, Hustoles is bringing back alumni to work on each of the four productions, both on the stage as actors and behind the scenes.

To celebrate an assuredly bright future of Highland, two of the productions this summer will be premieres at MSU. “What’s interesting is that I always think of theater as a slice of the past. Most plays are, in a good way, dated; they’re attributed to a certain time,” Hustoles said. “So what’s fun is finding the newness, doing a show that’s new to us.”

Hustoles said the 50th season will strike a perfect balance between the two, with two shows that previously have been done and two new shows. He himself, serving as Artistic Director during his 31st year at MSU, also serves as an example of past and future.

This year Hustoles surpassed the MSU career longevity of Ted Paul, the founding father of MSU Theatre and Highland Summer Theatre.

“This is the year I vault ahead of Ted,” Hustoles said.

middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia share a home in Bucks County, Penn., where they bicker and complain about the circumstances of their lives. Suddenly, their movie-star sister, Masha, swoops in with her new boy toy, Spike. Old resentments flare up, eventually leading to threats to sell the house. Also on the scene are sassy maid Cassandra, who can predict the future, and a lovely young aspiring actress named Nina, whose prettiness somewhat worries the imperious Masha.

“This play speaks to this century,” Hustoles said. “It’s very current.”

‘Footloose,’ music by Tom Snow; lyrics by Dean Pitchford; stage adaptation by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie; based on the original screenplay by Dean Pitchford; additional music

by Eric Carmen, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins and Jim Steinman (produced at MSU in 2002) Performs July 7-9 and 13-16 in the Ted Paul Theatre

‘Seussical,’ book by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty; music by Stephen Flaherty; lyrics

by Lynn Ahrens; co-conceived by Eric Idle (a premiere) Performs June 8-11 in the Ted Paul Theatre, Earley Center for Performing Arts, MSU About the musical: Now one of the most performed shows in America, “Seussical” is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza!

Tony winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty have lovingly brought to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie, and a little boy with a big imagination—Jojo. The colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.

“It speaks to all ages,” Hustoles said. “Dr. Seuss was way before his time. Even when you look at his stuff now, it looks futuristic.”

IF YOU GO:

Performs June 22-25 in the Andreas Theatre

Individual tickets for “Seussical” and “Footloose” are $22 regular or $19 discounted for seniors ages 65 and over and children ages 16 and under. Individual tickets for “Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike” and “The Nerd” are $16 regular and $14 discounted. Individual tickets go on sale May 9.

About the play: The action centers on the hilarious dilemma of a young architect who is visited by a man he’s never met but who saved his life in Vietnam. The visitor turns out to be an incredibly inept, hopelessly stupid “nerd” who outstays his welcome with a vengeance.

“This one has a timeless quality,” Hustoles said.

Call the Box Office from 4 to 6 p.m. weekdays at 507-389-6661 or the MSU Department of Theatre and Dance main office at 507-389-2118 for a brochure or more information. Or visit MSUTheatre.com.

‘The Nerd,’ by Larry Shue (produced in HST 2001)

Performs May 25-28 in the Andreas Theatre, Earley Center for Performing Arts, MSU

About the play: Winner of the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play,

Amanda Dyslin is a freelance writer in Mankato. She can be reached at amandadyslin@ gmail.com.

Season tickets for the 50th “Golden Anniversary” Season of Highland Summer Theatre are $66 for all four shows and are available until May 28 by mail order only.

Here’s a look at what the Golden Anniversary of Highland Summer Theatre has to offer:

‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,’ by Christopher Durang (a premiere)

About the musical: When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, Ren is prepared for the inevitable adjustment period at his new high school. What he isn’t prepared for are the rigorous local edicts, including a ban on dancing instituted by the local preacher, determined to exercise the control over the town’s youth that he cannot command in his own home. When the reverend’s rebellious daughter sets her sights on Ren, her roughneck boyfriend tries to sabotage Ren’s reputation, with many of the locals eager to believe the worst about the new kid. The heartfelt story that emerges is of a father longing for the son he lost and of a young man aching for the father who walked out on him.

