Jearlyn covers the opioid crisis.  Then, can you get angry at God?

It’s the 45th anniversary of the greatest album by BADFINGER, 1972’s STRAIGHT UP, and the band’s legendary guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist JOEY MOLLAND –along with his dynamic band–brings the album to the stage in a bracing live show.  TWO NIGHTS AT THE DAKOTA, Starting tomorrow night….
 www.dakotacooks.com    or call 612 332 5299

Rohan Preston- Theatre critic for the Mpls Star Tribune

jEARLYN finds out about GOOSEBUMPS at the STEPPINGSTONE THEATRE!   EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARK HAUCK aNd EMILY VILLONE whO PLAYS MRS WALKER JOIN JEARLYN IN STUDIO.

GOOSEBUMPS-through Next Sunday www.steppingstonetheatre.org 651-225-9265

Out of the Box Opera will present its next “opera experience,” Diva Cage Match, at 7 p.m. on October 28 at the Uppercut Boxing Gym in Northeast Minneapolis. Diva Cage Match is a new spin on the traditional world of opera, promising “world-class singing presented as a fusion of professional sports and TV talent contests.” Jearlyn talks with David Lefkowich Stage Director and Fight Designer

Tickets and info available at www.outoftheboxopera.com

St Paul Public school kids will be sleeping in a little more in the next few years….the Start times for school will be moved back starting in 2019….and that’s good news according to UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS PROFESSOR, ROXANNE PRICHARD, who studies student sleep patterns.   She joins Jearlyn.

http://www.twincities.com/2017/10/17/st-paul-board-votes-5-2-to-change-school-start-times-in-2019/

http://www.startribune.com/how-university-of-st-thomas-students-are-sleeping-their-way-to-better-grades/405025966/

https://www.stthomas.edu/collegesleep/aboutus/roxanne-prichard.html

KIM RUEBEN, Senior Fellow and Director of State and Local Finance Initiative for the Urban Brookings Tax Policy Center and JOHN MCCARRON Contributing columnist Chicago Tribune, freelance urban affairs guy and journalism adjunct at DePaul University  

https://www.urban.org/author/kim-s-rueben   www.mnrealtor.com

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/11/how-trump-tax-plan-would-alter-mortgage-interest-deduction.html

Secretary Rex Tillerson is an Ayn Rand fan and so is Speaker of the House Paul Ryan as well as Senator Rand Paul who is actually named after the author of Atlas Shrugged. What other members of Congress and the Administration are proponents of Ayn Rand and why. What is so special about Objectivism--the philosophical system of Ayn Rand? What does it mean to lead from this perspective in our democracy?  Jearlyn finds out from Ayn Rand ARI Senior Fellow and Chief Policy Officer Onkar Ghate

www.aynrand.org      https://ari.aynrand.org/experts/onkar-ghate

What’s new in HI TECH?   Jearlyn finds out from JULIO OJEDA ZAPATA, the Head TECH WRITER for the PIONEER PRESS. 

http://time.com/4969399/google-clips-camera/

You saw her on shows like Caroline In The City and movies like BACK TO THE FUTURE…and she got her start here….LEA THOMPSON joins Jearlyn to discuss

THE YEAR OF SPECTACULAR MEN is Lea’s directorial debut!    
It is written by daughter Madelyn and stars both daughters Madelyn & Zoey.  All 3 women will be in attendance for the screening on Opening Night, Wednesday, 10/18 at 8:15pmat the TWIN CITIES FILM FESTIVAL.
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http://twincitiesfilmfest.org/films/the-year-of-spectacular-men/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5039578/    www.twincitiesfilmfest.org 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_Thompson

Rohan Preston- Theatre critic for the Mpls Star Tribune

THE MATCHBOX THEATER has the perfect play to get folks in the spirit for the looming Halloween season.  THE WEIR!    Jearlyn finds out more about the show from PAUL SOMMERS, Who many know from his days in TRIPLE ESPRESSO, and DOUG STEWART who directs the show…

Fridays and Saturdays -October 28th   www.theMatchboxTheater.com    612-223-8664
NEW THEATER….Diamond Lake Road and Nicollet Ave South

GARY HINES, SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS They are performing this week at Record Label launch by one of their members...JAMECIA BENNETT!

Jearlyn spends the hour with her son MICHAEL BATTLE

Would we be safer if we just all had guns and they were legal? Your calls on the subject

A public-private partnership that will provide 1,000 low-income Minnesotans with education and job training, free of charge, launched this week with the support of some heavy hitters!  Among them are U.S. Bank President & CEO Andy Cecere, Thor Construction CEO Ravi Norman and Lt. Governor Tina Smith.  Summit Academy’s “1,000 GED Campaign” has already raised more than $2 million towards a goal of $5 million to provide 1,000 low-income Minnesotans with education and job training, free of charge.   Summit Academy President & CEO Louis King joins Jearlyn with more….

www.saoic.org/    

ANNA CHA 
DIRECTOR OF - "WASTED! THE STORY OF FOOD WASTE."  
Opens October 13 at the Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul’s Screen #3 at St. Anthony Main Theatre, 115 SE Main St., Minneapolis

It took a stage four breast cancer diagonosis for ANGELA THOMAS to chase her real dreams.   She has teamed up with renowned illustrator Jade Fang to bring her story to life, and hopes to have a finished book in January 2018. In order to accomplish this, Angela has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise the funding needed to pay for the rest of the illustrations and the printing of the actual book. The campaign started on September 15th, 2017 and will end on October 15th.    ANGELA and her daughter, JASMINE join Jearlyn

For a rockin’ hot evening, experience POWER BALLADZ and unleash your inner rock star with 90 minutes of rock featuring killer voices and wicked guitar solos! Hear music of ‘80s bands including: Aerosmith, Journey, Queen, Guns N' Roses, Bon Jovi, Poison, and many more. POWER BALLADZ an incredible evening of loud music, big hair, and ‘80s humor.  JEARLYN finds out more, when she talks with one of the stars of the show,  DIETER BIERBRAUER 

Rohan Preston- Theatre critic for the Mpls Star Tribune

A jaw-dropping political drama," All the Way offers a riveting behind-the-scenes look at President Lyndon B. Johnson's turbulent first year in office after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.  All the Way explores a turbulent time in our political history. In 1964, the year that LBJ is looking toward an election, he has also dedicated himself to the passage of the Civil Rights legislation that has languished in Congress, stirring the hopes, passions and fears of a country headed toward monumental change. Working with Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey and Roy Wilkins, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Pearce Bunting who portrays LBJ and Shawn Hamilton who portrays MLK will join Jearlyn in studio this Sunday

It’s been a good run for the opening show of the season at the Mixed Blood. “HOW TO USE A KNIFE” is definitive Mixed Blood: hilarious until it’s not, propelled by catalytic cultural collisions, simultaneously political and theatrical, timely in America and in our own Cedar Riverside neighborhood, multi-lingual, and 90 intermission less minutes   ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JACK RUELER joins JEARLYN.

www.mixedblood.com for tickets.   Runs through next Sunday…