"Live @ 5" summer music series !!!
Come in person or livestream the concerts - June 29th, July 27th & August 31st from 5:00 to 6:30 PM
Celebrate summer with incredible live music from favorite Twin Cities artists while supporting the Unity Minneapolis Music Department and the vibrant experiences it brings to our community year-round.
A lot of great music happens at Unity Minneapolis, and this summer we’re bringing many of our favorite guest artists together for a special fundraising concert series supporting the Unity Minneapolis Music Department. These concerts will help support musical needs throughout the year, including guest artists, special services, and equipment that fall outside of our regular budget.
Join us in the Sanctuary or via livestream (see button below) for these beautiful summer evenings of music.
Concert Lineup:
• Monday, June 29 — “THREE” with Judi Vinar, Rachel Holder & Lori Dokken
• Monday, July 27 — Lori Dokken with Joyann Parker, Mary Jane Alm & Connie Evingson
• Monday, August 31 — Lori Dokken with Erin Schwab, Dane Stauffer & Tristana Ward
A donation of $25 is suggested, though gifts of any amount are appreciated.
Donate via Pushpay (see button below) or PayPal (@UnityMinneapolis).
Thank you so much for your support over the years. We hope you’ll join us for these beautiful summer evenings of music!
Fundraising Concerts for the Unity Minneapolis Music Department!
Unity Minneapolis
4000 Golden Valley Road
Minneapolis, MN 55422
Livestream at:
or Unity's Facebook page - facebook.com/unityminneapolis
or on my Facebook page -
facebook.com/lori.dokken
“A Return to Studio 54” - 8/2 -tickets on sale NOW !!!
It’s time for “A RETURN TO STUDIO 54!”
Studio 54 burst onto the scene in 1977 and its glamour and pageantry defined the disco era. Certainly Studio 54 was a place to party, but in its intermingling of art and culture, the club was a kind of performance piece in and of itself. The club’s admission policy only let in a select few … however it drew a mix of denizens from ALL walks of life, and the club offered a haven where people from diverse backgrounds, sexual orientations and gender identities could come together without judgment. On any night the guests might include Liza Minnelli, Andy Warhol, Grace Jones, the drag queen Divine and Bianca Jagger along with patrons of all races, socio economic scales and sexual orientation. Even though the original club was only open for three years … it created a space where all were welcome to come and dance, party, people watch and just celebrate being together.
It’s time for “A RETURN TO STUDIO 54!”
Some of the artists featured in the show include Evelyn “Champagne” King, Chaka Khan, Diana Ross, The Pointer Sisters, Tina Turner, Gloria Gaynor, Donna Summer, Natalie Cole and many more! A few of the disco classics you will experience are I’m Every Woman, I Will Survive, Don’t Leave Me This Way, We Are Family, No More Tears (Enough is Enough), Lady Marmalade, Rapture … We’re going to leave it there. We don’t want to give everything away!
Featuring:
Patty Peterson: Vocals
Judi Vinar: Vocals
Ginger Commodore: Vocals
Rachel Holder: Vocals
Lori Dokken: Music Director, Piano, Vocals
Phil Kadidlo: Keyboards
Joe Elliott: Guitar
Tony Axtell: Bass
David Stanoch: Drums
Sunday, August 2nd @ 6:30 PM
CROONERS SUPPER CLUB
The Main Stage
6161 Highway 65 NE
Minneapolis, MN 55432
Box Office: (763) 760-0062
"Club day monday cabaret!" - august 17th - 6:00 pm
Hosted by Doug Anderson & Lori Dokken!
Doug and Lori will be joined on stage for each monthly edition by several local artistic luminaries for the ninety-minute extravaganza. You can expect some fantastic music of all styles, cutting edge comedy routines along with a cornucopia of art forms that the artists will expose the “Club Day Monday Cabaret” audience to. This is a DON’T MISS opportunity to get out on a Monday for some great entertainment and start the week off with a bang … AND you’ll get home early!
On stage with Doug and Lori for the seventh edition will be Michael Gruber, Tim Leach, Audrey Parker & Teri Parker-Brown.
This is a DON’T MISS opportunity to get out on a Monday evening for some great entertainment and start the week off with a bang … AND you’ll get home early!
