Back by popular demand! The Midwest’s Premier Bluegrass and Gospel Quintet Friday, March 11th @ 7:30 p.m. James Mann Center for Performing Arts New York Mills School The Cultural Center is pleased to present Monroe Crossing at the New York Mills School...
Longest Night Music Festival 2015 Please join us at the Center for this year’s Longest Night Music Festival taking place on Monday, December 21 from 7-9 pm. This annual event is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the winter solstice with live music by...
Roots & Americana music duo Saturday, November 14 Pushing Chain was formed in 2012 by Boyd Blomberg and Adam Moe. The duo, which has been performing together in various manifestations since 1997, plays roots and Americana music featuring Boyd on guitar and vocals...
Think-Off Saturday June 13th @ 7pm The Center is bustling with activity this week as we prepare for the 23rd annual Great American Think-Off. The Great Debate will take place on Saturday, June 13th at 7:00pm at the James Mann Center for the Performing Arts at the New...
Saturday, March 7th at 7:30 pm David Stoddard and Beth Wood, accomplished singer/songwriters, will appear at the Cultural Center on Saturday, March 7th at 7:30 pm. Call 218-385-3339 for ticket reservation. Advance sale price is $12, or $15 the night of the concert. ...
Monroe Crossing bluegrass band Minnesota’s premier bluegrass music ensemble will perform at the Cultural Center in New York Mills at 7:30pm on Friday, February 27th. Tickets are available by calling 218-385-3339. Admission is $12 advance sale and $15 the night of the...
Winter Light Festival February 2 Shake off the winter blues and come to the Cultural Center for the 2nd annual Winter Light Festival on Monday, February 2, 2015. All the events are free of charge and everyone is welcome to enjoy the activities from 4 pm to 8 pm. 1. ...
Listen to musicians from around the region at this annual free concert Join us for this free concert as the world turns toward the longer days of spring. A bevy of artists (including Lisa Winter, Fr. Peter Kirchner, John Perry, Dave Virnala, Tyson Cavalier, Todd Voss,...
The Nutcracker Suite – Saturday December 13 Hope you can take time this holiday season to enjoy Tim Sparks’ playing of his arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite here at the Center on Saturday, December 13 at 7:30 pm. Admission is $12 by...
“Las Flamencas” dance, music, song November 22nd “Las Flamencas” unravels the iconic appeal of flamenco women and their legendary art form. Join this journey in and out of satire, sorrow and celebration, inspired by the power, vulnerability,...
Summer Rain: Indian classical music and Western classical new music Wednesday November 12 at the James Mann Center for the Performing Arts at the New York Mills Schools. 7:30 pm. Advance ticket reservations $12 or $15 at the door. $2 additional discount with a...
Fine singing, deft fiddling, and amazing step-dancing Concert Saturday October 11 at 7:30 pm. Call 218-385-3339 to reserve your tickets. Admission is $12 advance or $15 at the door. Bring a donation for the food shelf and receive an additional $2 discount! Free...
A concert with Ann and Charlie Heymann Friday, October 3rd at 7:30 pm “The Jacobite Harp” concert will present a show featuring the world renowned artistry of Minnesota’s own Ann & Charlie Heymann. Their dramatic harp music and poignant ballads are balanced by...
Great entertainment this fall at your Cultural Center Admission $12 advance or $15 at door except as noted Concerts begin at 7:30 pm unless otherwise noted Click on the concert name to read all the details Friday Oct 3 the Jacobite Harp music of Scotland and...
High energy & amazing musicianship in a fusion of newgrass and rock Tickets are $12 advance reservation (call 218-385-3339) or $15 at the door. Student admission is always $5. Doors open at 6:30 pm and concert starts at 7:30. The Galactic Cowboy Orchestra (GCO)...
Eclectic quartet performs on Saturday, February 15 Jelloslave, the two cello, drum and tablas quartet, performs their grooving improvisational music featuring original compositions and an eclectic repertoire that takes the the audience on a journey through time and...
Visiting artist Macelle Mahala is a writer and interdisciplinary theatre and performance artist who currently resides in Stockton, CA. She grew up in the Bemidji area and recalls coming to Cultural Center events with her parents as a teenager. Macelle has worked with...
Finnish language songs from 5 gifted vocalists Saana Ensemble, a five-voice ensemble performing Finnish music, will give a concert at the Center at 7:30 pm on Friday, December 6th. Tickets are available by calling 218-385-3339. Admission is $12 advance reservation...
Oboe, English horn, & double bass Friday November 22 at 7:30 pm Classical, folk, and pop music influence the Vecchione/Erdahl Duo, Carrie Vecchione, oboe/English horn, Rolf Erdahl, double bass. The duo first performed together in 1999 premiering Timothy...
