Back Roads: Bohemian hams are welcome

Aug 08, 2023

The BoHo Cafe, along the Lake Woe be gone bicycle trail in Holdingford in central Minnesota, welcomes Bohemians of all sorts: travelers, artists, appreciators of art, musicians, wanderers, bicyclists, and people of Bohemian and Slavic descent. Greg Konsor, who is proudly Bohemian by both birth and inclination, founded the cafe and the adjacent Art-in-Motion art gallery, art studio, live music venue, and art classroom.

We chose to visit the Boho on a Tuesday evening (they’re open until 8 p.m.) after a hard day of field work. A good sandwich (there are 11 of them on the menu), a glass of crisp cold cider from a St. Joseph cidery, and a side order of fruit in a cool and well-lit space surrounded by colorful art was just what these two farmer-bohemians needed.

The cafe itself is filled with wall-to-wall murals and comfortable seating; but we ate in the outdoor pavilion, which is set up for Saturday night live music performances and an outdoor pizza oven. The July 15 pizza and live music performance featured a St. Cloud folk-rock trio. Saturday performances and pizza require a ticket; but Sunday-Funday music performances are free, requiring only a free will tip for the musician.

Since its founding in 2020, Art In Motion has hosted 90 concerts and 20 art shows in the gallery, according to Lily Brutger, the Art In Motion’s art coordinator.

A cafe, art gallery, and music venue might seem to be all that could fit into one building. But the cafe and gallery host a classroom that, by its third birthday, had been home to 80 art workshops for the community — including a mending night led by two in-residence artists from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Mending night is a chance to repair your favorite pair of jeans or a wool sweater that moths chomped on. An open-mic night for wanna-be musicians, poets, and hams is also a regular feature of the BoHo’s busy schedule.

But, since we were just bohemians passing through, we enjoyed our meal, spent some time being wowed by the art in the gallery, and went on our way again. We’ll likely be back, however. There’s always something new happening at Art In Motion and the BoHo Cafe.

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