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6 SoMinn State of Mind

16 Amy’s TV Crush

46 Faribault Foodie

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And so this is Christmas...

12 The perfect New Year’s Eve party

A special holiday rant.

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hen the first chill of winter hits our skin, there are things we are programmed to do. We savor the first sip of a gingerbread latte, light our pine scented candle (that we bought in September because Target tricked us and put out all their Christmas décor then) and purchase a new scarf because even though we have 10, it’s MN and it’s winter and you can never have too many scarves.

A lot of people like to get into the holiday spirit by watching a holiday themed movie, like, Love Actually for instance. Some other people (I won’t name names) might have watched Love Actually, not only around Christmas, but every night in college, before bed.

Completely unrelated, (but not really) Love Actually is my favorite movie. Before you write me off as a typical female romcom aficionado, hear me out. I love the idea of people meeting and getting to

know each other in a non-traditional way (aside from standard dating) and realizing that they love each other. Or better still, meeting as the result of something negative and then again, finding out that they love each other. Half the battle of finding the right person is when you think you found them, having the guts to let them know it. Where this movie does it right, is the way each character tells their person that they love them. It’s not always romantic love and it doesn’t always end happily ever after. But the point is having the courage to say it anyways. This leads me to my next plea for all of you this holiday season.

We live in a world that has become exponentially connected electronically, but increasingly disconnected physically. We text, email, Facebook, Spotify, Snapchat, Instagram everyone. I have 800-some Facebook friends; roughly half that number of contacts in my phone , and less than 5

that I actually call (yes, speak to and they hear my voice, not text) on a regular basis. How many people do you call? Or make time to actually see their face, hold their hand, or give them a hug? This winter, when all you really want to do is sit inside with your hot chocolate (spiked with Baileys, duh), think about *calling* a friend you haven’t seen in a while. Or go that extra step and put on your last season’s Uggs and go see that friend in person. Give the present of your presence. Because in a world where friends are literally at your fingertips, it means so much more to make the additional effort to say things in person. And then you can remind yourself really, how “Love actually, is all around.”

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have this thing this time of year. I can’t help it.

Sometime between Thanksgiving Day and Christmas, I will carve out about an hour of my time to watch Santa Claus is Coming to Town.

It’s possible, especially if you’re under the age of 35, that you have never heard of this old Rankin Bass Christmas special, and I feel sorry for you. But those of you over 35, and those of you who are under 35 and are incredibly cool, know what I’m talking about. Fred Astaire dancing in stop motion. Mickey Rooney voicing the role he was born to play. The Winter Warlock screaming “I’m not such a loser after all!” Burgermeister Meisterburger.

That’s Christmas.

Watching that special is a personal tradition of mine. We all have them.

Three of my friends and I get together in early December every year to celebrate the season by going to a Japanese steakhouse. We even have a non-politically correct name for the event, which I will not share with you because I like my job.

My favorite tradition however, is the day I get to spend with my daughters. Every year we go to Minneapolis to see A Christmas Carol at the Guthrie Theater, and then go have dinner at a favorite restaurant. It’s something we’ve done since my oldest daughter Sara was about five, and my youngest daughter Katie started to join us a couple years later. Every year I lose it at the end when Tiny Tim declares “God bless us! Everyone!” and then deny it at dinner when my daughters try to tease me about it. There are two rules: no friends allowed and no significant others.

Grandchildren, if and when they come along, will absolutely be welcome, but that’s it. This is my one day a year when I have my daughters’ undivided attention, they have mine, and all of it for no other reason than sharing the day. It is truly the most wonderful time of the year.

And we love it, right? There’s a magic feeling that we all try to capture this time of year. Of course, it can get lost in the shuffle of year end reports, final exams and an ill-timed blizzard, but we certainly know it’s there and we try to feel it as much as possible. That’s where tradition comes in. Some of the things, like watching Santa Claus is Coming to Town, we do to tap directly into the holiday spirit.

But for me, the holidays are also about taking stock of the year. Looking back over what’s transpired, and remembering

what’s really important. That’s why I go eat fried rice with my buddies, and it’s why I cherish that day with my girls.

Traditions are important. The danger, of course, is losing the meaning behind them. It’s important that we don’t do them just to do them; that we don’t let them become robotic. They’re there because they help us remember our values.

They’re there to remind us of the Who and the Why in our lives.

So, this year, whatever it is you do – whether it’s a Christmas shopping excursion, or eating chili and cinnamon rolls on Christmas Eve, or watching a silly stop motion TV show, take the time to really appreciate and savor the moment. Don’t take any of it for granted.

Stop to remember why it is Tiny Tim gets you all choked up.

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What to Listen to (And What Not to) This Holiday Season Editor’s note: Our usual, irreplaceable No Apologies columnist, Jessica Paxton, found herself unavailable to write her column this month due to unforeseen circumstances. We all look forward to her return to this space in our next issue. In the meantime, please forgive my feeble attempt to fill her shoes. – Rich Larson

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ne of the things I look forward to most about the holiday season is the music. I love it. Now, I’m a music guy to begin with, so I can probably find a song or an album to fit any old day of the year, but Christmas music truly enhances the shared experience of the holidays. Whether you go to see a holiday concert with your family, or the mall muzak sparks a discussion with your friend when you’re out shopping, music brings us all a little closer together, which is what the holidays are all about.

So, in the holiday spirit of giving, please allow me to make a few recommendations for your musical holiday experience. These are a few classic albums, and a couple great songs you might not have heard or might have forgotten about, that will hopefully help to make your season that much brighter.

A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 1 – This was a benefit album organized by Jimmy Iovine, to benefit the Special Olympics. Iovine looms as one of the most important non-performing figures in the history of rock and roll, and this album is one of his most unheralded high points. This album ranges from the groundbreaking (in 1987, Run DMC’s Christmas in Hollis may have been the first rap song suburban white kids ever knew by heart), to the glorious (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band’s Merry Christmas Baby) to the goofy (Madonna’s Santa Baby) to the wonderfully schmaltzy (Bob Seger’s Little Drummer Boy).

The most sublime moment, however, is the Pretender’s take on Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas. In an illustrious, highly respected career, this might be Chrissie Hynde’s finest moment. Her voice coats the song like melting chocolate, while Robbie McIntosh’s guitar wafts down like a light dusting of snow. A Very Special Christmas is an album full of amazing performances. Plus, Keith Haring did the cover. A true classic.

Nat “King” Cole’s Christmas Album – With apologies to Frank Sinatra – love ya, Blue Eyes - it’s hard to think of a better voice than Nat King Cole’s. The control he had, his sense of phrasing, and

that deep, rich baritone. He was the man. So, it’s no wonder that his stereo recording of The Christmas Song - for you kids out there it’s the “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire” song - is still one of the most played recordings of all time (according to BMI, at least).

Add to that what has to be the definitive recording of O Holy Night, Oh Tannenbaum recorded in German and a heart-stopping reading Adestes Fideles (Oh Come All Ye Faithful). This is music you and your grandpa can agree on.

A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Vince Guaraldi Trio – This is fantastic, intelligent jazz disguised as the soundtrack of a children’s TV special. Legend has it that CBS very nearly declined to air the first Peanuts Christmas special because of Vince Guaraldi’s soundtrack.

They didn’t like the adult themes of the special to begin with – the disillusion Charlie Brown feels with the commercialization of Christmas – and setting it all to a jazz soundtrack just about put them over the edge. But the infectious groove of Linus and Lucy, the loose bounce of O Tannenbaum, and the the easy feel of Christmastime is Here were too good to be denied. Over the years, as the kids who first watched the special have become parents – and even grandparents – the music has grown in popularity and appreciation. Today this album is far more than just a Charlie Brown soundtrack. It’s beautiful, fascinating, music that is beloved by generations.

A Fairytale of New York, The Pogues and Kirsty MaColl – Some of the best songs take a while to get going. When it was released in 1987 this single was an instant hit in the UK, and is nearly ubiquitous over there at this time of year. But here in the States, this song has taken some time to find even a cult following. It’s hardly the classic feel good Christmas song – it starts in the New York City drunk tank, and goes on to chronicle a stormy love hate romance between the two main characters. But there’s an undeniable charm to the song with its Irish swing, and the majestic refrain. I dare you to try to listen to it just once.

Do They Know It’s Christmas, Band Aid – Hey, I’m a child of the 80’s. There’s no way I could leave this song off the list.

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Africa, Bob Geldof of the Boomtown Rats and Midge Ure of Ultravox wrote this song and quickly gathered up the day’s biggest names in British rock to record it as a fundraiser for the holidays. Paul Young, Boy George, George Michael, Simon Lebon (of Duran Duran), Sting, Bono and dozens more created an instant holiday classic and in the process, sparked a new sense of international awareness and social responsibility.

Soon, the world would be singing We Are the World and jamming at Live Aid. The enthusiasm to create change may have once again faded, but it’s still fun to sing “Tonight thank God it’s them instead of you” with Bono.

River, Joni Mitchell – This isn’t so much a Christmas song as a story of Joni’s heartbreak at Christmas, from her classic masterpiece album, Blue. The variations on Jingle Bells at the beginning and ending tell you straight away that this probably isn’t a song about holiday miracles and pretty paper.

Regardless, Mitchell pours her heart into the simple piano chords and her mournful vocals. In just over three minutes, we’re ready to go find that frozen river to skate away on with her.

And a couple things to stay away from…

Christmas In the Heart, Bob Dylan – This comes from a diehard Dylan disciple, don’t do this to yourself. Dylan’s voice, once a quirky nasal wheeze, has grown into a full blown bullfrog croak. The problem is, on this album of holiday classics (no Dylan originals), Dylan sees himself as a crooner. I realize it might be something of a curiosity, but just move along folks. Nothing to see here.

All four of Neil Diamond’s Christmas albums – Spare me the hate mail, Diamond Nation. I love the man’s work at least as much as you do. But, at best, these albums feel a little bit disingenuous. I realize he’s the king of schmaltz, and his style probably lends itself very well to classically styled holiday albums, heavy on strings and production, but I’m just not buying it. It may be a gift to all of his goyum fans, but until he learns how to pronounce excelsis, I just can’t bring myself to listen.

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

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first time you saw it, but after about fifteen minutes, it was just another lit up tree. You love your kids’ holiday band and choir concerts. We all do, but every now and then, you think you’d like to hear something besides Jingle Bells and Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel.

Time to shake things up.

And Chanukah, and Kwanza, and New Year’s Eve, and for millions of unfortunate people stricken with poor planning parents (like my daughter is) there might even be a birthday afoot. It’s The Holidays. The fall nip in the air has turned to snow flurries (but hopefully not a blizzard). Trees are decorated, homes are lit with hundreds of bright colored lights (here’s hoping you don’t live next door to the guy who has his christmas lights set to a timed routine while music from the Trans Siberian Orchestra plays at an excruciating volume every ten minutes), and, if your lucky, the occasional gaggle of carolers will come knocking at your door (I used to live very close to St. Olaf College – not sure if that happens anywhere else anymore).

You want to get out and enjoy the season. Everybody does. But maybe you’re tired of the same old thing. You’ve watched It’s A Wonderful Life with your neighbors for eight years in a row now.

That one tree with all the bazillions of lights placed meticulously on every last branch and twig looked really cool the

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You want something new. Something different. Something that feels like the holidays, but maybe not the way you’ve experienced them before. So, here we present to you, our faithful Scene readers a few suggestions for enjoying the holiday season that migt be a little bit off the beaten path. Go check out these SoMinn holiday specialties, and tell us what you think.

Hiawatha Homes Festival of Trees

Mayo Civic Center, November 26 – December 1 If ever there was a Southern Minnesota event that embodied the spirit of the

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holiday season, it’s the Hiawatha Homes Foundation Festival of Trees at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester. Beginning with the Opening Night Gala on Tuesday, November 26 and running through Sunday, December 1, Hiawatha Homes will present a weeklong festival of holiday activities designed to raise money for the 22 homes for the disabled they operate in

More than 100 trees will be decorated by individual design teams, which can be comprised of local artists, local company volunteers, parents & kids, academic groups, sororities and fraternities, or really anybody who has decided to try their hand at tree design. After more than a quarter century, the decorating bar has been set pretty high. When finished the trees are renowned for their beauty and serve as the prime reason more than 15,000 people annually attend.

Set against that backdrop, the festival holds a series of family oriented, holiday themed events including a children’s carnival, a day at Santa’s workshop,

and a “Friday Hiawatha Homes Festival Night Dance of Trees. Photo from Party for People rochestercvb.org with Disabilities”. Santa Claus himself will be on hand Olmsted County.

Thursday through Sunday from 11:00 AM Now in it’s 28th year, the Festival of – 4:00 PM. There’s also a weeklong raffle Trees brings together hundreds of volunand silent auction teers who transform the floor of the Mayo Crystal Landherr, the Events & ComCivic Center into a holiday wonderland. munications Specialist for Hiawatha

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Homes, says it’s always amazing to watch the trees transformed into holiday works of art.

“The designers purchase all the decorations themselves. They come in with literally boxes and boxes and bags of decorations, and before too long, what looked like an unorganized mess has become a beautiful holiday tree.”

Just prior to the Opening Night Gala, many of the events underwriters (from local companies to media outlets to private citizens) will wander the floor and select the tree that they would like to sponsor.

The gala itself is open to the public (reservations required). Attendees are able to stop at different food stations where chefs are preparing all sorts of delicious holiday fare, be dazzled by the beautiful display of decorated trees, and unique silent and live auction items. Landherr calls it “an elegant evening of dining among the trees.”

The success of each year’s Festival of Trees makes a significant difference in the lives of many people and families in the area. Hiawatha Homes’ stated mission is to provide residential, in-home, and community-based choices for people with disabilities. They look to empower people by providing choices focused on individual abilities, thereby promoting independence. In 2013 there were more than 140 individuals and families in Olmsted County alone who benefited from the work they do.

While it’s important to support organizations like Hiawatha Homes throughout the year, the Festival of Trees provides a fun and easy way to teach your kids what the spirit of giving is really all about. And frankly, these are some pretty cool trees that everyone should come see.

“We receive so much support from the community,” says Landherr. “this is just a great way to kick off the holiday season” For more information regarding Hiawatha Homes Festival of Trees, visit www.hiawathahomes. org/festival-oftrees

Viva Noel Mystic Lake Hotel & Casino, Prior Lake November 29- December 15

When you think Christmas, you think contortionists, acrobats, and modern dance, don’t you?

Well, ok, neither do I. But this is pretty cool stuff. Up at Mystic Lake, they are debuting Viva Noel, a Holiday Cirque. You’ll notice the distinct lack of the word Soliel in that title, but that’s ok. Cirque du Soliel may have the brand, but there are more incredible choreographers and bendy people out there than there are spots in a CdS production.

Viva Noel was created by Fernando Quevedo, an award winning arentinian writer, composer and chreagrapher.

Like every other cirque style show, this is bound to be a surreal experience. This particular voyage centers around the imagination of a whimsical elf, creatively named Elfie, who crash-lands inside the Mystic Showroom. Evidently, Elfie’s imagination includes lots of gymnasts, daredevils, and rapping carolers.

“The show is a holiday spectacle seen through the prism of a cirque-style show” says Quevedo. “We use the arts of the modern circus: aerialists, hand balancers, juggler, acrobats, highwire artists, etc., and we frame them inside a Christmas story which allows us to present a totally unique show.”

“When you see a woman balancing on the shoulders of man who is fifty feet up in the air and balancing himself on a oneinch wire, or an aerialist using her body to fly through the air, you know that you are watching something that is truly happening in front of you. This is something totally amazing that you can’t see just anywhere.”

Music also plays a large part in the show.

“Rather than play the same songs that you hear in the car, the office, the supermarket and the mall, we decided to reimagine some of the holiday music. The result: a fresh soundtrack that is both nostalgic and contemporary,” said Quevedo.

“Playing back a bunch of Christmas tracks seems, well . . . wrong. So we started looking into the music of the holidays and seeing what people liked about it. I also started thinking about mixing or mashing up a holiday classic with a classic pop song.”

Leave it to Mystic to come up with SoMinn’s most creative holiday activity. With tickets priced at $36 and $28, it’s also one of the most reasonable.

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hoping you’ll stop and throw twenty bucks at a slot machine on your way into or out of the theater. What the heck? Give it a shot. You might wind up paying for Christmas.

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Tuba Christmas

Saturday, December 7th Oak Park Mall, Austin, 2:00PM Buntrock Commons, Northfield, 3:00PM From the so nerdy it becomes incredibly cool file, we have not one, but two Tuba Christmas concerts in SoMinn. I hear you snickering, and I’m telling you right now to knock that off. Some people are

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Some musicians love to play the piano. These folks are all about the tuba, and they are on a mission to show you

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how cool and underrated the biggest of the horns can be. sousaphones, euphoniums. People Tuba Christmas is a real thing, by the love to play in this thing. Music is never way. In 1974, Harvey Phillips conceived arranged for a tuba to play the melody in the concept as a tribute to his mentor, the a band, so this is really fun.” legendary tuba player William J. Bell. With The participation fee is $10 (which music arranged by compose Alec Wilder goes to the Harvey Phillips Foundation), the first Tuba Christmas was performed by and participants are then able to check nearly three hundred musicians on Sunout the music they will need to play. day, December 22, under the direction of “Registration begins at 10:30AM,” she Paul Lavalle, on the ice rink at Rockefeller said. “Rehearsal starts at 11:00AM.” plaza in New York City. Since then, the “Our concert starts at 2:00.” idea has grown to where Tuba Christmas From a spectator’s standpoint, it’s hard concerts are performed in more than to beat watching someone do something 200 cities on two continents. The money they love. The folks who participate in raised goes to benefit the Harvey PhilTuba Christmas are there for their love of lips Foundation, which according to the the music, their love of the season, and Tuba Christmas website (Hand to God, their love of the instrument. This is one of there’s a Tuba Christmas website, www. those rare opportunities to see, and hear, tubachristmas.com. There’s a Wikipedia something you wouldn’t normally get to page, too.), “is dedicated to developing, experience. Go check it out. expanding, and preserving the music arts.

For information on either attending or The Foundation focuses special attention participating in a Tuba Christmas concert, on musical instruments not ordinarily the visit www.tubachristmas.com object of other support.”

Depending on where you are on Saturday, December 7th, you can either take Winter Walk in the Tuba Christmas concert at the Oak December 12th, Northfield Park Mall in Austin or at Buntrock Com4-9PM mons on the St. Olaf College campus in Northfield. (There is also If you live in Southern a Tuba Christmas concert Minnesota, chances in Virginia, but that’s way are you have made the up on the Iron Range. We conscious decision to at SoMinn Scene just aren’t live outside of the Big all that concerned about what City (with goes on in NoMinn.) apologies Val Pitzen of the Austin to RochWInter Walk Park & Rec Department, ester and Mankato in Northfield is one of the Austin – you are fine, organizers. Now in successful, it’s fourth year, wonderful she says that metropolithey have partan areas, ticipants that but come annunobody ally from all is goover the ing to area. accuse “We either get people of you from 10 of years being old to overly 90 years large old. They cities). come from You Rochester, shy Bloomaway ing Prairie, from the Wells, Hayday to field...all over. day bustle They bring that comes tubas, baritones,

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with milA Trashy Little Xmas in Northfield. lions of people in a relatively small geographic area, and like every other sane person in the world, you hungry the dining choices completely hate traffic. beat the crap out of the gruel served at So, why, then, do you pick the busiest the average mall food court. time of the retail year and head for the We love to talk about keeping things Cities? Why do you feel the need to do local, so let me please recommend to you, your Christmas shopping at the Mall of the discerning SoMinn Christmas shopAmerica, or Southdale, or one of the big per, that you look into something like fancy, schmancy stores in downtown MinWinter Walk, in Northfield. The annual neapolis or St. Paul? Chances are, living in event, hosted by the Northfield Chamber SoMinn puts you within twenty or thirty of Commerce presents one of the most miles of a completely charming smaincharming downtown areas that Southern street downtown area that has plenty Minnesota has to offer in all of it’s holiday of unique retail options. These charmglory. ing shops and boutiques have different, A lot of the towns in this area will and often times better quality, shopping do something akin to Winter Walk, but options than your average Macy’s or Northfield really knows how to do this Abercrombie & Fitch (plus, if you live in a right. Three full blocks of Division Street, small town, chances are Abercrombie & along with the town center Bridge Square, Fitch doesn’t want your business anyway). become a bustling holiday bazaar, straight More importantly, you don’t have to fight out of a Norman Rockwell painting. The 2000 people for a parking spot, or even street is lined with luminaries, store fronts wait in line to get into the parking ramp. are decorated for the holidays. Pubs and You aren’t clobbered over the head with restaurants offer specials, hayrides are over-commercialized marketing designed available, and, of course, jolly old St. Nick to make you feel like you need to spend himself can be found talking to the kids thousands of dollars on your kids or you’re and spreading the holiday cheer. a terrible parent. And, guaranteed, if your For those of you in the south metro,

yes, there is no doubt that Burnsville Mall is pretty darn awesome, and there can be no question that Mills Fleet farm has raised it’s game in the toy department. But you won’t find the charm of a small town shopkeeper tantalizing you with home made cookies at any of those national chains. It’s not that they don’t appreciate your business, of course they do, but on a night like Winter Walk, you’re less of a number on a balance sheet, and more of a person looking for a great pair of boots for your kid.

For more information on Winter Walk, visit www. visitingnorthfield.com/featuredevents

Trailer Trash A Trashy Little Xmas

Friday, December 13th, Grand Event Center, Northfield Wednesday, December 18th, Mayo Civic Center, Rochester You might think Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer is a funny song and a good laugh during the holiday season.

And that’s great. But you’ve probably never heard Reindeer Love, I’ve Shopped Everywhere, or the heartwarming holiday classic, Santa’s A Spy. If you really want to enjoy some offbeat Christmas music - if you want to laugh so hard your eggnog comes spitting out your nose – then might we suggest you take in a performance of A Trashy Little Xmas by the great Twin Cities honky tonk superband, Trailer Trash.

You have to love a band like Trailer Trash. First, because they are damn good.

Each of the members has 25 – 30 years of experience playing crappy bars, summer festivals and literally hundreds of wed-

ding receptions (rumor has it one of the members actually played on David Letterman once, too). With no less than 10,000 shows between the somewhat rotating members, this is a band that knows how to play, and how to give an audience their money’s worth. Secondly, this band doesn’t really care about pleasing anybody but the people who come to see them.

At this point in their careers, they aren’t chasing record deals, or trying to get an opening slot on someone’s gigantic summer tour next year. They just want you to come in, buy a beer, throw your head back and laugh when they start playing the theme from Smokey & the Bandit, and then dance your butt off. It’s really just that simple.

So, that makes Trailer Trash the perfect band to tweak Santa on his jolly red nose.

Somewhere during their five year residency at Lee’s Liquor Lounge in Minneapolis, they started to play with the idea of a Christmas show that would appeal more to fans of Merle Haggard than, say, Lori Line. Pretty soon they had become a jolly band of elf wanna-be’s, dressed like gas station attendants, and playing with the creepy swagger of a drunken coworker who hugs you just a little bit too long at the office holiday party. A Trashy Little Xmas had been born.

In twenty years the show has grown from something they did a couple nights a year at Lee’s to a full on annual holiday tour which will make stops in Northfield, at the Grand Event Center, on December 13th and Rochester, at the Civic Center, on December 18th They’ve taken many of your favorite holiday standards and given them an irreverent spin. Who knew you could play the beloved old carol Do You Hear What I Hear set to the tune of the Kinks You Really Got Me? And they’ve also penned a few originals, including The Night Before Christmas Boogie, The Ugly Christmas Sweater Polka, and Please Daddy, Don’t Get Drunk Again This Christmas. While the show might not exactly be designed for the entire family, it’s sure to give mommy and daddy a great holiday break.

And there’s props, too! Each Trashy Little Xmas show is accompanied by the Jingle Stick, billed as the world’s largest interactive holiday party toy. One band member has said it’s either a lot of fun, or a complete disaster. Either way, it’s something worth watching.

Trailer Trash presents A Trashy Little Xmas Friday, December 13th at the Grand Event Center in Northfield and Wednesday, December 18th at the Rochester Civic Center. For tickets visit www.trailertrashmusic.com.

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o, you’re taking the plunge.

Good on you. You’re hosting the party on the biggest party night of the year. Time to get down on some New Year’s Eve. Before we get any further into discussing this great excursion, get this straight: You don’t have to be a hero.

I know you want to be. A fantasy played out through your head the second you read the headline for this story. That’s cool. I’m sure it’s a righteous party. I would totally attend your perfect, fantasy party. But that’s not how this is all going to go down.

Instead, you’re going to take a deep breath and understand that a perfect New Year’s Eve party is not about going above and beyond every expectation your guests could have. Like coaches often say in the athletic world, it’s about putting people in a position to succeed. In this case succeeding is just having a great damn time.

There are some steps you can take to make sure that happens, but – like any social gathering – it’s really going to be specific to what you and your friends like.

One person’s hip, stylish party is another’s hoity-toity snooze-fest. Another person’s

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run-of-the-mill get together is someone else’s debauchery.

Put simply: Get this party together with you and your friends’ styles in mind.

Now that we’ve got the mindset and basics covered, let’s get into some of the key elements of a New Year’s Eve party and what you can do to take them on.

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Who to invite

This bad boy is number one for a reason. What truly makes a party are the people, so make sure the ones getting invitations to your party are the ones you want there.

Especially with this element, think of yourself. Invite the people that – were they not there – you would be thinking of and wishing they were. Depending on you that number could be big or small.

But beyond it is just fluff.

Also, get the word out a few weeks in advance. It sounds crazy, but people might pursue and commit to other plans if you don’t let them know what’s good.

Ballin’ on a budget route: Keep that circle tight. Go with what you would consider just your closest friends and their significant others. Use Facebook or emails to send out invitations on the cheap.

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Ambiance and decorations

Now we’re getting into the realm of creativity, where you can either overextend yourself or hit it on the head. It sounds status quo, but you’ve heard it said so many times because it works: Pick a theme and stick with it. Something as simple as “black and white,” where your plates, napkins, silverware and tablecloths all match can be golden. Or go golden. Whatever.

Also figure out a way to bring down the lighting a bit more than you normally might. Everything - including your guests - look better in a more mellow light setting.

Ballin’ on a budget route: This belongs in bold for any party: Skip all the tacky, plastic nick-nacks. Your party is going to be better off without goofy hats, glasses, noisemakers, and any other 12-for-a-dollar party accessories. Keep that extra cash to yourself for the more important parts. Speaking of…

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What to drink Now we’re talking. A large portion of any New Year’s party’s budget ends up getting

consumed, which is no coincidence.

The simplest way to make sure you’ve got plenty of libations is to go with a decent-sized drink for people to dunk into (look up a recipe for something not too sugary and keep down the gut rot potential), and a solid variety of beer. The drinks can play off whatever theme you’re going with. For example, think something with gin if you’re having a “Great Gatsby” party.

Ballin’ on a budget route: Dig the B.Y.O.B. option out of the gutter and put the power in your guests’ hands. Buy a bunch of different kinds of mixers, a cocktail recipe book, then have guests bring their main ingredient of choice and play mixologist for the night. This will also make a nice option for non-imbibing guests to have some fun with fancy drinks and not be stuck drinking Diet Coke all night.

Editors Note: buy sweet & sour mix, and make some simple syrup.

