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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… |
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Monday, January 05 2026 | 6 - 8:30 pm Bluffview Montessori School 1321 Gilmore Ave, Winona, MN The holidays will soon be behind us and January and February often feel so lifeless. Sugarloaf Community Theatre offers just the bright-and-merry, warm and full-of-heart creative solution to pour yourself into: auditions and performances of Winnie the Pooh… |
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Get your New Year off to a colorful start and join Casey Wicka at the Winona Arts Center for Oil Painting! Classes are held every Tuesday from January 6 through March 24 from 10am to 1pm. If you are looking to grow your creative skills in a fun and friendly atmosphere, then this is the… Blending humor, satire, and emotional realism, this showcase of six short plays explores identity, vulnerability, and connection across generations. The works presented highlight diverse voices and complex characters navigating moments of personal and societal change. They invite empathy, reflection, and discovery. Together, these stories offer performers rich opportunities to engage with meaningful and challenging material. |
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Blending humor, satire, and emotional realism, this showcase of six short plays explores identity, vulnerability, and connection across generations. The works presented highlight diverse voices and complex characters navigating moments of personal and societal change. They invite empathy, reflection, and discovery. Together, these stories offer performers rich opportunities to engage with meaningful and challenging material. |
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Friday | January 9 | 7:00 pm Winona Arts Center | 228 E 5th Street The Winona Arts Center is very excited to bring Scottie Miller & Cierra Alise Hill for a concert on Friday, January 9 at 7:00. The gallery and coffeehouse open at 6:00 for coffee, tea, and treats. There will be a… |
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Start your year off by creating a Vision Board for 2026 at the Winona Arts Center with Mary Lee Eischen on Saturday January 10 from 1pm to 3pm. A vision board is a group of images, photographs, pictures that are laid out on a board that please the eye of the creator and then attached… |
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The Winona Arts Center is excited to debut our new series, Seven Sundays: WAC Art & Music Series 2026 on January 11 from 1:00-4:00. This is the final date of the Foundations exhibit which features 10 emerging artists and will feature a musical performance by guitarist Brian Ebbinger. Seven Sundays is an arts and music… |
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The Winona Arts Center is pleased to welcome Miranda Lomeli-O'Reilly who will teach beginner Watercolor Classes. Each class has a different lesson. The January 13 class "Foundations" is required for new students. The January 20 class will cover Color mixing & Reinforcement. Jan 27 is Application & Evergreens Workshop. The cost of the 3-session class… |
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The Winona Art Center continues our Printmaking Series with Preston Lawing. This three-week workshop will introduce participants to the technique of drypoint etching, covering both the practical aspects of creating prints and the historical context of the medium. Participants will learn how to prepare their acrylic plates, execute etchings and work safely in a printmaking… |
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The Winona Arts Center is pleased to welcome Miranda Lomeli-O'Reilly who will teach beginner Watercolor Classes. Each class has a different lesson. The January 13 class "Foundations" is required for new students. The January 20 class will cover Color mixing & Reinforcement. Jan 27 is Application & Evergreens Workshop. The cost of the 3-session class… |
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The Winona Art Center continues our Printmaking Series with Preston Lawing. This three-week workshop will introduce participants to the technique of drypoint etching, covering both the practical aspects of creating prints and the historical context of the medium. Participants will learn how to prepare their acrylic plates, execute etchings and work safely in a printmaking… |
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The 18 piece John Paulson Big Band is slated to perform a concert at Central Lutheran Church January 24th at 7:00 pm in Winona The event will include various jazz selections from their previously released CDs and feature the amazing vocalist Janette Hanson of La Crosse, WI. Included in the performance will be the premiere…
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Friday, January 23 | 6:30 - 9:30 PM History Center (160 Johnson St) | $30/$40 ea. Step into a night of intrigue, deception, and drama at the History Center! Join us Friday, January 23, from 6:30–9:30 PM for an immersive murder mystery experience where history has a deadly secret. |
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RAA member (and former area resident) Scott Lowery looks forward to participating in the 32nd Annual Poetry Marathon, a yearly celebration and fundraiser for Milwaukee’s Woodland Pattern Books, January 24 & 25, 10 am to 10 pm both days. Woodland Pattern orchestrates 400+ free and give-what-you-can programs every year, including readings, spoken word and hybrid…
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Cost: $55/members | $60/non members We welcome back Cheri Bunker to the Winona Arts Center, on January 24 from 12:30 to 3:30 to create our own Journey Spirit Dolls through a blend of meditation, creativity, and intuitive expression. We begin with a guided meditation to connect with your Spirit: Who is she? What does she…
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RAA member (and former area resident) Scott Lowery looks forward to participating in the 32nd Annual Poetry Marathon, a yearly celebration and fundraiser for Milwaukee’s Woodland Pattern Books, January 24 & 25, 10 am to 10 pm both days. Woodland Pattern orchestrates 400+ free and give-what-you-can programs every year, including readings, spoken word and hybrid… |
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The Winona Arts Center is pleased to welcome Miranda Lomeli-O'Reilly who will teach beginner Watercolor Classes. Each class has a different lesson. The January 13 class "Foundations" is required for new students. The January 20 class will cover Color mixing & Reinforcement. Jan 27 is Application & Evergreens Workshop. The cost of the 3-session class… |
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The Winona Art Center continues our Printmaking Series with Preston Lawing. This three-week workshop will introduce participants to the technique of drypoint etching, covering both the practical aspects of creating prints and the historical context of the medium. Participants will learn how to prepare their acrylic plates, execute etchings and work safely in a printmaking… |
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The Minnesota Marine Art Museum (MMAM) invites the public to celebrate the launch of its 2026 theme, Making Waves, with the New Look Weekend, a dynamic three-day celebration featuring a Friday night party, artist-led programs, and the opening of three new exhibitions. Taking place Friday, January 30 through Sunday, February 1, 2026, New Look Weekend…
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20869 College Ave Galesville | Adults $10/Students $5 | Concessions available Friday, Jan 30 | 7 PM | "You Can't Take it With You" Saturday, Feb 7 | 7 PM | "Hard Day's Night" Saturday, Feb 14 | 2 PM | "Silly Symphonies" Saturday, Feb 20 | 7 PM | "Way Down East" A silent… |
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The Winona Arts Center is excited to host our annual BON APPETIT featuring the film, Big Night. Enjoy Italian appetizers, desserts, wine, n/a beverages, tea & coffee beginning at 6:00pm. Film starts at 7:00. Tickets $25 in Advance ($28.52 Eventbrite) / $25 at the Door. Tickets are available at Music Mart and on Eventbrite until… |