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**April 1 Arts Organization Development Grant Deadline.
**April 1 Women's Expo
at the Blue Note Room, 320 3rd Ave,
Winsted, hosted by the
Winsted Arts Council.
April 5 Dollars for Scholars Silent Art Auction.
Kick-off event
5:00-9:00 pm at the Redwood Falls Golf Course Clubhouse, 101 E. Oak St,
Redwood Falls. Features artwork created by local artists.
Bidding begins April 5 and runs until May 1. Info at 507-644-8023 or
triley@redwood.mntm.org.
April 4 Artist Reception: Donna Jean Carver,
11:00 am – 1:00 pm, North
American State Bank, 2800 S 1st St, Willmar.
April 4-6 & 11-13 Hutchinson Theatre Company:
Hot Property,
7:00 pm at the Hutchinson Center for the Arts. Tickets and more
information available at
www.hutchtheatre.org.
April 4-7 Marshall Area Stage Company:
Wait Until Dark
at the Marshall-Lyon
County Library Community Room, Marshall.
Dinner Theatre April 4-6 (dinner at 6:30, show at 7:30), Dessert Theatre
April 7 at 2:00 pm. Tickets available at Hy-Vee, Marshall-Lyon County
Library, and
www.MASCmn.org.
April 5-7 Opland Singers: “Love & Marriage”,
Friday & Saturday 7:30 pm, Sunday 3:00 pm at the Pipestone Performing
Arts Center, 104 E Main St,
Pipestone. Tickets:
872-722-2787.
April 6 Dr. Jose Panganiban,
pianist, 2:00 pm, First English Lutheran Church, 245 Hughes St,
Tyler. Free
mini-concert of selections by Chopin & Liszt. More info at
https://www.facebook.com/events/390419011056070/
**April 6 & 7 Marshall Beats Concert,
7:00 pm Saturday, 2:00 pm Sunday,
Marshall High School.
April 7 Granite Area Arts Council 5th Annual Anniversary Art Show,
10:00
am – 4:00 pm at the Prairie’s Edge Casino Resort Conference Center,
Granite Falls.
Artists and artisans will welcome to exhibit and demonstrations, along
with entertainment and refreshments. Contact the Granite Area Arts
Council for additional information or for an exhibit application at
GraniteAreaArts@gmail.com or
320-333-6132.
April 7 Exhibit Opening: Area Art Show,
1:00 to 4:00 pm at the Nobles County Art Center, 407 12th St,
Worthington. Info at
507-372-8245 or
noblearts@knology.net.
April 7 & 9 The
Diviners - Dassel-Cokato Community Theatre,
at the Dassel-Cokato
Performing Arts Center, Cokato. Free will donation. For more
info, call 320-286-4120 or email
colleen.compton@dc.k12.mn.us.
April 11-13
Schoolhouse Rock Live!,
7:30 pm
at the Southwest Minnesota State University Theatre,
Marshall. Dinner
theatre on April 12.
**April 11-14 Leaving
Iowa,
7:30 pm Thurs-Sat, 2:00 pm Sunday at The Barn Theatre,
Willmar. Info at
320-235-9500 or
www.thebarntheatre.com.
**April 11-14 The
Sound of Music,
7:30 pm at the BARC Auditorium,
Windom.
April 12 Artist Reception: JoAnn Almich,
7:00-9:00 pm, KK Berge Gallery,
Granite Falls. More
information at GraniteAreaArts@gmail.com
or 320-564-4039.
April 12-14 Opland Singers: “Love & Marriage”,
Fri & Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 3:00 pm at the Pipestone Performing Arts Center,
104 E Main St,
Pipestone. Tickets: 872-722-2787.
April 12-14
Charlie Cox Runs With
Scissors at the Lake Benton Opera House. April 12 & 13:
7:30 pm, April 14: 2:00 pm. Tickets: Adults $10, Seniors/Students $9.
Call 507-368-4620 or email
lakebentonoperahouse@gmail.com.
April
13 Improv Workshop & Performance by Two Children Left Behind
at the Community Room in the Marshall-Lyon County Library, 201 C St,
Marshall. Workshop 1:00-3:00 pm, Performance 3:00 pm. Learn some
new exercises and understand the foundations of improv as a performing
art.
For
improvisers of all levels. Two
Children Left Behind (Butch Roy & George Grubb) performs
on stage at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival in Shakopee. Sponsored by
Marshall Area Fine Arts Council and Marshall-Lyon County Library.
Information at
www.mafac.net.
**April 15 SMAHC Prairie Disciple Nomination Deadline.
April 15 New Odyssey,
7:00 pm, Redwood Valley Performing Arts Center, 100 George Ramseth Dr,
Redwood Falls.
Redwood Concert Association. Tickets: 507-637-8598.
