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Best Appetizer o Egg Rolls at 1st of Thai, Faribault o Cowboy Tots at The Lone Star BBQ, St. Peter o The wings at The Depot, Faribault

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Best Place for a Summer Job o Lorence’s Berry Farm, Northfield o Medford Pool, Medford o River Springs Water Park, Owatonna

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Best Movie Theater o Lakeville 21 o Odyssey, Burnsville o Northwoods Cinema 10, Owatonna

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Best Bloody Mary o Patricks on Third, St. Peter o The Depot Bar and Grill, Faribault o The Contented Cow, Northfield

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Best Happy Hour o Toreys Resturant & Bar, Owatonna o Club 57, Waseca o Patricks on Third, St. Peter

Best Bread o Brick Oven Bakery, Northfield o Olives, Mankato o Hogan Brothers, Northfield

Best Martini o Toreys Resturant & Bar, Owatonna o Michael’s, Rochester o Pappageorge, Mankato

Best Fish Fry o Winjum’s Shady Acres Resort, Faribault o The Kernel Restaurant, Owatonna o American Legion, Faribault

Best Bar to Find Some Company o Contented Cow, Northfield o Patricks on Third, St. Peter o Grampa Al’s, Faribault

Best Fries o Costa’s in Owatonna o The Kitchen, Owatonna o Lone Star BBQ Grill, St. Peter

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Best Fried Chicken o Quarterback Club, Northfield o MaraLea’s, Dennison o Broaster, Faribault

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Best Place for Live Music o The Contented Cow, Northfield o Vetter Stone Amphitheater, Mankato o Pub 31, Faribault o Signature Bar, Faribault o The Club, Faribault

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Best Country Band o Home Free o Jim Anthony o Lost Highway

Best Bed & Breakfast o Rosewood Inn, Hastings o Historic Hutchinson House B&B, Faribault o Northrop Oftedahl House, Owatonna

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Best Haunted Spot o West Hills, Owatonna o St. Olaf College, Northfield o Walcott Mills, Walcott Township

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Best Meat Market o Schmidt’s Meat Market, Nicollet o Nerstrand Meat Market, Nerstrand o Lyon’s Meats, Faribault

Best Gym o Snap Fitness, Northfield o Anytime Fitness, St Peter o Dynamic Fitness, Owatonna

Best Bowling Alley o Jesse James Lanes, Northfield o Spare Time Entertainment, Owatonna o J & J Bowling/Basher’s, Faribault

Best Hardware Store o Faribo Farm and Home Supply, Faribault o Lampert’s Lumber, Northfield o Ace Hardware, Faribault o Ace Hardware, St. Peter o B to Z Hardware, Blooming Prairie

Best Music Store o Eastman’s Music, Faribault o Tone Music, Owatonna o Scheitel’s Music, Mankato

Best Personal Trainer/Instructor o Chad Guentzel, Anytime Fitness, St Peter o Molly Titchenal, Dynamic Fitness, Owatonna o Tim Anderson, Anytime Fitness, Owatonna

Best Cheese Selection o The Cheese Cave, Faribault o The Friendly Confines Cheese Shop, LeSueur o Hy-Vee, Faribault

Best Insurance Agent o Judy Plemel, State Farm Insurance, Owatonna o Bart Jackson, American Family Insurance, Faribault o Daniel Hummel, Farm Bureau Insurance, Northfield

Best Sledding Hill o Old Main Hill, St Olaf College, Northfield o Owatonna Country Club o Fireman’s Park, Kasota Best Race/Run o Defeat of Jesse James Race o Inflatable Run, Rochester o The UV Splash Color Dash

Best Tattoo Parlor o Dragon’s Lair, Owatonna o HighNoon Ink, Northfield o Kats Tats, Owatonna o Mecca Tattoo, Mankato

Best Produce Department o Hy-Vee, Owatonna o Lunds, Prior Lake o Just Foods Co-op, Northfield

Best Pool o Faribault Aquatic Center o Medford Pool o Riversprings Waterpark, Owatonna

Best Hair Stylist o Maureen Simon, Luis Enrique Salon,Northfield o Cheryl Kleeberger , Studio 14 Salon and Spa, Faribault o Angie Schafer, Mia and Max, Mankato o Jean Larson, Salon Dacapo, Owatonna o Kelsey Johnson, Blown Away Salon, Owatonna

Best River for Tubing o Cannon River (Welch Village) o Root River, Lanesboro o Zumbro

Best Manicure o L. A. Nails, Northfield o Sister’s Salon & Spa, Owatonna o Ari Nails, Northfield

Best Bakery Department o Hy-Vee o Fareway Foods o Cash Wise Foods

Best Kayak/Canoe Rental o Bent River Outfitters, Mankato o Gear Resource, Northfield o Sakatah State Park

Best Tanning Salon o Haute Tanning, Owatonna o Haute Tanning, Faribault o Maytag Laundry and Ultimate Tanning, Faribault

Best Organic Selection o St. Peter Food Co-op o Just Food Co-op, Northfield o Serenity Leaf Tea, Owatonna

Best Beach o Byllesby o Lake Kohlmeier o Waterville Municipal Beach

Best Liquor Store- Wine Selection o Haskell’s, Faribault o Hy-Vee Wine and Spirits, Faribault o Firehouse Liquor, Northfield o Firehouse Liquor, Owatonna

Best Furniture Store o Erickson’s, Faribault o Flair Furniture, Faribault o Nelson Decorating Center, Owatonna

Best Second Hand Store o The Local Joint, Northfield o All Seasons Thrift Store, Faribault o Uptown Cosignment, Owatonna

Best Meat Department o Fareway Foods o Hy-Vee o Family Fresh Market, St. Peter

Best Antique Store o The Local Joint, Northfield o Uncle Tom’s Antiques, Owatonna o Keeper’s Antiques, Faribault

Best Service Garage o Mike’s Garage, Faribault o Witt Brothers, Northfield o Arvin’s Autotronics, St. Peter

Best Boutique o The Rare Pair, Northfield o Creating a Ruckus, Faribault o Kristis, Owatonna

Best Car Detailer o Car Time Auto Center, Owatonna o Owatonna Motor Company o Elite Auto Detailing, Owatonna

Best Book Store- New or Used o Little Professor, Owatonna o Monkey See Monkey Read, Northfield o Barnes & Noble, Multiple Locations

Best Store for Accessories o A Bag Lady, Northfield o Country Goods, Owatonna o The Rare Pair, Northfield

Best Auto Dealer o Car Time, Owatonna o Harry Browns Family Automotive, Faribault o Lagers, St. Peter o Owatonna Motor Company

Best Video Game/Gaming Shop New or Used o Echo, Northfield o Game Stop, Owatonna o We Got Game, Mankato

Best Photographer - Weddings o Brooke Makennah Photography, Owatonna o Bridgette Hallcock Photography, Northfield o Chelsea Morning Photography, Mankato

Best Jewelry Store o Chappuis Jewelry, Faribault o Jenkins Jewlers, Northfield o Paffrath Jewelers, Owatonna

Best Photographer - Senior Pictures o Angela Lauterbach, Northfield o Christy Braunhausen, Mankato o Malwitz Photography, Mankato

Best Store for an Unexpected Find o Country Goods, Owatonna o The Sketchy Artist, Northfield o The Local Joint, Northfield o Swag, Northfield o Finally A Gift Store, Faribault

Best Hair Salon o Studio 14 Salon and Spa, Faribault o Blown Away Salon, Owatonna o Buzz Salon, Northfield Best Tattoo Artist o Megan Hoogland, Mecca Tattoo, Mankato o Michael Hansen, High Noon Ink, Northfield o Katie Bisell, Kat’s Tats, Owatonna and Albert Lea Best Liquor Store o Lonsdale liquor, Lonsdale o Firehouse Liquor, Owatonna o Firehouse Liquor, Northfield Best Barber Shop o Johnson Barber Shop, Owatonna o Nate’s Barber Shop, St. Peter o Plaza Barbers, Faribault

Best Photographer - Kids o Brooke Schroht Photography, Owatonna o Heart of Life Photography, Red Wing o Malwitz Photography, Mankato Best Outdoor/Athletic Store o The Gear ReSource, Northfield o Straight River Sports, Owatonna o Store 4 Seasons Athletics, Waseca

Best Gift Shop o Finally A Gift Store, Faribault o Country Goods, Owatonna o Studio Elements, Northfield o Swag, Northfield o Monarch, Northfield

Best Doctor o Dr. Richard Griffin, Mayo Clinic, Owatonna o Dr. Kristen Tapper, Allina Health, Northfield o Dr. Craig Anderson, Mankato Clinic Best Dentist/Orthodontist o Dr. Darrin L. King, King Orthodontics, Faribault, Rochester, Owatonna o Dr. Patrick Haberman, Owatonna Family Dentistry o Dr. Christina Simonette, St. Peter Family Dental Center Best Green House/Garden Center o Eco Gardens, Northfield o Donahue’s Greenhouse, Faribault o Faribault Garden Center Best Massage/Spa Services o Blown Away Salon and Spa, Owatonna o Studio 14 Salon and Spa, Faribault o Pele Skin Care Boutique, Austin Best Drycleaner/Laundromat o Elwood Star Cleaners, Owatonna o DuFour Cleaners, Northfield o Maytag Laundry and Ultimate Tanning, Faribault Best Veterinary or Pet Boarding o Heartland Animal Hospital Owatonna o Faribault Vet Clinic o Nicollet Vet Clinic Best Tech to Fix Your Computer o Geek Central, Faribault o Hot Geeks Computer Repair, Northfield o Mr. JST Technology Consulting, Northfield Best Men’s Store o St. Clair’s For Men, Owatonna o Bill’s Toggery, Shakopee o J. Longs, Mankato Best Hotel o Konsbruck Hotel, St. Peter o Holiday Inn & Suites, Owatonna o Country Inn and Suites, Owatonna o The Archer House, Northfield o St. James Hotel, Red Wing Best Craft Store o Country Charm Ceramics, Ellendale o JoAnn Fabrics, Faribault o Northfield Yarn o A.L.L. Yarn and Condsignement, Lonsdale Best Place to Rent a Tuxedo o Dream Day Bridals, Owatonna o St. Clair’s for Men, Owatonna o Weddings by Deb, Faribault

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(Yes I do.) No I don’t…well ok maybe a little. If you see them putting their name in, you know there’s no point in putting yours in, because they will wIN! It’s scIeNce! oh, I almost forgot about the 3rd kind of lucky. that is, the Daft Punk kind that going tohave go ahead andall night The beauty of creating art is you you’m apparently to wait up that I subscribe are the boss. You get the say in for,admit and win Grammys. that’stoa the spe“hippie” definition of who sees, hears, feels your work. cialmost rare kind of lucky. this st. Patrick’s Day, I hope luckanything finds you, can whether art, in that be it’s If you want to paint a picture, because worked you’re I said it andforI it, mean it. in the make a sculpture, sing a song art.

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Minneapolis International Airport. of it is not good. But the great day a child realizes a horse (The with Southern MN skinny Connection Mallaoflong America - Saturday thing about art is, we all have upside Daytrip down ($35) Mankato - Rochester (Cites inbewteen) $5-$20 Promo Code: MOASAT a different idea of what “good” “V” on its head is a unicorn, is a Book by 3-31-14. Travel by 4-30-14 Online Discount - 10% means. Not all art is eye pleasing magical one). And youRoundtrip might not Promo ltasmart14 Mall OfCode: America - drawings Saturday Daytrip ($35) (or ear pleasing) and to say that consider those art, but Promo Code: MOASAT the majority of it lacks any kind I do. They were physical maniof functional purpose is to vastly festations of my desire as child understate the obvious. That to own a horse. Or a unicorn. It’s said, pleasing a third party is not as profound as Banksy and not the point of making art. The it’s not half as pretty as a Monet, end goal for any artist should but it was an expression of me at be to create something that is a that time and place. And it was 50 Sibley Mankato visual or audio representation of Parkway worthy of the front of any fridge Visitintangible. landtoairexpress.com or call 507-625-3977 something It’s about (per my mom). taking the ideas, thoughts and We as humans have an innate feelings swirling around in your need to create. We need to make head and bringing it to the front. things with our hands and have When an artist creates somesomething tangible to show for thing that accurately expresses it. (I know that I’ve gone totally their sadness, happiness, politiWoodstock cray cray on you but cal agenda or otherwise, it can stick with me here). Art is about be a cathartic experience both release, being fearless, laying it for the artist and the audience. all out. Let your freak (unicorn) And really, the audience part is flag fly. Because even if you want optional. Some people may shy to keep it to yourself, just doing away from physical expressions it will be a beneficial experience. of their feelings out of fear; fear And if you do have the courage of what other people will think to show it off, you never know or fear that what they create who might want it on their will not be seen as high quality. fridge.

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20 A chat with Field Report’s

Chris Porterfield

The eye of the hippie dippie beholder.

6 SoMinn State of Mind Heroes walk among us.

7 No Apologies

Must-see music documentaries.

10 Welcome to Lanesboro

The Rochester native now living

as a Minnesota expat living in Wisconsin talks about recording

the new album Marigolden,

touring and the movies he

watches with Adam Duritz.

22 Was Jesse James ever

really in Northfield?

The town of 754 has turned itself

into one of the most important

arts hubs in Southern Minnesota,

and they aren’t done yet.

Rice County historian Wayne

Quist has a different theory as to

how the raid went down.

14 Growing a film company in

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Colliding Pictures is a small film

production company run out of

a southern Minnesota home.

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16 Amy’s TV Crush

Who should win? Who will win?

Who cares? ... we’re talking Emmy’s of course.

18 Keeper of the

The unofficial dress code for this fall.

The SoMinn’s most comprehensive calendar of things to be SCENE.

50 Outdoor Adventures

Things that growl in the night.

5 2 CD Reviews:

SoMInn Blues

The Minnesota Blues Society has

elected Owatonna’s John

“Blueshammer” Hammer to it’s Hall of Fame.

• Downsized and branching out, Field Report is “Marigolden”.

• Tom Petty still brings substance to songwriting.

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play her incredible music in front of about 42 people. There are a lot of people to whom one could compare Mary, including Melissa Etheridge, George Strait, Joan Armatrading and Bruce Springsteen. None of those comparisons do Mary C justice, though. They’re more like a starting point we use to describe what she sounds like. She’s an amazing, amazing talent. Her performances are so honest and strong, her original music is brilliant, and the covers she plays are quickly brought to her heel; she makes them sound like they’re hers.

She has tremendous passion and a fantastic stage presence. Had she somehow conformed a little more to some empty-suit record executive’s idea of what could sell, or maybe decided that she was willing to sacrifice her soul, she could have had a career marked with fame and accolades and probably a lot of money. Instead she drives a FedEx truck by day, and gives the performance of her life every night she’s on stage.

My friend Jon Manners is like that, too. Jon’s been a professional musician for more than 50 years. He’s been in bands from Minnesota to Connecticut to L.A. His original music is unclassifiable to one single genre. It’s this funky, jazzy folk sound that could never be duplicated by anyone else.

He makes all of his own guitars and plays them with the chops of just about any guitar player you could name. He’s a true original. I just can’t help thinking that, somewhere in his life, had he turned right down one street instead of left, had he shown up at a doctor’s office an hour later or moved to Akron, Ohio instead of Northfield, Min-

eroes walk among us.

Ok, well maybe not heroes in the classic sense of the word, but certainly people with superhuman abilities.

When I was a kid, I was fanatic a comic book nerd. One of my favorite comics involved a guy who was the most powerful man in the world, but he didn’t know it. He was just some middle class guy – I think might have been a bus driver – who could make things happen just by thinking about it. Like, he’d say to himself, “I wish the apartment would clean itself up” as he was walking out the door, and two minutes later, the sink turned on and the dishes washed themselves, the vacuum would run across the living room, and the laundry would be clean. When he got home, he just assumed his wife had done it. He never figured out that it was happening because of him.

He just lived his life thinking he was a normal guy.

Or remember that M. Night Shyamalan movie Unbreakable with Bruce Willis? He played a guy who couldn’t be hurt by anything. He could be in a train wreck, or a car accident and walk away without a scratch. He could jump out of a second story window and land like he was hopping off the last step in a staircase. He very clearly had a super power, but it took him a long time to figure it out.

I was thinking about this the other night, sitting at Pub 31 in Faribault watching Mary Cutrufello

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nesota, just some random thing, he’d be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by now. I’ve told him that, too. Jon’s that good.

The point I’m trying to make is this: just because you’ve never heard of somebody, doesn’t mean they aren’t a genius. Specifically when it comes to art. Remember, Vincent Van Gogh never sold a painting in his lifetime. Singer Eva Cassidy didn’t sell a single record until four years after she died, and now has record sales of more than ten million.

There are people out there who look like you and me, talk like you and me, have the same dayto-day struggles that we all have. They’re completely normal until you sit them down at a piano, or put a paintbrush in their hands, or ask them to write you a poem. That’s when they reveal themselves to be something different; something special.

I love Bruce Springsteen’s music, but for every one of him, there’s a Jon Manners or a Mary Cutrufello or an Eva Cassidy or a Vincent Van Gogh.

They’re every bit as good as the heroes we’ve all heard of. They just were never in the right place at the right time.

Next time you come across one of those people, take a little extra time to appreciate their greatness. And if that person is you, on behalf of the rest of us, thank you for creating your art, and please keep doing what you’re doing. Know that someone appreciates your gift. I’m sorry that you don’t have the “success” that others do, but thank you for sharing your gifts with us just the same.

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s you’ve most likely figured out by now, I really dig music. (Yup, ‘tis true.) I also really love to kick back with the ol’ laptop and watch movies -- and for me, there’s nothing more satisfying than a good documentary (by far my favorite film genre). I also love celebrity biographies and indulging in shows like VH1s “Behind the Music” series. (Is that even still around??) Luckily for me (and for you, fellow music lover), there are some great music docs out there.

I’ve been indulging a lot lately (thanks to those lazy, hazy daze of summer) and I’d like to share some of my recent faves.

Here’s a random sampling, in no particular order: Last month I mentioned finally getting around to screening 20 Feet from Stardom. Recipient of the 2013 Academy Award for Best Documentary Film, and deservedly so. Billed as the “untold true story of the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 21st century.” What an amazing film. Both heartbreaking and inspiring. And fascinating. I’ve always dreamed of being a backup singer but I had no real sense of the trials and tribulations these men and women experience in their quest for fame -- and simply pursuing the glory of making music.

Talk about unsung talent! A mustsee. (And yes, I even got a wee bit teary-eyed). www.twentyfeetfromstardom.com (and also available for instant viewing on Netflix) Probably not one to gather the kidlets around to watch, but I was really moved (and, okay, a tad eeked out) by The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jane, described by producers as “an intimate, affecting portrait of the life and work of ground-breaking performance artist and music pioneer Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV) and his other half and collaborator, Lady Jaye, centered around the daring sexual transformations the pair underwent for their ‘Pandrogyne’ project.” Released in 2012, the film was named one of the year’s best by The New Yorker. Basically, Genesis and Lady Jane loved each other SO MUCH, that they wanted to be each other.

For real. So, in 2000, they began a series of plastic surgeries — including getting matching breast implants — in a bizarre attempt to merge their identities, ultimately turning their existences into a continuing performance piece that they called “pandrogeny.” This really happened! Wow. Talk about “The

Things We Do For Love” (queue the 10cc). Truly bizarre but the story is told with passion and playfulness. www.balladofgenesisandladyjaye. com I’m guessing I’m not the only one who watched Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me in the weeks following her death in mid-July. A showbiz survivor of sorts, who after sixty years on Broadway became a household name (in her 80s) thanks to her Emmy Award-winning recurring role on the popular NBC television series “30 Rock” as Jack Donaghy’s (Alec Baldwin) mother, Elaine Stritch was truly a living legend. A star of stage and screen, Stritch was known for being “feisty, fearless and relentlessly frank” (no wonder I so admire her). Always candid about her personal triumphs and tribulations, she had a major career revival in 2001 with her one-woman show, “Elaine Stritch at Liberty,” and subsequently with her cabaret performances at New York City’s Carlyle Hotel. Released last year, the “Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me” follows Stritch (at the ripe and feisty age of 87!) as she looks back on her life and career with candid reflections, rare archival footage and testimonials from her dearest friends. The film is a poignant, and laugh-out-loud tribute to one of musical theater’s best. www.elainestritchshootme.com (and also streaming on Netflix).

