coming up in the next month ...
"STAND!" Songs of Struggle, Strength and Hope - June 19th!
Happy Hour - "MAGGIE'S LOUNGE!" @ Crooners - 5:00 to 7:00 PM Friday & Saturday, June 27th & 28th
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
Happy Hour - "MAGGIE'S LOUNGE!" @ Crooners - 5:00 to 7:00 PM Friday & Saturday, June 27th & 28th
Happy Hour - "MAGGIE'S LOUNGE!" @ Crooners - 5:00 to 7:00 PM Friday & Saturday, June 27th & 28th
FRIDAY and SATURDAY - JUNE 27th & 28th - 5:00 TO 7:00
MAGGIE'S LOUNGE!
Stop in and enjoy an early summer evening of music !! Requests are always welcomed!
NO COVER!
Maggie’s Piano Lounge is a warm, relaxed and inviting space featuring a variety of seasoned singers and piano players. No cover. Order all of your favorite Crooners drinks and dinner items, experience superb service, and enjoy the great music!
Crooners Supper Club
6161 Highway 65 NE
Minneapolis, MN 55432
Box Office: (763) 760-0062
The Sounds of ... SUMMERS IN THE SIXTIES - Sunday, July 6th!
Sunday, July 6th @ 5:00 PM
The Perfect Independence Day Concert of Resilience and Resistance
From the streets of America in the 60s came songs of love, peace, equality, civil rights, challenges to power and authority as well as commentaries on community building.
We are taking it inside from the streets and to the stage to honor a time when artists spoke out to make a difference and change the course of history. The Vietnam War ended a few years later, civil rights laws were passed, and a trajectory was set to impeach a president. The people rose up and the music had a lot to do with their motivation.
We were there … and we are still protesting injustice and inequality 60 years later. We invite you to stop on in and sing with us and join the musical movement!
Holding court will be sisters in their sixties and beyond:
Patty Peterson: Vocals
Ginger Commodore: Vocals
Judi Vinar: Vocals
Lori Dokken: Piano and Vocals
Crooners Supper Club
6161 Highway 65 NE
Minneapolis, MN 55432
Box Office: (763) 760-0062
Grateful! with Doug Anderson & Friends Saturday, July 12th
Saturday, July 12th @ 7:30 PM
Cabaret, Comedy & Standards
Fun, funny and poignant songs featured by the very entertaining Doug Anderson , the brilliant Lori Dokken, funny woman Greta Grosch and multi talented Emily Rose Skinner.
Doug Anderson: Vocals, host
Lori Dokken: Vocals, Piano
Greta Grosch: Vocals
Emily Rose Skinner: Vocals
Crooners Supper Club
6161 Highway 65 NE
Minneapolis, MN 55432
Box Office: (763) 760-0062
Happy Hour in MAGGIE'S LOUNGE! Crooners - Friday, July 11th & Saturday, July 19th - 5:00 to 7:00
5:00 TO 7:00
MAGGIE'S LOUNGE! @ CROONERS SUPPER CLUB
Stop in and enjoy an early summer evening of music !! Requests are always welcomed!
NO COVER!
Maggie’s Piano Lounge is a warm, relaxed and inviting space featuring a variety of seasoned singers and piano players. No cover. Order all of your favorite Crooners drinks and dinner items, experience superb service, and enjoy the great music!
Crooners Supper Club
6161 Highway 65 NE
Minneapolis, MN 55432
Box Office: (763) 760-0062
“THREE” Voices … Sound Like One! Sunday, August 3rd
5:30 TO 7:00
The Dunsmore Room
An Evening of Amazing Harmonies and Impeccable Presentation
"THREE” is the brainchild trio of local Twin Cities’ musicians – Judi Vinar, Rachel Holder and Lori Dokken. These three artists have not only been friends for a couple of decades but have also been colleagues in a diverse array of musical groups and productions.
“THREE” brings together a triad of diverse voices that are skilled in multiple styles and genres and the final product is an incredible performance that unites them into a singular sound – rich in color, character, confidence and the sonic seasoning of experience.
Featuring music by such artists as Annie Lennox, Joni Mitchell, Brandi Carlile, Simon & Garfunkel, CSNY, Bonnie Raitt, The Beatles and many others!
Judi Vinar: Vocals
Rachel Holder: Vocals
Lori Dokken: Vocals, Piano
Crooners Supper Club
6161 Highway 65 NE
Minneapolis, MN 55432
Box Office: (763) 760-0062
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
unity minneapolis - music director -lori dokken
Sunday morning services move back to Unity Minneapolis! Live-streamed and in person at 10:00
Sunday morning services move back to Unity Minneapolis! Live-streamed and in person at 10:00
Sunday morning services move back to Unity Minneapolis! Live-streamed and in person at 10:00
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.
July Music Teams
Sunday - July 13th - Musical Guests are The Unity Choir, Rachel Holder, Dave Berget, David Stanoch and me!
Sunday, July 20th - Musical Guests are Jana Anderson, Dave Berget, David Stanoch and me!
Sunday July 27th - Musical Guest is Tristana Ward with me!
Hope you can join us!
Annual September Music Series at Unity Minneapolis - 2024
Sunday morning services move back to Unity Minneapolis! Live-streamed and in person at 10:00
Sunday morning services move back to Unity Minneapolis! Live-streamed and in person at 10:00
“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.
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.