River Arts Alliance Member Events
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Now through Oct 31 La Crosse Regional Airport 2850 Airport Rd | La Crosse, WI Jamie Schwaba River Arts Alliance Member, Jamie Schwaba of Schwaba Drama Art has over 30 pieces on exhibit at the La Crosse Regional Airport in La Crosse, WI as a part of the Art on the Fly program. Learn more.… 
August through December, 2025 The Winona Arts Center (228 E 5th Street) kicked off a Membership Drive at our annual meeting on August 20. The drive will go throughout the remainder of this year. Please consider joining the WAC as a member as it helps us fund all of the movies, concerts, art classes, and special… 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. |
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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…
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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…
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Bach Society of MN performing in 2024 Noontime Organ Recitals Sept. 3, 10, and 17 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm "Bach at Leipzig" Sept. 13 | 7:00 pm "Vivaldi on Fire" Sept. 19 | 7:00 pm Johann Sebastian Bach was a devout Lutheran composer, deeply rooted in the traditions and theology of the Lutheran… 
Sept 3, Oct. 1, Nov. 5 | 6:00 - 9:00 Virtual THE SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA ARTS COUNCIL (SEMAC) ANNOUNCES NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH SPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS TO OFFER BUSINESS SKILLS WORKSHOPS SEMAC is excited to partner with Springboard for the Arts this fall to offer three of their Work of Art: Business Skills for Artists workshops virtually for… |
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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… 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… |
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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… |
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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… 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. |
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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.
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Come join us at the Winona Arts Center (228 E 5th St) for a special performance by celebrated Minnesota singer-songwriter Rachael Kilgour on Sunday, September 7 for an afternoon concert at 2:00. Rachael presents her heartfelt release, My Father Loved Me, as part of a one-woman storytelling performance. In the spare, often gutting language for which she… First Sunday of Each Month | 5-7 pm Westfield Golf Course | 1460 W 5th St No Cover Charge westfieldgolfclub.com The Gate City Jazz Band is rising from the ashes of the Blackhorse restaurant where they regularly played, to once again perform in their new location at the Westfield Golf Course restaurant. Performances are the… |
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Following the inaugural recital on Sept. 3, Central Lutheran’s celebration of J.S. Bach continues with two events on Sept.10 and 13. On Wednesday September 10, John Stender, Director of Music & Organist at First Presbyterian Church of Rochester will be featured on a free organ recital from noon to 1 pm. Selections on the program…
Bach Society of MN performing in 2024 Noontime Organ Recitals Sept. 3, 10, and 17 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm "Bach at Leipzig" Sept. 13 | 7:00 pm "Vivaldi on Fire" Sept. 19 | 7:00 pm Johann Sebastian Bach was a devout Lutheran composer, deeply rooted in the traditions and theology of the Lutheran… 
September 10,17,24 | 5:30-7:30 Winona Arts Center 228 E. 5th St, Winona, MN Cost: $150 for all 3 classes Preston Lawing, an award winning professor and collaborative printmaker, continues his Printmaking workshops at the Winona Arts Center with a workshop, "Exploring Kitchen Lithography: Technique and Expression", on Wednesdays / September 10, 17, 24 /…
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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…
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Thursday, Sept. 11 | 6:00 - 7:00 PM Peter's Biergarten 54 E 3rd St, Winona, MN 55987 Join Theatre du Mississippi for a night of improv and laughs! Hosts Tristan Miller and Rae Peter will guide you through an array of games and challenges. Whether you want to get up and play or sit back… |
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Virtual Workshop June 20, July 18, Aug 15, Sept 12, Oct 10 Cost: Sliding Scale One-Time Payment of $15-75 theatredumiss.org Discover the power of personal storytelling through the art of autobiographical writing with playwright Kelsey Rain. In this hands-on workshop, playwrights and actors will craft a rough draft of a monologue or script inspired by…
