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Tour brings '60s bands together for concert in Bemidji

BEMIDJI - Lakeland Public Television and the Sanford Center are happy to be together, teaming up Tuesday to host the "Happy Together Tour" at the Sanford Center. "It is kind...

news / local / entertainment Sat, Aug 04, 2012 - 12:00am

Bemidji artist Ron Schrader designed the new bike rack for the Sanford Center. Monte Draper | Pioneer Photo

Rack combines love for fishing, biking

BEMIDJI - The Sanford Center has installed four giant fish hooks in front of the building, not to catch fish, but to be used as a bike rack for as...

news / local / entertainment Sat, Aug 04, 2012 - 12:00am

Babe the Blue Ox is surrounded by the cast of "The Legend of Paul Bunyan" which is on stage now at the Bemidji High School Auditorium. Today the performance begins at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets at the door beginning one hour before show times: $15 for family, $8 for adult and $6 for senior citizens and students K-12. Front from left: Sidyzen Parker-Clark, Savannah Haugen, Ellie Ingalls, Summer Crow, Addie Dauner. Middle from left: James Siems, Katya Kivi, Meghan Dougherty, Emily Kivi, Llewell...

'The Legend 0f Paul Bunyan' being performed

Babe the Blue Ox is surrounded by the cast of "The Legend of Paul Bunyan" which is on stage now at the Bemidji High School Auditorium. Today the performance begins...

news / local / entertainment Sat, Aug 04, 2012 - 12:00am

Percussionist and former conductor of the Bemidji Area Community Band David Murphy (left) and Les Torgerson, backstage after the last BACB concert, joke about Torgerson's stint as conductor for the final concert of the season. Murphy is wearing one of the new shirts the band bought this year with grant money received from Region 2 Arts Council and the Bemidji Area Arts Endowment. Patt Rall | Bemidji Pioneer

Torgerson takes the baton

BEMIDJI - When Les Torgerson takes the baton on Sunday for the last concert of the summer season for the Bemidji Area Community Band he will be returning to his...

news / local / entertainment Thu, Aug 02, 2012 - 2:22am

Some of the Bemidji players for "Seussical" now at the Paul Bunyan Playhouse are smiling after leaving their first musical rehearsal at Headwaters School for Music and the Arts. From left to right are Libby Sorenson, Eric Benson, Chuck Deeter and Matthew Jedlicka. Missing from the photo are Jade Hunt from Bemidji and Emily Warden from Blackduck. Patt Rall | Bemidji Pioneer

Bemidji area cast members gather for 'Seussical'

BEMIDJI - It was only the first musical rehearsal for the cast of the show now on stage at the Paul Bunyan Playhouse and Matt Goinz, musical director, already had...

news / local / region / entertainment Thu, Aug 02, 2012 - 12:00am

The Paul Bunyan Playhouse will present "Suessical," the final play of the summer season. The musical, with a cast of 25 actors, starts tonight and runs through Aug. 11. Two matinees, starting at 2 p.m., are planned for Aug. 5 and Aug. 9. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

'Suessical,' final Paul Bunyan Playhouse show, begins run tonight

BEMIDJI - The Paul Bunyan Playhouse traditionally closes the theater season with a big musical finale and the production of "Suessical" opening tonight at the Chief Theater in downtown Bemidji...

news / entertainment / local Wed, Aug 01, 2012 - 12:00am

Jeff Coffin juggles two instruments while playing with the Dave Matthews Band during a June concert.

A surreal opportunity: Bemidji man enjoys unfettered access to band

Editor's Note: This is the second of two submissions written by Del Lyren, professor of music at Bemidji State University, after he toured for three days with the Dave Matthews...

news / local / entertainment Wed, Aug 01, 2012 - 12:00am

'The Legend of Paul Bunyan the Musical' to be presented

BEMIDJI--There may be other communities within or without Minnesota, like Maine or Michigan, who claim Paul Bunyan for their own but we in Bemidji know that our Paul Bunyan and...

news / local / entertainment Wed, Aug 01, 2012 - 12:00am

Pioneer Previews: Northern Bass to present concert

The Lake Bemidji Summer Concert Series will showcase the Northern Bass, a family musical group from Laporte beginning at 1:30 p.m. today at the amphitheatre at the Lake Bemidji State...

news / local / entertainment Sun, Jul 29, 2012 - 12:00am

Heidi Landis of Blackduck admires a "Black Duck Drake" carved by Gary Muhlenbruck. The carving will be among the raffle items at the 29th annual Blackduck Woodcarvers Festival. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Wayside Park. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Blackduck Woodcarvers Festival set for Saturday

Heidi Landis of Blackduck admires a "Black Duck Drake" carved by Gary Muhlenbruck. The carving will be among the raffle items at the 29th annual Blackduck Woodcarvers Festival. The event...

news / local / entertainment Thu, Jul 26, 2012 - 12:00am

Matt Sieberg will soon be making his way to graduate study at the University of South Carolina. Until then, you can find him teaching piano at Headwaters School of Music and the Arts, where he and his students have a good time working together. Patt Rall | Bemidji Pioneer

Pianist taking talents to next level

BEMIDJI - Keep the name of Matthew (Matt) Sieberg filed away in your musical memory. One future day, when you read that he is the soloist for the New York...

news / local / entertainment / education Thu, Jul 26, 2012 - 12:00am

Dancers from the Suzy and Hondo School of Dance competed July 12 and 13 at the annual Twin Cities Open Ballroom Dance Championship. From left, Spud Solors, Riley Bresina, Kari Waller, Jessie Dewey, Tia Langhout, Suzy, Tyra Langhout, Hondo and Lenore Siems competed in 33 heats in seven dances (cha cha, rumba, east coast swing, fox trot, waltz, tango, Viennese waltz) and received 13 first-place awards, 10 second-place awards and one third-place award, plus an unexpected appearance as background dancers on ...

Suzy and Hondo dancers place in Twin Cities championship

Dancers from the Suzy and Hondo School of Dance competed July 12 and 13 at the annual Twin Cities Open Ballroom Dance Championship. From left, Spud Solors, Riley Bresina, Kari...

news / business / local / entertainment / education Sun, Jul 22, 2012 - 12:00am

Beltrami County Fair still has commercial space available

BEMIDJI - There is still space for vendors at the Beltrami County Fair. The fair will be held Aug. 8-12 at the Beltrami County Fairgrounds in Bemidji. "It always gets...

news / local / entertainment Sun, Jul 22, 2012 - 12:00am

Pioneer Previews: Art in the Park continues today

The 45th annual Art in the Park festival is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at Library Park, next to the Bemidji Community Arts Center. The festival is a...

news / local / entertainment Sun, Jul 22, 2012 - 12:00am

Melissa Paul looks at one of the mosaic lazy susans featured in the Tumbled Glass Studio tent at Art in the Park Saturday. Kayla Prasek | Bemidji Pioneer

Bemidji artist showcases work at Art in the Park

BEMIDJI - As vendors from all over the United States peddled their pottery, jewelry, photographs and paintings, Virgene Tyrrell sat in her tent enjoying the breeze off Lake Bemidji as...

news / local / entertainment Sun, Jul 22, 2012 - 12:00am

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