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Miller, band bring southern blues to Folk Forum
Nov 19, 2015
The Scottie Miller Blues Band will perform at the Oak Center General Store’s Folk Forum Saturday, Nov. 21, at 8 p.m. A former touring companion of the late Bo Diddley, Miller plays southern soul, greasy funk, gospel ballads and blues. Tickets are $5-$15, patrons pay what they can. Children’s...
Rest Island figured big in alcohol prohibition
Nov 12, 2015
Lake City, and specifically Rest Island on the north edge of town, played a key role in local and state efforts to enforce prohibition at the end of the 19th century.
That history will be spelled out in a Goodhue County Historical Society program to be held in Red Wing Nov. 19.
The program is being...
Suchy concert is Nov. 14 in Oak Center
Nov 12, 2015
Great Plains farmer and folk musician Chuck Suchy (pronounced “soo-key”) will perform at the Oak Center General Store’s Folk Forum Saturday, Nov. 14, at 8 p.m. Suchy has performed on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion radio show and has earned praise from folk music luminaries Rod Kennedy...
Lincoln High School's 'Mary Poppins' is Nov. 13-15
Nov 12, 2015
Rehearsals for this year’s Lincoln High School all-school play, “Mary Poppins,” have taken on a sense of urgency as students and directors try to make the musical as “practically perfect” as its title character ahead of its first public performance Friday night.
“Mary Poppins” is the story of a...
Several groups plan events to honor vets as Veterans Day approaches
Nov 5, 2015
Military veterans will be honored in a variety of ways by a variety of organizations around Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11.
A Gold Star Family presentation will be made at The Bluffs of Lake City assisted care facility Wednesday to Robert and Lori Hebert.
The Heberts’ son, Tony, was killed in...
Coming to Oak Center Nov. 7, The High 48s
Nov 5, 2015
Bluegrass band The High 48s will make their Oak Center General Store Folk Forum debut with an 8 p.m. performance on Saturday, Nov. 7. The band takes their name from railroad slang for the boxcars originally used to transport troops on the front lines in WWI that could carry 40 soldiers or eight...
Several to offer special treats for Halloween
Oct 29, 2015
New residents of the recently opened Bluffs of Lake City assisted care facility are putting out the welcome mat Saturday evening.
The facility is inviting young trick-or-treaters to stop by the facility on North Oak Street between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. as they make their Halloween rounds.
The facility...
Jazz trio to perform at Railhouse Grill Oct. 31
Oct 29, 2015
Jazz saxophonist John Paulson and his trio return to The Railhouse Grill on Saturday, Oct. 31, for a 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. performance. Paulson was a full-time music professor at St. Mary’s University in Winona for 31 years before retiring in 2012. He’s recorded six commercial albums. His latest is the...
Meyer, Kipper to play in Oak Center on Halloween
Oct 28, 2015
Rockabilly balladeer Barbara Meyer, long-time collaborator Stan Kipper and their band will perform at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31 for what her website promises will be a “spooky, spell-casting Hallowe’en party” at the Oak Center General Store. Meyer and Kipper are former members of the Minneapolis...
Halloween Bash to support Lake Pepin Interpretive Centre
Oct 22, 2015
The proposed new Lake Pepin Interpretive Centre will be the richer for some Halloween fun being planned for Friday, Oct. 30.
A Halloween bash will be held from 7 p.m. to midnight that night at the Lake City Sportsman’s Club.
Money raised from the event will go to the interpretive center.
The event...
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