Also now streaming on Netflix (worth each and every penny of the $7.99 fee for unlimited streaming) is Anvil! The Story of Anvil. Is there anything funnier than aging metal heads? The 2008 “rockumentary” about this Canadian band is a hoot (eh?!). The film chronicles the story of Steve “Lips” Kudlow and Robb Reiner, who, as 14-year-old Toronto teens, made a pact to never give up on their rock ‘n’ roll dreams. Admittedly, Anvil, “hailed as the demigods of Canadian metal,” enjoyed moderate acclaim in the 1980s with their “Metal on Metal” album release -- and are credited with inspiring such bands as Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax -- but that period of “popularity” was followed by a long, long road to nowhere. They never made it -- but they’ll never give up on their dreams. Super funny but, gosh darn it all, also kind of inspiring for us aging wannabe rockers. www.anvilthestoryofanvil. com And let’s not forget classic “mockumentary” films -- like This Is Spinal Tap and its inspiration, The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash.

The latter was originally created by Monty Python legend Eric Idle in 1978 -- a brilliant tribute to, and

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parody of, The Beatles. Known as “The Pre-Fab Four,” The Rutles featured Idle along with John Cleese, Mick Jagger, George Harrison, Paul Simon and all the “SNL” stars of the day. The spoof chronicles the fictitious band’s rise to fame and the making of their hit songs (including “Please Please, Let Me Hold Your Hand” and “I Am the Waitress”) and movies (Yellow Submarine Sandwich and A Hard Day’s Rut).

Coincidentally, The Rutles later became an actual band, still touring and recording, while remaining a parody of The Beatles. A must-see for any serious Beatles fan (and really, who isn’t?). www.rutles.org.

This Is Spinal Tap, said to be directly inspired by “The Rutles,” is designed stylistically to be a parody of a rock documentary. (Would that be a “metamentary”?). Director Rob Reiner’s (not to be confused with Anvil’s Robb Reiner!) 1984 cult satire is about a fictional heavy metal group named Spinal Tap (Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer) -- spoofing nearly every facet of rock ‘n’ roll -- from vacuous modern songwriting and half-baked album promos to overthe-top pyrotechnic-filled concerts.

For all you naysayers, in 2002, “This Is Spinal Tap” was deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the Library of Congress and was selected for preservation by the United States National Film Registry. I’ll admit, I watched it with my 12-year-old and he totally didn’t get it. But I laughed myself silly. (Note to self: I really need to find a mini-Stonehenge for my garden). Find the fan website at www.spinaltap.com.

Back to the ‘serious’ stuff, It Might Get Loud is a fantastic 2008 documentary about guitar legends Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), The Edge (U2), and Jack White (The White Stripes).

I really love how this film takes three musicians that represent very diverse genres and styles of music, and brings them together to pay homage to their prized instruments, the guitar. The three discuss their individual playing and recording styles, performing their own music and each others. Basically a tribute to the electric guitar but ultimately a love fest between three masterful -- and very different -- performers.

The very genuine admiration and respect they have for each other

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makes any lover of rock guitar swoon. I grin from ear-to-ear every time I watch this film (and, yes, definitely worth repeated screenings).

Well, there you have it. A brief summary of how I’ve been spending a lot of my summer eves of late. I realize I’ve barely scratched the surface when it comes to not-to-be-missed music documentaries. The perennial dilemma: so many great flicks, so little time. But always a good excuse to slow down, sit back, grab a cold one -- and enjoy some of the greatest stories (and soundtracks) on earth.

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The town of 754 has turned itself into one of the most important arts hubs in Southern Minnesota, and they aren’t done yet.

By RICH LARSON

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anesboro, Minnesota is not an easy place to get to. It’s really not a place you’re going to happen upon by accident.

You won’t find it on a major interstate.

In fact it’s at least a dozen miles south of I-90, followed by a blink-and-you’ll-missit left turn off of Highway 52, which is then followed by a long enough drive on County Road 8 to make you wonder if you’re going the right way. You have to work to find Lanesboro. You have to want to be there.

But there is no question that plenty of people do. Some people know Lanesboro as the Bed & Breakfast Capital of Minnesota, or as the Rhubarb Capital of Minnesota (it has been declared both by the Minnesota State Legislature). Some people know it for it’s gorgeous location on the Root River and as an area rife with biking trails, hiking trails and camping areas. Some people know it for its historic place in the development of the state as a river town with a strategically important mill, or as the town where, legend has it, Buffalo Bill Cody drew up the plans for his Wild West Show.

Those facets of Lanesboro’s personality are

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vital and legitimate. But what really has put this tiny town of 754 people on the map is art.

Lanesboro is the very definition of an artist community. The arts are supported in every aspect of day-to-day life in this town. From the galleries that populate Parkway Ave (Lanesboro’s main thoroughfare), to the art that hangs on the wall at the Pedal Pusher Café, to the artisan made street signs on a number of corners, to the new Arts Campus project that is in the final planning stages, to the bright colors and decorative signs on each building downtown. The local art center is one of the major hubs of activity downtown, bustling with activity even on a regular Wednesday afternoon. And this is not even to mention the Commonweal Theatre, a nationally respected professional theater company now performing its 26th season.

If extreme Southeast Minnesota is a desert of dairy barns and corn fields, then Lanesboro is that fabled oasis of vibrant creativity. It’s there, and it’s beautiful and refreshing, but, wow, is it tough to believe what you’re seeing.

(Editor’s Note -- This is not to say there’s anything wrong with dairy barns and corn fields. We love them both. Please just roll with the metaphor.)

Special Sauce The question then is, how did this happen? What is it about this location, this small amount of acreage, on a river that really is not much more than a feeder stream into the Mississippi, that calls to artists and, more importantly, those of us who consume that art. The town has very clearly embraced the concept, and there is no question that the local economy benefits greatly from that, but how did this all happen in the first place?

“We’re trying to figure that out ourselves,” said Courtney Bergey, who heads up the Lanesboro Art Center’s capital

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campaign. “Everything is so interconnected that it’s tough to figure out where the lynchpin is.”

Indeed, there is an interweaving of economic development, tourism and support for the arts in Lanesboro that is somewhat unprecedented. The Chamber of Commerce has an individual membership category for artists. The local bed & breakfasts and storefront businesses will sell tickets to the various theater and public performance events in town. A key component of the arts center’s Art Campus project is to direct the flow of tourist traffic into the business district downtown.

“When does an arts center ever think about traffic flow?” asked Dee Slinde, who is the executive director of the Lanesboro Chamber. “It’s an incredibly interesting thing. There’s such a willingness of people to work together. It can feel very much like an over sized hippie commune that works together for the greater good.

“It’s the special sauce that makes the difference.”

A Commitment to Artists “Lanesboro is in its heyday,” said Robbie Brokken, who runs the Arts Center Gallery.

It’s Brokken’s belief that the Arts Center’s reputation for offering high quality work from emerging artists at a moderate price has helped bolster every other business in town.

“We’re a small gallery in a small town with a big reputation,” she said.

The gallery makes a strong commitment to the artists, and they follow through on those promises. The staff is made up of artists themselves, who understand what the work means to the artist, and that this is not merely a hobby for them.

“They need to eat,” said Brokken. “We are very community minded here. This isn’t a self-centered enterprise, and it isn’t a high school art show. We live to put food

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on their table.”

“We work with more than 100 individual artists, and we have more than 20,000 people coming through the gallery every year.

People come from as far as Saudi Arabia, Korea, China, Israel and Kenya,” she said proudly. “And they all buy something.”

In return, the artists almost universally give something back. For the gallery’s annual Swingsation fundraiser gala, Brokken says that every year virtually every artist they work with will donate a piece of art, which is nearly miraculous.

Speaking of Miracles...

Lanesboro seems to be a town of artistic miracles, though. And if we were to rank them – which we aren’t – it’s a good bet that the Commonweal Theatre would be at the top of the list.

For 2014, Commonweal boasts 22 members of the full time company and two apprentices. The bios of many of the members say they have been there for 14 or 15 years. Executive Director Hal Cropp has been with the organization for 23 of its 26 years. Every member of the

company has made a long-term commitment to the theater and, by extension, the town.

“Hal came from Denver.

[Assistant Artistic Director and Director of External CommuCommonweal nications] communications Adrienne manager and company Sweeney member Jeremy came from van Meter.

Philadelphia,” said Communications Manager Jeremy van Meter. “My wife and I came from Chicago.

We’ve all bought homes in Lanesboro, or at least in the area.”

Reflecting the community work ethic of Lanesboro, each member of the company has both artistic and administrative responsibilities with the theater. Jeremy has a number of credits on his Commonweal resume, including his recent turn as the titular character in their critically hailed production of Henrik Ibsen’s Brand, the centerpiece of Commonweal’s annual Ibsen Fest.

Commonweal is, in many ways, Lanesboro in microcosm. The success they enjoy comes from the commitment of those directly involved, and reaches far beyond the borders of the Root River Valley. In a 10-month season, more than 21,000 people will attend a Commonweal production. The theater boasts 1200 season ticket holders, a

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number that nearly doubles Lanesboro’s population.

Of course, that wouldn’t happen if the level of talent didn’t match the level of commitment.

“Everyone in the company has either has a Master’s Degree in theater or experience that’s commensurate with one,” said van Meter. “And every member of the company is involved in selecting the season.

“Knowing our audience as well as we do, we’re able to determine what we can produce and what we should produce.”

For example, the company is currently showing Joseph Kesselring’s comedic classic Arsenic and Old Lace in rep with Mark Brown’s adaptation of H.G. Wells’ Around the World in 80 Days. In contrast to that friendly and familiar work, the next show up will be Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia, which while considered one of Stoppard’s finest works, should be far more challenging to the audience.

“It’s going to knock people’s socks off,” said van Meter.

Commonweal Interior Lobby.

Photo by Rich Larson.

Making the Connections via Haiku The St. Mane Theater is owned and operated by the Lanesboro Arts Center, and is right next door to the Commonweal, giving Lanesboro a bonafide Theater District. It’s the home to several community theater productions throughout the year, as well as the Over the Back Fence community variety show (monthly from March through November)

and Lanesboro Live, which is sort of modeled after a late night talk show and hosted by local character Damon Prestemon.

If Commonweal offers 180 performances a year, the St. Mane is probably right around 75 nights a year. Considering that everyone sort of admits things shut down in January and at least half of February in Lanesboro, that means for ten months out of the year there is a top quality production to go see virtually every week in Lanesboro.

“This is an area that’s known for developing events and programs that offer a unique & personable experience,” said Sara Baskett.

Baskett is the Program and Marketing Director for the arts center. She’s a busy woman with a lot on her plate, but nothing is more important than the Arts Campus program upon which she, and it seems like everybody else in town, is feverishly working.

Using the concept of creative placemaking, the Arts Campus will, as it says in their marketing, bring the arts center out of its brick and mortar walls and even deeper into the community, turning the town itself into the arts center. This is the project that will tie all of the various attractions Lanesboro has to offer together, bringing cohesion to a town that is already bending over backwards to work together. It’s a brilliant plan.

“If you think about it, all kinds of people go camping,” said Baskett, referring to the other great source of tourism for Lanesboro.

Courtney Bergey (left) and Robbie Brokken (right).

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“The common thought has always been that people go set up their camp, and they stay in the woods.

But we’re finding out that’s not necessarily the case. It’s not fair to put them in a box and decide ‘That’s that.”

The Arts Campus project will reach out to anyone who visits Lanesboro for any reason. It will expand on existing projects to supplement the arts curriculum in the public schools, improve certain areas of the town’s infrastructure (including a recently refurbished walking bridge and classroom/studio space above the St. Mane), and create more opportunity for art in public spaces.

Among those will be a mildly kitschy, but truly charming “Poetry Parking Lot” where original haiku poetry will be placed on placards that are attached to new lamp posts in a parking lot on the West side of town, creating something of a gateway and welcome center. Say what you will about haiku poetry, but when the call went out for 15 original poems, the art center received nearly 70.

The support for the project runs from the arts center to the Chamber of Commerce and into City Hall where (in what looks a lot like another miracle to a lot of people in Southern Minnesota) both the City Administrator and the majority of the City Council are on board.

Pulling a project like that together is something that wouldn’t be possible in most places. It involves too many people working together. There are too many logistical challenges, and there are far too many political issues to overcome. Yet, once again, Lanesboro is able to come together and make it work.

“Yes” And again, we ask the question: what is it about Lanesboro that allows all this to work.

“I can answer that question with one word,” said John Davis, the executive director of the Lanesboro Art Center.

“Yes.” “There’s openness in Lanesboro, and that creates opportunity. So many people in other areas aren’t open to new ideas, and are looking for reasons something won’t work.

Lanesboro looks for ways to make things happen.”

That is rare indeed. And it’s clear the people who live in Lanesboro appreciate what they have.

“I grew up here,” said Bergey. “I never appreciated it until I left. It took going away to school and working other places to see what’s here.”

For van Meter, it’s about the caliber of the artists who have settled in Lanesboro and the opportunity that has provided.

“My wife and I were never going to be able to buy a house in Chicago,” he said. “But here we have an opportunity to work year round in our craft.”

“It’s every dream you ever had come true.”

It’s Brokken, who sums it up best.

“It never gets claustrophobic here.

There’s too much happening, and there’s too much to do.

“We’re a happy town.”

Rich Larson is the editor of SouthernMinn Scene.

You can reach him at rlarson@southernminnscene.com.

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lan Tracy is quiet, which is not to be confused with shy, because he is not shy in the slightest. Alan and his wife Larissa are the owners of Colliding Pictures, a small film production company they run out of their southern Minnesota home. Today they have invited me over to tell me more about Colliding, show me where the [film] magic happens and fill me in on their recent trip to the Cannes Film Festival.

Alan, Larissa and their dog Truffle greet me at the door. Their smiles are warm and friendly.

Alan, an Apple Valley native, was always interested in making a career in film. He attended MCTC for film production and has since been studying the business side of film at Metro State. Before transitioning into film, Alan started out making podcasts.

These daily podcasts were about a variety of subjects ranging from dating to sports to racing cars. After about 6 months, they decided to add a video element to their sports podcasts. This was the beginning of what is now Colliding Pictures. Since starting Colliding in 2005, Alan has become a renaissance man of film, capable of all aspects of production including but not limited to: writing, directing, casting, editing and camera operation. Larissa (originally from Northfield) is a writer and producer. Larissa always wanted to be in entertainment and when she met Alan at school she knew right away he was the one.

They married in 2007. Together they have made over 20 short films, all of which can be seen online via their website. www.collidingpictures.com. The films cover a wide variety of subjects as Colliding refuses to box themselves in by way of theme, genre or agenda. They simply wish to tell the stories that have not yet been told.

The subjects they have tackled so far range from cellphone spyware awareness to comedy sketches.

The Tracys informed that me that Minnesota boasts a thriving, tight knit film community. Minneapolis plays host to a couple big festivals a year, one being Z-Fest.

Their film Allure, was made specifically for Z-Fest. The film community in MN is not only tight knit, but very supportive. Since most of Colliding Pictures’ work has been self-funded, this is incredibly important. Favor trading and pro-bono work are commonplace here, which as far as Larissa and Alan can tell, is not typical in the film industry. If you’re like me, what you think you know of the film industry comes from People magazine and Entourage. It’s cutthroat and full of drama. While Larissa says that it can be that way, mostly what it thrives on are relationships. If a director, a writer or a distributor likes you and your work,

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In May, the Tracys decided to contribute to their own success by attending the world famous, Cannes Film Festival. From the way they describe it, it sounds like everything you’d imagine the star studded event to be like.

Film screenings all over town, day and night. There were various workshops and networking opportunities (read = chances to rub elbows with Hollywood elite) and panel discussions. Big hush hush deals and negotia-

tions by day, cocktails and laughs by night. I asked them if they met anyone famous (they did) and if they could name names (they couldn’t). However, the biggest take-away for Colliding was the business know-how and the valuable industry connections. One cool discovery they made was that there are tons of film distributors in the world and there is always a company that will want to distribute your film.

The trick is, locating that particular company. To give you an idea

of how difficult this might be, they showed me the directory of distributors that they received at the festival which rivals the Bible in page count.

With their distributor directory and newfound industry knowledge, the Tracys are poised to make some big steps with Colliding Pictures. Step one being to complete their first feature length film, Lacuna (Lah-que-nah, per Google or Alan says Lah-coonah). The screenplay was written

by Larissa about a young woman who is pregnant and uses it as fuel to leave her abusive boyfriend. Lacuna is 9 months in the works and it is the first film that they will not release for viewing online. They intend to make it a

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festival contender and will submit it to more than one if possible.

(Some festivals require that the festival screening be a film’s debut). Lacuna is the film that Larissa has been most heavily involved in and it is her baby. They are currently in the post production stage and are very excited about its potential. Their hope is to grow Colliding Pictures into a major player in the film industry.

And even though they realize it may be inevitable that Colliding may need to relocate to grow, they would love to maintain their MN location.

To find out more about Colliding Pictures, you can visit their website www.collidingpictures. com or find them on Facebook.

They welcome incoming screenplays and anyone else who may be interested in working with them.

Sarah Osterbauer is a Twin Cities music critic and frequent contributor to SouthernMinn Scene. You can reach her at editor@southernminnscene.com.

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AMY’S TV CRUSH

The Emmy’s:

AMY MERRITT Amy Merritt is a freelance writer and television critic who is usually never this bitter (unless she’s talking about David Caruso). Contact her at amystvcrush@gmail.com

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am rarely cynical when it comes to my TV Crush. After all, even bad television can be gloriously entertaining (see my many references to that hack, David Caruso). But I have to admit that with the Emmys just around the corner, I could not care less.

How can I love television so much and care so little about rewarding TV greatness? Let me explain to you exactly why I will spend August 25th avoiding TV altogether.

Tatiana Maslany as Rachel

Tatiana Maslany as Sarah

Tatiana Maslany as Alison

Tatiana Maslany as Helena

Constant Disappointment.

First and foremost, I never watch the Emmy’s because I’m always raging just a little bit after the nominations are announced. There are inevitably more than a few deserving candidates that won’t win because they aren’t even nominated. My (and seemingly everyone else’s) top 2014 example: Tatiana Maslany was snubbed for the second year in a row. It’s (sort of) OK if you have never seen Orphan Black. You are just a human and possibly only a casual television viewer. But the Emmy

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voters are supposed experts who live this industry. What were they thinking?! This incredible actress plays half a dozen different characters who regularly interact with one another in the same scene. She takes on each persona so expertly that during every single episode there is a point where I declare “Oh my god…I just remembered that they are all the same person!”

It is truly magical. I’m sorry, “industry experts,” but that is what is called “acting.” I would nominate Maslany for Best Actress for her portrayal of Sarah Manning. And then I would nominate her for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Alison Hendrix. And Cosima Niehaus.

And Rachel Duncan. And crazy Helena. But no, let’s nominate Claire Danes for crying a whole lot. Again. Which brings me to my next point:

Maggie Smith

The Game is Rigged.

I like Downton Abbey as much as the next girl, but it’s a soap opera with fancy clothes and accents. Excepting Maggie Smith, this show deserves a lot

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less Emmy attention.

But have you noticed that year after year the nominees vary only slightly? The same old shows, actors and actresses are up for the prize unless they really have a train wreck of a season or go off the air. While Emmy producers claim that the quality of the product is the only guiding force behind voter’s choices, there is a major flaw in the system. For a show to be considered in the Best Drama or Best Comedy categories, they submit one single episode for consideration. Best Actor and Actress submissions are also based on a single episode. Voters are not expected or required to watch a full season of a given show, but they vote on it nonetheless. This is just stupid.

If those casting ballots for the Oscars based their nominations on the middle 15 minutes of a movie they had never seen or heard of, I’m pretty sure we would all stop caring who won.

With the Emmys, we see the same shows nominated over and over because voters clearly have more content to judge with popular or long-running programs over newcomers and off-the-radar gems. This is like choosing the best restaurant by comparing the place where you have had 20 great meals with the place you’ve been to once when you weren’t really hungry and just ordered a side of steamed vegetables. They might be amazing vegetables, but they’re not gonna beat out that awesome sushi you eat every Sunday night. And furthermore:

The Game Really is a Game.

Orange is the New Black is a comedy. You know, like Big Bang

Theory and Modern Family. Sherlock is a television movie. True Detective is not a miniseries, but American Horror Story is. Joan Cusack is a “guest actress” on Shameless. There is obviously some odd trickiness that goes into throwing one’s hat into the ring. I think I’m gonna go win a prize for tallest girl at my local elementary school.

I’m almost done.

In summary, I would like to say: I’m so sick of you, Jim Parsons. You know where you can put your pile of accolades.

In response to critics’ backlash over the predictable and disappointing nomination list this year, the executive producer of the Emmys snottily replied “The Emmys are not a popular choice award. The Emmy’s are an industry award. The Emmys are determined by the men and women who create television.”

