Call to Artists: Between the Bluffs Plein Air
2025-12-12 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-13 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-14 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-15 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-16 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-17 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-18 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-19 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
Demonstrations: Sat. Oct 11 9 – Noon
Show: Oct 17, 18, 19
Betweenthebluffs.com
Colleen Shore is a member of the River Arts Alliance. To learn more about the benefits of membership, please visit: riverartsalliance.org/membership/.

Christmas Radio Show: Sam Shovel, Private Eye Twelve Days of Chaos!
2025-12-12 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-13 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-14 14:00 - 16:00 | 251 Main Street Winona, MN 55987 The Historic Masonic Temple, 251 Main Street, Winona, MN, 55987, United States
Thursday, December 11 | 7pm
Friday, December 12 | 7pm
Saturday, December 13 | 7pm
Sunday, December 14 | 2pm
The ARC – Home of the Historic Masonic Theatre
255 Main Street Winona MN

Theatre du Mississippi Presents: Sam Shovel, Twelve Days of Chaos. Theatre du Mississippi is bringing back our beloved annual Christmas radio show, and this year, the holiday spirit comes with a mystery twist! Join hard-boiled detective Sam Shovel as he unwraps a case filled with festive foul play, suspicious Santas, and more holiday hijinks than you can shake a candy cane at.
Sam Shovel: Twelve Days of Chaos is an original script written by Jim and Jane Jeffries and directed by Michael Opiola. Tune in (or come see it live!) for witty wordplay, nostalgic radio flair, and plenty of Christmas cheer… with just a hint of noir.
Celebrate the season with laughter, intrigue, and a touch of “chaos” only Theatre du Mississippi can deliver!
Pre-Sale Tickets Online: Sliding scale $7-$28
$25 at the Door
Get Tickets Here
Theatre du Mississippi is an organizational member of the River Arts Alliance. To learn more about the benefits of membership, please visit: riverartsalliance.org/membership/.

Commonweal Theatre Presents A Sherlock Carol
2025-12-12 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-12-13 13:30 - 16:00, 2025-12-13 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-12-14 13:30 - 16:00, 2025-12-18 19:30 - 22:00 | Commonweal Theatre, 208 Parkway Ave. N, Lanesboro, MN, United States
Preview Dates
Saturday, Nov 8 | 7:30-10:00 pm
Sunday, Nov 9 | 1:30-4:00 pm
Thurs-Fri, Nov 13-14| 7:30-10:00 pm
Full Run Dates Listed on RAA Event Page
Commonweal Theatre Company
208 Parkway Ave N, Lanesboro, MN
commonwealtheatre.org

Join the Commonweal Theatre Company for Mark Shanahan’s merry and mysterious mashup, A Sherlock Carol. The worlds of Charles Dickens and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle collide in the ultimate Christmas crossover! Learn more.

Frozen River Film Festival Celebrates 20 Years with New Film Series
2025-12-13 - 2025-12-20, 2025-12-14 - 2025-12-21, 2025-12-15 - 2025-12-22, 2025-12-16 - 2025-12-23, 2025-12-17 - 2025-12-24, 2025-12-18 - 2025-12-25, 2025-12-19 - 2025-12-26 | MN
frff.eventive.org
This year the Frozen River Film Festival (FRFF) will be celebrating 20 years of bringing documentary films and filmmakers to Winona. The festival begins Sunday, February 9, (You can still get home in time to watch the Super Bowl!) and runs through Sunday, February 16. This year’s event will feature the World Premiere of FRFF’s self-produced documentary, Beneath the Ice: The Frozen River Film Festival Story. Learn more.

Winona Brass Band Season Begins Nov. 9
2025-12-13 11:00 - 13:00 | Winona Middle School Auditorium, 1570 Homer Rd, Winona, MN, 55987, United States
November 9 | 3:00 pm
Winona Middel School
December 13 | 11:00 am
Central Lutheran Church
April 12 | 3:00 pm
TBD

The Winona Brass Band open their 32 nd season with a Fall Concert on Sunday November 9 at 3:00 pm in the Winona Middle School Auditorium. The performance features selections suggested by members of the group resulting in an eclectic mix from British composer Malcolm Arnold’s Four Scottish Dances to the music of Queen. All WBB concerts are free and open to all. Free-will donations gratefully are accepted at the door.
Founded 1993, this British Style traditional Brass Band is unique in our area. Consisting only of brass instruments and percussion, the sound has been described as rich, vibrant, and organ-like. Instruments include cornets, flugelhorn, alto horns, trombones, baritones, euphoniums, tubas and percussion – 28 players in all!
WBB has made the Winona Middle School their rehearsal and performance home since fall 2024, with both fall and spring concerts happening in the Middle School Auditorium. The December 13 performance will be held at Central Lutheran Church at 11 am rounding out a full day of holiday festivities including a craft sale, Scandinavian-based bake sale and soup/sandwich lunch. The spring concert, scheduled for Sunday April 12 at 3 pm, will feature guest composer and conductor Dr. Jack Stamp as well as a few more players favorites that couldn’t fit into the fall concert!
The Winona Brass Band is a non-profit community ensemble with members from throughout the region. If you’re a brass or percussion player and are interested in membership opportunities please contact Janet Heukeshoven at jheukesh@smumn.edu or WBB board president, John Helm at helmje2@gmail.com. Follow the Winona Brass Band on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/winonabrassband.
Eric Heukeshoven is a member of the River Arts Alliance. To learn more about the benefits of membership, please visit: riverartsalliance.org/membership/.

