Live at the MN Zoo June 23rd : The James Hunter Six

Posted on April 15, 2013 by thiestalle in things to do | Leave a comment

The James Hunter Six

Sunday, June 23
@ Weesner Family Amphitheater, Apple Valley, MN
Doors 7:00 | Music 7:30 | All Ages
Ticket Price: $33.00 (Reserved) & $45.50 (VIP Box Seat)
On-Sale: Saturday, April 27 @ 10:00 AM

English singer James Hunter has an abiding passion for American soul music of the late fifties and sixties. For years, he was one of the best-kept secrets in British R&B and soul. In the early 1990’s, Hunter was hired by Van Morrison as a backup singer and spent the next several years with him. In 2006, his first US album, People Gonna Talk, was released and became an airplay staple. By the end of the year, the album charted at Number 1 on the Billboard Top Blues Albums charts, appeared on severalTop 10 Best Albums of the year lists, and earned a Grammy nomination. His next album The Hard Wayearned even better accolades and also charted at Number One on Billboard. Earlier this year, James Hunter and his equally talented and road-tested band (now known as the James Hunter Six) released their latest album Minute By Minute, which is being hailed his finest album to date. The James Hunter Six is now criss-crossing North America in support of Minute By Minute.

TICKET INFORMATION
Ticket Prices: $33.00 (Reserved) & $45.50 (VIP Box Seat) 
Plus applicable fees, includes $2.00 venue facility fee

Tickets available at the Electric Fetus in Minneapolis, allTicketmaster locations, by calling 800.745.3000 and online at Ticketmaster.com

www.jameshuntermusic.com 

 

Music at the MN Zoo June 28th: Melissa Etheridge

Posted on April 14, 2013 by thiestalle in things to do | Leave a comment

Melissa Etheridge

Friday, June 28
@ Weesner Family Amphitheater, Apple Valley, MN
Doors 7:00 | Music 7:30 | All Ages
Ticket Price: $70.00 (Reserved) & $82.50 (VIP Box Seat)
On-Sale: Saturday, April 27 @ 10:00 AM

An Evening with Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge has been a core Island Records artist since the release of her critically- acclaimed double-platinum debut album. For several years, Etheridge’s popularity built around such memorable songs as Bring Me Some Water (from her debut), No Souvenirs, (from Brave And Crazy) and Ain’t It Heavy (from Never Enough), for which she won her first Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocal. Etheridge hit her commercial and artistic stride with her fourth album, Yes I Am, featuring the massive hits I’m the Only One and Come to My Window, a searing song of longing that brought her a second Best Female RockGrammy. The album went six times platinum and spent more than two and a half years on the album chart. Her highest charting album, Your Little Secret (#6 on the Billboard Top 200), included the hit single, I Want to Come Over. Her astounding success led Etheridge to receive theSongwriter of the Year honor at the ASCAP Pop Awards in 1996, and the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2007.

TICKET INFORMATION
Ticket Prices: $70.00 (Reserved) & $82.50 (VIP Box Seat) 
Plus applicable fees, includes $2.00 venue facility fee

Tickets available at the Electric Fetus in Minneapolis, allTicketmaster locations, by calling 800.745.3000 and online at Ticketmaster.com

www.melissaetheridge.com  

 

Tickets for Melissa Etheridge at the MN Zoo June 28th

Live at the MN Zoo June 15th: Eric Hutchinson

Posted on April 13, 2013 by thiestalle in things to do | Leave a comment

Eric Hutchinson

Saturday, June 15
@ Weesner Family Amphitheater, Apple Valley, MN
Doors 7:00 | Music 7:30 | All Ages
Ticket Price: $35.00 (Reserved) & $47.50 (VIP Box Seat)
On-Sale: Saturday, April 27 @ 10:00 AM

American singer/songwriter Eric Hutchinson found international recognition with his million selling albumSounds Like This (No. 1 on Billboard’s Heatseeker’s Chart). That release contained the hit singles Rock & Roll(certified Gold) and OK It’s Alright With Me (Top 5 AAA radio). He’s also been gaining attention by enticing crowds with his songs filled with stories of the open road (one of his favorite places to make music) and the people that he has met along the way. Hutchinson’s most recent studio release, Moving Up Living Down, is a delightfully witty album that features more of his catchy guitar pop and R&B-influenced rock and perfectly displays his songwriting skills and swagger. The music is tuneful and rhythmic; the lyrics engaging and reflective. The road remains Hutchinson’s favorite place to make music and will make a stop at the Minnesota Zoo on June 15.

