Friday, November 8th, 2025
Room 203 at Old Central School
10 NW 5th Street, Grand Rapids, MN

Tickets $5-20 Suggested — no one turned away!

Join arts and culture collective Fire in the Village for a creative community gathering to feed our fires of inspiration, build our power, and remember who we are.  This event is also part of our Give a Sh*t! Mini Gala and fundraiser.

Silent Art Auction 4-7PM

Social Hour 6PM; Music 7PM
Music for Warriors & The Powerless
An evening of music and stories from Annie Humphrey and friends. Tonight’s special guest musician is John “Lakota John” Locklear, who combines the blues with the Indigenous music of his Lumbee ancestors.

Before the show begins, join us for a spirited social hour – always be brave!
Learn more and get tickets: fireinthevillage.org/tour

About Our Guest Artist:

John Lakota Locklear, born in 1997, grew up listening to his dad’s music collection.  At 7 years old, he picked up the harmonica and, at 7, his first guitar. Intrigued by the sound of the slide guitar, by 10 he had bought himself a glass slide, placed it on his pinky finger and has been sliding ever since. Today, Mama Tonya, Papa John and Sister Layla join him to form a proud Lumbee Nation family of talented musicians. 

The Lumbee Nation includes 50,000 members who call the enchanting area around Lumberton, North Carolina, with its swamps and cypress trees, home. The tribe has resided along the banks of the Lumbee River, from which they take their name, since the mid-1700s. It is the largest tribe east of the Mississippi but has yet to gain federal recognition.