“Footloose takes place in a very specific time and place, and yet, it still resonates right now,” Hustoles said. “Just think about the world as it exists now and the people who don’t want to be on the cutting edge of social norms and those who want to bring society kicking and dragging into a new world. ‘Footloose’ demonstrates that beautifully.”

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By Grace Webb grace.webb2013@gmail.com

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n the early hours of Feb. 3, Madelia residents were roused from their slumber by the wails of fire trucks.

As they stumbled out of their homes, they were met with an awful sight: one long stretch of Main Street was ablaze. Despite the efforts of ten different fire departments and 100 firefighters over the next eight hours, the flames, fanned higher by blizzard-force winds, consumed seven buildings and the eight businesses inside in a disaster that could be seen from miles away.

When the smoke cleared that morning, the devastation was even clearer. Rubble and debris covered two-thirds of the block where a hair salon, a restaurant, an upholstery shop, an insurance office, a dentist’s office and other businesses used to stand.

Though the fire investigation is still ongoing, the cause is thought to have been an explosion that occurred in one of the businesses, which was so powerful that it drove shards of glass through a bank window across the street.

For a small town of about 2,000, the damage is nearly indescribable—the equivalent of Mankato losing 200 businesses, according to statistics from the Region Nine Development Commission.

“I don’t believe this community has faced anything comparable at all,” said Nicole Griensewic Mickelson, executive director of Region Nine. “This is an absolute disaster for a community this size.”

Yet, in the wake of such a nightmare, Madelia residents refused to despair.

Instead, they began to rebuild—slowly, painstakingly, sorrowfully but determinedly.

Quickly, the rest of Minnesota rallied around them. Within two days, Gov. Mark Dayton visited Madelia, meeting with business owners and city officials. He even gave out his home phone number to residents, promising executive action to help with disaster recovery.

One such action was helping the owner of Tressa Veona Salon quickly go through the cosmetology regulations necessary to open

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up a temporary location, which can usually take weeks or months.

U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, State Senator Julie Rosen, Representatives Tony Cornish and Tim Walz, and Representative Bob Gunther (who used to serve Madelia as part of his district) also responded, some arriving in the city within hours of the emergency.

“They’ve been all hands on deck,” Griensewic Mickelson said.

“This is really a moment where it doesn’t matter what your politics are; every layer of legislators has been fabulous.”

Following the disaster, people stepped up to help in countless ways. Local flower shop Hope and Faith Floral was able to reopen over Valentine’s Day weekend, always an important weekend for florists, thanks to help from volunteers and the Madelia Fire Department, which delivered roses and flower arrangements.

“I’m really touched and overwhelmed by the amount of support from the greater community and the people who are helping,” said owner Ryan Visher.

Tressa Veona Salon moved in with local competitor Lori’s Hair Salon so that the stylists could start taking appointments again.

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Fox’s Pizza, another Madelia business, donated pizzas to firefighters on the day of the disaster and have continued to donate food for every meeting that has occurred since, along with throwing a baby shower for the owner of one of the affected restaurants.

And the locally started “Rebuild Madelia’s Main Street” page on GoFundMe, which raised more than $7,000 by the first evening after the fire, had more than $15,000 by the end of February.

“It’s just been really, really cool to see the community coming together and everybody supporting each other,” Griensewic Mickelson said.

“Madelia Strong” became a rallying cry that swept across southern Minnesota and even further. Madelia-based printing company Preferred Printing Company printed and donated 100 “Madelia Strong” t-shirts to raise funds, and the shirts were gone in ten minutes, according to owner Dan McCabe, whose business was only 27 feet away from the fire. They printed 100 more, then 500 more, then 1,000 more. They’ve raised $20,000 so far and have also begun selling sweatshirts to raise additional funds.

Meanwhile, “Madelia Strong Inc.,” a community fund sponsored by Region Nine, has received about $130,000 in donations so far.

Some businesses took it even farther.

