The 9 best things to do and see in the Twin Cities this week

After 20 very successful years in country music, this popular trio had an awkward and abrupt end in 2020. One unidentified member came down with COVID-19 during the group’s farewell tour and, surprise, that was it. Last year, Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney reunited for a hits-filled concert tour and released a new single, “I Dare You” with the Jonas Brothers as well as reimagined duets of their biggest songs with Kelly Clarkson, Blake Shelton and others. The group is hitting the road again this year, with openers Lauren Alaina, the “American Idol” runner-up who made noise in Nashville with “Road Less Traveled,” and Chris Lane of “I Don’t Know About You” fame. (7 p.m. Jan. 23, Grand Casino Arena, 199 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, $45 and up, ticketmaster.com)

JON BREAM

As much as the Current and its staff have changed since launching 21 years ago this month, the birthday parties for Minnesota Public Radio’s modern rock station remain a much-appreciated reason to leave the house in January. This year’s bash is headlined by a young band with a lot of cross-generational appeal, Brigitte Calls Me Baby, a follically wondrous, Smiths-echoing Chicago quintet that charmed a packed Fine Line with its high drama in 2024. The band is previewing its new album, “Irreversible,” paired with one of the Current’s several heavily rotated sister-harmony acts, Joseph, and local pop-rocker Colin Bracewell. Jake Rudh is DJ-ing. (7 p.m. Jan. 23, First Avenue, 701 1st Av. N., Mpls., $40, axs.com)

CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER

The Georgia native was the lead singer of the Mankato-launched a cappella group when they were champs on NBC’s “The Sing-Off” in 2013. After a dozen years in the country music vocal ensemble, Brown left in 2024 to spend more time at home with his wife, he said. Then he showed up on “America’s Got Talent” as a solo artist in 2025. His tenor soared on the original power ballad “Somebody Believed” but when he did another of his own tunes, the country-rocker “Whiskey,” in the quarterfinals, he got mixed reviews from the judges. Mel B called him “the bomb,” and Simon Cowell dubbed him “too over-the-top.” Don’t be surprised if a “hometown” crowd warms up to the Nashville-based singer on his Ain’t Done Dreamin’ Tour, especially if he does his killer version of “Defying Gravity.” (8 p.m. Jan. 23, Varsity Theater, 1308 SE. 4th St., Mpls., $26 and up, ticketmaster.com)

J.B.

With bittersweet sprinklings of Leonard Cohen, Marianne Faithfull and Bryan Ferry throughout her music, this effortlessly cool and staunchly artful Welsh singer/songwriter seems forever destined to cult status. And that’s OK so long as she can keep making albums as captivating and moving as her new one, “Michelangelo Dying,” a mournful breakup collection featuring guest appearances by longtime collaborator St. Vincent and hero John Cale. It’s bringing Le Bon to Minnesota for the first time this decade with New York piano experimenter Frances Chang opening. (8 p.m. Jan. 24, Fine Line, 318 1st Av. N., Mpls., $40, axs.com)

In 2024, Minneapolis-based composer Libby Larsen was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, placing her in the company of such luminaries as Bob Dylan and Meryl Streep. If you’d like to get a sense of what’s so great about this restlessly imaginative creator of music, the Source Song Festival will present an evening of her song cycles. Performing them is an all-star assemblage of musicians, including longtime Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano Susanne Mentzer, two of America’s most renowned collaborative pianists — Lydia Brown and Jonathan Ware — tenor Scott Brunscheen and mezzo Clara Osowski. (7 p.m. Jan. 24, Ordway Concert Hall, 345 Washington St., St. Paul, $15-$35, 651-224-4222 or ordway.org)

ROB HUBBARD

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be in the middle of an outstanding professional orchestra, this Berlin-based ensemble invites you to step into its midst. You can don a virtual reality headset that allows you to walk through the group as they perform works by Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn and Richard Wagner, listening to the parts that combine to create a sumptuous sum. Like a museum exhibit, the 45-minute program has staggered entrance times. (Noon-7:30 p.m. Jan. 22 & 23, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Jan. 24 & 25, Luminary Arts Center, 700 1st St. N., Mpls., $25, 651-292-3268 or schubert.org)

R.H.

Shakespeare has never been out of style, and you can say the same for “Kiss Me, Kate.” Cole Porter’s lyrics and music for Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew,” which won the first best musical Tony in 1949, has been rightly lauded for its brilliant wordplay and jazzy charm. “Kate” also has given us such classics as “Too Darn Hot” and “Brush Up Your Shakespeare.” The backstage musical dips into the power dynamics and spicy interplay of a warring divorced couple who’re also acting opposite each other onstage. Erin Capello and John-Michael Zuerlein headline a cast that includes youthful phenoms Aliya Grace, Chris Owusu, Marley Ritchie and Nate Turcotte. Kelli Foster Warder directs and Joey Miller choreographs. Ends Feb. 15. (7 p.m. Thu.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun., Artistry, 1800 W. Old Shakopee Road, Bloomington, $37-$72, 952-563-8575 or artistrymn.org)

Oglala Lakota artist Ray Janis curates a multigenerational exhibition featuring his own work alongside Sheldon Starr, Jim Yellowhawk and Dwayne Wilcox. Janis blends modern design elements with traditional Lakota symbolism and street art. The exhibition references Oceti Sakowin, the Seven Council Fires, a historic alliance of Dakota, Nakota and Lakota Indigenous people of the Great Plains. Jan. 22-March 21. Opening reception is Jan. 22 from 6-8 p.m. (10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.-Fri., noon-3 p.m. Sat., All My Relations Gallery, 1414 E. Franklin Av., Mpls., free, 612-425-4684 or allmyrelations.org)

ALICIA ELER

It’s an ultra bright sensation that is the cure for cabin fever and seasonal depression. The “feel-good immersive experience” wakes up your senses through colorful neon displays and glow zones. Travel through the forests of light and snap selfies with illuminated creatures or use your imagination to paint a scene with light. For an added fee, guests can add a five-minute digital graffiti experience to create artwork to take home. (10 a.m.-7 p.m. daily, closed Tuesdays through Feb. 28, $7.99-$9.99, $1.99-$2.99 for graffiti wall add-on, Mall of America, 2131 Lindau Lane, Bloomington, superneonexperience.com)