Commonweal Theatre Presents The Angel Next Door
2025-08-22 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-08-23 13:30 - 16:00, 2025-08-25 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-08-29 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-08-30 13:30 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Commonweal Theatre, 208 Parkway Ave. N, Lanesboro, MN, United States
Preview Dates
Saturday, May 17 | 7:30-9:30 pm
Sunday, May 18 | 1:30-3:30 pm
Thursday & Friday | May 22, 23 | 7:30-9:30 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 Paul Slade Smith’s romantic screwball comedy, The Angel Next Door. Journey to an opulent Newport mansion in 1948, where playwrights, actors, and a star-struck novelist gather to work on their next Broadway hit! (Never mind the housekeeper who wants them gone.) Learn more.

Frozen River Film Festival Celebrates 20 Years with New Film Series
2025-08-23 - 2025-08-30, 2025-08-24 - 2025-08-31, 2025-08-25 - 2025-09-01, 2025-08-26 - 2025-09-02, 2025-08-27 - 2025-09-03, 2025-08-28 - 2025-09-04, 2025-08-29 - 2025-09-05, 2025-08-30 - 2025-09-06 and 4 more dates | MN
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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.

Pick Up Truck Operetta
2025-08-23 16:00 - 18:00 | Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts, 1164 W 10th St., Winona, MN, United States
Saturday, Aug 23 |4:00
Minnesota Conservatory of the Arts
1164 W Howard St.

In partnership with MCA, join us for a Pick Up Truck Operetta On Saturday, August 23 at 4:00. The performance will take place outside at the Minnesota Conservatory of the Arts. If inclement weather, the performance will be moved indoors.

Mixed Precipitation celebrates 17 years of outdoor summer fun. This year, we’re revisiting one of our favorite productions, The Return of King Idomeneo. First created in 2012, this adaptation of Mozart’s 1781 opera Idomeneo, re di Creta (Idomeneo, King of Crete), was a breakout production for Mixed Precipitation and exemplified our playful and passionate outdoor performance style.
RESERVATIONS OPEN JUNE 15th
All performances are offered for a suggested donation ($5 – $45). This performance is fun for all ages. Children under 12 are free.
Reservations: https://tix.gobo.show/events/event/gZUman8wZfUWJBufryjO

Contact: debiniebuhr@gmail.com
Winona Arts Center is an organizational member of the River Arts Alliance. To learn more about the benefits of membership, please visit: riverartsalliance.org/membership/.

Roots: Opening Reception
2025-08-23 17:00 - 19:00 | Blue Heron Coffeehouse, 162 W 2nd St, Winona, MN, 55987, United States
Saturday, Aug 23 | 5- 7
Blue Heron Coffeehouse
162 W. 2nd St.
Winona

“Roots” is an exhibit that showcases a family lineage that has been sustained by creating many kinds of art. Painter Julia Crozier has reached back to acknowledge work her grandparents and parents have created, and the daily influence of making things in the Veeder and Crozier households. These creative influences have extended into the next two generations, Crozier’s children and grandchildren.
The show focuses mainly on paintings and drawings but also extends to collage, writing and cloth-works.
Show will be available for viewing August 20- October 12, Blue Heron hours

Julia Crozier is an member of the River Arts Alliance. To learn more about the benefits of membership, please visit: riverartsalliance.org/membership/.

Commonweal Theatre Presents Lone Star Spirits
2025-08-23 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-08-24 13:30 - 16:00, 2025-08-28 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-08-30 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-08-31 13:30 - 16:00 | MN
Commonweal Theatre Company
208 Parkway Ave N, Lanesboro, MN
commonwealtheatre.org

Join the Commonweal Theatre Company for Josh Tobiessen’s small-town comedy, Lone Star Spirits. A trip home gets wildly out of hand when Marley introduces her fiancé to her estranged father. Learn more.

Winona Symphony Orchestra Summer Social
2025-08-24 13:00 - 16:00 | Elmaro Vineyard, N14756 Delaney Rd., Trempealeau, WI, 54661, United States
Sunday, August 24 | 1-4 pm
Tickets: $40
Elmaro Vineyard | N14756 Delaney Rd, Trempealeau, WI
Join Winona Symphony Orchestra on August 24th from 1-4 pm to experience amazing music against the idyllic backdrop of Elmaro Vineyard in Trempealeau. Learn more.

Winona Art Center Lecture on Lithography
2025-08-27 17:30 - 19:00 | Winona Arts Center, 228 E. 5th St., Winona
Wednesday, Aug 27 | 5:30-7:00pm
Winona Art Center
228 E 5th Street
FREE and open to the public
Preston Lawing Spotlight
On August 27th from 5:30-7:00 the Winona Art Center (228 E 5th Street ) will begin hosting a series of free lectures on Art history and techniques. This first hour long lecture will profile Lithography, a printmaking process that uses a smooth Bavarian Limestone block that has been drawn on with a grease pencil.
This series, led by Preston Lawing, Professor Emeritus of the Saint Mary’s University Art and Design department, will cover the history and development of this print form, and will include many samples of original prints, actual stone blocks, drawing tools and photos of presses and historic documents.