Featuring:
Doug Anderson: Vocals & Host
Lori Dokken: Piano and Vocals
Teri Parker-Brown: Vocals
Audrey Parker: Vocals
Tim Leach: Vocals
Michael Gruber: Vocals
CROONERS SUPPER CLUB
Dunsmore Room
6161 Highway 65 NE
Minneapolis, MN 55432
Box Office: (763) 760-0062
Monday, August 17th @ 6:00 PM
CROONERS SUPPER CLUB
The Dunsmore Room
6161 Highway 65 NE
Minneapolis, MN 55432
Box Office: (763) 760-0062
"We the People ... singing & speaking truth"
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th @ 6:30 PM
Please join us for an uplifting, provocative and inspiring concert event on Sunday, July 5th at Crooners Supper Club!
Over the years and centuries artists, writers, musicians and composers have brilliantly used their mediums to express feelings, thoughts, emotions, worries, anger and sadness in reaction to their surroundings … political culture … daily life … and the environment. It seems that this need to create and express themselves is spawned from a desire to affect, engage in and change the landscape of the times they are living through.
“We the People” is a concert event that will include spoken word from sources, documents and people such as: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Amanda Gorman, Maya Angelou, Hannah Arendt, Timothy Snyder, The Constitution, The Declaration of Independence and others. These reflections will be surrounded by musical selections made popular by Stevie Wonder, Simon & Garfunkel, Joni Mitchell, The Beatles, Sam Cooke, Buffalo Springfield, Brandi Carlile, Bob Dylan and more.
The afternoon will be guided by actress and Twin Cities resident Linda Kelsey who will present the spoken word sections. (Linda is best known for her role as Billie Newman on the CBS drama television series Lou Grant, which earned her three Golden Globe Award nominations and five Primetime Emmy Award nominations.)
On stage to deliver the musical portion that day will be some of the finest Twin Cities’ artists - Patty Peterson, Ginger Commodore, Judi Vinar, and Rachel Holder along with bassist Ben Kelly, drummer Nate Babbs and pianist/vocalist and music director Lori Dokken.
There will be sing-along opportunities for the audience, and the performers guarantee that we all will leave the experience feeling energized, hopeful and supported by our neighbors and community to continue the work ahead.
“We the People … Singing & Speaking Truth” - Sunday, July 5th @ 7:00 PM
Crooners Supper Club – Main Stage
Featuring:
Linda Kelsey – actress
Patty Peterson – vocalist
Judi Vinar – vocalist
Ginger Commodore – vocalist
Rachel Holder – vocalist
Ben Kelly – bass
Nate Babbs – percussion
Lori Dokken – producer/music director/pianist/vocalist
"We the People ... Singing & Speaking Truth"
CROONERS SUPPER CLUB
The Main Room
6161 Highway 65 NE
Minneapolis, MN 55432
Box Office: (763) 760-0062
"PAINTING JONI" ... CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF A MASTER
TICKETS ON SALE SOON!
Let’s celebrate the amazing Joni Mitchell with a concert event that will highlight some of Mitchell’s most popular works including Big Yellow Taxi, Both Sides Now, A Case of You, The Circle Game, Woodstock and many more.
A self-described “painter derailed by circumstance” and hailed by Rolling Stone as “one of the greatest songwriters ever,” Joni Mitchell’s music paints social and environmental issues using a poetic style while addressing the universal feelings of romantic longing, loss, disillusion and joy. A nine-time Grammy award winner, along with seven other nominations, Mitchell’s music blazed new trails in the industry with her unique open tunings, alternative harmonic structure and lyrical styling that touches the hearts of all who hear it.
Painting Joni … Celebrating the Music of a Master
The Dunsmore Room @ Crooners
Sunday, September 13th, 2026 – 5:00 PM
Judi Vinar – vocals
Rachel Holder – vocals
Lori Dokken – vocals and piano
Sunday, September 13th @ 5:00 PM
CROONERS SUPPER CLUB
The Dunsmore Room
6161 Highway 65 NE
Minneapolis, MN 55432
Box Office: (763) 760-0062
unity minneapolis - music director - lori dokken
Sunday morning services have moved back to Unity Minneapolis' Sanctuary! Live-streamed and in person
Sunday morning services have moved back to Unity Minneapolis' Sanctuary! Live-streamed and in person
Sunday morning services have moved back to Unity Minneapolis' Sanctuary! Live-streamed and in person
Unity Minneapolis - live-streamed and in-person service at 10:00 AM!
