Tony Rice Unit
Fri. May, 6 2011 7:30pm
Tickets: $30
About Tony Rice Unit
We’re willing to bet that most flatpickers remember the first time they heard Tony Rice play their reaction was similar to ours — a mouth opened in astonishment. Such power, tone, timing, and fluidity coming from one acoustic guitar, thus the reason for asking him to return to the Opera House. Even today, after hearing countless great flatpickers, there’s still something about Tony Rice’s playing that sets him apart. Tony Rice spans the range of acoustic music, from straight-ahead bluegrass to jazz-influenced new acoustic music, to songwriter-oriented folk. Over the course of his career, he has played alongside J.D. Crowe and the New South, David Grisman, led his own groups, collaborated with fellow picker Norman Blake, Peter Rowan and recorded with his brothers. With grace, technical skill, and exquisite taste and timing, Rice is still growing. The Current Tony Rice Unit line-up: Tony and Wyatt Rice, guitars; Rickie Simpkins, fiddle; Josh Williams, mandolin; Bryn Davies, bass

Michael Hecht presents: Walt Whitman and Norman Rcokwell
Sat. May 7, 2011 1:00pm
Free-will donation at door – General Admission
About Michael Hecht presents: Walt Whitman and Norman
Are they so popular that we ignore them? A soft talk about these two great artists and their creative expressions about American and its citizens. An introduction to ‘reading’ both a poem and a picture.

St Anns Drama Club
Friday May 20, Sat May 21st 7pm
theme & price tbd.
About St Anns Drama Club
Call St Ann’s School for ticket information (608) 873-3343

For the last few years, St Anns Drama Club has been delighting audiences of all ages with their colorful end of year musicals at the Opera House. Past performances include Willy Wonka Jr, Alladin & Alice in Wonderland. Keep an eye out for this years theme, as it is an end of school-year treat for the whole family.

Stoughton Chamber Singers – America Sings
Sun. May 22, 2011 7pm
Tickets TBA – General Admission
About Stoughton Chamber Singers – America Sings
From the original anthems of William Billings during the American Revolution to the 20th Century’s George Hershwin, the United States has given rise to its own unique style of music. Come join the singers to listen to, to learn about, and to celebrate our American musical heritage.

Fox Prairie School presents: A Wisconsin History
Wed May 25 & Thurs May 26, 2011 6:30pm
Free Will Donation at the Door
About Fox Prairie School presents: A Wisconsin History
Performed by the talented 5th grade students from Fox Prairie, this will be a musical performance celebrating the people and the in history of Wisconsin

Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society
June 10 & 24, 2010 7:30pm
Tickets sold by Bach Dancing and Dynamite Societ
About Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society
Chamber Music with a Bang

Tickets available from Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society
Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society’s Website

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Iris DeMent
Sat. April 2, 2011 7:30pm
Tickets: $30
About Iris DeMent
Artists like Iris DeMent aren’t supposed to exist anymore in this cynical world. Singing unironically about family, forgiveness, and other real-life mysteries, DeMent has established herself as a straightforward singer/songwriter with the ability to touch the heart and soul of an audience.

Her songs, performed on piano and guitar, are punctuated by humorous anecdotes which intensify an audience’s vulnerability to the gripping message of those songs.

You might say that DeMent came by her lonesome-country-gospel sound naturally. She was born in Arkansas, but when she was just 3, her family moved to California after their farm failed. But her Pentecostal parents were steeped in the country, gospel and folk music of the South, so at times it seems that DeMent’s heart-rending vocals seem like they almost stem from ancestral memory. And her songs overflow with the yearning and hopefulness of the gospel hymns she sang as a child.

DeMent has confirmed that, when she was growing up, “I was around singers: my parents, their friends, my family members who would dig down, and go as far down as you can, and let it all come out and my mother was one of those kinds of singers.” (and so is Iris)

She sings about life’s inescapable beginnings and endings: its meaning, our social fabric and our shortcomings. Her albums, marked by great songwriting, honest presentation and resonant vocals, have received wide critical acclaim. Iris has toured extensively in the United States and Europe to enthusiastic receptions. She has appeared in support of John Prine, Nanci Griffith, Emmylou Harris, Shawn Colvin and Tom Petty. Her television and radio appearances include The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Conan O’Brien Show, Austin City Limits and A Prairie Home Companion.

