Crafting the authentic voice to artfully and truthfully tell our stories.
Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Wendy Smith performs as a solo artist and with her band, The Zillionaires. Crafting songs with depth, playfulness, and simplicity, Wendy weaves together music and stories to reflect everyday life, dreams, and desires. She has composed for theater, film, special events, and just for the heck of it. Bio: Musician Wendy […]
Once more, 1762 Hennepin gets out its holiday trim to mark our Winter Solstice Celebration featuring stories, poetry, songs and more with Leslie Ball, Ralph Tutola and guests- a nod to Nordic tradition to mark the longest night of the year. Come welcome a darker night with us. To register: Add the number of tickets […]
In Brenda Varda’s Songwriting Workshop, we consider well-known lyric examples (and lesser known), looking for ways that your words can incorporate rhyme, rhythm, imagery, and metaphor within common structures of song. The second half of the class will be an opportunity to do a first draft based on your ideas. To register: Add the […]
Kismet Rendezvous, Twin Cities based Blues and Americana duo Lonesome Dan Kase & Dawn Tanner will be performing music and excerpts from Dawn’s book “Into the Undergrowth”. You do not want to miss this fun and feel good night! To register: Add the number of tickets you want by clicking the ‘+’ button Click […]
The wilderness has always held attention somewhere in the overlap of unrestricted fascination, deep terror, and enduring mystique. As a living symbol, it represents the unknown and the unpredictable- the very medium of Life itself. Drawing on the languages of poetry, music, myth, and story we’ll venture headlong into the underbrush of the timeless soul, […]
Perfect Harmony and other poems performed by poet Timothy Young and violinist Dalyce Elliott Young, with musical support by Brothers Burn Mountain. Timothy’s version and Dalyce’s musical composition for the profound poem, Perfect Harmony, by Ibn El Arabi a 12th Century Andalusian poet, will be featured. The Brothers Burn Mountain duo of Jesse Dermody and […]
FREE EVENT! Poetry, Music, & Open Mic. As part of a new work showcase writers Henry Kneiszel and SEE MORE PERSPECTIVE will create a unique performance that blends poetry, music, and sound to explore themes related to the changing internet landscape, finding beauty in a strange world, wikipedia, and bugs. Poets will read original work […]
In this show, we’re featuring the many songs in one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, As You Like It. Most are new compositions, a necessity given that almost all of the original stage music has lost, but we will also feature a setting by Thomas Morley of “Under the Greenwood Tree” from 1600 that Shakespeare […]
The wilderness has always held attention somewhere in the overlap of unrestricted fascination, deep terror, and enduring mystique. As a living symbol, it represents the unknown and the unpredictable- the very medium of Life itself. Drawing on the languages of poetry, music, myth, and story we’ll venture headlong into the underbrush of the timeless soul, […]
In “I Have My Ways: Teaching Stories”, retired elementary school teacher Christopher Nelson shares some of the funny, alarming, and touching stories from his career as an educator. Sufian Zhemukhov joins with his guitar for a wonderful night of stories and music! Teller bios: Christopher Nelson- Drawing on my experiences as an educator, I learned […]
A warm, intimate evening of original songwriting under the summer sky. Join us for two distinct voices: Zola Rosenfeld’s tender, literate indie-folk and Carl Franzen’s wide‑ranging, story-driven songs. Musician Bios: Zola Rosenfeld- Born in San Francisco (c. 2000) and made in Minneapolis (c. 2021). Zola’s indie sound resonates somewhere in the realm of acoustic Elliott […]
Henry Kneiszel and See More Perspective will create a unique performance that blends poetry, music, and sound to explore themes related to the changing internet landscape, finding beauty in a strange world, wikipedia, and bugs. Poets will read original work with sound and music woven in for texture. Henry is also a comedian and See […]