"PAY IT FORWARD FRIDAYS" GUEST ARTISTS ...
"Pay It Forward Friday" - April 18th Music 4:30 to 6:00
"A Good Friday Gospel Quartet"
Featuring Ginger Commodore, Lyndora Turner, Kijana Gant with David Smith
One of the premier jazz vocalists in the Upper Midwest, Ginger Commodore, returns to The Woman’s Club accompanied by the amazing voices of Lyndora Turner and Kijana Gant, with David Smith on piano, for a concert of gospel music.
PUBLIC WELCOMED!
PARKING LOT RIGHT NEXT TO THE CLUB!
Doors open at 4:00pm for cocktails - Concert 4:30pm to 6:00 PM
Call or email the front desk if you have any questions
612-813-5300
or
coming up in the next month ...
"Club Day Monday" - April 21st - Special Guest - Anna Christy!
Club Day Monday with Anna Christy!
Anna is coming up from Nebraska to be with us for a Club Day Monday!
A former resident of the Twin Cities and frequent performer in the musical theater and club communities here ... she is an AMAZING vocalist that you shouldn't miss the opportunity to hear!
Anna was raised listening to everything from Pink Floyd and Janis Joplin to Michael Feinstein and Broadway musical soundtracks, and she takes the same diverse approach to singing.
With versatile vocals, inspiring storytelling, and a humorous approach to ... well ... everything ... audiences leave her shows laughing, crying ... or both!
PUBLIC WELCOMED!
PARKING LOT RIGHT NEXT TO THE CLUB!
Doors open at 5:00 PM for food and cocktails - Music 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Call or email the front desk if you have any questions
612-813-5300
or
Unity Choir Concert - April 27th - 5:00 PM!
It's time for an end of the year Unity Choir Concert! It's been a couple of years since we've done one.
Guests can expect a bunch of the Choir's greatest hits ... featured soloists ... a possible sing-a-long ... and a WHOLE bunch of fun packed into 90 minutes!
This concert is also a fundraiser for the Unity Minneapolis Music Department. A portion of the proceeds will go to support needs that arise outside of the yearly budget.
Get your tickets now! (They will also be available at the door on the day of the event.)
Unity's Temporary Location:
Robbinsdale Parkway United Church of Christ
4200 Lake Road
Robbinsdale, MN 55422
"We the People" Concert on May 4th - 4:00 PM
"A Couple of Swells" Wednesday, May 7th - 6:00 PM with Doug Anderson
A star-filled fundraiser celebrating dignity and diversity!
At First Universalist Church of Minneapolis.
We’re celebrating strength, diversity, resistance, and joy! Come together for a fabulous fund-raising concert with some of the greatest female vocalists in the Twin Cities. They’re performing tunes poignant, provocative, jubilant and joyous…all affirming the UU values of Interdependence, Justice, Transformation, Generosity, Equity and LOVE!
Concert Producer and Music Director Lori Dokken has brought together a team of stellar A-List performers: Patty Peterson, Mary Jane Alm, Ginger Commodore, Judi Vinar, Ellis Delaney, Rachel Holder, and Sarah M. Greer.
This will be an engaging, soul-filling, heartwarming and energizing afternoon in the beautiful Sanctuary of First Universalist Church of Minneapolis.
The program begins at 4 pm and continues full steam for 90 minutes. Do NOT miss out!
First Universalist Church of Minneapolis
3400 Dupont Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55408
612-825-1701
"A Couple of Swells" Wednesday, May 7th - 6:00 PM with Doug Anderson
"A Couple of Swells" Wednesday, May 7th - 6:00 PM with Doug Anderson
Broadway Musical Theatre
All of Doug’s favorite odd, fun, funny, and rarely sungs songs to celebrate his Birthday!
Doug Anderson: Vocals
Gregg Peterson: Vocals
Lori Dokken: Piano, Vocals
Ben Kelly: Bass
Nate Babbs: Drums
Rachel Holder: Special Guest
Please join the dynamic duo of Doug & Gregg in a musical celebration of friendship that has spanned decades in “A Couple of Swells!”
Together they will be honoring the music and artistry of composers and writers like Kander & Ebb, Stephen Sondheim, Irving Berlin, Henry Mancini, and a few you likely haven’t heard of yet.
They are also delighted to be welcoming the versatile and dynamic Rachel Holder to join them in the fun. At the helm will be the ever-amazing Lori Dokken on piano; rounded out by Ben Kelly on bass and Nate Babbs on percussion. We hope you’ll join us as we honor old friends and welcome some new ones!
Crooners Supper Club
6161 Highway 65 NE
Minneapolis, MN 55432
Box Office: (763) 760-0062
"JUST ME" ... (VOL. 2) SUNDAY, MAY 18TH @ 5:00PM
An Evening of Cabaret, Pop, Humor and Theatre
Join Lori for an evening with … Lori!
