River Arts Alliance Member Events

Various Locations in Winona bachsocietymn.org The annual Minnesota Bach Festival, a month of musical events throughout the state, is bringing a series of Mobile Mini-Concerts to Winona on Thursday, May 23 from 4-7 pm. The concerts are in a pop-up format, featuring Bach Society of Minnesota musician Charles Asch performing a brief solo concert before moving on to the next location.…

Minnesota Marine Art Museum | 800 Riverview Dr. Register Here The dawn of Artificial Intelligence poses a historically profound, alarming, and unprecedented problem for writers, musicians, and artists. AI’s generative powers, often controlled anonymously, are matching human creative ventures and promise to surpass them. What then is “authenticity” as an outcome of human creative processes?…

Acoustic Café | 77 Lafayette St. You’re invited to a River Arts Alliance Art Schmooze on Friday evening, May 31, at the Acoustic Café in downtown Winona. Held periodically throughout the year, our Schmoozes are casual gatherings for artists of all disciplines and arts supporters, open to current RAA members and non-members alike. Join us…

Winona Arts Center | 228 E 5th St. winonaarts.org Ben Cosgrove will perform a free concert at 7 pm on Friday, May 31 at the Winona Arts Center. Doors open at 6:30. The Winona Arts Center is a small venue, so please pick up your free ticket at Music Mart (formerly Hardt’s Music) or reserve…

Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge | W28488 Refuge Road | Trempealeau, WI All are invited to meet and watch area artists create at a multi-day plein air painting event in the Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge and at Elmaro Vineyard and Winery this coming June. On Saturday, June 1 from 7:30-11 am, artists will be painting along…

Cornerstone Community Church | 1001 44th Ave. | Goodview linktr.ee/sugarloaftheatre Sugarloaf Theatre is thrilled to announce that Seamus Schwaba, Executive Director for Sugarloaf Theatre and our Director for our summer musical Through the Looking Glass, will be hosting a free, one hour long audition workshop on June 3 from 6-7 pm at Cornerstone Community Church . All…

Blue Heron Coffeehouse | 162 W 2nd St. The First Tuesday Laureate Writers Series event at the Blue Heron Coffeehouse on Tuesday, June 4 at 7:00 pm will be a Wide Open Mic Night. Come one, come all! This month, we won’t have a featured writer — all of you will be featured! Bring a story,…

Corner of Third & Center Streets rivercitydancers.org Get your dancing shoes ready: Winona’s Downtown will be swinging and swaying to the sounds of live music and dancing at the 5TH ANNUAL “Swinging In The Street” outdoor street dance! On Friday, June 7 from 6-9 pm, the community is invited to a free Dance Party thrown…

Elmaro Vineyard | N14756 Delaney Rd. | Trempealeau, WI patinatheband.com Patina is a Celtic inspired fiddle, whistle, flute, bodhrán, banjo, accordion and guitar band that plays mixed Celtic, folk and original music. Patina will be at Elmaro Vineyard on Sunday, June 9th from 1:00 to 4:00. We LOVE to bring our lively music to anyone…

Engage Winona | 119 E 3rd St. The McKnight Artist and Culture Bearer Fellowship Program will hold an information session for all interested Minnesota-based applicants on Tuesday, June 11 at 6:30 pm at Engage Winona. This session, led by Program Directors Tracy Krumm (Fiber Artists), Mike Hoyt (Community-Engaged Practice) and Dana Kassel (Dancers and Choreographers) will…

Prairie Island Nature Trail | 890 Prairie Island Rd. Register Here McKnight International Choreographer Residency guest artist Meryl Zaytoun Murman will be facilitating a somatic informed nature walk on Wednesday, June 12th at 6 pm, as part of an ongoing offering at Prairie Island Park, Forest Bathing along Crooked Slough, organized by Prairie Island Campground Director…

Two Fathoms Brewing | 65 E Front St. H3OJazz.com As the Steamboat Days parade wraps up, why not stroll down to Two Fathoms Brewing Company for the monthly Jazz Jam! Join H3O Jazz Trio outside on the spacious patio (or in the taproom if weather is bad) on June 16 from 2:30–5:30 pm. This month’s Jazz…