Performing Arts

Few singer-songwriters have amassed a catalog of hits as impressive as Billy Joel. His music will be paid tribute to by Twin Cities performer Mick Sterling on January 18 when “A Billy Joel State of Mind” comes to the Chalberg Theatre stage on the Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College. …

Tornstrom Auditorium will be the place to be for a wildly-imaginative, “not-so-silent night” the whole family can celebrate together when Rhythmic Circus brings their ‘Holiday Shuffle’ show on December 16. Presented by the Central Lakes Community Performing Arts Center, the show begins at an earlier time, 6 p.m., than other …

Photo: Women community activists in the Venezuelan state of Vargas During an economic crisis and ongoing US sanctions, local community member Larry Fisk visited Venezuela for three weeks this past May 2018. For a portion of his stay, as part of an international group, he met with human rights organizations, …

The Central Lakes Community Performing Arts Center will debut its 2018-19 season of events on October 5 when ARRIVAL, one of the world’s most popular and most selling ABBA show bands, performs in Tornstrom Auditorium. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. ARRIVAL was founded by Vicky Zetterberg in 1995 in …

Based on the true-life story of a horribly disfigured man who overcame personal adversity and became a celebrated part of Victorian London society, ‘The Elephant Man’ is first up on the Brainerd Community Theatre (BCT) season of plays. Performances begin on Sept. 27 and continue through the 29th, resuming for …

The Central Lakes Community Performing Arts Center at CLC was voted ‘Best of the Brainerd Lakes’ in two categories, as announced by the Brainerd Dispatch. The Center was voted #1 for both ‘Best Performing Arts’ and for ‘Best Live Entertainment Spot.’ There were 8 nominees for the performing arts category, …

The good ladies from the East Cornucopia Lutheran Church of the Prairie will be on hand to serve up a heapin’ helpin’ of musical comedy fun when ‘Church Basement Ladies’ hits the stage on July 19. As the second offering of Brainerd Community Theatre’s summer season, the beloved show runs …

“Rumors,” an adult farce written by America’s premiere comedic playwright, Neil Simon, will open Brainerd Community Theatre’s summer season on June 14. The show runs through June 16, and again from June 20-22. All performances are in the Chalberg Theatre on the Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College. “We’re billing …

The Central Lakes Community Performing Arts Center concludes it 2017-18 Cultural Arts Series when the Children’s Theatre Company (CTC) of Minneapolis presents “Seedfolks,” with one performance on Saturday, May 19. The play will perform at 11 a.m. in the Chalberg Theatre on the Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College. Based …

The horror of Frankenstein’s monster meets the screwball comedy of Mel Brooks when Brainerd Community Theatre presents ‘Young Frankenstein: The Musical’ on the Chalberg Theatre stage. The zany stage adaptation of Brooks’ comedy horror film of the same name will perform at 7;30 p.m. on April 26-28 and May 3-5. …