The first show was so much fun that we are getting together to do it again with a brand new set list! The first half of Lori Dokken’s 40+ year career in the music industry was spent working alone a lot … in cabarets, piano bars and hosting open mics. The second half has focused more on being a player, producer and music director for many sold out, innovative and creative presentations focused on women in the music industry over the past 100 years.
For this very special encore performance Lori takes center stage on Sunday, May 18th to go back in time a bit to where she began. Patrons can once again expect a set list containing a diverse array of material from her catalogue of almost 45 years in the industry. The evening will feature songs from the 40s to today made famous by such artists as Tracy Chapman, Jim Croce, Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Nina Simone, Billy Joel, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Bonnie Raitt, Ella, Kenny Loggins … well … you get the idea … with styles ranging from swing to pop to jazz to folk to Broadway to rock and Americana.
Lori Dokken: Vocals, Piano, Music Director
David Stanoch: Drums
Benjamin Kelly: Bass
Produced by Lori Dokken and Stuart Paster
Crooners Supper Club
6161 Highway 65 NE
Minneapolis, MN 55432
Box Office: (763) 760-0062
"STAND!" Songs of Struggle, Strength and Hope - June 19th!
THURSDAY - JUNE 19th @ 7:30 PM
An Uplifting and Entertaining Night of Music!
There are times when we want to “Get together,” to proclaim “What’s goin’ on?” as we remember, “This land is made for you and me.”
Music can get us there.
Join Trish Sisson, Dane Stauffer and Lori Dokken, as we lift our voices and sing. Enjoy the sing-along vibe and the rich history of music that accompanies the struggle and gives us harmony and hope.
Trish Sisson: Vocals
Dane Stauffer: Vocals
Lori Dokken: Keys/Vocals
Andy LaCasse: Guitar/Vocals
Andy Artz: Drums
Crooners Supper Club
6161 Highway 65 NE
Minneapolis, MN 55432
Box Office: (763) 760-0062
"Just Me" ... (Volume 2) - sunday, may 18th @ 5:00PM
Join Lori for an evening with … Lori!
The first show was so much fun that we are getting together to do it again with a brand new set list!
The first half of Lori Dokken’s 40+ year career in the music industry was spent working alone a lot … in cabarets, piano bars and hosting open mics. The second half has focused more on being a player, producer and music director for many sold out, innovative and creative presentations focused on women in the music industry over the past 100 years.
For this very special encore performance Lori takes center stage on Sunday, May 18th to go back in time a bit to where she began. Patrons can once again expect a set list containing a diverse array of material from her catalogue of almost 45 years in the industry. The evening will feature songs from the 40s to today made famous by such artists as Tracy Chapman, Jim Croce, Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Nina Simone, Billy Joel, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Bonnie Raitt, Ella, Kenny Loggins … well … you get the idea … with styles ranging from swing to pop to jazz to folk to Broadway to rock and Americana.
Lori Dokken: Vocals, Piano, Music Director
David Stanoch: Drums
Benjamin Kelly: Bass
Produced by Lori Dokken and Stuart Paster
Sunday, May 18th @ 5:00 PM
Crooners Supper Club
6161 Highway 65 NE
Minneapolis, MN 55432
Box Office: (763) 760-0062
"Shout! Sister, shout!" - sunday, june 8th - 7:00 PM
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres Concert Series
The musical journey begins with Sister Rosetta Tharpe and travels through time up to today featuring female phenoms like Billie Holiday, Laura Nyro, Carole King, Nina Simone, Phoebe Snow, Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, Aretha Franklin, Janis Ian, Lady Gaga, India Arie and more. The evening will also be interspersed with words from some well-known writers and celebrities such as Maya Angelou, Terry Tempest Williams, Winona LaDuke, Coretta Scott King, Mary Oliver and more.
On stage to deliver an eclectic and dynamic array of arrangements written or performed by iconic female vocalists is a cadre of local Twin Cities’ luminaries such as Judi Vinar, Joyann Parker, Rachel Holder, Charmin Michelle and Anna Christy backed by pianist Lori Dokken (Producer & Music Director of Shout! Sister, Shout!) along with an all-star rhythm section. They will also be joined by Eden Bodnar, a local actress/artist/voiceover talent who will be delivering the spoken word sections.
A visual backdrop also accompanies this production and features digital renderings of the writers, composers and vocalists associated with each song and quotation.
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
Concert Series
501 West 78th Street
Chanhassen, MN 55317
952.934.1525
Dinner at 5:00
Show at 7:00
"PAY IT FORWARD FRIDAYS" - THE GREATEST WINTER HAPPY HOUR!
Once a month - January through April 2025
One Friday a month from January through April, The Woman’s Club will be holding “Pay It Forward Fridays!”