Pioneer Bank is offering a $50,000 benefits package for business owners and employees, including a loan pool for interest-free loans to businesses that rebuild or open in the fire impacted area, money for Madelia’s fire relief fund, a donation to the local volunteer fire departments that helped with the blaze and grants for businesses that hire workers displaced by the fire. Meanwhile, Citizens Bank Minnesota pledged to donate $10,000 each to the 10 fire departments involved in the disaster, along with $5,000 to “Madelia Strong, Inc.” “I’m amazed at how the surrounding fire departments and communities have come together to support Madelia,” said branch manager Mark Denn, who is also a volunteer fire fighter and Chief for the Madelia Fire Department. “Words cannot express the gratitude and appreciation for all the help to rebuild Madelia’s Main Street.”

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Madelia-based Tony Downs donated $20,000 to help with relief efforts and another $80,000 to the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation to help cover expenses not covered by insurance. The Foundation and its partners have raised more than $200,000 so far.

“The silver lining of tragedies like the Madelia fire is that the strength of our small town communities quickly becomes apparent,” said Tim Penny, SMIF President and CEO. “It was a collabora-

tive effort of neighboring communities to put the fire out, and it will be a similarly collaborative effort to help Madelia rebound.”

Greater Mankato Growth, Mankato’s business chamber, started a special giving campaign to raise funds for Madelia, collecting $78,000 in donations and pledges, along with $50,000 “in kind” donations from local businesses and media outlets.

“It was incredible, really, to see the outpouring of support and folks’ desire to want to do something to help,” said Jonathan Zierdt, CEO and President of GMG. Other cities also raised funds. New Ulm used its annual Bockfest and Fasching events to collect donations, and St. James and Lake Crystal both hosted pancake breakfasts and other events. In addition, several local sports teams raised money at games.

According to Griensewic Mickelson, it’s uncertain how long it will take to rebuild the affected businesses. However, several owners have made it clear that they want to reopen as soon as possible, at least by Christmas and hopefully by Razzle Dazzle Days, the city’s annual celebration in November.

For now, the area is still closed off as the investigation continues. However, while the once vibrant downtown is now a pile of scorched rubble, there are flashes of hope that still shine through, thanks to almost defiant “Madelia Strong” signs taped to business windows. The gesture may be small, but it’s still a powerful reminder of the resilience of Madelia residents. In the face of unimaginable disaster, they survived. They overcame. And they will rebuild Madelia into something even more beautiful than before.

MORE INFORMATION: To donate to Madelia Strong, contact Greater Mankato Growth through its website, www.greatermankato.com/ madelia, or send checks to the Madelia Area Chamber of Commerce. T-shirts are available through the Madelia Area Chamber of Commerce.

Grace Webb is a freelance writer in Southern Minnesota. She can be contacted at grace. webb2013@gmail.com.

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Molly Dean’s beautifully eclectic ‘Natural Minor’

ince the beginning of 2015, she has released the debut album from Moon & Pollution, her collaboration with electronic musician and producer Graham O’Brien, and joined with fiddler and banjoist Barbara Jean to form an Americana/ country/folk duo called Dusty Heart (both to great acclaim). She has played shows around the Midwest – and even farther – for months on end.

It’s not a stretch to call her the hardest working woman in the Twin Cities music business.

With all that going on, she’s also found time to record solo album called The Natural Minor.

Produced by Dave Simonett of Trampled By Turtles and working with some of the best musicians around (including guitarist Erik Koskinen, bassist Frankie Lee and drummer JT Bates) her album captures her career in microcosm. It showcases her gorgeous voice and considerable skills as a songwriter which, combined with her tireless work ethic, reveal a musician who can easily borrow from different genres to create a unique sound all her own.

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Sia’s ‘This Is Acting’ both thrills and delights

ongwriting for hire is a rare skill. The ability to write a song for yourself that expresses your inner emotions is a daunting enough task, but imagine working as a surrogate to speak for another person, adopting their musical style in a way that remains both true and consistent to their inner voice. Now, imagine undergoing this only to have your work rejected by your intended recipient. Popular music has a long history of the “Tin Pan Alley” tradition and on her seventh album, Sia turns these dismissals into a unique triumph. Think of “This is Acting” as a 21st Century version of Carole King’s “Tapestry.”

