River Arts Alliance Member Events
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Events
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Climate Sensitive Birds of Southeast Minnesota, an exhibition featuring the work of Barbara Schwenk. 
Ellen Mcdonah is an artist/author of “One Woman’s River A Solo Source to Sea Paddle on the Mighty Mississippi”.This art exhibit/sale showcases her recent watercolor, pastels, and oil paintings created within the last two years. Her mission is to create inspiration about the beauty outdoors. 
With determination (and a bullhorn), retired professor Peter Michaels is on a mission to save the loons of Lake Winnipesaukee, who are dying in record numbers. Meanwhile, 19-year-old Sarah struggles to make ends meet by cleaning cabins. Over the course of a summer, the unlikely pair slowly builds trust across a generational divide, encouraging each… RAA member Steve Schild is one of 25 poets whose work will be featured in a juried poet-artist collaboration at Red Wing Arts Depot Gallery, 418 Levee St., Red Wing. The poems and visual art they’re paired with will be on display at an opening reception at the gallery from 5:30-8 p.m. on Friday, April…
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Sandbar Storytelling Festival invites the public to an afternoon of Irish Stories on Sunday, April 26 at 2:00 pm as part of the Cafe Congo series. Originally scheduled for St. Patrick’s Day weekend and postponed due to the blizzard, Sandbar Storytelling Festival is pleased to welcome Terry Visger, offering tall tales and folklore from the… |
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Doing More (for Less): Free, Cheap, & Easy Strategies to Jumpstart Disability Inclusion, with Scott Artley, CPACC, hosted by SEMAC For individual artists, culture bearers, and arts organizations in SEMAC’s region To Learn More and Register: https://semac.org/calendar/workshops/ https://forms.gle/Uakp31oR6fN9Wm3p6 |
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A fun, relaxing, floral inspired drawing class that is non-representational with no right or wrong! It has been referred to as Yoga for the Brain! |
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Get Inked Up at the Winona Arts Center on Saturday May 2 for our Mother’s Day Free Ink Event. Join us for a fun and free day of printmaking during 2 printing sessions: Family and Friends 10am to 12:30pm and Adults only 1:00pm to 3:00pm.
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Winona Symphony Orchestra and WSU Concert Choir to Perform May 2 The Winona Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Erik Rohde, and the Winona State University Concert Choir, directed by Colleen Chester, will perform a joint concert on Saturday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m. at Wesley United Methodist Church. The program will include works by Robert Fuchs,… |
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Application open Now - May 15, 2026 HVRNT Studio, Pillbox Bat Company & Friends are busy planning the Dog Days Art Fair for Saturday, July 18th. It is shaping up to be a fun, mid-summer event featuring a makers market, free craft activities, pop-up art gallery and more! Artist and Vendor Application is now live… Made by Hand: How Craft Shapes the Maker, invites visitors into the shops and thoughts of four outstanding southeastern Minnesota Artisans, created by Taliesin Nyala. |
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Community Care for Creatives: A Moment to Breathe & Be Together with Sarah Johnson Taking a moment to pause, breathe and be together can offer a brief respite when the demands, injustices, and strains of the world don't stop. Join us for a free, 15-minute virtual opportunity to reset together with community engaged artist Sarah… 
This 2-week workshop will ease into the printing processes of Drypoint and Chine Colle. We will explore combining these two methods: one focuses on fine lines and tones, the other explores color and textured Japanese papers. |
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The Winona Arts Center presents the film: Burnt By The Sun on Friday, May 8 at 6:30 (PLEASE NOTE DIFFERENT TIME) |
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Join Theatre du Mississippi for a night of improv and laughs! Second Thursday of each month (May–October) 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 and watch the hilarity ensue! No preparation needed! Just show up… |
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The Winona Community Chorale will present its spring concert, “Tapestry of American Song,” on Friday, May 15, and Saturday, May 16. This concert is a celebration of American music in honor of our nation’s 250th birthday. |
8 events,
Myths & Legends of Minnesota: An exhibition of the Minnesota Plein Air Collective at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona from May 16 -Sept. 13, 2026 
Peterson's drawings are informed by the historical traditions of botanical illustration along with her present day focus on land-restoration. She integrates contemporary art practices into her large-scale drawings to create a modern perspective on this historical tradition. 
