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Holiday Extravaganza — December 20

Holiday Extravaganza!

7:30 PM, Saturday, December 20

Tickets: $15 in advance, $18 at the door,

$5 Students (18 and under) Buy online now

Tickets also available in Zumbrota at Busby's Hardware and Furniture, Crossings, and Main Street Pharmacy.

Want to reserve your seat? Choose your seat at Crossings: $19 Adults, $9 Students

A joint production of Crossings and the Zumbrota Area Arts Council to benefit State Theatre renovations.

Multi-talented performer Dan Chouinard returns to Zumbrota with special guest Simone Perrin for the 2014 Holiday Extravaganza! A multitude of talented local musicians and dancers will join them in the third annual production to benefit renovations at Zumbrota's State Theatre. The Holiday Extravaganza lights up the stage on Sat., Dec. 20, at 7:30 p.m.

This community-wide variety show and sing-along will include performances by the Zumbrota-Mazeppa High School Jazz Band, the Rochester Flute Choir, Gwendelara Hendee, selections from the Zumbrota Dance Studio’s production of “Elsa, the Princess of Ice,” Flamenco Guitarist Victor Jortack, the ZMHS Singers, and a special “Ask Santa” segment featuring the jolly old elf himself.

This concert is a joint production between Crossings at Carnegie and the Zumbrota Area Arts Council to raise funds for improvements to the historic State Theatre, which is owned and operated by the Zumbrota Area Arts Council. The theatre is an intimate venue whose vintage atmosphere is praised by audiences and performers alike. Plans are underway for the new addition that will house handicapped accessible restrooms and an expanded concessions area.

Chouinard turns up regularly in Zumbrota playing a supporting role for performers like Peter Ostroushko, Prudence Johnson, Ann Reed and others. He is an accomplished pianist and accordionist, as well as a talented storyteller.

Chouinard has hosted similar community-based holiday shows in Lanesboro every year since 2007, drawing on local talent to fill most of the show's roster of musicians and storytellers and always featuring a performer friend from the Twin Cities as a special guest. He regularly creates unique programs which blend storytelling, interview and music, many of these for Minnesota Public Radio. He has dubbed Crossings “my favorite SE Minnesota haunt.”

Perrin is also no stranger to Zumbrota, performing regularly at Crossings. She was last seen at the State Theatre in February in The Love Show. Based in Minneapolis, accordionista and chanteuse Perrin has performed at the Guthrie Theatre as well as on A Prairie Home Companion.

General admission tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door, $5 for students 18 and under. Advance tickets are available in Zumbrota at Busby Hardware & Furniture, Crossings at Carnegie and Main Street Pharmacy. Reserved seating tickets are $19 for adults, $9 for students and are available only at Crossings, 320 East Ave, Zumbrota, or call 507-732-7616.

The State Theatre is located at 96 East 4th Street in Zumbrota. This event is made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

His Neighbor Phil — October 25-31 and November 2

Come early to get your treats–we'll keep you entertained with our slideshow of candid shots taken during the production. Fresh hot popcorn, beer, wine, soda and candy are available.

His Neighbor Phil

Regular Showings

2 pm and 7:30 pm — Sunday, October 26

7:30 pm — Monday, October 27 through Friday, October 31

2 pm and 7:30 pm — Sunday, November 2

Tickets are $10 and are available at the door. Doors open one hour before showtime.

Rated PG. *Note–no showing on Saturday, November 1.

His Neighbor Phil is an emotional family drama about Alzheimer's Disease, devotion, music and the power of love starring Daniel Roebuck, Stephanie Zimbalist, Ellen Dolan and Sally Kellerman.

Read about us in the Rochester Post-Bulletin!

Zumbrota was a flurry of activity last March and April as this film was being shot entirely on location in Zumbrota and included many familiar landmarks, businesses, musicians*, and local actors. Don't miss this opportunity to watch the film before it is released to the public!

*Featuring the music of Claudia Schmidt, Becky Shlegel, Ashlee Hewitt, Logan Langley, Tat Erredge, Ray Sands and the Polka Dots, the Zumbrota Community Band, and the Minneapolis based SeVy gospel quartet.

Follow His Neighbor Phil on Facebook to get all the latest updates and DVD purchase information.

More details about the film at http://www.mytownpictures.com/recent-productions.html

The State Theatre is located at 96 East 4th Street in Zumbrota. (507) 732-5210.

Shawn Phillips — October 18

Crossings brings Shawn Phillips to Zumbrota's State Theatre on Saturday, October 18 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $22 in advance, $25 at the door, and can be purchased online or by calling 507-732-7616. Doors open at 6:30 pm.

Critically acclaimed and with a star-studded “played with” list, Shawn Phillips has the goods. Phillips has sung with the Beatles, recorded with Traffic members Steve Winwood, Chris Wood, and Jim Capaldi, taught Joni Mitchell 12-string guitar techniques, and was the first to use an Indian sitar in popular music. He’s recorded four albums that made it on Billboard’s Top 100, and four of his singles have reached Billboard’s Top 40.

