ARTS
Jazz pianist coming to Wadena
Paul Asaro is known as one of the finest of a select group of pianists who perform the demanding, two-handed piano styles, including the Stride piano of Fats Waller, the New Orleans styles of Jelly Roll Morton, the ragtime of Scott Joplin and Eubie Blake, plus stomps, boogie-woogie and swing.
November 13, 2009
‘Theory of Mind’ probes Asperger’s
The play “Theory of Mind” will be presented by Mixed Blood Theatre at the New York Mills Cultural Center at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 20.November 13, 2009
Madhatters perform as Wadena’s greatest women
Madhatters will portray some “Women Who Shaped Wadena” with a Pilgrim Tea from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5 at the Wadena County Historical Society.October 30, 2009
Former PJ editor writes ‘Snowbound’
A former editor of the Wadena Pioneer Journal has written a suspense novel under the pen name A.J. Questenberg. Joyce Ritacco has written “Snowbound,” a book set in northern Minnesota, where she now lives.October 23, 2009
Mayors and murals
Murals of Minnesota organizer Dave Evert, left, gives a group of mayors and their wives a tour last Friday of the art that lines Wadena’s alleys. From left, Sarah Stiehm, Austin Mayor Tom Stiehm, Rochester Mayor Ardell Brede, Judy Brede and Wadena Mayor Wayne Wolden.
By Sara Hacking , August 05, 2009
Madhatters camp
For the past two weeks, local kids have been attending the Madhatters Summer Drama camp in Wadena.
By Jessica Sly , August 05, 2009
Robertson painting a new vision of community arts
Jamie Robertson said he sees the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center as a small part of our larger society.
By Heidi Kratzke , July 30, 2009
Ownership and maintenance of murals in question
What is and is not a sign and who exactly owns the murals in the Murals of Minnesota project are some of the questions the city of Wadena is asking after the city-wide art project was recently completed.By Sara Hacking , July 22, 2009
Artists to be recognized in Wadena’s Murals of Minnesota History dedication
Dee Skogen, Gail Leverson and Madeline Ramirez will be among the 40 talented artists recognized on June 27 during the dedication of Wadena’s Murals of Minnesota History Project.By Nancy Leasman , June 17, 2009
Ament spent 6 months painting farm mural
Wadena-Deer Creek High School senior Emily Ament spent six months painting an 8-foot-by-12-foot mural for the Wadena Alley Arts Project that depicts farming — a subject that’s close to her heart.
By Dana Pavek , June 03, 2009
Five murals added to the Alley Arts program
Five new murals have been mounted in Wadena this spring, thanks to the volunteer help of Chuck Richards, his grand sons Jake and Shawn and Tim Nieminen, according to Alley Arts coordinator Dave Evert.
June 03, 2009
Your Letter: Alley Arts mural project update
The final 10 murals will be installed in the coming weeks. Some of this art is simply breathtaking. You will not only be treated to some stunning art, you will have a new feature to this lovely town well worth bragging about. More than 300 individuals have already worked on this project or given generous donations of time and money and all of those will be publicly recognized in a dedication ceremony planned for June 27. We would like to include you.By David Evert, Art Director Alley Arts Institute , April 15, 2009
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