Past Events From The Cultural Center
Annual Winter Fundraiser: Gather, Support, Connect!
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Held @ NYM City Hall Ballroom
Free to Attend & Open to ALL!
Celebrating 30 Years on Main Avenue in 2022
Gallery Exhibit
Open Nov 9 – Dec 3
All are Welcome!
Galactic Cowboy Orchestra Concert 10/27/22
Thursday, October 27, 2022
7:30pm @ Cultural Center
Fall Concert Series Continues
$10 advanced | $12 door | $5 students
2022 Community Kids’ Halloween Party
Kids Halloween Party
Saturday October 29, 2022
@ Noon – 3:00 p.m.
FREE to Attend!
Age 10 & Under
Curtis & Loretta Album Release Tour Concert 11/3/22
Curtis & Loretta
Original Folk Music
Friday November 15 @ 7:30PM
Sachiko “La Chayí” Live Flamenco Music & Dance Performance 10/12/22
COLORES FLAMENCOS
Live Music & Dance
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Performance 7:30PM, Doors @ 7:00
In the Gallery: Michael Weatherly Prints
September 14 – October 15, 2022
Reception 10/14 @ 4-6PM
Gallery Free to Visit & Open to All
Amanda Standalone Album Release Concert 10/15/22
Live Music @ NYMRCC
Fall Concert Series Continues!
Sat, Oct 15, 2022 @ 7:30PM
“Moving Words” NYM Library Event @ Cultural Center 10/24/22
Moving Words: Author Discussion
Mon, Oct 24 | 6:30 p.m.
Hosted by NYM Public Library
Held at NYM Cultural Center
Free | Registration not required
Jukebox Time Machine: A Musical Experience 9/10/22
September 10, 2022 @ 7:30pm
Fall Live Music Kick-Off!
Join us at the Cultural Center
In the Gallery: “The Figure, Refigured”
August 10 – September 10, 2022
Artists Robyn Olson, Lori Charest, Anne Sawyer
Gallery Open to All
Fall 2022 Youth Ballet at the Cultural Center
Ballet for Pre-K – 4th graders!
Classes in upstairs loft studio
Wednesday afternoons
12-week session Sept 21 – Dec 14
Sit ‘n’ Stitch 2022
Weekly Gathering of Fiber Artists
Now on Thursdays @ 5-7PM!
(Note NEW time – 2 hours weekly!)
Free to Attend & Open to All
2022 Great American Think-Off Honorable Mentions Essays
29th Great American Think-Off
Honorable Mention Essays
Read them Here!
2022 Fish House Festival in New York Mills, MN
8th Annual Festival
Friday, July 8, 2022
Fun in the Street & Gallery
Family Friendly & Open to All
2022 Great American Think-Off Results
Blaine Rada is America’s Greatest Thinker!
Audience Votes: Social Responsibility is More Important than Personal Choice
National Night Out in NYM August 2, 2022
National Night Out
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
4PM – 6PM
Free & Open to ALL!
2022 Kalevala Puppet Pageant
Large-scale community theater
Seeking participants, volunteers, donors!
2 FREE performances!
Fri, Aug 19 @ NYM VFW
Sat, Aug 20 @ Finn Creek
Window to the World: Finland Trip 2022
Window to the World
Travel Dates: Sept 15-26, 2022
FREE Workshop open to ALL:
August 24: Finnish Culture & Food
2022 Great American Think-Off Finalist Essays
29th Great American Think-Off
Which should be more important:
personal choice or social responsibility?
Read the 4 Finalist Essays Here!
Bookends Online Edition: Summer/Fall 2022
Monthly on the Second Saturday
Brought to you by the Wadena County Historical Society and Travelin’ Storyseller
Spring Into Summer 2022: Celebrating Cultures
Community Art Event
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
@ NYM Sculpture Park / Barn
2022 Great American Think-Off Debate June 11 & Kick-Off June 10
29th Great American Think-Off
Saturday, June 11th @ 7pm
Get tickets now!
Kick-Off Friday June 10th
Join the fun!
Artist-in-Residence Dr. Ramona Lee Pérez
Current Visiting Artist
May 2022
From NM to MN
2022 Adult Regional Art Show: When the Work is Done
In the Gallery
May 25 – July 2, 2022
Free to See & Open to All
Art in Your Park Summer 2022
Free art for kids!
Join us in your parks
Dates & locations vary
Click for details!
2022 Great American Think-Off Finalists Announced
29th Great American Think-Off
Live Debate June 11, 2022
Tickets on sale now!
“Kitchen Saints” by Artist Kandace Creel Falcón in the Gallery April/May 2022
April 23 – May 21, 2022
MN Artist Kandace Creel Falcón
Free & Open to All
“HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr” Performance 4/13/22
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
6:00 – 7:00 PM
One-Woman Performance
Visiting Artist Heather Massie
2022 Annual Meeting
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Open to All
Begins @ 5:30 p.m.
Root River Jam Concert 4/2/22
Americana Roots Live Music
Saturday April 2, 2022
@ 7:30PM
Think-Off Essays Due April 1
Think-Off Deadline Coming Soon!
Submit Essay by April 1st
No fee to enter
Four finalists each win $500 & weekend in NYM for the live debate!
In the Gallery: In Tandem – new works by Valentine & Callahan
Artists Nancy XiáoRong Valentine and Amanda Callahan
March 2 – April 2, 2022
Free to See & Open to All!
Last week to see!
Ben Ranson Concert 4/23/22
Local Live Music
Saturday, April 23, 2022
@ 7:30 p.m.
Harp and Flute Duo Concert 3/3/22
Thursday, March 3, 2022
@ 7:30PM
Linda Chatterton, Flute
Rachel Brandwein, Harp
Aby Wolf + Champagne Confetti in New York Mills 3/11/22
MSAB Arts on Tour Residency
RESCHEDULED Public Concert March 11, 2022 @ 7:30PM
Good Morning Bedlam Concert 2/19/22
Furious Folk LIVE!
Back by Popular Demand
Saturday, February 19
Music @ 7:30 PM
“In Memory Of” Gallery Exhibit + New Memorial Tree Mural
Illinois Folk Artist Leonora
In the Gallery Feb 2-26, 2022
Free to see & open to ALL
Kicks Off New Memorial Tree
Dylan Doyle Band Returns to NYM 2/12/22
2022 Concert Kick-Off!
Saturday February 12
Music @ 7:30PM
2022 Youth Ballet at the Cultural Center
Ballet for Pre-K – 4th graders!
Classes in 2nd floor loft studio
Wednesday afternoons
16-week session 2/2 – 5/18/22