Album opener “Bird Set Free” was originally slated for Adele’s “25” album and sounds like it. A back and forth piano figure and melodic sense of vocal phrasing immediately recalls the intended singer. While this Adele-paint-by-numbers composition may have fit on “25” it would only have served to re-enforce the safety of that record’s unchallenging sound.

On the other hand, “25” would have benefitted enormously from another cast-off, “Alive,” with its strident marching beat and menacing chord changes. But Adele’s rejection may have been the best thing for the song. It is easy to imagine Adele’s flawless voice soaring effortlessly over the high notes in this tale of survival and overcoming hardship. However, Sia’s lack of

swing? Check out the album opener “Autumn Sky.” Heartfelt romantic folk? That’s the tenderly sentimental ballad “Fire Burned Bright.”

Theatrical strings wrapped around an enigmatically haunting melody? Then check out the title track. Her grace in moving around the musical landscape is effortless. Where one would expect some jarring juxtaposition of sound, Dean gives us seamless layers. She combines seemingly incongruous elements to create light and hypnotic beauty. Of course the bouncing guitar of “Conversation” is embraced by those lush harmonies.

That dissident violin ties it all together. Why wouldn’t that work?

The common thread throughout The Natural Minor is Dean’s voice. Powerful at times and subtle at others, she may possess the most adaptable set of vocal chords in the Upper Midwest. But she doesn’t simply rely on natural ability. Sometimes it’s in her phrasing or expression. It’s the heavy bounce she puts into “What A Surprise,” or the audible smile heard in “Conversation” when she sings “whether you’re the good girl/or if you are the mistress/sometimes an open heart can be swallowed in secret.” From song to song, her voice, along with her instincts, prove to be infallible.

As a songwriter, Dean is not just a fascinating lyricist, but is also one who understands how a simple chord change here, or a conga beat there can convey an idea just as easily as a well-written couplet. The lyrics on “The Natural Minor” would read as disjointed thoughts were they not accompanied by Koskinen’s echo laden guitar tone.

“This vulnerability/tends to sneak up on me/with admirable accuracy,” she sings, followed by deep silence before adding “the piercing quality.” The tension created finally bursts into a controlled tantrum of guitars, organ and strings before she finally wrestles back her restraint. All of that, just because she’s not sure she wants to fall in love.

To be sure, the presence of a producer like Simonett and some of the better Twin Cities musical minds is a great boon to this album, but it’s clear throughout that Molly Dean is in charge.

She has summoned the momentum that she has worked up with her myriad projects to produce a beautiful album, well layered and carefully pieced together. Simply put, The Natural Minor is a snapshot of an artist at the top of her game.

vocal perfection makes her the more believable choice. She hits the highest note of the chorus powerfully but when descending a whole step to the next note, her voice cracks slightly. It is a sound not unlike the squeaking of an acoustic guitar during quick chord changes. What might be viewed as a weakness becomes a powerful and unique hook to the song. It is utterly believable that the voice singing this truly has overcome the odds to arrive at the other side.

Both the raving “Move Your Body” and the mid-tempo power ballad “Unstoppable” sound suited for Katy Perry in an alternate universe.

Flowing verses lead to tense pre-choruses that explode anthem-like into sing-able choruses that Perry’s “Katy Cats” would have eaten up on the colourful spectacle that was last year’s “Prismatic” world tour.

“Cheap Thrills” is a Friday night party anthem with a loping, swaggering beat. Sia’s voice bends and swirls while a gang chorus shouts “I love cheap thrills” in raucous support. This track might pass you by on first listen, but buries its hooks upon repeated listening.

“House On Fire” co-written with Jack Antonoff of fun has a melodic sound that would have been at home on “Some Nights.” Reminiscent of “All Alone” from that album but slightly darker, Sia’s voice twists and turns to reflect the intensity of an abusive relationship ending with no clear resolution. A decidedly European soundscape adds an engaging sonic flair filling with hooks that make this one the “must immediately repeat” song of

the album.

