The Twin Cities best new spot to catch cool Jazz and Blues music is at Crooners Lounge and Supper Club in Fridley.    A couple of different stages for an intimate night out.    Jearlyn finds out more about this sneaker of a place, from MARY TSJVOLD, who joins her from Montreal....

http://croonersloungemn.ticketfly.com/

THE COWLES CENTER has a fantastic season of performance on tap in downtown Minneapolis.   Moving arts performances and a big gala event coming next month...
Jearlyn gets a preview of everything from LYNN VON ESCHEN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COWLES CENTER FOR DANCE AND THE PERFORMING ARTS.

 https://www.thecowlescenter.org/gala

Rohan Preston- Theatre critic for the Mpls Star Tribune

ROMEO and JULIET at The Guthrie

Jearlyn with her son MICHAEL BATTLE and his Pal Joey.

SUSIE JONES and Jearlyn talk about the news of the day.

PAUL DOUGLAS joins the conversation on IRMA

Former WCCO newsman Bruce Hagevik checks in from Broward County Florida.

Is America becoming a rogue nation when it comes to tough talk with North Korea?   Plus other political news, and a preview of a big get together at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, on SOCIAL MEDIA and ELECTIONS….   LARRY JACOBS is the CHAIR OF THE STUDY OF POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE at the HUMPHREY SCHOOL and the DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE at the UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.

www.hhh.umn.edu

Jearlyn starts her run up to WOMEN VENTURE 2017 with BRETT DORRIAN AND LOUISE JONES. Brett Dorrian of Brett Dorrian Artistry Studios does media makeup, hairstyling, and photography.  She has been in business since 2008.  She is a WomenVenture loan client. She also participated in our Scale Up! Twin Cities program, an 8-month class designed to help companies take their business to the next level. She has been working with WomenVenture for several years now. Louise is Development Director for WomenVenture. Louise is Development Director with WomenVenture.    

www.brettdorrian.com            www.WomenVenture.org

Jearlyn takes your calls about America's status as a "Rogue Nation."

BLOOD STRIPE, a locally made movie that is really turning heads around the country, makes its local debut next week…The motion picture features KATE NOWLIN,  as a career marine, battling PTSD upon her return home to Minnesota. The sergeant flees her suburban life in search of solace in the north woods, but she cannot outrun her own heart of darkness and the once-pristine wilderness becomes fraught with peril.

Rohan Preston- Theatre critic for the Mpls Star Tribune

In the Heights is the universal story of a vibrant community in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood—a place where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music.   It opens on Tuesday at ORDWAY in St. Paul for a two week run.  It’s a community on the brink of change, full of hopes, dreams, and pressures, where the biggest struggles can be deciding which traditions to take with you and which to leave behind.   EMILY MADIGAN plays CARLA in the show, and ASHLEY SELMER, who has been on CENTER STAGE before, is the CHOREOGRAPHER.  Both are local artists and have been seen on the Ordway stage before.

 www.ordway.org for tickets

ST PAUL SLIM will be at the Turf Club on Wednesday.

Jearlyn spends the hour with her son MICHAEL BATTLE.

Another devastating flood has Americans gasping in horror.   Will residents be able to call upon insurance to assist in rebuilding?   That’s a tricky one for insurers.  If people participated in the FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM, most likely.   But funding for that program is paltry.. MARK KULDA, VICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, INSURANCE FEDERATION OF MN joins Jearlyn to discuss?     9500 Minnesotans participate in the FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM…..why not more?

www.ifm2.advocateoffice.com/

Joel Osteen didn’t have a good week in Houston.  The popular TV Pastor didn’t open the doors to his Mega Church, and caught the wrath of the public on social media.   Should he and other church leaders be taking the lead in recovery efforts?    How did they do It 12 years ago during Katrina?  Jearlyn finds out, when she visits with Ellen Blue,  the Biggs Professor of the History of Christianity & United Methodist Studies at Phillips Seminary in TULSA.   Her latest book is “In Case of Katrina: Reinventing the Church in Post-Katrina”

Info about the book is at http://wipfandstock.com/in-case-of-katrina.html

The School year starts for most Minnesota students on Tuesday.   When it comes to one of the bigger social issue stories of the year, how will teachers address the issues of White Supremecy and Charlottesville?  

RON HUSTEVDT was named the countries 2016 Outstanding Middle Level Social Studies Teacher of the Year, for his work at  SALK MIDDLE SCHOOL in Elk River.   He joins Jearlyn.

https://www.minnpost.com/education/2017/08/school-year-approaches-twin-cities-teachers-grapple-how-talk-about-charlottesville

POCO, the sweet harmonizing super group, has been putting smiles on people’s faces for over 40 years, and they come to Minneapolis next week, to play at the DAKOTA.   “CRAZY LOVE,” and “HEART OF THE NIGHT,” are light rock classics.    And RUSTY YOUNG has been there from the start…..starting POCO after his time with BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD.    He has a solo album that is about to come out in two weeks, and he joins Jearlyn to talk POCO.   www.poco.com

DISNEY’s ALLADIN comes to town, starting on Friday, SEPTEMBER 15th at the ORPHEUM THEATRE…   Jearlyn gets a preview from ZACH BENCAL who is part of the magical cast, and talks with Jearlyn.    

www.HennepinTheatreTrust.org   or call 800 982 2787

THE ABOMINABLES is the latest offering from The CTC, kicking off their season in South Minneapolis.   It’s also the World premiere……Jearlyn gets some insight into the show, when she visits with ELISE BENSON, who plays JUDY, a Hockey Mom, part of Minnesota’s First Ever, HOCKEY MUSICAL.   STEVE  CAWSON, WROTE AND DIRECTS, THE ABOMINIBLES….he is also the Executive Director of the THE CIVILIANS, a New York Theater Company, which specializes in documentary theater.

www.childrenstheatre.org  612 874 0400   Opens September 12

Twin Cities Film Fest (TCFF) will kick-off their eighth season on September 7, 2017 at the Metropolitan Ballroom with their annual FESTIVAL PREVIEW GALA honoring “A Year of Spectacular Women.” Deirdre Haj (Executive Director of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival), MELODIE BAHAN -EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MN FILM AND TV BOARD, and Christine Walker (Film Producer and CEO of Provincetown Film Society) will be recognized as three vital Minnesota Women who are on the forefront of Independent Cinema.    MELODIE joins Jearlyn with a preview of this year’s 11 day event, which kicks off on October 11th.       www.twincitiesfilmfest.org

Michael is off this week, so Jearlyn takes your calls concerning a nurse who was arrested for doing her job. Plus, her sister Javeeta talks about a security issue at US Bank Stadium.