Don’t miss Iris. She is a brilliant songwriter and heart-piercing singer

Visit Iris DeMent’s Website

Emmitt-Nershi Band
Fri. April 8, 2011 7:30pm
Tickets: $30
About Emmitt-Nershi Band
With years of collective experience under their belts, Drew Emmitt and Bill Nershi exemplify the forward-thinking modern bluegrass musician. As linchpins of two legendary jam-bands -Drew with Leftover Salmon, Bill with the String Cheese Incident-both men have done the stadium-filling, high-profile rock ‘n’ roll thing to perfection. Along the way, however, they’ve honed their songwriting and playing chops and studied the bluegrass, rock and jazz masters they admire. Their newest quartet – with Emmitt on mandolin, Nershi on guitar, Tyler Grant on bass and Andy Thorn on banjo – is a bluegrass band that’s much more grassroots – Think less stadium show, more up-close-and-intimate-with-your-fans.

Above all, Drew and Bill have shared a commitment to keeping music human-scaled and honest. Those qualities are found in abundance on their latest and greatest collaboration, “New Country Blues.” On this album and in concert, ENB delivers a dynamic blend of bluegrass, newgrass, country and Americana that appeals to fans of these genres and more.

Visit The Emmitt-Nershi Band’s Website

Adrian Legg
Sat. April 9, 2011 7:30pm
Tickets: $25
About Adrian Legg
If you are not familiar with Adrian Legg, allow us to describe to you what kind of player he is. First of all, he is unlike any guitarist you have ever heard. He uses various tunings and quite often changes tunings mid-song. He may be described as a finger style player, but he incorporates virtually every genre on his guitar in a virtuosic instrumental style with effects. He plays custom guitars that are a hybrid of electric and acoustic, and his fingerstyle picking technique has been acknowledged by the readers of Guitar Player who voted Legg the “best acoustic fingerstyle” player four years in a row (1993-1996) and has been Voted “Guitarist of the Decade” by Guitarist magazine. Adrian is one of the few guitarists that you could describe as a technical wizard but still has the uncanny ability to write tender and touching music, definitely a lost art. From his early start as a bench technician customising electric guitars, he’s played at the Montreux Jazz Festival and toured with Richard Thompson, David Lindley, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and Steve Vai.

He’s also shared the wealth of his talent and experience with teaching DVDs, videos and books. In recent years, he has also been a commentator-at-large for National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered”, and even more recently, regular listeners have heard his guitar versions of the show’s theme music Vai called Legg “Uncle Adrian” and Satriani said of Legg’s musicianship “He’s simply the best acoustic guitar player I’ve ever heard. I don’t know anyone else who can create such a cascade of beautiful notes… Adrian plays like he’s got hammers for fingers.”

Visit Adrian Legg’s Website

Opera for the Young presents Pirates of Penzance
With Kegonsa Elementary
Sun. April 10, 2011 1:30pm – $5 at the door
About Opera for the Young presents Pirates of Penzance
Welcome aboard, matey! Join in the fun as the Pirate King, Ruth, and Frederic meet Mabel and the Major General for some olde English merriment. Romance blossoms, loyalty is put to the test and mistakes are forgiven in this “jolly good” adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic masterpiece. With its zany word play and physical comedy, The Pirates of Penzance is an excellent springboard for discussion of time-honored values such as honesty, integrity, and respect for commitment. Local Kegonsa Elementary students from will perform on stage as the chorus of rollicking pirates, carefree wards, and timid police constables.

Opera for the Young brings live, professional opera to audiences with an annual Fall and Spring tours. All productions are fully staged, sung in English and adapted especially for kids.

