Northern Shoveler at Big Turn Music Fest
Friday | February 16 | 6:00-6:45pm Seventeen Street | Red Wing bigturnmusicfest.com Jim Armstrong grew up hearing Burl Ives, Harry Belafonte and Simon and Garfunkel on the family record player. He briefly played in a high school bluegrass trio (which required him to learn four chords on a cheap guitar) and sang occasionally in coffee…
Read MoreBeef Slough Boys Up the River to BTMF
Friday | February 16 | 8:00-8:45pm 223 Barrell House | Red Wing Longtime area roots musicians Jeff Morgan and Scott Lowery play traditional and original songs drenched in the blues, on flattop and resophonic guitars, banjo-uke, harmonicas and homemade percussion. We’re journeying upriver for Sam (Midwest Music Fest) Brown’s new project, with 100+ bands and…
Read More2018 Frozen River Film Festival
February 7 – 11 | Various Locations This year’s festival begins with film presentations at Saint Mary’s University on Wednesday and Thursday at 6:30pm. Frozen Friday will feature special events around downtown Winona and at MMAM. Then Saturday and Sunday will be filled with films, starting on Saturday morning at the Winona 7, continuing Saturday…
Read MoreWSU Jazz Musicians Perform for Winona Food Shelf
Monday | February 5 | 7:00-9:00pm First Congregational Church of Winona, UCC | 161 W Broadway A ‘freewill’ event at Café Congo featuring WSU jazz combo, Bopaganda! will kick off our 2018 season. They will ‘play it forward’ to raise money for Winona Volunteer Service’s Supplemental Food Shelf. Under the direction of local jazz pianist…
Read MoreTheatre du Mississippi presents Short and Sweet
Friday & Saturday | Feb. 16 & 17 | 7:00pm & 9:00pm Sunday | Feb. 18 | 4:00pm Outpost Winona | 119 East Third Street | Winona, MN Directed by Mike Speck. Featuring five short plays by David Ives. Sure Thing, English Made Simple, Time Flies, The Philadelphia, and Moby-Dude. Not suitable for children. Tickets…
Read MoreGathering at the Library: My Father’s Dragon
Saturday | February 10 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm Winona Public Library Get ready for performances of Enchantment Theatre Company’s production of My Father’s Dragon on February 22 with this fun Gathering at the Library! Enjoy excerpts from the book along with some fun art activities perfect for children in grades K-5 and their families.…
Read MoreAnne Pellowski: A Storyteller’s Life
Sunday | February 11 | 3:30pm Frozen River Film Festival Harriet Johnson Auditorium | Somsen Hall Winona State University Anne Pellowski was raised by a farm family of Polish heritage in Trempealeau County, WI and was a voracious reader of books about other countries and believed she would someday travel to all those countries. She…
Read MoreWinona Symphony Orchestra performs tales from Dr. Seuss
Tuesday | February 13 | 9:00am and 10:30am Harriet Johnson Auditorium | Somsen Hall Winona State University The Winona Symphony Orchestra presents its annual Children’s Concert, including a narrated orchestral score featuring two Dr. Seuss stories, Gertrude McFuzz and Green Eggs and Ham. American composer Robert Kapilow wrote the music. Area elementary schoolchildren have been…
Read MoreLaureate Writers Series – February 2018
Curt Meine to read from The Driftless Reader WEDNESDAY* | February 7 | 7:00pm Blue Heron Coffee House The Laureate Writers Series will feature Curt Meine, conservation biologist, writer and editor. He will present selections from The Driftless Reader, the recently-published anthology that includes more than 80 pieces highlighting the unique natural and cultural history,…
Read MorePage Series: Step Afrika!
Saturday | February 3 | 7:30pm Page Theatre | Saint Mary’s University Founded in 1994 as the first professional company dedicated to the tradition of stepping, Step Afrika! now ranks as one of the top ten African American dance companies in the country. Blending percussive dance styles practiced by historically African American fraternities and sororities,…
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