Tim’s Picks: Five choice cuts … plus the Mosey
Your guide to five things to do for your Greater Lafayette week.
Thanks today for ongoing help from Based in Lafayette sponsor Long Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Lafayette. For tickets and details on all the shows and events, go to longpac.org.
And now, a man who needs no introduction …
By Tim Brouk / For Based in Lafayette
“200 Years of Lafayette Art and Culture” opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Thursday, June 12, Haan Museum of Indiana Art, 920 State St., Lafayette — The Haan Museum has been the place for Indiana art for decades. For its latest exhibit, the museum will give Brown County, those picturesque rolling prairies of northern Indiana and scenes along breathtaking Lake Michigan a rest to focus on its own backyard, Lafayette. “200 Years of Lafayette Art and Culture” will show works from Lafayette artists, pieces depicting Greater Lafayette and representations of local pop culture icons — from Purdue Pete to Axl Rose — all in honor of our wonderful city’s bicentennial. Most every medium imaginable will be represented on Haan Museum’s historic walls.
“Blown Away” with Lafayette Symphony Orchestra brass quintet, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 12, Rat Pak Venue, 102 N. Third St., Lafayette — A five-pack of brass performers will be showcased at the latest Lafayette Symphony Orchestra B-Side series of intimate concerts that display its musicians’ chops in different genres and formats. The brass quintet is composed of Brian Hoover and Macy Stewart on trumpet, Sharon Weyser on French horn, Todd McCready on trombone and William Schmidt on tuba. The musicians have a set list prepared of classical favorites, pop tunes and patriotic numbers. $15. Tickets.
The Operators and The Prannies with Persona 749, 8 p.m. Friday, June 13, The Spot Tavern, 409 S. Fourth St., Lafayette — A living and breathing mix tape will take over The Spot Tavern when Lafayette’s own The Prannies’ pub rock sounds will canoodle with mostly Indianapolis ska band The Operators. Joining in on the fun will be Salt Lake City’s Persona 749, an indie rock band with a song on the new FX comedy series “Adults.” No need to resurrect that old cassette technology, just head to The Spot. $10 or pay what you can.
Beyond Deth with Cocaine Culture, Built from Ruin and Wrath Hammer, 8 p.m. Friday, June 13, North End Pub, 2100 Elmwood Ave., Lafayette — Times are crazy right now. Hate is everywhere, but fun hate awaits at the old death metal show, as presented by the The Doom Room. Chicago death metal act Beyond Deth returns to lay waste to Lafayette once again. The band’s latest recording, “Retread,” is an EP with some thrash elements in songs like “Death That Never Comes,” “Blood Beneath the Snow,” and the epic and insanely fast “Valkyries Ride.” Opening will be a trio of Indiana bands — blackened death metal band Cocaine Culture from Muncie, Lafayette’s own Built from Ruin and Wrath Hammer, a new thrash act from Portage that features former members of Knight of the Round. So, if you are in an angry mood, these four bands will bring solace and moshing to exorcise any frustrations away. $10.
Steve Earle with Max Gomez, 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, Long Center for the Performing Arts, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette — Steve Earle’s career spans 50 years, but it wasn’t until the late 1980s into the 1990s when the singer-songwriter’s masterful storytelling gained mainstream status. The native Texan started out as a songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee, getting his songs published only to see them recorded by other artists. Always one to go against convention, Earle waited about a dozen years before his own artistry made it to tape. The results were a raw, soulful voice that when combined with his Americana, folk and rock styles caught the ears of traditional country lovers as well as punks and rockabilly cats. Throughout the decades with hits like “Copperhead Road” and “Guitar Town,” Earle’s lyrics proved to be a powerful blend of gritty truth, political edge and heart. Such music will be heard when Earle returns to downtown Lafayette with his “Fifty Years of Songs and Stories” tour. Earle last played Lafayette in 2018 at the Lafayette Theater. This show will be a more intimate affair with young, New Mexico singer-songwriter Max Gomez opening. $35 and $45. Tickets.
BONUS MOSEY CUT: … and don’t forget to Mosey Down Main Street, 6 p.m. Saturday, June 14, downtown Lafayette. Here’s the lineup:
Grand Opening
6 p.m., First Farmer's Bank and Trust Dinosaur Race
First Farmers Stage, Sixth and Main streets
6 p.m.: Prannies
7:20 p.m.: Dr. Fine and D'Gleet
8:40 p.m.: Cheese Weasels
10 p.m.: The Blues Collar Band
Q106.7 Stage, Eighth and Main streets
6 p.m.: Spontaneous Hopeful Monster
7:20 p.m.: The Four Day Shakes
8:40 p.m.: Scratch Thing
10 p.m.: Pearl River Jam
Ninth and Main streets
7-9 p.m.: Oasis Belly Dancing Troupe
East End Stage, 11th and Main streets
6 p.m.: 11 and the 35s
7:20 p.m.: Rosewood Sounds
8:40 p.m.: Thousand Year Flood
10 p.m.: Salivus
Tim Brouk is a longtime arts and entertainment reporter. He writes here (almost) weekly, tracking things to do for Based in Lafayette.
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