Sounds of the Season with Winona Brass Band
2025-12-13 11:00 - 13:00 | Central Lutheran Church, 259 W Wabasha St., Winona, MN, 55987, United States
Get into the holiday spirit with the Winona Brass Band as they return to Central Lutheran Church
to present a festive concert on December 13 at 11:00 am.
It’s going to be a full day at Central
Lutheran with the popular Holiday Bake Sale starting at 9:00 am in Grace Hall – rosettes,
krumkake, lefse and more, plus a craft sale. The Brass Band concert will be in the sanctuary from
11:00-11:45 followed by a soup/sandwich lunch.
All are welcome to join in the holiday
festivities!
The Winona Brass Band, directed by Dr. Janet Heukeshoven, will perform a wide variety of
familiar Christmas carols. The audience can even sing-along at this family-friendly event.
Winona Brass Band concerts are free and open to all. Donations are accepted to support the
group’s mission to bring their unique style of music to a diverse audience free of charge.
The Winona Brass Band is a non-profit community ensemble with members from throughout the
region. If you’re a brass or percussion player and are interested in membership opportunities
please contact Janet Heukeshoven at jheukesh@smumn.edu or WBB board president, John Helm
at helmje2@gmail.com.
Follow the Winona Brass Band on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/winonabrassb

Johnson Street Underground Holiday Concert
2025-12-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Winona Arts Center, 228 E. 5th St., Winona
Please join us in welcoming back our favorite TTBB acappella group,
Johnson Street Underground, for their annual holiday concert at the Winona Arts Center, 228 E 5th Street, Saturday, December 13 at 7:00.
Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door — available at Music Mart and Eventbrite.
JSU covers a wide variety of songs and styles, including tunes by Maroon 5,
Dolly Parton, the Beatles, and Adele. Matt Schultz is the lead tenor along with
Seth Flatten being the lyric tenor. JSU’s baritone is Charlie Opatz, who also
swaps parts with everyone else. Rounding out the group is John Chernega as
the bass and group humorist! This year’s holiday show includes new tunes,
percussion, and audience sing-alongs.
Gallery and coffeehouse open at 6:00 for coffee and treats; cash bar
available for wine and beer.
Our concert series is funded in part by donations
from Merchants National Bank. Dahl Toyota, and Affinity Plus Credit Union.

Mini Book Class with Preston Lawing
2025-12-14 13:00 - 15:00 | Winona Arts Center, 228 E. 5th St., Winona
Join us on Sunday December 14 from 1:00 to 3:00pm for a Preston Lawing Mini Book
Workshop.
In this workshop you will learn how to make a small 3” miniature book
combining folded paper sheets to form origami pages that can be opened, displayed
and shared. The small pages may be used for drawings, journal entries, family
memories, thoughts, quotes and recipes. When the book is turned inside out and
opened into an exploded star shape, it can be hung as a decoration or displayed as a
keepsake miniature book to treasure or share. Class cost is $20 for members and $25
for non-members. All materials provided.
Contact Jen at jsbenson50@gmail to register
for this workshop.

Retro Reels: Christmas Celebration with Frozen River Film Festival
2025-12-18 18:30 - 22:30 | The ARC, 255 Main St., Winona, MN, 55987, United States
Join us for a festive evening as we screen a trio of holiday classics: Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936), Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948), and the 1955 TV adaptation of Miracle on 34th Street.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 18, at The ARC — Home of the Historic Masonic Theater, 255 Main Street, Winona. Tickets are sliding scale: $5 and up!
Enjoy complimentary Christmas cookies and stick around after the films for holiday trivia and a Best Holiday Attire contest! Winners receive fun prizes!
Beverages and snacks will be available for purchase.
Come for the films, stay for the festive cheer!

Community Christmas Carol Sing
2025-12-19 18:30 - 20:00 | Winona Arts Center, 228 E. 5th St., Winona
The Winona Arts Center, 228 E 5th Street, is happy to host a Community
Christmas Carol singing event that is free & open to the public on Friday,
December 19 from 6:30-8:00 and is free and open to all!
Song sheets will be provided and chairs for sitting as needed. All are
welcome to join in who want to sing carols with others. If you want, bring a
finger food treat to share such as cookies or bars etc. The art center will
provide apple cider.
Spread the joy together and sing some old Christmas carols and maybe
some you will learn.

Christmas Caroling at Winona Arts Center
2025-12-19 18:30 - 20:00 | Winona Arts Center, 228 E. 5th St., Winona
Friday, January 19 | 6:30-8:00
Winona Arts Center
228 E 5th Street, Winona

The Winona Arts Center, , is happy to host a Community Christmas Carol singing event that is free & open to the public on Friday, December 19 from 6:30-8:00.
Song sheets will be provided and chairs for sitting as needed. All are welcome to join in who want to sing carols with others. If you want, bring a finger food treat to share such as cookies or bars etc. The art center will provide apple cider and treats as well.
Spread the joy together and sing some old Christmas carols and maybe some new ones you will learn. Contact: marykayeperrin@gmail.com
