Jennifer Nelson wins 2014 Great American Think-Off

Enthusiastic audience chooses “America’s Greatest Thinker” Jennifer Nelson of Morris, Minnesota won the annual Great American Think-Off philosophy contest on Saturday, June 14 before an enthusiastic crowd of 375 persons in New York Mills, Minnesota....

Jennifer Nelson wins 2014 Great American Think-Off

Enthusiastic audience chooses “America’s Greatest Thinker” Read the complete texts of the four finalists’ essays on our Think-Off site. Jennifer Nelson of Morris, Minnesota won the annual Great American Think-Off philosophy contest on Saturday, June 14...

Summer Yoga Classes 2014

The Cultural Center is pleased to once again offer Yoga classes in our upstairs studio, with new instructor Melissa Lepper.  There are two options for classes throughout the summer, described below. Cost is $11 per class for drop-ins, or $90 for a 10-class punch-card...

Art in your park for kids this summer

Art in your park in Mills, Perham, & Wadena All Art in your Park activities are free.  The projects are for kids through 6th grade.  Age 7 and under need to be accompanied by a parent or older sibling.  Call 218-385-3339 with any questions.  See you at the parks....

Collaborative Poetry Broadsides June 2nd

Farmers’ Market opens

Farmers’ Market opens Saturday, May 24 The Farmers’ Market opens on Saturday (9am to 1pm) for the first day of the 2014 season (located in the shelter on the east side of the Creamery).  Colene Jacobson and Beverly Backstrom will be serving coffee and...

Annual regional show – call for artists

Brad Wegscheid raku show and demonstration

As part of his current raku ceramics show at the Cultural Center galleries in New York Mills, Brad Wegscheid will give a free raku demonstration on Friday, May 30th in the parking area behind the Cultural Center. The demonstration begins at 6:00 pm. Brad has been...

FOB Minnesota Tour

FOB (Fresh Off the Boat) to be performed at Perham’s Jin Hu Restaurant June 7 & 8 Tickets at the Center (call 218-385-3339) or online at Brown Paper Tickets   Minneapolis-based Mu Performing Arts and the Cultural Center in New York Mills bring David Henry...

Visiting Artist Alyse Knorr

Just a week and a half and more than 30 pages of new poetry after arriving from Anchorage, Alaska, artist-in-residence Alyse Knorr is settling in quite nicely.  Alyse will be here until June 4th, and will spend her time both in writing new pieces and in editing past...