Grammy Award Nominee, Peter Phippen is an innovative performer of flutes of the world. Peter will be performing with David Roll, Piano/Synthesizer and Jason Introwitz, African Drums. Since 1993, Phippen has performed concerts, workshops, artist residencies and assembly programs across the United States programs that are an enchanting mix of the very old and very new in music. He has been a featured performer at the International Native American and World Flute Association, and he has shared the stage with R. Carlos Nakai, Coyote Oldman, and Mark Holland.

BiL are innovators in bringing “folk music” kicking and screaming to rock audiences (and rock music to screaming folk audiences!) The band’s many instrumental dance tunes incorporate global influences, rhythms, and melodies that are guaranteed to keep the feet moving. Original songs stick in the mind long after the music is over. The players improvise freely yet stay in sync, playing a vital mix of original and traditional material. The group and the individual musicians have won over 20 Minnesota Music Awards, and toured throughout the US and in Europe.

Back by popular demand, “extremely funny guy” C. Willi Myles has a gift for connecting people through family-friendly humor and storytelling. When you hear Willi go on and on about his family you are right there with him for the whole ride. He will take you to church, family reunions, and funerals. You’ll swear you never left the room. C. Willi Myles has performed and toured with: the OJays, Temptations, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Beach Boys, Pat Benatar, Toby Keith, Bonnie Raitt, Bill Cosby, Sinbad, and Dennis Miller.

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Since 1998, when Stanislava Varshavski and Diana Shapiro started to play together, their duo has become one of the most renowned contemporary piano duos. The duo has participated in international festivals and performed in Czech Republic, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Poland, Russia and US. Varshavski and Shapiro have appeared with the Radio Orchestra in Munich, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra, and “New World” Symphony Orchestra of Miami.

Grammy Award Nominee, Peter Phippen offers a special Mother's Day solo performance at the Mabel Tainter. Phippen will perform an diverse mix of his favorite music - refelecting the compassion and spiritual bond between a mother and her children. Phippen has been a featured performer at the International Native American and World Flute Association, and he has shared the stage with R. Carlos Nakai, Coyote Oldman (Michael Graham Allen), N. Scott Robinson, and Mark Holland.

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Join your neighbors in reading and discussing Julia Alvarez’s bestseller In the Time of the Butterflies.
At 6:30 p.m. Dr. Antonio T. Freeman, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, will tell us about the culture and politics of Central America and the Dominican Republic. Free books will be distributed following the performance. All events are free.

Sponsored by: Menomonie Public Library and Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts.Financial support provided by: Menomonie Public Library Foundation

Join the Menomonie High School Jazz Ensemble I under the direction of Jake Karkula as it performs with world-reknown saxophonist Kenni Holmen. Kenni’s virtuosic improvisation and aggressive playing is known to bring crowds to its feet. Kenni has performed with Michael Bolton, Celine Dion, Johnny Mathis, Tony Bennett, T.C. Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Higgins, The Rev, Billy Graham Crusade, The Glen Miller Orchestra, Doc Severinson, Garrison Keilor, The Minnesota Orchestra and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra just to name a few.

Wild West show within a show,starring Annie Oakley and featuring the music of Irving Berlin.

Neil Simon reworks his classic comedy (turning Felix & Oscar into Florence and Olive) while leaving the laughs intact with surprising freshness.

If you liked Snow White: A Very Pale Fairy Tale, you’ll LOVE this new original musical spin on another classic tale.