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Memoir Writing Workshop

Thursday, October 25, 2018 @12-1:30pm
Taught by Visiting Artist Glenda Reed
Held at Cultural Center
Open to All!

NYM Community Halloween Fun

Saturday October 27th
Free Kids Party 3-5pm
Bowling Fun 5-9pm
Thanks NYM C&C!

Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass–Illuminated

Saturday, November 3rd @ 7:30 p.m.
Patrick Scully as Walt Whitman
Solo Theater Performance

Art For Lunch Fall 2018

First Thursdays @ noon
Only $3 (for supplies)!
Dec 6: Metal Embossed Ornament

SimpleGifts with Billy McLaughlin: A Small Town Christmas

Minnesota’s Modern Old-World Sound
Thursday, December 13 @7:30pm
Held @ Cultural Center in NYM
Tickets on Sale NOW!

Longest Night Music Festival 2018

Friday, December 21 @ 7pm
Free community event
Local musicians
All are welcome!

SongBlast Dueling Guitars to Rock NYM!

SongBlast Dueling Guitars
Friday, January 18, 2019
Tickets ON SALE NOW!

Culinary Archaeologist Daniel Serra

“Taste of the Past” Community Brunch
Saturday, October 6 @10am-1pm
Held at NYM Senior Center
Free to Attend & Open to All

Ken Burns’ Pianist Jacqueline Schwab Concert & Workshop

Concert Tues, Oct 9 @ Trinity Church
Featuring NYMHS Band & Choir Students
Concert is Free & Open to All
Workshop Mon, Oct 8 @ Cultural Center
Call to Register for Workshop

5th Annual Little Big Year

Birding Group
2017-18 Finale + 2018-19 Kick-Off
Friday, September 14 @ 7pm
Join now, just $10!

Window to the World: Italy Travel Experience

Travel Experience to Italy!
Travel Dates: June 21-July 2, 2019
LAST CHANCE! 2 spots left
FINAL Registration Deadline Sept 15, 2018!

Painters, Inkers, and Tattoo Lines

In the Gallery August 1 – September 15
Free to See & Open to All
Interactive Community Painting
Add your Tattoo to the Show!

Weaving Waters Fiber Arts Trail 2018

September 20-22, 2018
Bill & Kate Isles Concert
Two Fiber Art Workshops
Ripping the Seams Exhibit & Reception
Quilt Documentation Day

Noa Fort Piano Concert

THIS Saturday, Sept 8th @ 7:30pm
Visiting Artist Pop-Up Concert
Free to Attend & Open to All

Discovering Our Heritage: Finnish Log Construction-The Art

A Lecture by Frank Eld
Finlandia Foundation National Lecturer of the Year 2018-2019
Monday, September 10, 2018 @ 7pm

Bill & Kate Isles Concert

Saturday, September 22, 2018 @7:30pm
Acoustic Singer/Songwriter Duo
Held during Weaving Waters Fiber Arts Trail Weekend

Preschool Creative Play Day

Wednesday, August 29, 11am-noon
For children ages 5 & under
Music & Art Activities
Free to Attend!

Quilt Documentation Day

September 22, 2018, 10am-4pm
Call for Appointment
Limit 3 quilts per person
MN Quilt Project Partnership

Fall Yoga 2018

Sept-Dec 2018
Senior/Gentle Yoga with Ann Wednesdays
Yoga Flow with Wendy 1st & 3rd Thursdays
Drop-ins Welcome!

2018 Open Mic

2nd Thursdays from 7-9pm
Free & Open to All
Back @ the Center this Fall!
Thursday, November 8, 2018
NO OPEN MIC in December 2018

Kalevala Puppet Pageant 2018

Large-Scale Community Street Theatre
2 FREE Performances!
Friday, August 17 @7pm in NYM
Saturday, August 18 @3pm in Perham

2018-19 Just for Kix Youth Dance

Weekly on Wednesdays
For ages Pre-K – 3rd grade
Begins September 12, 2018

Volunteer Spotlight

Volunteer Recognition Program
Thanks to Dorothy Eskeli
We Love Our Volunteers!
Click to Get Involved

Think-Off 2018 on Video

Watch the 2018 Great American Think-Off Here:

2018 Regional Art Show

Reception Friday June 29, 6-8pm
Live music by Mary Marshall, Jazz Pianist
Free Light Refreshments & Cash Bar
Free to Attend & Open to All!

2018 Fish House Festival

Friday, July 6th
Buy your $10 Raffle Tickets Today!
@Center, F&M Bank, Cenex in NYM
@Genes Sports Shop & PS I Love You in Perham

Desdamona Concert & Outdoor Event

Friday, July 27, 2018 @ 7:30pm
Outdoors @ NYM VFW
Tickets just $10!
NYM Education Foundation Bean Bag Tourney before Concert
Food & drinks for sale by VFW

Old Time Dance

Saturday, July 7 @ 7pm
Family Friendly, All are Welcome
Dances Taught, No Experience Necessary
Free to Attend!

Open Mic Summer 2018 Around Town!

2nd Thursdays from 7-9pm
Free & Open to All
Summer 2018 Around Town:
August 9 @ Backwoods BBQ

Sundae + Mr. Goessl

Vintage Jazz Duo
Concert @ Cultural Center
Friday, June 15, 2018
Get Tickets Now!

Marah in the Mainsail

In Concert
Thursday, June 28 @7:30pm
$15 | $12 | $5

Hungrytown in Concert!

Saturday, Aug 11 @7:30pm
Vermont Folk Duo
Co-presented with Friends of the NYM Library
Concert held @ Cultural Center

New Day & Times for Sit-n-Stitch

Weekly Gathering of Fiber Artists
Now on Thursdays!
2 Sessions: noon-2pm and 5-7pm
Free to Attend & Open to All!

America’s Greatest Thinker for 2018 is…

Anthony Berryhill of Austin, TX! Runner-up Armchair Philosopher, Mark Bland of Virginia Beach, VA, out-argued Rudy San Miguel of New Orleans, LA to advance to the final round of debate, wherein Anthony Berryhill took the prize! Before debating Bland, Berryhill first...

2018 Think-Off Finalist Essays

The four finalists for the 2018 Great American Think-Off are (in alphabetical order): Tonya Abari of Nashville, TN; Anthony Berryhill of Austin, TX; Mark Bland of Virginia Beach, VA; and Rudy San Miguel of New Orleans, LA. Berryhill won the debate on June 9, while...