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Paddle Making Workshop Presented by Sanborn Canoe Company and MMAM
Paddle Making Workshop Presented by Sanborn Canoe Company and MMAM
Two-Day Session | Saturday & Sunday | June 24 & 25 | 9 am - 4 pm Sanborn Canoe Company | 4110 West 5th St Unlock a lifetime exploring the quiet, waking river backwaters or northwoods lakes by learning to make your own canoe paddle. This two-day canoe paddle making workshop is open to people of all abilities ages…
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Winona Municipal Band Concert
Winona Municipal Band Concert
Lake Park Bandshell | Lake Park Dr. winonamunicipalband.org The 2023 Winona Municipal Band season runs from June 14th through August 16th. Concerts are held on Wednesdays from 8:00-9:00pm at Winona’s historic Lake Park Bandshell. Each week’s program will be available at winonamunicipalband.org. See you at the bandshell!
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Winona Municipal Band Concert
Winona Municipal Band Concert
Lake Park Bandshell | Lake Park Dr. winonamunicipalband.org The 2023 Winona Municipal Band season runs from June 14th through August 16th. Concerts are held on Wednesdays from 8:00-9:00pm at Winona’s historic Lake Park Bandshell. Each week’s program will be available at winonamunicipalband.org. See you at the bandshell!
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Open House – Joan Porter-Einsman Exhibition at Kouba Gallery
Open House – Joan Porter-Einsman Exhibition at Kouba Gallery
Kouba Gallery | 6601 Auto Club Rd. | Bloomington, MN An exhibition of paintings by River Arts Alliance member Joan Porter-Einsman will be on display at the Kouba Gallery from July 7 through August 6, 2023. The Kouba Gallery is located in Bloomington, Minn., at the Chapter House of the Minnesota Valley Chapter of the Izaak Walton League. An…
Auditions for Theatre du Mississippi’s Return Engagement
Auditions for Theatre du Mississippi’s Return Engagement
Curiosi-Tea House | 901 W 5th St. theatredumiss.org Theatre du Mississippi announces auditions for the upcoming production of Return Engagement, a play written by Kathleen Peterson. The play explores an older gay male actor’s struggle with multiple sclerosis and the necessity of moving home to receive help from his family. Auditions will be held on July 9th…
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Auditions for Theatre du Mississippi’s Return Engagement
Auditions for Theatre du Mississippi’s Return Engagement
Curiosi-Tea House | 901 W 5th St. theatredumiss.org Theatre du Mississippi announces auditions for the upcoming production of Return Engagement, a play written by Kathleen Peterson. The play explores an older gay male actor’s struggle with multiple sclerosis and the necessity of moving home to receive help from his family. Auditions will be held on July 9th…
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Laureate Writers Series Presents Michael S. Moos
Laureate Writers Series Presents Michael S. Moos
Blue Heron Coffeehouse | 162 W 2nd St. Michael S. Moos is the author of The Idea of the Garden (winner of the Richard Snyder Prize, Ashland University Poetry Press, 2018), and three earlier poetry books. He will read his poetry as part of First Tuesday: The Laureate Writers Series. The event will be held on Tuesday, July…
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Winona Municipal Band Concert
Winona Municipal Band Concert
Lake Park Bandshell | Lake Park Dr. winonamunicipalband.org The 2023 Winona Municipal Band season runs from June 14th through August 16th. Concerts are held on Wednesdays from 8:00-9:00pm at Winona’s historic Lake Park Bandshell. Each week’s program will be available at winonamunicipalband.org. See you at the bandshell!
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Chill with Will – Imbroglio
Chill with Will – Imbroglio
WSU DuFresne Performing Arts Center | 450 Johnson St. grsf.org/workshop Students age 11-18 can enroll in a FREE workshop prior to each Friday afternoon Great River Shakespeare Festival performance. The festival’s education team will guide them through theater games and activities. Then the group attends the performance together! Past workshops have included backstage tours, narrated…
Amanda Grace + Friends At Island City Brewery
Amanda Grace + Friends At Island City Brewery
Island City Brewing Company | 65 E Front St. musicbyamandagrace.com Join Amanda Grace and friends at Island City Brewery for a free event on Friday, July 14th from 6-8:30 PM. She will play a mix of original folk, rock and acoustic pop music.
