We hope you enjoy this little meander down memory lane
with us!
 | November 1995, Victoria Crossing West, St. Paul,
MN, & January 1996, The Cutting Board, Marshall, MN
 | Eve Blackwell in Lucille's Bargain Boogie
& In The Temple of Aphrodite |
| Lynn Cross in Betty's Backyard Circus |
| Carla Vogel in Freeing Miss Liberty |
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| March 1996, The Grand General Store and Cafe,
& May 1996, Avalon on Grand, St. Paul, MN
| Eve Blackwell in What's Wrong Here &
The Marilyn Address |
| Josh & Diane Wirtschafter with klezmer music
and Yiddish folk songs |
| Lynn Cross in Betty's Blues |
| Jay Druskin, original songs |
| Carla Vogel in Purim in Reno |
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| Nov. 1996, the Curry Leaf Deli, St. Paul, MN
| Dean Magraw and Heather Jansz, songs of Sri
Lanka |
| Eve Blackwell in Reflections of Aphrodite |
| Lynn Cross, "Autumn Poem" |
| Carla Vogel, "My
Father's Clock," story |
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| March 1997, Cahoots Coffee Shop, St. Paul, MN
| Eve Blackwell in What's Wrong Here
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| Josephine Griffith and Sean Glidden, music |
| Lynn Cross in Betty's Blues, Part II |
| Carla Vogel in Purim in Reno |
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| December 1997, the Linwood Community Center, St.
Paul, MN
| Chris Kozachek, flamenco dancing
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| Cesar Cruz, Guatemalan songs |
| Eve Blackwell as Marilyn |
| Lynn Cross, " Princess Diana at Cub Foods,"
poem |
| Carla Vogel in The Fish Collector |
| Mohamed Dukuly, acrobatic tap |
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| March 1998, Linwood Center
| Eve Blackwell as A Certain Blond Actress
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| Shura Volovetz, songs |
| Lynn Cross in Nadine the Humor Queen |
| Stefanie Levi, poetry |
| Eve Blackwell, story in progress |
| Margot O'Dell, middle eastern dance |
| the Jewish Singing Circle, Karahod |
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June 1998, Linwood Center
| Eve Blackwell in The Caring, Sharing,
Psychic Feminist Theater Encounter Support Group |
| Meg Burdett-Miura, songs |
| Lynn Cross , in In the Temple of Vesta |
| Carla Vogel, Stella's Story |
| The Navel Academy Dancers, Beautiful Belly
Dances |
| K. George Kearney, poems |
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October 1998, Linwood Center
| Eve Blackwell, "Amanda's Autumn Tale,"
story |
| Jeff Davis, songs |
| Carla Vogel, "My Father's Clock," story |
| Anne Treien, songs |
| Chris Shillock, poems |
| Mohamed Dukuly, acrobatic dance |
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December 1998, Linwood Center
| A staged reading of Eve Blackwell's one-act,
Stargazing at the Maple Hill Mall, with Eve Blackwell, Lynn
Cross, Alfred Harrison and Mary Jo Knapsten |
| Stefanie Levi, poems and songs |
| Kathleen Richardson,
"Consumption: A Puerto Rican Tale of Rejection and Redemption," story |
| Agnes Smuda and Carolyn Campfield, magical
music |
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January 1999, Linwood Center
| Eve Blackwell as Lucille Bjornsted, Queen
Megashopper of the Decade |
| Carla Vogel, "The Rebirth of Esther Pinkel," story |
| Amanda Seigel, Jewish and Yiddish songs |
| Lynn Cross, Poems of Darkness and Light |
| Agnes Smuda, Carolyn Campfield and Molly
Culligan, The Christmas Dragonfly Canto |
| Eve Blackwell, "Sven Finds a Bit of the
Other," story |
| Estrella Lucia, flamenco dancing, with Michael
Hauser on guitar |
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March 1999, Linwood Center
| Carla Vogel in Purim in Reno |
| Stefanie Levi, folk songs |
| Eve Blackwell in In the Temple of Aphrodite |
| Fletcher Schwartz, "Reality Shifts,"
story |
| Kathleen Richardson, "A
Mexican/Jamaican St. Patrick's Special Trapped in Classic Xmas
Rappings--Home Dogs, Home Boys and a Ho-Ho-Homey Christmas,"
story |
| Mary Devitt, Irish songs |
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April 1999, Linwood Center
