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A lot of musicians are having a much tougher time than I am and I encourage you to check out their live streams and virtual tip what you can. I’m taking the chance to work on some side projects, record, and improve my home video capability to a quality worth inflicting on the public. This won’t be forever if we can all just be patient and care about each other.

Every Kind Of Talent Show

The Nest - 803 Franklin St - Pay What You Will

Fourth Friday at Footlight

Footlight Players - 1705 Franklin St. - Free to listen, $2 to perform

Featured Artist at an open mic on a theater stage! Lots of great talent. I debuted a new Bass EQ pedal which gave the left hand a much fuller sound and made me happy.

Every Kind Of Talent Show

The Nest - 803 Franklin St - Pay What You Will

Season’s Greetings From Captain Ambivalent

Every Kind Of Talent Show

The Nest - 803 Franklin St - Pay What You Will

A lovely evening with Peter the Ukelele guy from South Bend, and a big group of audience from Wheeler in addition to Michigan City regulars, as we celebrated the necessary addition of dinosaurs to Christmas and Hannukah.

South Specific: Personal Storytelling On The South Side

Beverly Area Planning Association - 1987 W. 111th St. - $10

Rode the emotional rollercoaster that is “Propellor Beanie Chicken: The Song, The Story”! With storytellers Grace Kuikman, David Boyle, and Madeline O’Malley.

Halloween Party Open Mic!

Front Porch Music - 505 E. Lincolnway - $3 play/$4 watch

Every Kind Of Talent Show

The Nest - 803 Franklin St - Pay What You Will

This month we transformed into the Bonnie Schaaf show, with musical guest Mike O, wisecracking sidekick Captain Ambivalent, Joel Brussell, and Roger Batton.

Project Zongo Telethon

Three years ago, a law-student at Valparaiso University named Yusif Bandaogou asked Paul Schreiner to help him improve the lives of his community in the Zongos of Accra, Ghana (in West Africa). Yusif wanted to take his vision of a better life that he experienced in Valparaiso back to the Zongos by building three story, modern residences, with interior bathrooms and kitchens, each one being 550 square feet to displace the 175 square foot single rooms in which his family and neighbors had been occupying since the early 20th century. And so, Project Zongo was born.

Fear The Accordion

The Nest - 803 Franklin St - FREE thanks to Michigan City Mainstreet Association

Greetings, loyal citizens of Michigan City Sector! In these dark times when our underground complex is increasingly infiltrated by secret mutants from the deadly wasteland outside our armor-plated walls, no weapon is more fearsome than the accordion. And no one wields an accordion more fearsomely than Captain Ambivalent.

In his Computer-mandated effort to explain how we got to this point, he looks to film classics like Metropolis, Star Wars, and Robocop, 1980s fear culture, and a role playing game called “Paranoia,” and discovers he may have had a little hand in The Complex himself.

Report to your re-education pods for sidesplitting musical madness!

Every Kind Of Talent Show

The Nest - 803 Franklin St - Pay What You Will

A dark and stormy night with an unfortunate last-minute cancellation and no-show, but it made us appreciate Joel Brussell, Melissa Dittmann, and Mike O all the more.

Art Barn Art Blitz

Art Barn School of Art - 695 N. 400 East

Part of the entertainment lineup for their annual outdoor art festival that runs 11:00-4:00 Saturday and Sunday.