Upcoming Events

Bring your best poem, story, song, whatever and wow us for five minutes. Limited to fifteen performers, but bring as many friends as you want. Cookies and coffee will be available.

Join Erik Donner for a high-energy tribute to his father Ral Donner and the legends, Elvis, Johnny Cash, and Sinatra, all the way to today's stars like Ed Sheeran

Joan Crawford and Bette Davis meet in Purgatory - trapped in the same body - reliving their legendary, life-long feud in a one-woman musical performed by Jill Gabrielle.

Chicago jazz vocalist Petra returns with guitarist Andy Brown for an afternoon of hauntingly atmospheric, creatively rich music.

Celebrate the 100th birthday of Marilyn Monroe as historic reenactor Kelly Walczak brings the legendary star to life, sharing the fascinating stories behind Marilyn’s remarkable life and career.

Join the Tom Lowrey trio for jazz classics and standards from the Great American Songbook. While rooted in jazz, the trio incorporates tastes of funk, Latin, and rock into some of their tunes.

America's war of independence from Great Britain was fought with both muskets and music. An American chaplain claimed that “one good song is worth a dozen proclamations” in stirring patriotic fervor among the colonists.

Musiciam Fruteland Jackson brings us on a guided historical journey through the origins and development of blues music, tracing its path from folk traditions to its lasting impact on American culture, with a musical performance.

Before the end of the Revolutionary War, indentured servant Deborah Sampson, disguised as a man, joined the Continental Army using the alias Robert Shurtleff.

French-Canadian explorer Louis Jolliet helped map North America, joining Jacques Marquette in 1673 as the first non-Natives to explore the Upper Mississippi River. Jim Healy brings Jolliet to life in a one-man play.