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My response? The men and women who create television should find a little time in their busy schedules to watch some television. And finally: the last season of Breaking Bad has submitted for consideration in the Best Drama category one of the best episodes of any show, anywhere, anytime. They will be robbed if they don’t win. Which is exactly what I expect.

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The Minnesota Blues Society has elected Owatonna’s John “Blueshammer” Hammer to it’s Hall of Fame

Hammer’s Smokin’ in Steele festival has brought the blues, and great food, to Owatonna for the better part of a decade.

By MATT HUDSON editor@southernminnscene.com ohn “Blueshammer” Hammer has the blues.

Not that he’s down on his luck or anything, but he’s devoted to connecting people to the music.

“I put my time toward charitable work and spreading the gospel of the blues,” he said.

He has the blues in his long-running publication, the Blue Monday Monthly. He also has the blues on his weekly radio show, “Hammered by the Blues,” on KRUE 1070.

And last month, he received one of the state’s highest blues honors.

The Minnesota Blues Society announced the induction of Hammer into its 2014 Hall of Fame.

One of six annual nominees, he was recognized for his support of the music in publication and event promotion.

“He is a true blues fan, and I almost want to use the word ‘aficionado,’” said Richard Schaefer, the Blues Society committee president. “He’s very knowledgeable, very open about the wide genre that the blues covers.”

The Minnesota Blues Society is a non-profit coalition of blues “evangelists” based in Minneapolis that promotes concerts and outreach in the state.

Hall of famers are selected by the society’s 450 members, of which Hammer is one. Schaefer said that Hammer had been nominated multiple times in past years.

Aside from his radio show and monthly magazine, Hammer contributes to other publications, sits on the board of Music in Owatonna and helps

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organize festivals around the region, often as an emcee. Of course, he is also a longtime collaborator for Owatonna’s annual Smokin’ in Steele BBQ and Blues Festival.

When the Blues Society announced his induction, Hammer was out attending the Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues Fest.

Hammer moved to Owatonna in 1966, when his family started the Hammer’s Fashion store. He moved out of town to attend college and was a theater technician and social worker before returning to Steele County. He said he moved back to raise his kids.

While working as a manger of retail centers, Hammer said he traveled a lot. That helped him grow his network of music contacts.

“On my nights off, wherever I was, I went out to see live music and met people that way,” he said.

Now retired, he’s become a full-time music promoter, of course emphasizing the blues. He respects the genre as the original American music form from which jazz, rock ‘n’ roll and other contemporary sounds grew. That 12-bar structure started it all.

“There’s something so incredibly genuine about it. It touches people,” he said. “There are people who say that it heals the soul.”

Schaefer said that Hammer has wide respect among the blues community, especially in southern Minnesota.

The Minnesota Blues Society Hall of Fame induction is humbling, but that’s about the only change. Hammer said that he’ll just keep on working like he has been, spreading the blues.

Reach reporter Matt Hudson at mhudson@owatonna.com. Follow him on Twitter @OPPMattH

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Hammer with the late Johnny Winters.

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The Rochester native now living as a Minnesota expat in Wisconsin talks about recording the new album Marigolden, touring and the movies he watches with Adam Duritz.

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visiting some friends and said “maybe we should go back”.

My parents are still in Rochester.

By SARAH OSTERBAUER editor@southernminnscene.com ince the release of their debut album in 2012, life has moved at a ridiculously fast pace for Rochester native Chris Porterfield and the members of his folk rock band, Field Report. They have found themselves crossing the country touring with the likes of Counting Crows, trying to carve out enough time to record their new album, Marigolden. In a wide ranging interview, the loquacious Porterfield discussed his Minnesota roots and the details behind the new album which drops October 7.

So how long did you live in Rochester? We moved to Rochester in 87’ and I lived there until 2000. So I grew up in Rochester...spent all my formative years there.

Now that you live in Milwaukee, do you still feel like a Minnesotan or do you feel like WI is home?

I feel like I have dual citizenship. I’m a Vikings fan...can’t cheer to the Packers. I love MN...my wife was just there

Let’s talk about Marigolden. How did it come together? How long have you had those songs in your arsenal?

I have a notebook and a pen on me at all times. I try to be present and write anything down that comes...then I go back through and see these things once it’s full. I came upon that word Marigolden and I liked how it sounded. I stumbled on that...and realized it could be a bigger idea than a nice sounding word...It’s kind of like a pair of blue blockers, it casts this amber wash over everything, but gets you to a place to sort of unlock all the stuff that’s happening.

They say you’ve got your whole life to write your first record and then a year to write your second one. So I think some of those tunes are a year or less old. “Enchantment” had existed under different title with different lyrics - I stole from myself, a song called 40/40, killed it and scavenged some of the good parts from that and turned it into that.

“Ambrosia” is a brand new one. We only recorded one take and it was live vocal and piano and that’s what’s on the record. That was the only time that was played in the studio. We had a camera set up and captured that on video as well. Everything happened at one time and only that time. I think we will [release the footage] as things continue to October [when the album is released].

How did you get Feist’s producer (Robbie Lackritz) for the record?

When it came time to do this record - originally we scheduled time at April Base [Justin Vernon’s studio in WI].

But we were so comfortable with the space and everyone there, I started to think maybe this wasn’t the right space for this record. I wanted to go somewhere where we weren’t comfortable, only have the music to think about...

So we got the word out and Robbie reached out. I skyped with him and he...just got totally where I wanted to go…

This record wouldn’t be anything that it is without him. He wasn’t just a producer, he was a wrangler of personalities.

He’s kind but with ideas. Sometimes when you go into the

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studio producers kind of just sit back and let you do your thing but Robbie was really engaged and had a point of view that was super valuable. We did 2 weeks in the studio, took month off and then mixed in Toronto for a week.

You have a lot of stories in your songs; how much is truth and how much is fiction? Is the story about the guy on the golf course in “Ambrosia” a true story?

That story in particular, is true. That’s the thing that I enjoy most about working in songs. When I was in college majoring in journalism, the whole point of journalism is to reduce the reader’s uncertainty, and it’s a super important and incredible responsibility, but the thing that’s incredible about writing songs is you’re not tied to that rule, if you’re just preaching then you’re not using the form to it’s potential. You want mystery and uncertainty to allow the listener to find spaces to live in for themselves… Some of these lines are very true, directly from my life, some are

conglomerations of stories I’ve heard about other people, and some are complete fiction…It’s aiming for a higher truth of emotion. It’s unique to the form, even different than writing a novel or a poem because those things have to stand on their own...There’s an element of mystery in leaving some things out in order to let the listener inject themselves into the pieces and complete it that way.

What is your favorite song on Marigolden?

I think my favorite song on the record is “Pale Rider”, I’m really pleased with how that came out. I left enough space where I think I can continue to live in that for a while. I’m excited to play “Home” because it’s more up tempo… I’m on a call list for this licensing team, and when someone needs specific music for a TV show or a commercial they can call me. So I wrote [Home] for that purpose and [the client] passed on it because it was too sad [laughs], so it sat on the garbage pile until we revisited it in

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Field Report has toured with Emmylou Harris, Counting Crows, Aimee Mann.. do you have a favorite?

There have been a couple people that have been super kind to us, one was Aimee Mann. She became such a good friend and I learned a lot from her. She invited me out to sing a song with her every night - so cool to get to know her. We did a month with Counting Crows. That was really cool. I grew up listening to them. When we’re in NY he’ll invite us over to his place and we’ll watch Harry Potter in his movie theater.

Sarah Osterbauer is a frequent contributor to Southern Minn Scene. She’s a music critic and loves to meet the people who make the city’s heart beat. Follow her on twitter @SarahOwrites.

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Questioning History:

An artist’s rendering of the chaos in Northfield on September 7, 1976

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s Northfield residents mill along Division Street one dusty September afternoon in 1876, five men approach the First National Bank of Northfield. Three enter the bank while two stand outside. They are soon joined by three more

on horseback, fidgeting impatiently in their saddles.

It doesn’t take long for residents in the street to realize something is very wrong.

The men are bank robbers, spurred on by a rumor of a recent $50,000 deposit. And they’re not just any bank robbers—they’re the infamous James-Younger Gang, considered the deadliest group of outlaws in the

country and led by none other than the infamous Jesse James.

But this time, the carefully-constructed robbery doesn’t go as planned. Inside the bank, cashier Joseph Lee Heywood refuses to open the safe, leaving only bags of nickels for the robbers to grab on their way out the door. And outside, they’re pelted with shots from residents who have figured out what’s

going on and grabbed fire arms from the local hardware store. Northfield sharpshooter A.R. Manning kills gang member Bill Stiles, while fellow gang member Clell Miller is shot down by Henry Wheeler, another sharpshooter who’s perched inside a third floor hotel room across the street. The rest of the gang members are all wounded in some way

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Much of Quist’s research is based off of interviews and published journal articles of W.W. Pye, a Northfield resident who was six years old at the time of the First National Bank raid. Pye was a lawyer, and in his research he wondered why the Rice County courts never filed any charges or indictments against James.

Quist is working on a book about his theory, titled, “Whiskey Spoiled the Whole Thing.” The title comes from a letter written by gang leader Cole Younger while he was in prison recounting the events from the fateful Northfield robbery on Sept. 7, 1876, referencing how the robbery was botched because the men had been drinking.

Quist said this doesn’t fit at all with James’ usual robberies, explaining that he was trained during his time fighting for the South in the Civil War to never drink before battles.

“The James brothers were very professional raiders,” he said.

“They learned the hard Northfield’s First National Bank approximatly from the same time as the James Gang raid. Courtesy of Northfield way during the Civil Historical Society.

War that if you let the troops drink whiskey, afternoon where regular citizens defeated you would screw it up. that Jesse James From 22 the most notorious outlaws of their time.

Jesse James learned wasn’t even in as they flee the scene, galloping west ahead There’s only one question: Was Jesse James to become a strong Minnesota when of a search party of hundreds of Minnesoever really in Northfield at all? disciplinarian, [and] he the Northfield Bill Chadwell one of the two robbers shot and tans. had a very disciplined robbery occurred. killed in the robbery. Courtesy of Northfield It’s a rousing victory against the outlaws, a gang.”

“It’s because Historical Society. story of courage and ingenuity that has been Quist said in the afthere was a memorialized in novels, movies and North Rice County historian Wayne Quist has a fidavit that included the two surviving bank preponderance of evidence that showed field’s annual Defeat of Jesse James Days, a few questions when it comes to the tradiemployees’ statements, both men said the James might not have been at the raid that celebration that recreates the entire robbery tional tale of wild west justice. In fact, after robbers reeked of alcohol. Other Northfield day,” Quist said. “There is no way to show attempt. Northfield residents still feel a sense pouring over historical records for more residents testified to seeing them leaving a that, beyond a reasonable doubt, James was of pride remembering that fateful September than 20 years, he’s come to the conclusion restaurant drunk the day of the robbery, and involved.”

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still others, who were at the hotel with the robbers the night before the event, testified that the gang had bought several bottles of whiskey and had gone to saloons in town—something Quist said James would never allow his gang to do.

The rest of the robbery also doesn’t fit with James’ style, according to Quist.

He said unlike usual James-Younger robberies, the men didn’t cut the town’s telegraph wires, and Jesse James never entered the bank, which he always did in previous robberies.

“The list of blunders goes on and on and on, giving greater credence to the fact that Jesse James wasn’t there,” Quist said.

So where was he? According to Quist, there’s a better probabil- Jesse James c. 1882 ity that James was in Nashville, Tennessee, where his wife and one-year-old son were currently living. Quist said James was a strong family man, and he never would have missed his son’s first birthday, which happened only days before the robbery in Minnesota.

“He was known to never miss an important family holiday,” Quist said. “Now why would he have been in Minnesota on that day?”

Quist contends the rest of the gang was still in Northfield, but Jesse James simply wasn’t with them.

“One of the things that really clouds the whole aura of Jesse James is that there’s so much mythology out there,” he said.

“There’s more mythology than actual writ-

ten accounts. People begin to believe the myth and doubt the facts.”

While questions have been raised as to whether Jesse James was part of Northfield’s most infamous robbery, Northfield Historical Society Executive Director Hayes Scriven said he’s positive Jesse James was part of the robbery attempt in 1876.

Scriven said robbing the bank was Stiles’ idea, and Stiles convinced Bob Younger, who convinced close friend and partner Jesse James.

“He wouldn’t let his friends and brothers go off on their own,” Scriven said.

He said by 1876, pressure from local law enforcement drove the JamesYounger gang out of Missouri, and it seems reasonable they’d go north where fewer people had heard of them.

“People in Minnesota didn’t recognize them,” he said. “It was a perfect escape.”

But while the gang figured no one would recognize them, many eye witnesses stepped forward after the robbery attempt, from a Northfield bank employee who identified Frank James in Missouri to local madam Mollie Ellsworth (also known as Kitty Traverse) who stated she’d seen Jesse James in Minnesota only days before the robbery.

Perhaps the biggest piece of first-hand testimony comes from Cole Younger himself, who wrote about Jesse James’ involvement (using James’ most famous alias, Thomas Howard) in the raid in his autobiography,

The Story of Cole Younger: “About the middle of August, we made up a party to visit Northfield, going by rail.

There were Jim, Bob and myself, Clell Miller...

Bill Shadwell, and three men whose names on the expedition were Pitts, Woods and Howard (Jesse James).”

From Younger’s account, Scriven sees no difference in the Northfield robbery attempt than many other successful robberies committed by the James-Younger gang. He said the gang usually sent three men into a bank while two were left to guard it, just like what happened in Northfield. And Scriven contends that there’s no real evidence that the gang wouldn’t drink before robbery attempts.

“To me, it was a textbook robbery,” Scriven said.

He added that the reason there was no indictment brought against Jesse James was because he was never captured after the robbery. However, the fact that Minnesota tried to extradite Frank James from Missouri for a murder committed during the robbery attempt is pretty solid evidence, he said.

“I’m one hundred percent sure Jesse James was in Northfield,” Scriven said. “I don’t know why you would question it.”

Northfield historian Chip DeMann said he can rely on more than just eye witness accounts to prove Jesse James was in Northfield: he has ballistic evidence.

DeMann is friends with Jim Ross, the great grandson of Jesse James. Ross was actually raised by his grandfather, Jesse Edward James, who told him about how much of an impact the Northfield raid had on Jesse James.

Jesse Jr. also talked about how Jesse James was wounded in the leg by a gunshot only days after the Northfield raid, when he and his brother Frank were near Minneopa Falls,

Minnesota. They had run into a picket line of searchers and one of them, Richard Roberts, shot Jesse in the leg, hitting him too close to an artery for the slug to safely be removed.

Instead, Jesse died with the bullet still lodged in his leg.

More than a century later, in 1979, Missouri’s Clay County purchased Jesse James’ farm and his first grave site was excavated (his body had by this time been moved to a new site). There, the slug was discovered and sent to a ballistics conference, where it was confirmed the caliber of Richard Robert’s gun and dated to the general time of 1876.

That doesn’t prove Jesse James was in Northfield on Sept. 7, 1876, but it does prove he was in the general vicinity at about the same time—pretty good circumstantial evidence.

“It is nice that Mr. Quist seems to know Jesse, but I prefer to rely on factual documentation,” DeMann said.

’ When it comes to knowing for sure if Jesse James was ever in Northfield, people may never have a clear answer. It’s up to people to weigh the evidence and decide for themselves what seems most reasonable.

But whether or not Jesse James was ever in Northfield, Northfield residents will continue to celebrate the bravery and resourcefulness shown by citizens a hundred years ago who fought off the James-Younger gang and foiled its last robbery attempt.

“It’s something that has to be celebrated,” Scriven said. “What happened in that raid was a turning point in Western history. Nobody else stood up to those guys… and we did. That’s special.”

Grace Webb covers the cities of Northfield and Lonsdale, and writes about public safety. You can reach her at gwebb@northfieldnews.com.​

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he time has come; the leftover, mismatched swimsuits have officially hit the final clearance rack (an annual occasion worthy of its own sale, shopping trip, even stashed away birthday money). Time to engage the official back to school shopping excursion! But with the declaration made, where do you go? And more importantly, what do you get?

The focus for today’s guide revolves around the tween/ teen era, yet many of these looks have been spotted in both the younger girls and young women sections. The styles carry through in trends and geographical locations, like plaid shirts for example. This universal look is everywhere, as opposed to, say, the long, faux fur coats peppered in many designers’ collections during 2014 Fashion Week. While one may notice one of these luxe coats on occasion, “in these parts,” as they say, you’re much more likely to see a plaid shirt. Practicality plays a role in the well-known Minnesota “keep-you-guessing” climate, leaving some articles of clothing more desirable over others. Minnesota is where style meets technique; enter layering. The fact is, a garment such as the plaid shirt can serve as a great building block to any outfit. More on these key pieces coming up; for now let’s just say the idea is to buy practical.

Focus!

Centering the objective of your shopping trip with a few key pieces to get started can avoid an unproductive day. Think of the day as a well thought out plan instead of a road trip. You don’t want to start the day out well intentioned and high in excitement, only to meet the end with one word answers and evil stink-eye rolls. Have a solid plan. Frame your trip around a few stores and take breaks. Every so often, take a look at the inventory you’ve scored, think about what you currently own and what is still on the wish list. You’ll be better prepared if you have a few pictures of pieces you saw on Pinterest or other popular sites, that you can quickly access on your smartphone. This will also help you avoid that eyes-glazed-over overwhelmed feeling that can hit you as you start perusing the racks. It will narrow your choices and help you focus and keep you from wasting your precious time on such an important outing.

A few suggestions…

For guidance, I have ten suggested pieces outlined below, followed up by photo illustrations and some ideas for where they can be found. A representation of “what everyone else is wearing” according to your shopper is also illustrated (this is of course optional – you decide how these looks fit your personal style).

Your teen’s individual style and flair will mold these outfits to claim their personality in each look. Have some fun with your selections and take time and if it’s possible. If you have more than one child, as I do, take them shopping separately. I have found my children

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The basics…

If you buy nothing else this season for your teen, buy a pair of jeans. Logical, yes, but last year’s jeans need an updated friend. This season, the high waist is making a comeback, as is acid wash, and a fitted flare which means skinny to the knee then a slight flare out at the hemline. Retailers have anticipated the demand for these items and are ready for you. Many offer buy one, get one deals and stores like Delia’s will offer a $10 gift card simply for trying a pair of their jeans on (no purchase is required). The gift card

has to be used on a $25 purchase, yet it can be combined with other offers, like the buy one, get one half off sale. The photos are the popular Kick boot style jean from American Eagle. These are about $35.

The second item spotted from store to store this season is the oversized sweater.

Cardigan or pullover, these draped looks are sometimes called “boyfriend” or “fisherman” sweaters because of the design. Be prepared to shell out a few bucks for these depending on the fabrication. Paired with leggings, the sweater is a casual look which will sure to be in the Monday-Friday lineup.

It can also be worn with jeans, or jeggings, (Jeans + leggings) which are still very much in play this season.

The outfit doesn’t stop here however, the third look “needed” is the combat boot, so consider this as your official heads up. These boots have varied embellishments like rivets, crocheted tops or fold

over design. Recycled from their Fall 2013 debut, these boots haven’t changed much in style and will be seen as much as they were last year. Perhaps the pair you were roped into buying last year may still fit! If boots aren’t your thing, another popular shoe is the pointed flat. Note the boots in nearly every photo.

I placed an 80’s sweater found on Etsy next to a photo from Aran side by side to illustrate not only the broad appeal in this look, but also how little it has changed from the Breakfast Club era.

Florals and Prints Next, work a printed piece (or two) into the wardrobe this fall. It will transition well from season to season and if purchased wisely can be worn in more than one way. For this look, I chose contrasting choices, yet both fit the criteria

and will be seen this year in the halls of every school in the Midwest. A modernized floral print can be found on any garment made now. With tops, scarves and skirts, find a print with colors that will meld well with other items you currently own. Smaller prints are taking center stage this season and can be combined with tassels or lace to extend their likability. However your print is chosen, find a fabric that’s easy to care for (cotton) and simply something you feel will wear well, like a button down shirt that can layer with a lacey tank underneath or under your favorite sweater. Beware, however, of the floral, rayon oversized tank tops on the $4.99 rack. They may be tempting, but after the warm weather subsides, these will be extinct. Forever.

These photos are both from the H & M website, and retail for $14.95. Note these prints were combined with a peplum style blouse.

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The other half to this equation is, of course, the non-floral print. Classic in looks, a great print can transcend all age groups. Be mindful of using this weapon however. For the most impact, it’s best used in small doses, and paired with neutrals (non-embellished jeans, black, white or tan). Remember: less is more.