After 15 months of gathering at Robbinsdale Parkway United Church of Christ ... Phase One of the renovation is done and on July 13th we celebrate a homecoming to the new Unity Sanctuary!
Unity Minneapolis
4000 Golden Valley Road
Minneapolis, MN 55422
Join me for a tremendously uplifting Sunday morning experience at Unity Minneapolis where I have been the Music Director for the past fifteen years. Weekly Sunday morning service at 10:00 with the service available in person or by livestream on the church's website or their Facebook page or YouTube channel.
Frequent musical guests include The Unity Choir, Judi Vinar, Rachel Holder, Patty Peterson, Dane Stauffer, Joyann Parker, Erin Schwab, Ginger Commodore, Mary Jane Alm and many, many other great Twin Cities’ artists.
August & September Music Teams
Sunday - August 24th - Musical Guests are Erin Schwab, Dave Berget, Pete Hennig and me!
Sunday, August 27th - Musical Guest is Patty Peterson and me!
Sunday September 7th - “What Would You Do?”
Musical Guests Rachel Holder, Dave BErget, David Stanoch and me!
Sunday, September 14th - “God Help the Outcasts
Musical Guests are Rachel Holder, Dave Berget, David Stanoch and me!
Sunday, September 21st - “Beautiful City”
Musical Guests are Dane Stauffer, Tristana Ward, Dave Berget, David Stanoch and me!
Sunday, September 28th - “I’m Here”
Musical Guests are Rachel Holder, Ben Kelly, David Stanoch and me!
The Annual September Music Series for 2025 at Unity Minneapolis is "When Art Speaks ..."
Sunday morning services have moved back to Unity Minneapolis' Sanctuary! Live-streamed and in person
Sunday morning services have moved back to Unity Minneapolis' Sanctuary! Live-streamed and in person
“When Art Speaks …”
… from Berlin in the 1930s to today.
This year’s September Music Series will highlight the world of American theatre and specifically Broadway musicals from the past seventy years.
Artists and composers have brilliantly used this medium to express feelings, thoughts, emotions, worries, anger and sadness in reaction to their surroundings … political culture … daily life … and the environment. It seems that this need to create and express themselves is spawned from a desire to engage in and change the landscape of the times they were living through.
Please join us in person or online for the September Music Series at Unity Minneapolis - “When Art Speaks.” It promises to be a powerful, engaging, poignant, humorous, thought provoking and incredibly inspiring month.
“When Art Speaks” to us it can motivate and inspire diverse communities to bond together with common cause to form a movement – a broad and inclusive movement.
We CAN come together … We CAN do better.
Special Music featured during Sunday Services in September will be selections from some well-known Broadway musicals from the past seven decades.
On Sunday, October 5th at 5:00 PM – Judi Vinar, Rachel Holder and I (THREE) will close out the series by presenting a retrospect of material from contemporary music that has spoken to the people.
See you in September!
I hope you can come and experience “When Art Speaks …”
Lori
Special Guests for this series include: Rachel Holder, Dane Stauffer, Tristana Ward, David Stanoch, Dave Berget, and Benjamin Kelly.
About Lori
Musician - Pianist - Vocalist
Music Director - Producer - Arranger - Performance Coach
Music Director - Producer - Arranger - Performance Coach
A vast catalogue of music from old Swing tunes to R &B, Pop and Folk to classic old hymns ...
Music Director - Producer - Arranger - Performance Coach
Music Director - Producer - Arranger - Performance Coach
Music Director - Producer - Arranger - Performance Coach
It's not surprising that she was voted "Most Versatile" in high school ...
Passionate Performer
Music Director - Producer - Arranger - Performance Coach
Passionate Performer
This musician will give you everything she's got ...
And that's a lot ... four decades of seasoning as a pianist and vocalist.