Performing Arts

A classic comedy, an irreverent take on Shakespeare, and one of the most popular musicals of the modern era constitute the 2019 Summer Theatre Season for Brainerd Community Theatre. BCT’s Director, Patrick Spradlin, announced the three show slate by saying ‘This is one of the more ambitious seasons we’ve yet …

Known throughout the world as a virtuoso on piano, George Winston will give a solo concert on Friday, April 12 in the Chalberg Theatre on the Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College (CLC). The 7:30 show marks Winston’s fifth appearance as part of the Central Lakes Community Performing Arts Center’s …

Chicago-based Griffin Theatre Company brings their world premiere drama ‘In To America’ to the Chalberg Stage on March 29. As part of the Central Lakes Community Performing Arts Center’s Cultural Arts Series, the play will perform at 7:30 p.m. Using personal diaries, journals, and documented historic narratives ‘In To America’ …

Central Lakes Community Performing Arts Center and the Central Lakes College Foundation will team with Prairie Bay Grill and Catering to present A.R. Gurney’s ‘Love Letters’ on Sunday, February 24. The performance will be at Prairie Bay’s Baxter restaurant, and all proceeds will go to the Joseph Plut Scholarship Fund. …

It would be a great night of entertainment to listen to a guitar virtuoso demonstrate his considerable skills. But to hear two virtuosos in one evening? That’s truly incredible, and what audiences can expect when the Central Lakes Community Performing Arts Center presents Laurence Juber and Martin Taylor under the …

The life and music of one of the true legends of popular music, Bobby Vee, will be onstage at the Tornstrom Auditorium on January 25 when ‘Remembering Bobby Vee’ hits the stage at 7:30 p.m. As part of the Central Lakes College Community Performing Arts Center’s season, the show is …

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 …