| K. George Kearney, stories |
| Matt Allen, folk songs |
| Lynn Cross, in Falling In Love Again with
Marlene |
| Eve Blackwell in What's Wrong Here |
| The Jewish Singing Circle, Karahod |
| Theater Improv with InterPlay |
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June 1999, the C.S.P.S. Hall (Sokol Minnesota),
St. Paul
| Carolyn Kolovitz, excerpt from GirlyWorld |
| Greg Ruud, Pearls of Wisdom, Pearls of Rage,
a performance piece |
| Andre Heuer, "Slurping Tea," story |
| Aiyana Ruggiero, "Waking as a
Man," story |
| Kathleen Richardson, "Soul Baby: A
Bittersweet Tale of Love in the Nineties," story |
| Bridget Borer, tunes |
| a display of the paintings and writings of
Barrie Smeeth, Coming to an Edge |
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October 1999, Sokol Minnesota
| Lynn Cross, performance piece from the
collection in progress, Millennial Dietrich Rides Again
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| Meg Burdett-Miura, jazz tunes
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| Eve Blackwell, "Margaret Meets the Dance,"
story |
| Ken Bengtsson, A Vision of the Future,
dance piece |
| Shirley Dahlin, "A Tale of the Lost and the
Found," story |
| Agnes Smuda, Lullabies for Grownups, an
original song collection |
| John Burnham, Fretless in Fifteen, a
musical fantasy |
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December 1999, Sokol Minnesota
| Carla Vogel, "The Kynyshyn Club," story |
| Margaret Lovejoy, "Don't Need No More
Christmas," story |
| Sarah Carl, interpretive dance |
| Eve Blackwell appearing as Marilyn Monroe |
| John Huth, a memoir |
| Heidi Arneson in Bitch on Fire
(excerpt) |
| a display of the mixed media paintings of
Laura Donovan, Nature's Untamed Whispers |
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January 2000, Sokol Minnesota
| Julie Kallio, story |
| Amanda Seigel song |
| Kate Rubio, story |
| Eve Blackwell, novel excerpt |
| Sarah Carl, dance |
| John Burnham, music |
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March 2000, Sokol Minnesota
| Carla Vogel, in My Cuntry 'Tis of Thee |
| Agnes Smuda, songs |
| Nothando Zulu, stories of women |
| Julie Goldstein, "Marie Jolie," story |
| Jean O'Gorman, "Chaucer Takes the Rap,"
poem |
| Eve Blackwell, in In the Temple of
Aphrodite |
| a special showing of art by Vicki Stevens |
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April 2000, Sokol Minnesota
| Eve Blackwell, a reading from her new novella,
The Princess Passes |
| Lei Li, Chinese and Japanese songs |
| Carolyn Kolovitz, solo performance |
| Fletcher Schwartz with droll tales about
dolphins in outer space |
| Carla Vogel, "Why I Moved to Minneapolis and
How I Fell in Love with an Anarchist," a memoir |
| Ken Bengtsson, Heavenly Father, dance
piece |
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June 2000, Sokol Minnesota
| Karolyn Redoutey, original poems |
| Nancy Olson, original music on guitar and
dulcimer |
| Lynn Cross, "A Schoolyard Rebellion," a
memoir |
| Eve Blackwell, "JoAnn Fights the Low Cloud
Cover," short story |
| Amanda Seigel, Yiddish songs |
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September 2000, Sokol Minnesota
| LeNor Barry, Healer: With a Twist,
songs |
| Joy Gordon and Bruce Murray, Stories of the
Grandparents |
| Carla Vogel telling a modern legend of bouquet
madness |
| Eve Blackwell in a special appearance of a
certain charming, alarming blond woman |
| Nancy Olson, original music |
| Lynn Cross, Poems My Grandmother Never
Wrote (And Questions She Never Answered) |
| Eve Blackwell, excerpts from 513 North
Second Avenue West, a memoir |
| gallery viewing of paintings by James Marazzo,
A Garden of Women's Portraits |
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October 2000, Sokol Minnesota
| Carla Vogel, "The Rebirth of Esther
Pinkel," story |
| Amanda Seigel and her band Mazel, Yiddish folk
songs |
| Andre Heuer, story |
| Eve Blackwell, excerpt from her novel, Bow
to the Queen |
| Rita Speltz, songs and guitar inventions |
| Brad Magerkurth, poems |
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December 2000, Sokol Minnesota