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What to eat

Especially based off the success of the previous step, getting some food into people’s bodies can be pretty important. That

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said, a good rule of thumb is to know that sitting down for dinner at New Year’s Eve parties is for chumps. Trying to get a party coordinated around food is the most difficult thing logistics-wise, plus it puts people in a stationary position. Motion and options are the best bets to keep people and a party headed in the right direction; don’t put a halt to everything just because you want people to try your new great recipe.

Instead, roll out plenty of crackers, veggies and dip, chips and salsa, then hit your people with something like crock-potted meat for a little bit more substance. Give guests a chance to fill up, but don’t put out stuff that’s going to bog them down and the couch and nodding off at 11:14. The lighter the better.

Ballin’ on a budget route: Do this thing Minnesota style: potluck time. Assign one category (snack, dessert, finger food) to each different guest and have them walk in the door bearing dinner together. It’s tried and true for a reason and cuts down the stress in this particular department as close to zero as you’re going to get.

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What music to play

Often the most overlooked aspect of a party, the music can be a complete deal breaker if handled incorrectly. Luckily it’s also the easiest one to figure out, because you don’t have to commit to a single thing before the party starts. Instead, set you and your guests up with as many options as possible. Then, as a wise man once said: “You’ve got to give

the people what they want.”

Create some playlists ahead of time, then take the time to listen through them and figure out what kind of vibe they give you.

If at any point you find a song bumming you out whatsoever, ditch it. New Year’s Eve is about celebrating both the optimism of the future and getting to leave the regrets of the last year behind. Lay down the tunes that make people feel good.

Ballin’ on a budget: Not a ton of expenses tied up into this one as long as you’ve got Internet access. If not, dig through your own case and have your friends bring some of their favorite old CDs with party anthems. Rotate the DJ throughout the night.

Once you’ve got these things checked off the list, the rest is just about having a good time. As the host that can sometimes be difficult, but you plain and simply have to commit to enjoying yourself.

If something goes wrong just figure you’ll deal with it next year and forget about it.

You’ve got the people you like being with, the party you put together, and a fresh set of 365 to look forward to. That’s worth partying.

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Merry New Year!

A few movies to enjoy during the

By ALEX VOIGT editor@southernminnscene.com ovies have a special place in the holiday season.

It can be a stressful time of year, with holiday shopping, bad weather and busy schedules to contend with. But at its core, the holidays are all about family togetherness and goodwill toward others.

For generations, movies like “It’s a Wonderful Life” have been a reflection of those virtues while at the same time serving as a source of holiday entertain-

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ment for family and friends gathered around the TV. They also give us characters with problems we can relate to.

What little kids hasn’t fantasized about a Christmas present like Ralphie in “The Christmas Story”? On the flip side, what grownup hasn’t felt the weight of the world bearing down on them like George Bailey in “It’s a Wonderful Life”?

Since the holidays are right around the corner, it’s important to stock up on movies for the season, especially for those snowed-in days. Here is a list of some of my personal favorite holiday movies, excluding films you can watch on TV at all hours of the day at Christmastime -- meaning no “Christmas Vacation” and “The Christmas Story.” Since I don’t have any kids of my own to worry about, this list is skewed toward adults.

The Ref Whether you like this movie or not depends almost entirely on your opinion of Denis Leary. I happen to love his fastpaced delivery and biting

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sarcasm, so “The Ref” is pretty much right up my alley. Leary plays a cat burglar on the run after a holiday heist goes wrong and is forced to take a dysfunctional couple -- played by Kevin Spacey and Judy Davis -- hostage as he hides out from the law. “The Ref” is a showcase for Leary’s comedic talents, as his character responds to worsening adversity and family bickering with a barrage of obscenities -- definitely not a movie for kids -- and rapid-fire insults.

Die Hard It’s debatable if “Die Hard” is a “Christmas movie” or merely an action movie that happens to take place on Christmas.

Still, it’s hard to argue how well it holds up for holiday viewing -- and as an action movie in general -- even after 25 years.

The action sequences are still excellent, tHans Gruber is still cold and calculating as a villain and John McClane still looks like the coolest dude in the room, even when he’s walking barefoot over broken glass.

Also, it’s hard to

say no to a movie that features Run DMC’s “Christmas in Hollis.”

Scrooged A modern-day -- and slightly more grown-up -- take on Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” “Scrooged” features Bill Murray at his sarcastic best as he portrays a cynical TV executive who learns the errors of his ways after being haunted by three spirits on Christmas Eve. Dickens’ classic tale of holiday redemption is one we’ve all heard at some point or another, so there won’t be any earth-shattering revelations and plot twists. Still, “Scrooged” provides a fresh take that is humorous and heart-warming at the same time.

Bad Santa Parents with small children beware. Billy Bob Thorton stars as a bitter, self-hating mall Santa who happens to be proficient

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safe cracker … you know, when he’s not drowning himself in a bottle. He and his diminutive partner -- played hilariously by Tony Cox -- go from town to town scamming malls and making off with cash on Christmas Eve. But when a slow-witted kid and a nosy mall security guard get involved, all bets are off.

Aside from Thorton and Cox being terrific, the movie also features great supporting turns by two late comedians -- Bernie Mac and John Ritter -- and Lauren Graham as the decent-hearted bartender with serious Santa issues. It’s definitely not what I’d call “wholesome” for holiday viewing, but if you’re looking for laughs and hanging out with a grownup crowd, “Bad Santa” is tough to beat.

The Nightmare Before Christmas Tim Burton’s career may have tailed off in recent years -- “Alice in Wonderland,” anyone? -- but he was at his peak with “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” a brilliant marriage of two holidays and a groundbreaking achievement in animation. the movie centers around Jack Skellington, the king of Halloweentown who becomes enamored with Christmas but can’t quite grasp the concept of it. I remember loving this movie as a kid, and after seeing it recently, I can say it holds up pretty well in adulthood. Burton’s signature styles are perfectly at home here, from the dark, Gothic color pallets to the misunderstood outcast as the lead character.

panned by critics and made Macaulay Culkin a household name. “Home Alone” stars Culkin as a kid whose parents accidentally leave him home alone when they fly to Paris for the holidays.

During his time alone, Culkin’s character learns the value of family and how to live independently … and also how to booby trap his house and outsmart a couple of dim-witted burglars, played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern. Admittedly, this movie doesn’t hold up well over time. The humor is cheesy, the parents and neighbors are unfathomably negligent and Pesci and Stern’s characters have the collective IQ of a trained labradoodle. Still, I have a soft spot for holiday nostalgia and this movie inspired a 7-year-old me to booby trap my parents’ house after a burglar made off with our TV. Needless to say, mom did not approve.

Elf Featuring Will Ferrell at his awkward, man-baby best, “Elf” is one of those rare movies that’s cute and wholesome for the kids, but has enough adult humor to keep grownups entertained. Ferrell stars as an oversized elf from the North Pole who ventures to New York City to find his dad, a selfish publisher who’s on the “naughty list.” Most of the humor comes from Ferrell’s hyperactive elf -- and all his syrup-chugging glory -- adjusting to life in the big city and annoying everyone around him in the process.

The familiar storyline and thick sentiment are a little corny for my taste -- cynical journalist alert -- but Ferrell helps offset that with a laugh-out-loud performance.

Home Alone The kid-friendly holiday romp that was loved at the box office,

hilarious with his brief cameo as a short-tempered -- emphasis on “short” -- children’s book author.

George Bailey. It’s old-fashioned and a little corny, but this movie has a timeless appeal.

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A Minnesotan’s list of favorite holiday movies just wouldn’t be complete without it. “Grumpy Old Men” tells the story of two bitter neighbors -- played by Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon -- whose life-long feud escalates when a free-spirited female -played by Ann-Margret -- moves in next door. “Odd Couple” alums Matthau and Lemmon have a long-established comedic chemistry and it’s wonderfully on display here as they constantly snipe at each other and compete for Ann-Margret’s affection. I always liked this movie for its snarky humor and understated elements of friendship and loneliness. The fact that it includes ice fishing and a scene filmed in Faribault is just an added bonus.

Nobody ever mentions this as a holiday film, which I find odd because it takes place around Christmastime and has a familiar holiday theme of redemption, albeit with much more of a revenge tone. “Trading Places” stars Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy as men on opposite sides of society. Aykroyd is a snobby stockbroker and Murphy is a wily, homeless street con. Their lives get flipped around after two elder stockbrokers make a friendly wager about Darwinism and set up an elaborate scheme to carry out their bet. Both Aykroyd and Murphy are terrific here as they adapt to their new environments and offer sly digs at racism, greed and the misunderstandings between rich and poor. The laughs are constant, but never over the top. It’s just too bad Murphy and Aykroyd couldn’t recapture this balance in later films -- I still haven’t recovered from “Norbit” and “Caddyshack II.”

It’s a Wonderful Life The original holiday classic.

I know what you’re thinking: “They show this movie all the time on Christmas!” In reality though, it’s been replaced by more “modern” holiday fare like “The Christmas Story” and “Christmas Vacation” and most see it as a relic of the past; something that’s admired for its ingenuity but rarely seen as an item that holds up today. Almost as if it belongs in a museum or something. I’m proud to say I still have a copy of “It’s a Wonderful Life” on VHS -- they’re like bulkier DVDs, for all you youngsters out there -- and still enjoy seeing Jimmy Stewart do his thing as

ASK THE EXPERT In an attempt to get a second opinion on holiday movies, SCENE contacted Carol Donelan, a film studies professor at Carleton College. Here is what she responded back with, noting that films featuring children are in keeping with the holiday spirit:

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Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan in The Kid (Chaplin, USA, 1921). Villainous authorities conspire to separate the orphan kid and his adoptive father Charlie.

Check out the scene where the villains literally tear the kid from Charlie’s arms and throw him in the back of the paddy wagon. The kid is adorable and really knows how to work the pathos and tears. The film concludes with a completely loopy dream sequence with everyone wearing feathery angel wings.

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Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray, West Bengal, 1956). Don’t ignore this beautiful, award-winning film about the experiences of a little boy growing up in India.

Notice the film’s emphasis on what the boy sees, hears and tastes: the bugs skittering over the surface of the water, the distant sounds of the train, the flavor of raw sugar cane. The film makes me nostalgic for his childhood.

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Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1982). Haunting, dreamlike family saga set in Sweden, early twentieth century.

Starts out with all the warmth of an old fashioned Christmas celebration but definitely skews a bit dark and eerie like a fairy tale.

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t’s that time of year again… when television writers and producers clearly lose their minds.

I get it. We all get a little weird as the holidays approach, right?

And weird can be good. That David Bowie/Bing Crosby duet? I say yes! All the strange and charming Rankin/Bass stop-motion animation specials? Bring on the heat miser and snow miser! I’ll even tolerate that stupid long-eared donkey. But sometimes things just go too far. All the shoddy, lazy, saccharine-filled glop being shoved down our already-vulnerable throats drives me straight to the egg nog. This year, I decided it might be therapeutic to talk about it, to acknowledge some of the worst violations that threaten my steadfast TV Crush.

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lost her friggin doll, they met Vincent Price in a spooky cave in Hawaii (ok, that’s a problem, but not a you-and-me-type problem).

This is just a betrayal.

who love it even though it is the zenith of crass commercialism.

This is a Christmas special based on a show designed to sell Masters of the Universe toys. Basically, stupid Orko crash lands on Earth and kidnaps a couple of kids and brings them to Eternia, where they try to explain what Christmas is to a bunch of half-naked body builders. Then they get kidnapped a couple more times. Skeletor gives them parkas and gets skull-licked by a puppy. And we learn that Christmas has something to do with Jesus, love, joy, caring, and “where you get lots of presents.”

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A Very Brady Christmas, 1988 The Brady’s all grown up?

They made the actress who played Cindy wear pigtails until she was like 15! But now they’re just adults struggling with divorce, unemployment, and Bobby dropping out of school to be a race car driver?! I mean these are real problems people.

Not to mention that Mike and his amazing perm get trapped in a collapsed building and Peter is sleeping with his boss. If this show ever had any charm, it was that the Brady’s “problems” were not exactly problems. Greg has two dates in one night, Davy Jones might not perform at Marsha’s dance even though she is the president of his fan club(!), Cindy

An inane song gets turned into a 51 minute animated movie, resulting in me wanting to shove a pencil in my ear.

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He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special, 1985 This one might be a little controversial. I have several friends

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OK. Many of you know this is notoriously bad. If you did see it in 1978, the only time it has ever been legally shown, you might not remember the “plot” but I bet you let out an audible groan when you read the title. This “special” is widely believed to be the worst 2 hours of television ever made.

Granted, George Lucas had very little to do with it, but he seems psychotically protective of his franchise so…sorry George, we blame you too.

In case you’re thinking “it might be so bad it’s good,” I’ll

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Thanks. I feel better. Here’s my advice, friends: stick to the classics. The Grinch and Charlie Brown and It’s a Wonderful Life.

Or if you’re like me, check your local listings for Bad Santa and The Sound of Music.

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give you the rundown. Han Solo and Chewbacca are trying to get Chewie back to Kashyyyk to celebrate “Life Day,” a Wookiee holiday that seems to involve wearing red bathrobes and that’s pretty much it. Of course Chewie and Han are delayed by agents of the Galactic Empire, so the plot centers around Chewie’s extraordinarily annoying family fretting over his tardiness. For two hours. Many of you might see the first problem here. Wookiees don’t speak English. Or French or Spanish or Vulcan (I know that’s Star Trek— but it would’ve made more sense).

They groan and grunt and there are no subtitles because this is the laziest things the writers could ever have conceived. Chewbacca’s son Lumpy (I’m not making that up) is unbelievably whiny, his wife Malla is unbelievably daft, and his father Itchy (yup, not making that up) is a curmudgeonly pervert that inexplicably has a Live Links-type fantasy involving Diahann Carroll.

If you ever wondered, Chewbacca really is the brightest crayon in that box. Malla skypes with Luke Skywalker but he’s distracted by R2-D2 “helping” with a repair. So she skypes with Princess Leia, who is clearly as annoyed with Malla as we are. (Though her disdain is a bit suspect since she can’t keep her hands off Chewie during her crappy musical number at the end of the show—jealous much?).

Um. Bea Arthur is a barkeeper on Tatooine who sings another crappy song. There is a four-armed cooking show host in drag. Jefferson Starship. Believe me, there is not enough egg nog in the world to make this tolerable.

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s the sun shone through the stained glass windows in the Performing Arts Hall, Megan Proft enjoyed a hot cup of tea on a frosty October morning.

A man behind her steamed silks from a recent class and Silvan Durben, the Art Director, bustled around preparing for the next art exhibit. A brief quiet moment, in

what is sure to be another busy day for the new executive director of the Owatonna Art Center.

Proft was hired in August as the first Executive Director in the 39-year history of the Art Center. According to Megan Kruggel, the current board president at the Art Center, the board saw the need to employ someone to oversee the whole of the art center and provide support for the other position, which include an art director role, filled by Durben, and education

Megan Proft is the new executive director of the Owatonna Arts center

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director, which is currently empty. The board has also looked at other art centers and found that the most successful structures included an executive director.

Prior to her taking the position, the Owatonna Art Center had business directors and marketing directors, but no executive director to oversee the whole Arts Center. This leaves Proft with the daunting task of not only taking on a new job, but also creating what this position entails.

“Nothing could have prepared me, but people vocalized support for me and the Art Center, reminding me to breathe,” said Proft. “Talking to other executive directors from regional art centers, they told me it would be a lot of work; they were encouraging but realistic.”

Proft, a 2002 Owatonna High School graduate, got her first taste of the arts at a

young age. She started singing as soon as she could speak and by age three she was in a beginner ballet class. In high school she was cast in the lead of her first musical, Oklahoma.

“I’ll never forget my first curtain call,” Proft stated, pushing her curly red hair out of her eyes. “Since then I was hooked, and did 4 shows every year,”.

Through her passion for dance and music she found her career. She left Owatonna for the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point to major in Arts Management and English. After graduating in 2006, she found an internship at the Northfield Arts Guild. There she gained vast experience that she is able to apply to her new position. At a small arts guild she was really able to help with every aspect.

Proft worked with publication, promotion,

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She spent the next 4 years coordinating dance, computer, and arts classes as well the website, and set up a theater camp. as working on program development and According to Proft marketing. the internship “That experience was really creis really tangible ated around to what I’m doing her and what now,” said Proft. she wanted to Although she relearn. ally enjoyed all her After her time in Northfield summer and gained a lot of internship she knowledge in her received a job field, Proft wanted as a reporter to move back to for the NorthOwatonna to be field News. closer to her family.

This allowed She took a job her to gain a writing for Gopher lot of awareSport up until she ness about the saw a want ad in region and the local paper. what was hapThe ad was for an pening. executive director “Who knew at the Owatonna I would ever Art Center. She imuse my English mediately had her degree,” joked grandma clip it out Proft, “but I and started getting did.” her cover letter and Following Judy Fairchild, who attends the advanced resume together. her time as a pottery studio on Mondays, explains the The Art Center glazing processing to Megan Proft. news reporter board considered Proft received nine applicants and the job that reinterviewed three for the position, with ally made her stand out to the Owatonna the last step being a submission of what Arts Center’s board. She was hired as the their goals would be for the Art Center.

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really looking for some who was qualified and had experience in all the duties they had planned for the executive director. Those duties include, but are not limited to, writing grants, coordinating events, and marketing everything the Owatonna Art Center has to offer. In the end Proft stood out and received what she calls her “dream job.” The board found that she had the majority, if not all the things they were looking for, and had a clear passion for the arts.

“The Art Center is such a wonderful part of the Owatonna community, we wanted someone to promote the growth and vitality of the organization as well as someMegan Proft shows some auditioning hopefuls a few steps one who can help from “She Loves Me.” Proft is the choreographer for the transition though musical, which opens February 13 at the Little Theatre of generations,” said Owatonna.

Kruggel, who joined the board in April.

“At the end of our will take you. first meeting it was very clear she (Proft) Her morning can start with a peacewould be a good fit for the OAC, she ful cup of tea and interview then quickly was full of energy and seemed genuinely jump to a long phone call with an upcomexcited to work at the Art Center.” ing entertainer. The afternoon can consist Now that she has her dream job, of talking glazes with a pottery class and Proft has jumped in with both feet and coordinating the next art installation with is striving to reach the goals she has set Durben. By the time the art center closes up for the Art Center. Proft is looking she can be off to a marketing and netforward to adding more events, increasworking event in hopes of raising money ing membership, and introducing the art for the art center. Proft must always be center to larger audience. She has added ready to put on a different hat, and take a wine tasting, monthly family events, live on a new challenge. concerts, and dance performances to the “This is my passion and what I have Owatonna Art Center already. wanted to do since college,” said Proft.

“My primary goal is to have it be a “I want people to see this place as an place where all artists and community exciting, warm, inviting place of art where members walk in our doors and are exeveryone is welcome.” cited no matter their level,” Proft said.

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By RICH Larson editor@southernminnscene.com ’m not going to lie. I have a pretty cool job. When you’re the editor of an arts/entertainment/lifestyle magazine, the things you get to experience are only limited by your imagination and your nerve (Yes, budget comes into play here, too, but that doesn’t sound as cool).

Regular readers may recall the ghost story collection we ran a couple months ago in this magazine. While researching the article, I contacted Jerry Ayers of Supernatural Investigators of Minnesota, who is an authority on the abandoned state hospital site south of Faribault in Walcott Township. I was looking for a story with a good narrative, and Jerry was more than happy to talk with me and send me all kinds of information.

When a good “campfire” style story didn’t present itself, Jerry made me an offer that I couldn’t turn down.

“We’re going out there in a month or so. Why don’t you come with us?”

The Faribault State Hospital is known by a lot of different monikers. Walcott Mills, Springdale, “the old haunted insane asylum in Faribault”. It’s a relic from a bygone era when developmentally challenged people were referred to as “idiots” and “feeble minded”.

More often than not, the treatment they received was on par with the terms applied to them. The information available on it is sketchy at best, but what we do know is that it was originally established as a farm in the late 1800’s to teach some basic work skills to patients in hopes they might be able to support themselves and ease the burden on their

The first building we came upon on our excursion. On a previous visit, this is where one of the investigators was attacked. Photo from siminnesota.com/

families. When the farm burned down, the site was used to establish the Faribault State Hospital, which operated until 1984.

Today, there isn’t much left of it except for a couple slowly crumbling, graffiti covered buildings. It’s the stories that endure. Legends of poorly treated patients and unmarked graves have driven an endless stream of paranormal investigators to go explore the site. And that’s what Jerry Ayers invited us to do.

So, one Saturday night in midOctober we met in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant to caravan down and have a look. We were joined by Jerry’s cohorts at SIM, his wife Stephanie, they’re daughter Kacie, Mae Kelley,

George Donaldson, and Katie Sonmor, all of whom are seasoned investigators.

Also on board were four students from the University of Minnesota who were doing a story for the Minnesota Daily, and my wife, Annie, who was there largely to hold my hand in case I got too scared.

Ayers is a man well versed in the spiritual as well as the supernatural.

Upon our arrival at the site, he produces a small leather bag and asks “Who wants to be smudged?”

I have no idea what he’s talking about, but I quickly volunteer. Gotta get the full experience, you know.

When one of the other newbies asks

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Knowing that, I’m now feeling very enthusiastic about this. He shows me a mixture of cedar, tobacco, sage, and various other herbs. He stirs them up and then sets them on fire, producing a thick, pungent smoke. He then explains to me what he’s going to do, and exactly how I need to react to him, including when to make eye contact and which direction to turn when he asks me to. Taking an Eagle’s feather out of his bag, he waves the smoke all around me, front and back, even getting the soles of my feet. One by one, most of us are smudged (one member of the investigating team chooses not to), and we start the quarter mile trek into what Ayres has told me is the most haunted place he’s ever been.

It’s a clear night with most of our light supplied, fittingly, by a full moon. Despite that, the path is very dark, covered by overgrown brush that is desperately trying to reclaim the area. After a while, we come upon a ramshackle building on the edge of a ravine.

“That’s the building where I was attacked,” he says.

On a previous visit Ayers says he was physically contacted by one of the resident spirits, who didn’t seem to like him very much.

“It felt like something was pushing at me from the inside out,” he says. He still feels the physical effects from the experience, and is clearly not in any kind of rush to head into that building. (The video account of his experience can be found on the SIM website at www.siminnesota.com) We split into two groups. The Minnesota Daily contingent goes with Mae, who

An ominous warning on the grounds of the former Faribault State Hospital at Walcott Mills. By Bridget Bennett.

along with Jerry seems to be the most sensitive investigator to any sort of presence or activity, while Jerry and Stephanie take Annie and me to what they call the “bat cave”, an old storage building dug into the side of a hill that had been filled with bats on another of the SIM visits.

At this point, I’m already a little disappointed in the experience, because I’m not nervous or scared. As we enter the building, I’m more worried about one of those flying critters smacking into me than

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According to legend, this land is filled with unmarked graves of patients from the old Faribault State Hospital, and among those buried here are the children resulting from patient abuse. The cross and headstone were placed here years ago by a local church. Photo by Rich Larson.

You know how in scary movies, there’s always that one scene where one of the characters goes off on their own and wanders into the darkest, scariest room you’ve ever seen, and you’re literally talking to that person saying “do NOT go in there”?

Well, here I am. I know I shouldn’t go into the dark scary room all by myself, especially without telling anyone where I’m going, but I’m getting desperate for some kind of experience. I walk in and turn my camera round to see the walls, hoping that the view finder will reveal something.

Perhaps the apparition of an old farm hand will appear or a long forgotten patient will be staring back at me through the darkness with dead, ghostly eyes. I search and search, moving the camera up and down, turning all over.

Nothing.

If there are spirits here, they have zero interest in me.

I go find the others in another room, as Ayers is explaining that he thinks this was a children’s ward. Suddenly, Emily, the writer for the Daily, says she feels incredibly sad.

Before we know it, she’s crying. Ayers is attempting to communicate with whatever might be causing this out-of-nowhere burst of emotion. He asks a few questions, and based on the reaction Emily has, he theorizes that the spirit of a child is trying to communicate with us through her.

As quickly as the feelings were upon her, they subside, and she says she can’t remember what it was that made her feel so sad.

Call me jealous, or call me a skeptic, but I’m not personally convinced that we’re witnessing a paranormal interaction. There is a strong sense of sadness associated with this place. There can be no denying that. I’m more apt to believe that this young woman is having an empathetic reaction to her surroundings. The investigators, however, feel like they’ve made a significant breakthrough, and are very excited about the incident. There is lots of talk about analyzing videos and recordings in the coming days. I hope they have caught something, but I find myself doubting anything will come of it.

Our group moves back to our cars,

and heads down the road to the cemetery filled with unmarked graves. Many of the patients who passed away were buried here, and legend has it that the babies produced by the horrible abuse of patients are among those who rest here in eternity.

A cross and a headstone were placed here years ago by a local church, just to let people know that this is sacred ground.

Both Jerry and Stephanie tell me that there has been all kinds of unexplained activity reported here in the past. If I’m going to see, hear or feel anything tonight, this is going to be the place.

Unfortunately, once again, we find nothing. Taking my “throw caution to the wind” approach, I go wandering off into the woods, exposing myself as an isolated soul cut off from the rest of the group.

“Here I am! Come get me.” I’m thinking.

Again, the only response I get is from a few crickets, and some ridiculously loud cows a mile or so down the road.

After a little while, we decide it’s time to call it a night. Our hosts have been incredibly gracious to show us around, and explain to us what they do. I have to say, at the risk of sounding condescending, they are completely normal people, nobody seems crazy, or weird, or even remotely strange. They are just regular people who happen to know how to find ghosts. And, I also have to say, that they are intelligent, friendly folks with a real passion for what they do. Ghosts or no, it was a fantastic experience to go out with them.

So, yes, it was a disappointing night, but not without new experience and perhaps a little wisdom. I’m someone who wants to believe, but probably has to have a ghost whup me upside the head with a 2x4 before I’ll be certain of what I’m seeing. I think, for the people in our group who wanted to see something and knew what to look for, it was a far more rewarding evening. At the end of the evening, I told Jerry how much I’d like to come back and try again, and he’s invited me back again next time.

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ARTS Noel Van Tol Exhibit: 15-Nov, 1:00 PM, The Carnegie Art Center, 120 S. Broad St., Mankato, Free. Join us November 7th-23rd for watercolors by Noel Van Tol in the Rotunda and Fireplace Gallery and plein air paintings by Gerry Tostenson in the Cook Gallery. The public is also invited to the opening reception,Saturday November 9, 7-9 pm. The Carnegie Art Center Gallery and Gift Shop Hours: Thursdays 1-7, Fridays 1-4 and Saturdays 11-5.. www.thecarnegiemankato. com. “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Josh Wolf: 15-Nov, 7:30 PM, 16-Nov, 9:30 PM House of Comedy, 408 East Broadway, Level 4 East, Bloomington, $15+. Comedian, actor, and writer Josh Wolf has become one of the most sought after personalities in comedy today. From adding his quick witted commentary on comedy round tables, to becoming a New York Times Bestselling Author, writing on hit television shows, and headlining stand-up comedy tours across the nation, Wolf has proved time and time again he is one of the most dynamic and multi-faceted comedians in the entertainment business. Wolf is currently a regular round table guest and writer on the hit E! series ‘Chelsea Lately,’ and recently appeared as a performer on the new E! series ‘After Lately.’ In March 2013, Wolf will debut his latest book, ‘It Takes Balls: Dating Single Moms and Other Confessions from an Unprepared Single Dad’ [Grand Central Publishing.]

Funny and brutally honest, the book details Wolf’s adventures as a struggling stand up

comedian, while juggling being a single parent in Los Angeles. *Ticket prices vary by venue.. comedianjoshwolf.com/events/.

