Discover Rescued Treasures in NYM April 13th!

Rescued Treasures found in NYM, MN! Enjoy this folk concert with us on April 13th, 2019 @ 7:30pm! Enjoy the rare opportunity to hear Arna Rennan, Georganne Hunter and Loretta Kelley performing music from Telemark and Ballads from the Middle Ages. Every song and dance...

2019 Great American Think-Off Essay Deadline Extended

You heard right, folks! The new deadline to enter your opinion essay for the Great American Think-Off is April 15th, 2019! To vote or not to vote: does it matter? Historically, groups of citizens have fought hard for the right to vote, only to have more than half of...

2019 Annual Meeting

Tuesday, April 16, 2019 @ 5:30pm Meet up with the Cultural Center Board of Directors and Staff at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Cultural Center. All are invited and encouraged to attend this meeting! We will be covering the following 3 tasks: 2018 year in review...

2019 MSHSL Visual Arts Exhibition

You’re invited! Each Spring the Cultural Center hosts the annual Minnesota State High School League Arts Festival for Region 6A North. This year the show will be in the gallery April 10-24, 2019. The festival will be on Wednesday, April 24th from 9am-2pm. During...

2019 Garden Party in New York Mills, MN

Annual Spring Fundraiser Wednesday, May 1st, 2019 @ 5:30-7:30 p.m. Fun for everyone with the following activities: Brats & Beers & More Garden Party Bucket Drawings Plant Grab Head or Tails Split the Pot Green House Goody Grab Live Auction @ 7:00 p.m....

Little Big Year Birding Presentation & Workshop May 2, 2019

Presenter: Ben Eckhoff, MN DNR Thursday, May 2, 2019 @ 7:00 p.m. The Little Big Year is offering a workshop on May 2, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. at the Cultural Center in New York Mills presented by Ben Eckhoff, the Area Interpretive Naturalist for the Minnesota Department of...

Window to the World: Italy Workshops

These workshops are open and FREE to everyone (16+) who is craving a cultural dynamic right here at home! March 5:  Architecture of Italy.  We will look at the development of architecture in Italy and then have some fun building our own structures out of paper and...

Cultural Center Spring 2019 Workshops

“For the Birds” Workshop Saturday, May 11, 2019 @10:30am – 1pm Make an Up-Cycled Bird Feeder with Cheryl Bannes Parents and children are welcome to come create an up-cycled bird feeder of recycled materials and found objects. Children under the age...

‘Nocturne’ by Ragamala Dance | New York Mills, MN | May 17, 2019

@ NYM School Auditorium Friday, May 17 @ 7:00 p.m. Ragamala Dance Company is based out of Minneapolis, MN and is run by the mother-daughter duo, Ranee (mother) and Aparna (daughter). Ragamala is inspired by the south Indian classical dance form Bharatanatyam. Ragamala...

The Lost Forty play American Irish concert in New York Mills, MN

We are thrilled to present: The Lost Forty March 22, 2019 | 7:30PM Purchase Tickets Here! The Lost Forty is native to the cold Midwest winters and understands how truly grueling they can be. Add them and their love for American Irish music to your wintery mix!  The...

2019 Visiting Artist Pop-Up!

Friday, March 29 | 7-8pm Brooklyn Violinist performs in New York Mills.   Come meet our current Artist in Residence, Jeffry Young, a composer, violinist, and electronic musician from Brooklyn, NY who specializes in experimental, rock, and classical music. This...

Comedian C. Willi Myles brings humor to NYM, MN!

Ready to bring the funny, we welcome with open arms: C. Willi Myles Friday April 5, 8-9:30pm Buy Tickets Here A veteran performer and an extremely funny guy, C. Willi Myles has the gift of connecting people with each other through humor. After surviving his childhood...

Braided Rug Workshop – Arts Learning – NYM, MN

Thursday, February 28, 2019 @5:00-7:00 p.m. Instructor Heather Cassidy @ Cultural Center Fee: $20 ($15 for members) Learn to make your own beautiful braided rugs! Heather will teach you the skills to get you started, and you can finish your rug at home. Participants...

Lehto & Wright Concert – Live Folk Rock – NYM, MN

Lehto & Wright Concert at the NYM Cultural Center! Saturday March 2, 2019 at 7:30pm Join us for an evening of fabulous live music at the Cultural Center in NYM! Lehto & Wright have a sound that is a unique blend of traditional and modern styles. By taking cues...

Kip and Eric Peltoniemi Perform – NYM, MN – St Urho’s Day

Peltoniemi Brothers to perform a St. Urho’s Day Show! March 16th, 2019 7:30PM Kip and Eric Peltoniemi’s long relationship with folk, country, Finnish and Nordic music began in Wadena, Minnesota in the early 1960s when as a teenagers they began performing at...

Visiting Artist – Trevor Dawson, Reading – New York Mills, MN

Wed. Feb. 13, 2019 | 6-7pm Free to Attend | Open to All   Our visiting artist goes by Trevor Dawson. Trevor is a writer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Enjoy a reading of his writings analyzing Bob Dylan’s better known song Mississippi from the 2001 album...

Corey Medina & Brothers Concert

2019 Winter Concert Series Kick-Off Saturday, February 16th @ 7:30pm Corey Medina was born and raised in the small town of Shiprock, New Mexico, on the Navajo Reservation. In 2012 he relocated to another small town called Bemidji in Northern Minnesota. His early...

Open Mic Night – 2019 – New York Mills, MN

As of July 2019, Open Mic Night is ON HOLD until further notice.  CLICK HERE for more info.   UPDATE | Open Mic Night REVAMP | WIP THANKS to those who joined us on May 9, 2019 to help determine the FUTURE OF OPEN MIC NIGHT! It was a productive discussion and...

2019 Great American Think-Off Question

UPDATE! Essays are now due April 15th, 2019! The Great American Think-Off, now in its 27th year, is an annual philosophy contest held in New York Mills, MN (population 1,224), and hosted by the Cultural Center in New York Mills. This year’s question once again...