This week s top picks in local arts and entertainment. Written By: Christa Lawler | ×
Cedar Lounge, for the indoor-concert curious
As a human whose only recent experiences In Public are grocery stores, Target and Zenith Bookstore, it is Cedar Lounge in Superior that most piques my In Public interest. It’s inspired by the well-spaced tables, added exhaust fans and Plexiglass, confessional-booth-style spots at the bar that I see on its social media.
So here’s an excuse to go there, masked: Ingeborg von Aggasiz plays from 5-7 p.m. on Fridays in February. The electronic folk singer-songwriter will play originals and cover songs.
We Three Kings premiere
Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial presentation of “ … And They Lynched Him on a Tree” by William Grant Still and the world premiere of Rudy Perrault’s “We Three Kings.” I was unfamiliar with this specific work by Still as it is a choral work, but what I learned about it and how significant a work it is makes me want to hear it again and again! I really wish it were performed more regularly.
On the same program was a work by my UMD colleague Jean Perrault. This work is a premiere for the memorial event, the use of extremes and dissonance really captures for me the pain and discord. Thankful music could connect the past and present.