Winona Symphony Orchestra Welcomes New Board Members

Winona Symphony Orchestra is pleased to welcome its newest board members Alan Dunbar, Professor of Voice at Winona State University and renowned performer, Gary Evans, founder and retired CEO of Hiawatha Broadband Communications and recognized community leader, Dan Hall, Regulatory/Quality Systems Manager for RTP and active community volunteer, and Pamela Kimber, Director of Finance for…

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Winona Writers Group – September Virtual Meeting

Friday | September 11 | 3:30-5:30pm may end early, depending on how many readers participate Google Meets (new this month; see link below) Feel free to use these prompts below, change them, or ignore them and write your own idea. For this meeting, we will not have copies of each other’s work. We will read…

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Patina is playing at Elmaro Vineyard

Saturday | September 12 | 2:00-5:00pm Elmaro Vineyard | N14756 Delaney Rd Trempealeau, WI patinatheband.com/index.php/gigs/ Come out to the Elmaro Vineyard on Saturday Sept 12 to enjoy some Elmaro wine and listen to traditional Celtic and original songs and tunes. Patina is a recent winner of the Midwest Music Festival’s Songs of Summer original song…

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Playful Postcards: Artist Study

mca.smumn.edu/2020/08/24/fostering-creative-aging/ MCA’s Playful Postcards program is back, this time lessons will be focused around famous artists. Participants will have the opportunity to get creative and have a little fun sending and receiving colorful postcards. Each student will receive a special art kit to keep that includes everything you need to get started including blank postcards,…

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MCA Adult Doodle Club Continues

Weekly on Wednesday, Sept. 2 – Dec. 16 7:00-8:30pm | online mca.smumn.edu/2020/08/25/doodle-club-continues/ Join teaching artist Lisa Douglas and other MCA community members virtually for a live, interactive drop in art session on Wednesday nights 7:30-8 pm, now through Dec. 16, 2020. Each week students will have a chance to unwind from their day as they…

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Just Published: What Trees Know by Emilio DeGrazia

In this collection of poems entirely about trees Emilio DeGrazia erases the sharp lines that divide person from thing, and science from poetry. Those “green things standing in the way” have secret lives, strange silent powers, and ancient legendary histories. And today they are crucially important creations full of wonders wide-eyed scientists are trying to…

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Jazz returns to the patio at Wellingtons

Thursday | September 3 | 5:00-8:00pm Thursday | October 1 | 5:00-8:00pm Wellington’s Pub and Grill | 1429 Service Dr. www.paulsonjazz.com After great turnouts in June, July & August, John Paulson (saxes and flute) and Eric Heukeshoven (piano) are returning September 3 and October 1 to perform smooth jazz outside. If the weather is bad,…

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Photography Workshop with Wing Young Huie

Friday | September 4 | 3:00-4:30pm Zoom: https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/95138437993 educate.winona.edu/watkinsgallery/ The WSU Art Department is excited to host acclaimed photographer Wing Young Huie over Zoom. Huie will conduct workshops with groups of students and community members on Friday, September 4th. The workshop open to community members is Friday, September 4th at 3pm. Workshops will last approximately…

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Member Spotlight: Jean Mueller

Jean Mueller is one of the new board members of the RAA and lives outside of Winona on a farm setting. Her lifelong love and practice of the arts began as an art student in high school and at Winona State University. The texture element of fiber brought contemporary fiber pieces to the center of…

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This Fall at WSU’s Watkins Gallery

The Watkins Gallery’s exhibitions and events are mostly virtual this semester, but we can still get together online and engage with some amazing artists. Contact Roger Boulay at rboulay@winona.edu to receive updates that will include Zoom virtual meeting links for artist talks and workshops. Motomichi Nakamura Animation (Virtual Exhibition) August 26th– September 15th Artist Talk…

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