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JC Lippold

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Music Director @stagestheatreco 🎭
Artistic Director @aliveandkickinmn 🤘

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Livin’ the Dream!” is an unforgettable evening of comedy, storytelling, and music about chasing a dream and everything that comes with it.

The leap of faith. The exhilarating highs. The crushing lows. The unexpected twists, wrong turns, and surprising detours you never saw coming.

What happens when you finally get what you dreamed of? When the dream suddenly shatters? When you get a second chance? Or when you realize the dream you were chasing is no longer the dream you want?

“Livin’ the Dream!” takes you on a hilarious, heartfelt, and poignant journey through the wild ride of following your dreams. It is for every dreamer who has ever taken a chance, faced defeat, started over, or simply refused to give up and held on for one more day.

Hysterically funny. Brutally honest. Unexpected at every turn. After all, sometimes the greatest part of the dream is the journey.

Performer Bios:

Jason Schommer is a stand up comedian and storyteller who performed with comedy icon Louie Anderson for a decade. Jason has won numerous storyslams and has performed at The Guthrie Theater, The Pantages and The Fitzgerald Theater. He’s also been featured on The Moth Radio Hour and The Moth Podcast.

Link in the bio

Michael Shynes is an acclaimed singer - songwriter who has released 12 albums to rave reviews and has a platinum record in Poland. Most recently, Michael had a song placed in the reality show Temptation Island on Netflix and he has over 289,000 monthly listeners on Spotify which continues to grow daily. by @jclippold

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5 days ago

Bopping onto the BK Show on Tuesday!

World Mental Health Day was on Saturday &
Ted Lasso Season 4 Finale dropped last Tuesday…

Time to chat the best Lasso (and Chilton) lessons we learned that can help us not lose our marbles!

Tune in to myTalk 107.1 - Minneapolis/St. Paulat 3:40 and 6:40p Tuesday! by @jclippold

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6 days ago

Season 17: Forever Lessons
No one lives forever, but some lessons do.

Alive & Kickin has powered up 🔌 ⚡️ for another year.
Support us this year as we consider the things we’ve learned and maybe more importantly, the lessons life is just starting to teach us.

That old dog can learn new tricks if it keeps kicking! by @jclippold

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14 days ago

Spending time with people you don’t know yet (strangers) is the quickest way to brighten up your life. 🎨

📸 @micmonster23 by @jclippold

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15 days ago

Moving conversation with movement is a great way to end a week.

Friday, tomorrow, October 2nd 5pm
Sign up through the QR code

Please join me at Arc’teryx Southdale and a big bunch of folks you don’t know yet...
Snacks
Giveaways
Shared Humanity
Walk, Run, Hang, Live, Love, all of it

...to set off a great Twin Cities In Motion Marathon Weekend by @jclippold

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17 days ago

🎶 Watchin’ and readin’ and listening’… 🎵
on Twin Cities Live

Check out my latest bop into the studio to chat with @elizries and @benleberofficial

Link in the bio by @jclippold

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18 days ago

Come from Away
Phipps Center for the Arts

I first listened to the Come from Away soundtrack on a flight to New York City…
I’ve seen productions in NYC, London, Minneapolis and in my living room…
and each time I’ve encountered the show, I’ve encountered folks I didn’t know yet and afterwards was grateful for the show expanding the aperture of the humanity that I had shared experience with.

Supporting the group of 20 humans who will close Come From Away in Hudson, Wisco tomorrow has been one of those theatrical experiences that affirms how I like to tell the stories of other people…
Be as much of yourself attempting to understand someone else to the point that the audience gets to know you and the someone else at the same time.

It’s been an absolutely nourishing hoot getting to know the 164 folks from September 11-16, 2001 through the head, heart, hands and gills of these 20 humans. I’ll think of you every time I walk into a Shopper’s.

Breathe in…
Everything happens
…Breathe out.

📸 @heymollyjay by @jclippold

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22 days ago

Livin’ the Dream! An Evening of Comedy, Storytelling and Music!”

Starring Jason Schommer, JC Lippold and Michael Shynes!

One Night Only!

Thursday, October 15

7pm show. 6:30pm doors.

Tickets: $30 General Admission

“Livin’ the Dream!” is an unforgettable evening of comedy, storytelling, and music about chasing a dream and everything that comes with it.
The leap of faith. The exhilarating highs. The crushing lows. The unexpected twists, wrong turns, and surprising detours you never saw coming.
What happens when you finally get what you dreamed of? When the dream suddenly shatters? When you get a second chance? Or when you realize the dream you were chasing is no longer the dream you want?
“Livin’ the Dream!” takes you on a hilarious, heartfelt, and poignant journey through the wild ride of following your dreams. It is for every dreamer who has ever taken a chance, faced defeat, started over, or simply refused to give up and held on for one more day.
Hysterically funny. Brutally honest. Unexpected at every turn. After all, sometimes the greatest part of the dream is the journey.
Performer Bios:
Jason Schommer is a stand up comedian and storyteller who performed with comedy icon Louie Anderson for a decade. Jason has won numerous storyslams and has performed at The Guthrie Theater, The Pantages and The Fitzgerald Theater. He’s also been featured on The Moth Radio Hour and The Moth Podcast.