Trials, Tribulations, and Christmas Decorations: 15-Nov, 7:30 PM, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, $13 . Kim’s widowed dad, John, is a grinch, and she’s decided to break him out of his rut by inviting several unwanted guests.

When they all get iced in together, seasonal madness ensues, and it’s a Christmas John will never forget!. test.lakevillemn.gov/index. php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat. detail&evid=4895&Itemid=1364&year=2013&month=11&day=10&title=trials-tribulati ons-and-christmas-decorations&uid=a74872 7fae941e1d. “Wonder of The World Rural America Contemporary Art Group Exhibition: 15-Nov, All Day, Arts Center of St. Peter, 315 South Minnesota Avenue, St. Peter, Free. Rural America Contemporary Art Group Exhibition. Gallery hours: Tues.-Fri. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sat. & Sun. 1-5 p.m.. www. artscentersp.org/. “The Youth/Dhallinyarada Les Misrables: 16-Nov, 2:00 PM, Bloomington Civic Theatre, 1800 West Old Shakopee Road, Bloomington, $25-$35. Epic, grand and uplifting, it is the powerful affirmation of the human spirit that has made Les Mis rables a popular masterpiece. In a tale of passion and destruction in 19th century France, Jean Valjean, wrongly imprisoned for 19 years, is released. Finding nothing but mistrust and mistreatment, he breaks parole hoping to begin a new life; instead he begins a life-long struggle for redemption. When his past is exposed, he is forced to abandon everything and run. Nine years later, with revolution tearing Paris apart, all involved must question what they’re willing to sacrifice in pursuit of love and justice. Performance runs at 7:30 pm on October 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31 & November 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15. Performance runs at 2:00 pm on October 20, 27 & November 3, 10. 16. Admission prices are

as follows: Adult - $35, Senior - $32, 25 & Under - $28 ($3 off Wednesday performance).

All shows, dates, times, directors, performers, and prices are subject to change.. www. btacmn.org/2perform/at_theaters/schneider/ miserables.html.

The Last Night of Ballyhoo: 16-Nov, 7:30 PM, Commonweal Theatre, 208 Parkway Ave N., Lanesboro, $15-$30. A charming romantic comedy about an Atlanta family during the 1939 holidays. Gone with the Wind premieres, rumors of war abound, but the real concern is who is taking whom to Ballyhoo the social event of the season!. www.commonwealtheatre.org/ballyhoo.html.

507-467-2905”Comedian Bryan Cork White Christmas: 16-Nov, 7:30 PM, Historic Paramount Theatre-Saint Cloud, 913 West Saint Germain Street, Saint Cloud, $14$23. I’m dreaming of a White Christmas. This heartwarming musical adaptation based on the beloved, timeless film, features seventeen Irving Berlin songs. Veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis have a successful song-and-dance act after World War II. With romance in mind, the two follow a duo of beautiful singing sisters en route to their Christmas show.. www.paramountarts.org/on-stage/. 320-2595463”The Gathering Blues B4 the Holidays: 16-Nov, 7:30 PM, Madelia Golf Club, 519 Christensen Drive, Madelia, $10 . Cabaret Le Ruse presents a show featuring the music of String Theory, along with the Cabaret troupe skits: ‘The Painfully Obvious Murder Mystery,’ ‘Poetry Boxing,’ and the ‘Cat Stuck in Xmas Lights’ dance. A special short play, ‘Merry Miserable’ by the Madelia Community Theatre. Tickets available online at http://gravitone.wix.com/ cabaret. Or call 507-420-01881.. gravitone. wix.com/cabaret.

An Arts and Crafts Affair: 16-Nov, 9:00 PM, Canterbury Park, 1100 Canterbury Road, Shakopee, Free-$9. Come on out for

an Autumn Festival as these artist not only show case but also sell their products. www. canterburypark.com/?TabId=156.

JMN U.S. Snowblast: 17-Nov, 11:00 AM, Medina Entertainment Center, 500 Hwy. 55, Medina, $10 . It’s a party, a dance, a snow show, fundraiser, swap meet, and more.. medinaentertainment.com/.

The Last Night of Ballyhoo: 17-Nov, 1:30 PM, Commonweal Theatre, 208 Parkway Ave N., Lanesboro, $15-$30. A charming romantic comedy about an Atlanta family during the 1939 holidays. Gone with the Wind premieres, rumors of war abound, but the real concern is who is taking whom to Ballyhoo the social event of the season!. www.commonwealtheatre.org/ballyhoo.html.

507-467-2905”Big River Fiddler on the Roof: 17-Nov, 6:30 PM, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, 501 West 78th Street, Chanhassen, $47-$82. In the little village of Anatevka, Tevye, a poor milkman, is trying to keep his family’s traditions in place.

Yet, times are changing. And when Tevye’s daughters want to make their own matches, he must choose between his own daughters’ happiness and those beloved traditions that keep the outside world at bay. Yet it is Tevye’s love of his family, pride and faith that help him face the dangerous forces in Anatevka which threaten to destroy the very life he and his fellow villagers are trying to preserve. For dinner and theatre ticket holders, dinner starts 2 hours earlier than the performance.. www. chanhassentheatres.com/fiddler.aspx. (952) 934-1525”Skiing on Broken Glass An Arts and Crafts Affair: 17-Nov, 10:00 PM, Canterbury Park, 1100 Canterbury Road, Shakopee, Free-$9. Come on out for an Autumn Festival as these artist not only show case but also sell their products. www. canterburypark.com/?TabId=156.

Hit or Miss: 19-Nov, 7:30 PM, House of Comedy, 408 East Broadway, Level 4 East,

Comedian Isaac Witty / House of Comedy / Bloomington / 11.20 Bloomington, $7 . When it comes to laughter it’s either Feast or Famine... Fizzle or Sizzle...

Fly or Die.... Well you get the point. Who will hit? Who will miss? The only way to know is to be here Tuesday nights. Come down to the House of Comedy for Hit or Miss Tuesday!

Think you’re hilarious? Interested in performing? All Tuesday nights are pre-arranged, so contact us today!. houseofcomedy.net/about/ comics-details.asp?ID=259. “The Poet’s Groove Open Mic Isaac Witty: 20-Nov, 7:00 PM, House of Comedy, 408 East Broadway, Level 4 East, Bloomington, $13 . The seeds of Isaac’s love for--and precocious performance of--standup comedy were planted at an early age, and

we’re not merely referring to the fact that he was born with the comedy-ready name Isaac Witty. What we’re actually referring to is that his comedy proclivities took root when he was quite young, while touring with his parents who made their living doing Christian sketch comedy in churches across the country. Subsequently, at an age where most youngsters are more concerned with getting their drivers license--16--Isaac first tried his hand at performing in a church talent show and decided to make stand-up comedy his career.. houseofcomedy.net/calendar/default. asp?date=11%2F7%2F2013&MainID=&SubI D=&NodeID=&ID=.

Betrayal: 20-Nov, 7:30 PM, Andeas Theatre

of the Earley Center for Performing Arts, Minnesota State University, Mankato, $8-$10.

The play begins in the present, with the meeting of Emma and Jerry, whose adulterous affair of seven years ended two years earlier.

Her marriage to Robert, his best friend, is now breaking up and she needs someone to talk to. Thereafter, in a series of contiguous scenes, the play moves backward in time, from the end of the Emma-Jerry affair to its beginning.. www.mnsu.edu/theatre/.

Live Improv Comedy: Comedy Sportz: 21-Nov, 7:30 PM, Ostrander Auditorium, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Free.

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is light-hearted insanity that appeals to people from every walk of life. They provide clean, positive entertainment that is guaranteed to please even the toughest crowd. This event is appropriate for all ages!. www.mnsu.edu/impact/committees/speakers/.

Betrayal: 21-Nov, 7:30 PM, Andeas Theatre of the Earley Center for Performing Arts, Minnesota State University, Mankato, $8-$10. The play begins in the present, with the meeting of Emma and Jerry, whose adulterous affair of seven years ended two years earlier. Her marriage to Robert, his best friend, is now breaking up and she needs someone to talk to. Thereafter, in a series of contiguous scenes, the play moves backward in time, from the end of the Emma-Jerry affair to its beginning.. www.mnsu.edu/ theatre/. “Rhys Darby Pure Movement Plus: The Choreographers’ Gallery: 21-Nov, 8:00 PM, Gustavus Adolphus College - Anderson Theatre, 800 W. College Ave., St. Peter, $7-$9. Always innovative, unique and eclectic, the Choreographers’ Gallery features selected work by some of our most gifted student choreographers. Don’t miss the chance to be the first to see the work of these emerging student artists directed by Mellisa Rolnick.. www.gustavus.edu/calendar.

Paradise Center Gallery Reception: 22-Nov, 5:00 PM, Paradise Center for the Arts, 321 Central Ave., Faribault, Free. Featuring Rose-Marie James and Adam McCauley. Gallery runs November 19 through January 7.. .

An Evening with Mark Twain: 22-Nov, 7:00 PM, Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Avenue, Burnsville, $17 . Experience the writings, lectures and stories by Mark Twain come to life again through the wonderfully interactive performance of actor/writer and Twain scholar Michael Bateson in ‘An Evening with Mark Twain.’ Laugh along with Twain while recounting tales from some of his misadventures in the California gold fields.. www.localendar.com/ event?DAM=PublishedEvent&m=486383&event_ id=34&calendar_id=486383&more_info=N&export_ date=Nov%2022,%202013&category=101.

Rhys Darby: 22-Nov, 7:30 PM, 23-Nov, 9:30 PM, House of Comedy, 408 East Broadway, Level 4 East, Bloomington, $29.95 . Rhys Darby first gained attention in the U.S as Murray in HBO’s Flight of the Conchords. He first appeared in the same role on BBC’s Radio Show of the same name. An ex-soldier in the New Zealand Army and a veteran of fifteen years as a standup comedian, Darby made his feature film debut in Yes Man. He then featured as one of the DJ’s in The Boat that Rocked, and has since completed two lead roles in romantic comedies, Coming and Going, opposite Sasha Alexander (NCIS) and Lovebirds, opposite Golden Globe winner Sally Hawkins. Darby’s standup has been described as a sensational blend of sound effects, characterizations and askew observations. He has performed his unique brand of humour in places as far flung as London and Iceland to the Falkland Islands, and in festivals from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to Montreal’s Just for Laughs. Rhys has two standup DVD’s, Imagine That! filmed in Los Angeles in 2008, and It’s Rhys Darby Night! filmed in Auckland in 2010. Darby’s debut novel This Way to Spaceship, ‘a loosely autobiographical end of world companion’, was released in April 2012.. houseofcomedy.net/about/comics-details.asp?ID=312.

Comedian Mike Stanley: 22-Nov, 7:30 PM, and 10:00 PM; 23-Nov, 7:30 PM, Goonie’s Comedy Club, 7 Second Street SW, Rochester, $14 . Wry, witty, cunning, & crass. Hot-shot comedian Mike Stanley is all of these things, but none, when put on paper, quite manage to serve the justice dealt by Stanley onstage.

Yeah, he’s pretty hilarious, but more than just coarse anecdotes about life and sex, there’s an enviable amount of heart and warmth behind Stanley’s humor.

Originally hailing from Detroit, he’s a Windy City transplant who tours constantly, both domestically and internationally. Don’t miss out on an incredible opportunity to catch the man in action - this level of stand-up is too remarkable to sit out. Matty Ryan is a Chicago classic. Born, bred, and beer-battered in an Irish neighborhood on the city’s South Side, Matty has been touring and performing throughout Chicago and beyond for the past several years. His rapid-fire delivery and deft takes on his burgeoning (and unwanted) adulthood, things he’s learned from the elderly, and the fine art of the outdoor nap have made him a favorite at showcases and clubs throughout the country. An alumnus of the Second City, Matty has appeared at Zanies, The Laugh Factory, The Improv, and the Hollywood Comedy Store. Also, please tell your parents he says hello.. www.gooniescomedy.

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Xmas Misfits: 22-Nov, 8:00 PM, The Roadhaus, 510 Main St., Henderson, $10 . Xmas Misfits 22-Nov., 8 p.m., The Roadhaus, Henderson, 510 Main St., $10. Cabaret Le Ruse presents a show featuring the music of String Theory, along with the Cabaret troupe skits: ‘The Painfully Obvious Murder Mystery,’ ‘Poetry Boxing,’ ‘Karaoke Christmas,’ ‘A Gravitone Twinkie Christmas,’ ‘The Little Tapper Girl,’ and the ‘Cat Stuck in Xmas Lights’ dance. Special musical guest is Ben Marti. Tickets available online at http://gravitone.wix. com/cabaret. Or call 507-420-01881.. gravitone.wix. com/cabaret.

Viva Vivaldi Winter Show: 23-Nov, 11:00 AM, Mankato YMCA, 1401 S. Riverfront Dr., Mankato, Free. Enjoy four hilarious and fun filled performances based on Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with the Italian composer himself, and the MSO String Quartet. Suitable for all ages. Each child gets to take home a gift and a snack at the end of each show. Performances last approximately 45 minutes, and feature live classical music and interactive educational activities. A perfect first concert experience. It’s OK for the kids to sing and dance along!. www.mankatosymphony.com/.

James Sewell Ballet presents Lover: 23-Nov, 7:00 PM, Sheldon Theatre, 443 West 3rd Street, Red Wing, $13.50-$20.50. The incredible trio of Bradley Greenwald, Maria Jette, and Dan Chouinard join us on stage for a poignant and poetically comic revival of Lover.. www.sheldontheatre.org/events. 651-388-8700 Cabaret Le Ruse’s Xmas Misfits: 23-Nov, 8:00 PM, The Grand Center for Arts and Culture, 210 N Minnesota St., New Ulm, $8-$10. A night of skits, short plays, dance and music with String Theory. Try to guess who did it in ‘The Painfully Obvious Murder Mystery.’ Play along in the kazoo choir and hear the story of ‘The Little Tapper Girl.’ Pick your winners in ‘Poetry Boxing.’ Or listen to Gary Garrison’s radio show, featuring ‘The Magical Fruitcake.’ Musical guest is Ben Marti. It’s an evening that will leave you laughing all the way home. MUSIC by String Theory Our troupe: Esther Hoffmann, John Rezmerski,Greg Abbott & Kelly Quinn http://stringtheory-seven.com For $10/$8 member advance tickets Call 507-351-2155. www.thegrandnewulm.com.

Pure Movement Plus: The Choreographers’ Gallery: 24-Nov, 2:00 PM, Gustavus Adolphus College - Anderson Theatre, 800 W. College Ave., St. Peter, $7-$9. Always innovative, unique and eclectic, the Choreographers’ Gallery features selected work by some of our most gifted student choreographers. Don’t miss the chance to be the first to see the work of these emerging student artists directed by Mellisa Rolnick.. www.gustavus.edu/calendar.

Auditions for ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’: 24 and 25 Nov, 6:30 PM, Northfield Eagles Club, 304 Water St. South, Northfield, Free.

Auditions for the Lockwood Theater Company presentation of ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 24 and 25 at the Northfield Eagles Club, 304 Water St. South in Northfield. Artistic Director Ryan Heinritz is looking for nine adults (four women and five men), 20 50 years old. Prepare 16 bars of your best upbeat/uptempo song. You can sing a capella or bring sheet music for accompanist. You will also be asked to read from the script and possibly sing from the show. Rehearsals begin Jan. 5 and run through the first part of March with performances at the Eagles Club in Northfield on March 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22, 2014. There may be a few Sunday evening rehearsals due to availability of the venue and you will know this when casting. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is about six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grownups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, who learn that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser.

For more information or to schedule an audition, visit http://bit.ly/Auditionsfor25thSpellingBeeNFLD or www.lockwoodtheater.org. You may also email 25thspellingbeedirector@gmail.com.. docs.google. com/a/spingo.com/forms/d/1RTR95aJpuF1k8UDvY2y x6FR5vFoubcy53qKpmnZwz_0/viewform.

Bruce McClain Exhibition: 25-Nov, All Day, The Hillstrom Museum Of Art, 800 W. College Ave., St. Peter, Free. A Retrospective Exhibition. Opening reception 7 9 p.m., Nov.25. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday-Sunday: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.. www.gustavus.edu/finearts/hillstrom. 507-933-7171 Senior Show 2: 26-Nov, 9:00 AM, Conkling Gallery Minnesota State University, 139 Nelson Hall, Mankato, Free. Reception November 25 7 p.m. Gallery hours:

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The Last Night of the Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry, Commonweal Theatre, Lanesboro Friday, November 15 Friday, December 20 When you’re one of only a handful of people to receive a Tony award (or two), an Academy Award and a Pulitzer Prize, you get to write about whatever you want.

The Last Night of the Ballyhoo is a fascinating examination of identity and culture set against 1939 Atlanta society as Gone With the Wind was premiering and Hitler was rising to power. Any more of an attempt to explain the plot makes it sound way more convoluted than it really is. The Commonweal Theater, who is among the best of a great crop of regional theaters in Southern Minnesota, presents this award winning comedy/drama at the holidays just to get folks thinking about things other than ghosts of Christmas past and department store Santa Clauses.

Adults $30, Students $15 – – Rich Larson, editor@southernminnscene.com 9 - 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and some evenings as coverage permits. Call 507-389-6412 for more information.. www.mnsu.edu/artdept/exhibitions.html.

“Christmas of Swing Bruce McClain Exhibition: 26-Nov, All Day, The Hillstrom Museum Of Art, 800 W. College Ave., St. Peter, Free. A Retrospective Exhibition. Opening reception 7 9 p.m., Nov.25. Gallery hours: MondayFriday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday-Sunday: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.. www.gustavus.edu/finearts/hillstrom. 507-9337171”The Dinner Party Steve Gillespie: 27-Nov, 7:30 PM, House of Comedy, 408 East Broadway, Level 4 East, Bloomington, $13 . Hailing from Minneapolis, where after receiving a graduate in something or other Steve became really bored and started telling jokes into a microphone.

He first began honing his craft at the Acme Comedy Club, and has quickly emerged as a fast-rising talent in one of the strongest and most competitive comedy scenes in the country. Metromix magazine named Steve one of the top comedians in the Twin Cities.

Steve has appeared in some of the best comedy clubs all over the country - including opening appearances for Dave Atel, Harland Williams, Jim Breuer, Gilbert Gottfried, Tom Green, and Doug Benson. In 2010 he performed at the Laugh Your Asheville Off Comedy Festival and in 2011 he appeared in the prestigious Boston Comedy Festival. In 2012, Steve was named a finalist in CMT’s Next Big Comic Award. His first comedy album ‘Stever Fever’, produced by Rooftop Records, came out this February. This past March he performed at Gilda’s Laughfest.. houseofcomedy.net/ about/comics-details.asp?ID=308.

Marushka & The Four Seasons: 29-Nov, 7:00 PM, Mayo Civic Center, 30 Civic Center Drive, Rochester, $22-$25. Marushka & The Four Seasons is a Russian fairy tale ballet in 2 acts with music by Alexander Glazunov. In this traditional Russian tale a young orphan girl and a young princess learn the meaning of kindness, honor, friendship and the true spirit of giving. Set against the dramatic passage of the 4 seasons, this lovely ballet appeals to all ages, leaving the audience encouraged and uplifted.. www. mayociviccenter.com/upcoming_events/eventdetails. aspx?eventid=18113&display=1.

Viva Noel: 29-Nov, 7:30 PM; 30-Nov, 2:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, $28-$36. Pushing the boundaries of imagination, Viva Noel – A Holiday Cirque!  features aerial performers, interactive jugglers, rapping carolers, high-energy dancing and soul-stirring vocalists. Showcasing the talents of acrobats, gymnasts, contortionists, hand balancers and daredevils, the show is a surreal voyage into the imagination of a whimsical elf named Elfie who crash-lands inside the Mystic Showroom. After wandering about the room, our elf takes the audience on an exciting and surreal holiday journey.. www.mysticlake.com/vivanoelpress13. “Steve Gillespie Words by Ira Gershwin and the Great American Songbook: 29-Nov, 7:30 PM, Park Square Theatre, 20 W. 7th Place, St. Paul, $38-$58. A hit song needs great music AND great lyrics. Ira Gershwin’s name is not as well-known as that of his famous

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Brian Hicks, Goonies Comedy Club, Rochester Friday & Saturday, November 29 & 30 There’s a deep and rich history of stand up comedy in Chicago. It seems like every breakout star from Saturday Night Live either grew up in Chicago or came through a residency at Second City. Alan Arkin, John Belushi, Mike Myers, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler all have connections to the city. Chicago audiences have seen the best, so if you’re going to make them laugh, you need to be better than good. Sorry New York, but when it comes to comedy, it’s Chicago. If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.

Goonies Comedy Club in Rochester is bringing in one of the Windy City’s newest up & comers, Brian Hicks. He’s one of those guys who just seem to be effortlessly funny; he doesn’t need a lot of shtick or gimmick in his act. He just tells his stories about being a young parent and a guy struggling to remain a part of the shrinking middle class, and he makes you laugh your butt off. Go check him out in Rochester while you still can.

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brother, but he wrote the lyrics to many unforgettable tunes ‘Our Love Is Here to Stay,’ ‘Fascinating Rhythm,’ ‘I Can’t Get Started’ and many, many more. Fall in love with the quiet character of Ira Gershwin as you explore the creative process of song writing. Joseph Vass, whose Ivey-award winning The Soul of Gershwin packed houses in 2011, showcases Ira and the songs he created with composers Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke, Jerome Kern, Kurt Weill and brother George! Insights and tales about the colorful George, as well as a glimpse at the more private and understated life of Ira, frame this story of amazing and beautiful music.. www.parksquaretheatre.org/ www/pst-boxoffice-current.php.

Comedian Brian Hicks: 29-Nov, 7:30 PM, Goonie’s Comedy Club, 7 Second Street SW, Rochester, $14-$20. Brian Hicks is one of today’s premier comedians, performing at comedy clubs and concert venues across the mid-west. With his fresh up-tempo style, Brian has shaken up the comedy scene with his own thought-provoking views of what people find funny. He uses comedy as a conduit to explore some of life’s less discussed topics.

Brian has an uncanny instinct and undeniable talent to make audiences laugh! He is locally known as a stand-up comedian and singer / songwriter. Denise Ramsden is an innovative comedian, as she blends biting sarcasm and bold humor with personal experiences. Her Irish Catholic upbringing is an easy target for her hilarious wit. While a favorite among female audiences, her natural, honest sense of humor also greatly appeals to men, and no one is safe from the infectious laugh infused throughout her act. She has worked with an impressive collection of comics, including Artie Lange, Aries Spears, Pablo Francisco, and Margaret Smith.. www.gooniescomedy. com/shows.shtml.

Christmas of Swing: 29-Nov, 8:00 PM, History Theatre, 30 East Tenth Street, St. Paul, $15-$40. The Andrews Sisters Patty, Maxene, and LaVerne are preparing to lift the spirits of America’s soldiers with a show full of Christmas songs, swing tunes, and special appearances by their friends Danny Kaye, Bing Crosby, and Abbott & Costello. Christmas of Swing is a joyful celebration of music, family and patriotism that mixes great holiday songs and comedy sketches with real letters

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from real World War II G.I.s. It’s an evening of wonderful entertainment and a tribute to the men and women of the Greatest Generation.

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“Pat Bauer with Andrew Cahak A Christmas Carol: 29-Nov, 8:00 PM; 30Nov, 8:00 PM, NewBridge Theatre Company, 105 2nd Street East, Hastings, $15-$22.

Come witness the holiday spirit launch into this coming holiday season as the classic theater production, Christmas Carol takes the stage. So come out and watch the show that is back by popular demand from last years great performances.. www.newbridgetheatrecompany.com/Tickets.html. 651.295.3224 Disney Live! Three Classic Fairy Tales: 1-Dec, 1:00 PM; 1-Dec, 4:00 PM , Verizon Wireless Center Mankato MN, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Mankato, $17-$61. Prepare to step into a world of wonder where wishing is only the beginning and dreams really do come true in Disney Live! presents Three Classic Fairy Tales. Join Mickey, Donald and Goofy as they bring the timeless fairytale adventures of Cinderella, Beauty and The Beast, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to life right in your hometown. Tickets can be purchased at the Verizon Wireless Center Ticket Office and all Ticketmaster locations. Charge by phone at 800.745.3000, or online at www.ticketmaster. com.. www.verizonwirelesscentermn.com.

Xmas Misfits Dinner Theatre: 5-Dec, 7:00 PM; 6-Dec, 7:30 PM, Mankato City Center Hotel, 101 E. Main St., Mankato, $30 .

Xmas Misfits 5-Dec., 7 p.m., The City Center Hotel, Mankato, 101 Main St., $30. Cabaret Le Ruse presents a dinner theatre from 101 Main chefs and a show featuring the music of String Theory, along with the Cabaret troupe skits: ‘The Painfully Obvious Murder Mystery,’ ‘Poetry Boxing,’ ‘Karaoke Christmas,’ ‘A Gravitone Twinkie Christmas,’ ‘The Little Tapper Girl,’ and the ‘Cat Stuck in Xmas Lights’ dance. Special musical guest is Ben Marti.

Tickets available online at http://gravitone. wix.com/cabaret. Or call 507-420-01881.. gravitone.wix.com/cabaret.

The Church Basement Ladies: 5-Dec, 7:30 PM; 7-Dec, 3:00 PM; 8-Dec, 2:00 PM, Plymouth Playhouse, 2705 Annapolis LN N, Plymouth, $13.50-$38. It is 1979, the day of

the church’s Centennial Celebration, and past parishioners have gathered to share hotdish, bars, and stories from the last 100 years. As the women work in the kitchen, these shared memories burst into life through a series of flashbacks. Travel back to 1897, and meet Vivian’s grandmother, one of the founding members of the church; see Karin as a newlywed, cautiously navigating her way through the politics of the kitchen; and be there on that day, in 1944, when Mavis first barreled her way through the swinging door. As they time-jump through a Century, these ladies manage to serve up a rib-tickling panorama of the changes in the kitchen, without spilling a drop of their egg coffee! Meanwhile, the Centennial Celebration continues on the lawn.

But the celebration is bittersweet. Times are tough in this small farm community, and hard decisions will have to be made. But, once again, your favorite church basement ladies handle it all with grace, hilarity, and some brand new musical numbers that are sure to get your toes tapping.. plymouthplayhouse.com/theatre-tickets/shows/. (763) 553-1600”Karaoke GSR Fine Art Festival: 6-Dec, 11:00 AM; 7-Dec, 11:00 AM, Verizon Wireless Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Mankato, Free. Local artists work will feature, Pottery, Paintings, Photography, Jewelry, Glass, Leather, Metal Sculpture and Fiber Art. What a wonderful way to support artists with ties to Minnesota while giving gifts that are one-of-a-kind and made locally!. www.gsrfineartfestival.com.

The Ladies from Lili’s Holiday Show with Robert Bell: 6-Dec, 7:00 PM; 6-Dec, 9:00 PM, The Grand Center for Arts and Culture, 210 N Minnesota St., New Ulm, $8-$10.

Miss Nadine DuBois and Karen Vieno Paurus, original members of Minneapolis based Lili’s Burlesque bring their less revealing, but no less provocative performance to New Ulm. Robert will perform with the troupe on guitar. www.thegrandnewulm.com.