The album closes with “Space Between, ” the only song intentionally taken back by Sia from an artist specifically for this collection. Written for Rihanna, this heartbreaking ballad about a stagnant relationship break-up mines similar sonic territory from Sia’s previous albums and brings the proceedings to a fitting conclusion.

From start to finish, “This is Acting” is both tuneful and perfectly sequenced. Varied in style and approach, each song feels natural and segues from track to track in effortless fashion. It’s like listening to the latest edition of one of those catchy “Now That’s What I Call Music” compilations, but with the same person singing each song.

The albums concept perhaps allows the notoriously shy Sia to overcome any stage fright that might otherwise hinder her by allowing her to assume the persona of the singers these songs were originally composed for. Much like Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth wearing a mask to navigate her surroundings without giving herself away, Sia masterfully uses the guise of others to reveal her own artistry. With “This Is Acting” Sia gives a class not only in the art of songwriting, but in delivery as well.

The Deluxe Version available at Target adds two additional tracks, “Fist Fighting A Sandstorm” and “Summer Rain” that are pleasant additions but are non-essential to an overall strong album.

Rich Larson is the publisher and editor of SouthernMinn Scene. You can reach him at rlarson@southernminnscene.com.

Daniel G. Moir has forgotten more about music than all the rest of us know combined. Reach him at editor@southernminnscene.com.

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n the four short years since the release of their first album Give You The Ghost, Poliça has seen international success, made television appearances and played the festival circuit. Give You The Ghost was a train lead largely by unseen producer Ryan Olson, with other members adding their individual pieces, in what was at the time, uncharted territory of combining electronic elements with live ones. The material was mostly relationship based, vague, haunting and beautiful. On their second album, Shulamith, the band came together more strongly as a cohesive unit, the pieces now blending into each other as watercolor painting’s colors run together. They got darker and dove deeper into more adventurous subject matter, led by lead singer Channy Leaneagh’s assertions about women owning themselves and not needing a man or a partner to be whole. Now, on their third album, United Crushers, the band takes on current day social injustices and the resulting difficulties we have in living full lives. Musically this album is their most adventurous to date, breaking the rules of song construction and introducing new synthetic sounds. The band is also at their most collaborative, making bolder artistic choices, brightening their sound, refining it at the same time.

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each. The first, “Lime Habit”, which exudes the familiar Poliça sound from their first album, the solid drums and rhythmic synths that swell and swirl behind Channy’s ethereal vocals. She has said to NPR that this song is the most “diary-like” on the album, expressing her “mode of operation”.

The second single “Wedding” is the band’s police brutality protest song and comes with an equally moving video featuring Channy as a teacher type figure on a Sesame Street program teaching children how to interact with the police.

It is a bold statement, signaling that this group is not only about making music, but always sending a message.

The message on the open of “Summer Please” is that of a mother telling her baby, “It’s all shit” referring to the world it’s about to enter into.

Channy’s voice is on alien-like level distortion perhaps to mimic a mother’s voice to a child in utero. Her natural voice joins the alien one, and the song moves from spacey-radio-to-base communication to an uptempo 80’s dance as she repeats “I got mine, I’ll be fine”. This is of course to mock the self-centered nature we have in the modern world of instant gratification.

On “Top Coat” things get dark, thick and heavy, employing an arsenal of laser beam effects.

Channy’s suffocated vocal is syrupy, drama laden and desperate. When the heaviness breaks after she utters “the hands of love” you hear “they don’t feel me” standing alone. The ending is a bus slowly coming to a stop.

The real gems of the album are the least dramatic musically. Two heartbreaker slow jams, “Lately” and album closer “Lose You” will tug at your insides. On the first, a slow bass line and steady drums outline the lyric, “If it’s good it’s gonna stay, it’s gonna be my only way.” It’s a relationship reflection and peptalk in one as she laments “It seems like we’re too comfortable in love.” Channy’s voice is absent of manipulation, making it all the more raw and beautiful.

