This week’s Entertainment spotlights!

May. 1 |     The Music     Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars Fri., May 3, 8:30 pm • Festival of Nations, Roy Wilkins Auditorium, 175 Kellogg Blvd W., St. Paul, FestivalofNations.com • The  musicians who form Sierra Leone’s Refugee...

This week’s Entertainment spotlights!

Apr. 24 |     The Music   The Bar Kays Sun., Apr. 28 7 pm • Epic, 110 N. 5th St., Mpls., 612-332-3742 or epicmpls.com • Originating as the Stax Records’ house band in 1966, they played on records by Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Johnnie Taylor,...

Shá Cage solo theatrical debut examines the N word through women’s eyes

Mar. 21 |   In Twin Cities spoken word, a field glutted with grandstanding hacks, gifted veteran Shá  Cage is an exception that proves the proverbial rule. Nine out of 10 alleged artists are antagonistic, interminably posturing, self-congratulatory frauds...

When times get tough, you drastically adjust

Jun. 20 |   There’s a great deal to be said for calling your own shots. It’s a very attractive aspect of professionally freelancing, not having to punch in and out at the time clock. However, as Jackson Browne sang, “It ain’t bad work if you can...

Chastity Brown: Acoustic soul singer plays slow-paced CD release show

Apr. 23 |         Dwight Hobbes Contributing Writer     It is not my night. A knock on the door wakes me up and it’s my upstairs neighbor wondering whether she, fiddling with building’s water source, has accidentally turned...