Minnesota State Mankato Fall Dance Concert: 6-Dec, 7:30 PM; 7-Dec, 2:00 PM ,Ted Paul Theatre of Earley Center for Performing Arts, Minnesota State University, Mankato, $8-$10. A semester’s worth of work goes on display during this end-of-the term dance concert, which will feature pieces choreographed and performed by students in the Department of Theatre & Dance, faculty members and guests. An eclectic mix of

styles to entertain all tastes.. www.mnsu. edu/theatre/.

Fiddler on the Roof: Now playing through February 22, 2014, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, 501 West 78th Street, Chanhassen, $47$82. In the little village of Anatevka, Tevye, a poor milkman, is trying to keep his family’s traditions in place. Yet, times are changing.

And when Tevye’s daughters want to make their own matches, he must choose between his own daughters’ happiness and those beloved traditions that keep the outside world at bay. Yet it is Tevye’s love of his family, pride and faith that help him face the dangerous forces in Anatevka which threaten to destroy the very life he and his fellow villagers are trying to preserve. For dinner and theatre ticket holders, dinner starts 2 hours earlier than the performance.. www.chanhassentheatres.com/ fiddler.aspx. (952) 934-1525 Primitive Gatherings: Vintage, Antique & Primitive Market: 7-Dec, 8:00 AM, Primitive Gathering, 14 S. Minnesota St., New Ulm, Free. Vintage, Antiques, Primitives, Rescued & Refreshed, Repurposed and Painted Furniture.. .

Free Family Day: 7-Dec, 1:00 PM, Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, Free. In the third floor studios, children and families can participate in art projects that are designed to relate to the exhibitions on view at the Art Center.. www. rochesterartcenter.org/events/events.html.

507-282-8629 Candy Cane Concert: A Christmas Carol: 8-Dec, 3:00 PM, Mankato West High School, 1351 S. Riverfront Dr., Mankato, $15-$25.

Musician and actor Frank Babbitt of the Chicago Lyric Opera will read and perform portions of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol with musical accompaniment. Tenor Brad Benoit returns with his larger than life voice to make your Christmas bright. His sound is unforgettable. A holiday potpourri, best for anyone who loves a good story and likes to hear their favorite carols with a jazz and pops spin.. www.mankatosymphony.com.

Ragamala Dance: 12-Dec, 7:30 PM, Shattuck-St. Mary’s School, 1000 Shumway Ave, Faribault, $9-$15. Ragamala Dance ‘Sacred Earth’* Ragamala carries their classic South Indian dance form into the 21st Century. Ambitious and evocative, Sacred Earth envisions the beautiful, fragile relation-

ship between nature and man. ‘Rapturous and profound [Aparna Ramaswamy] is an enchantingly beautiful dancer’ The New York Times. ragamaladance.org. www.s-sm.org/ arts/events/fesler-lampert-series/.

The Little Prince: 13-Dec, 2:00 PM, Sheldon Theatre, 443 West 3rd Street, Red Wing, $12.50-$20.50. Come and join us for a live performance of The Little Prince. www. sheldontheatre.org/events. 651-388-8700 Physical Theatre Project: 13-Dec, 8:00 PM, Gustavus Adolphus College - Anderson Theatre, 800 W. College Ave., St. Peter, $7-$9. Directed by Henry MacCarthy and devised by the members of the ensemble, the Physical Theatre Project will explore the expressive possibilities of the body in the construction of commonplace narratives for an exhilarating theatre experience.. www. gustavus.edu/calendar.

The Best Gifts from and to Minnesota - SISTER Live: 19-Dec, 7:00 PM, The Grand Event Center, 316 Washington Street, Northfield, $23.50 . The Best Gifts From and To Minnesota are yours at the SISTER show. This is your One stop shop for the top ten holiday gifts of the year: music, family, heritage, laughter, fun, hospitality, friends, warmth, harmony, and ridiculous relatives!

Enjoy a glass of wine or hot chocolate at the historic Grand Theater in Northfield, a great destination spot for a wonderful December outing. This is more than a Holiday Show, this is the original theatrical experience of the season. The number one gift of the year is also the number one show of the year. A Holiday Mixed Bag Production Tickets available at www.sisterproductions.com or (952) 200-1948. www.Sisterproductions.com.

At Christmas with Mick Sterling: 21Dec, 7:30 PM, Paradise Center for the Arts, 321 Central Ave., Faribault, $10-$19. Are you on the nice list or the naughty list? Comedy, drama, gift-wrapped with a musical bow and ready to be put under the tree. A funny, poignant and heart-warmingly tender and brilliantly written musical adventure featuring a six-piece band and one of the Twin Cities’ favorite front men. $19 nonmembers, $10 students.. www.paradisecenterforthearts.org.

Hometown Holiday Show: 21-Dec, 7:30 PM, Zumbrota State Theatre, 88 E 4th St., Zumbrota, $5-$18. Community-wide variety show and sing-along starring Dan Chouinard

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and others.. www.crossingsatcarnegie.com/ page0003_Concerts_and_Events_Schedule. html. 507-732-5210 It’s a Wonderful Life-Live Radio Play: 22-Dec, 2:00 PM, Lincoln Community Center, 110 Fulton St., Mankato, $9-$15. This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve.. www.merelyplayers.com.

George Lopez: 28-Dec, 8:00 PM, Paramount Theater, 125 N.E. Fourth Ave., Austin, $60+. George Lopez is a multi-talented entertainer whose career encompasses television, film, standup comedy and late-night television. For two seasons, Lopez hosted Lopez Tonight, a late-night television talk show on TBS, which represented Lopez’s return to series television after co-creating, writing, producing and starring in Warner Bros. Television’s groundbreaking hit sitcom George Lopez, which ran for six seasons on ABC. George Lopez remains a hit with viewers in syndication on both broadcast stations and cable’s Nick at Nite, ranking as one of the top-rated shows on the network and among the top five comedies and top 20 weekly programs in syndication. George Lopez is one of only four off-net comedies to post weekly ratings gains among households from the 2007 08 to 2008 09 season. Price varies by venue.. www.georgelopez.com/ tour-dates/.

COMEDY Josh Wolf: 15-Nov, 7:30 PM; 16-Nov, 9:30 PM, House of Comedy, 408 East Broadway, Level 4 East, Bloomington, $15+. Comedian, actor, and writer Josh Wolf has become one of the most sought after personalities in comedy today. From adding his quick witted commentary on comedy round tables, to becoming a New York Times Bestselling Author, writing on hit television shows, and headlining stand-up comedy tours across the nation, Wolf has proved time and time again he is one of the most dynamic and multi-faceted comedians in the entertainment business. Wolf is currently a regular round table guest and writer on the hit E! series ‘Chelsea Lately,’ and recently appeared as a performer on the new E! series ‘After Lately.’

In March 2013, Wolf will debut his latest book, ‘It Takes Balls: Dating Single Moms and Other Confessions from an Unprepared Single Dad’ [Grand Central Publishing.]

Funny and brutally honest, the book details Wolf’s adventures as a struggling stand up comedian, while juggling being a single

parent in Los Angeles. *Ticket prices vary by venue.. comedianjoshwolf.com/events/.

Comedian Bryan Cork: 15-Nov, 7:30 PM; 16-Nov, 7:30 PM, Goonie’s Comedy Club, 7 Second Street SW, Rochester, $14-$20.

Bryan Cork entered the comedy scene after having been a professional actor for twelve years. He spent a good deal of that time doing appearances as the Amazing Spider-Man. Yes, wearing spandex and talking to children. This gives him a rather perverse perspective on the next generation. His comedy is seen by some as sick and twisted, he prefers to think of himself as misunderstood. Buckle up, it could get a little weird.. www.gooniescomedy. com/shows.shtml.

Stevie Ray’s Comedy Cabaret: 15-Nov, 8:00 PM, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, 501 West 78th Street, Chanhassen, $25 . The Stevie Ray’s Comedy Troupe performs a comedy variety show of improv, sketches, and music. Improv is comedy based on audience suggestions, similar to the hit television show, ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?’ The show is fast-paced, clean, and very funny. And if you are celebrating a birthday, company party, or other special events, just give the hostess a note when you arrive and the troupe will do something special during the show. They might even bring a member of your party on stage to join in an improv and be a star in the show.. www.stevierays.org/improv_comedy_ shows.html. (952) 934-1525”Rory Scovel Hit or Miss: 19-Nov, 7:30 PM, House of Comedy, 408 East Broadway, Level 4 East, Bloomington, $7 . When it comes to laughter it’s either Feast or Famine... Fizzle or Sizzle...

Fly or Die.... Well you get the point. Who will hit? Who will miss? The only way to know is to be here Tuesday nights. Come down to the House of Comedy for Hit or Miss Tuesday!

Think you’re hilarious? Interested in performing? All Tuesday nights are pre-arranged, so contact us today!. houseofcomedy.net/about/ comics-details.asp?ID=259. “Isaac Witty Rhys Darby: 21-Nov, 7:30 PM; 22-Nov, 7:30 PM, House of Comedy, 408 East Broadway, Level 4 East, Bloomington, $29.95 . Rhys Darby first gained attention in the U.S as Murray in HBO’s Flight of the Conchords.

He first appeared in the same role on BBC’s Radio Show of the same name. An ex-soldier in the New Zealand Army and a veteran of fifteen years as a standup comedian, Darby made his feature film debut in Yes Man. He then featured as one of the DJ’s in The Boat that Rocked, and has since completed two lead roles in romantic comedies, Coming and Going, opposite Sasha Alexander (NCIS) and Lovebirds, opposite Golden Globe winner Sally Hawkins. Darby’s standup has been described as a sensational blend of sound effects, characterizations and askew

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observations. He has performed his unique brand of humour in places as far flung as London and Iceland to the Falkland Islands, and in festivals from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to Montreal’s Just for Laughs. Rhys has two standup DVD’s, Imagine That! filmed in Los Angeles in 2008, and It’s Rhys Darby Night! filmed in Auckland in 2010. Darby’s debut novel This Way to Spaceship, ‘a loosely autobiographical end of world companion’, was released in April 2012.. houseofcomedy. net/about/comics-details.asp?ID=312.

Comedian Mike Stanley: 22-Nov, 7:30 PM; 22-Nov, 10:00 PM; 23-Nov, 7:30 PM, Goonie’s Comedy Club, 7 Second Street SW, Rochester, $14 . Wry, witty, cunning, & crass.

Hot-shot comedian Mike Stanley is all of these things, but none, when put on paper, quite manage to serve the justice dealt by Stanley onstage. Yeah, he’s pretty hilarious, but more than just coarse anecdotes about life and sex, there’s an enviable amount of

Some people don’t like having labels attached to them. Some people don’t like being called names. Some people don’t like the term Redneck. But to sort of paraphrase, kind of, Jeff Foxworthy, if you don’t like being called a redneck, then you aren’t a real redneck. My Uncle Robert, from Danville, KY? That man’s a redneck, and when you tell him that, he’ll smile, laugh, and in his thick Kentucky drawl and say “You’re damn right I am.” Then he’ll tell you the story of how he was indicted in the 70’s for scheming to blow up a building he thought was on his land.

I personally do not consider myself a redneck, but I sure do love yall’s music. Currently vying for the president of the Redneck Nation, Justin Moore brings his tour in support of his new album Off the Beaten Path. Playing songs like Back That Thing Up, I Could Kick Your Ass, and For Some Old Redneck Reason (featuring the great Charlie Daniels on fiddle), he’s bound to bring out the Southern Minnesota redneck contingent. I’ll be there pretending.

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NewBridge Theatre Company Friday, November 29 Sunday, December 29 NewBridge is a neat little theatre company. So named for the new Highway 61 bridge that towers behind their performance space in Hastings, this is a 19 member troupe who produces high quality performance in an intimate, 50 seat theater.

Just entering their second season, this is the second time they’ve offered up A Christmas Carol for the holidays. If that feels like shooting fish in a barrel, I say fire away. There’s are two reasons top flight theater companies across the country (the Guthrie Theater among them) present Charles Dickens’ classic year after year after year: 1. People love the play. 2. It pays the bills for the rest of the year.

A young troupe like NewBridge is wise to build a production like this into their season, so they can branch out, support emerging playwrights, and experiment with different ides over the balance of the season. And by the way, not sure if you know this or not, but Dickens was a freaking genius. Go see it.

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Originally hailing from Detroit, he’s a Windy City transplant who tours constantly, both domestically and internationally. Don’t miss out on an incredible opportunity to catch the man in action - this level of stand-up is too remarkable to sit out. Matty Ryan is a Chicago classic. Born, bred, and beer-battered in an Irish neighborhood on the city’s South Side, Matty has been touring and performing throughout Chicago and beyond for the past several years. His rapid-fire delivery and deft takes on his burgeoning (and unwanted) adulthood, things he’s learned from the elderly, and the fine art of the outdoor nap have made him a favorite at showcases and clubs throughout the country. An alumnus of the Second City, Matty has appeared at Zanies, The Laugh Factory, The Improv, and the Hollywood Comedy Store. Also, please tell your parents he says hello.. www.gooniescomedy. com/shows.shtml.

Isaac Witty: 24-Nov, 7:00 PM, House of Comedy, 408 East Broadway, Level 4 East, Bloomington, $13 . The seeds of Isaac’s love for--and precocious performance of--standup comedy were planted at an early age, and we’re not merely referring to the fact that he was born with the comedy-ready name Isaac Witty. What we’re actually referring to is that his comedy proclivities took root when he was quite young, while touring with his parents who made their living doing Christian sketch comedy in churches across the country. Subsequently, at an age where most youngsters are more concerned with getting their drivers license--16--Isaac first tried his hand at performing in a church talent show and decided to make stand-up comedy his career.. houseofcomedy.net/calendar/default. asp?date=11%2F7%2F2013&MainID=&SubI D=&NodeID=&ID=.

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Comedian Brian Hicks: 29-Nov, 7:30 PM, Goonie’s Comedy Club, 7 Second Street SW, Rochester, $14-$20. Brian Hicks is one of today’s premier comedians, performing at comedy clubs and concert venues across the mid-west. With his fresh up-tempo style, Brian has shaken up the comedy scene with his own thought-provoking views of what people find funny. He uses comedy as a conduit to explore some of life’s less discussed topics.

Brian has an uncanny instinct and undeniable talent to make audiences laugh! He is locally known as a stand-up comedian and singer / songwriter. Denise Ramsden is an innovative comedian, as she blends biting sarcasm and bold humor with personal experiences. Her Irish Catholic upbringing is an easy target for her hilarious wit. While a favorite among female audiences, her natural, honest sense of humor also greatly appeals to men, and no one is safe from the infectious laugh infused throughout her act. She has worked with an impressive collection of comics, including Artie Lange, Aries Spears, Pablo Francisco, and Margaret Smith.. www.gooniescomedy. com/shows.shtml.

Hit or Miss: 10-Dec, 7:15 PM, House of Comedy, 408 East Broadway, Level 4 East, Bloomington, $7 . When it comes to laughter it’s either Feast or Famine... Fizzle or Sizzle...

Fly or Die.... Well you get the point. Who will hit? Who will miss? The only way to know is to be here Tuesday nights. Come down to the House of Comedy for Hit or Miss Tuesday!

Think you’re hilarious? Interested in performing? All Tuesday nights are pre-arranged, so contact us today!. houseofcomedy.net/about/ comics-details.asp?ID=259.

George Lopez: 28-Dec, 8:00 PM, Paramount Theater, 125 N.E. Fourth Ave., Austin, $60+. George Lopez is a multi-talented entertainer whose career encompasses television, film, standup comedy and late-night television. For two seasons, Lopez hosted Lopez Tonight, a late-night television talk show on TBS, which represented Lopez’s return to series television after co-creating, writing, producing and starring in Warner Bros. Television’s groundbreaking hit sitcom George Lopez, which ran for six seasons on ABC. George Lopez remains a hit with viewers in syndication on both broadcast stations

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Williams & Ree: 29-Dec, 4:00 PM, Jackpot Junction Casino, 39375 County Highway 24, Morton, $10-$25. Bruce Williams & Terry Ree, ‘The Indian and the White Guy,’ have sustained a career over 40 years packing casinos, clubs, and arenas from Niagara Falls to Las Vegas with their ever-changing routine that --more times than not--steers away from the off-color Indian jokes that originally established the duo. Williams and Ree met in 1968 at Black Hills State College in Spearfish, SD where they began playing together in a band where they often filled time between their songs with their unique brand of humor.

After realizing that the humor became a bigger draw than the music, the comedy team was born. Polishing their performances at venues such as the world famous Comedy Store in Los Angeles during the 1970s and testing new material with the likes of Robin Williams and David Letterman, Williams and Ree discovered their natural ability to play off one another. They have since shared the stage with acts such as Garth Brooks, The Oak Ridge Boys, and Tim McGraw in addition to hosting COUNTRY KITCHEN with Florence Henderson, a show that entertained audiences for over 10 years. The recent resurgence of comedy shows such as the Blue Collar Comedy, Last Comic Standing, Whose Line Was It Anyway, and TBS’s ‘Minding The Store’ proves that audiences nationwide are still entertained by comedians who have the innate ability to find humor in everyday life. By combining pop culture trends into a fast-paced, lively show, full of zings interspersed with songs,. jackpotjunction.com/entertainment/.

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CONCERTS Duke Zecco: 50’s, 60’s, 70’s: 15-Nov, 5:30 PM, Indian Island Winery, 18018 631st Ave, Janesville, . Come out to the winery and listen to Duke Zecco sing songs from the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s!. www.indianislandwinery.com/id7. html. (507) 234-6222 CBO: 15-Nov, 6:00 PM, McKracken’s Pub, 3120 West Highway 13, Burnsville, Free.

Enjoy a night of classic rock and pop from the 60’s all the way to present hits!. mckrackenspub.com/events/.

Jazz and Classical Piano Concert: 15-Nov, 6:30 PM, Morgan Creek Vineyards, 23707 478th Ave., New Ulm, . ‘Winedown for the Weekend’, jazz and classical pianist, Ben Marti performs at Morgan Creek Vineyards.

Ben received a PLRAC/McKnight Emerging Artist grant in 2012 from Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council. Call (507) 947-3547 for more information.. www.morgancreekvineyards.com/winedown-weekend-0. “Patrick Harison Ethan Keller: 15-Nov, 7:30 PM, The Grand Center for Arts and Culture, 210 N Minnesota St., New Ulm, Free. Ethan Keller is a singersongwriter from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

He was voted Best Solo Artist in the 2011

Milwaukee Music Awards, and Best Pop Artist in the 2011 Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) Awards. The founder and former front man of the eclectic funk-rock outfit, Greenscene (voted Best Rock Band in Jim Beam’s 2001 National Band Search), Ethan has always been known for originality, diversity, and depth. Musically and professionally, Keller wears many hats. He has been promoting and performing since 1993, made appearances at prestigious venues and showcases in over 30 states, and has sold over 10,000 records.. www.thegrandnewulm.com.

Lynyrd Skynyrd: 15-Nov, 8:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, $24.75+. Beyond the tragedy, the history, the raging guitars and the killer songs, ultimately, Lynyrd Skynyrd is about an indomitable will. About survival of spirit; unbowed, uniquely American, stubbornly resolute. With their first set of new studio material since 2003’s Vicious Cycle, legendary rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd returns with God & Guns, due out September 29 on Loud & Proud/Roadrunner Records. Recorded in Nashville in 2008-2009, the project was interrupted but, tellingly, not ended by the deaths of founding member/keyboardist Billy Powell and longtime bassist Ean Evans earlier this year. Prices may vary by venue.. www. lynyrdskynyrd.com/tourdates.

Them Pesky Kids: 15-Nov, 8:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, Free. Them Pesky Kids brings you the feel of good arena rock in any setting from clubs to festivals. The ‘Kids’ bring years of rocking from the leading regional bands ‘Touched’ and ‘Warp Drive’ to the international touring act ‘Blackfoot’.

Everything here is huge, from vocals, guitars, bass and monster drums to high-end stage production. (Courtesy of http://www. thempeskykids.com/). www.mysticlake.com/ entertainmentcalendar/2013-11.

Ken Wanovich: 15-Nov, 8:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, Free. Ken Wanovich will captivate you, transporting you back in time to move-and-groove and sing-along with all your favorite songs! Ken uses acoustic classic rock styles, accomplished acoustic fingerstyles, smooth and engaging vocals, plus a little magic harmony and some driving percussion to get a virtual one-man-band experience. Whether you’re in the mood to dance, sing along, or just enjoy the journey, Ken Wanovich brings together the very best in high energy classic rock, musical reminiscing, and just plain fun!. www.mysticlake.com/ entertainmentcalendar/2013-10.

The Abiders: 15-Nov, 8:00 PM, 318, 318 Water Street, Excelsior, $8 . Nothin’ but fun and great music for lovers of blues, country, and rockabilly. swing you sweetie on the dance floor or kick back with a cold one and enjoy the listen. the abiders are equally entertaining as they are talented playing great tunes both covers and originals. julie weisenhorn adds a driving rhythm acoustic and vocals that can be sweet-as-pie one minute, and soulfully bluesy the next. doug molland plays the perfect gritty vintage bluesman, pulling off licks and lyrics that harken back to robert johnson, muddy waters and howling wolf. in the true blues harp tradition, karlos weisenhorn rips up and down the harp putting his own twist on the ol’ mouth organ making you think of such heros as junior

wells, norton buffalo and paul butterfield. rick anderson keeps the groove going on stand up bass, and his vocals have that great rockabilly twang that makes the crowd go wild.. www.three-eighteen.com/music.htm.

952-401-7902 Skewed View in Concert: 15-Nov, 9:00 PM, Pauly’s, 114 West Main St, New Prague, . Great group of guys & one super cool chic.

Simply put, Great Chemistry plus Great Talent equals Great Show. Vocally, Becky Sosso & Dale Luginbill have been singing together for over 20-years. Great vocal tones that were made to blend together or stand alone.

Steve Ibe has many years experience playing coupled with a great ear and solid guitar licks...plus his amp has really cool lights.

Definately a must-see. Richard Harder (yes, that’s his real name) has eons of experience under his belt, and it truely shows. The dude can straight out tear it up. Dare I say shread?!

If you ask nicely, he might even unleash some Eddie. Ultimately, when it comes to dancing, it’s all about the rhythm...right? Scott Webster is ‘slappin da bass, mon!’...ok...well, he picks his bass...but it’s still super cool. Last (and definitely not least), drivin’ this whole thing is Scott B. Clark. A great drummer who is the glue that binds it all together. The bottom line? Skewed View is overflowing with talent - we have energy coming out our ears. Grab some friends and come on out to experience it for yourself!!. www.paulys-pub.com/ Calander_Of_Events.html. (952) 758-7795 You Be the D.J.: 15-Nov, 9:00 PM, Rascal’s, 7721 147th Street West, Apple Valley, Free. Free Juke Box every Friday night at 9pm!. rascalsapplevalley.com/specialshappy-hour/. “Emily Marrs Band Last Revel: 15-Nov, 9:00 PM, Pub 500, 500 S Front St, Mankato, free. Rowdy folk rock!. www.pub500.com/happenings/eventscalendar. (507) 625-6500 JNH Band: 15-Nov, 9:15 PM, Buster’s Sports Bar & Grill, 1325 Madison Avenue, Mankato, . A dynamic and vibrant part of the Midwest music scene, JNH Band has been knocking people’s socks off since 2004.

Simply stated, they are an acoustic duo with a very big sound.While JNH Band has a smorgasbord of toe tapping covers in their musical inventory, they are better known for their soulful and lively originals. Description provided by facebook.com/jnhband/info.. www.bustersbar.com/blog/event-calendar.

Rhino: 15-Nov, 9:30 PM, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave. S., Lakeville, . Rhino is a five member, high energy Twin Cities based band playing a wide variety of modern, alternative, 80’s and classic rock with twists of country and other surprises splashed in.

The show is non-stop entertainment and fun, sure to make you stomp your feet, get up and dance, or sit back and enjoy.. www. babesmusicbar.com/Events.asp.

String Theory: 16-Nov, 5:00 AM, Indian Island Winery, 18018 631st Ave, Janesville, Free. Come on out and enjoy the array of sounds from the string instruments played by String theory as they put a twist on folk / rock music.. www.indianislandwinery.com/id7. html. (507) 234-6222 duoARita in Concert: 16-Nov, 1:30 PM, Gustavus Adolphus College - Jussi Bjorling Recital Hall, 800 W. College Ave., St. Peter, Free. Duo-pianists Jeri-Mae Astolfi and Holly

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Bully Pulpit Bluegrass / Grand Center for Arts and Culture / New Ulm / 11.22 Roadfeldt present this special guest recital.. www.gustavus.edu/calendar.

Chorder: 16-Nov, 6:00 PM, The Garage, 75 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville, Free. Enjoy the headbanging experiance of Chorder as their metal rock music plays all night. www. reverbnation.com/venue/7687.

Caravan Du Nord 2013 presents: The Honeydogs: 16-Nov, 6:30 PM, Sheldon Theatre, 443 West 3rd Street, Red Wing, $9.50-$14.50. With shades of Leonard Cohen, Nilsson, Nick Drake, and Tony Joe White the band has created a soul folk and country record tracked as an ensemble with minimal overdubs. Come and join us for a live performance by The Honeydogs and The Ericksons.. www.sheldontheatre.org/events.

651-388-8700 Chad Elliott Performance: 16-Nov, 7:00 PM, Red Rock Center, 222 East Blue Earth Ave., Fairmont, $5+. Chad has shared the music stage with greats such as: Eric Church, Lonestarrows, Brantley Gilbert, R.L. Burnside, Odetta, Tom Paxton and Loudon Wainwright III, among others. Elliott has released 18 fulllength albums since he began his songwriting career in 2009.. www.redrockcenter.org.

507-235-9262 Becky Schlegel: 16-Nov, 7:30 PM, Crossings at Carnegie, 320 East Avenue, Zumbrota, $16-$18. A beautiful fusion of folk, bluegrass and country. Come and join us for a live performance by Becky Schlegel.. www. crossingsatcarnegie.com/page0003_Concerts_and_Events_Schedule.html. (507) 732-7616 Beg for Justice: 16-Nov, 7:30 PM, The Grand Center for Arts and Culture, 210 N Minnesota St., New Ulm, Free. This local bluegrass and country group, is a high energy string band that plays Old Time, Bluegrass

and Folk music. Members include Jeremy Peterson on mandolin and vocals, Lehi Hoehn on fiddle and vocals, Justin Gehrke on banjo, guitar and vocals, Nick Burris on guitar and vocals, James Ihrke on string bass and Jon Burris on drums.. www.thegrandnewulm.com.

Terry Dubois: 16-Nov, 8:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, Free. After years of touring as a headliner and as an opening act for bands like Ted Nugent, Molly Hatchet, Savoy Brown and Pat Travers and recording with members of McCartney and Wings, Mike and the Mechanics, The Pretenders, Meatloaf, and Boys Don’t Cry, Terry has settled in the Minneapolis area, working with area favorites such as The Mixx, The White Sidewalls, Blazer, Pizazz Band, Susie and the Studmuffins, Blue Backbone and Inside Out, to name a few. Now performing as a solo artist, he blends his soulful singing style with a warm acoustic sound, bringing to life four decades of classic pop/ rock favorites. Add some original selections, sprinkle in a dash of good humor and you’re sure to be entertained!. www.mysticlake. com/entertainmentcalendar/2013-10.

Free Fallin’: 16-Nov, 8:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, Free. America’s Favorite Travelin’ Tribute to Tom Petty! Free Fallin presents it’s show with the power and passion that went into over 30 years of Tom Petty’s best selling songs from ‘Damn the Torpedoes’ through his latest (including hits from the Traveling Wilburys).

