Bands, Bloodys & Other Area Bullshit
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The MWMF 2014 Artist Sampler
The Noisy Neighbor teamed up with Mid West Music Fest for the second year in a row to bring you another MWMF artist sampler. This will give you a taste of what the 5th annual Mid West Music Fest taking place April 24-26th has to offer. Plus, you’re getting over 35 songs from some of…
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DTAP: Maggie Sather
Guys (that means boys and girls and everyone else!) today, Tuesday April 1st, is not going to be a joke. This is going to be a day. Why? It’s DTAP, and that means artist Maggie Sather is going to light up the Smith Gallery with her drawings. Her work is literally awe-inspiring. I once watched…
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3 Bands, 3 Questions – San Dimas, The Ultrasounds, Ruben
THE ULTRASOUNDS ask RUBEN Are you named after a sandwich or the incredibly talented and famous American Idol R&B crooner Ruben Studdard? Yes Who has a better beard…Mack or Sam? Sam’s. It’s more orangey. If you had to choose one musical mentor…dead or alive to train you up and guide you in the ways of…
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Does Winona have a Gay Bar?
Recently, I was able to catch up with Jake Warner, bar manager of the new night club Rendezvous and of The Mason Jar, which is attached to Rendezvous. To the unfamiliar, it’s the back space to The Mason Jar which was formerly known as Cheater’s, The Draught Haus, and Rascal’s. I wanted to ask him…
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Blank Page: An Unwritten Story of Sex
What does sex have to do with blank pages? And have you ever wondered what those first few blank pages in every book are for anyways? Are publishers giving us a little buffer in case we spill some beef stew that sinks through the cover? Are they places to jot down notes or doodle brilliant…
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International Festival of Owls Draws Fans and Researchers from Around the Globe
I can’t believe I let the International Festival of Owls fly under my radar for so long (wink). Going into its twelfth year, it doubles and nearly triples the gem of a town that is Houston, Minnesota. When I initially stumbled upon it I thought, “Wow, a festival completely devoted to one of the coolest…
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Jake Ilika Releasing Debut EP
Former Winonan and now full-time Minneapolis-based musician Jake Ilika will be releasing his debut EP he recorded with his band, The Heavy Set, on March 1st, 2014 at Ed’s (No Name) Bar . Joining the bill is Minneapolis-based Americana musician and RealPhonic Studios owner/engineer/producer Erik Koskinen and his band. The cost is $5.00 and doors…
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Frozen River Film Festival: A Screening of the Big Picture
For the past nine years in Winona, the end of January has been equated with the Frozen River Film Festival. Locals would have to try pretty hard to not take part in at least some of this festival’s extensive programming, which expands from Winona State’s campus to downtown businesses to as far as Lanesboro for…
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Music Meets Fashion featuring artist Sarah Johnson
Model: Sarah Johnson Photographer: Rebecca Lesser Clothing & Styling: Sarah Johnson’s personal collection Photos taken at Shannon Porter Studio in Winona, MN Sarah in her own words: “I’ve been in Winona since the turn of the century, and I love it. So much art, music, funky goodness, natural beauty. Music was always a part of…
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The Price was Right for Joel Hanson
This is a brief interview with Winona local, political enthusiast, Old Style drinker, and last but not least, my younger brother, Joel Hanson, pertaining to his crazy experience out in LA on The Price is Right. The episode he’s on airs tomorrow, Thursday, February 6th at 10am Central Time on CBS— from what I hear.…
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Nothing to Hide in “Store Facades”
Get out your sunglasses ‘cuz something brighter than the sun is here! The cold is not over, but Ally Sulpy is heating things up this Friday at the Winona Arts Center with her show “Store Facades.” What is she hiding behind all those facades, you ask? Nothing. In her brilliant, bright, bear-it-all style, Ally is…
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Leo “Bud” Welch brings the blues to Winona
Leo “Bud” Welch may have been donning his best Sunday suit at Ed’s (no name) Bar on January 19th, but the 81 year old musician, with decades of experience playing in gospel groups around his home in rural Mississippi, was clearly here in Winona to sing the blues. Equipped with a microphone headset and perched…