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Friday, September 12 | 7:00-9:00 The Winona Arts Center 228 E 5th Street, Winona Cost: $15/advance $20/door The Winona Arts Center is pleased to welcome back to our stage, the legendary Opposable Thumbs on Friday, September 12 at 7:00. The doors open for coffeehouse at 6:00. Cost of the tickets are $15/advance at Eventbrite… |
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Saturday/Sunday Sept 13-14| 10 AM - 4 PM Greater La Crosse Area The Mighty River Art Studio Art Tour is a self -guided studio tour taking place in the Greater La Crosse Area. Explore the work of twenty artists in fifteen studios from Stoddard, through La Crosse and up to Galesville. Take the tour to…
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Saturday, Sept 13 | 7 pm Cost: PWYC/Suggested Donation $10 Adults | $5 Students & Seniors Central Lutheran Church | 259 W Wabasha St. Itamar Moses’s smart, intricate farce explores the conflicts between art, vocation, politics, and religion. The play will be performed as a semi-staged reading at Central Lutheran Church, with live music from its…
Following the inaugural recital on Sept. 3, Central Lutheran’s celebration of J.S. Bach continues with two events on Sept.10 and 13. On Wednesday September 10, John Stender, Director of Music & Organist at First Presbyterian Church of Rochester will be featured on a free organ recital from noon to 1 pm. Selections on the program…
Bach Society of MN performing in 2024 Noontime Organ Recitals Sept. 3, 10, and 17 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm "Bach at Leipzig" Sept. 13 | 7:00 pm "Vivaldi on Fire" Sept. 19 | 7:00 pm Johann Sebastian Bach was a devout Lutheran composer, deeply rooted in the traditions and theology of the Lutheran… |
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September 14, 2025 | 1:00 -3:00 PM Winona County History Center 160 Johnson St, Winona MN The Winona County History Center will be opening a new exhibit in the Collection Corridor Gallery. Minnesconsin: Dick Lano’s photography of the Winona area in the 1970s will open with a reception on Sunday, September 14, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Minnesconsin… Preview Dates Saturday, Sept 13 | 7:30-9:30 pm Sunday, Sept 14 | 1:30-3:30 pm Thurs-Fri, Sept 18, 19 | 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 William Shakespeare’s legendary classic, King Lear. From one of the greatest… |
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Sept 15 | 6:30 - 9:00 https://www.facebook.com/events/1467385281268145/?active_tab=discussion Join Terri Karsten on Facebook to celebrate the release of her new book. A Necessary Death is a cozy, historical mystery set in a Pennsylvania tavern in 1763. The story follows an impoverished widow and a surly constable who must work together to figure out what happened to… |
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Tuesday, September 16 Time: 5:30-7:30pm Cost $25 Join us at the Winona Arts center for a Drawing Workshop with Michelle Cochran on September 16 from 5:30 to 7:30pm. We will work on drawing 3-dimensional shapes from life using graphite pencils and erasers in a relaxed environment. Cost is $25*. No experience necessary and individual…
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Tuesday, Sept 16 | 7 PM Wanek Room, Winona County History Center 160 Johnson St, Winona Learn more about Project FINE during the final Business & Immigrant Story For the fourth consecutive year, the Sandbar Storytelling Festival is continuing their series of Business & Immigrant (B&I) Stories, featuring local businesses and organizations of Winona. In…
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Free Admission | Freewill Offering Winona History Center | 160 Johnson St For the fourth consecutive year, the Sandbar Storytelling Festival, in partnership with the Winona County Historical Society, is continuing their series of Business & Immigrant (B&I) Stories, featuring local businesses and organizations of Winona. Learn more. |
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September 17 | 10:15 - 11 AM The Minnesota Marine Art Museum (MMAM) in Winona, MN, will host a volunteer information session. in the museum's Oberton Education Room. The informal session will provide prospective volunteers with an overview of volunteer opportunities while enjoying complimentary coffee and Bloedow's doughnuts in a welcoming, community-focused atmosphere. The volunteer…
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Sept 17 | Noon - 1 PM St. Martins's Church 328 E Broadway St, Winona, MN 55987 Free organ recitals, a hilarious play, can it get any better. Yes! For its final week, Central Lutheran’s Bach celebration will feature the third free organ recital and the annual return an amazing chamber orchestra. Daniel Lewis, Director…
Bach Society of MN performing in 2024 Noontime Organ Recitals Sept. 3, 10, and 17 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm "Bach at Leipzig" Sept. 13 | 7:00 pm "Vivaldi on Fire" Sept. 19 | 7:00 pm Johann Sebastian Bach was a devout Lutheran composer, deeply rooted in the traditions and theology of the Lutheran… |
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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…
