In Lake Superior  --  On Madeline Island                                                                DRAFT 7/14/2006 1 Leona’s Plaza, P.O. Box 222,  LaPointe, WI  54850

TOM’S BURNED DOWN CAFÉ T.M.

Home of : Middle Road Literary/Arts Society, Inc., The Phoenix Gallery & LIVEART! Workshop, Inc.

http://www.tomsburneddowncafe.com  715.747.6100;  Fax)715/747-6101   phoenix@cheqnet.net

It’s not just a Café and an Art Gallery in a Bar, it’s an Adventure!

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THE CARNAGIE HALL OF JUNKYARDS

Re-Defining Classic Elegance Since 1992

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2006    TENT-ERTAINMENT  SCHEDULE   2006

**HOT TUNES, FAST EATS, GOOD LIQUOR & CHEAP FINE WINES**

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FULL LIQUOR  BAR EVERYDAY -10 AM  till Labor Day (Mon & Tues = iffy) then just nice days through  Oct 18ish - UWS*                You won’t believe what we’ve done with the place!

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Sat Evening July 15 –   DEJA BLEU      --     Chris, Spencer & David bring us the BLUES

Wed Eve July 19 & Tues Eve July 25  - Cedric & Albert  “SPIN REGGAE” -  August dates TBA

 

July 20 thru July 29 - LIVEART! Workshop, Inc. presents– the ENTIRELY NEW & DIFFERENT only with the same name: 14th or 15th annual -“Sculptors Wrestle Steel”  Come watch UN-INVITED sculptors and the “DARK ARTS FORGE”  wrestling in their natural habitat, “Tom’s junk piles”. Most of the regular sculptors will be told the event has been delayed one year because our NEW SECRET UNDISCLOSED LOCATION will not be ready til next year, 2007.  However some artists will not get their e-mail or check their mail or are already on their way.  We have enough room for that many Sculptors and that many only.  Not All events will be Free and NOT ALL EVENTS will be Open To The Public as a spectator sport (LIVEART!). 

Saturday Evening July 29 @ 6-9PM “Sculptors Wrestle Steel” Reception for Artists & Viewing of Finished Works @ Tom’s BDC’ ($10 suggested donation.

 

Thursday Evening July 20  --  OPEN STAGE   --  Hosted by: Tim Montagne -- Bring your ax at 8PM  --

Fri Evening July 21  -- Jim & Jane w/ Prudence Johnson

Sat Afternoon July 22  Jim & Jane

Sat Evening July 22  Al Radley & Friends - Music that will change the world.

Wed Eve July 26  --  THE CRONICALLY WASTED BAND

Thursday Evenings July 27th & August 3rd  --  OPEN STAGE  --  Hosted by Barbara With  -- Bring your ax at 8PM  --

Fri & Sat Eve 7/28 & 29  Eddie Jeff Cahill & his Cousin  traveling troubadour w/stories extraordinaire.

Sat AFTERNOON July 29  --  Sasha Mercedes w/Marky “Baby” Rosso  --  www.sashamercedes.com 

 

Fri Eve August 4  --  Barbara With and some friends

Sat Aftn August  5  --  TBA   &   Sat Eve August  5  --   TBA

Sun Aftn Aug 6 - 4 til 9pm -The Stearns County PACHANGA Society-BIG OUTDOOR DANCE PARTY!

 

**WE CHEAT THE OTHER GUY & PASS THE SAVINGS ON TO YOU**

2006   --   Tom’s Burned Down Café TM   --   2006

The Second THURSDAY of every August  --  All Afternoon:  Don’t miss the CHURCH  BAZZARE

 

Thursday Evenings August  10, 17, 24, 31st   --  OPEN STAGE w/____TBA_______  -- Bring your ax at 8PM  --

Fri Eve Aug 11  --  JOE PRICE  --  blurb here

Sat Aftn Aug 12 –

Sat Eve Aug 12  --  Jon Olson & Bill Patten  --  wondrous guitar duo w/one drunken lawyer