208 Parkway Ave N | Lanesboro, MN Tickets Here. Let's do the time warp and travel to 1973 for a retro coming-of-age comedy! You've heard of the Brady Bunch and the Partridge Family, now meet the wonderful and wacky O'Sheas: an upstanding Irish-Catholic family who can't seem to escape comedic chaos. 19-year-old Linda O'Shea has…
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The Winona Arts Center welcomes Betsy Midthun for a Spring to Summer Pastel Painting Class - Birds, Bees and Blooms, Saturday May 16 from 10am to 4pm.
The Winona Community Chorale will present its spring concert, “Tapestry of American Song,” on Friday, May 15, and Saturday, May 16. This concert is a celebration of American music in honor of our nation’s 250th birthday. |
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Summer is just around the corner and H3O’s May Jazz Jam will move to the spacious outdoor patio at Two Fathoms Brewing on Sunday May 17, 2026, from 2:30 to 5:30 pm. This month’s non-profit fundraising recipient will be the Elder Network. H3O Jazz Trio and Two Fathoms Brewing (formerly Island City) have helped support…
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OPEN HOUSE / BOOK LAUNCH for Nature Verse, a collection of poetry celebrating the variety of life on earth, by Ruth Anfinson Bures, published by Orange Hat Publishing. Open to the public. Nature Verse readings, light refreshments and signed books available for purchase. |
6 events,
This 2-week workshop will ease into the printing processes of Drypoint and Chine Colle. We will explore combining these two methods: one focuses on fine lines and tones, the other explores color and textured Japanese papers. |
6 events,
208 Parkway Ave N | Lanesboro, MN Tickets Here. Let's do the time warp and travel to 1973 for a retro coming-of-age comedy! You've heard of the Brady Bunch and the Partridge Family, now meet the wonderful and wacky O'Sheas: an upstanding Irish-Catholic family who can't seem to escape comedic chaos. 19-year-old Linda O'Shea has… |
6 events,
208 Parkway Ave N | Lanesboro, MN Tickets Here. Let's do the time warp and travel to 1973 for a retro coming-of-age comedy! You've heard of the Brady Bunch and the Partridge Family, now meet the wonderful and wacky O'Sheas: an upstanding Irish-Catholic family who can't seem to escape comedic chaos. 19-year-old Linda O'Shea has… |
6 events,
Tickets Here. Let’s do the time warp and travel to 1973 for a retro coming-of-age comedy! You’ve heard of the Brady Bunch and the Partridge Family, now meet the wonderful and wacky O’Sheas: an upstanding Irish-Catholic family who can’t seem to escape comedic chaos. 19-year-old Linda O’Shea has been tasked by her frazzled mother to… |
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The Winona Arts Center (WAC) is offering a two-hour watercolor workshop led by Miranda Lomeli-O’Reilly on Wednesday, May 27 from 5:30pm – 7:30pm. |
7 events,Register Now—Creative Power, Civic Purpose: How Artists Strengthen Democracy We’re excited to launch Creative Power, Civic Purpose: How Artists Strengthen Democracy, a six-part virtual series supported by the Educational Foundation of America (EFA). The series explores how artists and culture bearers strengthen civic health, deepen democratic participation, and help renew the civic fabric of communities… |
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Winona stained glass artist and RAA member Jack Honeywell is now showing his new series Red Mountains at The Blue Heron Coffeehouse in Winona. This series features glass made in Winona in the early 1980s by the Peter Morris Glass Company. There will be an opening reception on Friday May 29th from 5 to 7… |
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This event includes Sharon Mansur and Meryl Zaytoun Murman’s new work reflecting on themes and collaborators from Meryl’s 2024 McKnight International Choreographer Residency at Prairie Island Campground, plus an introduction to their Wayfinding project’s creative archive. Also featured will be films by Sarah Abdel-Jelil, Yara Boustany, and Brianna Rae Johnson, followed by a discussion and… |
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Beginner Zentangle at the Winona Arts Center Friday June 5 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm! Lisa Douglas, a Certified Zentangle Teacher – CZTTM, will guide us in this easy to learn, fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. |
