Reviews

Consider this the 5K before the marathon — music-festivally speaking. The Homegrown Winter Fiasco features multiple bands and multiple venues and maybe even a few of the “Should I go here or here” dilemmas that plague the Homegrown season. This one-day, smaller-scale event...

The folks behind the Duluth Armory plan to bust out the wayback machine to revisit the music from the famous Winter Dance Party that made a local stop. Cue the story of the knighting-like power that went from Buddy Holly’s eyes and straight to the soul of a young Robert Zimmerman...

The last time Doomtree played Duluth, they conjured a lightning show in Bayfront Festival Park. The Twin Cities-based hip-hop crew that features artists like Dessa (who played Mitchell Auditorium recently), Sims and P.O.S. returns for a show today at Grandma’s Sports Garden. Doomtree...

A young governess is charged with keeping watch over two orphans — but also ends up saddled with the ghosts of the remote Essex estate’s former servants. Or is it all in her head? According to a New York Times review from a 2007 production of “The Turn of the Screw” at...

Artist: Doomtree Album: "All Hands" Recorded at: The Hideaway and 1331, Minneapolis Produced by: Doomtree Website: doomtree.net Personnel:...

It's tough to distinguish yourself as a musician.

A four-man band with a ton of festival cred brings its bluegrass-y string music to The Red Herring Lounge, where it shares a stage with Tin Can Gin. Head for the Hills, which played The Rex this past summer, has been featured at Telluride Bluegrass Festival, South By Southwest and...

Two singer-songwriters who have gone halfsies on a 7-inch record will share a stage during an intimate show Friday at Amazing Grace Bakery and Cafe. Charlie Parr and Ben Weaver perform at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10. Locally based Parr kicks it old school with his folky blues and spirituals....

Have you heard the one about the savvy 20-year-old peasant girl who out-brained the entire king’s army when an otherworldly monster began haunting the townspeople of Gevaudan in 1764? “Marie-Jeanne Who Defeated La Bete Du Gevaudan” is a bit of theater directed by Amber Bjork...

The Duluth Art Institute’s Membership Exhibition is like a neighborhood block party where, instead of cookie salad, someone brings an art installation. The annual event includes work by a mix of dues-payers who have established art cred, are looking to make a name and/or visionary...

A comedy duo known for their dog turd-sized joints and smoke-filled wheels will perform in a greatest hits (no pun intended)-style show Friday at Symphony Hall. Cheech & Chong’s “Up in Smoke” tour features the same old smokers fans met more than 40 years ago. The show promises...

"Living on One Dollar" Starring: Zach Ingrasci, Chris Temple Writer/director: Zach Ingrasci, Chris Temple, Sean Leonard Time: 54 minutes Rating: NR (no swearing, no drug use, no adult scenarios) Available: Netflix Instant "Living on One Dollar" follows four...

Pushing Chain’s new self-titled album is a rootsy, Americana-ish nine-track debut from the duo of singer/guitarist Boyd Blomberg and fiddler/singer...

Minneapolis-based hip-hop artist Dessa returns to St. Scholastica on Friday as part of the college’s Bravo! series. Dessa most recently performed with Doomtree, a Twin Cities-based hip-hop collective, during a show this past summer at Bayfront Festival Park. (A News Tribune reviewer...