{"id":821,"date":"2017-05-15T23:48:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T23:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/?p=821"},"modified":"2017-05-23T23:49:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T23:49:18","slug":"tofte-lake-center-residency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/?p=821","title":{"rendered":"Tofte Lake Center Residency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Visiting artists The Starfolk, a chamber pop trio from Minneapolis perform for the first time in the Ely area on June 16 as part of their week long residency at Tofte Lake Center. \u201cChamber pop\u201d refers to the distinctive use of cello in The Starfolk\u2019s sound, and their acclaimed cellist Jacqueline Ultan is also the group\u2019s connection to Ely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI first visited Ely on a residency developing music for The Sandbox Theater, and now I come back whenever I can. I fell in love with Tofte Lake Center\u2019s beautiful juxtaposition of solitude and community, \u00a0so nurturing to creative work.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ultan\u2019s dual cello lead group Jelloslave drew the largest audiences The Aerie Performance Venue had ever seen, and she\u2019s excited to return with The Starfolk next month. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI love bringing a too-often backgrounded instrument to the forefront in diverse musical styles. \u00a0The chemistry we create in The Starfolk is powerful. These are melodic, adventurous pop songs with thoughtful lyrics that I think local audiences will really connect with.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ultan also looks forward to stocking up on her favorite Ely concoction: Crapola Granola. \u00a0\u201cThankfully now I can find Crapola at Cub Foods in Minneapolis,\u201d she says, \u201cbut I discovered it here first.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Starfolk is: Brian Tighe (Guitar, vocals) Jacqueline Ultan (cello), Allison LaBonne (Bass Guitar, vocals). \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Starfolk perform at 7pm Friday June 16th 2017<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Aerie Performance Space at Tofte Lake Center<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">2209 Fernberg Road, Ely MN 55731<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">$10 Suggested Donation<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/?attachment_id=822\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-822\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-822\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Jacq-Lake-1024x429.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Jacq-Lake-1024x429.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Jacq-Lake-300x126.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Jacq-Lake-768x321.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visiting artists The Starfolk, a chamber pop trio from Minneapolis perform for the first time in the Ely area on June 16 as part of their week long residency at Tofte Lake Center. \u201cChamber pop\u201d refers to the distinctive use &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/?p=821\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-live-show"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=821"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":824,"href":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions\/824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}