 

Fri & Sat Eves August 18 & 19 - Dick Solberg “The Sun Mountain Fiddler”& the Sun Mountain Band – via New York and the Caribbean...   Returning for their fifteenth season. This is a great band.  They may be doing their last sets totally unplugged  --  www.sunmountainfiddler.com  

 

Sunday  Afternoon  August  20  --  Pablo Prosper   with Roots & Reality   =  “REGGAE”  --  4  til 9 PM

--  !!!!  BIG  OUTDOOR  REGGAE  DANCE  PARTY  !!!!  --

 

Fri & Sat Evenings August 25& 26 - “SPIDER” JOHN KOERNER  http://www.mwt.net/~koerner/  Traditional American folk and country blues musician, rhythmic guitarist, song-crafter, singer, and humorist. We built the Burned Down Cafe’ for these shows!    “THE PINES”  (names here) will open for John @ 8PM and also give us a closing set for both these exceptional shows.

 

Sat or Sun Aftn Aug 26 or 27  --  TBA  --  Did someone say:    “THE DITCH SURF WAS UP?”

 

Fri Evening & Sat Aftn Sept 1 & 2  --  Jim & Jane

Sat & Sun Eves Sept 2 & 3  -- TOM DAHILL w/ a few friends  -  A bit dodgey but good craic! www.stpaulirishdancers.com/tom_dahill.html           It’s Tom’s Birthday 9/3

Sunday Afternoon September 3  --  TBA  --  Did someone say:   “THE DITCH SURF WAS UP?”

 

On the nice weekend nights from here to about Oct 15th  we will still have LIVE MUSIC/TBA

Sept 7 FULL MOON

Fri & Sat Evenings September 8 & 9  --   Greg Hodapp is booked in ink

 

Fri & Sat Evenings October 6 & 7 (APPLE FIGHT WEEKEND)

MORE BAND DATES TBA as the BDC gets more organized with every flashing millisecond

 

We do private parties, wedding parties, solstice parties, divorce parties and more.  Just call TOM.  I'm sure we can work something out.  If your group wants to use THIS ART SPACE for an art event whether it's for a performance a show an exhibit or to host an art workshop or a benefit for a worthy cause please call TOM and get your event onto our schedule. All shows UWS (unless the weather sucks) Count on it --- Look for our li’l posters for full details  PS: If you are of delicate sensibilities, pretend that we didn’t say “unless the weather sucks”

 

No serious tourist should be able to sleep at night till they have drunk in the BEAUTY of Tom’s Burned Down, Blown Down, Grudge Mongered, Train Wrecked, Froze Out, Insurance Challenged, Foreclosed, Zoning Challenged, Highway Encroached, Bankrupted, Financially Examined, Shut Down, Banned in LaPointe, Third World, Trucked In, Up next to the Wormhole, Beyond Thunderdome, Death Row, Duct Taped, Water World, Tree Fort, Pirate House, Pan Handled, Lost & Found, Noise Rattled, Noise Ordained, Ferry Grudged, Tent Shredded,  Anti – “MADELINE ISLAND FERRY LAND”,  Phoenix CAFE’ of Love,  where Ambiance is only one of our middle names.  Truly, the Carnagie Hall of JUNKYARDS.  Where it’s just a short walk from the sublime to the ridiculous & the Art ain’t always Pretty.  Most shows have a cover charge ($2 - $3 - $5 - $6 - $10) the rest of the shows musicians are working for tips so if you fear change.........

 

TOM’S BURNED DOWN CAFE’ & LIVE ART! Workshops are registered trademarks of Middle Road Literary/Arts Society, Inc.

**WE CHEAT THE OTHER GUY & PASS THE SAVINGS ON TO YOU**

2006   --   Tom’s Burned Down Café TM   --   2006

Also the Home of:   LIVEART! Workshop, Inc. – An IRS 501(C)3 Non-Profit Organization - #17053068011024  www.artlive.net