July 2020
Youth Drama Workshop
$20
Join Elizabeth Dunn and Brandt Roberts for two drama workshops! Lanesboro Arts welcomes all experience levels of youth ages 8 to 12 for dramatic storytelling two class course. This workshop will combine movement, storytelling, and artful mask decorating. This course will be an art experience with the opportunity to explore new mediums with professional actors as the instructors. Elizabeth Dunn has been with the Commonweal for five seasons. Favorite credits include The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge, Scotland Road, The 25th…
Find out more »June 2021
Rhythms on the Root: Barbaro
Lanesboro Arts kicks off the new outdoor music series Rhythms on the Root with award winning "newgrass" band Barbaro on Friday, June 11th at 6:00 pm in Gateway Park. Barbaro’s musical vision explores their collective life experiences through intricate instrumentation, creatively bending traditional music into a style that is all their own. The Minneapolis-Winona based rising stars have created their eclectic sound through original songwriting craft, with inspiration derived from bluegrass, jazz and chamber music. Their new album, Dressed in…
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Rhythms on the Root: Annie Mack
Returning after a successful Performing Artist in Engagement residency in March 2020, Annie Mack takes the stage for Rhythms on the Root on Friday, July 9th at 6:00 pm in Gateway Park. Tickets are $10 each; youth 12 and under are free but ticket is still required. Annie Mack is a soulful singer and unflinching songwriter who writes from the gut and demands your attention. Raised in North Minneapolis and currently living in Rochester, MN, Annie Mack grew up in…
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Rhythms on the Root: PK Mayo
Lanesboro Arts presents unique blues musician PK Mayo for the third Rhythms on the Root concert on Friday, August 13th at 6:00 pm in Gateway Park. Tickets are $10 each; youth 12 and under are free but ticket is still required. PK Mayo – aka Paul Kennedy Mayasich, says there’s a little bit of blues in everything he plays, sings or writes. “To me, blues music is the music of the heart, the music of the soul. That is why…
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Rhythms on the Root: Pieta Brown
Lanesboro Arts presents the final concert for Rhythms on the Root 2021 series, folk songwriter Pieta Brown on Friday, September 10th at 6:00 pm in Gateway Park. Tickets are $10 each; youth 12 and under are free but ticket is still required. The daughter of two preacher’s kids, Pieta Brown’s early upbringing in Iowa was in a rural outpost with no furnace, running water, or TV. There, she was exposed to traditional and rural folk music through her father, Greg…
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Disrupting the Binding: Building Anti-Racist Culture
Lanesboro Arts presents “Disrupting the Binding: Building Anti-Racist Culture”, a series of free community workshops with poet and musician Ben Weaver on October 2nd, 3rd, 10th and 11th. Through these workshops, community members and Weaver will engage in creativity, compassion and care through dialogue, holding space, sharing history, and imagining the future while healing from the past. While white privilege is present in rural America, these conversations will invite community members to get curious about rural communities and how their…
Find out more »July 2022
Rhythms on the Root: Kiss the Tiger
Lanesboro Arts is thrilled to present Kiss the Tiger as the first concert of the 2022 Rhythms on the Root series on Saturday, July 9th at 6:00 p.m. in Gateway Park. Kiss the Tiger pounced onto the Twin Cities’ music scene in late-2016 and have been making big waves ever since. Inspired by the sounds and energy of The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, and Patti Smith, Kiss the Tiger has breathed new life into 21st century rock and roll. In…
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Rhythms on the Root: Good Morning Bedlam
Lanesboro Arts is thrilled to present Good Morning Bedlam as part of the 2022 Rhythms on the Root series on Saturday, August 13th at 6:00 p.m. in Gateway Park. Good Morning Bedlam has become an innovative force in the midwest folk scene. Their shows are known for their contagious energy, with members careening about the stage. With tight soaring three part harmonies, and thumping kick-drum, they captivate their audience night after night. Every song is a unique twist on what…
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Rhythms on the Root: General B and The Wiz
Lanesboro Arts is thrilled to present General B and The Wiz as part of the 2023 Rhythms on the Root series on Saturday, June 10th at 6:00 p.m. in Gateway Park. General B and The Wiz never fails to deliver lively performances that envelop listeners. Their touching yet humorous lyrics and style help to give Midwest concertgoers a unique, lighthearted experience with every listen. General B and the Wiz is a blues-influenced indie rock band made up of several jazz-loving…
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Rhythms on the Root: Sleeping Jesus
Lanesboro Arts is thrilled to present Sleeping Jesus as part of the 2023 Rhythms on the Root series on Saturday, July 8th at 6:00 p.m. in Gateway Park. Sleeping Jesus has various tracks that all tether back to some big emotions, like how it feels to feel out of place in your own life. Despite the depths of their messages, their spin on pop music has been uplifting listeners for many years as they have continued to develop in their…
Find out more »CANCELED Bluff Country Views: Introduction to Plein Air Painting
$15
Join artist and educator, Arlinda Henderson, for an evening outdoors in this introduction to plein air painting! Participants will learn tricks and techniques for depicting live landscapes using acrylic paint on canvas. Armed with this knowledge, participants will capture their point of view from one of Lanesboro’s most scenic spots! Intended for painters ages 18 and up, this class will take place during the golden hour from 6 - 8 pm on July 21st at Gateway Park.* This Learn to…
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Rhythms on the Root: Faith Boblett
Lanesboro Arts is thrilled to present Faith Boblett as part of the 2023 Rhythms on the Root series on Saturday, August 12th at 6:00 p.m. in Gateway Park. Faith Boblett is a dynamic singer-songwriter based in Minneapolis. Having roots in various genres of music, her lyrics and instrumentals are far-reaching to listeners. Boblett was named one of the Best New Bands in 2018 by First Avenue. She has released three LPs and one EP since 2013. Most popularly, two of…
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Artist Residency Event: Community River Installation 1
Join Lanesboro Artist-in-Residence Sequoia Hauck for an interactive Community River Installation on Sunday, September 24th from 1 – 4 p.m. at Gateway Park. Community members are invited to contribute to the river installation by adding fabric, painting on the river, and/or attaching poetry. Participants can come anytime during the window of 1 - 4 p.m. and stay as little or as long as they'd like. The notion that water is integral to life is prevalent in almost every indigenous culture and…
Find out more »Artist Residency Capstone: Sequoia Hauck
Join Lanesboro Arts for the Capstone for Artist-in-Residence Sequoia Hauck on Friday, September 29th from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. at Gateway Park. Sequoia will share reflections on their residency, and how community members contributed to the cloth river installation. Participants in the Capstone will also have a chance to interact with the cloth river at this event. During their residency, Sequoia plans to install a cloth river installation that will invite the community to remember and reconnect with the ancestor water. They will offer…
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