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September 18 | 5-7 PM Peter's Biergarten Join us for a chance to meet and mingle and chat with other area artists. Come and hear Aaron Young provide an update on “The ARC, home of the historic Masonic Theatre.” ARC stands for Arts, Recreation, and Culture. The second and third floors of the building will…
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Thursday, September 18 | 7:00 PM No Name Bar 252 E 3rd St, Winona, MN 55987 No Name Bar proudly welcomes New York Comedian Tristan Miller's solo comedy show “Manic Impressive.” Manic Impressive is a hilarious and poignant look at living with Bipolar Disorder. This show is 21+ with valid ID Comedian Tristan Miller offers… |
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Friday, Sept 19, and Saturday, Sept 20 Minnesota Art Museum 800 Riverview Drive Winona, Minnesota 55987 The Minnesota Marine Art Museum (MMAM) will host a two-day event around the exhibition Once Upon a Shore, celebrating the artists, authors, and illustrators of the exhibition. On view now through January 4, 2026, Once Upon a Shore is…
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Friday, Sept 19 | 6 - 11:00 PM Third Street at the corner of Center Street (in front of Blooming Grounds) Come on down to Third Street for Salsa In The Street 2025! Are you ready for the last Street Dance of the Summer!?! Mark your calendars, Winona, because this one’s going to be HOT.… 
Friday, Sept 19 | 7 PM Central Lutheran Church Masterworks Series: Vivaldi on Fire: September 19-20 Antonio Vivaldi, nicknamed the “Red Priest” for his red hair and ordination, was a virtuoso composer whose music exuded a spirited, almost madcap brilliance. His works radiated follia—a playful, irresistible energy that thrilled audiences of his time. Known not only… |
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September 20 | 10:00-12:00 Winona Arts Center 228 E 5th Street Cost: $25 Winona Arts Center welcomes Peter Mutschler for an introduction to Cellphone Photography! Class will be held Saturday, September 20 from 10am to 12pm. Cost is $25. Students will learn the basic skills needed to improve their photographs using cell phone cameras. Instead of requiring the participants…
Friday, Sept 19, and Saturday, Sept 20 Minnesota Art Museum 800 Riverview Drive Winona, Minnesota 55987 The Minnesota Marine Art Museum (MMAM) will host a two-day event around the exhibition Once Upon a Shore, celebrating the artists, authors, and illustrators of the exhibition. On view now through January 4, 2026, Once Upon a Shore is…
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Saturday Sept. 20 |1:00 - 4:00 Island City Clayspace 275 E 3rd St, Winona, MN 55987 Create an Octopus mug (or a regular mug), following step-by-step instructions! Clay, use of tools, underglazes, bisque firing, glaze, and glaze firing all included. Mug will be food-safe. Recommended for intermediate student (i.e. with some experience), but beginners can… |
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Sunday, September 21 | 1:00-4:00 Winona Arts Center 228 E 5th St, Winona The Winona Arts Center (228 E 5th St) is excited to showcase The Landscape of Guitar: Paintings by Bruce Hecksel on Sunday, September 21 from 1:00-4:00pm. His show will run through October 18. For more information about the Winona Arts Center, please see… Preview Dates Saturday, Sept 13 | 7:30-9:30 pm Sunday, Sept 14 | 1:30-3:30 pm Thurs-Fri, Sept 18, 19 | 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 William Shakespeare’s legendary classic, King Lear. From one of the greatest…
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Sunday, Sept 21 | 2:30 - 5:30 Two Fathoms 65 E Front St, Winona, MN 55987 On mild September day in 2018, H3O Jazz Trio began their monthly Jazz Jams shortly after Winona’s first craft brewery opened its doors. On Sunday, September 21 from 2:30 – 5:30 pm, the trio will celebrate eight years of… |
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Submission Deadline: Midnight, November 9, 2025 Entry Fee: $10 River Arts Alliance Members | $15 Nonmembers The driftless region along the great Mississippi river has long been a source of inspiration for adventurers and artists, inspiring curiosity and shaping a multitude of perspectives — especially those expressed through the visual arts. Submit your work for consideration to show us how the… |
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Tuesday, September 23 | 5:30-8:00 Cost: $45/members $50/non members Winona Arts Center 228 E 5th Street Contact: Jen jsbenson50@gmail.com Join us in welcoming Dawn Tevis for a Suminagashi “Floating Ink” workshop on Tuesday, September 23 from 5:30 to 8:00pm! We will practice the meditative process of Suminagashi and learn the process of floating ink in dynamic… |
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September 10,17,24 | 5:30-7:30 Winona Arts Center 228 E. 5th St, Winona, MN Cost: $150 for all 3 classes Preston Lawing, an award winning professor and collaborative printmaker, continues his Printmaking workshops at the Winona Arts Center with a workshop, "Exploring Kitchen Lithography: Technique and Expression", on Wednesdays / September 10, 17, 24 /…