Masquerade Murder Mystery at the Masonic (a Theatre du Mississippi Fundraiser)
2025-08-29 19:00 - 21:00 | 251 Main Street Winona, MN 55987 The Historic Masonic Temple, 251 Main Street, Winona, MN, 55987, United States
Friday Aug 29 | 7:00 pm
Prepare for an evening of intrigue, suspense, and delicious drama! On Friday, August 29th, Theatre du Mississippi invites you to step inside the mysterious halls of the Historic Masonic Temple in Winona for a one-night-only Murder Mystery Experience like no other.
Doors open at 6:30pm
Mystery begins at 7:00pm
Guests will become part of the story as secrets unfold and suspects emerge. Whether you’re a first-time sleuth or a seasoned mystery solver, this interactive night promises laughter, suspense, and maybe even a little betrayal.
Your ticket includes:
Entry to the historic Masonic Temple, full of ambiance and secrets
Light hors d’oeuvres served upon arrival
Cash bar with a selection of drinks available for purchase
Theme: 1930’s Masquerade
Come dressed to sleuth! Cocktail or vintage attire is encouraged but not required. Bring your curiosity, your friends, and your sharpest detective instincts.
Space is limited. Don’t miss your chance to solve the mystery!
Visit https://theatredumiss.org/event/murder-mystery-at-the-masonic/
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/.

Boundless Journeys! | Everything Everywhere All at Once (FRFF)
2025-08-29 19:00 - 21:30 | Winona Arts Center, 228 E. 5th St., Winona
Friday, August 29th | Film at 7:00 pm
Winona Arts Center, Winona, MN
Join us for a special screening of Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022), the critically acclaimed A24 feature film directed by Daniel Kwan and Daneil Scheinert. The film follows Evelyn Wang, a struggling laundromat owner, who discovers the existence of the multiverse during an audit session. She comes to learn that she’s the only one who can save the multiverse from an imminent threat, her daughter. Evelyn comes to embrace her skills throughout the multiverse and harbours a peaceful empathic choice to reconnect with her family.
Everything Everywhere All At Once has won numerous international awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Directing at the 95th annual Academy Awards. It cemented its place in history as harbouring the first Asian Actress to win an Oscar in a leading role.
Everything Everywhere All At Once is rated R due to the film containing scenes of violence and gore.
Trigger warning for this film has flashing and strobing lights.
Concessions and merchandise will be available for purchase to round out this movie experience! We will also have FRFF swag available for purchase and other engaging activities!
● Tickets: $10 for adults; free for students (youth must be accompanied by a guardian). FRFF members receive a 20% discount.
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Oil Painting Class with Casey Wicka
2025-09-02 10:00 - 12:00 | MN
Sept 2,9, 16,23, 30 | 10:00am -12:00
Winona Arts Center
$25 per class/$30 non members

Join us at the Winona Arts Center in a NEW weekly series exploring oil painting techniques & materials, hosted by artist Casey Wicka. Classes are held Tuesday mornings 10am to noon from September 2 through November 18 with each class having a different theme. All supplies will be provided. Classes will use zero paint thinners, turpentines, and/or mineral spirits. The class is for Adults age 18 and over. No experience necessary! $25 per class for members, $30 for non-members. Reserve your spot by Monday of each week’s class. Register with Jen at jsbenson50@gmail.com.

Winona Arts Center is an organizational member of the River Arts Alliance. To learn more about the benefits of membership, please visit: riverartsalliance.org/membership/.

BRENDA CÁRDENAS, WISCONSIN POET LAUREATE, AT THE BLUE HERON
2025-09-02 19:00 - 21:00 | Blue Heron Coffeehouse, 162 W 2nd St, Winona, MN, 55987, United States
Sept 2 | 7:00
Blue Heron Coffeehouse
162 W 2nd St, Winona
The Laureate Writers’ Series for September 2 will feature Brenda Cárdenas, Wisconsin’s Poet Laureate, at the Blue Heron Coffeehouse. Cárdenas is Professor Emerita of English at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and former Milwaukee Poet Laureate.
Cárdenas has authored Trace, winner of the 2023 Society of Midland Authors Award for Poetry and also silver winner of Foreword Review’s Indie Poetry Prize. A second book titled Boomrang, and three chapbooks have also been published. Her other work includes the co-editing of two other volumes, Resist Much/Obey Little: Inaugural Poems to the Resistance and Between the Heart and the Land: Latina Poets in the Midwest.
Cárdenas’ writings have appeared in many literary journals and anthologies, including Latino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology, Poetry, Prairie Schooner, Braving the Body, Latinx Poetics: The Art of Poetry, and Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Anthology, among others. Her poem “Mercy” originally published in SWIMM Everyday is included in the 2025 Best of the Net
anthology, and in 2024, her poem “Para los Tin-Tun-Teros,” set to choral music by Daniel Afonso, was performed by the National Concert Chorus at Carnegie Hall.
The Laureates Series is sponsored by the Blue Heron Coffee House, by Second Chapter Books of Winona, by Friends of the Winona Public Library, by Richard and Sara Ricker, and by Laurie Lucas. The program begins at 7 p.m. and takes place at the Blue Heron Coffeehouse, which serves beverages and treats. An open mic will follow the main presentation, and the program is free and open to all.