April 15- 25 Readings by SMSU Professors,
including Anthony Neil Smith, April 15; Dr. Susan McLean, April 16;
Joseph A. Amato, April 17; Dr. Elizabeth Blair, April 17; Dana Yost,
April 18; Marianne Murphy Zarzana, April 19; and “Perceptions” Literary
Magazine, April 25. Part of SMSU’s Fine Arts Celebration. Information
at
www.smsu.edu/today/?articleid=2562
April
15 Anthony Neil Smith: “My Horror Novella: Adventures in E-book
Publishing”, 12:00 pm in the
William Whipple Gallery at Southwest State University, Marshall.
Part of SMSU’s National Library Week celebration. Free and open to the
public. For more information, call 507-537-6372.
April
16 Downtown West (a band
comprised of SMSU students) 12:00 pm in the McFarland Library at
Southwest State University, Marshall. Part of SMSU’s National
Library Week celebration. Free and open to the public. For more
information, call 507-537-6372.
April
17 Joseph Amato: Surfaces
at 12:00 pm in the William Whipple Gallery at Southwest State
University, Marshall. Amato reads from his latest book,
explaining the human relationship with surfaces from the history of
human evolution to the modern world. It shows how human understanding,
creation, control, and manipulation of surfaces have become
revolutionary — in both scale and volume. Part of SMSU’s National
Library Week celebration. Free and open to the public. For more
information, call 507-537-6372.
April 17, 24, & 29 Shibori Lecture & Demonstration
by Carol Gustavson
at the
Hutchinson Center for the Arts,
28 North Main Street, Hutchinson. April 17 & 24 at 6:30 pm,
April 29 at 6:00 pm. Event if free, but please register ahead of time
by calling 320-857-9491.
April
18 Arts Showcase: SMSU Music Students,
12:00pm, Marshall Area Fine Arts Council, 109 N 3rd St,
Marshall.
www.mafac.net.
**April 18 Grant Workshop
for
potential Art Project & Arts Legacy project grants. 5:00-6:30 pm at the
SMAHC office in
Marshall. Contact us to register for this free workshop:
800-622-5284 or email:
smahcinfo@iw.net.
**April 19 Arts in the Schools Grant Deadline.
April
19 Artist Reception: Carol J Larson,
4:00-6:00 pm,
Big
Stone Arts Council Gallery,
42 NW 2nd
St, Ortonville. Info at 320-487-1001.
**April 18-21 Leaving
Iowa,
7:30 pm Thurs-Sat, 2:00 pm Sunday at The Barn Theatre,
Willmar. Info at
320-235-9500 or
www.thebarntheatre.com.
April 19-21 "Art & Soul" Artists of MN Spring Show
in St Cloud. Presenters
include Deb Magelssen, acrylic & watercolor artist; Alison Toering,
speaking on the Art of the St John's Bible which will be on display; and
Willicey Tynes, oil & sculpture artist. Tynes will also judge the spring
show entries. More information and registration materials at
www.artistsofminnesota.org, or call
Flora Shinkle at 320-597-2863.
**April 19 & 21 Crow River Singers Spring Concert,
April 19: 7:00 pm at First Congregational-UCC, 31 4th
Ave SW, Hutchinson. April 21: 2:00 pm at Peace Lutheran Church, 400
Franklin, St SW, Hutchinson.
April 19-21
Schoolhouse Rock Live!,
7:30 pm
Fri-Sat, 2:00 pm Sun at the Southwest Minnesota State University
Theatre, Marshall.
Dinner theatre April 20. Info and tickets at
www.smsu.edu/academics/programs/theatrearts
**April 19-21 Prairie Arts Chorale: It Takes Two.
April 19: 7:30 pm, Redwood Falls Performing Arts Center (Redwood Valley
HS), Redwood Falls. April
20: 7:30 pm, Dawson Memorial Auditorium, Dawson. April 21: 4:00
pm, St Stephen Lutheran Church, Marshall.
prairieartschorale.org
April 19-21
Charlie Cox Runs With
Scissors at the Lake Benton Opera House. April 19 & 20:
7:30 pm, April 21: 2:00 pm. Tickets: Adults $10, Seniors/Students $9.
Call 507-368-4620 or email
lakebentonoperahouse@gmail.com.
**April
21 Artist Reception: Tina Anderson Richards, 2:00-4:00 pm, Marshall Area Fine Arts Council (MAFAC),
109 N. 3rd Street,
Marshall. Info at 507-532-5463 or
www.mafac.net.
April 21 Abbey Road Band,
7:30 pm, Fine Arts Center, 3rd
Street & Eureka Ave, Montevideo. Minnesota Valley
Community Concert Association. Contact Beth Hampton at 269-5848.