Gate City Jazz Band at Winona County Fair
Gate City Jazz Band at Winona County Fair
Winona County Fairgrounds | 506 W 6th St. | St. Charles, MN Friday, July 14, the Gate City Jazz Band will be entertaining Winona County Fair folks from 7-9 pm. It isn't past your bedtime, stop by to hear some fine dixieland bedtime tunes.
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2023 Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest Celebration
2023 Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest Celebration
Winona County History Center | 160 Johnson St. sonnetcontest.org The official end to the annual Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest is a celebration of the winners, hosted in person and online. The public is invited to attend this fun event on Saturday, July 15th at 11:00 am at the Winona County History Center. (It can also…
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Open Your Heart Challenge at July Jazz Jam
Open Your Heart Challenge at July Jazz Jam
Island City Brewing Company | 65 E Front St. H3OJazz.com July is the Open Your Heart Summer Challenge for Minnesota Food Shelves. On July 16, H3O Jazz Trio and Island City Brewing Company will dedicate their monthly Jazz Jam fundraiser to Winona Volunteer Services (WVS). Island City as well as H3O will match all donations! Donations…
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Takedown & Artwork Pick-Up for RAA Member Exhibit
Takedown & Artwork Pick-Up for RAA Member Exhibit
Blue Heron Coffeehouse | 162 W 2nd St. If you have an item included in RAA's 2023 In-Person Member Exhibit, please remember to pick it up on Monday, July 17 at the Blue Heron between 3:00 and 5:30 pm. With any questions, contact Arts Administrator Johanna Rupprecht at admin@riverartsalliance.org.
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King’s Brass Present Free Concert at Central Lutheran
King’s Brass Present Free Concert at Central Lutheran
Central Lutheran Church | 259 W Wabasha St. Central Lutheran Church – Winona will host Tim Zimmerman and The King’s Brass for a free performance of hymn classics with a contemporary flair on July 18 at 7 pm. The King’s Brass features three trumpets, three trombones, a tuba, percussion, and keyboards. The instruments blend together to create a time of…
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Winona Municipal Band Concert
Winona Municipal Band Concert
Lake Park Bandshell | Lake Park Dr. winonamunicipalband.org The 2023 Winona Municipal Band season runs from June 14th through August 16th. Concerts are held on Wednesdays from 8:00-9:00pm at Winona’s historic Lake Park Bandshell. Each week’s program will be available at winonamunicipalband.org. See you at the bandshell!
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artsXchange
artsXchange
The artsXchange program will return on the 3rd Thursday of the month from July 2023 through April 2024. (Except for December, when it will take place on the 2nd Thursday.) Watch for more information to come. Please fill out this form to register to attend Deep Dive: Anatomy of Courtney Mattison’s Undercurrent, an artsXchange discussion led…
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Chill with Will – The Winter’s Tale
Chill with Will – The Winter’s Tale
WSU DuFresne Performing Arts Center | 450 Johnson St. grsf.org/workshop Students age 11-18 can enroll in a FREE workshop prior to each Friday afternoon Great River Shakespeare Festival performance. The festival’s education team will guide them through theater games and activities. Then the group attends the performance together! Past workshops have included backstage tours, narrated…
Opening Reception – Retrieval, a Journey through Art – Paintings by Julia Crozier
Opening Reception – Retrieval, a Journey through Art – Paintings by Julia Crozier
Blue Heron Coffeehouse | 162 W 2nd St. blueheroncoffeehouse.com Two years of creating art have come together for a new exhibit called “Retrieval,” by Julia Crozier. The drawings and paintings are mostly new and some “reworked work.” Road trips, hiking experiences and everyday living have inspired the work represented. Retrieval reflects past and current connections…
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Book Launch – “REAP, a flora” by Mara Adamitz Scrupe
Book Launch – “REAP, a flora” by Mara Adamitz Scrupe
Minnesota Marine Art Museum | 800 Riverview Dr. shipwrecktbooks.press mmam.org A book launch of “REAP, a flora” by Mara Adamitz Scrupe, published by Shipwreckt Books Publishing Company of Winona, will be held at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum on Saturday, July 22, 2023, from 3-5 p.m. Mara Adamitz Scrupe, the author of six poetry collections,…
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Winona Municipal Band Concert
Winona Municipal Band Concert
Lake Park Bandshell | Lake Park Dr. winonamunicipalband.org The 2023 Winona Municipal Band season runs from June 14th through August 16th. Concerts are held on Wednesdays from 8:00-9:00pm at Winona’s historic Lake Park Bandshell. Each week’s program will be available at winonamunicipalband.org. See you at the bandshell!
