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Music education students are seen with keynote speaker Wynton Marsalis at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago. In the top row, from left to right, are Jon Crust, Cathy Frenzel, Uriah Keller, Wynton Marsalis, Del Lyren and Jesica Lindquist. In the bottom row are Alex Lyren (left) and Lexie Kruse. Submitted photo

BSU students attend music clinic in Chicago

BEMIDJI – Bemidji State University music professor Del Lyren took students to the annual December Midwest Clinic in Chicago. Founded in 1946, the clinic is the largest conference for band...

entertainment / music Sat, Dec 29, 2012 - 10:07pm

Pioneer Previews for Dec. 30: Science Center, library offer events

BEMIDJ – The Headwaters Science Center and the Bemidji Public Library are hosting their version of First Night for families Monday starting at 2 p.m. at the library and ending...

entertainment Sat, Dec 29, 2012 - 9:51pm

Fans to join Beyonce onstage at Super Bowl

NEW YORK (AP) — All the single ladies — and fellas — will have a chance to join Beyonce onstage at the upcoming Super Bowl. Pepsi announced Friday that 100...

entertainment / music Fri, Dec 28, 2012 - 9:37am

Matthews raises profile during campaign

NEW YORK (AP) — To his boss, Chris Matthews has become a statesman. His critics probably have other words. The veteran MSNBC host raised his profile as much as any...

entertainment Thu, Dec 27, 2012 - 1:34pm

Survey finds increase in e-reading, drop in paper

NEW YORK (AP) — The tastes of the reading public are turning digital. A Pew Internet Research Center survey released Thursday found that the percentage of Americans aged 16 and...

entertainment Thu, Dec 27, 2012 - 9:56am

Pioneer Previews for Dec. 23: Familiar face sings in chamber choir

BEMIDJI – Most of the Christmas musical events are over for Bemidjians, except for some church related events. But if you want to see a familiar face singing in a...

entertainment Sat, Dec 22, 2012 - 10:34pm

Red House Records to celebrate 30th anniversary

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota-based Red House Records is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a special concert next year. "Women of Red House Records: A 30th Anniversary Concert" will...

entertainment / music Sat, Dec 22, 2012 - 2:35pm

Renowned opera singer in Vienna going strong at 95

VIENNA (AP) — It was 1947 in post-war Vienna, and Hilde Zadek remembers taking a deep breath behind the curtain. A rookie on her first opera gig, she was about...

entertainment / music Thu, Dec 20, 2012 - 10:58am

'Breakfast at Tiffany's' added to US film registry

WASHINGTON (AP) — "Breakfast at Tiffany's," ''Dirty Harry" and "A League of Their Own" will be preserved for their enduring significance in American culture by the Library of Congress, along...

entertainment Thu, Dec 20, 2012 - 10:19am

Norwood Hall, left, and Cyrus Swann talk during the opening reception for Swann's ceramic installation at the Wild Hare. The pieces will be on display and for sale through January. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

BSU grad turns passion into art

BEMIDJI – Potter Cyrus Swann says he and his mother always dreamed to setting up a pottery studio together. The dream began to come true after Swann graduated Bemidji State...

entertainment Wed, Dec 19, 2012 - 11:39pm

Carson Daly, right, with the three finalists, from left, Terry McDermott, Cassadee Pope and Nicholas David, on “The Voice.” Pope won the competition, followed by McDermott and David.

Soulful singer has Duluth ties

By Christa Lawler, Forum Communications In Nicholas David’s last act as a competitor on “The Voice,” he busted out a white suit and performed a soulful classic Boys II Men...

entertainment Wed, Dec 19, 2012 - 11:34pm

Minn. dinner theater to debut 2013 concert series

CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) — A long-running Twin Cities dinner theater is branching into musical concerts. Chanhassen Dinner Theatres plans to debut a 2013 concert series for audiences on its Fireside...

entertainment / music Wed, Dec 19, 2012 - 10:33am

Hollywood hacker honed his skills for years

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Long before Christopher Chaney made headlines by hacking into the email accounts of such stars as Scarlett Johansson and Christina Aguilera, two other women say he...

entertainment Mon, Dec 17, 2012 - 2:50pm

'Hobbit' bests 'Rings' with $84.8 million opening

NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" led the box office with a haul of $84.8 million, a record-setting opening better than the three previous "Lord of the Rings"...

entertainment Mon, Dec 17, 2012 - 2:47pm

Kids play Mozart with violins made from garbage

CATEURA, Paraguay (AP) — The sounds of a classical guitar come from two big jelly cans. Used X-rays serve as the skins of a thumping drum set. A battered aluminum...

entertainment / music Mon, Dec 17, 2012 - 11:46am

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