Free Fallinâ₏™s show has the instrumentation to duplicate the sound of the Heartbreakers as well as the convincing looks and costumes that gives you a show that you will never forget! (Courtesy of http://www.freefallin.us/). www.mysticlake.com/entertainmentcalendar/2013-11.

Karaoke Night: 16-Nov, 9:00 PM, Wings

Mary Guentzel Quintet / Pine Island Winery / Janesville / 11.22

Tavern & Grille, 1805 S. Elm Ave., Owatonna, Free. Karaoke Night every Saturday at Wing’s Tavern & Grille.. . “Leftover Salmon Rain Kings: 16-Nov, 9:00 PM, Pub 500, 500 S Front St, Mankato, free. Intimate blues and roots rock. www.pub500.com/happenings/ eventscalendar. (507) 625-6500 All Request Dance Party: 16-Nov, 9:30 PM, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave. S., Lakeville, Free. Come out to the All Request Dance Party every Saturday night at 9:30!. www.babesmusicbar.com/Events.asp. “Music Video Dance Party DJ Dorado: 16-Nov, 10:00 PM, Hoppers Bar & Grill, 119 Olive Street, Waconia, Free.

Come on out and jam as DJ Dorado spins the records and blast the music all night long!. www.hoppersbar.com/entertainment/monthlyentertainment-calendar/.

Guest Violin Recital by Tony Gardner: 17-Nov, 1:30 PM, Gustavus Adolphus College - Jussi Bjorling Recital Hall, 800 W. College Ave., St. Peter, Free. St. Peter native and professional violinist Troy Gardner returns to Gustavus to present this guest recital in Bj rlign Recital Hall.. www.gustavus. edu/calendar.

The S.O.B.s: 17-Nov, 6:00 PM, McKracken’s Pub, 3120 West Highway 13, Burnsville, Free. Come on out and listen to the amazing acoustic sounds as you pull up a bar stool and listen to Acoustic Debauchery all night long!. mckrackenspub.com/events/. “Matt Nathanson Karaoke: 17-Nov, 8:30 PM, Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 West 123rd Street, Savage, Free. Come on out and sing your heart out with your friends all night long as you enjoy the great and friendly atmosphere.. neisens.com/music-events/. (952) 8464513�The Combo

Northern Roots Session: 18-Nov, 7:30 PM, The Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, Free. Join us for live music at The Contended Cow-A Northfield (MN); a pub with a British accent!. 1001solutionsllc. com/the-contented-cow/calendar/#.Um28cO1Dvo5. 1.507.663.1351�Dan Lund Fall Semester Honors Recital: 19-Nov, 7:00 PM, Trinity Chapel Bethany Lutheran College, 700 Luther Dr., Mankato, Free. The Bethany Music Department presents the Fall Semester Honors Recital. Students enrolled in private music lessons audition for the privilege of performing in this recital. There will be selections for voice, keyboard, and instruments. The public is welcome to attend.. www.blc.edu/node/26597.

Open-Mic Night: 19-Nov, 7:00 PM, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave. S., Lakeville, Free. Join us every Tuesday at 7pm for OpenMic Night!. www.babesmusicbar.com/Events. asp. “Shawn Mullins Acoustic Jam: 19-Nov, 7:30 PM, The Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, Free. Come in and enjoy live music at The Contented Cow - a Northfield Pub with a British accent!. 1001solutionsllc. com/the-contented-cow/calendar/#.Um28cO1Dvo5. 1.507.663.1351�Turpentine Wine Open Mic Night: 20-Nov, 8:30 PM, Bierstube, 109 W. 11th St., Hastings, Free. Sign up Bring your guitar (or someone who plays one for you) and the stage is yours! It doesn’t matter if you’re a FABULOUSLY TALENTED, polished and professional singer or if you’re just sticking your neck out! We LOVE them all.

Lots of musicians just come down and plug in and play along so singing isn’t a requirement!

You’ll have time for 3 songs (or 15 min max) and we even go through the list twice if we can.. thebierstube.com/events/. (651) 437-8259�Karaoke Night!

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Beg for Justice / Grand Center for Arts and Culture / New Ulm / 11.16 On Stage Karaoke with Paul Hanson: 20-Nov, 9:30 PM, Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 West 123rd Street, Savage, Free.

Every Wednesday night we will have On Stage Karaoke with DJ Paul Hanson right after Bingo - come down to Neisen’s and show us what you’ve got!. neisens.com/music-events/.

(952) 846-4513�Good Diction Mark Mraz: 21-Nov, 7:00 PM, The Tavern Lounge, 212 Division St., Northfield, Free+.

Mark Mraz -- everybody’s favorite ‘piano man’ -- is back tickling the ivories and performing all your favorite sing-along songs, along with a trove of golden oldies and classic covers from the pop music archives. Come and join us for a live performance by Mark Mraz.

Check site for start time.. tavernofnorthfield. com/.

Lorie Line and her Fab Five: 21-Nov, 7:30 PM, North Iowa Area Community College, 500 College Drive, Mason City, $46+. Lorie grew up in Reno, Nevada and was born with ‘perfect pitch.’ She has been playing the piano since age 5 and as a child won many Statewide competitions. Classically trained, she graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno with a BA in Music, Piano Performance. In 1986, she married Tim Line, moved to Minneapolis and landed the perfect job, serenading shoppers at the piano for Dayton’s. It was from here that Midwestern fans took notice of her musical talent and style and her career took off. Since then, she has recorded 44 CDs and has published 39 books of music. She has sold 6 million albums and has toured the United States for 24 years, performing on over 2000 stages.

Lorie has never taken one business course, but may own one of the largest independent labels in the world. Admission price is subject to change by venue.. www.lorieline.com/ index.asp?pageID=543. 641-423-1264

DJ Dance Party: 21-Nov, 9:30 PM, Spike’s, 1525 Division St. W, Faribault, . Spike’s is Southern Minnesota’s premier music venue.

With a premium sound system and the hottest rotation of live bands and fun DJ promos, Spike’s delivers the fun!. www.spikesrocks. com/event-calendar/. “Frogleg Mary Guentzel Quintet: 22-Nov, 5:30 PM, Indian Island Winery, 18018 631st Ave, Janesville, Free. The Mary Guentzel Quintet are a group of Minnesota based musicians who have joined together to play their renditions of the great standards from the 30’s and 40’s, along with select favorites from more recent decades. The band centers around jazz singer Mary Guentzel. Mary is a talented vocalist with a pleasing voice. She loves to interact with her audience. You will not find Mary behind a microphone stand but rather out among her audience. Mary is a true entertainer. Description provided by marygquintet. com.. www.indianislandwinery.com/id7.html.

(507) 234-6222�Vic Volare Peter Ostroushko in Concert: 22-Nov, 7:00 PM, Trinity Chapel Bethany Lutheran College, 700 Luther Dr., Mankato, $5-$8.

Peter Ostroushko returns to the Bethany campus. Tickets will be available at the door.. www.blc.edu/node/26693.

Justin Moore: 22-Nov, 7:00 PM, Verizon Wireless Center Mankato MN, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Mankato, Free+. Justin Moore’s star has grown significantly since he was named Billboard’s ‘Top New Country Artist of 2009.’ He will release his third studio album for The Valory Music Co., entitled Off the Beaten Path, on September 17. The lead Top 20-and-rising hit ‘Point At You’ marks his fastest-rising single to date. Through his career, Moore has sold over 4.5 million digital downloads and his gold-certified, sophomore album Outlaws Like Me hit the #1 spot the week it was

released. The project produced two #1 hits ‘If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away’ and ‘Til My Last Day,’ as well as the fan favorite ‘Bait A Hook.’ His debut album scored three consecutive smash singles (the #1 ‘Small Town USA’ as well as the hits ‘Backwoods’ and ‘How I Got To Be This Way’). Prices may vary by venue.. www.facebook.com/moorejustinmusic/ app_123966167614127.

Lonesome Dan Kase: 22-Nov, 7:00 PM, The Tavern Lounge, 212 Division St., Northfield, Free+. Lonesome Danâ₏™s live performances showcase both his unique finger-picking style and dynamic vocals as well as his depth of knowledge of the history of the blues. If you catch a live performance, youâ₏™re bound to walk away with some interesting tidbits about known artists like Blind Lemon Jefferson or more obscure performers like Funny Papa Smith. Lonesome Danâ₏™s trusted companions are his Guild 6 string and his 1935 National played bottleneck/slide style. Come and join us for a live performance

by Lonesome Dan Kase. Check site for start time.. tavernofnorthfield.com/.

Bully Pulpit Bluegrass: 22-Nov, 7:30 PM, The Grand Center for Arts and Culture, 210 N Minnesota St., New Ulm, Free. This four-piece band plays traditional bluegrass music.

Members include Joe Kunkel on banjo, Tom Bierer on guitar, James Ihrke on string bass, and Dan Robinson on Fiddle.. www. thegrandnewulm.com.

Brat Pack Radio: 22-Nov, 8:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, Free. Mixing top-shelf musical performances with spoof and carnival theatrics, this is anything but typical cover band fare, and it shows first and foremost in the personnel. Co-frontman Ryan Lance is a

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Hitchville, Spike’s Bar & Grill, Faribault Friday, December 6 A couple years ago, Spike’s Bar & Grill in Faribault decided that they were going to be the premier music venue in the area. They upgraded their stage area, added lighting, and made a major investment in their sound system. The bar was extended to run parallel to the dance floor, and more video monitors were added. The result is an outstanding space for both the performers and the audience.Spike’s also decided to start booking the top regional acts. Just in the last couple months Lost Highway, the Jerry Rodes Band, Chris Brooks and the Silver City Boys, and Hicktown Mafia have all played there.

On December 6th, they’re bringing Hitchville back to their stage, and that’s a show you do not want to miss. Those of you who have already seen them know what I’m talking about when I say this band is the whole package. Heidi Owens and Matthew Kneefe don’t just provide movie star good looks, but also fantastic harmony rich vocals. The rest of the band is a tight unit with each player bringing something fantastic and unique to the table. Fiddle player Marv Gohman would be worth the price of admission on his own. Block out the 6th on your calendar, get over to Spikes and have a fantastic night.

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From 27 4-time Emmy® Award-winning songwriter, and also a founding member of a cappella darlings The Blenders, who’ve produced 14 albums over the last 20 years, toured extensively throughout the U.S., and scored a number one European hit with the 1998 Universal Records release “I’m in Love with the McDonald’s Girl’’. (Courtesy of http://bratpackradio.com/). www.mysticlake. com/entertainmentcalendar/2013-11.

BoRiddley: 22-Nov, 8:00 PM, Mystic Lake

Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, Free. With Scott manning the keyboard and Mike on electric and acoustic guitars, this versatile duo can cover anything from light jazz and tropical themes to rock and country.

(Courtesy of https://www.facebook.com/ BoRiddleyMusic/info). www.mysticlake.com/ entertainmentcalendar/2013-11.

Urban Myth: 22-Nov, 9:00 PM, Northstar, 503 N Broadway, Rochester, . ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ is a cultural hot dish of musicians and vocalists in which their song list reflects as well. Everything from current to

classic, funk to rock, R&B to oldies, originals to an occasional instrumental to show off the bands chops ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ delivers! The band has performed everywhere from street dances to nightclubs, weddings to corporate events and through out their careers have played all over the United States and even over seas. ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ brings a professional show to audiences whether it’s a nightclub or a special event with a relaxed, yet fun style of presentation.. www.urbanmythband.com/schedule.

Tasz: 22-Nov, 9:00 PM, Buster’s Sports Bar

& Grill, 1325 Madison Avenue, Mankato, Free. Fun, high energy band, playing 60s, 70s and 80s classic rock. With a few classic oldies just to keep the party going. Bring your dance shoes, as we rock the night away.. www.bustersbar.com/blog/event-calendar.

Cherrygun: 22-Nov, 9:30 PM, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave. S., Lakeville, .

Satisfy your craving for great live music with CherryGun! Each set is packed with non-stop rock, country, and dance pop hits that draw every partier to the dance floor. Professional and fun, Amy M and her boys start the party and get the job done. Don’t miss your next chance to see CherryGun.. www.babesmusicbar.com/Events.asp.

Russell Schmidt: 23-Nov, 5:00 AM, Indian Island Winery, 18018 631st Ave, Janesville, Free. Come out an enjoy the great acoustic music of Russell Schmidt as he masterfully plays his guitar.. www.indianislandwinery. com/id7.html. (507) 234-6222 The Gustavus and Vasa Wind Orchestras Fall Concert: 23-Nov, 1:30 PM, Gustavus Adolphus College - Jussi Bjorling Recital Hall, 800 W. College Ave., St. Peter, Free. Conductors Karrin Meffert-Nelson and Douglas Nimmo lead the Vasa Wind Orchestra and the Gustavus Wind Orchestra in this combined fall concert.. www.gustavus. edu/calendar.

The Gustavus Philharmonic Orchestra in Concert: 23-Nov, 3:30 PM, Gustavus Adolphus College - Jussi Bjorling Recital Hall, 800 W. College Ave., St. Peter, Free.

Justin Knoepfel leads the Philharmonic Orchestra in its fall concert.. www.gustavus. edu/calendar.

Marshall Star: 23-Nov, 6:30 PM, Buster’s Sports Bar & Grill, 1325 Madison Ave., Mankato, Free. Even as musicians come & go Marshall Star has not lost any talent or integrity. Continuing a two decade long tradition of great music. Marshall Star’s originals, classic/ current country and variety music keep them a top professional performance for any venue.. www.bustersbar.com/blog/event-calendar.

Paramore: 23-Nov, 7:30 PM, Roy Wilkins Auditorium, 175 Kellogg Blvd W., Saint Paul, $22.50+. Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004.

The band currently consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams, bassist Jeremy Davis, and guitarist Taylor York. The group released its debut album All We Know Is Falling in 2005, and its second album Riot! in 2007, which was certified Platinum in the US and Ireland and Gold in Australia, Canada, New Zealand,

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Paul Hill leads the Gustavus Percussion Ensemble in their annual fall concert. Always an exciting and energetic performance.. www. gustavus.edu/calendar.

The Swellers: 25-Nov, 7:00 PM, The Cherry Pit, 117 E Cherry St, Mankato, $5+. he Swellers are a straightforward skatepunk band with some pop elements, very much in the tradition of NOFX, Bad Religion, and No Use for a Name. The group’s core trio -- singer/guitarist Nick Diener, bassist Nate Lamberts, and drummer Jonathan Diener -- formed in the small town of Fenton, MI, in the summer of 2002. Following a pair of self-released albums, 2002’s Long and Hard and 2003’s End of Discussion, the trio recorded a full-length debut named Beginning of the End Again and signed to the Ann Arbor-based indie label Search and Rescue Records. Before the album’s release, however, Lamberts bowed out of the band to attend college, making way for new bassist Lance Nelson and second guitarist Garrett Burgett to join in time for the band’s debut cross-country trek on the 2005 edition of the Vans Warped Tour. Provided by mtv.com. Prices may vary by venue.. www.facebook.com/theswellers/ app_123966167614127.

University Jazz Big Bands: 26-Nov, 7:30 PM, Elias J. Halling Recital Hall of the Earley Center of Performing Arts, Minnesota State University 320 Maywood Ave., Mankato, $7$9. University Jazz Big Bands concert.. www. mnsu.edu/music/events/.

R.J. Blu: 27-Nov, 7:00 PM, The Tavern Lounge, 212 Division St., Northfield, Free+.

Armed with a powerful voice, a blood spattered acoustic guitar, and the scarred fingers to match – RJ Blu is a Minnesota born singer-songwriter with a vast book of music.

Come and join us for a live performance by R.J. Blu. Check site for start time.. tavernofnorthfield.com/.

Nick Fox in Concert: 27-Nov, 9:00 PM, The Busted Nut, 118 2nd Street East, Hastings, Free+. Come out and enjoy a great night of music. Dance, party and enjoy the night with your friends!!. www.thebustednut. com/Calendar.html. (651) 438-6887”Outside Recess 100 Watt Jones: 27-Nov, 9:30 PM, Main Street Bar and Grill, 814 Main Street, Hopkins, $3 . Come on in celebrate and party before the relatives consume your lives for the next few days. Customer appreciation tonight with reduced cover. Along with prize

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mixes Texas and ‘Red Dirt Country’ with Current Radio Hits and their spin on the Classics to keep the dance floor packed.. www. chrisbrooksband.com/shows.

Mark Cameron Band in Concert: 23-Nov, 9:00 PM, The Busted Nut, 118 2nd Street East, Hastings, Free+. Minneapolis-based singer, songwriter and guitarist Mark Cameron has been active in live music for over thirty years. He began his performing career in the rich folk-rock scene of the early 1970’s and brought this influence into several bands he founded during the 1980’s and 1990’s.

Today, Mark’s focus is centered on crafting original Blues songs with strong melodies and memorable lyrics. The range of his material stretches the Blues genre beyond the standard comfort zone with a focus on ‘foot stompin, butt shakin’ music that resonates with a live audience. After five studio releases in the 1980’s and 90’s, Mark turned his focus to the Blues. In 2009, the song ‘Boxcar Blues,’ from ‘Life of Illusion’ became an instant classic and packs the dance floor at live performances every time. In 2011, Mark released the ambitious project, ‘Built to Bust,’ featuring the hipster-swing classic ‘Do Lovin Right’ and the Chicago-Blues romp ‘Tough All Over.’ Mark’s newest release, ‘One Way Ride To The Blues,’ is slated for release this spring.

The Mark Cameron Band is consistently a top finisher in Blues competitions over the past several years.. www.thebustednut.com/ Calendar.html. (651) 438-6887 Touch of Rust: 23-Nov, 9:00 PM, RJ’s Tavern Hastings, 106 2nd St. E, Hastings, Free. Touch of Rust performs live at RJ’s Tavern.. rjstavern.com/live-music-events/.

651-437-8772 Jazz in Concert: 24-Nov, 1:30 PM, Gustavus Adolphus College - Jussi Bjorling Recital Hall, 800 W. College Ave., St. Peter, Free.

Director Steve Wright leads the Adolphus Jazz Ensemble and the Gustavus Jazz Lab Band in their fall concert.. www.gustavus.edu/calendar.

The Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Fall Concert: 24-Nov, 3:30 PM, Gustavus Adolphus College - Jussi Bjorling Recital Hall, 800 W. College Ave., St. Peter, Free.

Karrin Meffert-Nelson, Ann Pesavento, John Engegretson and James DeVoll lead the woodwind chamber ensembles through this annual fall concert.. www.gustavus.edu/ calendar.

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Pet Sounds: 23-Nov, 7:30 PM, Zumbrota State Theatre, 88 E 4th St., Zumbrota, $32$35. Join us at The Zumbrota State Theatre for Pet Sounds, a tribute to the immortal classic

by The Beach Boys, presented by Collective Unconscious.. www.crossingsatcarnegie.com/ page0003_Concerts_and_Events_Schedule. html. 507-732-5210 Collective Unconscious Presents Pet Sounds: 23-Nov, 7:30 PM, Crossings at Carnegie, 320 East Avenue, Zumbrota, $32$35. A tribute to the immortal classic by the Beach Boys.. www.crossingsatcarnegie.com/ page0003_Concerts_and_Events_Schedule. html. (507) 732-7616 Killer Hayseeds: 23-Nov, 8:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, Free. The Killer Hayseeds have been one of the top-drawing country bands in the Midwest for over 20 years. The large and loyal following the band has created is a true testament to their longevity and their way of connecting with their fans on and off the stage. In late summer of 2011, founding member Todd Ernster set out on a quest to find the finest entertainers and musicians that would best reflect the high-caliber professional show that made the band its reputation and garnered it’s large fan base since day one.

A grueling audition schedule was set in motion, with players both locally and nationally expressing interest in performing in The Killer Hayseeds. (Courtesy of http://www.killerhayseeds.com/biography.php). www.mysticlake. com/entertainmentcalendar/2013-11.

Dan Switch & Steve Nagel: 23-Nov, 8:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, Free. Join us at Mystic Lake Casino for a live performance by Dan Switch and Steve Nagel!. www.mysticlake. com/entertainmentcalendar/2013-11.

Chris Brooks: 23-Nov, 9:00 PM, Club 57, 204 2nd St. SW, Waseca. Chris Brooks & The Silver City Boys are a premier Minnesotabased Country Rock band. This dynamic, high-energy 5-piece with great harmonies

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From 28 giveaways! About 100 watt jones 100 watt jones is a 6 piece band that covers the best rock and roll around the Twin Cities Metro area. 100 watt jones consists of 2 guitars, bass, drums, keys and sax; all members share in vocals. Our new bassist and frontman have broadened our musical horizons and have greatly expanded our range. Rich harmonies and full instrumentation allow 100 watt jones to form a distinctive sound all their own. 100 watt jones’s members are seasoned veterans of many different Minnesota bands. We came together because of a strong desire to cover uniquely familliar songs with an emphasis on vocal harmonies and dance oriented Rock-nRoll. 100 watt jones’s limited playing schedule assures that when they play...it is a ‘must see’ event for their fans.. www.mainstreetbar.com/ events_list.php.

Avey Brothers: 29-Nov, 12:45 PM, Field House Bar & Grill, 1625 South Broadway, Rochester, Free. Come out for a night of live blues and rock music played by the Avey Brothers themeselves!. www.facebook.com/ pages/Field-House-Formerly-Rons-Place/ 181450818656151?id=181450818656151 &sk=events.

Vanna: 29-Nov, 5:15 PM, The Garage, 75 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville, $13+. New England post-hardcore group Vanna have spent the last several years on a personal journey, and it’s the experience of living on the road that has helped them to discover who they truly are. After years of relentless touring and musical growth, the band has found balance with A New Hope, both literally and figuratively. Since the bands formation in 2004 Vanna Chris Preece (vocals), Nick Lambert (guitar/vocals), Evan Pharmakis (guitar/ vocals), Shawn Marquis (bass) and newcomer Chris Campbell (drums) have built a strong following based on their killer live shows, which helped garner attention from Epitaph

Records. The band signed with the label in 2005 and released their debut EP, The Search Party Never Came, the following year. With the EP’s release came extensive touring until it was time to release their full length album, Curses, in 2007. Signaling growth sonically from the EP, curses. Provided by epitaph.com.

Prices may vary by venue.. www.facebook. com/vannamusic/app_123966167614127.

Wendy Smith and Lori Williams: 29-Nov, 7:00 PM, The Tavern Lounge, 212 Division St., Northfield, Free+. Wendy Smith & Lori Williams join musical forces for a guaranteed not-to-be-missed evening featuring two of Northfield’s coolest female rockers.

Smith (vocals, guitar, accordian) is best known fronting local faves The Zillionaires and Williams (alto sax, vocals, piano) has toured the nation with Jackson Browne and others.. tavernofnorthfield.com/.

Hermann Astro: 29-Nov, 7:30 PM, The Grand Center for Arts and Culture, 210 N Minnesota St., New Ulm, Free. Herman Astro’s bluesy, rock sound is powered by lead singer Zachary Pluer’s hearty, soulful voice, accompanied by Cody Calderon (drums), Eric LeMieux (guitar), and Adam Dosemagen (bass). Their upbeat songs deliver the kind of funky good time that makes you wanna dance.. www.thegrandnewulm.com.

7 Sins: 29-Nov, 8:00 PM, Wicked Moose Bar & Grill, 1201 Eastgate Dr. SE, Rochester, $5 . One part aggression, one part soul, and one part good ol’ Rock N Roll. No joke, this is the full package. 7 Sins is a Hard Rock/Metal cover band. The idea for this band was born of brain child and lead guitarist Jeff (Juice) Lien who was faced with the challenge of putting together the right musicians for this project with a demanding array of music. Description provided by 7sinsmn.com/index.php/band/.. www.wickedmoosebarandgrill.com/events/ upcoming-events/upcoming-events.html.

Crankshaft: 29-Nov, 8:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior

Lake, Free. Crankshaft has been pounding the pavement since 2008, developing his own ‘pork neck’ style along the way. A sound heavily rooted in rock ‘n’ roll, blues, country, swing, and surf that ‘could not have been imagined prior to the early punk scene,’ as described by Dig In Magazine. Rock solid original lyrics, a dedicated fan base, and his 21st century twist on the American roots is pushing him to the top of the crowded Minneapolis music scene in a hurry. It’s becoming clear to many that Crankshaft is ‘one of the best and most interesting roots, rock and blues acts playing around town these days.’ Cities 97. (Courtesy of http://www.crankshaftmusic.com/presskit/). www.mysticlake.com/ entertainmentcalendar/2013-11.

The Sheldon Theatre Brass Band Holiday Concert: 29-Nov, 8:00 PM, Sheldon Theatre, 443 West 3rd Street, Red Wing, $11.50-$17.50. The Sheldon Theatre Brass Band was founded in 1989 as the resident performing ensemble at the newly-restored, turn-of-the-century, T. B. Sheldon Theatre in Red Wing, Minnesota. Come and join us for The Sheldon Theatre Brass Band Holiday Concert.. www.sheldontheatre.org/events.

651-388-8700 Urban Myth: 29-Nov, 9:00 PM, OK Corral, 20201 Johnson Memorial Dr, Jordon, . ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ is a cultural hot dish of musicians and vocalists in which their song list reflects as well. Everything from current to classic, funk to rock, R&B to oldies, originals to an occasional instrumental to show off the bands chops ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ delivers! The band has performed everywhere from street dances to nightclubs, weddings to corporate events and through out their careers have played all over the United States and even over seas. ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ brings a professional show to audiences whether it’s a nightclub or a special event with a relaxed, yet fun style of presentation.. www. urbanmythband.com/schedule.

The Sheldon Theatre Brass Band Holiday Concert: 30-Nov, 2:00 PM, Sheldon Theatre, 443 West 3rd Street, Red Wing, $11.50-$17.50. The Sheldon Theatre Brass Band was founded in 1989 as the resident performing ensemble at the newly-restored, turn-of-the-century, T. B. Sheldon Theatre in Red Wing, Minnesota. Come and join us for The Sheldon Theatre Brass Band Holiday Concert.. www.sheldontheatre.org/events.

651-388-8700 Rich Priener: 30-Nov, 7:00 PM, The Tavern Lounge, 212 Division St., Northfield, Free+. Rich Prenier is one-half of the popular duo, The Tumeni Brothers, covering a wide and eclectic range of music from artists like Matchbox 20, Eric Clapton, Incubus, The Beatles, Alice Cooper and yes, even Lady Gaga. Come and join us for a live performance by Rich Prenier. Check site for start time.. tavernofnorthfield.com/.

Michael Johnson: 30-Nov, 7:30 PM, Crossings at Carnegie, 320 East Avenue, Zumbrota, $22-$24. Come and join us for a live performance by Michael Johnson.. www. crossingsatcarnegie.com/page0003_Concerts_and_Events_Schedule.html. (507) 732-7616 Rick Nair Jazz Trio: 30-Nov, 7:30 PM, The Grand Center for Arts and Culture, 210 N Minnesota St., New Ulm, Free. Come enjoy music at The Grand Center for Arts & Culture.. www.thegrandnewulm.com.

Rockin’ Hollywoods: 30-Nov, 8:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, Free. The Rockin’ Hollywoods present ‘Solid Gold Rock & Roll’ from the 1950’s thru the 1980’s with an energy and excitement that captivates audiences of all ages. Formed in 1973, the band utilizes period costuming, very physical choreography and staging, with great vocals and musicianship, gaining them critical and popular praise. The Rockin’ Hollywoods were voted ‘Best Performing Artist’ for 1987 in the

Minnesota Music Awards. The Minnesota Ballroom Operators Association voted them ‘Band of the Year’ for 1986 and 1989. The band has been nominated virtually every year since 1976 by the MBOA, and nominated in 1986 and 1988 by the prestigious Minnesota Music Awards Academy. (Courtesy of http:// rockinhollywoods.com/). www.mysticlake. com/entertainmentcalendar/2013-11.