For illustration, I chose a simple black and white print which pairs with virtually anything. Don’t like florals or tired of animal print? Try polka dots, stripes, tribal or chevon print as all will supply the needed distinction. Also, it’s good to note, as illustrated by these photographs, maxi skirts and the high-low skirts and dresses

that were introduced last year are still going strong.

Leather and lace On the order of exotic, the look of leather is starting to peek its way into dresses, leggings and tops. This is not a full on press, mind you. It’s more like a safe amount, almost like an afterthought. This look is done best sparingly in black, or accented in black. On occasion, leather crosses over into ivories and whites for a chic style, but, unless your mission is to revive the 80’s, stay away from bold, blocked colors! Check out

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As some of these images have alluded to, lace is another trend being shown this season in both edgy designs and boho, vintage-inspired looks. Wherever you look, you can spot it inserted into the back of blouses, on the hemline of a floral skirt, or as an overlay to a crop top. Used as an accent, this innocent intended concept is used best in neutral or pastel colors. The garments shown are from Hollisterco.com (photos courtesy of Hollisterco.com) As I said earlier, a plaid or flannel shirt can be a basic piece to your teens’

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From 31 wardrobe. No longer simply worn with jeans and leggings, they are used for much more now (the latest trend is to tie one around the waist of a lacey dress). Keep it lightweight and get ready for impact and interest! The look is a replay of last year and can be paired well with graphic tees, cardigans, and denim jackets flawlessly. One picture is a plaid top from BP, a designer found in the junior’s department at Nordstrom. (Photo from Nordstrom.com), retailing for $24.90. If you want to find something a little less, and a little closer, check out the photo courtesy of Target.com.

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Getting graphic The next must have is a graphic tee. These are

punky and outgoing, and could come with the tag line, “Let your tee do the talking.” Or, perhaps they are the next global vehicle for our inside voice? These tees are in most retailers, and feature every saying/picture from a humorous quote, to a galactic hero. There are no rules necessarily to these wearable billboards (other than you’re your own around appropriate language), hence their broad appeal. They give every retailer an opportunity to place their own spin on fonts and added features (like lace or crocheted backs). Male or female, these have been around for years and show no signs of exiting.

These tees were found at Delias and are buy one, get one for $26.90.

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for the cropped, sometimes fitted version of the all popular denim jacket. Seen over a strappy dress or a graphic tee, these jackets look best if not perfectly coordinated with other denim, or worn with leggings.

A natural layer, mix this look up with tribal leggings, or a colorful chevron print top to mix and match textures and something which speaks to your sensibilities.

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Last but not least, we come to accessories. At times, accessories can be a focal point of your carefully constructed ensemble. At other times, accessories are a status symbol. My thought is to meet somewhere in the middle. Accessories for a teen-ager are purchased with the idea that they are probably temporary to their middle/high school years. Scarves, headbands and bracelets are popular as are choker necklaces. Yet some accessories this season are below the belt, with decorated tights making a return to spice up an otherwise blank canvas. Again, much depends your child’s taste and likelihood to wear these items beyond the allure of the store mannequin. A basic piece (like a printed scarf) can be a good litmus test to use before your money evaporates. Many stores like Charming Charlie’s or Claries carry a decent variety of jewelry at sensible prices.

If you want to be uber practical, stick to gold or silver only and avoid the trendy colors, or patterns on accessories (excluding the tights). A good rule of thumb with accessories is the un-official fashion “noncompete clause.” Pretty simple, right?

Above is an illustration from the 1960’s which perhaps paved the way for today’s pattern tights style. Check these out. The first picture is from Sammy D Vintage.

The second, and more current look, is from Express.com and retails for $13.93 And two printed scarves found at Forever 21, $13.

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ARTS Guys and Dolls: 15-Aug, 7:30 PM, Bloomington Center for the Arts, 1800 W Old Shakopee Rd, Bloomington, $27 - $34.

Considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy, the Tony Award-winning Guys and Dolls is set in mythical New York City and soars with the spirit of Broadway. The hilarious, fast-paced book and bright, brassy, immortal score take us from the heart of Times Square to the cafes of Havana, Cuba, and even into the sewers of New York City.

Enjoy popular songs like ‘Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat,’ ‘A Bushel and a Peck,’ ‘Luck Be a Lady,’ and ‘Adelaide’s Lament’ in this oddball comedy for audiences of all ages.. http://www.btacmn.org/2perform/at_theaters/ schneider/dolls.html.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee: 15-Aug, 7:30 PM, Minnetonka Theatre, 18285 Highway 7, Minnetonka, .

A hit musical from a Tony Award winning creative team! This hilarious tale of overachievers’ angst chronicles the experience of adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. These unlikely heroes, young people in the throes of puberty overseen by grownups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser. The show is perfect for our studio theatre and will allow students to perform a show that

might not be included in their regular high school repertoire due to the smaller cast size.. http://www.minnetonkatheatre.com/the25th-annual-putnam-county-spelling-bell/.

952.401.5898”Bruce Goodman Laughing Stock: 15-Aug, 7:30 PM, Chaska Valley Family Theatre, 1661 Park Ridge Dr, Chaska, $15+. A summer stock production of Dracula disintegrates into chaos on opening night. Gothic horror becomes high comedy amid misplaced technical cues, forgotten lines, wrong entrances and eccentric acting.

Writer Charles Morey strikes a balance between a depiction of everything that can and usually does go wrong and a genuinely affectionate look at the magic that holds theatre companies together. ‘Laughing Stock will indeed have you laughing in your seat if not rolling in the aisles It’s hard to imagine anyone whose funny bone wouldn’t be tickled by this one it’s a hoot it’s a blast ‘ Monadnock Ledger (NH).. http://www.cvft.org/currentseason/next-up. “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde The Little Mermaid: 16-Aug, 1:00 PM; 17-Aug, 6:30 PM, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, 501 West 78th Street, Chanhassen, $51-$82. In a magical kingdom beneath the sea, a beautiful young mermaid named Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. Based on the classic Disney animated feature and originally rooted in Hans Christian Andersen’s enchanting fairy tale, The Little Mermaid is a musical favorite for audiences of all ages. This production is sure to thrill in every way as it showcases beautiful sets, dazzling costumes and an award-winning musical score by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman. Revel in favorites including: ‘Part of Your World,’ ‘Under the Sea,’ ‘Les Poissons,’ ‘Poor Unfortunate Souls,’ ‘Kiss the Girl’ and many more.. http:// www.chanhassentheatres.com/littlemermaid. aspx. (952) 934-1525”Arsenic & Old Lace

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Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault Is it just me, or does country music sound better in the fall? I don’t know what it is, maybe it’s a Midwestern thing, when I think of fall colors, the trees always seem to be surrounding a barn, and there’s a banjo or a fiddle playing, or maybe in from the kitchen window of the farm house, you can hear a broadcast of the Grand Ol’ Opry.

But I digress…

The Merlin Players begin their 20th season with the touching, tear jerking, Always…Patsy Cline. It’s the story of an unlikely friendship struck between the legendary singer and Houston housewife Louise Seeger that began in an empty ballroom and continued until Cline’s tragic death. Aside from the heartwarming, funny stories and escapades, the show is packed with the music Cline is famous for, including “Crazy,” “Walking After Midnight,” and “Sweet Dreams.” The show stars Kim Schaufenbuel as Cline and Tanya Legvold as Louise Seeger, under the direction of the great Julianna Skluzacek. It’s going to run from mid-September to late-September, right when the leaves will be changing, which means it will just sound even that much better. www.themerlinplayers.org/2014-2015-season. html – – Rich Larson, editor@southernminnscene.com

Art Match on Main: 16-Aug, 2:30 PM, Hopkins Center For The Arts, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, . The Visual Arts Committee would like to invite you to attend the first annual Art Match on Main! Join us on Mainstreet and witness an exciting fine art competition between teams of local artists as they battle the clock and each other.. http:// www.hopkinsartscenter.com/events/event/ art-match-on-main/. (952) 9791100 Ring of Fire: 16-Aug, 3:00 PM; 20-Aug, 1:00 PM, Plymouth Playhouse, 2705 Annapolis LN N, Plymouth, $17.50-$35. The Life and Music of Johnny Cash - Back from a triumphant national tour, Ring of Fire returns to the Plymouth Playhouse! This Jukebox Musical based on the music of Johnny Cash, honors and brings to life a remarkable musical legend - Johnny Cash. Full of love and emotion, humor and empathy, Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash pays tribute to the legendary man in black with dance, comedy, stories, tragedy and love.. http://plymouthplayhouse.com/ring-of-fire/.

(763) 553-1600”ALOUD 2014: A Festival of New Work Line Dancing: 21-Aug, 10:30 AM, Club Prior, 15210 Eagle Creek Ave., Prior Lake, $3 . Join us for some fun line dancing from 10:30am to noon! Lessons are only $3.. http://www.cityofpriorlake.com/documents/ club_prior.pdf. “Gallery Walk Tim Pulnik: 22-Aug, 7:30 PM; 10:00 PM; 23-Aug, 7:30 PM, Goonie’s Comedy Club, 7 Second Street SW, Rochester, $14-$20. Tim has been entertaining audiences in comedy clubs, theaters and corporate events throughout the United States and Canada for years.

Bringing a unique mix of high energy, quick wit, and quirky antics when he hits the stage.

Most recently, Tim has appeared on the tv shows The Glades on A&E, Burn Notice, ABCs Charlies Angels He is also the voice of the Offensive Coordinator in the popular football video game MADDEN NFL.. http:// www.gooniescomedy.com/shows.shtml.

Shooters Roundup: 23-Aug, 11:00 AM; 24-Aug, 11:00 AM, Shooters Roundup, 9525 230 St. W., Morristown, $10 . OLD WEST MELODRAMA...Get ready for a fun filled trip back to the Old West, filled with action, suspence, romance and song. Accompanied by skilled piano background music, you’ll cheer for the good guys and boo the bad.Directed

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Life Could Be A Dream: 24-Aug, 2:00 PM, Old Log Theater, 5185 Meadville Street, Greenwood, . Take a trip to Springfield and meet Denny and the Dreamers, a fledgling doo-wop singing group preparing to enter the Big Whopper Radio contest to realize their dreams of making it to the big time! Trouble comes in the form of Lois, who arrives to put some polish on the boys. Denny falls in love, Wally falls in line, Eugene falls apart, and along comes handsome heartthrob Skip to send the whole situation spinning.

The ‘60s hits say it all: ‘Fools Fall in Love,’ ‘Tears on My Pillow,’ ‘Runaround Sue,’ ‘Earth Angel,’ ‘Stay,’ ‘Unchained Melody,’ ‘Lonely Teardrops,’ and ‘The Glory of Love.’ Winner of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Best Musical Award, Life Could Be a Dream will leave you laughing, singing, and cheering!

See it now before if heads to Broadway in 2016.. http://oldlog.com/Shows/Life-CouldBe-A-Dream. “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Digital Nature Photography: 26-Aug, 7:00 PM, Waseca-Le Sueur Regional Library, 408 North State Street, Waseca, Free.

Photography is a great way to take some memories home with you after a visit to a state park. Kids will get a chance to learn how to use a digital camera and receive ten tips on how to shoot better photos. To practice their new skills they will have a chance to shoot images of what they find interesting. Digital cameras are provided and the kids will be able to print one photo to take home.. http:// tdslib.org/.

Life Could Be A Dream: 27-Aug, 1:30 PM, Old Log Theater, 5185 Meadville Street, Greenwood, . Take a trip to Springfield and meet Denny and the Dreamers, a fledgling doo-wop singing group preparing to enter the Big Whopper Radio contest to realize their dreams of making it to the big time! Trouble comes in the form of Lois, who arrives to put some polish on the boys. Denny falls in love, Wally falls in line, Eugene falls apart, and along comes handsome heartthrob Skip to send the whole situation spinning.

The ‘60s hits say it all: ‘Fools Fall in Love,’ ‘Tears on My Pillow,’ ‘Runaround Sue,’ ‘Earth Angel,’ ‘Stay,’ ‘Unchained Melody,’ ‘Lonely Teardrops,’ and ‘The Glory of Love.’ Winner of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Best Musical Award, Life Could Be a Dream will

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There’s no quantifying how long we’ve been waiting for this. It’s two years since The Replacements, the seminal Minneapolis garage punk band, who alongside Hüsker Dü, came to symbolize the golden era of Twin Cities music, announced that they would return to the studio to record a benefit EP for former ‘Mats guitar player Slim Dunlap, who had suffered a massive stroke. It’s been a year since they played the first of what became a series of festival shows across the country. It’s been about six months since the lineup for Rock the Garden was announced, leaving those of us who were expecting to see The Replacements as the headliners bitterly disappointed (and subsequently mocked for our disappointment). It’s been more than 23 years since The Replacements last played a show in Minnesota.

Frankly, most of us figured this would never happen. Paul Westerberg had retreated into near Howard Hughes-like reclusion over the last five years, while Tommy Stinson had been in a state of indentured servitude to the egomaniac that is W. Axl Rose as the bass player for Guns & Roses.

But the time has come. The Event of the Summer is here just at the very end, just in time. And while this won’t be even close to the same band of lovable drunk punks who played, drank, and fell off the stage at the Longhorn Bar, landing them a star on the wall at First Avenue, it’s as close as we’re going to get. If you want to see 10,000 middle-aged white guys lose their minds, get to Midway Stadium on September 13 and wait for that opening riff of I Will Dare.

(By the way, if you’re one of those kids who’s dad bought you a ticket and you aren’t sure if you want to go or not, Lucero and The Hold Steady are opening the show, and Billy Joe Armstrong from Green Day has been playing with the ‘mats on a number of those festival dates. You’ll have fun.

Promise.) www.thereplacementsofficial.com – – Rich Larson, editor@southernminnscene.com

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See it now before if heads to Broadway in 2016.. http://oldlog.com/Shows/LifeCould-Be-A-Dream. “Pleasure Rebel: New Performance Lyndel Pleasant: 29-Aug, 7:30 PM; 29-Aug, 10:00 PM, Goonie’s Comedy Club, 7 Second Street SW, Rochester, $14-$20.

Lyndel Pleasant is truly a star in the making with an act that weaves hilarious confessions about life, marriage and fatherhood into a show filled with BIG laughs and FUN times for everyone. With a truly refreshing style of storytelling, Lyndel has entertained audiences at the finest comedy clubs from coast to

coast including such renowned venues as Caroline’s On Broadway in NYC & The Hollywood Improv.. http://www.gooniescomedy. com/shows.shtml.

Hello, Dolly!: 5-Sep, 8:00 PM; 6-Sep, 1:00 PM, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, 501 West 78th Street, Chanhassen, $61-$66. Dolly Levi is a delightfully scheming busybody who makes her living as a matchmaker in glamorous New York City. She’s out to make a match for Horace Vandergelder, the ‘well-known half-a-millionaire,’ with the charming hat maker, Irene Molloy - but in the process, Dolly snares a groom for herself.

Dolly masterfully orchestrates romance and

adventure in a glittering mixed up night on the town.. http://www.chanhassentheatres. com/hellodolly.aspx. (952) 934-1525 Manga Club: 10-Sep, 4:30 PM, Chaska Library, 3 City Hall Plaza, Chaska, Free. Join us for an awesome time to discuss Manga book titles and Anime films. Open to all teens in Carver County, this group will focus on both individual titles and series. Chaska Library 3 City Hall Plaza 952-448-3886. http://host6. evanced.info/melsa/carver/eventsignup.asp?I D=8563&rts=&disptype=info&ret=eventcalen dar.asp&pointer=&returnToSearch=&num=0

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Lyndel Pleasant / Goonie’s Comedy Club / Rochester / 8.29 Show consistently features some of the best and brightest art in the twin cities area.

Pieces selected by the judges are displayed in the Foss Gallery. A number of cash awards are presented including Best in Show, Awards of Merit, Peer Award and a special Betsy Bryant Pottery Award. The opening reception is Thursday, September 25th, 2014.. http:// edinamn.gov/index.php?section=2013gallery-schedule#mcpge. (952) 903-5780 Blood Brothers: 26-Sep, 7:30 PM; 28-Sep, 2:00 PM, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Avenue, Burnsville, $19-$22. Raised on oppositeends of the social spectrum in Thatcher-era England, best friends Eddie andMickey have no idea that they are actually twins, and that their desperatemother may have doomed their lives to bitter tragedy. Did her choices set inmotion a destiny they are all powerless to prevent? This celebrated musical byWilly Russell (author of Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine), ran continuously in London’s West End for over 24 years!. http:// www.ames-center.com/chameleon-theatrecircle-2014-2015-season.html.

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Lanesboro Arts Campus Festival September 13 - 2-5 p.m.

The “Poetry Parking Lot” and Greenspace off of County Rd. 8, Lanesboro You may have noticed that we’re a little bit enamored with Lanesboro this month. Well, yeah. What’s not to like? Lanesboro is a charming town that has figured out it can reap a hefty economic dividend from supporting the arts. They have the Lanesboro Arts Center and the Commonweal Theater as well as a host of artisan galleries and antique shops up and down the town’s main street. Lanesboro is also known for it’s outdoor recreation activities; camping, hiking, and the Root River Bike Trail, which is flat out gorgeous.

SO, they’re trying something new and ambitious in Lanesboro. They’re creating what they call The Lanesboro Arts Campus, which is a multi-pronged arts outreach program that will support arts education in schools, shore up some of the town’s non-essential infrastructure. From 2-5 p.m. on September 13, they’re holding a little preview of what they hope to accomplish long term with the Lanesboro Arts Campus Festival.

It’s a family oriented fest full of arts-related activities and designs of what can be expected from the project. They’re holding it in the parking lot on the West side of town, right off of County Rd. 8, soon to be christened the Poetry Parking Lot, and a gorgeous green space just a quick walk around the pedestrian underpass.. If you’re trying to find a neat place for a late summer daytrip for the kids, this is exactly what you’re looking for.

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Amidst the gorgeous gardens at Sidley Park estate, vibrant and brilliant minds gush over their passions for everything from costume parties to landscape architecture to chaos theory. Alternating between the present day and the early 19th century, characters from both eras struggle to uncover the mystery of the estate. Tom Stoppard’s Tony Award-winning romance is a perfect blend of intellect and emotion, humor and heartache, and is considered by many critics to be his masterpiece.. http://www.commonwealtheatre.org/arcadia.html. 507-467-2905 The Price Is Right Live!: 13-Sep, 7:00 PM; 14-Sep, 1:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake,

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Salsabrosa presents Latin Dance Styles: 25-Sep, 7:00 PM; 26-Sep, 7:00 PM, Martin County Library, 110 North Park Street, Fairmont, Free. Salsabrosa offers a program combining education, storytelling, and performance that discusses the impact of Latin music and dance styles in the upper Midwest. This program is a powerful celebration of the marvelously diverse communities within Minnesota and will help in building greater understanding and connection to the values that bind Minnesotans together.

This program is made possible by a grant from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Free and Open to the Public. http:// tdslib.org/.

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Jekyll & Hyde: 24-Sep, 7:30 PM; 25-Sep, 7:30 PM; 26-Sep, 2:00 PM, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Avenue, Burnsville, $52-$62.

Glamorous, sexy and deliciouslywicked, Jekyll & Hyde is the enthralling musical based on RobertLouis Stevensons classic story about a brilliant but obsessive scientist, whosealter ego wreaks havoc across Victorian London. An evocative tale of two menone a doctor, passionate and romantic the other, a terrifying madman. And oftwo women one beautiful and trusting the other, beautiful and trusting onlyherself; both in love with thesame man and both unaware of his darksecret. Featuring a thrilling pop rock score including the unforgettable hit,This Is The Moment, from multi-Grammy and Tony nominated Frank Wildhorn &double-Oscar and Grammy winning Leslie Bricusse. Jekyll & Hyde hasmesmerized audiences the worldover.. http://www.ames-center.com/ angel-fund-series.html.

3 Faces of the King: An American Legend: 27-Sep, 8:00 PM, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Avenue, Burnsville, $39-$59. 3Faces of the King: An American Legend The#1 National Touring Show In AmericaThatcelebrates The Music, Life and Legacy of Elvis Presley StarringShawn Klush # 1 Winner of Elvis Presley Enterprises Ultimate Elvis CodySlaughter - Direct from New York - Star of ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ WithThe Sweet Inspirations - Elvis’s Original Backup Singers PlusVery Special GuestsThe Tennessee Horns Therehas never been an American Legend like Elvis Presley.Experiencewhat it would be like to have The King return to the concert stage to relive allof his greatest moments. ‘3Faces of the King’ is the national touring show that combines the three mostexcitingperiodsof Elvis’s iconic career to tell the musical life and story in song of thisastounding American legend.. http://www.ames-center.com/3faces-of-the-king.html.