| Nancy Olson, original folk music |
| Lynn Cross in Betty's Backyard Circus
(reprise) |
| Trike, the band, original music |
| Heidi Arneson and Colin Rusch,
performance/dance |
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March 2001, Sokol Minnesota
| Eve Johnson, "Margaret Meets the Dance,"
a modern fairy tale |
| Beth Johnson, original songs and piano improv |
| Carla Vogel in Purim in Reno, a reprise |
| Lynn Cross, "Requiem for a Queen," from
Millennial Dietrich Rides Again |
| Amanda Siegel, Yiddish songs |
| Eve Blackwell, What's Wrong Here
(reprise) |
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April 2001, Sokol Minnesota
| Kay Kirsch, "The Lady of Shalott,"
story |
| Vicki Keck and Cialuna, The Beshrt Poem,
dance performance |
| Rita Speltz, original songs |
| John Burnham, songs and poetry |
| Dennis Wynne and Pam Parker, traditional
country songs and sing-along |
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May 2001, Sokol Minnesota
| Cecilia Schiller in My Phantom Husband |
| Nancy Cox, songs |
| Danielle Daniel, magical tales |
| Melissa Spurbeck, dance |
| Eve Blackwell, reading |
| Jennifer J. Holt, original songs, with
accompanist Rebecca Katz |
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September 2001, Sokol Minnesota
| Carla Vogel, "The 24-Hour Challah House,"
story |
| Miriam Colvin, dance |
| Kathryn Schuler, with Barbara Parks,
"Innocent Chaos," story |
| Eve Blackwell, "The Mystery House," story |
| Nancy Cox and Kathy Krypel, songs |
| Laura Littleford, "Water: Temporary
Lapse/Laps of Serenity," memoir |
| Lynn Cross, "War Story," poem |
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November 2001, Sokol Minnesota
| Beth Johnson, songs |
| Jeanne O'Gorman, "The Godless
Cat Lady of Apt. 3B," story |
| Nancy Olson, songs |
| Eve Blackwell presents Marilyn |
| Nancy Donoval, "It's All True," story |
| Amanda Seigel, original songs |
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December 2001, Sokol Minnesota
| Carla Vogel, "Zalman the Umbrella Fixer,"
story |
| Lei Lei, tenor, Chinese, Irish, Neapolitan and
Inner Mongolian songs, with Pearl Bergad |
| Richard Rousseau, extraordinary stories |
| Eve Blackwell, "Red Cashmere," story |
| Nancy Cox, songs |
| Lynn Cross, "Centenary Reflections,"
a reading from Millennial Dietrich Rides Again |
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March 2002, Sokol Minnesota
| Lynn Cross, Three Crone Poems |
| clowning by Alfred Harrison |
| Carla Vogel, "Miskaeyt," a story, with
Ingrid Sweeney on violin |
| Margo Abdo O'Dell, Middle Eastern Dance |
| Eve Blackwell, "Sven Finds a
Bit of the Other," story |
| Nancy Cox and Kathy Krypel, songs |
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April 2002, Sokol Minnesota
| Jason Smith in Consulting Mavis |
| Janet Dawson, jazzy songs |
| Heidi Arneson and Andy Schultz in an excerpt
from Heidi's new work Homeland Security |
| Patricia Drury, "PH (As in Food)," story |
| Nancy Cox and Kathy Krypel, songs |
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September 2002, Sokol Minnesota
| Carla Vogel, "Rain Dance," story |
| Shura Volovetz, Yiddish songs |
| Britta Hallin, Undo, story and movement
piece |
| Eve Blackwell, "Reflections of Aphrodite," story |
| Josie Winship, songs with autoharp |
| Nancy Cox and Kathy Krypel, song |
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| November 2002, Sokol Minnesota
| Thadra Sheridan, poetry |
| The Bruitists (Laura Winton and Danielle
Billington), rock & roll poetry |
| Lynn Cross in Betty's Recipe for Peace and
Freedom |
| Eve Blackwell, as Marilyn! |
| Kate Kane, story |
| Nora Paoli, original songs |
| Patricia Drury, "Duende," poem |
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March 2003, The Friends' Meeting House, St. Paul,
MN
| Eve Blackwell, "Margaret Meets the Dance," story |
| Pam Parker and Dennis Wynne, songs |
| Carla Vogel, "Crossing the Red Sea,"
story |
| Jasmyn Anderson, age 9, singing
"Tomorrow," from Annie |
| Lynn Cross, "Tales of a Fifth
Grade Sorceress," story |
| Nancy Cox, songs |