“Lose You” is a kaleidoscope, lush but with room to breath. It has a bit of 80’s ballad personality minus the corny lyrics. On this one Channy is woman claiming her worth, challenging her lover to leave.

United Crushers showcases everything there is to love about a band like Poliça. It’s that atmospheric synth painting pictures of other-worldly spaces. It’s a double set of drums adding punch and drama. It’s bass with more personality than you’d think a bass was capable of. And Channy’s affected vocals slithering and sliding over everything, her lyrics at their most raw and exposed.

They take a lot of chances in composition of these songs, throwing in unexpected elements around many of the corners. There’s a freshness, a funkiness, that is a big middle finger to rules and regulations. On United Crushers Polica is fearless in creation and finds meaning in our interactions.

Sarah Osterbauer is the SouthernMinn Scene music columnist.

She’s a music critic and loves to meet the people who make the city’s heart beat (and sometimes break). Follow her on twitter @ SarahOwrites.

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Baseball season is almost here! Break out the confetti, streamers, beer, foam fingers, TC Bear plushies, Joe Mauer side-burns, Tony O’s Cuban Sandwiches, peanuts, cracker jacks (are those still a thing?), and your best game face! It’s about go go down. Last year the Minnesota Twins had a late season push to get them into second place but only to fall in the wild card standings, being only four games away from grasping onto a wild card spot. SO close yet so far away, which is sadly the norm in the Minnesota Sportsphere. Prior to that they, uhm, how do I put it lightly; majorly sucked.

They sucked so bad, between 2010 (when they were in first place, remember that? I was so young back then. Filled with hope and aspirations) to 2014 their yearly attendance dropped almost ONE MILLION PEOPLE. Ouch.

But hey, its a brand new year. The Twins had moments last year that gave us some glimmering hope for this season. One big addition to the squad this year is the 29 year old Korean sensation Byung Ho Park. Last season with the Heroes, Park was named the league’s MVP after hitting .343 with 53 home runs and 146 RBIs. In nine seasons in Korea, Park hit 210 career home runs with a .281 average.

He has knocked in over 100 runs in each of the last four seasons, which we so badly need.

a 4.00 ERA in 17 big-league starts, finishing the year on a 7-1 run.

So here is to a new year, like most Minnesota sports teams we have all of the pieces of the puzzle. But the huge problem is sometimes we start to put together that aforementioned puzzle, and some of the pieces look oddly alike and its hard to put them together then you get so mad you just give up or drink more wine. Don’t give up, start with the border then work your way in. That’s seriously the only way to build a puzzle. I know, I know, its hard to have faith in any sports team lately, but with the Vikings getting so close, and the Twins trying their darnedest to prove to their fans they are legit its hard NOT to have faith. How Minnesota sports fan of me.

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elieve it or not, my editor has the unfortunate job of fielding complaints that we occasionally receive about my monthly columns— usually they come in after I’ve used a swear word or following the time I wrote about my sister-in-law buying a marijuana cookie in Colorado.

With my January column discussing how I no longer believe in god, and February’s column featuring not one, but two utterances of profanity, I expected the conservative, delicate readers of the Southern Minnesota Scene to come out in droves to complain.

For once, I was hoping they would—because then I’d have a topic to write about for the “art” issue.

But alas—they did not. So now I have to write about my experience as an extra on the set of a movie.

You, as a reader, certainly follow along with every profanity filled piece I write for this magazine. And because that’s the case, you are aware that last month, for the “movies” issue, I wrote a #longread about my time observing on the set of the movie that was filmed in Northfield—The Last Love Letter.

Not ten minutes after I sent my completed article, “Quiet on The Set,” to my editor for his perusal, I received a telephone call from the woman who had been tasked with corralling extras for the movie.

On the phone, she tells me that the producers of the movie like both me, as well as “my look,” and she asks me if I would like to be an extra in the movie.

Walking down the street, listening to her ask the question, my mind immediately goes to the place where I keep all of the excuses I would use to get out of something like this—“I don’t know if I can spare the time away from work” being the first one I use; following that, “I don’t know what my schedule is like for the week.”