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September 13 – Vetter Stone Amphitheater, Mankato You know, it’s not like there isn’t a place in this world for Miller Genuine Draft or PBR or Old Milwaukee, but if you’re one of those people who walk up to a bar and order a Budweiser because it’s what you drink, it’s what your dad drinks and it’s what every generation of your family has drunk for the last hundred years, I just have to ask – What the hell are you doing? Brother, there’s a whole new world out there that you are denying yourself for absolutely no reason. You need to embrace the beauty in the bitterness of hops and the smooth flavor created by malt. You’re an American, so maybe you’ve never realized this, but beer is supposed to have flavor.

Look, do this. September 13th, take the afternoon and head over to the Vetter Stone Amphitheater in Mankato for the Down in the Valley Craft Beer Fest and sample the products of more than 20 local breweries. Learn about things like IPA, Hefeweizen, Stout, maybe if you get brave you might want to sample a porter, or you could try a real honest to god Czech Pilsner that might look like your Bud Lite, but tastes like beer is supposed to taste like. And, oh, by the way, there is some killer damn music playing at this thing. You may have never heard of the Wood Brothers, but every band you’ve ever loved, loves them.

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COMEDY Bruce Goodman: 15-Aug, 7:30 PM; 10:00 PM, Goonie’s Comedy Club, 7 Second Street SW, Rochester, $14-$20. He may not be one of the biggest men in comedy, but he certainly is one of the funniest. Bruce is from the fun and sun capital of the world: Daytona....

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Tim Pulnik: 22-Aug, 7:30 PM; 10:00 PM, Goonie’s Comedy Club, 7 Second Street SW, Rochester, $14-$20. Tim has been entertaining audiences in comedy clubs, theaters and corporate events throughout the United States and Canada for years. Bringing a unique mix of high energy, quick wit, and quirky antics when he hits the stage. Most recently, Tim has appeared on the tv shows The Glades on A&E, Burn Notice, ABCs Charlies Angels He is also the voice of the Offensive Coordinator in the popular football video game MADDEN NFL.. http://www.gooniescomedy.com/ shows.shtml.

Lyndel Pleasant: 29-Aug, 7:30 PM; 10:00 PM, Goonie’s Comedy Club, 7 Second Street SW, Rochester, $14-$20. Lyndel Pleasant is truly a star in the making with an act that weaves hilarious confessions about life, marriage and fatherhood into a show filled with BIG laughs and FUN times for everyone. With a truly refreshing style of storytelling, Lyndel has entertained audiences at the finest comedy clubs from coast to coast including such renowned venues as Caroline’s On Broadway in NYC & The Hollywood Improv.. http:// www.gooniescomedy.com/shows.shtml.

CONCERTS AJR Performance + Signing: 15-Aug, 6:00 PM, Mall of America, 7105 East Broadway, Bloomington, . KDWB and Pepsi Present Real.Big.Summer. at Mall of America welcomes AJR for a performance + Signing.

There is no band, no song, no video, and no sound that is more now than AJR. The band three brothers born and raised in New York City has achieved a startling quick level of success with Im Ready, a buoyant electro-pop single thats taking off on social media. The numbers: over 1.5M views on YouTube, thousands of singles sold each week, features in Billboard, the NY Post, and on MTV. Please join us as we welcome AJR to the Mall.. http://www.mallofamerica.com/events/ view/839. 952-853-0500 Concert in the Park - Lehto and Wright: 15-Aug, 7:00 PM, CIty Square Park, 120 E 4th St., Chaska, Free. Concerts in the park are free and open to the public and are sponsored by the City of Chaska Parks and recreation Department.. http://www. chaskacommunitycenter.com/calendar/view/ concert-in-the-park.

Davina And The Vagabonds: 15-Aug, 7:00 PM, Falconer Vineyards, 3572 Old Tyler Road, Red Wing, $20-$25. Davina Sowers and the Vagabonds have created a stir on the international blues scene with their high-energy live shows, sharp-dressed professionalism, and Sowers commanding stage presence. With influences ranging from Fats Domino and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to Aretha Franklin and Tom Waits, the band is converting audiences one show at a time, from Vancouver to Miami and across Europe. The bands latest recording, 2011s Black Cloud, was named one of the 10 best releases of the year by the Minneapolis Star & Tribune.. http://www.falconervineyards. com/musicandevents.html.

Why Not: 15-Aug, 7:00 PM, The Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, . Why Not performs live tonight at The Contented Cow. Don’t miss this great

show!. http://1001solutionsllc.com/thecontented-cow/calendar/#.U8_MMfldWSo. 1.507.663.1351 Nicholas David: 15-Aug, 7:30 PM, Weesner Family Amphitheater, 13000 Zoo Boulevard, Apple Valley, $32-$44.50.

Alternative soul music from the heart, for the heart. Nicholas David Mrozinski is a vibrant, dynamic, and multi-talented singer/songwriter/pianist from St Paul. For more than a decade, Nicolas has been making music that has been connecting with people, all around the world, on a deeply human level. Nicholas was most recently a finalist, and a fan favorite, as a member of team CeeLo on NBC’s Season 3 of The Voice.. http://suemclean. com/shows/nicholas-david-081514-zoo/.

Live Music: 15-Aug, 8:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, Free. Centrally located near the Promenade Stage and the blackjack pit, Drinx Bar is the place to see and be seen.

Serving your favorite adult beverages until 2 a.m. daily, with live music every Friday and Saturday night.. http://www.mysticlake.com/ bars/drinxbar. “Live Music Pinebox: 15-Aug, 8:00 PM, Crossings at Carnegie, 320 East Avenue, Zumbrota, $14-$16. Pinebox, featuring Jesse Smith, plays covers and original music thats a mix of blues, folk and soul, with heavy improvisation and on-the-spot changes. Smith sings and plays slide guitar at Crossings for the first time on Crossings’ stage.. http://www. crossingsatcarnegie.com/page0003.Pinebox. html. (507) 732-7616 Live Music at Hotel Lobby: 15-Aug, 8:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, Free. Enjoy live music from 8 p.m. to midnight every Friday and

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Saturday night!. http://www.mysticlake.com/ hotellobbyentertainment. “Black Asteroid Acoustic Nights: 15-Aug, 9:00 PM, Wicked Moose Bar & Grill, 1201 Eastgate Dr. SE, Rochester, . Don’t miss these great acoustic nights live in the Grill!. http://www.wickedmoosebarandgrill.com/events/upcomingevents/upcoming-events.html. “Big City Promenade Stage Live Music: 15-Aug, 9:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, Free. For the best free music in the Twin Cities, check out Mystic Lake’s Promenade Stage! Enjoy live entertainment while you play on one of our 4,000 slot machines and 100 blackjack tables, or just saddle up to the stage for an up-close concert experience. Be sure to check out all of the bands coming to the Promenade Stage it’s all a part of the best entertainment value in Minnesota.. http://www.mysticlake. com/entertainment/freeentertainment. “The Turkletons Shirts & Skins: 15-Aug, 9:30 PM, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave. S., Lakeville.

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.. http:// www.babesmusicbar.com/Events.asp.

Optimum Trajectory: 16-Aug, 5:00 PM, The Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, Free. Optimum Trajectory creates innovative, exciting renditions of jazz standards and original music.. http://1001solutionsllc.com/thecontented-cow/calendar/#.Uzofg_l5OSp. 1.507.663.1351 Tonic Sol Fa: 16-Aug, 7:30 PM, Paradise Center for the Arts, 321 Central Ave., Faribault, $17-$22. Saturday, August 16th 7:30pm $17 for Members, $22 for Non Members After a sold out show in 2013 Tonic Sol Fa is back with thier Award Winnina A Capella!!!

The New York Times describes Tonic Sol-fas sound as A vocal kaleidoscopeunique to the human voice. Improvisational and passionate music combined with cutting-edge stage presence is the benchmark by which critics and fans agree: nobody does it like Tonic Solfa. Dont miss out again this year!. http://www. paradisecenterforthearts.org/special-guest/.

Truman Fun Time Dance: 16-Aug, 8:00 PM, Truman Community Center, 101 East Ciro,, Truman, . Music from various artists including Jerry Buse, Mylan Ray, Mark &Len, Steve Lang & Bobby, Norgard Duo, the Jesse James Band, and Starfire.. . “Music of Abba Nite Shift: 16-Aug, 8:00 PM, North Star Bar, 503 N Broadway, Rochester, . Nite Shift performs live tonight at the North Star Bar!. http://www.northstarbar.net/.

Summer Performance Series: 17-Aug, 6:30 PM, Caponi Art Park, 1220 Diffley Road, Eagan, Free-$5. The Summer Performance

Series is a family-friendly program that features a wide variety of music, theater and dance concerts presented against a backdrop of earthworks and majestic oaks in the Theater in the Woods amphitheater.

The series brings some of the most talented regional and local artists to perform outdoors at Caponi Art Park. Bring the whole family and join us for an exciting season celebrating art and nature at Caponi Art Park. Bring lawn chairs or a blanket to spread on the grassy slopes for an enjoyable evening at the Art Park. Admision is free with a $5 per person suggested donation to support the program.. http://www.caponiartpark.org/programs/summerperformanceseries/.

J. Roddy Walston & The Business: 17-Aug, 7:00 PM, Mayo Civic Center, 30 Civic Center Drive, Rochester, Free. The third album from J. Roddy Walston & The Business, Essential Tremors borrows its name from a nervous-system disorder thats long plagued the bands frontman. Its this condition where my hands shake?sometimes not at all, but sometimes pretty bad, says singer/ pianist/guitarist Walston. Ive referenced it throughout all our records in some way, but it made sense to be more open about it on this album, which is partly about owning and embracing your weirdness instead of letting it hold you captive because you dont even want to talk about it.. http://www.mayociviccenter. com/upcoming_events/ Jamey Johnson: 18-Aug, 7:30 PM, Weesner Family Amphitheater, 13000 Zoo Boulevard, Apple Valley, $49-$61.50. Charttopping country music artist Jamey Johnson has hit songs to spare. As a songwriter, he’s penned No. 1’s for artists like Trace Adkins and George Strait, but it’s his award-winning solo material that has earned him his latest batch of honors. His fourth studio album, 2012’s Living For A Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran, peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200, garnering praise from critics and a Grammy Award nomination for ‘Best Country Album.’. http://suemclean.com/shows/jameyjohnson-081814-zoo/.

Northern Roots Session: 18-Aug, 7:30 PM, The Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, Free. Join us for roots music tonight at The Contended Cow, a Northfield, MN pub with a British accent!. http://1001solutionsllc.com/thecontented-cow/calendar/#.Um28cO1Dvo5.

1.507.663.1351”Square Dancing Traditional Irish Music Session: 20-Aug, 7:00 PM, J. Grundy’s Rueb ‘N’ Stein, 503 Division Street, Northfield, Free.

Traditional Irish Music Session. Players and listeners welcome.. http://www.ruebnstein. com. “Maiden Dixie Theory of a Deadman: 20-Aug, 7:00 PM, Vetter Stone Ampitheater, 310 West Rock Street, Mankato, $25-$27. This Canadian rock band of four has solidified their place at the top of modern hard rock by exceeding

Platinum sales with their breakthrough Scars & Souvenirs and with #1 Mainstream Rock Radio hit ‘Bad Girlfriend.’ The band also includes traits of other music styles, such as country and acoustic as well as their postgrunge and alternative rock base. So far, they have a total of seven top 10 hits on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, including two No. 1 hits, ‘Bad Girlfriend’ and ‘Lowlife’.Other singles ‘So Happy’ and ‘By The Way,’ became crowd favorites on tours with everyone from Mtley Cre and Godsmack to Daughtry and label mates Stone Sour.. http://www. vetterstoneamphitheater.com/events/2014/ august/20/theory-of-a-deadman.

Open Mic Night: 20-Aug, 8:30 PM, Bierstube, 109 W. 11th St., Hastings, . Bring your guitar (or someone who plays one for you) and the stage is yours! It doesnt matter if youre a fabulously talented, polished and professional singer or if youre just sticking your neck out! We love them all. Lots of musicians just come down and plug in and play along so singing isnt a requirement!. http://thebierstube.com/events/. (651) 437-8259”Country Music Night Pushing Chain: 21-Aug, 6:00 PM, The Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, . Pushing Chain is a musical duo from Northern Minnesota. Featuring Boyd Blomberg on guitar and Adam Moe on fiddle, Pushing Chain features strong harmonies and a gonzo attitude.. http://1001solutionsllc. com/the-contented-cow/calendar/#.

U8_MMfldWSo. 1.507.663.1351 Line Dance Lessons: 21-Aug, 7:00 PM, Starks Saloon, 3125 Dodd Rd, Eagan, $5 . All skill levels, all types of music. First lesson starts at 7:00 pm. Under 21 is okay before 9:00 pm.. http://starks-saloon.com/. (651) 454-8251”Darrell Scott Saving Abel: 21-Aug, 8:00 PM, Buster’s Sports Bar & Grill, 1325 Madison Avenue, Mankato, $15+. Since 2008 Saving Abel has embodied the definition of Southern Rock. Even before their Self Titled debut LP, they were barnstorming the country making fans everywhere they went by being themselves. Simple, down home, charming, country-boys with immeasurable talent that was destined to take them straight to the top. Their first single, Addicted did just that, reaching number one on several charts and the follow-up singles 18 Days and Drowning (Face Down) helped sell over 750,000 copies of their debut album.. http://www.bustersbar. com/blog/event-calendar.

Doug Otto: 21-Aug, 8:00 PM, The Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, . Doug Otto performs a blend of old American musical styles, heavily influenced by delta blues and classic country songs.. http://1001solutionsllc.com/thecontented-cow/calendar/#.U8_MMfldWSo. 1.507.663.1351 Occasional Jazz: 22-Aug, 5:00 PM, The

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Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, Free. Join us tonight at The Contented Cow for a performance from Occasional Jazz.. http://1001solutionsllc.com/ the-contented-cow/calendar/#.Uzofg_l5OSp. 1.507.663.1351 Patchouli: 22-Aug, 7:00 PM, Falconer Vineyards, 3572 Old Tyler Road, Red Wing, $10 . Nationally touring, award winning songwriter Julie Patchouli and master guitarist Bruce Hecksel light up the air with sparkling acoustic sounds and their powerful contagious chemistry. Famous for that smiling voice that instantly turns a bad day into a good one, Patchoulis down-to-earth, hopeful songwriting is New American Folk blending elements of folk, pop, flamenco and jazz with world beat rhythms. Patchoulis sound has been described as the harmonies of Simon & Garfunkel meet the guitar brilliance of the Gipsy Kings.. http://www.falconervineyards. com/musicandevents.html.

Hairball: 22-Aug, 7:00 PM, Vetter Stone Ampitheater, 310 West Rock Street, Mankato, $15-$20. HAIRBALL with special guest Ladies of the 80’s will perform live at the Vetter Stone Amphitheater Friday, August 22. Vocalists Rockstar Bob, Joe Dandy, and Kris Voxx lead the band through a homage to some of the biggest arena acts in the world. Van Halen, KISS, Motley Crue, Queen, Journey, Prince and Aerosmith are but a few of the acts fans will see brought to life. The Hairball stage becomes an entirely new rock concert before your very eyes countless times throughout the night as they cover the greatest rock songs from years past.. http://www. vetterstoneamphitheater.com/events/2014/ august/22/hairball.

Rumours & Dreams: The Music of Fleetwood Mac: 22-Aug, 8:00 PM,

Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, 501 West 78th Street, Chanhassen, $40-$55. For fans of Fleetwood Mac or anyone who simply loves melodic rock n roll, this remarkable show returns to CDT after numerous sold-out engagements last year is an absolute mustsee. Singer-songwriter Pamela McNeill has compiled a song list of Fleetwood Macs most well-loved songs delivered impeccably by a nine-piece ensemble of gifted musicians that is truly inspired. By the end of this show youre guaranteed to be on your feet. Soak up hits including: ‘Rhiannon,’ ‘You Make Lovin’ Fun,’ Don’t Stop Thinkin’ About Tomorrow,’ ‘Gypsy,’ ‘Tusk,’ ‘Little Lies,’ ‘Sara’ and many, many more. Stevie and Mick would approve!. http://www.chanhassentheatres.com/ concert_series.aspx. (952) 934-1525 Becky Schlegel: 22-Aug, 8:00 PM, Crossings at Carnegie, 320 East Avenue, Zumbrota, $16-$18. Becky Schlegel has a gift for taking lifes experiences and transforming them into songs that are passionate and unique.

Her music is a fusion of folk, bluegrass and country that is mesmerizing.. http:// www.crossingsatcarnegie.com/page0003.

BeckySchlegel.html. (507) 732-7616 Little Man: 22-Aug, 9:00 PM, The Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, . Rock band lead by Chris Perricelli based out of the Twin Cities. Late 60’s early 70’s influenced rock with a modern feel.. http://1001solutionsllc.com/thecontented-cow/calendar/#.U8_MMfldWSo. 1.507.663.1351 Chris Kelly Band: 22-Aug, 9:30 PM, Main Street Bar and Grill, 814 Main Street, Hopkins, $5 . Christopher Kelly was born in the fall of 1982 and grew up on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. His influences span decades of great music from every genre out

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there. Led Zeppelin to Dave Mathews, Tool to Pink Floyd, and Sublime to the Talking Heads and much much more.. Chris has been gigging regularly mostly around the Lake Minnetonka area and loves the energy the lake atmosphere brings. It?s really all about the energy. He has a powerful yet passionate voice that is very original yet is able to play inspired covers that are genuine in every way.

His original acoustic driven compositions grab you and pull you close creating a comfortable, vulnerable space, relatable to the listener in an intimate way. If you haven?t caught a live show, be sure to check out his calendar as it is for sure a great live performance and one to come back to.. http://

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September 21 - 2 p.m. – Mayo Civic Center, Rochester Did you know animals are either right-handed or left-handed? I’ll bet you didn’t know that.

Moreover, did you know that all polar bears are left-handed? I didn’t know any of this until I went to Jeff Musial’s website. Who? Well, thank you for asking, because it makes writing this blurb that much easier. Jeff Musial is the new Late Night Talk Show Host animal guy. Johnny Carson had Joan Embry and Jim Fowler. David Letterman has Jack Hannah. Jimmy Fallon has Jeff Musial.

He’s and an entertainer and an educator, who has toured with his animal show for more than ten years. He’s sort of made his bones (if that’s a proper term) with reptiles, so you can expect all sorts of lizards at this thing, but he also brings along kangaroos, monkeys and a few very large birds. And, really, how often does one get to see an emu in Rochester? This might be a once in a generation thing.

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Audio Circus: 22-Aug, 9:30 PM, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave. S., Lakeville, . Ladies and gentlemen...Boys and girls ...Step right up ...Step right up and witness the hottest party rock band in the Twin Cities They dare play combination genres like you’ve never heard!. http://www. babesmusicbar.com/Events.asp.

The Last Ride: 22-Aug, 10:00 PM, The Club Faribault, 1525 Division St. W, Faribault, Cover Charge. The Club is Southern Minnesotas premier music venue.

With a premium sound system and the hottest rotation of live bands and fun DJ promos, Spikes delivers the fun! Combine the incredibleentertainment andkiller drink specialswith our popular volleyball, pool, and dart leagues and youll see why The Club is the place to party.. http://www.theclubfbo. com/event-calendar/.

Steve & Stacie Jane: 23-Aug, 2:00 PM, Falconer Vineyards, 3572 Old Tyler Road, Red Wing, Free. Join us for an afternoon of music with Steve and Stacie Jane.. http:// www.falconervineyards.com/musicandevents. html.

Summer Sonnets: 23-Aug, 3:00 PM, The Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, . Join us on the green stage this afternoon for Summer Sonnets - a small PA, mic and one speaker.. http://1001solutionsllc. com/the-contented-cow/calendar/#.

U8_MMfldWSo. 1.507.663.1351 RCAs & Midnight Collision: 23-Aug, 5:00 PM, The Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, . Don’t miss tonight’s 80s tribute featuring RCAs & Midnight Collision!. http://1001solutionsllc.com/thecontented-cow/calendar/#.U8_MMfldWSo. 1.507.663.1351 Josh Turner: 23-Aug, 7:30 PM, Weesner Family Amphitheater, 13000 Zoo Boulevard, Apple Valley, $66-$78.50. One of country

music’s most recognizable hit-makers earning numerous CMA, ACM, and GRAMMY nominations since the release of his debut album, Long Black Train, Josh Turner has sold more than five million albums and garnered four No. 1 hits: ‘Your Man,’ ‘Would You Go With Me,’ and ‘Why Don’t We Just Dance.’

