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Tickets still available to see Louie Anderson

April 26, 2013 in The Daily Republic

The show is a fundraiser for the Dakota Wesleyan University women’s basketball team.
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Louie Anderson brings Mitchell connections, Minnesota flavor to Corn Palace show

April 22, 2013 in The Daily Republic

Long before he was famous, Louie Anderson vowed one day he would do a show at the Corn Palace in Mitchell.
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Comic Anderson dives into Corn Palace show

March 21, 2013 in The Daily Republic

Star gets splash of publicity for appearance on celebrity reality program.
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Comedian Louie Anderson coming to Mitchell

March 4, 2013 in The Daily Republic

March 24 benefit set for DWU women’s basketball team.

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Worthington natives sell television pilot to MTV

February 18, 2013 in Worthington Daily Globe

WORTHINGTON Worthington natives Cy Amundson and Joel Hoekstra recently sold a TV pilot to MTV. Continue Reading

ACT to host 2 nights of Carol Burnett sketch comedy

January 24, 2013 in The Daily Republic

the Mitchell Area Community Theatre is bringing back some of the long-running “Carol Burnett Show’s” best-loved sketches for two nights of community comedy, Friday and Saturday at the Pepsi-Cola Theatre in Mitchell. Continue Reading

Chris Rock thinks today’s comedians aren’t bringing the funny

December 21, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Today’s comedians need to step up their game, according to Chris Rock. Compared to greats like George Carlin, Richard Pryor and Bill Cosby, they just aren’t bringing the funny. When they do, the laughs are entirely too “situational.” Continue Reading

‘Comedy Mutant’ tour with Brian Posehn comes to Grand Forks

November 16, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Brian Posehn will bring his “Comedy Mutant” tour, along with guest comics Ron Funches and Jeremy Essig, to the Empire Arts Center on Nov. 29. Posehn often performs solo, but said he was excited to bring along Funches and Essig to Grand Forks and Fargo. Continue Reading

Jefferson High School to stage quirky comedy

November 1, 2012 in Alexandria Echo Press

The Jefferson High School (JHS) theater department’s fall play, Almost, Maine, will be performed November 9-11.
This modern and quirky comedy consists of nine vignettes that make up the play, all of which happen at 9 p.m. on a winter’s Friday night, as the townsfolk fall in and out of love with each other. Continue Reading

This Week in Entertainment

September 26, 2012 in DL-Online

The Entertainment Calendar appears weekly in both the Detroit Lakes Tribune and Becker County Record. Submissions, questions and corrections (labeled “Entertainment Calendar”) may be sent by fax, 218-847-9409, by mail to Detroit Lakes Newspapers, 511 Washington Ave., P.O. Box 826, Detroit Lakes, MN 56502, or by e-mail to Vicki Gerdes at vgerdes@dlnewspapers.com. Continue Reading