His most recently released album is “Perspectives,” a 17-song double CD.

Phillips is the kind of artist who seeks critical acclaim and appreciates his loyal fans – who quietly push his albums into multigold and platinum status in North America and overseas.

Phillips, who is the son of best-selling spy novelist Philip Atlee, traveled the world with his family, and as an adult settled in a small Italian village after spending time in the ’60s culture of San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury and England. Reviewers have expressed awe at Phillips’ ability to play electric and acoustic six- and 12-string guitars (single- and double-necked), the sitar, and at his three-octave vocal range. His lyrics and melodies – running the gamut from folk to pop, classical to jazz – astound.

Music fans won’t want to miss this opportunity to spend an intimate evening with this ought-to-be-a-legend!

The State Theatre is located at 96 East 4th Street in Zumbrota. For more information call 507-732-5210.

Mike Doughty — September 6

Crossings brings Mike Doughty's Renowned, Award Winning "Question Jar Show" to Zumbrota's State Theatre on Saturday, September 6, at 8 pm. Tickets are $20 in advance, $23 at the door, and can be purchased online or by calling 507-732-7616. Doors open at 7 pm.

Mike Doughty contains multitudes: Singer. Songwriter. Guitar player. Poet. Author. Playwright. Photographer. Most Improved Camper, West Point Youth Camp, 1982. He’s released five solo albums, some EPs, a covers album, a couple of live albums, a bunch of EDM tracks and remixes, a poetry book, and a memoir about that time he was in a band called Soul Coughing and didn’t like it and took a lot of drugs. Now, he performs in a duo with Andrew “Scrap” Livingston.

The show, also the name of a two-disk live album by Doughty and Livingston, who plays cello and electric guitar, features not only music, but the answers to questions placed in a jar by the audience before the show starts. “Questions on any topic–obscure, weird, or esoteric questions accepted happily,” Doughty says on his website. So far, audiences have proven themselves capable of coming up with some doozies.

Doughty most recently released “Circles Super Bon Bon…,” an album of re-imagined Soul Coughing songs recorded with the hip-hop/house DJ Good Goose, in September 2013. Two new albums are slated for release in fall 2014: an album produced by Good Goose, “Stellar Motel,” and a live album called “Live at Ken’s House.”

It's in this kind of setting where Doughty thrives, with the sparse arrangement putting the focus on his twisting, poetic lyrics while the time between songs gives the singer the opportunity to draw audiences in with his laid-back charm. Songs like “Madeline and Nine,” and “Down on the River by the Sugar Plant,” really shine when they're stripped down to their most basic elements, allowing their yearning to take center stage in the absence of a full band.

– Gregory Heaney, AllMusic.com

MIke Doughty

The State Theatre is located at 96 East 4th Street in Zumbrota. For more information call 507-732-5210.

The Tex Pistols Band — September 5

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Crossings brings The Tex Pistols Band to Zumbrota's State Theatre on Friday, September 5, at 8 pm. Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 at the door, and can be purchased online or by calling 507-732-7616. Doors open at 7 pm.

"The Tex Pistols aren't from the Lone Star State, don't pack anything but gear, and have nothing to do with punk or even cowpunk. But you have to love their name – and their experience in so many diverse combos (Daisy Dillman Band, Mary Jane Alm Band, Judd, et al.)" -Surowicz, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Four good friends become a great quartet of smoking hot guitars, emotive vocals and tight harmonies when The Tex Pistols Band take the stage.

Audiences will hear an Americana sound that’s classic yet unexpected. The Tex Pistols evoke shades of Neil Young and John Hiatt, Steve Earle and Steve Winwood, with some Eagles and Beatles thrown in for good measure.

Brian C. Peters, Dik Shopteau and Scott “Scooter” Nelson started sharing their country-influenced Americana sound in 1986, when they began touring extensively as The Tex Pistols. After four years, they hung up their hats on the band, but after a long hiatus the three reunited and added Boyd Lee.

The band released its second CD, “Hold On,” in 2011. Its first CD was "Fully Loaded," released in 2008.

All four members make their living in the music business, performing and recording with a variety of groups and artists in the Twin Cites and the national music scene. Members of the foursome have played with the likes of Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Beach Boys, Prince, Tina Turner, The Judds, Bob Weir, Clint Black, David Grisman, Reba McEntire, Charlie Daniels, The Neville Brothers, Average White Band, Hank Williams Jr., Spirit, Todd Rundgren, Sammy Hagar and Ronny Milsap.

“It’s like we all try to impress each other both live and in the studio, and it’s that pushing of the envelope every time that makes it fun for us and I think the audience as well,” says Lee.

The Tex Pistols

The State Theatre is located at 96 East 4th Street in Zumbrota. For more information call 507-732-5210.