Music

Yid Vicious - 22nd Annual Groundhog Day Klezmer Reunion March 24, 2018 Join Yid Vicious and friends for their 22nd annual Groundhog Day (observed) celebration.
Anna Tivel w/ Jeffrey Martin March 17, 2018 Anna Tivel has spent some quality hours in a dodge caravan repeating lyrical lines over and over until the words fall in time with the windshield wipers, or until the gas light... [more]
Bill Dickman w/ Half Rose Half Nelson March 16, 2018 Bill Dickman will be bringing an acoustic trio for this show. Alt-country, Americana, Folk Rock.
Art Reception for Ellen Meyer March 4, 2018 Come meet March's visual artist, Ellen Meyer. Reception from 7 - 9 pm Free and open to the public
Madtown Poetry Open Mic - Featured Reader: Martha Kaplan March 2, 2018 Martha Jackson Kaplan is a Pushcart nominated poet who writes from a love of words and a curiosity about how they speak to us of history, sense of place, and the personal. What do we see?
Freedom Night [open mic] February 24, 2018 Play music, read poetry or prose, perform magic tricks or spoken word. You could even tell a joke if you want. The mic is Open. Sign up starts at 7:30 pm. Show starts at 8.
Art Reception - Corey Alexander February 4, 2018 Come down and meet February's featured artist. 7 - 9 pm Free and open to the public
Madtown Poetry Open Mic February 2, 2018 7:30 Sign Up 8:00 Open Mic 5 min limit
Freedom Night [open mic] January 27, 2018 Freedom Night: Embodying the peaceful coexistence of poem, joke, and song since 2015! 7:30 pm sign-up / 8 pm start. Host: Angelica Engel
Stray Passage January 6, 2018 "For those who seek to shake themselves out of musical complacency, there’s Stray Passage, an improvisational jazz trio that explodes boundaries, playing off the energy in the room and audienc
Madtown Poetry Open Mic January 5, 2018 The featured reader for this edition of the Madtown Poetry Open Mic will be J. Zachary Rothstein. Sign up starts at 7 and the show starts at 8.
Freedom Night [open mic] December 30, 2017 This is a variety open mic. Feel free to read poetry, tell jokes or stories, and play music. Skits and magic tricks also welcome. Really, anything goes.
James the Magician December 9, 2017 “James the Magician is a Magician. He is a Comedic Magician. People tend to laugh at him.
Rebecca Goldman - Art Reception December 3, 2017 Come meet December's artist, Rebecca Goldman. 6 - 8pm
Madtown Poetry Open Mic December 1, 2017 Sign-up starts 7:30pm. Featured reader at 8pm. Open Mic follows. Read your original work or a favorite poem for up to 5 minutes.
Freedom Night [open mic] November 25, 2017 This is a variety open mic. Feel free to read poetry, tell jokes or stories, and play music. Skits and magic tricks also welcome. Really, anything goes.
Jailhouse Payback November 11, 2017 Jailhouse Payback is an Americana band from Rochester, Minnesota.
East Side Acoustic Ensemble (ESAE) Fall Performance November 4, 2017 After 2 months of auditions, East Side Acoustic Ensemble is excited to be hosting their first (and last with this lineup) show.
The Madtown Poetry Open Mic w/ featured reader Matt Cook November 3, 2017 Matt Cook is the author of five books of poetry, including his newest collection, Irksome Particulars (Publishing Genius Press).
Freedom Night [open mic] October 28, 2017 Express yourself Halloween edition Freedom Music, poetry, comedy, spoken word -- All welcome! hosted by: Angelica Engel
Erik Brandt and the Urban Hillbilly Quartet w/ BanJovi October 14, 2017 “These concrete jungle hayseeds from the wind-whipped plains of St. Paul are fervent eclectics, liable to wander into funk, Arabic, or Irish music at the drop of a hi-hat.
The Madtown Poetry Open Mic w/ featured reader Susanna Lang October 6, 2017 Susanna Lang’s most recent collection of poems, Travel Notes from the River Styx, was released in June 2017 by Terrapin Books.
Hawaiian Music of the Golden Age 78 RPM record presentation featuring Mal-O-Dua May 20, 2017 Between 1915 and 1925 more Hawaiian records were sold than any other genre of music!
Grand Re-opening w/ Ladyscissors May 6, 2017 This will be the grand re-opening party to celebrate Mother Fool's recovery from their car crash last fall.
Auralei w/ Paul Fonfara (Painted Saints) February 18, 2017 With Stephanie Tschech providing a foundation of cello and voice, complemented by mulit-instrumentalist Nate Lehner, <b>Auralai</b> combines the best of classical beauty with pop-esque... [more]