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Art Exhibit: Children’s Art and Others, Stone Lithography Prints by Dan Grimslid
Blue Heron CoffeeHouse 162 W. 2nd St., Winona
MMAM: Waking Worlds: Wondrous Reads for Curious Minds
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Drive, Winona
From Sea to Paper: The Gyotaku Prints of Dwight Hwang
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Drive, Winona
Kristian Brevik: Art for Fish/Art for Humans
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Drive, Winona
Plein Air Invitational Exhibition & Sale: A special exhibition of the work from 12 renowned plein air painters
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Drive, Winona
Art of Quilting: A Group Show by the Winona Area Quilters Guild
Winona County History Center 160 Johnson Street, Winona
Ecker’s Fall Line-up of Live Music and Food Trucks
Ecker's Apple Farm W27062 State Road 54 35, Trempealeau
Theatre du Mississippi: “Return Engagement”
Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts 1164 W. 10th St., Winona
Art of Quilting: A Group Show by the Winona Area Quilters Guild
Winona County History Center 160 Johnson Street, Winona
MMAM: Waking Worlds: Wondrous Reads for Curious Minds
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Drive, Winona
From Sea to Paper: The Gyotaku Prints of Dwight Hwang
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Drive, Winona
Kristian Brevik: Art for Fish/Art for Humans
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Drive, Winona
Art of Quilting: A Group Show by the Winona Area Quilters Guild
Winona County History Center 160 Johnson Street, Winona
Laureate Writers Series: Mary Moore Easter, Poet and Dancer
Blue Heron CoffeeHouse 162 W. 2nd St., Winona
Art Exhibit: Children’s Art and Others, Stone Lithography Prints by Dan Grimslid
Blue Heron CoffeeHouse 162 W. 2nd St., Winona
MMAM: Waking Worlds: Wondrous Reads for Curious Minds
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Drive, Winona
From Sea to Paper: The Gyotaku Prints of Dwight Hwang
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Drive, Winona
Kristian Brevik: Art for Fish/Art for Humans
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Drive, Winona
Art of Quilting: A Group Show by the Winona Area Quilters Guild
Winona County History Center 160 Johnson Street, Winona
Art Exhibit: Children’s Art and Others, Stone Lithography Prints by Dan Grimslid
Blue Heron CoffeeHouse 162 W. 2nd St., Winona
MMAM: Waking Worlds: Wondrous Reads for Curious Minds
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Drive, Winona
From Sea to Paper: The Gyotaku Prints of Dwight Hwang
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Drive, Winona
Kristian Brevik: Art for Fish/Art for Humans
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Drive, Winona
Art of Quilting: A Group Show by the Winona Area Quilters Guild
Winona County History Center 160 Johnson Street, Winona
Voices From the Past Cemetery Walk: Made in Winona
Winona County History Center 160 Johnson Street, Winona
Art Exhibit: Children’s Art and Others, Stone Lithography Prints by Dan Grimslid
Blue Heron CoffeeHouse 162 W. 2nd St., Winona
MMAM: Waking Worlds: Wondrous Reads for Curious Minds
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Drive, Winona
From Sea to Paper: The Gyotaku Prints of Dwight Hwang
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Drive, Winona
Kristian Brevik: Art for Fish/Art for Humans
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Drive, Winona
Art of Quilting: A Group Show by the Winona Area Quilters Guild
Winona County History Center 160 Johnson Street, Winona
Theatre du Mississippi: “Return Engagement”
Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts 1164 W. 10th St., Winona
Art Exhibit: Children’s Art and Others, Stone Lithography Prints by Dan Grimslid
Blue Heron CoffeeHouse 162 W. 2nd St., Winona
MMAM: Waking Worlds: Wondrous Reads for Curious Minds
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Drive, Winona
From Sea to Paper: The Gyotaku Prints of Dwight Hwang
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Drive, Winona
Kristian Brevik: Art for Fish/Art for Humans
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Drive, Winona
Art of Quilting: A Group Show by the Winona Area Quilters Guild
Winona County History Center 160 Johnson Street, Winona
Ecker’s Fall Line-up of Live Music and Food Trucks
Ecker's Apple Farm W27062 State Road 54 35, Trempealeau
Theatre du Mississippi: “Return Engagement”
Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts 1164 W. 10th St., Winona
Week of Events
Flora & Fauna – The Plein Air Experience
Flora & Fauna – The Plein Air Experience
The Minnesota Marine Art Museum is proud to be a presenting partner of the River Arts Alliance’s inaugural event, Flora & Fauna - The Plein Air Experience, on September 28 - October 1, 2023, in Winona, MN. Featuring workshops led by renowned artists, Fred Somers, Kami Mendlik, and David R. Smith, a weekend long invitational [...]