TICKET INFORMATION
Ticket Prices: $35.00 (Reserved) & $47.50 (VIP Box Seat) 
Plus applicable fees, includes $2.00 venue facility fee
Tickets available at the Electric Fetus in Minneapolis, all Ticketmaster locations, by calling 800.745.3000 and online at Ticketmaster.com

www.erichutchinson.com

Live at the MN Zoo June 8th: Richard Thompson

Posted on April 12, 2013 by thiestalle in things to do | Leave a comment

Richard Thompson Electric Trio

Saturday, June 8
@ Weesner Family Amphitheater, Apple Valley, MN
Doors 7:00 | Music 7:30 | All Ages
Ticket Price: $35.00 (Reserved) & $47.50 (VIP Box Seat)
On-Sale: Saturday, April 27 @ 10:00 AM

No artist to emerge in the second half of the ’60s has gone on to have a more productive and vital career than critically acclaimed, prolific songwriter Richard Thompson. The England- born artist has amassed an astounding body of work comprising of more than 40 albums; all containing artfully shaped material that seamlessly and expressively integrates traditional and contemporary modes. Thompson’s the recipient of BBC’s Lifetime Achievement Award and was named by Rolling Stone Magazine as on the Top 20 Guitarists of All Time. A founding member of the seminal British folk-rock group Fairport Convention, he was awarded the Mojo Les Paul Award for Guitar Legendand in 2012 received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting from the Americana Music Association. Robert Plant, REM, Elvis Costello, Bonnie Raitt, and many others have recorded his songs. Richard Thompson’s latest album, Electric, produced by Buddy Miller, is a guitar-driven set of songs that is being hailed as one of his best albums ever.

TICKET INFORMATION
Ticket Prices: $35.00 (Reserved) & $47.50 (VIP Box Seat) 
Plus applicable fees, includes $2.00 venue facility fee

Tickets available at the Electric Fetus in Minneapolis, allTicketmaster locations, by calling 800.745.3000 and online at Ticketmaster.com

www.richardthompson-music.com 

Tickets for Richard Thompson at the MN Zoo June 8th

Live at the MN Zoo: Joan Baez

Posted on April 11, 2013 by thiestalle in things to do | Leave a comment

Joan Baez

Thursday, June 6
@ Weesner Family Amphitheater, Apple Valley, MN
Doors 7:00 | Music 7:30 | All Ages
Ticket Price: $47.00 (Reserved) & $59.50 (VIP Box Seat)
On-Sale: Saturday, April 27 @ 10:00 AM

An Evening with Joan Baez 
Folksinger/songwriter Joan Baez has been performing for over 53 years and has released over 30 albums. Known for her highly individual vocal style, she’s considered one of the most accomplished interpretive folk-singers of the 1960’s. Many of her songs are topical and deal with social issues. She initially gained recognition at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival and at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. She released her first album Joan Baez in 1960. Her second release, Joan Baez, Vol.2 went gold; as did Joan Baez in Concert, Part 1 (1962) and Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2(1963). Joan is best known for her hit Diamonds & Rustand her covers of Phil Ochs’s There But For Fortune and The Band’s The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. In 2007, she received the highly prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammy’s. Some 50 years on, Joan Baez continues to show renewed vitality in both her recordings and concerts and remains a major musical force.

TICKET INFORMATION 
Ticket Prices: $47.00 (Reserved) & $59.50 (VIP Box Seat) 
Plus applicable fees, includes $2.00 venue facility fee

Tickets available at the Electric Fetus in Minneapolis, all Ticketmaster locations, by calling 800.745.3000 and online at Ticketmaster.com

It’s time for Music in the Zoo: Bodeans

Posted on April 10, 2013 by thiestalle in things to do | Leave a comment

 

We will be spotlighting the entire Music in the Zoo series this summer at the Weesner Amphitheater.  One of the first shows on the schedule is midwest favorites Bodeans

 

 

BoDeans

Friday, June 21
@ Weesner Family Amphitheater, Apple Valley, MN
Doors 7:00 | Music 7:30 | All Ages
Ticket Price: $35.00 Reserved Seating / $47.50 VIP Box
On-Sale: Saturday, April 27 @ 10:00 AM

Twenty-six years after their T-Bone Burnett produced debutLove & Hope & Sex & Dreams led them to winning a Rolling Stone reader’s poll as Best New American Band,the BoDeans are still rocking and harmonizing gracefully, exposing longtime fans (and their kids) to real, heartfelt and trend-free music. They’re best know for their mid-90s Billboard hit anthem Closer to Free, which became the theme song for the Party of Five television show, as well as other great songs such as Fadeaway, Idaho, Naked,and She’s A Runaway. The band is now touring behind their 2012 album American Made. It’s their eleventh release and features an array of songs inspired by diverse genres including rock, country, blues, folk, southern roadhouse soul, and zydeco. The album is infused with the genuine sound of American-made music that the BoDeans are known for.

