Piga Project: Women, Immigration, and Resilience

The PIGA project by Jill Johnson The Piga Project creates new forms of folk art as a way to challenge our ideas about culture and belonging.  Researched over a period of two years in Sweden and the US, Johnson’s project also explores questions around the...

Mixed Blood Theatre presents Deaf Duckling

Experience theater up close and personal on Friday, April 4 at 7:30 pm Admission $5 for all for this moving theater experience in the Cultural Center’s listening room performance space.

Slovakian Easter Egg Class April 11 or 12

Join us Friday April 11 or Saturday April 12, 2014 for a Slovakian Easter egg decorating class taught by Pam Robinson. Interested in her ethnic heritage, Pam learned this egg decorating method as a teenager, which uses a wax-resist technique and a homemade straight...

Kathryn Daugherty reading Friday, March 14

Passionate romance, a tense courtroom battle, and catastrophic family drama provide something for every reader in Kathryn Daugherty’s debut novel, A Case of Hearts. Published by the Write Place in August 2013.  The book follows Carol Matthews and Donovan Delaney as...

Learn to spin – or practice your skills

Learn to spin thread and yarn Bruce Engebretson is a master spinner and weaver and he will teach techniques of spinning in two sessions on Saturdays, March 8 and 15 from 10 am to 3 pm.  If you have a spinning wheel, bring it with you.  If not, we’ll have an...

Cheesemaking

Learn to make cheese Saturday March 22 – 1 to 4 pm. This class covers the basics of cheese making and is taught by Bruce Engebretson from Osage. Participants will learn how to make queso fresco and cottage cheese as well as a tomme cheese.  One variety of tomme...

Wine Making

Learn the basics of fermenting grapes and other fruits to make wine One of the most ancient processes of fermentation produces one of the world’s favorite beverages.  Ron Leasman from Long Prairie, owner of Leatherwood Vinegary, will teach the basic process of...

Shinfeller fiber art workshop April 17

Learn the ancient Norwegian art form of “shinfeller” Join Karen Aakre for a unique workshop where you will make a pair of baby slippers and mittens, or adult-sized wristlets and headband, on Thursday, April 17th from 6-9pm.  This workshop is given as an...

Fiber Arts Show February 26-March 15

Local artists bring Sheep to Shawl show Four local fiber artists – Karen Aakre, Joan Ellison, Katy Olson, and Sharon Marquardt –  are mounting a show at the Cultural Center that will be on display from Saturday March 1 through Saturday March 15 in the Center’s...

3 evenings on mysticism

Join a conversation about mysticism – in the past and in the modern world Evening #1: Thursday, April 10th at 7:30 pm Evening #2: Thursday, April 24th at 7:30 pm Evening #3: Thursday, May 22nd at 7:30 pm This workshop is a guided discussion instead of...