Great Dakota Gathering
Great Dakota Gathering
The Winona Dakota Gathering Homecoming & Powwow is an annual event for families of Indigenous and local populations around the region. September 29-October 1, 2023 Unity Park Winona, MN Spiritual Leader: Arnold Williams MC: Butch Felix Veteran Honor Guard: Gordon Weston Lodge FRIDAY September 29 ● Evening Grounds Blessing SATURDAY September 30 ● 7 [...]
-Art Exhibit: Children’s Art and Others, Stone Lithography Prints by Dan Grimslid
Art Exhibit: Children’s Art and Others, Stone Lithography Prints by Dan Grimslid
The Blue Heron Coffeehouse will feature the work of artist Dan Grimslid and will run from September 13 through November 5, 2023. An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15, from 5 to 7 pm. The reception is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be provided.
-MMAM: The Big Catch
MMAM: The Big Catch
A survey of art across time and cultures that explores our relationship with the world that lives below the surface, and our desire to understand it.
-MMAM: Waking Worlds: Wondrous Reads for Curious Minds
MMAM: Waking Worlds: Wondrous Reads for Curious Minds
The exhibition features original illustrations from three book projects; Mary Casanova’s Wake Up Island (University of Minnesota Press) and Hush, Hush, Forest (University of Minnesota Press) as illustrated by printmaker Nick Wroblewski, and World of Wonder: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments (Milkweed Editions) written by Aimee Nezhukumatathil and illustrated by Fumi [...]
-From Sea to Paper: The Gyotaku Prints of Dwight Hwang
From Sea to Paper: The Gyotaku Prints of Dwight Hwang
California based artist Dwight Hwang (Korean American, b. 1974) creates classical Japanese Gyotaku art and European nature printing. Pushing the boundaries of traditional Gyotaku, a process by which an artist makes a print using real fish, Hwang incorporates other organic forms such as plants, birds, and even people, into his stunningly lifelike prints. He incorporates [...]
-Kristian Brevik: Art for Fish/Art for Humans
Kristian Brevik: Art for Fish/Art for Humans
Kristian Brevik is an artist, scientist, and educator working in Burlington, VT. They create illuminated sculptural lanterns representing the breadth of biodiversity in the living world. When lit, they reveal skeletons, colors, and patterns of the creatures they represent, casting a warm glow that draws the viewer in. Brevik’s work confronts the harmful impacts caused [...]
-Kimble A. Bromley: Moby-Dick
Kimble A. Bromley: Moby-Dick
This exhibition features 23 expressive paintings by Fargo artist Kimble A. Bromley, inspired by the true 19th century account of a large whale attacking the whaling ship Essex, and Herman Melville's classic novel Moby-Dick (1851) inspired by this remarkable event. Bromley explains “These paintings develop from my own personal life experiences, life experiences as Melville [...]
-Plein Air Invitational Exhibition & Sale: A special exhibition of the work from 12 renowned plein air painters
Plein Air Invitational Exhibition & Sale: A special exhibition of the work from 12 renowned plein air painters
A weekend invitational organized by River Arts Alliance and presented by the Minnesota Marine Art Museum (MMAM). Twelve renowned plein air painters will display their work in the atrium and shoppe of MMAM on Thursday, September 28 through Sunday, October 1, from 10am - 5pm each day. The Plain Air Invitational Exhibition is free to [...]
-Smaczne Jablka Apple Fest
Smaczne Jablka Apple Fest
The Smaczne Jablka Apple Fest is a two day festival (evening of September 30 and the day of October 1) featuring jazz concerts, polish beer, food trucks, apple treat, polish sausages, ice cream, video games , axe throwing, human foosball, folk dancers and more!! View the full slate of events here.