His song, ‘All Over Me,’ from Haywire also reached the top spot on the charts, making him one of only seven country artists to have two No. 1 hits in 2010.. http://suemclean. com/shows/josh-turner-082314-zoo/.

Rumours & Dreams: The Music of Fleetwood Mac: 23-Aug, 8:00 PM, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, 501 West 78th Street, Chanhassen, $40-$55. For fans of Fleetwood Mac or anyone who simply loves melodic rock n roll, this remarkable show returns to CDT after numerous sold-out engagements last year is an absolute mustsee. Singer-songwriter Pamela McNeill has compiled a song list of Fleetwood Macs most well-loved songs delivered impeccably by a nine-piece ensemble of gifted musicians that is truly inspired. By the end of this show youre guaranteed to be on your feet. Soak up hits including: ‘Rhiannon,’ ‘You Make Lovin’ Fun,’ Don’t Stop Thinkin’ About Tomorrow,’ ‘Gypsy,’ ‘Tusk,’ ‘Little Lies,’ ‘Sara’ and many, many more. Stevie and Mick would approve!. http://www.chanhassentheatres.com/ concert_series.aspx. (952) 934-1525 Maple Grove Jazz Ensemble: 24-Aug, 1:30 PM, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Drive, Chaska, . The Jazz Ensemble is directed by Paul Mazzacanowho has had life-long success as a creative, multi-talented percussionist, composer, arranger, vocalist, conductor and TV host. A partial list of credits include national radio, television, and Hollywood movies, Broadway musicals and as drummer with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller/Tex Beneke and Henry Mancini Orchestras. Mr. Mazzacano has received many awards including Teacher of the Year. Also, awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, U.S. State Department and the National Association of Schools

of Music. Director of the Jazz Ensemble, Paul Mazzacano writes original arrangements to showcase the many talented musicians in the Jazz Ensemble. . http://www.arboretum.umn. edu/MusicintheGardens.aspx. 952-443-1400 Goldfish Hunt: 24-Aug, 4:00 PM, City of Shakopee, , Shakopee, . Celebrate the last day of the SandVenture Aquatic Park season.

Bob and Beachcombers to perform from 4 to 5 p.m., followed by the annual Goldfish Hunt at 5 p.m. Kids bring your buckets and nets to fish for goldfish. Regular admission prices apply.. http://www.shakopeemn.gov/Home/ Components/Calendar/Event/370/157?curm =8&cury=2014.

Grand Funk Railroad: 24-Aug, 7:00 PM, Mayo Civic Center, 30 Civic Center Drive, Rochester, Free. Known as The American Band, the high-energy five-piece group will play forty shows all over the USA this year.

Grand Funk Railroad includes original founding members Don Brewer (vocals and drums, writer and singer of the multi-million selling hit, Were An American Band) and bassist Mel Schacher, The God Of Thunder. Joining Don and Mel are true All Stars. Singer Max Carl is a rock veteran from 38 Special. Max penned and sang 38s biggest hit Second Chance and was co-founder of Californias legendary Jack Mack and the Heart Attack. Don refers to Max as the best blue-eyed soul singer on the planet. Lead guitarist Bruce Kulick is best known for his 12 years with KISS and also has credits with Michael Bolton, Meatloaf and Billy Squier. (KISS members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley were influenced early on by Grand Funk.) Keyboardist Tim Cashion has a masters degree in music from the University of Miami. Affectionately called Dr. Tim, his credits include stints with Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band and English soul man Robert Palmer.. http://www.mayociviccenter. com/upcoming_events/even Key West Rejects: 28-Aug, 4:30 PM, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave. S., Lakeville, Free. Join us for Babe’s Live Music Acoustic Patio. Enjoy the warming weather

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with a cold drink, great food and the best acoustic music on the Babe’s patio.. http:// www.babesmusicbar.com/Events.asp.

Mike Munson: 28-Aug, 8:00 PM, The Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, . Rooted in blues, Mike Munson fills the stage with a fluid combination of skilled finger picking and masterful slide guitar. Influenced by the likes of John Lee Hooker and Mississippi John Hurt, his songs tell raw stories ofi work, travel and loss.. http://1001solutionsllc.com/thecontented-cow/calendar/#.U8_MMfldWSo. 1.507.663.1351 Boston: 29-Aug, 8:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, . Boston is an American rock band from Boston, Massachusetts that achieved its most notable successes during the 1970s and 1980s.. http://www.mysticlake.com/ entertainment/mysticshowroom.

Katy Vernon & Doug Collins: 29-Aug, 8:00 PM, The Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, . Katy Vernon is a Minneapolis/St. Paul based singer songwriter. She grew up in London, England and has been writing and singing as long as she can remember. She moved to the US after meeting her future American husband on a train from Amsterdam to Berlin.. http://1001solutionsllc.com/thecontented-cow/calendar/#.U8_MMfldWSo. 1.507.663.1351 Hitfaced: 29-Aug, 9:30 PM, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave. S., Lakeville, .

Hitfaced is the culmination of five individuals dedicated to making great music and throwing the biggest ‘on stage’ party with a few hundred of the best friends possible!. http:// www.babesmusicbar.com/Events.asp.

Hobo Music Fest: 30-Aug, 5:00 PM, The Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, . Don’t miss the Hobo Music Fest, today at The Contented Cow!. http://1001solutionsllc.com/the-contentedcow/calendar/

Kellie Pickler: 30-Aug, 7:00 PM, Jackpot Junction Casino, 39375 County Highway 24, Morton, . Come check out some great live music.. http://jackpotjunction.com/entertainment/. 507-697-8000 Charlie Parr: 30-Aug, 7:00 PM, Falconer Vineyards, 3572 Old Tyler Road, Red Wing, $15+. Many people play roots music, but few modern musicians live those roots like Minnesota’s Charlie Parr. Recording since the earliest days of the 21st century, Parr’s heartfelt and plaintive original folk blues and traditional spirituals don’t strive for authenticity: They are authentic.. http://www. falconervineyards.com/musicandevents.html.

Jivin’ Ivan and the Kings of Swing: 30-Aug, 7:30 PM, Signature Bar & Grill, 201 Central Ave. N, Faribault, Free. Get your Swing on with Jivin’ Ivan and the Kings of Swing. Classic Acoustic Swing. Dancing. Hot Licks, Stellar Vocals. http://www.dallasjoanm. wix.com/kingsofswing-1.

Mason Jennings & Jeremy Messersmith: 5-Sep, 7:00 PM, Vetter Stone Ampitheater, 310 West Rock Street, Mankato, $22-$25. A show you won’t want to miss!

MASON JENNINGS and JEREMY MESSERSMITH with special guest The Pines will perform live at the Vetter Stone Amphitheater Friday, Septemeber 5. Mason Jennings is a singer/songwriter best known for his pop-folk catchy melodies and intimate lyrics. Some hit singles of his include ‘Sunlight’, ‘Waves’, ‘Mark My Heart With Ashes’ and ‘Wide Open Country’. Jeremy Messersmith is a indie pop muscian named the ‘premier under-30 songwriter in the Twin Cities’ by City Pages after his first album, ‘The Alcatraz Kid’, was released in 2006. Hit singles include ‘Tourniquet’ and ‘Tatooine’.. http://www. vetterstoneamphitheater.com/events/2014/ september/5/mason-jennings-and-jeremymessersmith.

Yanni: 5-Sep, 8:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, .

Yiannis Chryssomallis, known professionally as Yanni, is a Greek pianist, keyboardist,

composer, and music producer who has spent his adult life in the United States.. http://www.mysticlake.com/yanni14.

The Tex Pistols Band: 5-Sep, 8:00 PM, Crossings at Carnegie, 320 East Avenue, Zumbrota, $18-$20. Audiences will hear an Americana sound thats classic yet unexpected. The Tex Pistols evoke shades of Neil Young and John Hiatt, Steve Earle and Steve Winwood, with some Eagles and Beatles thrown in for good measure.. http:// www.crossingsatcarnegie.com/page0003.

TexPistols.html. (507) 732-7616 Live Music: 5-Sep, 8:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, . Centrally located near the Promenade Stage and the blackjack pit, DrinX Bar is the place to see and be seen. Serving your favorite adult beverages until 2 a.m. daily, with live music every Friday and Saturday night.. http://www.mysticlake.com/bars/drinxbar.

Blue Ringers: 5-Sep, 10:00 PM, The Club Faribault, 1525 Division St. W, Faribault, $5 . The Blue Ringers are a regional cover band that was established in November of 2000. They began pretty bare bones as a four piece band: Drums, Bass, Guitar, and Female Vocal/Fiddle. All originating members of The Blue Ringers had played in various bands in the past, but this was the first time all four were in a band together. The band began seeking out slightly obscure cover tunes and began adding more popular crowd favorites to round out their sets. The Blue Ringers performed for the first time opening for Ill Gotten Booty at Hooligans in Mankato, MN. From there they began playing their own shows all over Minnesota focusing mainly on the southern region of the state. The Blue Ringers became a five piece in February of 2009. This has allowed them to have more dimension with male and female lead vocals, vocal harmonies, richer guitar with rhythm and lead players, and more overall versatility.

The band can be seen during the summer outside at many street dances, and fireman’s dances. They play many bars throughout

southern Minnesota all year long, and always guarantee a professional and lively show.. http://www.theclubfbo.com/event-calendar/.

The Galactic Cowboy Orchestra: 6-Sep, 7:00 PM, Falconer Vineyards, 3572 Old Tyler Road, Red Wing, Cover Charge. The Galactic Cowboy Orchestra (The GCO) sounds like Bela Fleck meets Rush, goes out to breakfast with John Coltrane, and gets home in time to go golfing with Jeff Beck. Theyve been dubbed the bastard sons (and daughter!) of Rush and Ralph Stanley.. http://www.falconervineyards.com/musicandevents.html.

Live Music: 6-Sep, 8:00 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, . Centrally located near the Promenade Stage and the blackjack pit, DrinX Bar is the place to see and be seen. Serving your favorite adult beverages until 2 a.m. daily, with live music every Friday and Saturday night.. http://www.mysticlake.com/bars/ drinxbar. “Van Yea Mot Nguoi Monthly Senior Get Together & Dance: 10-Sep, 1:00 PM, Prior Lake VFW, 16306 Main Av SE, Prior Lake, $5 . Music of the 30’s thru 60’s, Variety and Old Time plus all the standards. Great social a lite meal served at 4:00pm. Music by the Hi Hats of Prior Lake. $5 for the music and meal.. .

Cantus: 12-Sep, 7:30 PM, Crossings at Carnegie, 320 East Avenue, Zumbrota, $18-$20. Hailed as the premier mens vocal ensemble in the United States (Fanfare) and winner of the prestigious Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence from Chorus America, Cantus is known worldwide for its trademark warmth and blend and its engaging performances of music ranging from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Crossings brings Cantus to the State Theatre.. http:// www.crossingsatcarnegie.com/page0003.

Cantus.html. (507) 732-7616 Always Patsy Kline: 12-Sep, 7:30 PM, Paradise Center for the Arts, 321 Central Ave., Faribault, . Come join us for Always

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Boats & Bluegrass

September 25-28 – Prairie Island Park and Campground, Winona We’ve written this before, but it bears repeating: this is the way to end the summer. Boats & Bluegrass is a family oriented, four day chillfest in what is possibly the most beautiful part of Southern Minnesota.

There are canoe trips, a nature preserve, hula hoop workshops, log rolling, an old time midway, great food and spectacular music. More than 40 bands are on the bill this year including Jillian Rae, The Fattenin’ Frogs, The Pistol Whippin’ Party Penguins, Horseshoes & hand Grenades, Erik Koskinen, Jake Ilica, Charlie Parr, The Okee Dokee Brothers, Pert Near Sandstone and much more.

This really is something oriented for the entire family, so if you want one last 4 day party before you have to put your sandals away for the summer this probably isn’t your thing. But if you want four more days to commune with mother nature, enjoy the outdoors and groove on some insanely good music, you won’t find a better place to spend the last weekend in September. www.boatsandbluegrass.com – – Rich Larson, editor@southernminnscene.com

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Jonah & the Whales: 12-Sep, 10:00 PM, The Club Faribault, 1525 Division St. W, Faribault, $5 . Jonah and the Whales has been rockin’ the Twin Cities for so many years we’ve lost count! Grab your friends, leave the work week behind and come join the most rockin’ party in town. So, if you’re ready to feel the motion of the ocean - Dive In!. http://www.theclubfbo.com/eventcalendar/.

Screamers Addiction: 13-Sep, 6:00 PM, Falconer Vineyards, 3572 Old Tyler Road, Red Wing, Free. Join us for an evening of live music with Screamers Addiction.. http:// www.falconervineyards.com/musicandevents.html.

Cantus Presents: Anthem: 13-Sep, 7:30 PM, Fairmont Opera House, 45 Downtown Plaza, Fairmont, $20 . Acclaimed as ‘the premier men’s vocal ensemble in the United States’ (), Cantus is known worldwide for its trademark warmth and blend and its engaging performances of music ranging from the Renaissance to the 21st century. As one of the nation’s few full-time men’s ensembles, Cantus has grown in prominence with its distinctive approach to creating music.

Working without a conductor, the members of Cantus rehearse and perform, each contributing to the entirety of the artistic process.

Cantus is the recipient of numerous awards, including Chorus America’s highest honor, the Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence (2009), as well as Chorus America’s Education Outreach Award (2011). Cantus was also the 2010-2011 Artist in Residence on Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media’s . Performance @ 7:30 p.m.

Bar & Box Office Open @ 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $20 - No Refunds or Exchanges Available at www.fairmontoperahouse.com or by phone 507-238-4900 w/CC FOH Office M, T, W & F 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Always Open To the Public. http://www.fairmontoperahouse.com.

Always Patsy Kline: 13-Sep, 7:30 PM, Paradise Center for the Arts, 321 Central Ave., Faribault, . Come join us for Always Patsy Kline, presented by The Merlin Players.. https://www.google.com/calendar/ren der?eid=NzVuaHVzNGVldmN2ZjRuYW5uc2 xzZzJrZ3NfMjAxNDA5MTNUMDAzMDAwW iB0YW1pc2NobHV0ZXJAbQ&ctz=America/ Chicago&sf=true&output=xml. “Mu Daiko Drumming

Creeping Critters: 15-Sep, 6:30 PM, New Richland Public Library, 129 South Broadway, New Richland, Free. Creeping Critters makes children and adults alike giggle and then giggle some more as Dick weaves his way through songs like ‘Turkey in the Straw’ (with words!) and ‘Mole in the Ground,’ a kidparticipation number where kids are asked to name an animal and tell what the animal is doing as Dick writes a new, on-the-spot, verse for the song. Free and Open to he Public. http://www.tdslib.org/.

God Save the Queen: 17-Sep, 7:30 PM, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, . God Save the Queen (Spanish: Dios Salve a la Reina) is an Argentine Queen tribute-band formed in 1998. The band’s members are: Pablo Padin (vocals), Francisco Calgaro (guitar), Matias Albornoz (drums) and Ezequiel Tibaldo (bass). The band takes their name from the United Kingdom’s national anthem which was played on tape at the end of every Queen show while the band took their bows.. http:// www.mysticlake.com/godsavequeen14.

Belladiva: Coyote Wild: 19-Sep, 8:00 PM, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, 501 West 78th Street, Chanhassen, $40-$55. Country music has had a massive influence in the history of rock music, and rock music has changed the direction of country. You can enjoy both with Belladiva in Coyote Wild, a fearless team of musicians and singers who perform country and rock the way they were meant to be played! Whether you are a devotee of classic rock or a true country fan at heart, Coyote Wild brings you the best of both worlds. www.chanhassentheatres.com/ concert_series Maiden Dixie: 19-Sep, 10:00 PM, The Club Faribault, 1525 Division St. W, Faribault, $5 . Combine their signature, passion filled country rock sound with an energy that burns brighter and hotter than The Star of the North that is the motto for their home state of Minnesota and the result is a Maiden Dixie show. Just ask any of their fans at any concert venue on their 2014 tour schedule, or better yet come see it for yourself! In the fall of 2011, an eclectic mix of interesting characters burst onto the Minneapolis music scene.

The band mates of Maiden Dixie, comprised of four music/composition majors, two Iraq War combat veterans and a former Division One basketball player, combined their talents, their experience and their love of music to form a true bond with audiences at venues large and small. In just three short years that potent mix has made the bands live shows one of the most sought-after tickets at venues across the Midwest. http://www.theclubfbo. com/event-calendar/.

6th Annual Thunderstruck’ 93: 20-Sep, 3:00 PM, Elko Speedway, 26350 France Ave, Elko, $5-$20. 6th Annual Thunderstruck’ 93 presented by Napa Auto Parts. Pink Flamingo party with Karaoke Dave.. http://www. elkospeedway.com/music/. (952) 461-7223 Mitch Goudy & Diana Upton Hill: 20-Sep, 6:00 PM, Falconer Vineyards, 3572 Old Tyler Road, Red Wing, Free. Listen to any of Diana Upton-Hill’s music and you can probably imagine yourself being friends with this sweet-voiced music sensation. With a heart of gold and a voice to match, Diana’s musical life started early when she would get up on stage as a small child with her dad’s rock band and belt out a couple of songs for the crowd.. http://www.falconervineyards. com/musicandevents.html.

Druh Trva: 20-Sep, 7:30 PM, Crossings at Carnegie, 320 East Avenue, Zumbrota, $18-$20. Czechgrass fusion of acoustic, bluegrass, folk and rock. http://www. crossingsatcarnegie.com/page0003_Concerts_and_Events_Schedule.html. (507) 732-7616 George Faber: 21-Sep, 2:00 PM, Falconer Vineyards, 3572 Old Tyler Road, Red Wing, Free. George Faber is a veteran Minneapolis singer/songwriter/performer with a colorful 30-year music career. Born in Champaign, IL, Faber became deeply rooted in the Chicago blues scene. He spent years touring the country performing in blues houses like Kingston Mines and Wise Fools Pub, playing with legends like Muddy Waters and Lowell George. From there, the evolution of styles began; from a controversial glam rock front man performing to rock festival crowds and an early MTV video release to returning to R&B blues roots and packing rooms from Chicago to New Orleans. Fabers music has evolved blending all of these styles. His songs transmit the longing of a soul singer mixed with the honesty of a modern-day singer/songwriter.. http://www.falconervineyards.com/musicandevents.html.

Creeping Critters: 24-Sep, 4:00 PM, Arlington Public Library, 321 West Main Street, Arlington, Free. Creeping Critters makes children and adults alike giggle and then giggle some more as Dick weaves his way through songs like ‘Turkey in the Straw’ (with words!) and ‘Mole in the Ground,’ a kid-participation number where kids are asked to name an animal and tell what the animal is doing as Dick writes a new, on-thespot, verse for the song. Free and Open to the Public. http://www.tdslib.org/.

Rainy Days & Mondays: The Music of the Carpenters: 26-Sep, 8:00 PM, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, 501 West

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78th Street, Chanhassen, $40-$55. After a sold-out Valentine’s Day weekend, we’ve just booked Aimee & Boyd Lee and The Superstars to return to perform one last performance in 2014. Do not miss this stellar tribute to The Carpenters, the biggest selling group of the 70s. If you were a fan of The Carpenters, this is an event to make you smile and want to sing along. Aimee, the quintessential ‘Karen,’ is backed by 12 musicians and back-up singers who re-create that classic Carpenters sound you remember and love. Featuring beloved classics, such as Close To You, Yesterday Once More, We’ve Only Just Begun, Superstar, For All We Know, and many, many more! Book early this favorite sold out in a flash in November.

Order your tickets now!. http://www.chanhassentheatres.com/concert_series.aspx. (952) 934-1525 Lost Highway: 26-Sep, 10:00 PM, The Club Faribault, 1525 Division St. W, Faribault, $5 . Since their inception in 2009, Lost Highway has proven themselves to be one of the Upper Midwest region’s top country bands. From opening shows for national acts such as Hank Williams Jr., Clay Walker, and Josh Thompson, to playing outdoor festivals, or playing to capacity crowds in the hottest venues in the area, Lost Highway’s commitment to Country Music and electrifying crowds is evident every time they hit the stage.. http://www.theclubfbo. com/event-calendar/.

