coming up in the next months ...
"A Cabaret of Gratitude" Sunday, Nov. 23rd - 5:00 PM
Celebrating & supporting our friends, family and community!
Please join us for a very exciting acoustic piano and vocal concert event featuring some of the Twin Cities’ favorite female vocalists performing some of their favorite songs. Pianist and producer, Lori Dokken, will be joined by Judi Vinar, Patty Peterson, Ginger Commodore, Rachel Holder, Connie Evingson, Anna Christy and Jennifer Grimm.
This is the perfect Sunday before the holidays begin to be grateful for and celebrate the importance of friends and family and to remember those in need in our community and how we can make a difference in their lives.
This Cabaret Event will be paired with a Go Fund Me opportunity for supporters and guests to donate to Involve MN.
Here's the link to the Go Fund Me Campaign:
Involve MN is a Minnesota based 501c3 non-profit and is a collaboration of community, business, and government partners providing for the unsheltered and vulnerable people of the Minneapolis and St. Paul area.
Involve MN produces and distributes over 15,000 meals weekly to shelters, drop-in centers and encampments across the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Meals are delivered 365 days a year. They work tirelessly every day to ensure that no one who is unhoused will go hungry.
Crooners Supper Club
6161 Highway 65 NE
Minneapolis, MN 55432
Box Office: (763) 760-0062
"The Simple Feeling of Christmas" - December 14th - 2:00 & 7:00
... Feels just like friends & family Singin' in the Kitchen !!!
For many of us, the kitchen is that magical place where we share so much throughout our lives. It always seems to be the room where people gather during Christmas and the holiday season. It’s a warm haven where we talk about our struggles, our successes, our loves and sometimes our losses. The kitchen holds many of our secrets and stories.
Lori, Rachel, Judi, Ginger and Joyann will reach into their bag of personal favorites and share a heartfelt collection of memories—snapshots in time that remind us of what really matters.
Audiences will enjoy a wide variety of songs including “The Hallelujah Chorus,” “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” “Sleigh Ride,” “Carol of the Bells,” “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “Jingle Bells” (a la Barbra Streisand), “Santa Baby,” “O Holy Night,” “Do You Hear What I Hear” and many more.
Featuring:
Lori Dokken, Judi Vinar, Joyann Parker, Ginger Commodore & Rachel Holder
Sunday, December 14th
2:00 PM and 7:00 PM
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
501 West 78th Street
Chanhassen, MN 55317
"A Simple Christmas Wish" - December 22nd - 6:00 PM
True Joyous, Festive Holiday Cabaret
All the fun of the holidays season presented with humor and joy. Untraditional songs that will warm your heart and tickle your funny bone.
Join Me with Lori Dokken on Piano, Nate Babbs on drums and Ben Kelly on bass. My special guests Gregg Peterson, Jen Maren and Dane Stauffer will also being lending holiday cheer.
Doug Anderson has been an actor/ dancer/ performer in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area for 40+ years. Performing at the Guthrie, Chanhassen Dinner Theater, Hey City Theater, Center City Theater to mention a few. He has performed his cabaret show at The Hey City Theater, The Bryant Lake Bowl and Crooner’s Dunsmore Room. In London he’s performed at The St. James Theater (now The Other Palace), Piaño, Crazy Coq’s, The Music Café and The Phoenix Arts Club.
Monday, December 22nd
6:00 PM
Crooners Supper Club
6161 Highway 65 NE
Minneapolis, MN 55432
Box Office: (763) 760-0062
“Here Comes the Sun” January 11th - 7:00 PM
It’s a Beatles songfest!
For this concert event, Lori Dokken (pianist, vocalist and music director) has enlisted five of the Twin Cities’ finest female vocalists: Patty Peterson, Joyann Parker, Rachel Holder, Connie Evingson and Judi Vinar. This group of artists promises to deliver, in their own unique ways, a wide range of selections from the Beatles’ vast catalog of songs.
