89.3 The Current® presents The New Standards Holiday Concert at the Fitzgerald Theater on Saturday, December 5th at 8:00 p.m. The New Standards are a minimalist jazz trio composed of John Munson on bass, Chan Poling on piano and Steve Roehm on vibraphone. The band will reinterpret many familiar holiday classics. The New Standards share the stage with some of their favorite musical friends including Gary Louris, Prudence Johnson, Kristen Mooney, Eric Heywood, Joe Chvala, deVon Grey on the Mighty Wurlitzer Theater Organ, and many more.

All tickets are $29.00. There will be an additional $2.50 facility fee added to the price of each ticket. Minnesota Public Radio Members receive a discount.

Sue McLean & Associates present David Archuleta - Christmas from the Heart at the Fitzgerald Theater on Wednesday, December 9th at 7:30 p.m. David Archuleta, a seventh season runner-up on American Idol, first captivated audiences and went onto release a critically acclaimed self-titled debut album that sold over 700,000 albums. The Murray, Utah native soared to #2 on the Billboard charts, buoyed by his smash single Crush. Archuleta, who sold out his last tour in a matter of minutes, will hit the road in November and December performing his hits and seasonal classics from Christmas from the Heart.

Tickets are available for $46.00 and $43.00. There will be an additional $2.50 facility fee added to the price of each ticket. Minnesota Public Radio members receive a discount.

Minnesota Public Radio presents The Steeles at The Fitzgerald Theater on Friday, December 11th at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, December 12th at 8:00 p.m. This legendary family gospel group from Minneapolis— Billy, Fred, J.D., Jearlyn, and Jevetta — gained acclaim for their Soulful work with pop icons such as Prince. Don't miss this chance to catch their highly-anticipated acoustic Christmas special this holiday season.

Tickets are available for $38.00, $33.00 and $28.00. There will be an additional $2.50 facility fee added to the price of each ticket. Minnesota Public Radio Members receive a discount.

Minnesota Public Radio presents A Heartland Holiday Concert with Peter Ostroushko at The Fitzgerald Theater on Saturday, December 19th, at 8:00 p.m. Composer and instrumentalist Peter Ostroushko returns to the Fitzgerald Theater with his full Heartland Holiday Ensemble. The concert will celebrate the holiday spirit with a musical journey from the beautiful ancient a cappella carols of Ostroushko's Ukranian heritage to Brazilian choros as interpreted by mandolin.

All tickets are $32.00. There will be an additional $2.50 facility fee added to the price of each ticket. Minnesota Public Radio Members receive a discount.

Sue McLean and Associates present THE PINK FLOYD EXPERIENCE at the Fitzgerald Theater on Thursday, February 11th, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. Without question, Pink Floyd remains one of the most influential rock bands of all time. Their record-breaking status is legendary. Now, get ready for The Pink Floyd Experience! Complete with 200,000 watts of light…full quadraphonic sound and six brilliant musicians, this epic concert comes to the Fitzgerald Theater. Today, years since their last live performance, Pink Floyd’s appeal continues and spans the generations. Their shows were described as theatrical with mind-blowing lights and unsurpassed sound. The Pink Floyd Experience is a full-on sensory assault – interpretive videos, plane crashes, flying pig, helicopter – it’s all there, LIVE! This is the show for the ultimate Floyd Fan! All of Pink Floyd’s greatest hits are performed live including Money, Wish You Were Here, Time, Have A Cigar, Comfortably Numb, Another Brick in the Wall and much more.

All tickets are $38.00. There will be an additional $2.50 facility fee added to the price of each ticket.

The 10th anniversary season of Talking Volumes continues when Kerri Miller welcomes author Monica Ali to talk about her latest novel In the Kitchen at the Fitzgerald Theater on Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. Gabriel Lightfoot is an enterprising man from a northern England mill town, making good in London. As executive chef at the once-splendid Imperial Hotel, he is trying to run a tight kitchen. But his integrity, to say nothing of his sanity, is under constant challenge from the competing demands of an exuberant multinational staff, a gimlet-eyed hotel management, and business partners with whom he is secretly planning a move to a restaurant of his own. Despite the pressures, all his hard work looks set to pay off. Until a worker is found dead in the kitchen's basement. It is a small death, a lonely death -- but it is enough to disturb the tenuous balance of Gabe's life. Elsewhere, Gabriel faces other complications. His father is dying of cancer, his girlfriend wants more from their relationship, and the restaurant manager appears to be running an illegal business under Gabe's nose. Enter Lena, an eerily attractive young woman with mysterious ties to the dead man. Under her spell, Gabe makes a decision, the consequences of which strip him naked and change the course of the life he knows -- and the future he thought he wanted.

Monica Ali is the daughter of English and Bangladeshi parents. She moved to England at age three. Her first novel, Brick Lane, is an epic saga about a Bangladeshi family living in the UK, and explores the British immigrant experience. It was shortlisted for the 2003 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, and made into a film, released in 2007. Monica Ali lives in London and was named in 2003 by Granta magazine as one of twenty 'Best of Young British Novelists'.

Talking Volumes is a partnership of Minnesota Public Radio and The Star Tribune, in collaboration with The Loft Literary Center.

All tickets are $20.00. Discounts are available for Minnesota Public Radio members, Star Tribune Talking Volumes Members, and Loft members.