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2015 Think-Off Finalists Announced

The Cultural Center’s Great American Think-Off committee is pleased to announce that the four finalists for the 23rd annual debate have been selected to answer this year’s question, “Does Technology Free Us or Trap Us?”.  Arguing that...

2015 Think-Off Finalists Announced

The four finalists have been chosen for the 23rd annual Great American Think-Off, to answer the question “Does Technology Free Us or Trap Us?” Arguing that technology traps us will be Paul Terry and Marsh Muirhead, while David Eckel and David Lapakko will...

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...