Visit Opera For the Young’s Website

The Glenn Miller Orchestra
Thurs. April 14, 2011: 3pm & 7pm
Tickets: $30
About The Glenn Miller Orchestra
With its unique jazz sound, The Glenn Miller Orchestra is considered to be one of the greatest bands of all time. The band was originally formed in 1937 by Glenn Miller and was arranged around a clarinet and tenor saxophone playing melody, while three other saxophones played the harmony. The band became very popular and recorded a number of chart successes – among these were the ever-popular, “Moonlight Serenade”, “In the Mood”, “Tuxedo Junction”, “Chattanooga Choo Choo” and “(I’ve Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo.” In 1944, while traveling to entertain U.S. troops in France during World War II, Miller’s plane disappeared in bad weather over the English Channel and was never to be found.

The music lives on as the present orchestra was formed in 1956 and has been touring consistently since, playing an average of 300 live dates a year all around the world. They seem to open a portal to the past, evoking the spirit of Miller who loved nothing more than great music. Glenn Miller’s music reconfirms that great music has no time limitations and good things just don’t end! Trombonist Larry O’Brien is the orchestra’s present musical director. Don’t miss these shows with the masters of swing. It will be a memory to last a lifetime.

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Harry Manx
Fri. April 15, 2011 7:30pm
Tickets: $25
About Harry Manx
He’s been called the “Mysticssippi blues man” and the “essential link” between the music of East and the West.” Whatever you call Harry Manx, he’s a one-of-a-kind musician. Combining the sensuality of traditional blues with transcendent Eastern sounds, Harry creates a unique sound and atmosphere that is hard to resist and deliciously addictive, which is precisely the reason we asked him to return to the Opera House for yet another one of his exceptional performances.

Born on the Isle of Man, he immigrated to Canada as a child, played blues slide guitar all over Europe, lived in Japan, and then studied and toured with the great Indian mohan-veena player V.M. Bhatt. He also plays a lap-slide guitar, a modified banjo or cigar-box guitar and he sings with a rich, warm, and soulful voice. He covers everything from Muddy Waters to Jimi Hendrix and writes intelligent and compassionate songs. Now he lives in British Columbia and writes original songs — short stories that use the essence of the blues and the depth of Indian melody to draw you in. It’s in the live setting, Harry says, that the bridge between “heavenly” India and “earthy” American blues is most effectively built.

“Indian music moves inward,” Harry Manx explains. “It’s traditionally used in religious ceremonies and meditation, because it puts you into this whole other place. But Western music has the ability to move out, into celebration and dance. So when we play the Indian material on stage, it has the tendency to draw people into something really deep; they’ll get kind of quiet and spacey. Then we’ll play some more Western music, and it grounds them once more, they sort of come out of the mood the Indian music had put them in and get into the performance. I love to see that working — that effect on an audience”

Visit Harry Manx’s Website

Janis Ian and Tom Paxton
Sat. April 30, 2010 7:30pm
Tickets: $30
About Janis Ian and Tom Paxton
Tom Paxton: Tom Paxton has become a voice of his generation, addressing issues of injustice and inhumanity, laying bare the absurdities of modern culture and celebrating the tenderest bonds of family, friends, and community. In describing Tom Paxton’s influence on his fellow musicians, Pete Seeger has said: “Tom’s songs have a way of sneaking up on you. You find yourself humming them, whistling them, and singing a verse to a friend. Like the songs of Woody Guthrie, they’re becoming part of America.”

An internationally recognized and loved cultural figure, he has always chosen goodwill over commercial success. Over the past half-century, his songs have experienced enduring appeal, including modern standards such as “The Last Thing on My Mind”, “Bottle of Wine”, “Whose Garden Was This?”, “The Marvelous Toy”, and “Ramblin’ Boy”. Paxton’s songs have been recorded by Pete Seeger and The Weavers, Judy Collins, Joan Baez, Doc Watson, Harry Belafonte, Peter, Paul and Mary, The Kingston Trio, The Chad Mitchell Trio, John Denver, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Flatt & Scruggs, and many others. Tom received a 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award, was nominated for a GRAMMY in 2007 and in 2006.