-Art of Quilting: A Group Show by the Winona Area Quilters Guild
Art of Quilting: A Group Show by the Winona Area Quilters Guild
The Winona Area Quilt Guild was started in September 1983 as an off shoot of the first Quilt Show that was organized and held in the WCHS museum. The Art of Quilting show will feature current guild members’ work in celebration of the Guild’s 40th anniversary.
-Kinstone Autumn Open House
Kinstone Autumn Open House
Join us at Kinstone in rural Fountain City, Wisconsin, USA, for a Sunday afternoon open house event at our peaceful stone sanctuary, enjoy LIVE music by The Bus Boys on live violin music by professional violinist Kathleen Covalt in the Great Stone Circle, New this year- enjoy some lunch from Tansy's Traveling Kitchen food truck, [...]
-Ecker’s Fall Line-up of Live Music and Food Trucks
Ecker’s Fall Line-up of Live Music and Food Trucks
Ecker's Apple Farm is bringing you constant weekend entertainment this fall with live, original, music and those tasty food trucks. 10/1 - Food Trucks - Smoke N Chrome BBQ: 12pm The Woodshed Wood-fired Pizza: 12pm 10/1 - Live Music - Golden Strings: 2pm - 4:30pm
-Winona Arts Center Members’ exhibit
Winona Arts Center Members’ exhibit
The Winona Arts Center(WAC) will host an exhibit featuring the works of WAC members from September 17 through November 15, 2023 with an opening reception on September 17 from 1pm to 4pm.
-Live Music: Bradford Loomis
Live Music: Bradford Loomis
Bradford marries grit and melody to dig to the roots of American folklore and speak of the raw reality of the human condition with soul, passion, and hope. Brad’s stories span a lifetime of relatable emotions, be it the bitterness of loss, the deep longing of regret, the enduring hope of love, or the elation [...]
Theatre du Mississippi: “Return Engagement”
Theatre du Mississippi: “Return Engagement”
Theatre du Mississippi is pleased to kick-off its 25th anniversary season with “Return Engagement,” a work by local playwright Kathleen Kenney-Peterson. Michael Fitzpatrick, a favorite actor of Winona’s Great River Shakespeare Festival, will play the lead role. The play tells the story of Richard, a gay New York stage actor who has developed multiple sclerosis and [...]
Concert at Perrot State Park
Concert at Perrot State Park
Enjoy some live music by Brian Beard, Eddie Allen, and Gregg Hall at Perrot State Park and High and Rising Duo to raise funds for Trempealeau Mountain music radio.
-Pedals and Pints
Pedals and Pints
Join us for an afternoon of biking. The fun kicks off at Island City Brewing Company where our skilled volunteers will guide you through a bike tune-up to ensure a smooth ride. So, BYOB (bring your own bike) and embark on a group “no drop ride” to the Flyway Trail to explore and learn about [...]
-Gate City Jazz Band
Gate City Jazz Band
The Gate City Jazz will perform a monthly concert at the Black Horse Bar and Grill. The Gate City Jazz Band is a popular eight-piece Dixieland band.
-A N C H O R S I N S P A C E: Intuitive Dance & Movement
A N C H O R S I N S P A C E: Intuitive Dance & Movement
Whether you're new to intuitive dance and movement or have lots of experience, these lightly guided monthly sessions invite you into a space of mind and body inquiry. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a water bottle
-Googled Earth: Through a Looking Glass
Googled Earth: Through a Looking Glass
The Watkins Gallery at Winona State University is proud to present Googled Earth: Through a Looking Glass by Negin Ehtesabian and WSU Professor Patrick Lichty. The two artists, from Iran and the US, try to explore each other's countries through Google Earth virtual reality to find a way to complete the image they have had about [...]
-Art of Quilting: A Group Show by the Winona Area Quilters Guild
Art of Quilting: A Group Show by the Winona Area Quilters Guild
The Winona Area Quilt Guild was started in September 1983 as an off shoot of the first Quilt Show that was organized and held in the WCHS museum. The Art of Quilting show will feature current guild members’ work in celebration of the Guild’s 40th anniversary.
Bingo at ZaZa’s
-“American Queen” riverboat docking
“American Queen” riverboat docking
The “American Queen” will dock at Levee Park on October 3 from 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. The public is welcome to come to view the boat but no public tours are available. Christened in Memphis in 2012 by Godmother Priscilla Presley with a bottle of champagne, the American Queen is the largest steamboat ever [...]