Chris Herriges: 30-Nov, 8:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, Free. Critically regarded singer, guitarist and songwriter based in the Twin Cities. Among accomplishments, most noteworthy is probably the large amount of airplay garnered via independent promotion, for a number of original recordings on commercial radio (Rock, Top-40) throughout the U.S., primarily in the 1990’s. Also, glowing reviews in many national as well as local publications, also primarily in the early to mid ‘90’s. Can currently be seen regularly in solo-acoustic and duo performances throughout the Twin Cities area and greater Minnesota and Wisconsin. (Courtesy of http://chrisherriges. net/). www.mysticlake.com/entertainmentcalendar/2013-11.

Urban Myth: 30-Nov, 9:00 PM, Torge’s, 1701 4th Street Northwest, Austin, . ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ is a cultural hot dish of musicians and vocalists in which their song list reflects as well. Everything from current to classic, funk to rock, R&B to oldies, originals to an occasional instrumental to show off the bands chops ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ delivers! The band has performed everywhere from street dances to nightclubs, weddings to corporate events and through out their careers have played all over the United States and even over seas. ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ brings a professional show to audiences whether it’s a nightclub or a special event with a relaxed, yet fun style of presentation.. www. urbanmythband.com/schedule.

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University Concert Band: 2-Dec, 3:00 PM, Elias J. Halling Recital Hall of the Earley Center of Performing Arts, Minnesota State University 320 Maywood Ave., Mankato, $7$9. University Concert Bands perform.. www. mnsu.edu/music/events/.

University Jazz Combos/Vocal Jazz Groups: 3-Dec, 7:30 PM, Elias J. Halling Recital Hall of the Earley Center of Performing Arts, Minnesota State University 320 Maywood Ave., Mankato, $7-$9. University Jazz Combos/Vocal Jazz Groups perform.. www.mnsu.edu/music/events/.

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Joe Holmbo, known for his incredible stage presence, sings and plays an amazing bass guitar. Laying down Smokescreen’s solid and recognizable drum beat is Tim Boeck, of Minneapolis, an outstanding musician.. www. paulys-pub.com/Calander_Of_Events.html.

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Styx, Treasure Island Resort & Casino Tuesday, December 31 When I was 16 years old I went to see Tears for Fears on the Songs from the Big Chair Tour at the Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis. It was the summer of 1985, and at that time, man, Tears for Fears was one of the biggest bands in the world. I couldn’t have been more excited, so you can imagine my impatience with the opening act, some guy named Gowan that I’d never heard of. To my utter shock and surprise, however, Gowan knocked my socks off. He was the best opening act I’d ever seen, or have seen since, and I often would wonder what ever happened to that guy. Cut to fifteen years later. VH1 has unleashed their ridiculously addictive Behind the Music series on the world, and I’m watching the Styx episode. Near the end, after all the drama, and breakups, and heartwarming reunions that inevitably turn a little sour, to my utter delight, I find out that my old pal Gowan has gotten the job as the front man of Styx. So, what’s my point? It’s like this: Dennis DeYoung or no, Styx is still a fantastic band with original guitarists James Young and Tommy Shaw joined by one of those great, great unheralded front men who are plucked out of obscurity to thrill and amaze stalwart fans (see also: Arnel Pineda, Journey). And admit it, you want to ring in 2014 by singing Come Sail Away at the top of your lungs. lajollalight.com

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From 31 Michael Bolton: 3-Dec, 8:00 PM, Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Avenue, Burnsville, $40+. Michael Bolton, the multiple Grammy Award-winning Singer, Songwriter and Social Activist, who has sold more than 53 million albums and singles worldwide, continues to tour the world every

year, all while writing, recording and taping for a wide array of projects spanning music, film, television and theater. Bolton remains committed to humanitarian causes, especially through the Michael Bolton Charities as well as other social and political organizations.

Known for his soulful voice and poignant lyrics, his timeless style, charm and good looks have also earned him a spot in several ‘People Magazine’s Sexiest Man’ issues, including

2012’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive.’ He most recently became a viral sensation for featuring in The Lonely Island’s hugely popular, ‘Captain Jack Sparrow’ video that launched on Saturday Night Live and was performed live on the Emmys. The Emmy-nominated video has racked up over 95 million views on YouTube, where it was the 3rd most viewed video of 2011. Bolton credits his fans with being ‘the best in the world’ and loves nothing more than bringing his timeless hits to audiences globally. *Ticket prices very by venue.. www. michaelbolton.com/events/event/listUserEven ts?user=2u3njhjl3gok3.

Christmas at Bethany Concert: 4 and 5 Dec, 4:00 PM, Trinity Chapel Bethany Lutheran College, 700 Luther Dr., Mankato, .

The Bethany Music Department presents their annual Christmas at Bethany concerts. The concert will include participation by the Concert Band directed by Adrian Lo; the Concert Choir, Handbell Choir, and Chamber Choir directed by Dennis Marzolf; and the Mary

Tim Sparks & Greg Herriges / Shattuck-St. Marys / Faribault / 12.5 Martha Singers directed by Ann Fredrickson.. www.blc.edu.

University Orchestra: 5-Dec, 7:30 PM, Elias J. Halling Recital Hall of the Earley Center of Performing Arts, Minnesota State University 320 Maywood Ave., Mankato, $7-$9. University Orchestra performs.. www. mnsu.edu/music/events.

Tim Sparks & Greg Herriges: 5-Dec, 7:30 PM, Shattuck-St. Mary’s School, 1000 Shumway Ave, Faribault, $9-$15. TIM SPARKS & GREG HERRIGES NEWHALL AUDITORIUM Two of Minnesota’s best acoustic guitarists pair up for a rare concert called A Winter Wandering that features guitar music from around the world. Greg Herriges is a renegade guitarist who fuses Eastern and Western world music on a variety of acoustic instruments. This special concert includes Tim Sparks’ acclaimed guitar rendering of Tchaikovsky’s ‘Nutcracker Suite’. timsparks. com gregherriges.com. www.s-sm.org.

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Lorie Line and her Fab Five: 6-Dec, 7:30 PM; 7-Dec, 3:00 PM, Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Avenue, Burnsville, $46+. Lorie grew up in Reno, Nevada and was born with ‘perfect pitch.’ She has been playing the piano since age 5 and as a child won many Statewide competitions.

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harmony. This definition exemplifies the band’s trademark sound. Concentual delivers their unique brand of rock ‘n roll with driving beats and punchy guitars, accented by clever riffs and crafty hooks. Their fine tuned melodies and harmonies soar above a rock solid rhythm section, engaging their audience with both their showmanship and polished sound.

Taking cues from rock giants like U2, Led Zeppelin, and the Foo Fighters,Concentual provides fans with not merely a show, but a rock and roll experience!. www.paulys-pub. com/Calander_Of_Events.html. (952) 758-7795 Shirts and Skins: 6-Dec, 9:30 PM, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave. S., Lakeville, Free. Shirts & Skins emerged on the Twin Cities music scene in early 2006. Since that time they have performed at most of the major Midwest nightclubs and festivals, as well as garnered a large legion of loyal fans. Combing high energy, an incredible stage presence and above average vocals and musicianship

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Lorie has never taken one business course, but may own one of the largest independent labels in the world. Admission price is subject to change by venue.. www.lorieline.com/ index.asp?pageID=543. “Martina McBride Dino’s Live: 6-Dec, 8:30 PM, Dino’s Pizzeria, 239 Belgrade Ave., North Mankato, Free. Dino’s LIVE presents the new talents of local and Midwest artists! Our live music selections range from acoustic, jazz, blues and much more the first Friday of every month! We’ll have LIVE music and in-house specials available during the performances.. www.dinopizzeria.com.

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Holiday Choral Concert with Musicorum: 7-Dec, 7:30 PM, Chapel of Our Lady of Good Counsel, , Mankato, $8-$15.

Musicorum is a polished, Mankato-based chamber choral ensemble, founded in 1995 and directed by Dr. Karen Boubel. Our holiday concert program will feature beautiful and uplifting choral music, across the centuries and representing various musical styles.. www.musicorum-mn.org/.

A Soulful Christmas: 7-Dec, 7:30 PM, Zumbrota State Theatre, 88 E 4th St., Zumbrota, $18-$22. Special guests include the Zumbrota-Mazeppa Public School Choir, Tommy Barbarella and Jillian Rae. Scott aims to raise awareness and funding for local choirs during her Christmas tour. Scott, who has sold out the Dakota Jazz Club more than a dozen shows in a row, has a soulful sound that perfectly suits the seasonal music ‘some traditional, some original. Audiences also will hear a few of the band’™s favorite all-yearround songs.. www.crossingsatcarnegie.com/ page0003.AlisonScottSoulfulChristmas.html.

507-732-5210 Dan Switch & Steve Nagel: 7-Dec, 8:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, Free. Join us at Mystic Lake Casino for a live performance by Dan Switch and Steve Nagel!. www.mysticlake. com/entertainmentcalendar/2013-11.

Shirts & Skins in Concert: 7-Dec, 9:00 PM, Pauly’s, 114 West Main St, New Prague, . Shirts N Skins returns to Pauly’s for another party.....Rock on!!! Shirts & Skins emerged on the Twin Cities music scene in early 2006.

Since that time they have performed at most of the major Midwest nightclubs and festivals, as well as garnered a large legion of loyal fans. Combining high energy, an incredible stage presence and above average vocals and musicianship with what they call in the music business, the ‘X factor’, and you have one of the hottest young rising bands in the region.. www.paulys-pub.com/Calander_Of_Events. html. (952) 758-7795 Holiday Choral Concert: 8-Dec, 3:00 PM, Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church, 623 S. Broad Street, Mankato, $7-$9. Holiday Choral Concert.. www.mnsu.edu/music/ events.

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Glenn Henricksen Christmas Concert / Red Rock Center / Fairmont / 12.20 AM, Gustavus Adolphus College - Christ Chapel, 800 W. College Ave., St. Peter, Free.

An annual favorite, The Winds of Christmas is presented by the combined Gustavus and Vasa Wind Orchestras under the direction of Conductors Douglas Nimmo and Karrin Meffert-Nelson.. www.gustavus.edu/calendar.

101.3 KDWB Jingle Ball: 10-Dec, 7:30 PM, Xcel Energy Center - St. Paul, MN, 199 West Kellogg Boulevard, St. Paul, $38-$153.

Come out and enjoy all of today’s hit music with 101.3 KDWB’s Jingle Ball concert.

Performances by: Robin Thicke, Miley Cyrus, Enrique Iglesias, Ariana Grande, Austin Mahone, Flo Rida, Fall Out Boy and Fifth Harmony. Prices vary by seat location: $38 / $48 / $88 / $123 / $153. www.xcelenergycenter. com/events/detail/1013-kdwbs-jingle-ball.

Advent Instrumental Festival: 11-Dec, 7:00 PM, Trinity Chapel Bethany Lutheran College, 700 Luther Dr., Mankato, Free.

Join the Bethany music ensembles for an Instrumental Festival celebrating the Advent season.. www.blc.edu.

Mannheim Steamroller: 12-Dec, 7:30 PM, Verizon Wireless Center Mankato MN, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Mankato, $35+.

Mannheim has sold over 40 million albums,

outselling artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi and Billy Joel, making them one of the top 50 best selling artists during the past two decades. Mannheim Steamroller’s music styling, dubbed ‘18th Century Classical Rock’, is largely credited with establishing the genre of New Age music. A great evening of holiday music is sure to be had by all! Admission will vary based on venue.. shop.mannheimsteamroller.com/content/Tour.htm.

Lorie Line: 13-Dec, 7:30 PM, Verizon Wireless Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Mankato, $43-$48. This year’s theme, Born in Bethlehem, will celebrate the traditional story of the birth of the King. Line will perform favorites, as well as brand new seasonal songs.

Expect all the elements that make a Lorie Line show successful: Lorie Line signature musical arrangements, colorful costumes, stories, world-class musicians, and most importantly, bells!. www.verizonwirelesscentermn.com.

Home For The Holidays: 13-Dec, 7:30 PM, Fairmont Opera House, 45 Downtown Plaza, Fairmont, $10-$20. The 6 man A Cappella group, Six Appeal, sings holiday favorites along with music that spans decades of classic oldies, current chart toppers, and catchy original tunes. Featuring vocal

Do you guys remember Title Wave? It was a chain record store, back when there were record store chains, with stores all over the country. They were big enough, that when the holidays came around, they were able to sell private labeled cd’s of instrumental Christmas music, one of piano music, and one of guitar music. I bought them both because they were cheap, and because I thought they would create some nice little holiday ambiance around the holidays. The piano cd was terrible, but the acoustic guitar cd was pretty ok.

It had a nice little arrangement of Away in a Manger that I thought was very sweet. Eventually Title Wave was bought out by Hollywood Video, which died the same internet fueled death as big record store chains. I got over it, and moved on with my life, and, y’know, I had that guitar CD to listen to.

A few years later I was at Gavidae Commons in downtown Minneapolis, and I heard someone playing that same version of Away in a Manger. Lo and behold, there was Billy McLaughlin set up on a small little stage, entertaining the holiday shoppers with the music he’d put together years earlier for my favorite record store. I’d never really stopped to think who it might be on the recording, but I was pleased to find out it was him. A veteran of the Minnesota music scene, McLaughlin is a highly respected technician, who has a reputation for tasteful yet innovative playing. It made me feel like I had pretty good taste in music McLaughlin and his holiday combo Simple Gifts are playing a show at Crossing at Carnegie, and if you like to hear pretty and well played Christmas music, I cannot recommend this show strongly enough. That’s my story. Merry Christmas!

Tickets are $25 in advance $28 at the door – – Rich Larson, editor@southernminnscene.com

dexterity and adventurous song selection, the group explores all genres with a far-reaching repertoire that will surprise and captivate audiences. This show will split your sides, feed your musical sweet tooth, and leave you wondering how in the world they pulled it off just with voices. Six Appeal were the Champions of the National Harmony Sweepstakes in 2012.. www.fairmontoperahouse.com.

The Leech Boys: 13-Dec, 7:30 PM, The Grand Center for Arts and Culture, 210 N Minnesota St., New Ulm, Free. Come enjoy music at The Grand Center for Arts & Culture.. www.thegrandnewulm.com.

Simple Gifts: 13-Dec, 7:30 PM, Zumbrota State Theatre, 88 E 4th St., Zumbrota, $25$28. SimpleGifts with Billy McLaughlin combine violin, celtic whistle, piano, acoustic

guitar and percussion with angelic three-part female vocals to deliver a ‘modern Old World’ sound in Christmas carols and hymns.

SimpleGifts share music of the holidays at the Zumbrota State Theatre.. www.crossingsatcarnegie.com/page0003.SimpleGifts.html.

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Rose & Thomas: 13-Dec, 8:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, Free. Check out live music by Rose & Thomas at Mystic Lake Casino!. www.mysticlake.com/entertainmentcalendar/2013-11.

Younger Brother: 13-Dec, 9:30 PM, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave. S., Lakeville, Free. Younger Brother was formed in the spring of 2007 by a couple of brothers with a

little extra time on their hands. Our vision is to entertain our fans with a night full of energy and great music; and to never let them down.. www.babesmusicbar.com/Events.asp.

Tess Erickson: Country Ballads: 14-Dec, 6:00 PM, Indian Island Winery, 18018 631st Ave, Janesville, Free. Singing Country Covers and Easy Listening Rock with Acoustic Guitar Description provided by facebook.com/Rockstar.Tess.Anne/info.. www.indianislandwinery. com/id7.html. (507) 234-6222 Jason Gray Christmas Stories Tour: 14Dec, 7:00 PM, Crossview Covenant Church, 2000 Howard Drive W., North Mankato, $15 . Jason Gray and his band will be bringing a special evening of Christmas music to the Mankato area. You won’t want to miss hearing songs from his Album ‘Christmas Stories: Repeat The Sounding Joy’ as well as familiar holiday favorites.. www.crossviewcovenant. org/jasongrayconcert.

Dick Kimmel and Co: 14-Dec, 7:30 PM, The Grand Center for Arts and Culture, 210 N

Minnesota St., New Ulm, Free. Dick Kimmel & Co is a traditional bluegrass band based in southern Minnesota. Dick Kimmel & Co’s traditional style of bluegrass is laced with original songs that seem like classics. The band consists of Hall of Famer Dick Kimmel on vocals, guitar, mandolin, & clawhammer banjo, Jerilyn Kjellberg on vocals & guitar, Graham Sones on banjo & vocals, Terry Johnson on bass, and Ian Kimmel on mandolin & guitar.. www.thegrandnewulm.com.

Joel Hagberg: 14-Dec, 8:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, Free. Providing acoustic guitar music through a one man band format.

This music includes artists such as James Taylor, Gordon Lightfoot, Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond, John Mellencamp, Alan Jackson, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Jimmy Buffett, Eric Clapton and Billy Joel.. www.mysticlake. com/entertainmentcalendar/2013-10.

Hairball: 14-Dec, 8:00 PM, Wicked Moose Bar & Grill, 1201 Eastgate Dr. SE, Rochester,

$15 . Hairball is a rock and roll experience you won’t soon forget. A band puts on a concert, but Hairball puts on an event! The lights, sound, smoke, fire, bombs, and screaming hordes of avid fans? To merely call it a concert would be like calling Mount Rushmore a roadside attraction! Description courtesy of www.hairballonline.com/band.html. www. wickedmoosebarandgrill.com/events/upcoming-events/upcoming-events.html.

Lunch With The Arts: 17-Dec, 12:00 PM, Red Rock Center, 222 East Blue Earth Ave., Fairmont, Donation. Immanuel Lutheran Children’s Handbell Choir.. www.redrockcenter. org. 507-235-9262 Mannheim Steamroller: 17-Dec, 4:30 PM; 17-Dec, 7:00 PM, North Iowa Area Community College, 500 College Drive, Mason City, $35+. Mannheim has sold over 40 million albums, outselling artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi and Billy Joel, making them one of the top 50 best selling artists during the past two decades. Mannheim Steamroller’s music styling, dubbed ‘18th Century Classical Rock’, is largely credited with establishing the genre of New Age music.

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Black Out in Concert: 21-Dec, 9:00 PM, Pauly’s, 114 West Main St, New Prague, .

Come on down and listen to Black Out play a little Match Box 20.....Rock On!!! From just north of Minneapolis, a musical force known as BLACKOUT is gaining momentum and about to take the Twin Cities by storm!

BLACKOUT members are instantly recognizable by the dueling guitar riffs of Tony Zoff and Jeremy Newton, jumping bass lines of Russ Peterson, the incredible strong drumming of Donny March and the strong, authentic vocal style of Brent Hockert. BLACKOUT’S sound resembles a collection of Stone Temple Pilots and Ozzy Osbourne, with a little Black Crowes added for flavor and just a pinch of Prince. The result is a tasty style rock show that you’ll want to hear again and again. We pride ourselves on learning several songs a month always staying current but not afraid to go back and play our favorites from the past.. www.paulys-pub.com/Calander_Of_Events. html. (952) 758-7795 Lorie Line and her Fab Five: 23-Dec, 7:30 PM, Mayo Civic Center, 30 Civic Center Drive, Rochester, $46+. Lorie grew up in Reno, Nevada and was born with ‘perfect pitch.’ She has been playing the piano since age 5 and as a child won many Statewide competitions. Classically trained, she gradu-

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Flashmob: 20-Dec, 9:30 PM, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave. S., Lakeville, Free.

FlashMob! will get you moving. It’s that simple. FM! delivers a fast-paced, highenergry pop/rock blitz featuring a diverse and unexpected set list.. www.babesmusicbar. com/Events.asp.

Organic Cowboys: 21-Dec, 7:30 PM, The Grand Center for Arts and Culture, 210 N Minnesota St., New Ulm, Free. The Organic Cowboys play an array of folk, country and rock music. Members include Dave Ross, Dennis Splinter, Dean Bixenman, Jason Helder, and Tony Helder.. www.thegrandnewulm.com.

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507-235-9262 Betty and Ocho: 20-Dec, 7:30 PM, The Grand Center for Arts and Culture, 210 N Minnesota St., New Ulm, Free. Betty is Elisabeth Harsma, a person of many talents, including playing guitar, singing, songwriting and dance. David (Ocho) O’Connell writes much of the original folk music for the duo, plays guitar and sings beautiful harmony with Betty. Together they perform a blend of both old and new with an energy that’s hard to resist.. www.thegrandnewulm.com.

Chris Herriges: 20-Dec, 8:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, Free. Critically regarded singer, guitarist and songwriter based in the Twin Cities. Among accomplishments, most noteworthy is probably the large amount of airplay garnered via independent promotion, for a number of original recordings on commercial radio (Rock, Top-40) throughout the U.S., primarily in the 1990’s. Also, glowing reviews in many national as well as local publications, also primarily in the early to mid ‘90’s. Can currently be seen regularly in solo-acoustic and duo performances throughout the Twin Cities area and greater Minnesota and Wisconsin. (Courtesy of http://chrisherriges. net/). www.mysticlake.com/entertainmentcalendar/2013-11.

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ated from the University of Nevada, Reno with a BA in Music, Piano Performance.

In 1986, she married Tim Line, moved to Minneapolis and landed the perfect job, serenading shoppers at the piano for Dayton’s. It was from here that Midwestern fans took notice of her musical talent and style and her career took off. Since then, she has recorded 44 CDs and has published 39 books of music. She has sold 6 million albums and has toured the United States for 24 years, performing on over 2000 stages. Lorie has never taken one business course, but may own one of the largest independent labels in the world. Admission price is subject to change by venue.. www.lorieline.com/ index.asp?pageID=543.

Scarlett County in Concert: 26-Dec, 9:00 PM, Pauly’s, 114 West Main St, New Prague, . No mopey country here!

This band rocks your socks off. From the high energy vocalists, to the shredding yet tasteful guitar licks to the kick-ass rhythm section, this band brings the heat. I couldn’t decide who I was more impressed with. The singers just deliver song after song of listen-able tunes. The guitarist gives you country, but his incredible arrangements move into the realm of the coolest Jimi Hendricks-esq chord substitutions and then back again were stunning. The solid rhythm section kept people dancing nonstop for 90 minutes is a power house of driving rhythm combining the very best of country sensibility and hard rock. Really a great dance band.. www.paulys-pub.com/Calander_Of_ Events.html. (952) 758-7795 Recessive Traits: 27-Dec, 9:30 PM, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave. S., Lakeville, Free. Cover band based in the Twin Cities area. Come and enjoy a great night!!. www.babesmusicbar.com/ Events.asp.

Addison Avenue: 28-Dec, 7:30 PM, The Grand Center for Arts and Culture, 210 N Minnesota St., New Ulm, Free. Come enjoy music at The Grand Center for Arts & Culture.. www.thegrandnewulm.com.

Sheetrockers in Concert: 28-Dec, 9:00 PM, The Busted Nut, 118 2nd Street East, Hastings, Free+. The Sheet Rockers are four experienced musicians from the

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Tommy Shaw, James ‘JY’ Young, Lawrence Gowan, Todd Sucherman and Ricky Phillips (along with the occasional surprise appearance by original bassist Chuck Panozzo), have performed more live since ‘99 than all of the previous years of its career combined. Two SuperBowl appearances, Pollstar Box Office chart-topping tours with Def Leppard, Journey, Boston, REO Speedwagon, Bad Company (to name only a few), two more studio albums and no end in sight, STYX continues to conquer the planet, one venue at a time. Prices may vary by venue.. www.styxworld.com/.

DANCE Urban Myth: 15-Nov, 9:00 PM, Santorini Taverna & Music, 13000Technology Drive, Eden Prairie, . ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ is a cultural hot dish of musicians and vocalists in which their song list reflects as well. Everything from current to classic, funk to rock, R&B to oldies, originals to an occasional instrumental to show off the bands chops ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ delivers! The band has performed everywhere from street dances to nightclubs, weddings to corporate events and through out their careers have played all over the United States and even over seas. ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ brings a professional show to audiences whether it’s a nightclub or a special event with a relaxed, yet fun style of presentation.. www.urbanmythband.com/schedule.

“James Blake Skewed View in Concert: 15-Nov, 9:00 PM, Pauly’s, 114 West Main St, New Prague, . Great group of guys & one super cool chic. Simply put, Great Chemistry plus Great Talent equals Great Show. Vocally, Becky Sosso & Dale Luginbill have been singing together for over 20-years. Great vocal tones that were

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Steve Ibe has many years experience playing coupled with a great ear and solid guitar licks...plus his amp has really cool lights. Definately a must-see. Richard Harder (yes, that’s his real name) has eons of experience under his belt, and it truely shows. The dude can straight out tear it up. Dare I say shread?! If you ask nicely, he might even unleash some Eddie. Ultimately, when it comes to dancing, it’s all about the rhythm...right?

Scott Webster is ‘slappin da bass, mon!’... ok...well, he picks his bass...but it’s still super cool. Last (and definitely not least), drivin’ this whole thing is Scott B. Clark. A great drummer who is the glue that binds it all together. The bottom line? Skewed View is overflowing with talent - we have energy coming out our ears. Grab some friends and come on out to experience it for yourself!!. www.paulys-pub.com/Calander_Of_Events.html. (952) 758-7795 DJ Defiant Fridays!: 15-Nov, 10:00 PM, Valley Tap House, 14889 Florence Trail, Apple Valley, Free. No Cover, no Dress code, no drama: that is the theme of the night. COme out and enjoy a noght of great entertainment with DJ defiant and dance the night away!!Great drink specials too!!. thevalleytaphouse.com/events.html.

(952) 431-2337”DJ Ben Michaels An Evening of Elegance: 16-Nov, 7:00 PM, Paradise Center for the Arts, 321 Central Ave., Faribault, $25-$35.

Celebrate the Arts with Paradise Center for the Arts and Dance the Night away. This formal attire, black tie optional not-to-bemissed event is a true Elegant Evening out with friends and loved ones. During the night, final bidding will take place on our Festival of Centerpieces Silent Auction.. www.paradisecenterforthearts. org/special-guest/.

On Stage Karaoke with Paul Hanson: 20-Nov, 9:30 PM, Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 West 123rd Street, Savage, Free. Every Wednesday night we will have On Stage Karaoke with DJ Paul Hanson right after Bingo - come down to Neisen’s and show us what you’ve got!. neisens.com/music-events/. (952) 846-4513”DJ JR Pure Movement Plus: The Choreographers’ Gallery: 21-Nov, 8:00 PM, Gustavus Adolphus College - Anderson Theatre, 800 W. College Ave., St. Peter,

$7-$9. Always innovative, unique and eclectic, the Choreographers’ Gallery features selected work by some of our most gifted student choreographers.

Don’t miss the chance to be the first to see the work of these emerging student artists directed by Mellisa Rolnick.. www. gustavus.edu/calendar.