Paxton’s place in folk music is secured not just by hit records and awards, but by the admiration of three generations of fellow musicians. Don’t miss the chance to experience to this legendary musician who wrote and lives the words, “Peace will come, and let it begin with me.”
Visit Tom Paxton’s Website

Janis Ian: The life and experience of a songwriter like Janis Ian is forever woven into the fabric of her songs, and Janis has proven time and time again that what she feels and thinks and writes touches the hearts of those who listen. Janis Ian recorded “Society’s Child” in 1965 when she was just 14 years old. This song of interracial romance was a huge hit but was also very controversial in its time. By the 1970′s Janis Ian had become a respected and brilliant singer/songwriter who produced a series of excellent albums and single releases. Her song, “At Seventeen,” earned her five Grammy nominations in 1975 and she performed the song on the first episode of Saturday Night Live. At times her music can lull you and at other times make you think. To experience Janis Ian live will take an audience on a thoughtful and creative journey through her musical life and mind. It is a journey that is well worth the time.
Visit Janis Ian’s Website

Hand picked by Janis to open the show, Natalia Zukerman’s slithery bottleneck slide will lure you in with the very first lick-and once you’ve heard the tender resonance of her blues-folk melodies, you’ll sink even deeper into the intimate, sweetly sophisticated lyrics that layer her dexterously played tunes with tales of discovery, love, irreverence, and reinvention.

Natalia Zukerman, the daughter of classical musicians Eugenia and Pinchas Zukerman, found her musical self when she took up slide guitar. You can call her songs folk music if you like, but there’s jazz there too, and some sultry blues. She’s a real triple threat who combines a unique slide guitar sound with some extremely seductive vocals and fresh original songs that tie everything together into a real, honest whole. Says Andy Friedman of the New Yorker of Natalia’s multiple talents: “Natalia’s voice could send an orchid into bloom while her guitar playing can open a beer bottle with its teeth.”
Visit Natalia Zukerman’s Website

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Madison Brass Band Feb. 5th  7:30

The first members of the original Madison Brass Band, founded in 1863, were businessmen, cobblers, cigar-makers, stone-cutters, and a saloon proprietor. Only one member was a professional musician. The band went into remission for many years until the early 2000′s when it revitalized its mission to bring the great British and American brass band tradition back to the greater Madison area. In addition to concerts, festivals and many events in southern Wisconsin, MBB has also performed twice at the Grand Celebration of Brass Bands in Iowa.

Under the leadership of Craig Mason, The Madison Brass Band has become Southern Wisconsin’s premier brass ensemble performing at concerts, festivals, and prestigious brass competitions with great success and audience response. They are based on the British Brass Band model and use cornets, flugelhorn, alto horns, English baritones, trombones, euphoniums, Eb tubas, Bb tubas, and percussion.

The Madison Brass Band takes pride in the members being both good musicians and good people. They believe in playing good music, music without pretention. Come and hear an exciting and varied program of original compositions, marches, overtures, hymns, jazz, and new and traditional works for brass band.

Visit Madison Brass Band’s Website

Dan Newton’s Cafe Accordion Orchestra Feb. 11th 7:30pm

“Berets and Bongos” describes the Cafe Accordion experience. A loungy, eclectic mix, full of French flare, Latin heat and Bohemian attitude. The heart of the Cafe Accordion repertoire is the romantic, gypsy-influenced valse-musette. The group complements the musettes with swing, ballads, tangos, cha chas, rumbas, and cumbias to create a wonderfully varied show. They inject their music with good humor and expressive abandon. Their high level of musicianship and passion for performance makes them an entertaining concert to experience.

The Cafe Accordion Orchestra is led by Dan Newton on accordion and vocals, with Eric Mohring on mandolin, violin and vocals, Erik Lillestol on bass, and Joe Steinger on percussion.

The band has the great fortune of working with some of the area’s finest guitarists and vocalists. They have appeared in New York at the Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing series, the International Akkordeon Festival in Vienna, Austria, The Minnesota State Fair, as well as festivals, theaters and dance halls across the United States.

Visit Dan Newton’s Cafe Accordion Orchestra’s Website

Bonnie Koloc Feb.12th 7:30pm

Crossing the boundaries of folk, jazz and blues, Bonnie Koloc was a mainstay in folk circles along with Steve Goodman and John Prine forming the “trinity of the Chicago folk scene”, drawing crowds that stood in lines around the block, hoping, at least, for a place to stand to catch the hottest act in town. With her crystalline voice and exquisite songs, she is renowned for her warm, powerful voice, stage presence and music which has elements of Folk, Gospel, and Blues in the spirit of Alberta Hunter.