Shake off the winter doldrums and the end-of-the-workweek fatigue and come to the cozy comfort of The Woman’s Club Lounge for fantastic cocktails and phenomenal music presented by the best musicians in the Twin Cities.
And if drinks and music weren’t reasons enough to end your week at The Club, these are all Pay It Forward concerts. Each concert will have a nonprofit organization as a beneficiary, with $5 off every ticket sold donated to the participating nonprofit. The nonprofits will be announced in January.
Start out your new year with joy and good karma!
PUBLIC WELCOMED!
PARKING LOT RIGHT NEXT TO THE CLUB!
Doors open at 4:00pm for cocktails and music from 4:30 to 6:00 PM
Call or email the front desk if you have any questions.
612-813-5300
or
The Woman's Club of Minneapolis
The Woman's Club of Minneapolis
410 Oak Grove St.
Minneapolis, MN 55403
WOMEN ON THE MOON - CHANHASSEN DINNER THEATRES
Sunday, September 21st, 2025 @ 7:00 PM
Women on the Moon is a concert event that showcases some of our favorite artists from the 1960s such as: Mama Cass, Tina Turner, Aretha, Cher, Dusty Springfield, Lesley Gore, Grace Slick, Janis Joplin, Dionne Warwick, Mavis Staples, Joan Baez, Cher, Ella, Shirley Bassey, Laura Nyro, Diana Ross, Barbra, Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, Nancy Sinatra, and the great Nina Simone.
The 1960s was one of the most memorable decades of all time in the history of The United States. It started out with the election of President John F. Kennedy and the dawn of “Camelot” and closed out with the first man landing on the moon. In between these bookends would be the assassinations of JFK, RFK and MLK; civil rights legislation; protests; drugs; The Feminine Mystique; Black Power; hippies; Vietnam; Gloria Steinem; Nixon; the Watts riots; Andy Warhol; Stonewall; NOW; The Beatles; Laugh-In; The Rolling Stones; Twiggy; Woodstock; and so many other momentous events.
While men landed on the moon, women artists took their own giant leap into every area of the musical landscape. The ‘60s were inarguably the most prolific decade for female vocalists and musicians in many diverse styles and categories. From pop and folk to rock and roll and rhythm and blues, women launched themselves into the music scene and claimed their space in the mostly male dominated industry.
Featuring Lori Dokken, Patty Peterson, Judi Vinar, Joyann Parker, Ginger Commodore & Rachel Holder
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st, 2025 @ 7:00 PM
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
501 West 78th Street
Chanhassen, MN 55317
The women of "women on the moon"
Featuring: Lori Dokken, Patty Peterson, Judi Vinar, Joyann Parker, Ginger Commodore & Rachel Holder
club day monday @ The woman's club mpls - 1st & 3rd mondays!
CLUB DAY MONDAY!
Club Day Monday is a new event co-hosted by The Woman's Club of Minneapolis and local musician and music producer Lori Dokken. Join Lori as she hosts local entertainers in the relaxed setting of the Lounge at The Woman's Club of Minneapolis.
PUBLIC WELCOME !!!
Great parking!
Great cocktails!
Great music!
Great way to start off your week!
The Woman's Club - Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis is a 501(c)(3) community organization located in a stunning Italianate, six-story mansion overlooking Loring Park in downtown Minneapolis. The Club is a gathering place for active, interesting women and men of all ages and backgrounds. The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis has provided a splendid retreat for outstanding women and men since 1907.
Today the Woman’s Club continues to be a vibrant community that embraces people from a variety of backgrounds. The current Clubhouse, built in 1928, has been designated by the City of Minneapolis as a Historic Treasure and offers breathtaking views of Loring Park and downtown Minneapolis.
"Here comes the sun" - sunday, march 9th @ 7PM
Featuring Lori Dokken, Ginger Commodore, Judi Vinar, Rachel Holder, Joyann Parker & Connie Evingson
It’s a Beatles song fest!
For this concert event, Lori Dokken (pianist/vocalist/music director) has enlisted FIVE of the Twin Cities’ finest female vocalists: Patty Peterson, Joyann Parker, Rachel Holder, Connie Evingson, Ginger Commodore and Judi Vinar. This diverse group of artists promises to deliver, in their own unique ways, a wide range of selections from the Beatles’ vast catalogue of songs.
Hear songs like “Imagine,” “Strawberry Fields Forever,” “The Long and Winding Road,” “Across the Universe,” “As My Guitar Gently Weeps,” “Here, There and Everywhere,” “When I’m 64,” “Act Naturally,” “Help,” “Come Together,” “All You Need is Love” and more!
If you are a fan of Lori’s I Am Woman, Shout! Sister, Shout! or Women on the Moon shows, you need to see this concert!