DJ Nick Live: 21-Nov, 9:00 PM, Pauly’s, 114 West Main St, New Prague, . Come out for great entertainment by DJ Nick on Thursday night! Dance the night away with friend and take advantage of food & drink specials too!!. www.paulys-pub. com/Calander_Of_Events.html. (952) 758-7795”DJ Dance Party Pure Movement Plus: The Choreographers’ Gallery: 22-Nov, 8:00 PM, Gustavus Adolphus College - Anderson Theatre, 800 W. College Ave., St. Peter, $7-$9. Always innovative, unique and eclectic, the Choreographers’ Gallery features selected work by some of our most gifted student choreographers. Don’t miss the chance to be the first to see the work of these emerging student artists directed

by Mellisa Rolnick.. www.gustavus.edu/ calendar. “Zenon Dance Company Urban Myth: 22-Nov, 9:00 PM, Northstar, 503 N Broadway, Rochester, . ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ is a cultural hot dish of musicians and vocalists in which their song list reflects as well. Everything from current to classic, funk to rock, R&B to oldies, originals to an occasional instrumental to show off the bands chops ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ delivers! The band has performed everywhere from street dances to nightclubs, weddings to corporate events and through out their careers have played all over the United States and even over seas. ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ brings a professional show to audiences whether it’s a nightclub or a special event with a relaxed, yet fun style of presentation.. www.urbanmythband. com/schedule.

Cherrygun: 22-Nov, 9:30 PM, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave. S., Lakeville, . Satisfy your craving for great live music with CherryGun! Each set is packed with non-stop rock, country, and dance pop hits that draw every partier to the dance floor. Professional and fun, Amy M and her boys start the party and get the job done. Don’t miss your next chance to see CherryGun.. www.babesmusicbar. com/Events.asp.

Festival of Trees: 23-Nov, 5:30 PM, Saint Paul RiverCentre, 175 West Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, $185-$285. Dust off your dancing shoes, grab your friends and come celebrate the health of our community at Festival of Trees, a premier holiday gala benefiting HealthEast Care System patients and their families. Join us on Saturday, November 23, 5:30 p.m. at Saint Paul RiverCentre for our exclusive gala hosted by Vineeta Sawkar, Star Tribune’s video host. The evening includes an elegant dinner, dancing, dueling bands with The Fabulous Armadillos and R Factor, exciting silent and live auctions and more. This is the party that jump starts the holiday season. You won’t want to miss it!. www.rivercentre.org/events/ detail/festival-of-trees-holiday-gala.

(651)265-4800 James Sewell Ballet presents Lover: 23-Nov, 7:00 PM, Sheldon Theatre, 443 West 3rd Street, Red Wing, $13.50-$20.50. The incredible trio of Bradley Greenwald, Maria Jette, and Dan Chouinard join us on stage for a poignant and poetically comic revival of Lover.. www.sheldontheatre.org/events.

651-388-8700 Chris Brooks: 23-Nov, 9:00 PM, Club 57, 204 2nd St. SW, Waseca, . Chris Brooks & The Silver City Boys are a premier Minnesota-based Country Rock band. This dynamic, high-energy 5-piece with great harmonies mixes Texas and ‘Red Dirt Country’ with Current Radio Hits and their spin on the Classics to keep the dance floor packed.. www.chrisbrooksband.com/shows.

Mark Cameron Band in Concert: 23-Nov, 9:00 PM, The Busted Nut, 118 2nd Street East, Hastings, Free+.

Minneapolis-based singer, songwriter and guitarist Mark Cameron has been active in live music for over thirty years. He began his performing career in the rich folk-rock scene of the early 1970’s and brought this influence into several bands he founded during the 1980’s and 1990’s. Today, Mark’s focus is centered on crafting original Blues songs with strong melodies and memorable lyrics. The range of his material stretches the Blues genre beyond the standard comfort zone with a focus on ‘foot stompin, butt shakin’ music that resonates with a live audience. After five studio releases in the 1980’s and 90’s, Mark turned his focus to the Blues. In 2009, the song ‘Boxcar Blues,’ from ‘Life of Illusion’ became an instant classic and packs the dance floor at live performances every time. In 2011, Mark released the ambitious project, ‘Built to Bust,’ featuring the hipster-swing classic ‘Do Lovin Right’ and the Chicago-Blues romp ‘Tough All Over.’ Mark’s newest release, ‘One Way Ride To The Blues,’ is slated for release this spring. The Mark Cameron Band is consistently a top finisher in Blues competitions over the past several years.. www.thebustednut.com/Calendar.html.

(651) 438-6887 Pure Movement Plus: The Choreographers’ Gallery: 24-Nov, 2:00 PM, Gustavus Adolphus College - Anderson Theatre, 800 W. College Ave., St. Peter, $7-$9. Always innovative, unique and eclectic, the Choreographers’ Gallery features selected work by some of our most gifted student choreographers.

Don’t miss the chance to be the first to see the work of these emerging student artists directed by Mellisa Rolnick.. www. gustavus.edu/calendar.

Viva Noel: 29-Nov, 2:00 PM; 30-Nov, 2:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, $28-$36.

Pushing the boundaries of imagination, Viva Noel – A Holiday Cirque!  features aerial performers, interactive jugglers, rapping carolers, high-energy dancing and soul-stirring vocalists.

Showcasing the talents of acrobats, gymnasts, contortionists, hand balancers and daredevils, the show is a surreal voyage into the imagination of a whimsical elf named Elfie who crash-lands inside the Mystic Showroom. After wandering about the room, our elf takes the audience on an exciting and surreal holiday journey.. www.mysticlake.com/vivanoelpress13.

Marushka & The Four Seasons: 29-Nov, 7:00 PM, Mayo Civic Center, 30 Civic Center Drive, Rochester, $22-$25.

Marushka & The Four Seasons is a Russian fairy tale ballet in 2 acts with music

by Alexander Glazunov. In this traditional Russian tale a young orphan girl and a young princess learn the meaning of kindness, honor, friendship and the true spirit of giving. Set against the dramatic passage of the 4 seasons, this lovely ballet appeals to all ages, leaving the audience encouraged and uplifted.. www.mayociviccenter.com/upcoming_events/eventdetails.aspx?eventid=18113&display=1.

Viva Noel: 29-Nov, 7:30 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, $28-$36. Pushing the boundaries of imagination, Viva Noel – A Holiday Cirque!  features aerial performers, interactive jugglers, rapping carolers, high-energy dancing and soulstirring vocalists. Showcasing the talents of acrobats, gymnasts, contortionists, hand balancers and daredevils, the show is a surreal voyage into the imagination of a whimsical elf named Elfie who crashlands inside the Mystic Showroom. After wandering about the room, our elf takes the audience on an exciting and surreal holiday journey.. www.mysticlake.com/ vivanoelpress13. “EOTO Urban Myth: 29-Nov, 9:00 PM, OK Corral, 20201 Johnson Memorial Dr, Jordon, . ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ is a cultural hot dish of musicians and vocalists in which their song list reflects as well.

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Urban Myth: 30-Nov, 9:00 PM, Torge’s, 1701 4th Street Northwest, Austin, . ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ is a cultural hot dish of musicians and vocalists in which their song list reflects as well. Everything from current to classic, funk to rock, R&B to oldies, originals to an occasional instrumental to show off the bands chops ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ delivers! The band has performed everywhere from street dances to nightclubs, weddings to corporate events and through out their careers have played all over the United States and even over seas. ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ brings a professional show to audiences whether it’s a nightclub or a special event with a relaxed, yet fun style of presentation.. www.urbanmythband. com/schedule.

Minnesota State Mankato Fall Dance Concert: 6-Dec, 7:30 PM, Ted Paul Theatre of Earley Center for Performing Arts, Minnesota State University, Mankato, $8-$10. A semester’s worth of work goes on display during this end-ofthe term dance concert, which will feature pieces choreographed and performed by students in the Department of Theatre & Dance, faculty members and guests.

An eclectic mix of styles to entertain all tastes.. www.mnsu.edu/theatre/.

Minnesota State Mankato Fall Dance Concert: 7-Dec, 2:00 PM, Ted Paul Theatre of Earley Center for Performing Arts, Minnesota State University, Mankato, $8-$10. A semester’s worth of work goes on display during this end-ofthe term dance concert, which will feature pieces choreographed and performed by students in the Department of Theatre & Dance, faculty members and guests.

An eclectic mix of styles to entertain all tastes.. www.mnsu.edu/theatre/.

Ragamala Dance: 12-Dec, 7:30 PM, Shattuck-St. Mary’s School, 1000 Shumway Ave, Faribault, $9-$15.

Ragamala Dance ‘Sacred Earth’* Ragamala carries their classic South Indian dance form into the 21st Century. Ambitious and evocative, Sacred Earth envisions the beautiful, fragile relationship between nature and man. ‘Rapturous and profound [Aparna Ramaswamy] is an enchantingly beautiful dancer’ The New York Times. ragamaladance.org. www.s-sm.org/arts/ events/fesler-lampert-series/.

Line Dance Party: 13-Dec, 7:00 PM, Starks Saloon, 3125 Dodd Rd, Eagan, $5 . Twin Cities Biggest Line Dance Party, DJ Plays your requests - Lessons start at 7:00 pm.. starks-saloon.com/. (651) 454-8251 Physical Theatre Project: 13-Dec, 8:00 PM, Gustavus Adolphus College Anderson Theatre, 800 W. College Ave., St. Peter, $7-$9. Directed by Henry MacCarthy and devised by the members of the ensemble, the Physical Theatre Project will explore the expressive possibilities of the body in the construction of commonplace narratives for an exhilarating theatre experience.. www.gustavus.edu/ calendar.

WCS and Variety Dance: 20-Dec, 7:45 PM, Starks Saloon, 3125 Dodd Rd, Eagan, $5 . Variety Dance! Lessons at 7:45 pm. Requests always welcome!. starks-saloon.com/. (651) 454-8251 Urban Myth: 20-Dec, 9:30 PM, Arizona’s, 1244 Canterbury Road South, Shakopee, . ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ is a cultural hot dish of musicians and vocalists in which their song list reflects as well. Everything from current to classic, funk to rock, R&B to oldies, originals to an occasional instrumental to show off the bands chops ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ delivers! The band has performed everywhere from street dances to nightclubs, weddings to corporate events and through out their careers have played

all over the United States and even over seas. ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ brings a professional show to audiences whether it’s a nightclub or a special event with a relaxed, yet fun style of presentation.. www.urbanmythband.com/schedule.

Scarlett County in Concert: 26-Dec, 9:00 PM, Pauly’s, 114 West Main St, New Prague, . No mopey country here!

This band rocks your socks off. From the high energy vocalists, to the shredding yet tasteful guitar licks to the kick-ass rhythm section, this band brings the heat. I couldn’t decide who I was more impressed with. The singers just deliver song after song of listen-able tunes. The guitarist gives you country, but his incredible arrangements move into the realm of the coolest Jimi Hendricks-esq chord substitutions and then back again were stunning. The solid rhythm section kept people dancing nonstop for 90 minutes is a power house of driving rhythm combining the very best of country sensibility and hard rock. Really a great dance band.. www.paulys-pub.com/Calander_Of_ Events.html. (952) 758-7795

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Movies for Kids: 27-Nov, 10:30 AM, Pleasant Hill Library-Dakota County Library, 1490 South Frontage Rd., Hastings, . Enjoy fun children’s books in movie format. Ages: 2-6.. host6.evanced. info/melsa/dakota/eventsignup.asp?ID=19 182&rts=&disptype=info&ret=eventcalend ar.asp&pointer=&returnToSearch=&num= 0&ad=&dt=mo&mo=10/1/2013&df=calen dar&EventType=ALL&Lib=4&AgeGroup=.

651-438-0200 Strongman: 5-Dec, 7:00 PM, Treaty Site History Center, 1851 N. Minnesota Ave., St. Peter, Free. A cinema documentary about Stanless Steel, The Strongest Man in the World at Bending Steel and Metal. Strongman follows the dreams and heartbreaking humanity of Stanless Steel--the only man alive who can bend a penny with his fingers--as he struggles to gain control of a world that seems constantly out of his grasp. Strongman is a film about faith, persistence, weakness and strength.. www.nchsmn.org.

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Celebrate the Arts with Paradise Center for the Arts and Dance the Night away. This formal attire, black tie optional not-to-bemissed event is a true Elegant Evening out with friends and loved ones. During the night, final bidding will take place on our Festival of Centerpieces Silent Auction.. www.paradisecenterforthearts. org/special-guest/.

Texas Hold’em Tuesdays: 19-Nov, 7:00 PM, Bogart’s Place, 14917 Garrett Avenue, Apple Valley, Free. Come out to Bogart’s place and play Texas Hold ‘Em every Tuesday with games at 7pm and 9pm!. www.bogartsplace.com/.

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Tasz: 22-Nov, 9:00 PM, Buster’s Sports Bar & Grill, 1325 Madison Avenue, Mankato, Free. Fun, high energy band, playing 60′s, 70′s and 80′s classic rock. With a few classic oldies just to keep the party going. Bring your dance shoes, as we rock the night away.. www. bustersbar.com/blog/event-calendar.

Jeremy Jewell: 22-Nov, 9:00 PM, Wicked Moose Bar & Grill, 1201 Eastgate Dr. SE, Rochester, Free. Jeremy Jewel calls himself a huggable musician. We certainly love his music, so come on out to the Wicked Moose and see for yourself!. www.wickedmoosebarandgrill. com/events/upcoming-events/upcomingevents.html.

Chris Brooks: 23-Nov, 9:00 PM, Club 57, 204 2nd St. SW, Waseca, . Chris Brooks & The Silver City Boys are a premier Minnesota-based Country Rock band. This dynamic, high-energy 5-piece with great harmonies mixes Texas and ‘Red Dirt Country’ with Current Radio Hits and their spin on the Classics to keep the dance floor packed.. www.chrisbrooksband.com/shows.

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From 37 is slated for release this spring. The Mark Cameron Band is consistently a top finisher in Blues competitions over the past several years.. www.thebustednut.com/Calendar.html.

(651) 438-6887 Sothea Lam: 29-Nov, 9:00 PM, Wicked Moose Bar & Grill, 1201 Eastgate Dr. SE, Rochester, Free. Sothea Lam, singer and guitarist from Push and Turn comes to the Wicked Moose for a solo show in the grill for one night with her acoustic guitar!. www. wickedmoosebarandgrill.com/events/upcoming-events/upcoming-events.html.

Urban Myth: 30-Nov, 9:00 PM, Torge’s, 1701 4th Street Northwest, Austin, . ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ is a cultural hot dish of musicians and vocalists in which their song list reflects as well. Everything from current to classic, funk to rock, R&B to oldies, originals to an occasional instrumental to show off the bands chops ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ delivers! The band has performed everywhere from street dances to nightclubs, weddings to corporate events and through out their careers have played all over the United States and even over seas. ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ brings a professional show to audiences whether it’s a nightclub or a special event with a relaxed, yet fun style of presentation.. www. urbanmythband.com/schedule.

Smoke Screen in Concert: 30-Nov, 9:00 PM, Pauly’s, 114 West Main St, New Prague, .

Smokescreen is an exciting rock variety band that has been entertaining audiences around the upper midwest for over 20 years. On lead vocals, guitar, synthesizer, harmonica and fiddle is Dwight Holmbo. Also singing lead and playing guitar is Clark Bledsoe, a sensational guitarist and vocalist from Farmington.

Joe Holmbo, known for his incredible stage presence, sings and plays an amazing bass guitar. Laying down Smokescreen’s solid and recognizable drum beat is Tim Boeck, of Minneapolis, an outstanding musician.. www. paulys-pub.com/Calander_Of_Events.html.

(952) 758-7795 The Coxmen in Concert: 30-Nov, 9:00 PM, The Busted Nut, 118 2nd Street East, Hastings, Free+. Come out and check out the great entertainment of the Coxmen! Dance, party and enjoy the amazing music!. www. thebustednut.com/Calendar.html. (651) 438-6887”Goblin Room for Gray: 30-Nov, 9:00 PM, Wicked Moose Bar & Grill, 1201 Eastgate Dr. SE, Rochester, Free. Anyone in the music industry knows that success is contingent on a bit of luck, but luck is useless without a burning desire to win and a relentless work ethic to back it up. Failure is not an option for Room For Gray. Hailing from Minneapolis, MN James Gray (lead vocals, bass), David Roo (guitars, vocals), and Kris Godfrey (drums/ percussion) have endured 8 years together electrifying audiences across the Midwest.. www.wickedmoosebarandgrill.com/events/ upcoming-events/upcoming-events.html.

Pert Near Sandstone: 6-Dec, 8:00 PM, Wicked Moose Bar & Grill, 1201 Eastgate Dr. SE, Rochester, Free. Take old time music off the back porch, throw out the hillbilly reputation, and put it in the hands of a group of guys

that like to work hard and play even harder.

They play tightly-crafted original material as well as the old-time bluegrass traditions. Get down to The Wicked Moose Bar and Grill and get your bluegrass on! Partial description provided by pertnearsandstone.com/bio. www.wickedmoosebarandgrill.com/events/ upcoming-events/upcoming-events.html.

Concentual in Concert: 6-Dec, 9:00 PM, Pauly’s, 114 West Main St, New Prague, .

Concentual is a four piece pop/rock band, hailing from Minneapolis, MN. The curious spelling of their name is defined: to possess harmony. This definition exemplifies the band’s trademark sound. Concentual delivers their unique brand of rock ‘n roll with driving beats and punchy guitars, accented by clever riffs and crafty hooks. Their fine tuned melodies and harmonies soar above a rock solid rhythm section, engaging their audience with both their showmanship and polished sound.

Taking cues from rock giants like U2, Led Zeppelin, and the Foo Fighters,Concentual provides fans with not merely a show, but a rock and roll experience!. www.paulys-pub. com/Calander_Of_Events.html. (952) 758-7795 Shirts and Skins: 6-Dec, 9:30 PM, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave. S., Lakeville, Free. Shirts & Skins emerged on the Twin Cities music scene in early 2006. Since that time they have performed at most of the major Midwest nightclubs and festivals, as well as garnered a large legion of loyal fans. Combing high energy, an incredible stage presence and above average vocals and musicianship with what they call in the music business, the ‘ X factor ‘ , and you have one of the hottest young rising bands in the region.. www. babesmusicbar.com/Events.asp.

Shirts & Skins in Concert: 7-Dec, 9:00 PM, Pauly’s, 114 West Main St, New Prague, . Shirts N Skins returns to Pauly’s for another party.....Rock on!!! Shirts & Skins emerged on the Twin Cities music scene in early 2006.

Since that time they have performed at most of the major Midwest nightclubs and festivals, as well as garnered a large legion of loyal fans. Combining high energy, an incredible stage presence and above average vocals and musicianship with what they call in the music business, the ‘X factor’, and you have one of the hottest young rising bands in the region.. www.paulys-pub.com/Calander_Of_Events. html. (952) 758-7795 Chris Brooks & The Silver City Boys: 7-Dec, 9:00 PM, Hilltop Bar & Grill, 2508 Us Highway 12, Woodville, Free. Chris Brooks & The Silver City Boys are a premier Minnesota-based Country Rock band. This dynamic, high-energy 5-piece with great harmonies mixes Texas and ‘Red Dirt Country’ with Current Radio Hits and their spin on the Classics to keep the dance floor packed.. www.chrisbrooksband.com/shows.

Maiden Dixie: 13-Dec, 8:00 PM, Wicked Moose Bar & Grill, 1201 Eastgate Dr. SE, Rochester, Free. This country rock septet has ben gaining unchecked momentum since the fall of 2011. With an inimitable blend of country, rock, blues and folk, Maiden Dixie guarantees an exciting live performance that’s sure to get you up on your feet and dancing!

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the-band.html. www.wickedmoosebarandgrill. com/events/upcoming-events/upcomingevents.html.

Jerry Rodes in Concert: 13-Dec, 9:00 PM, Pauly’s, 114 West Main St, New Prague, . Although Jerry Rodes’ history dates back to the late 80’s... It wasn’t until 11/07/09 that the path to Rock ‘n Roll history was finally illuminated for the band. Through the years Jerry Rodes has seen members come and go, but Rodes and Johnny continue to create music together. Their new self-titled album has a classic 80’s tone but was influenced by artists from multiple genres like: Van Halen, Tesla, Brad Paisley, Fun., Taylor Swift and more. Whether it be jingles for Aaron Gleeman’s ‘Gleeman and The Geek’ on KFAN or 80’s power-synth songs, the two have created something that won’t ever die. Their career has been driven by two phrases: ‘Go big or go home!’ and ‘Be excellent to each other!’ Jerry is quoted as saying, ‘It reminds us to keep our head in the clouds and our feet on the ground.’. www.paulys-pub.com/ Calander_Of_Events.html. (952) 758-7795 Younger Brother: 13-Dec, 9:30 PM, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave. S., Lakeville, Free. Younger Brother was formed in the spring of 2007 by a couple of brothers with a little extra time on their hands. Our vision is to entertain our fans with a night full of energy and great music; and to never let them down.. www.babesmusicbar.com/Events.asp.

The Tracey Blake Project in Concert: 14-Dec, 9:00 PM, Pauly’s, 114 West Main St, New Prague, . They have stepped it up another notch and are going full speed ahead with the best in rock, covering artists like Finger Eleven, Weezer, Puddle of Mudd & Lenny Kravitz.. But also added the Dance hits that fans LOVE to hear like Maroon 5, Pink and Prince! They will keep your crowd partying all night and people will say ‘This band is CRAZY good !’. www.paulys-pub.com/ Calander_Of_Events.html. (952) 758-7795 WCS and Variety Dance: 20-Dec, 7:45 PM, Starks Saloon, 3125 Dodd Rd, Eagan, $5 . Variety Dance! Lessons at 7:45 pm. Requests always welcome!. starks-saloon.com/. (651) 454-8251 Urban Myth: 20-Dec, 9:30 PM, Arizona’s, 1244 Canterbury Road South, Shakopee, .

‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ is a cultural hot dish of musicians and vocalists in which their song list reflects as well. Everything from current to classic, funk to rock, R&B to oldies, originals to an occasional instrumental to show off the bands chops ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ delivers! The band has performed everywhere from street dances to nightclubs, weddings to corporate events and through out their careers have played all over the United States and even over seas. ‘The URBAN MYTH BAND’ brings a professional show to audiences whether it’s a nightclub or a special event with a relaxed, yet fun style of presentation.. www.urbanmythband.com/schedule.

Flashmob: 20-Dec, 9:30 PM, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave. S., Lakeville, Free.

FlashMob! will get you moving. It’s that simple. FM! delivers a fast-paced, highenergry pop/rock blitz featuring a diverse and unexpected set list.. www.babesmusicbar. com/Events.asp.

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Deuces Wild Dueling Pianos: 21-Dec, 8:00 PM, Wicked Moose Bar & Grill, 1201 Eastgate Dr. SE, Rochester, $10 . Deuces Wild Dueling Pianos defies all expectations and experiences in a dueling piano show.

Dave and Ted will take you on a variety class act where you, the audience, paves the way to a wild and zany performance! This show dare to go where you take it with comedy, music, talent, and a whole lot of improv!

Description provided by wildpianos.com. www.wickedmoosebarandgrill.com/events/ upcoming-events/upcoming-events.html.

Black Out in Concert: 21-Dec, 9:00 PM, Pauly’s, 114 West Main St, New Prague, . Come on down and listen to Black Out play a little Match Box 20.....Rock On!!!

From just north of Minneapolis, a musical force known as BLACKOUT is gaining momentum and about to take the Twin Cities by storm! BLACKOUT members are instantly recognizable by the dueling guitar riffs of Tony Zoff and Jeremy Newton, jumping bass lines of Russ Peterson, the incredible strong drumming of Donny March and the strong, authentic vocal style of Brent Hockert.

BLACKOUT’S sound resembles a collection of Stone Temple Pilots and Ozzy Osbourne, with a little Black Crowes added for flavor and just a pinch of Prince. The result is a tasty style rock show that you’ll want to hear again and again. We pride ourselves on learning several songs a month always staying current but not afraid to go back and play our favorites from the past.. www.paulys-pub.com/ Calander_Of_Events.html. (952) 758-7795 Scarlett County in Concert: 26-Dec, 9:00 PM, Pauly’s, 114 West Main St, New Prague, . No mopey country here! This band rocks your socks off. From the high energy vocalists, to the shredding yet tasteful guitar licks to the kick-ass rhythm section, this band brings the heat. I couldn’t decide who I was more impressed with. The singers just deliver song after song of listen-able tunes. The guitarist gives you country, but his incredible arrangements move into the realm of the coolest Jimi Hendricks-esq chord substitutions and then back again were stunning. The solid rhythm section kept people dancing nonstop for 90 minutes is a power house of driving rhythm combining the very best of country sensibility and hard rock. Really a great dance band.. www.paulys-pub.com/ Calander_Of_Events.html. (952) 758-7795 Gear Daddies: 27-Dec, 8:00 PM, Wicked Moose Bar & Grill, 1201 Eastgate Dr. SE, Rochester, $20 . Gear Daddies is an Americana/Rock band originally from Austin, Minnesota. Thirty years later, they’re still entertaining audiences all over the United States! You don’t want to miss this true Americana concert!. www.wickedmoosebarandgrill.com/events/upcoming-events/ upcoming-events.html.

Recessive Traits: 27-Dec, 9:30 PM, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave. S., Lakeville, Free. Cover band based in the Twin Cities area. Come and enjoy a great night!!. www. babesmusicbar.com/Events.asp.

Lost Highway: 28-Dec, 8:00 PM, Wicked Moose Bar & Grill, 1201 Eastgate Dr. SE, Rochester, Free. One of the Upper Midwest’s

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Sponsored by the Northfield Rotary Club Thanksgiving Day - Thursday, November 28 Thanksgiving Day isn’t quite what it used to be. When the pilgrims and their new Native American neighbors first sat down to break bread with each other, I’m pretty sure they were all just pretty thankful to be alive. These days, we’re thankful for a whole bunch of other things – big floating balloons shaped like superheroes and purple dinosaurs, the opportunity to sleep in on a Thursday, pecan pie, a quarterback who doesn’t duck and run at the first sign of a pass rush (clearly the Vikings are not playing on Thanksgiving). But there are still plenty of people thankful to be alive, too. They’re thankful for good health, the ability to easily get around, and to improve on their 5K time.

To that end every year, the Northfield rotary sponsors their annual Turkey Trot every year. So, those of you looking to shame us couch potatoes by working off your Thanksgiving dinner before you eat it can show up at the Northfield Golf Club to register around 8 AM. The race will start at 9.

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Time Machine / Wicked Moose / Rochester / 12.31 top country bands, Lost Highway has opened for Hank Williams, Jr., Clay Walker, and Josh Thompson. Get your boots over to the Wicked Moose and get your country on!. www.wickedmoosebarandgrill.com/events/ upcoming-events/upcoming-events.html.

Sheetrockers in Concert: 28-Dec, 9:00 PM, The Busted Nut, 118 2nd Street East, Hastings, Free+. The Sheet Rockers are four experienced musicians from the Twin Cities area. We joined together in the fall of 2011 with the goal of having fun playing the music that we love. Our song list includes rock and roll from classic to modern, as well as blues and country favorites.. www.thebustednut. com/Calendar.html. (651) 438-6887 Time Machine: 31-Dec, 8:00 PM, Wicked Moose Bar & Grill, 1201 Eastgate Dr. SE, Rochester, Free. 2014 is arriving in Wicked style! Join Time Machine’s 80’s Hair Force

and usher in the New Year like you never have before!. www.wickedmoosebarandgrill. com/events/upcoming-events/upcomingevents.html.

OUTDOOR Archery Deer Hunt: 15-Nov, All Day, River Bend Nature Center, 1000 Rustad Road, Faribault, . This fall, River Bend Nature Center will be holding an archery deer hunt. The dates of the hunt are November 15th-19th.