Bonnie has sung on John Prine’s classic ‘Bruised Orange’ record, sung with Charles Neville as part of his Diversity Band at the Jazz & Heritage Festival, has appeared on ABC’s NIGHTLINE, has received terrific response from the Ravinia to the BBC, and is critically acclaimed by the NEW YORK TIMES. She has Also received the Governor’s Award for Best Singer, the Theatre World Bronze Award for Outstanding New Talent on Broadway, and a Drama Critics Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical.

In addition to her talents as a singer and songwriter, Bonnie is also a print maker, painter, ceramist, and book illustrator. She is an extraordinary and passionate artist, and her artistry knows no bounds. Don’t miss this show, Bonnie will enchant you from the very first note she sings.

“A folk-ballad-pop-blues singer of enormous range, charm, and charisma.” ~ NEW YORK TIMES

Visit Bonnie Koloc’s Website

Four Bithin’ Babes present “Hormonal Imbalance” Feb. 26th Two Shows 3pm & 7pm

“Hormonal Imbalance…a Mood Swinging Musical Revue” Start with four richly gifted singer-songwriters, add 3/4 cup married life, four kids, three cats, one piano, four guitars, one rocking’ purple bass, a dollop of sharp social commentary, and a pinch of PMS. Set this on the road to tour for nearly 20 years, throw in a hot flash or two, and you’ve got Hormonal Imbalance…A Mood Swinging Musical Revue!, an estrogen-fueled, hilarious show that celebrates the best of babes, boys, and botox, starring The Four Bitchin’ Babes.

Spend an evening with these outrageously funny and multi-talented musicians as they examine and ultimately celebrate the lives of today’s women. With sorority sister chemistry they perform original songs and stories offering both poignant views and unbridled comedic commentary on the joys and dilemmas of everyday life. With heavenly harmony, they share our struggles to balance careers and family, chocolate obsessions and low carb inner peace, CNN and TV Land, and finally, dealing with inadequate pay and inadequately cut swimwear.

The Four Bitchin’ Babes are Sally Fingerett, Debi Smith, Nancy Moran and Deirdre Flint, all successful musicians in their own right.

Visit Four Bitchin’ Babes Website

After a holiday respit the Opera House comes to life again with Pro Arte Quartet on January 23rd. 

The Pro Arte Quartet has enjoyed a long and distinguished career as one of the most enduring string quartets in existence. Founded in Brussels in 1912 by violinist Alphonse Annou and violist Germain Prevost, the Pro Arte became the court quartet to Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. Its world reputation soared with a European tour in 1919, earning the group such outstanding acclaim that many composers – including Bartok, Milhaud, and Honegger – composed new works for the Pro Arte. In 1940, stranded in the United States by the outbreak of World War II, the University of Wisconsin-Madison offered the Quartet the position of Artist-in-Residence, which continues to the present day.

Current members, David Perry and Suzanne Beia, violins, Sally Chisholm, viola, and Parry Karp, cello, have continued the Pro Arte legacy.

“The Pro Arte Quartet plays all very demanding music with perfect sympathy and superb musicianship…” (American Record Guide)

Make a night of it with a stay at Naeset Roe Inn, just a short 3 block walk from this exceptional venue.

Branson on the Road from Stoughton Opera House

Mark your calendar for this show, “…that most people thought was long gone in this day of overproduced music.”  Branson on the Road with Special Guest Maggie Mae is coming to the Stoughton Opera House, Thursday, April 15, 7:00 pm.  Make a night of it with this special package from Naeset Roe Inn.  Two first floor seats in the historic Stoughton Opera House, a $50 certificate for dinner at Laz Bistro this evening, and a room at the Inn, with a fabulous 4 course breakfast in the morning.   If you need to get to work the next day I’ll even have breakfast early, or you may want to sleep in, take Friday as a furlough day, and explore Historic Stoughton. 