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May 2003, Friends' Meeting House
| Eve Blackwell, "The Cost of Living," story |
| Josie Winship, autoharp; Amanda Taylor, guitar
and vocals; Steve Michaels, fiddle |
| Anne Ness, comedy |
| Lynn Cross presenting Nadine Phelps, Mirthologist |
| Mila, the vocal ensemble of the Ethnic Dance
Theatre: Carol Bauer, Carol Buche, Anne Lies, Natalie Nowytski,
Jana Stow, Aleksandra Veriga, traditional folk songs from eastern
Europe |
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September 2003, Friends' Meeting House
| Maria Genné, Fox Woman,
dance/performance |
| Eve Blackwell, "The Mystery House," story |
| Maria Genné and Kairos, The Village Heart,
dance/performance |
| Kate Kane, poetry |
| Shadia and Raks Bedawi ensemble, Dance of
the Bedouins |
| Joan Calof, the Singing Curmudgeon |
| Amy Barankovich in I've Dared When I've
Wondered |
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October 2003, Friends' Meeting House
| Tony Wentersdorf, traditional songs & autoharp |
| Susan Armington and Her Talking Suitcase |
| Shadia and Raks Bedawi ensemble, African dance |
| Laura Littleford, story |
| Heidi Arneson, excerpt from Ten Bedroom
Heart |
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March 2004, Olivet Congregational Church
| Joan Calof, "Period Piece," memoir |
| Stefanie Levi, Sephardic songs |
| Lynn Cross, "Autumn Poem," and
"The
Goddess Does Manhattan," poetry |
| Shadia and Raks Bedawi ensemble, middle
eastern dance |
| Eve Blackwell in Leave No Bottom Behind,
with Miss Violet Larsen |
| Agnes Smuda, song stories |
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| October 2004, Olivet Congregational Church
| Kate Kane, poetry |
| Stefanie Levi, poems and Jewish songs |
| Karen Lyu, songs |
| Lynn Cross, "In the Temple of Vesta,"
story |
| Mila vocal ensemble, eastern European
harmonies |
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December 2004, Mad Hatter's Tea House, Saint Paul,
MN
| Heidi Arneson, excerpt from her
work-in-progress, The Beast of Nothing |
| Lynn Cross in Extreme Makeover:
Better Red than Dead, as Nadine Phelps, Humor Therapist |
| Nancy Olson, original songs and guitar |
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| March 2005, Mad Hatter's Tea House
| Nothando Zulu, stories of women |
| Carla Vogel, "The Matzo Ball Queen," with
Judith Eisner on violin |
| Nancy Cox, sweet songs |
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| April 2005, Mad Hatter's Tea House
| Mike Garry, rock & blues artist |
| Laura Littleford, storyteller |
| Helen Jones, vocal artist |
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| May 2005, Mad Hatter's Tea House
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Danielle Daniel, storyteller, with Alphonse,
musical background |
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Karen Lyu, jazz vocals |
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Kate Kane, teller/humorist |
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| October 2005, Mad Hatter's Tea House
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Eve Blackwell, "Sven Finds A Bit of the Other,"
story (reprise) |
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Georgia Cook, poetry |
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Lynn Cross, poetry |
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Howard Ashby Kranz, songster/guitarist |
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| November 2005, Mad Hatter's Tea
House (Our 10th
Birthday!)
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Eve Blackwell presents MARILYN! |
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Tony Wentersdorf, original songs & autoharp |
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Leona Derden, flute and vocals |
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Eve Blackwell, "The Mystery House," a true story |
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| February 2006, Mad Hatter's Tea House
| Joan Calof, Gertie Goes to the Movies (playlet)
& "How I Learned to Smoke" (memoir) | | | |