Creeping Critters: 27-Sep, 10:00 AM, Muir Library, 36 Main Street, Winnebago, Free. Creeping Critters makes children and adults alike giggle and then giggle some more as Dick weaves his way through songs like ‘Turkey in the Straw’ (with words!) and ‘Mole in the Ground,’ a kid-participation number where kids are asked to name an animal and tell what the animal is doing as Dick writes a new, on-the-spot, verse for the song. Free and Open to the Public. http:// www.tdslib.org/.

Party in the Prairie: 27-Sep, 4:00 PM, Hyland Lake Park Reserve, 10145 Bush Lake Road, Bloomington, $6-$7. Celebrate with live music in a beautiful setting! The afternoon kicks off with family entertainment by singer-storyteller Jack Pearson. Meet live animals and explore the restored prairie with guided hikes, seed collecting, and a huge game of hide-and-seek in the tallgrass. Get seeds and native plantings from Landscape Alternatives and tips from the Bee Squad on beekeeping and bee-friendly gardening. Join The North Face for a digital scavenger hunt and non-competitive 1K or 3K trail run with prizes for participating. End the day with a folk and blues concert by City Pages? ‘Best

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Male Vocalist’ Charlie Parr, with an opening set by Pig?s Eye Landing. Bring a blanket to sit on. Food trucks onsite. For activity, vendor, and schedule updates, check facebook. com/RichardsonNatureCenter. Sponsored by The North Face.. http://www.threeriversparks. org/events/P/party-in-the-prairie.aspx.

John Philip Sousa Memorial Band: 27-Sep, 7:00 PM, Sheldon Theatre, 443 West 3rd Street, Red Wing, $11.50 - $20.50. The 1st JPSMB was formed in 1970 by a group of graduating Edina Minnesota High School band members with the purchase of 50 used band uniforms and $30.00 worth of marches.

The Band was brought into the sponsorship of the City of Edina Parks and Recreation Dept. in 1973 and has enjoyed their support up to the present time. The 45 band members come from throughout the Twin Cities area and rehearse once a week. A different one hour ‘show’ is presented on the last Sunday of the month September through May at their home venue, the Edinborough Park Indoor Amphitheatre. Ten concerts are performed throughout the Twin Cities during the summer. The Band enjoys a large enthusiastic following attributable in part by the band’s philosophy of playing what the audience likes to hear, and doing it with sincerety and a sense of great fun. The Concert Band STILL has the capacity to entertain and excite.. http://www.sheldontheatre.org/events/ JPSMB14. 651-388-8700 Tim Patrick and His Blue Eyes Band: 27-Sep, 7:30 PM, Paramount Theater, 125 N.E. Fourth Ave., Austin, $15-$20. Tim Patrick is a dynamic Sinatra-style singer who performs regularly in the Twin Cities area with his swingin’ Blue Eyes Band. Come see him light up the Paramount Stage. http://www. paramounttheatre.org.

Sarah McQuaid: 27-Sep, 7:30 PM, Crossings at Carnegie, 320 East Avenue, Zumbrota, $18-$20. Sarah McQuaid - captivating guitarist; compelling alto.. http://www. crossingsatcarnegie.com/page0003_Concerts_and_Events_Schedule.html. (507) 732-7616 Rainy Days & Mondays: The Music of the Carpenters: 27-Sep, 8:00 PM, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, 501 West 78th Street, Chanhassen, $40-$55. After a sold-out Valentine’s Day weekend, we’ve just booked Aimee & Boyd Lee and The Superstars to return to perform one last performance in 2014. Do not miss this stellar tribute to The Carpenters, the biggest selling group of the 70s. If you were a fan of The Carpenters, this is an event to make you smile and want to sing along. Aimee, the quintessential ‘Karen,’ is backed by 12 musicians and back-up singers who re-create that classic Carpenters sound you remember and love. Featuring beloved classics, such as Close To You, Yesterday Once More, We’ve Only Just Begun, Superstar, For All We Know, and many, many more! Book early this favorite sold out in a flash in November.

Order your tickets now!. http://www.chanhassentheatres.com/concert_series.aspx. (952) 934-1525 3 Faces of the King: An American Legend: 27-Sep, 8:00 PM, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Avenue, Burnsville, $39-$59. 3Faces of the King: An American Legend The#1 National Touring Show In AmericaThatcelebrates The Music, Life and Legacy of Elvis Presley StarringShawn Klush # 1 Winner of Elvis Presley Enterprises Ultimate Elvis CodySlaughter - Direct from New York - Star of ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ WithThe Sweet Inspirations - Elvis’s Original Backup Singers PlusVery Special GuestsThe Tennessee Horns Therehas never been an American Legend like Elvis Presley.Experiencewhat it would be like to have The King return to the concert stage to relive allof his greatest moments. ‘3Faces of the King’ is the national touring show that combines the three mostexcitingperiodsof Elvis’s iconic career to tell the musical life and story in song of thisastounding American

legend.. http://www.ames-center.com/3faces-of-the-king.html.

Recycled Percussion: 28-Sep, 2:00 PM, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Avenue, Burnsville, $30-$40. Since JustinSpencer formed Recycled Percussion in 1995, the band has been unstoppable. Their junk rock music grew as a national phenomenon week after weekduring their smash hit performances onAmericas Got Talent in 2009. The grouphas played more than 4,000 shows and 400 corporate events in more than 15countries, and has done guest appearances onCarson Daly, The Today Show,Chinas Got Talent and the Latin Grammy Awards. After being featured on thecover of USA Today and being voted National Act of the Year a record-breakingsix times, the band gained world-wide recognition. In 2010, they sealed the dealand became headliners in Las Vegas!

Taking 2013 by storm, Recycled Percussion has elevated their energy level, created new performanceelements and continued to bring junk rock music to the Las Vegas Strip nightlyat The Quad Resort and Casino!. http://www.ames-center.com/angel-fundseries.html.

FILM Friday Night Flicks on the Bricks: 22-Aug, 7:30 PM, Nicollet Commons Park, 12600 Nicollet Av. S, Burnsville, Free.

Family-friendly movies in the park! Grab your blanket or chairs -- and maybe even some popcord. Dress warm (or cool, depending on the weather) and come prepared to relax and enjoy a great show.. http://burnsville.org/ Calendar.aspx?EID=3145&month=6&year=20 14&day=6&calType=0.

30 Second Film Festival: 23-Aug, 7:30 PM, Lake Park Bandshell, 113 Lake Park Dr., Winona, Free. The Frozen River Film Festival presents the inaugural, ‘30 Seconds in Winona’, a free mini film festival consisting of 30 second films made by the community and at large.. http://frff.org/wpsite/610.

Patrick Dewanes, Accidental Hero: 29-Aug, 7:30 PM, Paradise Center for the Arts, 321 Central Ave., Faribault, $17-$22.

Patrick Dewanes grandfather refused to tell stories about his service in WW II, yet when he died his basement yielded a trope of typewritten accounts, photos and rare film footage. Dewane brings this archival material to glowing life in a one-man, multimedia show that offers an enthralling, humorous and heartwarming tale of miraculous escapes and astonishing coincidences. He takes on a dozen different roles as he powerfully recounts his grandfathers journey through the Battle of the Bulge, the liberation of Czechoslovakia and the poignant re-discovery of his own roots.. http://www.paradisecenterforthearts.org/special-guest/.

85th Anniversary Special Movie Fundraiser: 13-Sep, 7:30 PM, Paramount Theater, 125 N.E. Fourth Ave., Austin, $5.

85th Anniversary celebrated with special movie. http://www.paramounttheatre.org.

NIGHTLIFE Quiz Night: 17-Aug, 8:00 PM, The Contented Cow, 302B Division Street South, Northfield, Free. Come on down to Quiz Night at The Contented Cow! Bring your brain and some friends for a good time!. http://1001solutionsllc.com/the-contentedcow/calendar/. 1.507.663.1351”Trivia Night Blue Ringers: 5-Sep, 10:00 PM, The Club Faribault, 1525 Division St. W, Faribault, $5 . The Blue Ringers are a regional cover band that was established in November of 2000. They began pretty bare bones as a four piece band: Drums, Bass, Guitar, and Female Vocal/Fiddle. All originating members of The Blue Ringers had played in various bands in

the past, but this was the first time all four were in a band together. The band began seeking out slightly obscure cover tunes and began adding more popular crowd favorites to round out their sets. The Blue Ringers performed for the first time opening for Ill Gotten Booty at Hooligans in Mankato, MN. From there they began playing their own shows all over Minnesota focusing mainly on the southern region of the state. The Blue Ringers became a five piece in February of 2009. This has allowed them to have more dimension with male and female lead vocals, vocal harmonies, richer guitar with rhythm and lead players, and more overall versatility.

The band can be seen during the summer outside at many street dances, and fireman’s dances. They play many bars throughout southern Minnesota all year long, and always guarantee a professional and lively show.. http://www.theclubfbo.com/event-calendar/.

Jonah & the Whales: 12-Sep, 10:00 PM, The Club Faribault, 1525 Division St. W, Faribault, $5 . Jonah and the Whales has been rockin’ the Twin Cities for so many years we’ve lost count! Grab your friends, leave the work week behind and come join the most rockin’ party in town. So, if you’re ready to feel the motion of the ocean - Dive In!. http://www.theclubfbo.com/eventcalendar/.

OUTDOORS Game Day: 15-Aug, 12:00 PM, Chankaska Creek Ranch And Winery, 1179 E. Pearl Street, Kasota, Free. Every Friday will be game day at Chankaska Creek! We will have a few games available for you but feel free to bring your own. We will take 10% off your glass of wine.. http://www. chankaskawines.com/events/winery_events.

507-931-0089”Summer Birding Survival Skills: 16-Aug, 9:00 AM, Cedar Lake Farm Regional Park, 400 W. 260th St., New Prague, $5 . What do you do in a survival situation? Learn basic techniques including shelter and fire building.. http:// www.threeriversparks.org/events/S/survivalskills--.aspx.

Carver Scott Master Gardener Help Desks: 16-Aug, 10:00 AM, Chanhassen Library, 7711 Kerber Blvd, Chanhassen, Free. Every Saturday in June, July & August at the Chanhassen & Waconia Libraries. 10 am to 1 pm. Bring your plant samples and insect/ disease questions to a help desk!

Carver/ Scott Master Gardeners will help you diagnose your problems and answer your yard and garden questions.. http://host6. evanced.info/melsa/carver/eventcalendar.asp.

“Prairie Pollinators Waggin Tales Drop-in Reading Time: 18-Aug, 1:00 PM, Prior Lake Library, 16210 Eagle Creek Ave. S.E., Prior Lake, Free. Read aloud to certified therapy dog Hailey!. http:// host6.evanced.info/melsa/scott/eventsignup. asp?ID=14413&rts=&disptype=info&ret=eve ntcalendar.asp&pointer=&returnToSearch=&n um=0&ad=&dt=dr&ds=2014-8-1&de=201410-1&df=list&EventType=ALL&Lib=5&AgeGr oup=ALL&LangType=0&WindowMode=&noh eader=&lad=&pub=1&nopub=&page=1&pgd isp=25. “Wild About Wildlife Stand-Up Paddle Boarding & Slacklining: 19-Aug, 9:30 AM, Chaska Community Center, 1661 Park Ridge Drive, Chaska, $25+. Double the fun with this adventure at Bryant Lake! Try a new paddling/surfing hybrid adventure sport. Three rivers Park District will cover safety, strokes and board control. We will also try the new adventure sport that is growing in popularity Slacklining! Develop concentration, coordination, and tone muscles as you balance across a two inch wide line.. http://www.chaskacommunitycenter.com/calendar/view/stand-uppaddle-boarding-slacklining.

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Secondly, goodness gracious, have you seen who is playing at Rockbend this year? Just on the first day alone they have The Cactus Blossoms, Chastity Brown, Barbara Jean, Sonny Knight & the Lakers, the Erik Koskinen Band and Minneapolis music legend Curtiss A. Every one of those acts is a favorite of the Scene staff, and that’s just scratching the surface of the bill.

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From 42 Prairie Seed Collection: 19-Aug, 10:30 AM, Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve, 15501 Murphy Lake Road, Savage, Free. Help restore prairie by collecting native wildflower seed. Volunteers increase the amount and diversity of seed planted annually in over 800 acres of restored prairie managed by Three Rivers wildlife staff. Learn about the prairie?s rich history and how to identify many of the plants.. http://undefined.

The Dirt Cup: Mountain Bike Sprint Series: 20-Aug, 6:30 PM, Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve, 15501 Murphy Lake Road, Savage, $12+. Test your speed and skill!

Compete in a time trial format completing a 10.5-mile mountain bike single-track loop.

Divisions include men’s, women’s, and U-17. Races alternate between Elm Creek Park Reserve and Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve.. http://www.threeriversparks.org/ events/T/the-dirt-cup--mountain-bike-sprintseries.aspx.

Bird Watching Trek: 23-Aug, 7:00 AM, Rapids Lake Educational and Visitor Center, 15865 Rapids Lake Road, Carver, . The Rapids Lake Unit is a great place to see grassland birds! We will search for prairie species including meadowlarks, flycatchers, and lots of species of sparrows. Birders of all levels are welcome. Bring along your binoculars, field guide, and dress for the weather.. http://www.fws.gov/refuge/Minnesota_Valley/Events.html. (952) 361-4500 Family Canoeing: 23-Aug, 9:00 AM, Cleary Regional Lake Park, 18106 Texas Ave., Prior Lake, $15 . Learn safety, entering and exiting a canoe, and paddle strokes while having fun on the water. Equipment

provided.. http://www.threeriversparks.org/ events/F/family-canoeing--.aspx. “Walks with Matt: Prairie in Its Glory Family Kayaking: 23-Aug, 1:00 PM, Cedar Lake Farm Regional Park, 400 W. 260th St., New Prague, . Create family memories of fun on the water. Learn kayaking basics, safety and proper paddle techniques. Equipment provided. Reservations required.. http:// www.threeriversparks.org/events/F/familykayaking.aspx.

Monarch Tagging: 23-Aug, 2:00 PM, Richardson Nature Center, 8737 E. Bush Lake Road, Bloomington, $5 . Learn about the life cycle and migration of these amazing butterflies. Tag monarchs as part of a national research project. Search for monarchs and other insects living on the prairie. Catch grasshoppers, spiders, stinkbugs, and more.. http://www.threeriversparks.org/events/M/ monarch-tagging-at-richardson--.aspx.

MAD Girls Roller Derby Bout: 23-Aug, 7:00 PM, Verizon Wireless Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Mankato, $9-$14. Mankato Area Derby Girls vs. the Attackonites! Don’t miss this event Saturday, August 23 at the Verizon Wireless Center. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the first whistle is at 7 p.m.. http:// www.verizonwirelesscentermn.com/Convention/23162/Event.aspx.

Wild About Wildlife: 25-Aug, 1:00 PM, Hanska Public Library, 201 West Broadway, Hanska, Free. What are some of the cool animals that can be found throughout the state?

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Wild About Wildlife: 25-Aug, 4:30 PM, New Richland Public Library, 129 South Broadway, New Richland, Free. What are some of the cool animals that can be found throughout the state? Learn how these mammals have adapted to survive in their natural environment and some of the more interesting characteristics. Using furs from 14 different mammals (badger, skunk, mink, coyote, etc.) gives a different perspective on how these animals survive. You will have a chance to test your knowledge by participating in a number of hands-on activities including ‘Guess the Critter.’. http://tdslib.org/.

Wild About Wildlife: 26-Aug, 2:00 PM, Janesville Public Library, 102 West Second Street, Janesville, Free. What are some of the cool animals that can be found throughout the state? Learn how these mammals have adapted to survive in their natural environment and some of the more interesting characteristics. Using furs from 14 different mammals (badger, skunk, mink, coyote, etc.) gives a different perspective on how these animals survive. You will have a chance to test your knowledge by participating in a number of hands-on activities including ‘Guess the Critter.’. http://tdslib.org/.

Wild About Wildlife: 27-Aug, 2:00 PM, Welcome Public Library, 304 First Street, Welcome, Free. What are some of the cool animals that can be found throughout the state? Learn how these mammals have adapted to survive in their natural environment and some of the more interesting characteristics. Using furs from 14 different mammals (badger, skunk, mink, coyote, etc.) gives a different perspective on how these animals survive. You will have a chance to test your knowledge by participating in a number of hands-on activities including ‘Guess the Critter.’. http://tdslib.org/.

Fundamentals of Archery: 27-Aug, 5:00 PM, River Bend Nature Center, 1000 Rustad Road, Faribault, Membership discounts.

Come and try the challenge of shooting a bow and arrow. Staff will give instruction on shooting technique and safety. The bows we use are compound bows suitable for all sizes and strengths of archers. We will have plenty of time to practice! Who knows, maybe you will become the next Legolas or Katniss! All necessary equipment provided. Open to ages 7 and up. Cost: $10 per person; $5 for River Bend members.. http://www.rbnc.org.

Tails for Reading: 28-Aug, 11:00 AM, Chaska Library, 3 City Hall Plaza, Chaska, Free. Elementary school age children are

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Wild About Wildlife: 28-Aug, 2:00 PM, North Mankato Taylor Library, 1001 Belgrade Ave., North Mankato, Free. What are some of the cool animals that can be found throughout the state? Learn how these mammals have adapted to survive in their natural environment and some of the more interesting characteristics. Using furs from 14 different mammals (badger, skunk, mink, coyote, etc.) gives a different perspective on how these animals survive. You will have a chance to test your knowledge by participating in a number of hands-on activities including ‘Guess the Critter.’. http://tdslib. org/. (5070 345-5120 Monarch Tagging: 30-Aug, 2:00 PM, Richardson Nature Center, 8737 E. Bush Lake Road, Bloomington, $5 . Learn about the life cycle and migration of these amazing butterflies. Tag monarchs as part of a national research project. Search for monarchs and other insects living on the prairie. Catch grasshoppers, spiders, stinkbugs, and more.. http://www.threeriversparks.org/events/M/ monarch-tagging-at-richardson--.aspx.

“Wild About Wildlife Game Day: 5-Sep, 12:00 PM, Chankaska Creek Ranch And Winery, 1179 E. Pearl Street, Kasota, Free. Every Friday will be game day at Chankaska Creek! We will have a few games available for you but feel free to bring your own. We will take 10% off your glass of wine.. http://www.chankaskawines. com/events/winery_events. 507-931-0089 Menacing 40: Mountain Bike Races: 6-Sep, 9:00 AM, Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve, 15501 Murphy Lake Road, Savage, $18 . Do you have the endurance and mental fortitude to battle 40 miles of single track?

Compete individually or in teams of up to four riders. Each Menacing 40 consists of four 10-mile loops. Awards, door prizes, and good times to follow each race.. http://www. threeriversparks.org/events/M/menacing40--mountain-bike-races---individual.aspx.

Boots & Boas 5K/10K: 6-Sep, 9:00 AM, Purgatory Creek Park, 13001 Technology Dr, Eden Prairie, $15-$35. The fourth annual Boots & Boas 5K and 10K Run/Walk is sponsored by the Eden Prairie News. Packet pick-up will be available from 5 to 8 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 5, in the community room of Star Bank, 250 Prairie Center Drive (near Eden Prairie Center) and on Race Day from 7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. at Purgatory Park. The 5K course is mostly flat asphalt, with a small stretch of gravel. It winds through the Purgatory Creek Recreation Area, Eden Prairie’s ‘downtown park.’ The 10K course includes a loop around Staring Lake. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Cornerstone and Southern Valley Alliance for Battered Women

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Soggy Bog Plants: 6-Sep, 12:00 PM, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Drive, Chaska, . Join other families interested in the wondrous watery world of the water boatman bugs, cattails, and duckweed. Experiment with bog plants and view them up close with microscopes. Search for the soggy boggy water plants growing in the greenhouse and discover how they have adapted to growing in and on top of the water.

Create art from cattails to take home.. http:// www.arboretum.umn.edu/weekendfamilyfun. aspx. 952-443-1400 Bridge Class: 9 & 16-Sep, 6:30 PM, Chaska Library, 3 City Hall Plaza, Chaska, Free. Beginning Bridge Classes-Learn how to play this popular card game- Tueasday nights, Sept. 9,16,23 & 30. Taught by Judy Grosch. Funded by the Friends of the Chaska Library. Instruction book available to purchase ($6.00) Call to register, class size is limited. http://host6.evanced.info/ melsa/carver/eventsignup.asp?ID=9086&rt s=&disptype=info&ret=eventcalendar.asp& pointer=&returnToSearch=&num=0&ad=& dt=mo&mo=9/1/2014&df=calendar&Event Type=ALL&Lib=0&AgeGroup=ALL&LangTy pe=0&WindowMode=&noheader=&lad=&p ub=1&nopub=&page=&pgdisp=.