Imagine walking the three blocks to dinner in Historic Stoughton at Laz Bistro, known for their unique menu and Kansas City style BBQ, saunter next door to the Historic Stoughton Opera House and listen to Wisconsin native Maggie Mae with her “down home country spirit and a voice that’ll knock your socks off.”  Then it’s back to the Inn for a restful night.  Wake to the smell of fresh brewed coffee and fresh baked scones, the rest of breakfast will be a fabulous surprise.  You won’t need to eat lunch, weather you go to work or wonder around town.

Your taxes are filed, now it’s time to REWARD YOURSELF.

All this for one low price.  $245-$312  Availableonly Thursday, April 15, 2010 only.  Mention “Branson Comes to Stoughton” in the comment section of the online form.  Only two packages so book early.

IS CABIN FEVER GETTING TO YOU?  Maybe it’s time for a short get away.  Naeset Roe Inn is the perfect spot to rest and rejuvenate.

And for something to do while you are here the Stoughton Opera House offers a great
line-up of performances for the Spring 2010 season.   You can check out the season at Stoughtn Oper House.

As always the Naeset Roe Inn offers a discount when you are attending a show at the Stoughton Opera House, just mention you are going to a show and present your tickets at check in.  It is a easy three block walk from the inn to your performance.  To complete your evening you may want to have dinner at Laz Bistro located next to the Opera House.  Or the Main Street Pour House is only two blocks away.

There are some great show coming up and I’m sure they will sell out, if they haven’t already, so visit our websites to make reservations or call
Naeset Roe Inn at 608-877-4150 and the Stoughton Opera House at 609-877-4400 today.  You can always check availability anytime for the Inn, Here.

I look forward to seeing you in 2010.
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We also lived through the original reality TV, when the only Big Brother was a book.  Shows like Rowan & Martin’s Laugh In & The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour were our reality.  To get Variety in your programs you didn’t have to hit a button on the remote, you watched a Variety Show.  We heard a few good jokes, a few good songs, and most likely a little sarcasm.

Well you can relive part of your past at the Stoughton Opera House on Sunday November 15th, when Tommy and Dick grace the stage with their “The Smothers Brothers Show, An Intimate Evening with Tom and Dick”

“The Smothers Brothers have been described as comedic treasures, comic geniuses, rare, original and peerless.”  Tickets for the show are only $60, but I think they are priceless.

While you are out enjoying yourself, why not extend your enjoyment and your weekend with a night at the Naeset Roe Inn a bed and breakfast.  Just three blocks from the Opera House, the Inn is known for its homey relaxing atmosphere and owner Carl Povlick’s 4 course breakfast.  But don’t call me a chef, even if I have 40 years in the restaurant business.  “I’m just a DGC (damn good cook).”

So call the Stoughton Opera House Box Office at 608-877-4400 to get your tickets for The Smothers Brothers Show and go online to www.naesetroe.comand book your room for the show in Stoughton Wisconsin.

Think about visiting Stoughton WI and experience all the history of this Norwegian founded city.  Architecture to art are all around.  Shop Main Street then grab a pizza and a movie.  Classes are another option. All this is only walking distance from Naeset-Roe Inn, the Victorian bed and breakfast in Stoughton, WI.  A show, dinner, a great bed and a fabulous breakfast.  What could be better?

Looking for something to do after the summer?  Think about an Overnight Staycation to Stoughton WI and Naeset-Roe Inn.  Pair it with a concert at The Stoughton Opera House and dinner at Laz Bistro.

You’ll be staying in a quiet Victorian B&B and you can walk to the theater and bistro.  You don’t have to worry about having a second glass of wine or a nightcap before you come back to the inn.

The Stoughton Opera House has released a sneak peek of the up coming season and here it is.

 Stoughton Opera House
2009-2010 Sneak Peek!  