The interpretive center and the grounds will be CLOSED to the public. Please see the PDF documents linked below that explain how the deer hunt will be conducted and why we have deer hunts at River Bend. Questions about the deer hunt may be directed to Garrett Genereux by email at genereux@rbnc.org. Management

Hunt Requirements and Regulations. www. rbnc.org.

Archery Deer Hunt: 16-Nov, All Day, River Bend Nature Center, 1000 Rustad Road, Faribault, . This fall, River Bend Nature Center will be holding an archery deer hunt. The dates of the hunt are November 15th-19th.

The interpretive center and the grounds will be CLOSED to the public. Please see the PDF documents linked below that explain how the deer hunt will be conducted and why we have deer hunts at River Bend. Questions about the deer hunt may be directed to Garrett Genereux by email at genereux@rbnc.org. Management Hunt Requirements and Regulations. www. rbnc.org. “Sea Otter Encounters

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From 39 Traditional Native Handgames: 18-Nov, 4:00 PM, Minnesota State University, 117 Centennial Student Union, Mankato, Free.

Members of the American Indian Student Association will provide instruction on rules and strategies as well as play games with participants. Handgames require observation, strategy, intuitive skills, team effort, and fun.. news.mnstate.edu/2013/10/msum-celebratesamerican-indian-heritage-month-4/.

Cribbage: 20-Nov, 10:30 AM, Rochester Eagles Club, 917 15th Avenue SE, Rochester, . There is always something fun and exciting to do at The Eagles Club, from pool leagues to pull tabs. We have the activity for you.. www.rochestermneaglesclub.com/the-nestcalendar/. “Bingo Turkey Bingo Event: 22-Nov, 6:00 PM, Tilden Community Center, 310 River Street, Hastings, Free. Families may enjoy a fun, FREE night out playing bingo at the Tilden Community Center. Help us celebrate National Community Education Day! Concessions open at 5:00 pm. Lots of door prizes!. business.hastingsmn.org/Events/details/freeturkey-bingo-event-celebrate-communityeducation-day-113953.

MPLS Kennel Club Show: 23-Nov, 8:00 AM; 24-Nov, 8:00 AM, Canterbury Park, 1100 Canterbury Road, Shakopee, Free-$8.

Founded in 1933, the Minneapolis Kennel

Club is one of the oldest kennel clubs in Minnesota. Its mission is to further the advancement of all breeds of purebred dogs, to advance the interests of dog shows and obedience trials, and to encourage sportsmanship at such events. And out of this club we have the Annual Conformation Show. www.canterburypark.com/?TabId=156.

Kiwanis Holiday Lights: 29-Nov, 5:00 PM; 30-Nov, 5:00 PM, Sibley Park, 900 Mound Ave., Mankato, Free. Opening Day Ceremonies and Parade Nov. 29 at 6 p.m.

Drive or walk through Sibley Park to see animated lights, choreographed lights, and Santa with live reindeer. A tribute to the troops and non-profit decorated trees are also displayed.

Sun-Thur 5 - 9 p.m., Fri-Sat 5 -10 p.m.. www. kiwanisholidaylights.com.

Jingle Bell Jam 5k Walk/Run: 30-Nov, 10:00 AM, New Ulm Recreation Center, 122 S. Garden St., New Ulm, $15-$25. ‘Freezin’ for a Reason: All proceeds benefit Brown County Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program Register by November 14 to guarantee T-Shirt.

Registration begins at 7:45, run begins at 10 a.m.. www.newulm.com.

Nature Rocks! Outdoor Center Open House: 7-Dec, 9:00 AM, Eden Prairie Community Center, 16700 Valley View Road, Eden Prairie, Free. Enjoy free family-friendly activities such as hiking, hands-on interaction with live animals, craft projects and more!

First Saturday of each month and second Friday of each month. Visit edenprairie.org/ outdoorcenter to find out more about the

Outdoor Center.. www.edenprairie.org/index.

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Trials, Tribulations, and Christmas Decorations: 15-Nov, 7:30 PM, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, $13 . Kim’s widowed dad, John, is a grinch, and she’s decided to break him out of his rut by inviting several unwanted guests.

When they all get iced in together, seasonal madness ensues, and it’s a Christmas John will never forget!. test.lakevillemn.gov/index. php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat. detail&evid=4895&Itemid=1364&year=2013&month=11&day=10&title=trials-tribulati ons-and-christmas-decorations&uid=a74872 7fae941e1d. “Wonder of The World Les Misrables: 16-Nov, 2:00 PM, Bloomington Civic Theatre, 1800 West Old Shakopee Road, Bloomington, $25-$35. Epic, grand and uplifting, it is the powerful affirmation of the human spirit that has made Les Mis rables a popular masterpiece. In a tale of passion and destruction in 19th century France, Jean Valjean, wrongly imprisoned for 19 years, is released. Finding nothing but mistrust and mistreatment, he breaks parole hoping to begin a new life; instead he begins a life-long struggle for redemption. When his past is exposed, he is forced to abandon everything and run. Nine years later, with revolution tearing Paris apart, all involved must question what they’re willing to sacrifice in pursuit of love and justice. Performance runs at 7:30 pm on October 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31 & November 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15. Per-

formance runs at 2:00 pm on October 20, 27 & November 3, 10. 16. Admission prices are as follows: Adult - $35, Senior - $32, 25 & Under - $28 ($3 off Wednesday performance).

All shows, dates, times, directors, performers, and prices are subject to change.. www. btacmn.org/2perform/at_theaters/schneider/ miserables.html.

The Last Night of Ballyhoo: 16-Nov, 7:30 PM; 17-Nov, 1:30 PM, Commonweal Theatre, 208 Parkway Ave N., Lanesboro, $15-$30. A charming romantic comedy about an Atlanta family during the 1939 holidays. Gone with the Wind premieres, rumors of war abound, but the real concern is who is taking whom to Ballyhoo the social event of the season!. www.commonwealtheatre.org/ballyhoo.html.

507-467-2905”White Christmas Betrayal: 20-Nov, 7:30 PM, Andeas Theatre of the Earley Center for Performing Arts, Minnesota State University, Mankato, $8-$10.

The play begins in the present, with the meeting of Emma and Jerry, whose adulterous affair of seven years ended two years earlier.

Her marriage to Robert, his best friend, is now breaking up and she needs someone to talk to. Thereafter, in a series of contiguous scenes, the play moves backward in time, from the end of the Emma-Jerry affair to its beginning.. www.mnsu.edu/theatre/.

An Evening with Mark Twain: 22-Nov, 7:00 PM, Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Avenue, Burnsville, $17 .

Experience the writings, lectures and stories

by Mark Twain come to life again through

the wonderfully interactive performance of actor/writer and Twain scholar Michael Bateson in ‘An Evening with Mark Twain.’

Laugh along with Twain while recounting tales from some of his misadventures in the California gold fields.. www.localendar.com/ event?DAM=PublishedEvent&m=486383& event_id=34&calendar_id=486383&more_ info=N&export_date=Nov%2022,%20 2013&category=101.

Llama Llama Holiday Drama: 23-Nov, 1:00 PM; 1-Dec, 4:30 PM, Stages Theatre Company, 1111 Main Street, Hopkins, $15 .

‘Llama Llama holidays. Jingle music. Lights ablaze. How long till that special date? Llama Llama has to wait.’ Everyone’s favorite chronicler of llamas, Anna Dewdney, has created another magnificent story around little Llama Llama, who has so much trouble waiting for anything. Stages Theatre Company presents the world premiere of this brand-new musical adaptation for its holiday audience.. stagestheatre.org/upcoming-shows/02/28/2013/ llama-llama-holiday-drama. “We Will Rock You Auditions for ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’: 24-Nov, 6:30 PM, Northfield Eagles Club, 304 Water St. South, Northfield, Free. Auditions for the Lockwood Theater Company presentation of ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 24 and 25 at the Northfield Eagles Club, 304 Water St. South in Northfield. Artistic Director Ryan Heinritz is looking for nine adults (four women and five men), 20 50 years old. Prepare 16 bars of

your best upbeat/uptempo song. You can sing a capella or bring sheet music for accompanist. You will also be asked to read from the script and possibly sing from the show.

Rehearsals begin Jan. 5 and run through the first part of March with performances at the Eagles Club in Northfield on March 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22, 2014. There may be a few Sunday evening rehearsals due to availability of the venue and you will know this when casting. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is about six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grownups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, who learn that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser. For more information or to schedule an audition, visit http://bit.ly/ Auditionsfor25thSpellingBeeNFLD or www. lockwoodtheater.org. You may also email 25thspellingbeedirector@gmail.com.. docs. google.com/a/spingo.com/forms/d/1RTR95 aJpuF1k8UDvY2yx6FR5vFoubcy53qKpmnZwz_0/viewform.

Marushka & The Four Seasons: 29-Nov, 7:00 PM; 30-Nov, 2:00 PM, Mayo Civic Center, 30 Civic Center Drive, Rochester, $22-$25. Marushka & The Four Seasons is a Russian fairy tale ballet in 2 acts with music by Alexander Glazunov. In this traditional Russian tale a young orphan girl and a young princess learn the meaning of kindness, honor, friendship and the true spirit of giving. Set against the dramatic passage of the 4 seasons, this lovely ballet appeals to all ages, leaving the audience encouraged and uplifted.. www.mayociviccenter.com/upcoming_events/eventdetails. aspx?eventid=18113&display=1.

Disney Live! Three Classic Fairy Tales: 1-Dec, 1:00 PM; 1-Dec, 4:00 PM, Verizon Wireless Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Mankato, $20+. Prepare to step into a world of wonder where wishing is only the beginning and dreams really do come true in Disney Live! presents Three Classic Fairy Tales.

Join Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy as they bring the timeless fairytale adventures of Cinderella, Beauty and The Beast, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to life right in your hometown.. www.disneylive.com/ ThreeClassicFairyTales/.

Xmas Misfits: 6-Dec, 7:30 PM, Arts Center of St. Peter, 315 South Minnesota Avenue, St. Peter, $10 . Xmas Misfits 6-Dec, 7:30 p.m., The Arts Center of St. Peter, 315 S. Minnesota Avenue, St. Peter. $10. Cabaret Le Ruse presents a show featuring the music of String Theory, along with the Cabaret troupe skits: ‘The Painfully Obvious Murder Mystery,’ ‘Poetry Boxing,’ ‘Karaoke Christmas,’ ‘A Gravitone Twinkie Christmas,’ ‘The Little Tapper Girl,’ and the ‘Cat Stuck in Xmas Lights’ dance. Special musical guest is Ben Marti.

Tickets available online at http://gravitone. wix.com/cabaret. Or call 507-420-01881.. gravitone.wix.com/cabaret.

Fiddler on the Roof: 7-Dec, 12:00 AM, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, 501 West 78th Street, Chanhassen, $47-$82. In the little village of Anatevka, Tevye, a poor milkman, is trying to keep his family’s traditions in place.

Yet, times are changing. And when Tevye’s daughters want to make their own matches, he must choose between his own daughters’ happiness and those beloved traditions that keep the outside world at bay. Yet it is Tevye’s love of his family, pride and faith that help him face the dangerous forces in Anatevka which threaten to destroy the very life he and his fellow villagers are trying to preserve.

For dinner and theatre ticket holders, dinner starts 2 hours earlier than the performance.. www.chanhassentheatres.com/fiddler.aspx.

(952) 934-1525 Physical Theatre Project: 13-Dec, 8:00 PM; 14-Dec, 8:00 PM, Gustavus Adolphus College - Anderson Theatre, 800 W. College Ave., St. Peter, $7-$9. Directed by Henry MacCarthy and devised by the members of the ensemble, the Physical Theatre Project will explore the expressive possibilities of the body in the construction of commonplace narratives for an exhilarating theatre experience.. www.gustavus.edu/calendar.

The Church Basement Ladies: 31-Dec, 6:00 PM, Plymouth Playhouse, 2705 Annapolis LN N, Plymouth, $13.50-$38. It is 1979, the day of the church’s Centennial Celebration, and past parishioners have gathered to share hotdish, bars, and stories from the last 100 years. As the women work in the kitchen, these shared memories burst into life through a series of flashbacks. Travel back to 1897, and meet Vivian’s grandmother, one of the founding members of the church; see Karin as a newlywed, cautiously navigating her way through the politics of the kitchen; and be there on that day, in 1944, when Mavis first barreled her way through the swinging door. As they time-jump through a Century, these ladies manage to serve up a rib-tickling panorama of the changes in the kitchen, without spilling a drop of their egg coffee! Meanwhile, the Centennial Celebration continues on the lawn. But the celebration is bittersweet. Times are tough in this small farm community, and hard decisions will have to be made. But, once again, your favorite church basement ladies handle it all with grace, hilarity, and some brand new musical numbers that are sure to get your toes tapping.. plymouthplayhouse.com/theatretickets/shows/. (763) 553-1600 A dd y o u r e v e n t f o r FREE to the TIMELINE c a l e nda r . G O TO w w w. s o u t h ern minn . c o mm / s c ene / c a len d a r & C l i c k + A d d a n E v ent

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’ve always enjoyed the concept of adventure: a two-day biking/kayaking triathlons. trip.

Ever since I did my first tri six years Now, I know what you’re thinking: ago, they’ve been my favorite type Those activities are completely inof race to train for. It’s fun trying to compatible. One involves traveling by find creative ways to land, the other by water. incorporate running, Most kayaks aren’t made biking and swimming to haul bicycles and, into one workout, as strong as I may be, I plus focusing on three probably can’t strap a Watch a video I made athletic disciplines kayak to my back for the about a 2-day kayak/ instead of one keeps duration of a bike ride. bike trip I did along the the exercise fresh and

As it turns out, the Cannon River between exciting. It’s also the two are relatively easy Faribault and Red Wing. type of training you to incorporate into one can do by yourself, adventure. which is a big appeal for someone Northfield News managing editor like me who has an odd schedule and Jerry Smith happens to live on the Candoesn’t like relying on other people non River just north of Faribault. So afunless they have to. ter clearing it with him, I dropped my When you think about it, most kayak off at his place -- thanks again activities are more fun when they’re Jerry for letting me do that -- drove to mutli-faceted. It’s the reason people Red Wing with my bike in tow, parked bring fishing rods with on canoe trips, my car at the boat landing and biked or a GPS on a morning walk in case back toward Faribault. After getting to there’s a geocache nearby.

Jerry’s place, I parked my bike, hopped It’s also the reason I recently came in the kayak and floated/paddled back up with a different kind of outdoor to my car. The trip collectively ended

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up being about 40 miles of biking and 46 miles of kayaking.

It’s an idea I’d been contemplating ever since I bought my kayak last year. Really, I loved everything about it: the exercise, the challenge, the novelty, the self-reliance; everything.

Mostly though, I just liked the idea of incorporating multiple activities I enjoy -- namely biking, kayaking and camping -- into one adventure.

It’s also fun chatting with other river travelers along the way, particularly since I decided to do this trip over Labor Day weekend and encountered more than a few groups floating downstream with a beer cooler in tow. On a related note, energy bars and beer make excellent trade partners in the river bartering system.

That’s not to say the adventure didn’t include a few snags along the way. My planned bike route from Red Wing to Faribault got a little rocky after the back roads turned to gravel -- never fun on a road bike -- and I ended up losing my ID, credit card and money after the Velcro seat bag

containing those items fell off my bike without me noticing. Because I spent a good chunk of time looking for the bag, I also fell behind schedule and was unable to make it to the Lake Byllesby campground by sunset, making camping arrangements that night a little “rough� – if you think sleeping in a tent is hard, try sleeping in a bivvy set up on uneven ground with tall grass.

The kayaking portion of the trip also had some unforeseen challenges, as the regular Lake Byllesby portage was closed due to construction and I had to invent my own portage by navigating though thick woods, a steep drop-off and a group of ornery bees.

Through it all though, I never stopped enjoying the adventure. It was a unique experience for me and part of what makes trips like that so enriching is the adversity you have to overcome to get through it. Sure, it was challenging, but it was also something fresh and exciting.

I guess you could say it was an adventure triathlon.

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I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph. ~Shirley Temple hink back and try to remember your favorite Holiday memory. We all have them.

Did you ever think you’d be in charge of creating some of those for your family? Certainly go back to yours but you can also go to the past to bring back some old favorites.

Plan out the entire Season.

Sounds like a lot of work at an already ‘busy time of year’ doesn’t it? But planning out the Season can really take much of the ‘hectic’ feeling out of this time of year.

Hang a calendar to the fridge on Thanksgiving. Let the kids take turns “x”-ing off each day with a green or red marker. Make a list of the activities you want to include in this Season and mark them on the calendar as well: baking and decorating cookies, shopping for the tree, decorating the tree, creating Holiday Guest Gifts, Caroling, charity work, etc.

Volunteer One very special tradition is a gift of giving. Sit down with the Family and a list of several opportunities for volunteering during the Holiday Season. This is a great opportunity to talk about why “giving” is so important. And including the entire family in choosing what to do makes it that much more special.

You can volunteer to serve food at a local shelter, go caroling at the local senior center, or lead a food drive at your child’s school. But making it an activity to do together is much more meaningful than just dropping a few coins in the kettle (not that there is anything wrong with that!).

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Every year buy or make an ornament that has special meaning to each of the kids. If you start with a child’s first Christmas (or start it this year!) there will be enough ornaments to decorate a small tree when they move into their own house or apartment. Then you have created Holiday memories that will follow them to share when they start their own family. And if they cannot make it home for the Holidays, the ornaments on their tree will make them feel closer to home.

Buy some mistletoe at your local florist and hang it in the front foyer for kisses all Season long. There can never be enough ‘Holiday kisses’!

This is one tradition of Christmas that continues on into modern times. Choose a traditional Holiday story from a book and create the tradition of reading it on Christmas Eve or when you have the whole family round the table ask each one to tell their favorite ‘Holiday’ story.

My favorite is when our grandson was getting to that age when he wasn’t quite sure that Santa existed.

Their tradition had been to leave a new Santa hat for Santa with his cookies and milk. Our daughter smudged up a Santa hat to make it look like it had come down a chimney and put it away for Christmas Eve. After the boys went to bed she replaced the new hat with the smudged one and wrote a note to our Grandson that said: “Thank you for the new hat! I left you my old one.” The next morning Lucas read his note and exclaimed “I knew it!

Now I have PROOF!”

Gather the family around and watch an old Christmas Classic movie. Make hot cocoa and have some of those Christmas cookies you made. Rent It’s a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, White Christmas, A Christmas Carol or A Christmas Story. Or if you wait it will be on free tv but that limits your control over the timing. These

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Have some homemade gifts ready for unexpected guests Nuts and candy make wonderful and simple Christmas gifts to make ahead and have on hand for unexpected guests or to distribute if you have a Holiday party. Buy some small canning jars to put the nuts/ candy in and wrap some festive ribbon around the top. Family and friends love homemade treats!

S Your choice of nuts, or a combination of several Sugar Water Spread nuts on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Pour a small pile of sugar into the center.

Add water a little at a time, until the sugar is the consistency of wet sand. Using a spatula, stir and turn over the nuts so they are all covered with the sugar mixture (add more sugar/water if necessary). Place in a 350 degree oven for 5-10 minutes at a time. Turn/stir the nuts at each timed interval until all the moisture is gone. Be careful towards the end as the nuts will burn quickly. Let the nuts cool stirring occasionally breaking up any clumps.

Early Egyptians and Romans began the tradition of decorating their homes in winter with evergreen boughs. These boughs, which usually were cut from holly, spruce, pine or fir trees, were used to adorn doors and windows. They served as a reminder that winter would not last forever because the boughs do not last forever. While this might be a little messy, they can also help to make your home more green and fragrant.

You don’t have to buy scented candles or expensive plug ins to smell up the place either. Fill a sauce pan with water or cider. Add cinnamon sticks and keep it simmering on the stove. You can turn this off and on all Season long.

(it’s about time I got to the food!)

Ideas for Old World Christmas foods can include serving a Yule log, which is a cake invented in the 19th century, serving fruit cakes or gingerbread, which first became traditional Christmas desserts in Britain in the Middle Ages or serving a mincemeat pie, stollen or babka, as all of these Christmas desserts are medieval in origin. Old World Christmas beverages include the British concoctions like eggnog and wassail. My traditional eggnog is Amaretto Eggnog that my guests seem to gravitate to like a water cooler at the office. It’s a bit involved but totally worth it. You can make it ahead and just add the whipped cream and nutmeg the day of your celebration.

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1 pint beaten 1 cup Amaretto (or more

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Whisk together ½ cup sugar and 1 dozen egg yolks in saucepan on medium heat and slowly whisk in whole milk, vanilla and nutmeg. Stir occasionally until warmed through and small bubbles appear. Slowly add ½ pint un-whipped whipping cream and Amaretto.

Cool. This is the ‘make-ahead’ point.

Meanwhile beat egg whites with remaining sugar until stiff. Whip remaining cream with 2 tbsp. sugar and ½ tsp. vanilla extract.

Fold egg whites and half of the whipped cream into cooled nog.

Pour into punch bowl. Use remaining cream to dollop on the top of the nog as garnish. Sprinkle top with fresh nutmeg.

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ost fifteen year old girls spend their summers either working at a Dairy Queen, or, y’know, hanging out at a beach or something.

Devon Worley has spent the last few summers in a van with her band, playing county fairs, music festivals and bars from North Dakota to Tennessee. Any Southern Minnesota country music fan probably came across the Devon Worley Band at least twice this past summer.

Silver Creek is the result of that endless touring and playing. The sophomore effort from this fifteen year old wonder and her crack band of twin cities music veterans establishes them as one of the most important bands in Minnesota’s country music scene, and puts them squarely in the “Next Big Thing” conversation.

The ambition of this band is clear and plausible. But that doesn’t mean they’ve forsaken their Minnesota roots. Silver Creek opens with the rockin’ Lost Lake Road, a direct reaction to every country star from Arkansas, Texas or North Carolina. Worley wants everyone to know, that the country music and dirt road anthems coming from Austin, MN are every bit as authentic as anything coming out of Austin, TX. With a refrain like Hangin’ with the good ol’ boys/Gonna make some Northern Noise/I’ll see you down on Lost Lake Road, Worley is staking Minnesota’s claim as more than just the land of Prince and garage rock.

That’s only the beginning of this young lady’s bravado. On Good Enough for Me she challenges her critics who wonder if pursuing a professional career in music is the right lifestyle for a high school sophomore. She answers with a sneer, If it’s good enough for

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Dolly/Good for Loretta and Patsy/It’s good enough for me. On Country Nation, she calls out all the music snobs who’ll tell you they don’t like country music, but know every word to the Kenney Chesney, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood songs the band plays.

It’s hard to know where to start marveling at Silver Creek. Should it be the fact that these top flight musicians would even give a fifteen year old girl the time of day, much less fall in line behind her? Should it be Worley’s ability as a songwriter? She either wrote or co-wrote every song on the album, many of which one could reasonably expect to hear on K102 before too long. Or is it that voice? Worley’s vocals are both powerful and expressive; a deep, rich alto that can be subtle one minute and wall shaking the next.

That band, by the way, is something special.

Guitarist Brandon Przezdziecki shines on Gasoline, a country rock gem that sparkles as a result of his slide work. Bassist Adam Durand and Lance Saxerud provide a churning, foundation laying engine that powers rockers like Get Up and the Hotel California themed title track.

Keyboardist Reggie Hammond and guitarist/ vocalist flesh out a sound that is complicated enough to be interesting, but never so much that it isn’t accessible.

We’re calling it. Based on the muscle, the quality, and the mature polish displayed on Silver Creek, it’s clear that before too long the Devon Worley band will be well off the Grain Belt & Heggies pizza circuit, headed for much greener pastures. Five years from now, the only way you’ll see this band in Detroit Lakes will be on the mainstage at WE Fest. She may think we’re living in a country nation, but it won’t be long before we’re living in Devon Worley’s world.

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KEVIN KREIN THE BEARDED LIFE

The Great American Kevin is a heavily bearded writer who likes rabbits. He writes regularly for his own Anhedonic Headphones music blog, and he is a prolific Tweeter- @KevEFly

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Please, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Kevin. Northfielders may know me as a man about town, or you may remember me as the former host of the After School Special, an enjoyable hour-long radio program that aired daily on KYMN radio.

Well, did you know that I write?

And that I have thoughts and opinions that I want to share with you?

By guessing how many beans were in a jar (without going over) I won the opportunity to share with you my thoughts and opinions here on the “back page” of the SouthernMinn Scene.

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When I was a kid, the countdown to holidays started whenever the Sears and JC Penny Christmas catalogs showed up in our mailbox.

I believe one of them was officially titled a “Wishbook,” but that is neither here, nor there.

It was usually still summer— maybe the end of August, before school even started up again. But if not August, for sure in September.

I remember a specific moment in time—hot, sunny, when the days are still long, and my mother reaching into our flimsy brown metal

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mailbox at the edge of the driveway, and slowly removing one of the Christmas catalogs, and promptly handing it to me, where I would spend HOURS paging through it, going from the toys, to the electronics, to the clothes, then back to the toys.

For the past couple of years, I ask that people not buy me gifts for the holidays. Certainly, there are material things that I want—I mean, we all have wants, right? I’ve somehow reached a point, though, where I can either buy said material item for myself at any time of the year, or, I can go on living my life without whatever item was so dity of important in the first place. it—at However, if my “no gifts” policy what a doesn’t go over well with a family clever (and awful, and member, I ask they donate money greedy) child I had been to even to a charitable cause. This also THINK of doing something like this. only goes so far before I encounter The “It” toy for the Christmas of exhausted goodwill and pushback.

1992 was a Creepy Crawlers Oven.

Apparently, people just really want I just HAD TO HAVE IT. A rather to spend their money on somelarge, rectangular box appeared thing tangible, wrap it up in paper, under the tree one day, and I wongive it to me, and then watch me dered if it was what I coveted so feign surprise when I open it. dearly. Being that I was, apparently, I’ve spent a lot of time reflecting the smartest nine year old in the on this, and I think my lack of interworld, I surmised a way to know for est in receiving gifts stems from sure. that when I was younger, I was an Within the various catalogs awful greedy child. And when I was and Wishbooks, the item weight nine years old, I decided to weigh was listed in the product descripmy Christmas presents. tion. One afternoon, presumably When you’re an awful, greedy in December, I trudged out to the child, your Christmas list goes living room with the bathroom through multiple revisions, and scale and I placed it in front of the by the time you hand it in to your tree. Cracking the catalog open to bewildered parents, the list’s the the well-worn page featuring the length of an essay by David Foster Creepy Crawler Oven, I took the Wallace. And when you’re an awful, box I presumed this gift was in, and greedy child, the very moment that I placed it on the scale to see if the wrapped gifts start showing up weights matched. underneath your family’s Christmas The fatal flaw in my plan, howtree…that means it’s time. ever, is that the catalog told the It’s time to start shaking boxes; weight in ounces. Our bathroom time to start scale told holding up gifts wrapped in white paper to lights to see if you can make out what is hidden beneath.

It means it’s time to start weighing your gifts.

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the weight in pounds. And while I was the smartest nine year old in the world, this was an obstacle I did not foresee.

From the kitchen, my mother heard all of the rumblings going in, and eventually asked me what I was doing, to which I calmly explained my plan—oh mom. So foolish for even asking! It’s so simple! Can’t you see?

In the end, come Christmas morning, of course that box was the Creepy Crawlers Oven—remember, I was a greedy, awful, and only child, so why wouldn’t I get all of the dumb crap I wanted?

So parents, the take away from this is, come the holiday season, teach your children how to convert between ounces and pounds.

Or, put a stop to them being greedy and awful at a young age, and just don’t get them any gifts.

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