coming up in the next month ...
"Tapestry & Blue" - Sunday, January 26th - 4:00 PM
The St. Luke Performing Arts Series
LORI DOKKEN, RACHEL HOLDER, & JUDI VINAR Sing TAPESTRY and BLUE
Sunday, January 26, 4:00 PM
Embark on a remarkable musical journey as Lori Dokken, Rachel Holder, and Judi Vinar pay tribute to two iconic albums: Carole King’s Tapestry and Joni Mitchell’s Blue.
These captivating singers will bring these heartfelt melodies and introspective lyrics to life with fresh and vibrant interpretations. Don’t miss this cozy winter afternoon of evocative music and extraordinary talent!
A freewill offering will be taken
Sunday, January 26th
4:00 PM
St. Luke Presbyterian Church
3121 Groveland School Road
Minnetonka, MN 55391
PUBLIC WELCOMED!
"Pay It Forward Friday" - January 31st - Music 4:30 to 6:00
"Songs By Boys By Girls!"
Featuring:
Patty Peterson, Judi Vinar, Rachel Holder and Lori Dokken
For ONE NIGHT ONLY - The Girls from the “I Am Woman” group sing songs made famous by BOYS such as Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, Elton John, The Beatles and many more.
They are a current day female version of “The Rat Pack” for one night!
January 31st happens to be “National Backward Day” which provides an opportunity to reverse our ways, eat dessert for breakfast, change our direction or change the songs they sing!
Every time these great friends take the stage; it promises to be a fantastic evening of hearing these women deliver as only they can!
Friday, January 31st
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
"Club Day Monday" - Special Guest - Dorian Chalmers - Feb. 3rd
"Club Day Monday" - Special Guest - Dorian Chalmers - Feb. 3rd
The special guest this Club Day is Dorian Chambers!
IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD HER ... OMG ... GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!
Dorian has been performing for decades throughout the Twin Cities. In 2005, she originated the role of Karin Engleson in The Church Basement Ladies and has been “in the basement” for all 9 installments of this beloved musical.
Across the Midwest, you can catch her donning an apron in The Looney Lutherans, or performing Country Roads: The Music of John Denver, Honeywine, and Spiked with Dennis Curley. You may have seen her at Mancini’s Char House, where she spent a decade singing and shaking her tambourine!
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
"THREE" @ BEAT THE WINTER BLUES + JAZZ FESTIVAL - Feb. 8TH
"Club Day Monday" - Special Guest Charmin Michelle - Feb. 17th
"Club Day Monday" - Special Guest - Dorian Chalmers - Feb. 3rd
Celebrate Winter • Music • and Alexandria!
Join us for days filled with live music, cozy vibes good company to Beat those Winter Blues!!
Alexandria, MN, is about to turn up the heat this February with the first-ever Beat the Winter Blues & Jazz Festival!
Get ready for a celebration of live music, community spirit, and the unique charm of Alexandria. Enjoy jazz, blues, gospel, and more, while embracing cozy winter vibes.
Take in the beautiful environment next to sweet Lake Charlie, sip drinks at the outdoor ice bar, and cozy up indoors with soulful tunes. Whether you’re a music lover or a winter enthusiast, this inaugural festival is your ticket to warm up, get involved, and join the fun.
Don’t miss it— grab your tickets today and be part of this exciting new tradition from the very beginning
"Love! Love?" with Doug Anderson February 13th - 6:00PM
"Club Day Monday" - Special Guest Charmin Michelle - Feb. 17th
"Club Day Monday" - Special Guest Charmin Michelle - Feb. 17th
Unique Cabaret and a Few Standard Songs of Love
Looking for songs about being in love, falling out of love, or even, dare I say… disdain for love?
Join us for an evening of fun, funny, poignant, and even a few touching songs about love!
Doug Anderson: Vocals
Lori Dokken: Piano, Vocals
Ben Kelly: Bass
Nate Babbs: Drums
Kate Beahen: Special Guest
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. Doug is delighted and honored to be back at Crooner’s.
"Club Day Monday" - Special Guest Charmin Michelle - Feb. 17th
"Club Day Monday" - Special Guest Charmin Michelle - Feb. 17th
"Club Day Monday" - Special Guest Charmin Michelle - Feb. 17th
Club Day Monday with Lori Dokken & Charmin Michelle
LET'S GO BACK IN TIME!
In honor of Black History Month, Charmin will perform an array of classics by early 20th century black women vocalists (like Billie, Bessie, and Ella) whose delivery of jazz, blues, and swing established the musical inspiration that helped create most of today’s musical styles.
