Ken Lonnquist and Dave Adler

Art in the cafe...

Members of Red Pine


"Permutations of Red Pine"


September 2026



A Red Pine tree was planted at the corner of 212 Merry Street in the late 60s that evolved over the decades into a cooperative household. We are making it a place for comity and creativity; Clarity and the imagination; we change detritus of early 21st century late stage capitalism into art, shrine, paintings, music, sculptures, urban Permaculture and homesteading experiments. We appreciate the used, the worn out, ever crumbling and reassembling; as we all are all the time.
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Friday, November 18, 2016
8:00 pm

Ken Lonnquist began writing songs at seven, took up the guitar at twelve, and has performed professionally since his college days at UW-Madison. He won a national audition and traveled widely as “Minstrel for the Environment”, writing and performing for K-12 students about environmental concerns. A series of acclaimed recordings for adults and children followed. Recognition from Parents Choice, American Library Association, Booklist, Children’s Music Web, Parents Guide To Children’s Media and others solidified his reputation as a family writer and entertainer. His love for theater found an outlet as composer for Children’s Theater of Madison, where 15 productions of his full-scale musicals have been presented by CTM and other theater companies. His “Old Befana” yuletide musical, sign-language videos and other special projects have widened his reach beyond his singer-songwriter status… but his charm and energy as a live performer remain the heart of his work.

Dave Adler is keyboardist with The Gomers, Willy Porter, The Love Monkeys and many others.

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