Patina at Elmaro

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Sunday | June 9 | 1-4 pm Elmaro Vineyard | N14756 Delaney Rd. | Trempealeau, WI patinatheband.com Patina is a Celtic inspired fiddle, whistle, flute, bodhrán, banjo, accordion and guitar band that plays mixed Celtic, folk and original music. Patina plays out around the Rochester/Winona/La Crosse area at many different venues. We LOVE to bring…

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River City Dancers’ Swinging in the Street

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Friday | June 7 | 6-10 pm Corner of Third & Center Streets rivercitydancers.org Come on down to Third Street for Swinging In The Street 2024 on Friday, June 7! Get your dancing shoes ready: Winona’s Downtown will be swinging and swaying to the sounds of live music and dancing at the 5TH ANNUAL “Swinging…

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Choreography Residency with Meryl Zaytoun Murman

Photo of Meryl Zaytoun Murman by Craig Mulcahy.

MCKNIGHT FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM PLANS JUNE RESIDENCY OF THESSALONIKI-BASED CHOREOGRAPHER MERYL ZAYTOUN MURMAN Choreography residency runs June 1—29, 2024, in Winona and the Twin Cities The McKnight Fellowship Program is thrilled to announce the schedule of events and public engagements as part of the 2024 McKnight International Choreographer Residency. The residency will host Thessaloniki-based choreographer Meryl…

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Laureate Series Wide Open Mic Night

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Tuesday | June 4 | 7 pm Blue Heron Coffeehouse | 162 W 2nd St. The First Tuesday Laureate Writers Series event at the Blue Heron Coffeehouse on Tuesday, June 4 at 7:00 pm will be a Wide Open Mic Night. Come one, come all! This month, we won’t have a featured writer — all…

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Free Audition Workshop

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Monday | June 3 | 6-7 pm Cornerstone Community Church | 1001 44th Ave. | Goodview linktr.ee/sugarloaftheatre Sugarloaf Theatre is thrilled to announce that Seamus Schwaba, Executive Director for Sugarloaf Theatre and our Director for our summer musical Through the Looking Glass, will be hosting a free, one hour long audition workshop on June 3rd…

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Artists Along the Trail

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Saturday | June 1 | 7 am-1 pm Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge | W28488 Refuge Road | Trempealeau, WI All are invited to meet and watch area artists create at a multi-day plein air painting event in the Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge and at Elmaro Vineyard and Winery this coming June. On Saturday, June 1…

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Ben Cosgrove Concert at WAC

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Friday | May 31 | 7 pm Winona Arts Center | 228 E 5th St. winonaarts.org Ben Cosgrove will perform a free concert at 7 pm on Friday, May 31 at the Winona Arts Center, 228 E 5th St. Doors open at 6:30. The Winona Arts Center is a small venue, so please pick up…

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RAA Art Schmooze at Acoustic Café

Friday | May 31 | 5-7 pm Acoustic Café | 77 Lafayette St. You’re invited to a River Arts Alliance Art Schmooze on Friday evening, May 31, at the Acoustic Café in downtown Winona. Held periodically throughout the year, our Schmoozes are casual gatherings for artists of all disciplines and arts supporters, open to current…

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Minnesota Bach Festival Mobile Mini-Concerts

Violinist Marco Real d'Arbelles entertains at 2023 Mini-Concert.

Thursday | May 23 | 4-7 pm Various Locations in Winona bachsocietymn.org Minnesota Bach Festival Mobile Mini-Concerts in Winona May 23 Charles Asch to Perform Pop-Up Mini-Concerts at Five Locations The annual Minnesota Bach Festival, a month of musical events throughout the state, is bringing a series of Mobile Mini-Concerts to Winona on Thursday, May…

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artsXchange with Emilio & Monica DeGrazia: Authenticity in the Age of AI

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Thursday | May 30 | 6:30-8 pm Minnesota Marine Art Museum | 800 Riverview Dr. Register Here The dawn of Artificial Intelligence poses a historically profound, alarming, and unprecedented problem for writers, musicians, and artists. AI’s generative powers, often controlled anonymously, are matching human creative ventures and promise to surpass them. What then is “authenticity”…

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