The first mistake I make was telling my wife that this phone call transpired—she herself had been used as an extra when the crew filmed in her office earlier in the week. She also has an interest in filmmaking, performs in local theatrical productions, and is generally better about doing things, or showing interest in things, when opportunities like this present themselves.

I, on the other hand, thanks to my crippling depression, anxiety, and overall anhedonia, did not gaze upon this opportunity as fondly. Due to all of my…conditions…it turns out I am just not usually up for doing things that take me out of my comfort zone,

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or the routine that I have created for myself.

If I can quote the rapper Earl Sweatshirt—“I don’t like shit. I don’t go outside.”

Despite the fact that I don’t like shit, on a Monday morning at 6:30 I found myself outside, in below zero temperatures, walking into the production company’s make shift office, in what I will later discover is referred to as the “holding” area—basically, a section of the office with some folding chairs setup.

It was there I was corralled with the other extras who had been called for the day—children mostly—squirrelly, sleep deprived children who were being wrangled by their agitated and equally as sleep deprived parents. Children fumbling with headphones and iPads with cracked screens; children manically mashing on the touch screen of their parent’s smartphone, playing some kind of mind numbing video game.

After sitting uncomfortably in a folding chair for an hour, we extras were all herded from holding, across the street to where the shoot for the day was—the bookstore.

This is where I make my second mistake in this entire comedy of errors—as the director sidles up to me and we make small pleasantries, I mention to him that, outside of my work with the newspaper, I also work at the bookstore. As these words leave my mouth, I see the gears beginning to turn in his head—he decides he’s going to use me as a featured extra—where I am to place a sign in the window of the bookstore, advertising an in-store author event, that then attracts the attention of a child actress.

This means that I am not needed until 11:30 a.m., which means I sit around for four hours with nothing to do—save for wallowing in my anxieties about the situation. I didn’t think to bring something to do, like a book to read, or my laptop. Instead, I think about how I should be working.

I wonder about if my boss will even approve the vacation time I put in a request to use so I could be here. I hope that I’ll be done before 12:30 p.m. so I can go home and check on my rabbit—something that I do, like clockwork, every weekday.

Finally, after hours of waiting and anticipation, it’s my moment to shine. A production assistant is sent over to the holding area and summons for me.

Back in the store, I am handed an oversized

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And I do all of that. And then I do it all again. And again. And again.

That’s one of the things you don’t realize about movie making—you don’t just do something once and move on.

You do it once for the camera that’s behind you. Then the crew resets, and you do it again for the camera that’s in front of you on a dolly track, moving from left to right. Then you do it again for a different camera that is also in front of you, but not moving. Then you do it again for yet another camera that is positioned slightly behind the other one.

You continue to do all this. You place the sign. You futz. You wave. The director calls “Cut. One more time.”

anxiety subsides, and I’m left with a feeling of irritation—I’m frustrated that I am still on the set of a movie, having spent upwards of six hours total in a holding pattern of waiting for this moment—the moment where I place a sign in a window and wave to a child I’ve never met, and don’t even talk to.

After enough times through, it’s determined that they got the shots they need. “That’s a wrap on Kevin,” I am told by one of the dozens of production assistants, scrambling around the set with various lighting rigs, camera mounts, and walkie talkies.

Once I am dismissed from the set, I wander back to my office, only to be greeted with jokes from my co-workers: “Will you remember all of us little people when you are big and famous,” one of them deadpans.

Still frustrated from my morning, I laugh, because that’s all you can

For one day, my life was like an episode of “Extras,” only not as awkward and funny — mostly just frustrating.

And it’s not just you the director has his hands full with—he has to deal with child performers, one of whom is failing to deliver the lines in the way that he’s rehearsed with the kid just moments prior to yelling “action.”

“Say it just like that,” he tells the child.

The child does not say it just like that at all.

You reset the shot. You place the sign in the window again.

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do. As I sit down to begin my day— mid-afternoon—I think about the supposedly fun thing that I just experienced and I wonder what, if anything, I got out of the experience and why I let myself get talked into it.

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