$150
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7 events,
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…
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Thursday, September 25 | 4:30-8:00 Winona Arts Center 228 E 5th Street, Winona Cost: $15 Join us at the Winona Arts Center for our 3rd Quarter Spotlight with Terri Lieder on Thursday, September 25 from 4:30 to 8:00pm. You will get a hands-on gel plate printing experience where you layer colors and add texture using…
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Thursday, September 25, 5:00-7:00pm The Main Cinema, 115 SE Main St, Minneapolis, MN NeitherHEREnorTHERE, created by Sharon Mansur & Meryl Zaytoun Murman, will be shown during the Mizna’s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival Sept 24-28, 2025 Minnesota Made: Shorts and Fragments + Post-screening discussion Minnesota Made: Shorts and Fragments presents films from local Arab and SWANA artists… |
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Friday, September 26, 2025 | 7:00 – 9:00 PM (doors open at 6:30 PM) Winona Arts Center, 228 E 5th St, Winona, MN 55987 Frozen River Film Festival invites the community to a screening of the film Four Souls of Coyote, a breathtaking animated feature by acclaimed Hungarian director Áron Gauder. The event will take place… 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. |
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Saturday, Sept 27th | 10:00-Noon Winona Arts Center 228 E 5th St, Winona Cost Free Pleaser register with Jen jsbenson50@gmail.com Please join Emerging Artist SEMAC Grant recipient Megan McCarthy, for a free workshop exploring the enchanting 300-year-old art of French straw marquetry on September 27 from 10:00-noon at the Winona Arts Center. Discover this timeless… 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.
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Saturday, Sept 27 | 6:00 pm Peters's Biergarten Winona The Band Patina will perform its Celtic and original tunes at Peter's Biergarten on Saturday, September 27th at 6:00pm. Patina is a fiddle, whistle, bodhrán, accordion, banjo and guitar band that plays mixed Celtic and original music. Visit https://patinatheband.com/ for more information Greg Peterson is a… |
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Preview Dates Saturday, Sept 13 | 7:30-9:30 pm Sunday, Sept 14 | 1:30-3:30 pm Thurs-Fri, Sept 18, 19 | 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 William Shakespeare’s legendary classic, King Lear. From one of the greatest…
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The Fox & Beggar Theater, a fusion of puppetry, circus, dance, theater, and folk opera based in Minneapolis will bring "Tigre! Tigre!" an original hour-long operetta to 2 Fathoms Brewing September 28 at 7 p.m. "Tigre! Tigre!" features a live band and classically trained vocalists, lavish puppetry and scenic design, and a delightful whirlwind of clowning and… |
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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. |
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Sept 3, Oct. 1, Nov. 5 | 6:00 - 9:00 Virtual THE SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA ARTS COUNCIL (SEMAC) ANNOUNCES NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH SPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS TO OFFER BUSINESS SKILLS WORKSHOPS SEMAC is excited to partner with Springboard for the Arts this fall to offer three of their Work of Art: Business Skills for Artists workshops virtually for… |
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October 2 • 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Indoor Accessible Performance at History Center October 4 & 5 • 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. Cemetery Walk at Woodlawn Cemetery Admission: $10 Adults, $5 Students, $3 Youth 12-4 years old The Winona County Historical Society autumn fundraiser event, The Voices From the Past Cemetery Walk is coming up… Preview Dates Saturday, Sept 13 | 7:30-9:30 pm Sunday, Sept 14 | 1:30-3:30 pm Thurs-Fri, Sept 18, 19 | 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 William Shakespeare’s legendary classic, King Lear. From one of the greatest… |
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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. |
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October 2 • 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Indoor Accessible Performance at History Center October 4 & 5 • 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. Cemetery Walk at Woodlawn Cemetery Admission: $10 Adults, $5 Students, $3 Youth 12-4 years old The Winona County Historical Society autumn fundraiser event, The Voices From the Past Cemetery Walk is coming up… 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. Preview Dates Saturday, Sept 13 | 7:30-9:30 pm Sunday, Sept 14 | 1:30-3:30 pm Thurs-Fri, Sept 18, 19 | 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 William Shakespeare’s legendary classic, King Lear. From one of the greatest… |