2015 State High School League Arts Festival

Annual student gallery show April 29 – May 6 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 29 – May 6th.  The festival will be on...

Open House for Jamie Robertson April 23rd

Jamie’s Off to New Adventures Please join us on Thursday, April 23rd, 2015 for an Open House honoring Jamie Robertson at the Cultural Center from 4:30-7:00pm, with a short program at 5:45pm.  Help us thank Jamie for sharing his creativity and devoted service to...

Young artists’ shows in April and May

Now through May 22nd see student work in the gallery in three separate but linked shows.  The local high school show is in the gallery now through April 25th to be followed by the State High School League show and the local elementary show. High school artists from 5...

Annual Meeting – Tuesday, April 21

Welcome Betsy Roder,  the Center’s new Executive Director This year’s annual meeting (Tuesday, April 21 at 6:00 pm) is particularly noteworthy because Betsy Roder, Arts Retreat Coordinator and Gift Store Manager, will assume her new leadership role as...

Artist-in-Residence Angela Sprunger

A printmaking artist from Minneapolis will be occupying the Arts Retreat house for the first few weeks of April 2015. Angela Sprunger is an artist, educator, and administrator. She creates socially engaged prints and objects to agitate cultural complacency. In the...

Cultural Center Announces Roder as New Executive Director

The Cultural Center, located in New York Mills, MN announces the selection of Betsy Roder as its next executive director. Roder will assume the position on April 22, when current executive director, Jamie Robertson leaves his post of nearly 8 years, to pursue personal...

Next “little big year” event at the Cultural Center

Little Big Year bird count Movie night with snacks, beverages and door prizes on Thursday April 16 at 7:30 p.m.  We’ll be watching “The Big Year” starring Owen Wilson, Jack Black and Steve Martin. As you can tell by the cast, this is a comedy, but at...

Amanda Standalone with Dave Virnala and Dorthy Fix Friday April 10

Tickets for the Great Debate

Tickets available now Buy your tickets now to get seats at this year’s debate slated to begin at 7:00 pm on Saturday, June 13, 2015.  The event will be held at the James Mann Center for the Performing Arts at the New York Mills Schools.  Cost for advance tickets...

Visiting Artist March 2015: Dave Mondy

Join us Monday March 23rd at 7:30pm for a Reading & Reception for Dave Inhabiting the retreat house for several weeks in March is Dave Mondy, a Creative Nonfiction Writer from Tucson, AZ. Dave has been lauded for his work in multiple genres: food writing (Best...