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Paddy Keenan, king of pipers, Saturday, November 17

Enjoy a musical odyssey to Old Ireland with the Paddy Keenan Concert Saturday, November 17th in New York Mills at the Cultural Center.  Mr. Keenan plays the uilleann pipes, the Irish bellows-blown bagpipes.  This is one of the oldest of Irish musical instruments, and...

Swedish punk rock band Friday, October 26

From Sweden: all girl punk band “Kraa” 7:30 pm The Nordic Arts Alliance made the connections that bring this special band of six young women to New York Mills from their homes in Sweden. This concert promises to be an amazing introduction to contemporary Scandinavian...

October 2012 Artist-in-Residence

Visiting Artist Mark Pagan Mark Pagan has traveled from Washington DC to spend the month of October in NYM, working on his narrative short film “Raymond & Lina” which looks at the lives of a man and his granddaughter. This 11-minute short film received acceptance...

Dance classes are back 2012

Dance classes for children resume Tuesday, October 9th Learn Ballet Learn the techniques basic to all dance styles For children ages 5-12 years old* Tuesdays, October 9th through November 27th In the dance studio of the Center 8-class fall session $60 (family discount...

Diggity Dog Days – puppet show for dog lovers

October 12 – Margo McCreary Puppet Show Special note: Margo will give a “hands on” puppet workshop at the Elder’s Home in New York Mills at 2:00pm and a complete show at our usual performance time at the Center (7:30 pm). When I reflect on my...

Preparing now for a successful garden in 2013

Growing vegetables for fun and for health The growing season is at its end and the fall harvest is in process.  Now is also a good time to reflect on this summer’s growing season and to prepare for next year’s garden – planning, preparing the soil,...

Woodland Adventure – a walk in the woods

A walk through the fall color woods with Bob Sonnenberg Saturday, September 29th Everyone who participated in the forestry walk enjoyed the perfect fall weather at the Sonnenberg farm on Saturday. Bob touched on topics such as integration of agriculture and forestry,...

Introduction to mosaic art

Make a mosaic mirror or wall hanging Note:  Class has been rescheduled from October to November.  See below. Pam Collins, mosaic artist from Staples, Minnesota, will teach a class for the Folk School on two Saturdays in November:  the 10th (10am-3pm) and 17th...

Artist-in-residence during September

Visiting Artist for September Joining us for the last 2½ weeks in September is Cheryl Bannes, a mixed media artist from Lewistown, Montana. Cheryl is inspired to interpret the landscape and the natural shapes that she sees around her and create them in metal, paint,...