![]() ![]() The granddaddy of them all is Paul Bunyan Playhouse in Bemidji. Cloud, Moorhead and Duluth all have theaters and music. The Northern Lights Music Festival brings arts to the Iron Range. ![]() Up North, lots of merchants have shut down in tiny Akeley, but the Woodtick Theatre amazingly stays open. In southern Minnesota, Winona has two highly regarded festivals - Great River Shakespeare and Minnesota Beethoven - going through July while little Lanesboro - thick with bed-and-breakfasts - is a complete tourist town with the Root River, a bike trail and Commonweal Theater, the second-biggest business in town. (It must be noted that Shelby was not sharing the spartan quarters he had his family at nearby Arrowwood Resort.) “It is kept going by a community that cares about music and the arts. “Theatre L’Homme Dieu is northwest Minnesota’s Old Log Theater,” said Shelby. This Sunday, Yellow Tree Theatre of Osseo will move into the white and green-trimmed cabins for a week to perform the Tony-winning musical “Next to Normal.” At the end of the month, Troupe America’s Johnny Cash tribute, “Ring of Fire,” expected to be the summer’s biggest hit, will do its six shows and then clear out for the next of seven season productions. Twelve singers from Vocal-Essence and actor Don Shelby christened the summer with “River Songs and Tales With Mark Twain,” a mix of monologues and 10 songs. The theater is an example of how the arts have become part of the “destination” for “destination vacation spots.” Those who want to fish, play golf, bike, hike or camp can also scratch the itch for some performance. A big lodge, two cabins and the Bursch Family Hall (the theater) sit on a grassy plateau. The beach is down the hill, across the road and through the trees. L’Homme Dieu is in its 55th season of operating in an old resort camp on Lake LeHomme Dieu (yes, it’s different), two hours northwest of the Twin Cities. Nor were the waves of mosquitoes during a morning hike, but the pickled okra at lunch got a thumbs up for its peppery goodness. The Northern Lights were beautiful Monday night. They lasted about an hour.”Īh, the drama of summer camp theater. “I’ve seen them once before, but not as swirly and active as they were the other night. “Someone looked up and said, ‘What was that?’ ” said Matt Earley, L’Homme Dieu’s production manager. High above the campfire audience at Theatre L’Homme Dieu near Alexandria, Northern Lights danced with shifting shapes and muted colors across the night sky.
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