“Taste and understatement. Swing and savoir-faire. Grace and grooves. Intimacy and panache. Singer Charmin Michelle delivers all of the above and more.” This is what the Minnesota Star Tribune said about this charismatic chanteuse whose conversational style recalls the late Billie Holiday and other legendary ladies of jazz.
With music free of tiresome camp and easy nostalgia, she’s a savvy songstress and while putting her own imprint on a melody, is always respectful of those who first inhabited it.
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
"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
"PAY IT FORWARD FRIDAYS" GUEST ARTISTS ...
"Pay It Forward Friday" - January 31st - Music 4:30 to 6:00
"Pay It Forward Friday" - February 21st - Music 4:30 to 6:00
"Pay It Forward Friday" - February 21st - Music 4:30 to 6:00
"Songs By Boys By Girls!"
Featuring:
Patty Peterson, Judi Vinar, Rachel Holder and Lori Dokken
For ONE NIGHT ONLY - The Girls from the “I Am Woman” group sing songs made famous by BOYS such as Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, Elton John, The Beatles and many more.
They are a current day female version of “The Rat Pack” for one night!
January 31st happens to be “National Backward Day” which provides an opportunity to reverse our ways, eat dessert for breakfast, change our direction or change the songs they sing!
Every time these great friends take the stage; it promises to be a fantastic evening of hearing these women deliver as only they can!
Friday, January 31st
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
"Pay It Forward Friday" - February 21st - Music 4:30 to 6:00
"Pay It Forward Friday" - February 21st - Music 4:30 to 6:00
"Pay It Forward Friday" - February 21st - Music 4:30 to 6:00
“We Dig Peter, Paul and Mary” - A Tribute
Featuring Michael Monroe, Timothy Frantzich, Ann Reed , & Joan Griffith
Michael Monroe, “Minnesota acoustic music master” (Star Tribune), leads this trio through tunes like “Blowin’ In The Wind,” “Weave Me The Sunshine” “Marvelous Little Toy” “Where Have All The Flowers Gone,” “If I Had a Hammer,” “Day Is Done,” “I Dig Rock and Roll Music” as well as their top-ten hits such as “Puff The Magic Dragon,” “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” and “Leaving on a Jet Plane.”
Keep in mind some of these songs were written by Bob Dylan, John Denver, and Gordon Lightfoot and Woody Guthrie...etc!
Michael shares his stories about recording his first demo at Paul Stookey's Chicken Coop Studio in S. Blue Hill Maine in the 70s and Timothy has a great connection to the song 500 Miles...Ann performed recently with Peter and Paul in the Twin Cities and loves telling what it was like to receive the call from them!
Enjoy these seasoned performers: Ann’s pure highs, Timothy’s tenor and Michael’s baritone voices as they blend impeccable harmonies and wry humor. All the sweet sounds, complete with the emotion of the ’70s. Joan Griffith joins in on acoustic upright bass.
Relive your favorite memories of Peter, Paul and Mary and their timeless tunes of the ’60s & ’70s which remain relevant to this day!
Friday, February 31st
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
"Pay It Forward Friday" - March 28th Music 4:30 to 6:00
"Pay It Forward Friday" - March 28th Music 4:30 to 6:00
"Pay It Forward Friday" - March 28th Music 4:30 to 6:00
“Two Girls and a Boyd”
Featuring Mary Jane Alm, Aimee Lee, Boyd Lee and Richard Kriehn
Musical group “Two Girls & a Boyd” was born out of a love for rich, complex vocal harmonies. These veterans of stage and studio combined forces to create an exciting and upbeat live musical experience.
The original trio, featuring vocalists Mary Jane Alm and Aimée Lee and guitarist/vocalist Boyd Lee performed for the first time under this name in late 2016 to immediate critical acclaim. Shortly thereafter, vocalist and mandolin guru Richard Kriehn of A Prairie Home Companion fame joined the group, throwing down smokin’ hot instrumental solos amidst lush and expressive vocals.
Creative, unique arrangements of familiar (and some not-so-familiar) favorite songs is the hallmark of the musical ensemble, “Two Girls and a Boyd with Richard”.
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
"Pay It Forward Friday" - April 18th Music 4:30 to 6:00
"Pay It Forward Friday" - March 28th Music 4:30 to 6:00
"Pay It Forward Friday" - March 28th 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
"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
"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
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.
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.