-Googled Earth: Through a Looking Glass
Googled Earth: Through a Looking Glass
The Watkins Gallery at Winona State University is proud to present Googled Earth: Through a Looking Glass by Negin Ehtesabian and WSU Professor Patrick Lichty. The two artists, from Iran and the US, try to explore each other's countries through Google Earth virtual reality to find a way to complete the image they have had about [...]
-MMAM: The Big Catch
MMAM: The Big Catch
A survey of art across time and cultures that explores our relationship with the world that lives below the surface, and our desire to understand it.
-MMAM: Waking Worlds: Wondrous Reads for Curious Minds
MMAM: Waking Worlds: Wondrous Reads for Curious Minds
The exhibition features original illustrations from three book projects; Mary Casanova’s Wake Up Island (University of Minnesota Press) and Hush, Hush, Forest (University of Minnesota Press) as illustrated by printmaker Nick Wroblewski, and World of Wonder: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments (Milkweed Editions) written by Aimee Nezhukumatathil and illustrated by Fumi [...]
-From Sea to Paper: The Gyotaku Prints of Dwight Hwang
From Sea to Paper: The Gyotaku Prints of Dwight Hwang
California based artist Dwight Hwang (Korean American, b. 1974) creates classical Japanese Gyotaku art and European nature printing. Pushing the boundaries of traditional Gyotaku, a process by which an artist makes a print using real fish, Hwang incorporates other organic forms such as plants, birds, and even people, into his stunningly lifelike prints. He incorporates [...]
-Kristian Brevik: Art for Fish/Art for Humans
Kristian Brevik: Art for Fish/Art for Humans
Kristian Brevik is an artist, scientist, and educator working in Burlington, VT. They create illuminated sculptural lanterns representing the breadth of biodiversity in the living world. When lit, they reveal skeletons, colors, and patterns of the creatures they represent, casting a warm glow that draws the viewer in. Brevik’s work confronts the harmful impacts caused [...]
-Kimble A. Bromley: Moby-Dick
Kimble A. Bromley: Moby-Dick
This exhibition features 23 expressive paintings by Fargo artist Kimble A. Bromley, inspired by the true 19th century account of a large whale attacking the whaling ship Essex, and Herman Melville's classic novel Moby-Dick (1851) inspired by this remarkable event. Bromley explains “These paintings develop from my own personal life experiences, life experiences as Melville [...]
-Art of Quilting: A Group Show by the Winona Area Quilters Guild
Art of Quilting: A Group Show by the Winona Area Quilters Guild
The Winona Area Quilt Guild was started in September 1983 as an off shoot of the first Quilt Show that was organized and held in the WCHS museum. The Art of Quilting show will feature current guild members’ work in celebration of the Guild’s 40th anniversary.
-Historic Library Tour
Historic Library Tour
Travel along through time as you take a guided tour of Winona’s historic public library and learn not only its history but its architectural development. Tours will be a half hour to 45 minutes and will meet outside at the base of the original entrance on 5th Street. In the case of rain, tours will [...]
-Free Family Climbing
Free Family Climbing
The Winona State outdoor education Recreation will be hosting its free family climbing events at our climbing facility on Tuesday evenings for the next 5 weeks. No charge, and all are welcome on Tuesdays.
-Drum Circle
Drum Circle
Join us for a drum circle in the Great Stone Circle at Kinstone; led by Cheri Bunker. Cheri is a trained drumming facilitator and has led many drum circles and programs that promote the positive effect of the drum on health. Absolutely no drumming experience is necessary and if you do not have a drum, [...]
-Trivia Tuesday
Laureate Writers Series: Mary Moore Easter, Poet and Dancer
Laureate Writers Series: Mary Moore Easter, Poet and Dancer
Poet Mary Moore Easter will read from her work at the Blue Heron Coffeehouse, 162 W 2nd St. The reading will be followed by a book signing and then an open mic. Bring some of your work to share. This event is free and open to the public. Mary Moore Easter has published four books [...]
-Art Exhibit: Children’s Art and Others, Stone Lithography Prints by Dan Grimslid
Art Exhibit: Children’s Art and Others, Stone Lithography Prints by Dan Grimslid
The Blue Heron Coffeehouse will feature the work of artist Dan Grimslid and will run from September 13 through November 5, 2023. An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15, from 5 to 7 pm. The reception is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be provided.
