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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...

A Minneapolis musician-slash-master guitarist from rural Democratic Republic of Congo who was at the forefront of the soukous style of music will perform today at The Red Herring Lounge. Siama Matuzungi was part of a movement in the 1970s that combined traditional rhumba music with...

The Met Live: In HD is a series that regularly brings performances from the Metropolitan Opera to the big screen in your neighborhood – specifically Duluth Cinema. This week’s broadcast is Lehar’s operetta “The Merry Widow” starring Renee Fleming and directed by Tony Award-winning...

A Grammy Award-winning country artist who has been in the scene since the mid-1980s plays two shows in this area this weekend. Dwight Yoakam plays at 8 p.m. Friday at Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen, Minn., and follows with a show Saturday at Black Bear Casino in Carlton. Yoakam...

Zeitgeist’s month-long Minnesota Fringe Festival Sampler Pack continues this week with the personal story of a same-sex couple preparing for the birth of their child and a staged documentary about roller derby – performed on wheels. “The Genealogy of Happenstance,” by Allegra...

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...

In 1928, Minka “Minnie” DeYoung was a 16-year-old growing up on a dairy farm near Aberdeen, S.D., leading a hard but sheltered life. She literally still believed babies were delivered by a stork. When she was assaulted by a stranger after wandering away from a picnic, she knew...