Entertainment

Parranderos Latin Combo, a worldly combination of performers based in central Iowa who perform several latin musical styles, performed a lively concert at Awaysis Park’s Great Lawn in Storm Lake, the last of four free concerts in the first Lighthouse Concert Series put on by Storm Lake United. The crowd enjoyed the high-energy performance until it was cut short by a risk of rain...

The Hanover Historical Society will host the 23rd Annual Hanover Festival on Sunday, August 25, from noon to 7 p.m. at the Hanover Village located southwest of Alta at the Junction of M-27 and C-65.  The event features entertainment for all ages and salutes the rural heritage of the area.  Those attending can view the restored village buildings with their many displays and enjoy a tasty hot sandwich along with homemade pie and ice cream...

Catherine Glackin is beginning her second year in pursuing a flute performance and music education degree at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music. As a Bienen School student, she performs in large bands and orchestras, as well as chamber ensembles which include: flute quartets, woodwind quintets, flute-viola-harp trios, and more. ...

By JOCELYN NOVECK Pilot Reviews It happens in even the best kitchens: You bring together top-quality ingredients and a promising recipe, but somehow the end result comes out tasting wrong, just wrong. And that’s what’s happened, alas, with “The Kitchen,” a New York mob story starring, for a change, women — the estimable trio of Melissa McCarthy, Elisabeth Moss and Tiffany Haddish, along with an intriguing supporting cast including Annabella Sciorra in a key cameo...

High-energy country band Hitchville is up next in the Live at the Lake concert series at the Preservation Plaza at Arnolds Park. The free-admission show is Saturday, August 24. Hitchville has quickly solidified themselves among the upper echelon of regional talent. ...

The action-packed Moto Maniacs motorcycle stunt show will be performing at the Clay County Fair next month. The show is free with fair admission. Moto Maniacs is a mashup of loud bikes, astounding acrobatics, electrifying modern music and extravagant costuming. ...

Actress Isabela Moner says she didn’t expect so much action when she signed up for ”Dora and the Lost City of Gold ,” the upcoming film about the adventurous Latina explorer. Moner said she thought it would be a funny film, with Dora in a “fish out of water” kind of situation as she starts high school...

Summer is giving us some lasting, waning moments before it’s back to school, no more vacation time, and the dimming of the longest, most beautiful days of the year, start their fall make-over. Many sites are giving their ‘best of’ for albums of 2019 so far, so why can’t we? There are some surprises this year, as the old guard looks to let the public know that they are still making viable, meaningful music, as the younger musicians are taking some great detours to new, sonic horizons. ...

As school begins and the leaves begin to turn, the big action blockbusters of summer will give way to Hollywood’s best story-telling months. Expect the usual long-in-the-tooth sequels (a reboot Charlie’s Angels, a sixth Terminator flick, the supposedly final Rambo installment, an animated Addams Family, and Frozen 2 to name but a few.) But there will also be some genuine Oscar contenders, a few sleeper hits, and even an original idea or two. Here are some of the best bets for fall:...

Add an “e” and “Hobbs & Shaw” might have been a time-traveling thriller about playwright George Bernard Shaw and 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes. Tantalizing as such a pairing may have been to the makers of “Fast & Furious,” they have instead opted to, in the franchise’s first spinoff, combine two of the series’ supporting standouts, Dwayne Johnson’s U.S. ...

The Farmers Bank Stage will present six different acts at the nine-day Clay County Fair, Sept. 7-15. “The Farmers Bank Stage is a popular spot for many of our fairgoers because of its high-quality entertainment acts,” said Fair Manager Jeremy Parsons. “The tent in southwest corner of the fairgrounds will be the place to be again this year.”...

Cash’d Out will be playing in the Roof Garden Grand Opening Concert Series on Friday, August 23. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show starts at 7:30 p.m. “Some people are impressionists. These guys leave an impression.” Said Bill Miller, owner of JohnnyCash.com about Cash’d Out (Douglas Benson vocals, George Bernardo drums, John Heussenstamm guitar, Nate Lefranchi bass), a San Diego based band that channels Johnny Cash in about as close a manner to the real thing as it gets...

Chris Young will be bringing his “Raised On Country World Tour 2019” to the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City on Friday, October 4. Joining Young is special guests Eli Young Band and Matt Stell. Tickets are $39.75, $49.75, $59.75 and go on sale Friday, July 19 at 10 a.m...

The 10th Anniversary Season at the Rosemary Clausen Center in Holstein will open in grand style Saturday, September 28, with Ireland’s own Celtic Angels, along with the dynamic Celtic Knight Dancers and the Trinity Band Ensemble of Dublin. The opening night performance begins at 7:30 p.m...

Local favorite LD3 returns to Inspiration Wines & Vines in Linn Grove the Friday, August 9. Showtime is 6:30 p.m. The band, with members from Spencer and Manson areas, has grown from a family trio that has been playing together since 1968, to a core group of six performers with many guest musicians. Second generation performer Duane “Deacon” Davis leads the group today...