Sept 12                 Dr Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mtn Boys
Sept 19                 Monday Morning Dixie Band
Sept 25                 Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
Oct 1                      Huun Huur Tu
Oct 2                      Leo Kottke
Oct 8                      The Duke Ellington Orchestra
Oct 10                   Yahara River Chorus
Oct 16                   The Dan Tyminski Band
Oct 18                   Opera for theYoung – Elixir of Love
Oct 24                   Kaki King
Oct 25                   UW Children’s Theater – Winnie the Pooh
Oct 30,31            StageWorks – Dracula
Nov 7                    AncoraString Quartet
Nov 13                 Tony RiceUnit
Nov 15                 Surprisespecial guests TBA!
Dec 11                 Tom Wopat
Dec 12                 John Sebastian & David Grisman
Dec 13                 Stoughton Festival Choir & City Band
Dec 18                 Riders in the Sky
Jan 30                All that Jazz Big Band
Feb 12                   Cherish the Ladies
Feb 26                   Lou & Peter Berryman
Mar 5,6,7              The Actors Factory
Mar 13                  Pieta Brown
Mar 19,20            The Del McCoury Band
Mar 26                 Harry Manx
Apr 1                     Red Skelton: tribute by Tom Mullica
Apr 10                   Greg Brown
Apr15                    Branson on the Road – with Maggie Mae
Apr 22                   TheAnoushka Shankar project
May 1                   The Crickets
May 23                MidwestVocal Express

Tickets Available August 3^rd for Members
Aug 17^th General Public
www.stoughtonoperahouse.com

Imagine seeing The Duke Ellington Orchestra, Tom Wopat, and Branson on the Road – with Maggie Maeall in the historic Stoughton Opera House.  So choose your shows and call for tickets and also make your reservations online at Naeset-Roe Inn.  Mention in the comment section that you are going to the opera house for which show and receive a discount.  I’m sure that you’ll have a great Overnight Staycation in Stoughton WI.

Historic Stoughton welcomes art lovers of all ages to experience its second annual “Fine Artsy Fair” – “Because Great Art Should Be Fun!”. Check the last blog entry to see maps of the Galleries, Studios, and Shops open Friday night June 19th for the Gallery Walk 5-9 pm. And then check the Classes and Demo map for locations for them. Below you’ll find a complete list of the Classes and Demos.

Fine Artsy Fair Events Schedule

Along with all of these classes there will be Street Artists, Musicians, and food vendors all up and down main Street.

To finish it off, you can step back in to yesteryear for the first ever Silent Movie at the Historic Stoughton Opera house – featuring the original 1924, Lon Chaney version of “Phantom of The Opera”.

So plan your weekend in Historic Stoughton and to compliment it a stay at historic Naeset Roe Inn. The Inn is only a block from Main Street so you’ll be right in the heart of all the Art in Historic Downtown Stoughton Wisconsin.  I look forward to meeting you.

As promised last week I am posting two maps here that can help you navigate around the Fine Artsy Fair being held in Stoughton, WI on June 19th and 20th.  Friday night there is going to be a Gallery Walk and 17 art galleries, studios, and shops will be open for you to view and buy art in different media.  I’m told that you will also be able to get a glass of wine and maybe some snacks at most of them.  So wouldn’t it be nice to be staying at Naeset Roe Inn, because then you can walk everywhere.  No driving after a couple of glasses of wine.
View Stoughton Art Gallery Walk in a larger map

And then on Saturday there are all kinds of things to do.  You can take a class and learn a new art technique or view the demo’s going on.  Then there will be a lot of street art going on also, including music, face painting and balloon sculpting.  Have your portrait done or munch on ethnic food.  The music reminds me that you can say that you were dancing in the streets of Stoughton WI.
View Classes and Demos in a larger map

And don’t forget that Phantom of the Opera, the 1924 version, will be shown one time only at the Historic Stoughton Opera House and there will be someone on stage playing the piano accompaniment.  That’s 7 pm on Saturday June 20th at the Stoughton Opera House.

The Stoughton Opera House just announced their Sneak Preview of shows coming for the 2009-2010 season.   When you attend a show at the Stoughton Opera House you get a 10% discount on your stay at Naeset Roe Inn.  So buy your tickets and book your room today.  I have it on good athority that one of the TBA shows is the Smothers Brothers.  That takes me back a long way.  I waited on them back in the early 70′s.

Now you know a little bit about my history and a little about what is going on in Historic Stoughton.  So check out the maps and the Stoughton Opera House website and book your rooms now at Naeset Roe Inn.

Talk to you soon.