Hear songs like “Imagine,” “Strawberry Fields Forever,” “The Long and Winding Road,” “Across the Universe,” “While 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’re a fan of Lori’s I Am Woman, Shout! Sister, Shout! or Women on the Moon shows, you need to see this concert!
Patty Peterson: Vocals
Judi Vinar: Vocals
Rachel Holder: Vocals
Connie Evingson: Vocals
Joyann Parker: Vocals
Lori Dokken: Vocals & Piano
Ben Kelly: Bass
Nate Babbs: Drums
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
501 West 78th Street
Chanhassen, MN 55317
“Songs by Boys by Girls” June 21st - 2:00 PM
“Songs by Boys by Girls” June 21st - 2:00 PM
Perfect gift for Father's Day!
A Concert of Switching Musical Chairs!
We are singing the songs that boys have made famous that we’ve ALWAYS wanted to sing!
For ONE DAY ONLY – Patty Peterson, Judi Vinar, Rachel Holder and Lori Dokken (members of “the girls,” the “I Am Woman,” and “Women on the Moon” shows) will put their own spin on iconic songs made famous by legendary “boys” — including Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, Elton John, The Beatles, and many more.
Every time these great friends take the stage; it promises to be a fantastic evening of powerful vocals, rich harmonies, and a sprinkle of Rat Pack-style charm and humor.
Presented by local music powerhouse Lori Dokken – this dynamic ensemble of women will deliver a one-night-only event you won’t want to miss!
Patty Peterson: Vocals
Judi Vinar: Vocals
Rachel Holder: Vocals
Lori Dokken: Vocals & Piano
Phipps Center for the Arts
109 Locust St.
Hudson, WI 54016
715.386.2305
info@thephipps.org
"Jesus christ superstar" - ordway center for the performing
I'll be back playing Pre-Show at The Ordway!!!
I am ecstatic to be back at The Ordway Center of the Performing Arts for I believe the fifteenth (?) year!
This year's production is "Jesus Christ Superstar" and you will find me once again in The Target Atrium, seated at a very lovely Steinway Concert Grand piano, playing pre show music. It is really my favorite job of the year ... I love Christmas and Holiday music ... I can't wait to see lots of 'short people' - some old friends and some new ... and of course I enjoy spending time with the fantastic staff at this treasured St. Paul theater.
"Jesus Christ Superstar" - runs from Tuesday, December 9th through Sunday, December 28th. Evening shows usually have a curtain time of 7:30 and matinees are usually at 2:00. Please check out The Ordway site to find the exact times for certain dates.
You will find me seated on the bench an hour prior to the start of the show. I am fairly certain that some of my young friends will sit in and play a little "Jingle Bells" with me ... and we'll see how many renditions end up being posted on YouTube!
When you come to the show - make sure to stop by and say "hello!"
Dates that I am scheduled to play:
Tuesday, 12/9 - Evening
Wednesday, 12/10 - Evening
Friday 12/12 - Evening
Saturday, 12/13 - Matinee & Evening
Tuesday, 12/16 - Evening
Wednesday, 12/17 - Evening
Friday, 12/19 - Evening
Saturday, 12/20 - Matinee & Evening
Sunday, 12/21 - Matinee
Tuesday, 12/23 - Matinee & Evening
Wednesday, 12/24 - Matinee
Friday, 12/26 - Evening
Saturday, 12/27 - Matinee & Evening
Sunday, 12/28 - Matinee & Evening
Laura Caviani will be subbing for me on the dates below ... she's GREAT!
Thursday, 12/11 - Evening
Sunday, 12/14 - Matinee & Evening
Thursday, 12/18 - Evening
Sunday, 12/21 - Evening
WOMEN ON THE MOON - CHANHASSEN DINNER THEATRES
International Women's Day - Sunday, March 8th - 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
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
501 West 78th Street
Chanhassen, MN 55317
The women of "women on the moon"