**April 21 Crow River Area Youth Orchestra: Folk From Distant Lands,
4:00 pm, Hutchinson Middle
School Gymnasium.
April
22 Thomas Maltman Reading,
7:00 pm, Charter Hall 201, Southwest Minnesota State University,
Marshall. Maltman teaches at Normandale Community College and is the
author of two books, The Night Birds and Little Wolves. The Night Birds
won an Alex Award, a Spur Award and the Friends of American Writers
Literary Award.
April
22 SMSU Jazz Ensemble Concert,
7:30 pm, Southwest Minnesota State University Theatre, Marshall.
Part of SMSU’s Fine
Arts Celebration. Information at
www.smsu.edu/today/?articleid=2562
**April 23
SMAHC Board Meeting,
7:00 pm at the SMAHC Office, 114 N 3rd St, Marshall.
April
24 All-Rachmaninov Evening,
performed by David Viscoli and Daniel Rieppel, 7:30 pm at the Southwest
State Minnesota University Theatre, Marshall. Part of SMSU’s
Russian Festival.
April
24-28 Katia Andreeva and Olga Krasovska Exhibit
at the William Whipple Gallery, Southwest State Minnesota University,
Marshall. Part of SMSU’s Russian Festival.
April
25 Russian Chamber Music,
12:00 pm at the Southwest State Minnesota University Theatre,
Marshall. Part of SMSU’s Russian Festival.
April
25 SMSU Choirs: “The Art of War”,
7:30 pm, First Lutheran Church, Marshall.
Part of SMSU’s Fine Arts
Celebration. Information at
www.smsu.edu/today/?articleid=2562
April
26 SMSU/Community Concert Band: “Silly, Stylish, & Sublime”,
7:30 pm at the Southwest Minnesota State University Theatre, Marshall.
Free admission. Music by Eric
Whitaker ("Godzilla Eats Los Vegas"), John Philip Sousa (“Fairest of the
Fair”), Frank Ticheli (“Abracadabra”), and Ralph Vaughan Williams
(“Linden Lea”). Info at
www.smsu.edu/academics/programs/music/?id=3297.
April
26 Marianne Woods: The Russian Artistic Tradition,
6:00pm at the William Whipple Gallery, Southwest State Minnesota
University, Marshall. Part of SMSU’s Russian Festival.
April 26
"Takin' it to the
Limit" - A Tribute to the Eagles, 7:00 pm at the Dassel-Cokato
Performing Arts Center, Cokato. Tickets: $25-Adult & $7-Youth.
Info at 320-286-4120 or email
colleen.compton@dc.k12.mn.us.
April
26-28 The Lottery,
Black Box Theatre, Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall.
April 26: 6:00 pm, April 27: 2:00 pm & 6:00 pm, April 28: 12:00 pm.
Admission. Part of
SMSU’s Fine Arts Celebration. Information at
www.smsu.edu/today/?articleid=2562
April
27 Elkina Sisters: Russian Two-Piano Music,
7:30 pm, Southwest State Minnesota University Theatre, Marshall.
The internationally recognized duo piano team (who are twin sisters)
will perform music of Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev and Stravinsky.
Admission $5.00. Part of SMSU’s Russian Festival.
**April
27 SMAHC Artist Retreat, a day of workshops and art sessions to
educate and invigorate artists in SW MN. Held at Danebod Folk School in
Tyler. Info & registration at
www.smahc.org.
**April 27 & 28 Prairie Arts Chorale:
It Takes Two.
April 27: 7:30 pm, Unity Christian Reformed Church, Prinsburg.
April 28: 4:00 pm, Faith Lutheran Church, Spicer. http://prairieartschorale.org/
**April
28 Southwest Minnesota Orchestra: “From Russia With Love”,
featuring Ksenia Nosikova, pianist, 4:00 pm at Holy Redeemer Catholic
Church, Marshall. Part of SMSU’s Russian Festival. Admission.
April
28 Prairie Winds Concert Band, 3:00 pm at the WEAC Auditorium, 611
SW 5th St, Willmar. Selections include Prokofiev’s
Peter and the Wolf and Bernstein’s “Overture to Candide”. Tickets:
Adult $6, Students $3, Children 5 and under free. Info at 320-354-2903
or
http://prairiewindsconcertband.com/.
April
29 SMSU Symphonic Band Concert,
7:30 pm, Southwest Minnesota State University Theatre, Marshall.
Part of SMSU’s Fine
Arts Celebration. Information at
www.smsu.edu/today/?articleid=2562
April
30 Harp Studio Recital,
7:30 pm, Southwest Minnesota State University Theatre, Marshall.
Part of SMSU’s Fine Arts Celebration. Information at
www.smsu.edu/today/?articleid=2562
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