The Army of the Southwest encampment will return to the Albert City Threshermen and Collectors Show, set for August 9-11. The group demonstrates life in the Civil War period, visits about lifestyle of that period and on occasion does teaching reenactments of the time with replica rifles and cannon...

A fresh, new name and some top musical acts from across the country are sure to lure many to Cherokee’s annual winter music festival held each year in January. Still six months away, but fast approaching is the 20th anniversary celebration of Cherokee’s annual music bash staged at several venues during the weekend of January 17-18...

Quentin Tarantino has, for a while now, been reminding us what’s so great about movies — or at least, what he thinks is so great about them. He’s made an old-fashioned double-feature (“Death Proof,” of “Grindhouse”), resurrected the wide-screen format of 70mm Ultra Panavision (“The Hateful Eight”) and generally presided as the pre-eminent B-movie evangelist for a generation. ...

The Farmers Bank Stage will present six different acts at the nine-day Clay County Fair, Sept. 7-15. “The Farmers Bank Stage is a popular spot for many of our fairgoers because of its high-quality entertainment acts,” fair manager Jeremy Parsons said. “The tent in the southwest corner of the fairgrounds will be the place to be again this year.”...

The Storm Lake United Lighthouse Concert Series has pepped up the park with down-home country, alternative contemporary, and classic rock and roll shows, all free to everyone on the lakefront Great Lawn at Awaysis Park. Wrapping up the first-time series is the worldly sound of Parranderos Latin Combo, taking the stage August 9, 8-11 p.m...

Blues/swing/Americana artist Patrick Recob has spent most of his musical career honing his craft as a bassist performing with a stellar list of who’s who of national act blues artists. He has stepped into the forefront with the release of his critically acclaimed album, PERPETUAL LUAU bringing his blues for the new millennium on the road with high energy performances that are deeply dedicated to traditional blues and a side of his own original material. ...

The Pearson Lakes Art Center proudly announces this year’s Art in the Park, which will be conducted from 9 a.m to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, on Preservation Plaza in Arnolds Park. This event, overlooking the beautiful West Lake Okoboji and next to Arnolds Park Amusement Park, is a juried show featuring handcrafted work of artists from throughout the Midwest and nation. ...

Life moves in a circle, “The Lion King” tells us, and, increasingly, so does studio moviemaking. Close on the heels of “live-action” remakes of “Aladdin” and “Dumbo” and on the precipice of a reborn “The Little Mermaid,” “The Lion King” is back, too. Round and round we go. Cue Savannah sunrise. Cue “Naaaants ingonyama bagithi baba!”...

Hotel California “A Salute to the Eagles” tribute band will be playing Tuesday, August 20 at Pearson Lakes Art Center in Okoboji, 7:30 p.m. Hotel California was founded with the intent of filling the void left by the demise of The Eagles in 1982. By blending their extraordinary vocal and musical talents, the group faithfully reproduces the sound of the Eagles studio recordings while recreating a classic sound, which undeniably transcends the boundaries of rock, R&B, and country while delivering a modern, action packed performance that brings this timeless music into the new millennium.. ...

Young performer Kalea Appel from Worthington, Minn. will make her first appearance at InnSpiration Wines & Vines in Linn Grove, Sunday, August 11. Showtime is 3 p.m. Kale performs contemporary pop and soft rock, as well as writing original music, and has several music videos posted on her Facebook channel...

The Sanford Museum in Cherokee will offer meteor shower gazing with telescopes and a movie, Sunday August 11, 9 p.m. The movie will be “Apollo 11” - A Documentary of the Historic Moon Landing. Bring your own lawn chairs or blankets and bug spray. The Sanford will provide the entertainment and the popcorn...

Area favorite Brad Morgan is up next in the Stone Pier Summer Concert Series at Blackhawk Lake, Saturday, August 3, featuring special guest Royce Johns. Born and raised near Manning, Iowa, Brad currently resides in Nashville where his midwest roots continue to influence his music as he works to make some noise on the country music scene. Brad was recently named the KBOE 104.9 FM “2018 Iowa Country Artist of the Year” and has new music releases planned for 2019...

The Jay Clyde Band will be in concert at Buoys Bar & Grill at the Storm Lake Marina, Saturday, August 8. Showtime is 8 p.m. JCB follows another country act, Shelby Lee Lowe, this Saturday the 27th. Ahead on the calendar is Birdchild Duo, Friday, Aug. 16...

Folk-rocker Andy Juhl is on tap for the InnSpiration Vines & Wines summer concert series, Friday night, August 2. Showtime is 6:30 p.m. “Music has the power to stop you in your tracks and force you to take notice. It can subtly direct you to challenge perceptions, provoke thoughts, or take action,” Andy Juhl says. ...

It will come as no surprise to the people who knew John Senn that he wanted memorials directed to the Iowa Rock ‘n’ Roll Music Association. He passed away Thursday at Lakes Regional Healthcare in Spirit Lake at the age of 78. A funeral service for the Lakes music icon was held Monday...