Category / Arts and Entertainment

One of Charlie’s summer projects is his band with fellow Bloomington Jefferson and Kennedy alumni. Here is their performance at Justice Jam, a benefit concert and silent auction to raise money to fight human trafficking. Quiet Hours was voted favorite band of the concert, providing an opportunity to play again at the Anoka County Fair […]

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Sam DeToffol plays Tevye the milkman, father of five daughters and husband of Golde, in Bloomington Jefferson Theatre Company’s outstanding production of Fiddler on the Roof. This talented and dedicated cast performs the show at Jefferson High School from April 18 to 28, 2024. Sam was honored to receive the Hennepin Theatre Trust Spotlight Education […]

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Jefferson Connection’s performance of “Walk The Plank” at the Bloomington Kennedy Gold show choir invitational on January 27, 2024

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The winter concert by the Angelica Cantanti Youth Choir in Bloomington, Minnesota. Sam is a baritone and this was his first choir performance. They were wonderful! https://www.angelicacantanti.org/

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Hans Zimmer’s masterful soundtrack for the Christopher Nolan movie “Interstellar” is one of my favorites. This is a wonderful performance and video of a few select arrangements by Antonino Buschiazzo, played on a Walcker-organ at Saint-Paul’s church in Strasbourg, France. Witnessing this in person would be a treat. The entire building is the instrument.

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Amazon’s adaption of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time is coming to your streaming TV on November 19th. This is easily my most anticipated show or movie of the last few years. The “WOT” fanbase is huge, as the epic tale has been one of the most popular fantasy book series of the last 30 […]

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The end of each year brings the best of lists from across the arts and entertainment media. Here is a list of best of articles that I’ll update as I find new ones. David Ehrlich’s “The 25 Best Films of 2018: A Video Countdown” (video above) The New York Times “The Best Books of 2018“ […]

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