-Googled Earth: Through a Looking Glass
Googled Earth: Through a Looking Glass
The Watkins Gallery at Winona State University is proud to present Googled Earth: Through a Looking Glass by Negin Ehtesabian and WSU Professor Patrick Lichty. The two artists, from Iran and the US, try to explore each other's countries through Google Earth virtual reality to find a way to complete the image they have had about [...]
-MMAM: The Big Catch
MMAM: The Big Catch
A survey of art across time and cultures that explores our relationship with the world that lives below the surface, and our desire to understand it.
-MMAM: Waking Worlds: Wondrous Reads for Curious Minds
MMAM: Waking Worlds: Wondrous Reads for Curious Minds
The exhibition features original illustrations from three book projects; Mary Casanova’s Wake Up Island (University of Minnesota Press) and Hush, Hush, Forest (University of Minnesota Press) as illustrated by printmaker Nick Wroblewski, and World of Wonder: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments (Milkweed Editions) written by Aimee Nezhukumatathil and illustrated by Fumi [...]
-From Sea to Paper: The Gyotaku Prints of Dwight Hwang
From Sea to Paper: The Gyotaku Prints of Dwight Hwang
California based artist Dwight Hwang (Korean American, b. 1974) creates classical Japanese Gyotaku art and European nature printing. Pushing the boundaries of traditional Gyotaku, a process by which an artist makes a print using real fish, Hwang incorporates other organic forms such as plants, birds, and even people, into his stunningly lifelike prints. He incorporates [...]
-Kristian Brevik: Art for Fish/Art for Humans
Kristian Brevik: Art for Fish/Art for Humans
Kristian Brevik is an artist, scientist, and educator working in Burlington, VT. They create illuminated sculptural lanterns representing the breadth of biodiversity in the living world. When lit, they reveal skeletons, colors, and patterns of the creatures they represent, casting a warm glow that draws the viewer in. Brevik’s work confronts the harmful impacts caused [...]
-Kimble A. Bromley: Moby-Dick
Kimble A. Bromley: Moby-Dick
This exhibition features 23 expressive paintings by Fargo artist Kimble A. Bromley, inspired by the true 19th century account of a large whale attacking the whaling ship Essex, and Herman Melville's classic novel Moby-Dick (1851) inspired by this remarkable event. Bromley explains “These paintings develop from my own personal life experiences, life experiences as Melville [...]
-Art of Quilting: A Group Show by the Winona Area Quilters Guild
Art of Quilting: A Group Show by the Winona Area Quilters Guild
The Winona Area Quilt Guild was started in September 1983 as an off shoot of the first Quilt Show that was organized and held in the WCHS museum. The Art of Quilting show will feature current guild members’ work in celebration of the Guild’s 40th anniversary.
-“American Symphony” riverboat docking
“American Symphony” riverboat docking
The “American Symphony” riverboat will dock at Levee Park on October 4 from 1:00 p.m. - 11:30 a.m. The public is welcome to come to view the boat but no public tours are available.
-Winona Arts Center Members’ exhibit
Winona Arts Center Members’ exhibit
The Winona Arts Center(WAC) will host an exhibit featuring the works of WAC members from September 17 through November 15, 2023 with an opening reception on September 17 from 1pm to 4pm.
-Beer Bingo
Beer Bingo
Come down and play some free beer bingo to win free beers at Island City Brewing Company! At Island City Brewing Company, we strive to produce beers of distinct quality for beer lovers and beginners alike. Stop in and have a pint, meet friends, listen to live music, and talk with our knowledgeable staff about the [...]
-Live Music: Stacy Hughes
Live Music: Stacy Hughes
Live music by musician/vocalist Stacy Hughes and she enjoys performing a variety of genres… ranging from Folk, Country, Acoustic Rock, Pop.
Karaoke
-Art Exhibit: Children’s Art and Others, Stone Lithography Prints by Dan Grimslid
Art Exhibit: Children’s Art and Others, Stone Lithography Prints by Dan Grimslid
The Blue Heron Coffeehouse will feature the work of artist Dan Grimslid and will run from September 13 through November 5, 2023. An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15, from 5 to 7 pm. The reception is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be provided.
-MMAM: The Big Catch