SUNDAY, MARCH 9th - 7:00 PM
The Band
Lori Dokken – Producer, Piano, Vocals
Ginger Commodore – Vocals
Judi Vinar – Vocals
Rachel Holder – Vocals
Joyann Parker – Vocals
Connie Evingson – Vocals
Benjamin Kelly – Bass
Nate Babbs – Drums
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
501 West 78th Street
Chanhassen, MN 55317
unity minneapolis - music director -lori dokken
Annual September Music Series at Unity Minneapolis - 2024
Sunday morning services at Unity Minneapolis are Live-streamed and in person at 11:30 AM!
Sunday morning services at Unity Minneapolis are Live-streamed and in person at 11:30 AM!
“Our Voices …”
(A de-construction and adaptation of “Shout Sister, Shout!” – a concert event celebrating women composers and writers from the past century.)
Join us for a four-part series of services in September that will feature spoken word, poetry and musical selections composed by writers and composers over the past 100 years that speak to the times that we are living in and will perhaps give us the impetus and heart to use “Our Voices” to affect the change that will change our world for our children and grandchildren.
Every September at Unity Minneapolis we hold a month long “music series” focusing on a style or composer or topic for the month. This year’s series will be a deviation from the previous configuration and will include not only musical selections but also spoken word and poetry selections that amplify the messages that will be delivered.
It seems that we are at a political intersection that has brought us to a place of either turning away and staying silent and being complicit in perhaps total destruction and negation of our country’s promises and values as we have known and experienced them and leading to the end of our democracy. Or … we can choose to head straight into the controversy and discussion and use our strong spiritual beliefs, our choices and most of all our voices to engage a diverse community of citizens to support a common interest of a shared, compassionate, free, equal, hopeful and energized population. This could ensure the survival of not only our founding agreement, The Constitution, but also the belief in and the perpetuation of this great experiment called “The United States of America.” It is a place that began with “Out of many, one” and was born from a dream that extended the invitation that all are welcome to help build this dream of a new land … whose shores would welcome all cultures, religions, ethnicities, sexualities, genders, ages, colors and really anyone who shared the belief that … Out of many … we can become ONE.
We the People … we the people … we the people … ARE the United States of America. Our votes select people to represent us in the community at large and we hope that they vote to support ideas and policies and laws that a MAJORITY of the constituents support.
For this year’s September Music Series I have deconstructed and adapted a concert event that I produce called “Shout Sister, Shout!” which showcases artists, composers and writers from the past century casting focus and light on many subjects such as: freedom, civil rights, indigenous people, democracy, LGBTQ+ communities, racial inequality, “Unwed” mothers (as categorized in history), joy for life, bravery in adversity, children, animals, kindness, and struggles.
Over the course of the month, the musical journey will begin with Sister Rosetta Tharpe and travel through time to today featuring such vocal phenoms as Laura Nyro, Carole King, Nina Simone, Joni Mitchell, Brandi Carlile, Alicia Keys, Karen Carpenter, Oleta Adams, Dolly Parton, Emmy Lou Harris, Linda Ronstadt and Lady Gaga.
The services will also be interspersed with words from some well-known writers and celebrities such as Maya Angelou, Terry Tempest Williams, Winona LaDuke, Coretta Scott King, Mary Oliver, Amanda Gorman, Lily Tomlin, Minnie Pearl and more.
Please join us in September as we go on a journey through the joys, struggles, loves, losses, social concerns and causes of our time using powerful and tender melodies along with words by some of our greatest writers, artists and leaders.
Along this month long journey, we will be reminded of the resilience of the human spirit and our community of shared dreams. I hope we may we be brought to a place where we celebrate all that binds us together and join in a shared chorus to speak, live and promote loudly our prayers for justice, kindness, freedom, equality and humility and continue on the path to create a land where “We the People” get closer to the dream of forming “a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.”
Special Guests for this series include: Rachel Holder, Eden Bodnar, Anna Christy, Joyann Parker, The Unity Choir, David Stanoch, Benjamin Kelly, Pete Hennig and Dave Berget.
Sunday morning services at Unity Minneapolis are Live-streamed and in person at 11:30 AM!
Sunday morning services at Unity Minneapolis are Live-streamed and in person at 11:30 AM!
Sunday morning services at Unity Minneapolis are Live-streamed and in person at 11:30 AM!
Unity Minneapolis - live-streamed and in-person service at 11:30 AM!
We will be meeting at a temporary location while the church is being renovated - Robbinsdale Parkway United Church of Christ.
Robbinsdale Parkway United Church of Christ, 4200 Lake Rd Ave, Robbinsdale, MN 55422, USA
Join me for a tremendously uplifting experience live-streamed from Unity Minneapolis where I have been the Music Director for the past fifteen years. Weekly Sunday morning service at 11:30 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 and many, many other great Twin Cities’ artists.