Wild About Wildlife: 10-Sep, 4:00 PM, Arlington Public Library, 321 West Main Street, Arlington, Free. What are some of the cool animals that can be found throughout the state? Learn how these mammals have adapted to survive in their natural environment and some of the more interesting characteristics. Using furs from 14 different mammals (badger, skunk, mink, coyote, etc.) gives a different perspective on how these animals survive. You will have a chance to test your knowledge by participating in a number of hands-on activities including ‘Guess the Critter.’. http://tdslib.org/.

Wild About Wildlife: 11-Sep, 6:00 PM, St Peter Public Library, 601 South Washington, St Peter, Free. What are some of the cool animals that can be found throughout the state?

Learn how these mammals have adapted to survive in their natural environment and some of the more interesting characteristics.

Using furs from 14 different mammals (badger, skunk, mink, coyote, etc.) gives a different perspective on how these animals survive. You will have a chance to test your knowledge by participating in a number of hands-on activities including ‘Guess the Critter.’. http://tdslib.org/.

Game Day: 12-Sep, 12:00 PM, Chankaska Creek Ranch And Winery, 1179 E. Pearl Street, Kasota, Free. Every Friday will be game day at Chankaska Creek! We will have a few games available for you but feel free to bring your own. We will take 10% off your glass of wine.. http://www.chankaskawines. com/events/winery_events. 507-9310089”Wild About Wildlife Walks with Matt: Hummingbird Migration (960-09-13-14): 13-Sep,

Rent premiered on Broadway in 1996,which, my MIAC education tells me, is approximately 18 years ago. That would normally put Rent in that weird age for a musical where it’s so old that it feels dated, but not old enough to be a nostalgia piece.

However, if there has been one underlying theme for pop culture in 2014, it’s been the first real wave of 90’s sentimentality, so the Rochester Civic Theater may have picked the perfect musical for this fall.

Plus, it really is a great show. Based on Puccini’s classic opera La Boheme, it tells the story of a group of artists and idealists living in the old-water flats of New York City. Some have referred to it as AIDS, The Musical, and while that might not be a totally unfair label, it’s much more than that. Ultimately, Rent is about holding on to hope and faith in the face of poverty, drugs, disease and – if we’re lucky – growing up. Of course, the real reason to see it is for that music: Would You Light My Candle, La Vie Boheme, Seasons of Love… come on.

It’s fantastic. And maybe a little nostalgic after all. www.rochestercivictheatre.org – – Rich Larson, editor@southernminnscene.com

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It’s hummingbird migration time and you’ll be there to experience as never before! Join acclaimed naturalist Matt Schuth to explore the Arboretum in autumn during these amazing birds’ migration season. You’ll also look for late summer flowers such as asters, turtlehead, and goldenrod. Matt will show you how to identify insect chirpers from crickets to katydids. You’ll leave with an even deeper appreciation for the beauty of this burnished season. Dress for the weather and bring your binoculars! Limit 40, Meet at the Ordway Parking Lot. http://www.arboretum.umn.edu/ classesonthemove.aspx. 952-443-1400 Auto Restorers 38th Annual Car Show & Swap Meet: 21-Sep, 7:00 AM, Nicollet County Fairgrounds, 400 W. Union St., St. Peter, $5 per person (Under 12 free with adult)Show Cars: $15 ~ Includes Driver and 1 Passenger. Auto Restorers Car Club Car Show.. http://clubs.hemmings.com/ autorestorers.

Fall Colors Photography: 26-Sep, 5:00 PM, Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve, 15501 Murphy Lake Road, Savage, $1 . Explore the park and see the world from a different perspective. Learn features of the camera and what makes a great photo.. http://www. threeriversparks.org/events/F/fall-colorsphotography--.aspx.

Family Canoeing: 27-Sep, 1:00 PM, Cleary Regional Lake Park, 18106 Texas Ave., Prior Lake, $15 . Learn safety, entering and exiting a canoe, and paddle strokes while having fun on the water. Equipment provided.. http://www.threeriversparks.org/events/F/ family-canoeing--.aspx.

THEATER Arsenic & Old Lace: 16-Aug, 1:30 PM, Commonweal Theatre, 208 Parkway Ave N., Lanesboro, $15-$30. Looks can be deceiving! Everything seems normal and serene in the home of spinster sisters Abby and Martha Brewster - famous in their Brooklyn neighborhood for hospitality and charity. But is something hiding beneath their sweet exterior of grace and lace? When their nephew stumbles upon a secret hidden beneath the window seat, he inadvertently unleashes mayhem as hilarious as it is ghastly!

A classic American comedy, Arsenic & Old Lace was hailed by The New York Times as ‘so funny that none of us will ever forget it.’. http://www.commonwealtheatre.org/arsenic. html. 507-467-2905”Evita Hello, Dolly!: 5-Sep, 8:00 PM; 6-Sep, 1:00 PM, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, 501 West 78th Street, Chanhassen, $61-$66. Dolly Levi is a delightfully scheming busybody who makes her living as a matchmaker in glamorous New York City. She’s out to make a match for Horace Vandergelder, the ‘well-known half-a-millionaire,’ with the charming hat maker, Irene Molloy - but in the

process, Dolly snares a groom for herself.

Dolly masterfully orchestrates romance and adventure in a glittering mixed up night on the town.. http://www.chanhassentheatres. com/hellodolly.aspx. (952) 934-1525 Arcadia: 12-Sep, 7:30 PM; 13-Sep, 7:30 PM, Commonweal Theatre, 208 Parkway Ave N., Lanesboro, $15-$30. Amidst the gorgeous gardens at Sidley Park estate, vibrant and brilliant minds gush over their passions for everything from costume parties to landscape architecture to chaos theory.

Alternating between the present day and the early 19th century, characters from both eras struggle to uncover the mystery of the estate.

Tom Stoppard’s Tony Award-winning romance is a perfect blend of intellect and emotion, humor and heartache, and is considered by many critics to be his masterpiece.. http:// www.commonwealtheatre.org/arcadia.html.

507-467-2905 Jekyll & Hyde: 26-Sep, 2:00 PM, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Avenue, Burnsville, $52-$62. Glamorous, sexy and deliciouslywicked, Jekyll & Hyde is the enthralling musical based on RobertLouis Stevensons classic story about a brilliant but obsessive scientist, whosealter ego wreaks havoc across Victorian London. An evocative tale of two menone a doctor, passionate and romantic the other, a terrifying madman. And oftwo women one beautiful and trusting the other, beautiful and trusting onlyherself; both in love with thesame man and both unaware of his darksecret. Featuring a thrilling pop rock score including the unforgettable hit,This Is The Moment, from multi-Grammy and Tony nominated Frank Wildhorn &double-Oscar and Grammy winning Leslie Bricusse. Jekyll & Hyde hasmesmerized audiences the worldover.. http://www.ames-center.com/ angel-fund-series.html.

Blood Brothers: 26-Sep, 7:30 PM; 28-Sep, 2:00 PM, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Avenue, Burnsville, $19-$22. Raised on oppositeends of the social spectrum in Thatcher-era England, best friends Eddie andMickey have no idea that they are actually twins, and that their desperatemother may have doomed their lives to bitter tragedy. Did her choices set inmotion a destiny they are all powerless to prevent? This celebrated musical byWilly Russell (author of Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine), ran continuously in London’s West End for over 24 years!. http:// www.ames-center.com/chameleon-theatrecircle-2014-2015-season.html.

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Alex Voigt is a former Huckle Media copy editor currently embarking on a crosscountry hiking and biking adventure. He will be chronicling his adventure each month in SCENE. You can also read about his trip at voigtsvoyage.wordpress. com or follow him on Twitter.com @AGVoigt.

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here are many occurrences that awaken a hiker in the middle of the night.

Oftentimes, it’s the crackle of thunder or the patter of rain. Other times, it’s the call of one’s digestive system or bladder requiring relief.

The sounds of wildlife can also rouse a hiker from their slumber, whether it’s the incessant hoot of an owl or the ominous growl of a bear.

During a recent night at a shelter on the Appalachian Trail, I was awoken by a different type of growl. Some might say it was a growl more unsettling than that of a bear.

It was the growl of my stomach. I was hungry and it required attention.

This didn’t come as a total surprise. Earlier that evening, I made a conscious decision to eat a light dinner in the hopes of saving food for the next day. I still had a solid 16 miles of hiking to do before getting to a grocery store for a resupply and I didn’t have much food at the time.

I thought the next day’s hike would be the best time for sustenance, but my growling stomach did not agree with this notion at 2:30 in the morning and it quickly became apparent that the situation wasn’t going to resolve itself.

The appetite of thru hikers is the stuff of legends on the AT. We routinely consume upwards of 5,000 calories a day and eat foods most rational people would never eat -- Jumbo Honey Buns, anyone? – due to their high calorie content and minimal weight. Hiking up and down mountains

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growl in the night all day with a heavy backpack is hard work, so copious sustenance is required.

On the flipside, hikers are also famous for their weight-shaving measures. Some will go as far as to get rid of their stove, discard clothes, ditch toiletries – seriously, no one has deodorant out here -- and switch from a tent to a tarp in the interest trimming ounces. Everything weighs something and a lighter pack makes for easier hiking; it’s as simple as that.

I was trying to shave ounces by going with a lighter food resupply, reasoning it would hold up fine as long as I planned my meals carefully and didn’t do much extraneous snacking.

However, that strategy mattered little with a growling stomach to tend to. So I did the one thing I could in that situation: I took my food bag down from the bear pole at the shelter and proceeded to cook a generous-sized helping of Tuna Helper.

As you can probably imagine, this decision was met with confusion from other half-asleep hikers at the shelter. A few were woken up by the noise of my stove and there were definitely a few “What the hell is going on?” inquiries made in my direction. I think one hiker even asked me if I was a bear.

However, the tunnel vision of my hunger made me incapable of acknowledging these inquiries. I was focused on my task and didn’t have the capacity to do anything else. I just sat over my cooking pot in silence and stirred until it was finally time to consume my midnight “snack.”

Once my appetite was sufficiently quelled, I calmly put my cook gear away, re-hung my food bag and went back to bed. I hardly had any food for the next day’s hike, but it didn’t matter at that point.

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Trail terminology A “shelter” is typically a three-sided structure hikers camp at on the Appalachian Trail. Almost all shelters have a water source and bathroom and many have bear cables, bear poles or bear boxes to help protect your food from wildlife.

Popular foods in my Appalachian Trail “diet”

- Peanut butter - Nutella - Trail mix - Granola - Tuna - Tortilla shells - Reeses pieces - Gummy worms - Avocados - Oatmeal - Dried fruits - Pop-Tarts

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By SARAH OSTERBAUER editor@southernminnscene.com

F Downsized and branching out, Field Report is “Marigolden”

ield Report, folk-rock band led by Rochester native, Chris Porterfield, gained national attention for their 2012 selftitled debut. Buoyed onto the scene by their Bon Iver roots (Chris was in DeYarmond Edison with Justin Vernon), they quickly gained their own following of famous fans (Counting Crows and Aimee Mann) and critical acclaim. The band has since downsized (from 7 to 4 members) and are venturing ever so slightly into new territory on their sophomore release, Marigolden.

Porterfield has said that “Marigolden” is a word he crafted to be the adjective of being like a marigold. For the non-horticulturalists among us, the marigold is a flower that is supposed to survive the schizophrenic Midwestern seasons, however like everything we try to grow here, they still die and require replanting. Marigolden then, describes that process/state of being/ dying. The term finds a home both as the title of a track on the album as well as in the song “Home (Leave

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the Lights On)”. The album has a definite made-from-earth feel to it, seeming as though it were born of Native American culture. The minimalist use of instruments give it the flavor of leaves crunching under your shoes in fall.

Porterfield’s voice is like a weathered hardwood floor, with deep grooves and crevices shaping words and phrases. His gruff tone and deliberate enunciation of each word sound as though the only suitable frame for it is a beard and flannel shirt. His lyrics wind themselves into riddles that may or may not have a solution. He is king of fitting more words than should be allowed in any one phrase and on this effort he eases out of such things by repeating the final most poignant lines.

This album invites previously unused electronic elements that feel like a natural stretch as they only enhance the mood in question and don’t take away from the rustic feel that’s so characteristic of Field Report. Guitars on Field Report albums are loud, not an electric screaming loud, but loud in that the start and finish of each pluck of every string can be heard.

The best line of the album comes

from Enchantment - “I miss you more than tongues miss old teeth”.

In an interview with Stereogum Porterfield gave the most beautiful explanation of this line. To paraphrase, when you lose a tooth, your tongue tries to make sense of it as the empty space is its new reality. And it continues to poke at the space even if you’re not totally aware of it. It’s a “morbid curiosity” but also it’s instinct. And there are probably similar explanations for most of his lines because that’s the kind of songwriter he is. Each line is loaded to the brim with metaphor, analogy and depth of understanding life as we know it.

Marigolden is an unplanned walk in the woods on a brisk day. It’s looking out onto a glassy lake covered in a blanket of fog. And it’s a canoe ride on a river lined in orange and gold trees. Make yourself a cup of coffee (the good stuff), sit outside on your porch, close your eyes and listen to this album. Then let it take you to one of these places.

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H Tom Petty still brings substance to songwriting

ow many ways can you slice a Petty tune? Quite a few, it turns out. Through a 40year music career of Americana rock, loopy ballads, a supergroup and more hits than anyone can recall off-hand, the Florida-born Californian hasn’t yet finished laying his layman’s groove on the world.

The new album is “Hypnotic Eye,” which reportedly took Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers years to produce. It has all the signposts of an aging rocker examining the rearview of life but is polished and holds up to anything the band has released to date.

While Petty spends a lot of breath fixating on the past, the album opens with his solemn pledge to keep plugging toward some immeasurable goal. “Got a dream, I’m gonna fight ‘til I get it,” he repeats in the chorus of “American Dream Plan B,” a song haunted by an overly distorted main riff and telephone vocals.

But once the first chorus hits, it’s apparent that Petty is still Petty— the flutter of open major chords laced with the Heartbreakers’ own vocal harmony. It’s the DNA of most of the group’s hits. Petty has a way of repurposing the basic structures

into something wholly his own, branded by his voice and memorable, stylized attitude. He didn’t recreate rock, but dug out a nice piece of music real estate that has stood the test of time.

Extracted from the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers chemistry set are the signature tunes “U Get Me High,” “Forgotten Man,” and “Red River.” The third exalts a woman entrenched in more alternative forms of faith. That type of fodder has always felt genuine with Petty, reflecting the more affable gypsy soul that humanizes the songwriter for many fans. He seems to hover away from the crushing ego of other big names, and it’s as real today as it was before.

The album takes some minor detours, the most obvious of which is “Fault Lines.” It’s an old-timer’s lament on the man he has become, a topic that comes up again (“Sins of My Youth”). A droning bass line and the tinny ping of Steve Ferrone’s ride cymbal drive a sort of bassa nova groove for the backdrop to Petty’s anti-hero song.

Perhaps the biggest treat on the album is “Burnt Out Town,” a no-frills blues joint that features the piano stylings of founding member Benmont Tench.

While the band isn’t best known for its blues numbers, the fact that

the song made it onto the album in 2014 is telling of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ motivation. It’s the basics. They know exactly what they’re doing, and they do it consistently well.

So many artists are still doing it after 30 or 40 years. It’s admirable, but the showcase all too often settles for the artist who struggles to play the old stuff while relying on name identification to sell tickets.

Hair metal bands from the 80s still limp out on stage, hair thinned as they’re unable to muster the aggression that their image suggests. Sure, you can see a Rolling Stones concert today, but I’d bet all that it isn’t anything like their show in 1970.

Petty and his band started with a sustainable sort of power. Their songs can have teeth, but the prevailing southern twang mollifies them into a product that has wide appeal. And they’re still doing it with “Hypnotic Eye.” They’ve kept their even-keel sound throughout the decades and still managed to write 11 solid new songs.

While the album doesn’t offer any instant classics, there’s no sense that Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have lost touch in the studio. Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em, and they still do.

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KEVIN KREIN THE BEARDED LIFE

Kevin Krein Kevin Krein is a music writer, humorist, and “social media specialist.” He, however, is not an artist, unless you consider his prolific Twitter presence to be art. If that’s the case, he is an artist of the highest caliber—form an orderly queue and follow him @KevEFly.

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hat, friends, is question for the ages—much like “Is there a God?,” “What’s my purpose in life?,” “What do you want for dinner?,” or “This looks bad—do you think I should see a doctor?” And when we’re talking about the visual arts, what makes something “art?” Follow up question—how does one tell if something is “good art” or “bad art?” And why is there no middle ground, like “eh, it’s okay art?” Or maybe that’s what you see on the walls in coffee shops.

Is “art” a masterpiece, painted centuries ago, hanging in a European museum, behind glass and velvet ropes, seen by millions every year? Or is it a photo of a crucifix in a jar of urine?

That’s what this month’s column was going to be about—art, art, andthe difference (if there is any) between the two.

I do some of my best writing for The Bearded Life in either the Caribou Coffee in Northfield, or on my living room floor, watching my companion rabbits engage in their evening routine. And so the more I sat on my living room floor,

picking up stray pieces of hay; and the more I sat at the back corner seat of Caribou, staring at a Word document saved as “What is art. docx”—the more I realized that it is an easy question to ask, but finding a comprehendible answer is anything but.

So what you have instead is the story of how I became an unlikely patron of the arts.

The Butt Painting.

That’s what my wife and I call it—it being the painting in question. The painting of butts, that hangs on the wall in our dining room.

We first saw “The Butt Painting” three years ago, at the Northfield Riverwalk Market Fair, and we were both instantly taken with it. It’s huge—probably 3’ by 4,’ so it is obviously a conversation stimulator for people who have never been in our house before, and it was tough not notice it as we walked by the artist’s booth along the river. Also, we were just impressed by the fact that it’s a painting of butts.

I mean, it could be pears, too.

But it’s probably butts.

That’s the thing about “art,”— it’s open to interpretation. Maybe they aren’t butts or pears at all.

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Maybe it’s meant to symbolize the struggle of every day life, or the emptiness we all feel within.

Or maybe it’s really butts. And there’s no deeper meaning that needs to be analyzed.

At the time, we kind of casually walked closer, trying to see if there was a price tag associated with it—there wasn’t one that we could see. My wife had the brilliant idea to just straight up asking: “Hey. Hey. How much for the butt painting?” However, we did not inquire as to how much a butt painting would cost somebody. That’s another thing about “art”—how does one put a price on it?

It turns out $200 will get you a butt painting, though, in case you were wondering.

We were actually worried that we missed our one and only opportunity to buy an original piece of “art,” because at each subsequent Market Fair we went to, the artist in question (T. Andrew Foster) and the butt painting, were nowhere to be found. It wasn’t until the last Fair of the season that I saw him again—but(t) the painting in question was nowhere to be found.

After nervously asking if he had any prints of it available, he mentioned that he just happened to have the original loaded in his trailer, and just hadn’t set it up in his booth. What occurred next, in retrospect, seems incredibly suspicious, but I asked him how much he wanted for it, obtaining $200 cash, and following him over to his trailer to exchange money for a gigantic butt painting. When he was unloading it onto the sidewalk, we both stood there for a moment looking at it, and I believe he said something about it being a “study of the female form,” but he chuckled as he told me that.

Because I mean, come on. We both know that it is butts.

My wife and I were so excited

about acquiring this painting that it even made it into our holiday card that year—with a photo of it adorning the front, simply and safely described as “In 2011 we became patrons of the arts,” since you can’t exactly write “we bought a Butt Painting” on something you’re sending to Grandma.

When this piece was going to be more about the big questions, like “What is art?” I started paging through a play I read in college—fittingly titled ‘Art.’ It’s the story of three friends, one of whom is somewhat wealthy, and purchases a large painting that is only solid white—nothing else.

As plays tend to be, it’s obviously about so much more than just that, but the purchase of the painting, and the argument over it is art or not serves as a point of departure for the friendship between the three to begin to fall apart.

The final line really struck me this time—“It represents a man who moves across a space and disappears.”

There is an adage—“I may not know art, but I know what I like.”

It’s a phrase that can be used by common folk that don’t have a lot of fancy book learnin’ when it comes to the arts, but they still attempt to appreciate it, or at least stand in front of a painting or photograph, arms crossed, head cocked to the side, waiting until just the right moment to announce, “I don’t get it.”

The truth is that you don’t have to “get” it—the Mona Lisa, Piss Christ, Elvis Presley painted on velvet, or my very own Butt Painting; whether it is art, or “art”—as long as it resonates with you in some way, and that you can find your own representation in it.

So what does The Butt Painting represent to me?

Either a man who moves across a space and disappears, or butts. I haven’t decided yet.

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