JC Lippold is the Music Director at Stages Theatre Company and the Artistic Director of Alive & Kickin’, Minnesota’s premier senior rock ensemble. For more than 20 years, JC has brought a dynamic and distinctive voice to the music and theater scene. JC frequently appears on KSTP-TV and MyTalk 107.1 radio.

Michael Shynes is an acclaimed singer - songwriter who has released 12 albums to rave reviews and has a platinum record in Poland. Most recently, Michael had a song placed in the reality show Temptation Island on Netflix and he has over 289,000 monthly listeners on Spotify which continues to grow daily.

Tickets in bio taken in The Hive Collaborative by @jclippold

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Come run with JC and me as we take on the Loppet Trail Half Marathon! taken in Theodore Wirth Park - the Trailhead by @jclippold

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“Yes, and….”

Brittany Hagan put an age old question out to the world on Instagram on Wednesday evening:
Does anyone want to run the Trail Loppet Half Marathon with me on Saturday?

After not spending any time thinking about it, I replied, “Yes.”

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In my life, I have found that saying yes to things that point me towards new experiences with people I care about is a good practice.

📚 The two of us added a foundational memory to the storybook of our friendship today. We took care of each other, we gave each other space, we talked, we laughed, and others called us “fun” and “interesting”. 🤘

⛰️ 🏃🏼 I had never done a trail run before and by golly, it was a hoot. Nature, strangers being nice to one another, no straight path or one example of how joy is supposed to be found.

📆 amidst an always busy and volatile schedule, I was gifted the opportunity of time and space to be, and play, and breathe sweetest air…Minnesota air is special.

New friends 🤝 🫂 Arc’teryx Southdale and their remarkable team helped me get some trail shoes and gear on Friday night so I would be ready to do the thing on Saturday morning and Emily, Megan, Jamal and my old friend Sara are all now in my mind and heart as I think about ways that we can stir up some good stuff together in this life.

So, keep your eyes open for the moments that you can say yes to, and….see what happens when you do. by @jclippold

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It’s downright autumnal out there! Elizabeth, Ben and I chatted about it today on Twin Cities Live!

This is my favorite time of the year in Minnesota because we have a literal off-ramp from one season to the next. The end of the State Fair marks the unofficial entrance into Fall and provides us with a few weeks until September 22nd when we officially enter the season.

Getting ready for shorter days, cozier weather and sometimes bigger feelings is something that can happen THROUGH us rather than TO us.

Have your morning coffee on the Front Step ☕️
Our bodies LOVE experiencing the morning sun. Cortisol, which is your wake-up hormone, is released with fresh air, morning sun and some movement. So, getting outside for a few minutes helps get the sleep out of your eyes!

🍂 Fall colors and Chunky scarves
We may give folks a hard time for craving Pumpkin Spice on September 1st but give them a break, they are trying to bring the summer plane in for a soft landing…
🧡💚💛 Start shifting your wardrobe and home décor to fall colors
🧣 Put on your comfy sweaters, hats, scarves and hoodies that make you feel cozy
🕯️ Switch your 3-wick candle from Fresh Lilac to Apple Harvest

☀️Bring a little sunshine to those who need it…
Folks with Seasonal Affective Disorder often struggle with the change of the season and then often perk back up a bit until late fall and winter. So, now is a great time to mindfully…
✏️ 🥭 Break out the pencil and paper and write a handwritten note to someone you know needs a little pick me up
🚶🏽 🚶🏼‍♀️ Ask your friend or neighbor to go for a walk and catch up

Segment in my links. 🔗 by @jclippold

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I risk to be one who causes others’ eyes to roll by saying certain things a lot.
Two of these things are:
1️⃣ Do Little Things Often
2️⃣ If anyone is important, no one is.

As I wiggled around Sydney, NSW this weekend, I encountered 5 folks who smushed these two statements together in a way that reminded me why I’ll keep risking eye rolls.

⚽️ the Ted Lasso twins
Within the first 5K of the marathon I saw two folks adorned in Coach Lasso energy and attire. Standing under an overpass, they understood the power and perspective this tv show would offer. 5 hours later, I saw them again in the Finishers’ Area still fully living their Lasso dreams and supporting the masses. I shouted to them across the lawn, “Ted Lassos! And they gave me a moment to share that I remembered them.”

👗 the girl in the purple dress
On the sidewalk was a bench facing the storefronts. A little girl in a purple fairy dress was leaned over the back, holding on white-knuckled with one hand and extending the other to high five runners with all her might shouting, “C’mon Mate.”, at the top of her lungs.

🐶 the little dog
With the help of his mother, this brown fur ball of a pup doggy-paddled his paws at strangers transferring his puppy power through pets and kisses. I told him about Jefferson, Willow, and Franklin.

🥤 the man with the can of Coke
At 40K, a man stood in a clearing with no other spectators; a can of Coke in his hand. Not cheering, he looked me in the eyes as if to say, “the world told me you would want an ice cold Coke right now.” In my delirium, as if he was the angel at the end of a tunnel of white light, I asked, “Me?”, and he said, “Yes, you.” I told him about the woman in the Bronx and the elderly couple in Tokyo who at a similar place in those races also provided me Coke and asked him how he kept it so cold and if he had more cans somewhere or if this was the only one…he said, “Go!”

(Caption reaches the 🏁 in comments) by @jclippold

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