TICKET INFORMATION
Ticket Prices: $35.00 (Reserved) & $47.50 (VIP Box Seat) 
Plus applicable fees, includes $2.00 venue facility fee

Tickets available at the Electric Fetus in Minneapolis, allTicketmaster locations, by calling 800.745.3000 and online at Ticketmaster.com

www.bodeans.com 
www.suemclean.com

WCHA Final Five coming March 21st – 23rd

Posted on March 13, 2013 by thiestalle in things to do | Leave a comment

 

The 2013 Red Baron WCHA Final Five will once again be held at one of the nation’s premier ice hockey facilities, Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn. Dates are Thursday, March 21, Friday, March 22 and Saturday, March 23.  You can get all the information on tickets and special events surrounding this great event on the official website .  

Supper With Shakespeare

Posted on March 1, 2013 by thiestalle in things to do | Leave a comment
Ongoing now thru Sunday, March 31, 2013
Tudor Room (325) and Gallery 332
Free Exhibition

Famed Food Historian to Visit the MIA
“Supper with Shakespeare: The Evolution of English Banqueting”


Feast your eyes on period culinary delights handcrafted by Ivan Day. The guest curator and world-renowned English culinary historian will create a full banquet in the Tudor Room, the museum’s first period room. Related programs include “Supper with Shakespeare,” a free public lecture by Day at 11 a.m. on Thursday, December 13, sponsored by the Friends of the Institute; a private, Tudor-inspired feast; and Tudor Keg Party, on Thursday, January 31, 6 to 9 p.m., an opportunity to wet your whistle with Tudor-style ale brewed by Summit in honor of the MIA exhibition.
 

Ivan Day is best known for his museum exhibitions of re-created historic table settings and is considered to be one of the foremost authorities in this field. Having started collecting antiquarian cookery books and culinary utensils when he was only 13, Day now has 40 years’ experience of both cooking and making replicas of period food. He will re-create an intimate banquet, as the dessert course was known in 17th-century England, especially for the MIA’s Tudor Room. Day will make artificial historic foods for display in the MIA’s Tudor Room during the holidays, present a free public lecture at 11 a.m. on Thursday, December 13, and co-host a private dinner featuring some of his favorite authentic recipes.


See a short YouTube video of Ivan Day here:

Minnesota and the Civil War

Posted on March 1, 2013 by thiestalle in things to do | Leave a comment
The Civil War holds a pivotal place in the history of the United States. Citizens of the new state of Minnesota were a major part of the national story, from being the first state to offer troops through their dramatic role at Gettysburg to Appomattox and beyond. To commemorate the sesquicentennial of these events, the Minnesota Historical Society is offering a broad range of programs, publications and online content from now through 2015.
Visit the Minnesota History Museum Website for more information on this exhibit that starts on March 2nd, 2013

Painter Painter at the Walker Art Center

Posted on February 26, 2013 by thiestalle in things to do | Leave a comment
Painter Painter presents new work by 15 artists from the US and Europe in a focused survey of emergent developments in abstract painting and studio practice. With an expanded series of public programs, it also considers the ever-shifting role of the painter in contemporary art and culture, which remains as fluid as the medium itself.

The exhibition posits abstract painting today as a means, not an end. For these artists, painting is a generative process—one that is rooted in the studio yet open and receptive to the world. Here new languages of abstraction and eccentric methods of making are freely pursued, crossing paths with sculpture, poetry, film, music, performance, design, publishing, craft, and fashion. Thus painting becomes a conduit—a way to make contactbeyond the closed frame of their formal invention.

The Walker’s first group painting show in more than a decade, the exhibition features Matt Connors, Sarah Crowner, Fergus Feehily, Jay Heikes, Rosy Keyser, Charles Mayton, Dianna Molzan, Joseph Montgomery, Katy Moran, Alex Olson, Scott Olson, Zak Prekop, Dominik Sittig, Lesley Vance, and Molly Zuckerman-Hartung.

 

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