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Knight Owl hosts customer appreciation party Saturday

NORWAY — It’s a “throw down” customer appreciation party from 3 to midnight Saturday at the KNIGHT OWL SPORTS BAR & GRILL IN NORWAY. They will be celebrating their 29-year anniversary, along with the 10th anniversary of Borderland Specialty Meats. Taking the stage for the outdoor ...

Nashville Hitmen and friends take stage at the Crystal Theatre Aug. 2

CRYSTAL FALLS — The Crystal Theatre welcomes back Mark Oliverius and the Nashville Hitmen to the stage with “American Gold, That 70s Music ‘25” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug 2. Mia Brown returns as featured vocalist, joined by local musicians Larry Ketola and Paul Sundquist. The ...

The Blooze Brothers Band returns Friday to Crystal Theatre

CRYSTAL FALLS — The Blooze Brothers Band will return to the Crystal Theatre in Crystal Falls on Friday. The concert starst at 7 p.m. The Chicago-based show band honors the music of Dan Aykroyd and John Beluski as the original Blues Brothers, more than 40 years since their debut. "They perform with the same high energy and spirit that they played," Crystal Theatre Managing Director Kristin Underhill said. The choreographed 11-piece show band celebrates music from the 1940s through today — Motown, soul, rhythm and blues, classic rock, and swing. For three decades, the Blooze ...

Casino shows

IRON MOUNTAIN — Area casinos have announced upcoming entertainment. The list includes: Island Resort & Casino Harris (1-877-ISL-SHOW) Headlining at the Island Showroom: Sept. 20 — Billy Gardell, $30. Oct. 17-18 — Lance Burton, Master Magician & Friends, $40. Nov. 7-8 — Priscilla Block, $40. Dec. 5-6 — Lonestar and Collin Raye Christmas & Hits Tour, $45. Lounge entertainment Today and Saturday — Broseph Tucker Band July 31-Aug. 2 — Sweet Trouble Aug. 7-9 — 2nd Hand Aug. 14-16 — Time Trax Aug. 21-23 — Chris Canas Aug. 29-30 — The Peltier ...

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, ‘Cosby Show’ actor, dies in Costa Rica drowning

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who as teenage son Theo Huxtable on "The Cosby Show" was central to a cultural phenomenon that helped define the 1980s, died at 54 in an accidental drowning in Costa Rica, authorities there said Monday. Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation ...

Ozzy Osbourne, godfather of heavy metal, dies at 76

Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice — and drug-and-alcohol ravaged id — of heavy metal, died Tuesday, just weeks after his farewell show. He was 76. "It is with more sadness than mere words can ...