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Sandbar Storytelling Festival’s ‘Business and Immigrant Stories of Winona’ – Thern, Inc.
Sandbar Storytelling Festival’s ‘Business and Immigrant Stories of Winona’ – Thern, Inc.
Winona County History Center | 160 Johnson St. sandbarstorytellingfestival.org Sharing the stories that have shaped Winona, the Sandbar Storytelling Festival, in partnership with the Winona County History Center, is continuing "Business and Immigrant Stories of Winona." The July 27 event, featuring Thern, Inc., will be at 7 p.m. at the History Center, 160 Johnson St.…
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Chill with Will – As You Like It
Chill with Will – As You Like It
WSU DuFresne Performing Arts Center | 450 Johnson St. grsf.org/workshop Students age 11-18 can enroll in a FREE workshop prior to each Friday afternoon Great River Shakespeare Festival performance. The festival’s education team will guide them through theater games and activities. Then the group attends the performance together! Past workshops have included backstage tours, narrated…
Rock the Block Kickoff Party with H3O Jazz Trio
Rock the Block Kickoff Party with H3O Jazz Trio
Peter’s Biergarten | 54 E 3rd St. H3OJazz.com The Habitat Interfaith Committee is bringing Rock the Block back to Winona! Join us as we kick off this important event on Friday, July 28th from 6 pm to 9 pm at Peter’s Biergarten downtown! Invite your friends, family, and coworkers and support the vital work of…
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Winona Dixieland Jazz Festival
Winona Dixieland Jazz Festival
The Crossings Center | 170 S Fremont St. | Lewiston winonadixieland.webs.com Come hear the Winona Dixieland Jazz Festival this Saturday at the Crossings Center, 170 S Fremont St. in Lewiston, MN from noon to 8:30 pm. The sensational lineup includes: 1. Seven Rivers Band, La Crosse, noon 2. Too Darn Hot Jazz Band, 1:45 3. Gate City…
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Laureate Writers Series Presents Minnesota Poet Laureate Gwen Westerman
Laureate Writers Series Presents Minnesota Poet Laureate Gwen Westerman
Blue Heron Coffeehouse | 162 W 2nd St. Minnesota’s Poet Laureate Gwen Westerman will read from her work at the Blue Heron Coffeehouse on Tuesday, August 1st at 7 pm. Gwen Westerman is a Dakota educator, writer and fiber artist. She is a professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and the Director of the Native American Literature Symposium, as well as…
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Winona Municipal Band Concert
Winona Municipal Band Concert
Lake Park Bandshell | Lake Park Dr. winonamunicipalband.org The 2023 Winona Municipal Band season runs from June 14th through August 16th. Concerts are held on Wednesdays from 8:00-9:00pm at Winona’s historic Lake Park Bandshell. Each week’s program will be available at winonamunicipalband.org. See you at the bandshell!
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RAA Art Schmooze during Mississippi Sippin
RAA Art Schmooze during Mississippi Sippin
UPDATE: Due to the heat, RAA will set up our information table for tonight's Schmooze inside the atrium at MMAM. Look for us there! Food and beverages will be available for sale on the patio. Minnesota Marine Art Museum | 800 Riverview Dr. The next RAA Art Schmooze will be Thursday, August 3rd, on…
Winona Community Chorale – First Fall Rehearsal
Winona Community Chorale – First Fall Rehearsal
Rehearsals on Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 pm, beginning August 3rd at First Congregational Church, 161 W Broadway, Winona. Fall/Halloween Concerts: October 27th & 28th. The Winona Community Chorale is a mixed choral ensemble performing music from a wide variety of styles, genres and time periods. Our vision is to inspire a love and appreciation for exceptional choral singing in…