Beware the Vine and Dorthy Fix at the Creamery Come to a masquerade at the Creamery on October 25th at 8pm. Local band Dorthy Fix (featuring Michael Dagen and Amber Fletschock) will open for Beware the Vine for our first ever concert at the Creamery. Cover charge $5...
Concert Friday October 18 7:30 pm For Charlie Maguire, growing up in upstate New York, the die was cast early on: When a friend’s brother joined the Navy and left a guitar behind, a teen-age Charlie borrowed the instrument, paid $2.95 for a book entitled Play...
Cory Wong Jazz Quartet at 7:30 pm Cory may be young, but he has already proven himself to be a standout guitarist/musician in the Twin Cities. Born in Poughkeepsie, New York and raised in Minnesota, Cory has established himself as the go-to guitarist, composer, and...
Saturday September 21 at 7:30 pm This first concert of the 2013 fall season brings a new round of music to the Cultural Center. Admission is $12 advance sale and $15 the night of the concert. Members get a $2 discount, and student admission is always $5. Since the...
Show tunes and classical songs at Trinity Lutheran Church Judi Siirila Paskowitz, soprano from Los Angeles, California, will give a free solo recital featuring show tunes and classical arias on Sunday, July 28, 2013 at 2pm at Trinity Lutheran Church in New York Mills,...
Presenting Visual, Performance, Fiber and Culinary Arts Events Under the Sheltered Structure in front of the 4H Dairy Bar unless noted. Thursday, July 25 12:00-4:00 p.m. Perham Farmers Market. Meet local food producers, learn their techniques, find out when they...
Saturday May 11th at 7:30pm Dana and Eric will be at the Cultural Center for this concert. Admission is $12 advance reservation (218-385-3339) or $15 at the door. Student admission $5. Born in Sandstone, raised in Hibbing, graduating from high school in Duluth, and...
Calendar of concerts for the winter and spring season Welcome to the 2013 winter/spring concert season. Click on title of each concert listed below for more information about each artist and links to webpages. All concerts are at the Cultural Center and begin at...
Think-Off concert Friday, June 7th Larry Long, a Minnesota folk legend, will be coming to the Cultural Center for a return engagement after a bunch of years. We are really pleased to have him back with us-he performed 22 years ago at the first Continental Divide...
Acoustic Alchemy and Fiddle Wizardry Friday April 19th “The Barley Jacks are musicians’ musicians playing seriously good music. If you can sit there and listen to these guys without smiling or tapping your toe, check your pulse.”–Ron Arsenault, Rock...
Call 218-385-3339 to reserve your tickets to this concert by local Minnesota singers Bill and Kate Isles. They hail from Duluth and are on their first trip to New York Mills in more than 7 years. Concert starts at 7:30 pm and admission is $12 advance reservation or...
Friday, March 22nd bluegrass concert at James Mann Center Back this year by popular acclaim is one of Minnesota’s very best bluegrass bands. The concert begins at 7:30 pm at the James Mann Center at the New York Mills school. Admission is $12 by advance...
Two singer-songwriters for a March 8th concert Friday, March 8th at 7:30 pm at the Center. Call 218-385-3339 for ticket reservation. Advance sale price is $12, or $15 the night of the concert. Student admission is $5 and anyone who brings a donation for the Mills...
“diva of the Dakotas” Saturday, February 9th Andra Suchy and her husband Andrew are giving a concert at the Center in New York Mills on Saturday, February 9th at 7:30pm. Tickets are available by calling the Center at 218-385-3339. Admission is $12...
“Devotees of new music, of whatever provenance, should keep a close eye on this accomplished, ambitious band” -Larry Fuchsberg, Minneapolis Star Tribune Ensemble 61, a six-member new and experimental classical music group from Minneapolis, will perform Water Music at...
Acclaimed autoharpist Bryan Bowers Tuesday, January 8th at 7:30pm. Tickets available by calling 218-285-3339. Admission is $12 advance sale and $15 the night of the concert. Student admission is $5. Tell us at the door that you read about this concert in our...
Enjoy a musical odyssey to Old Ireland with the Paddy Keenan Concert Saturday, November 17th in New York Mills at the Cultural Center. Mr. Keenan plays the uilleann pipes, the Irish bellows-blown bagpipes. This is one of the oldest of Irish musical instruments, and...
From Sweden: all girl punk band “Kraa” 7:30 pm The Nordic Arts Alliance made the connections that bring this special band of six young women to New York Mills from their homes in Sweden. This concert promises to be an amazing introduction to contemporary Scandinavian...
Friday, September 21 – Alison Scott and her five-piece indie band Tickets: call 218-385-3339. Tickets purchased before the night of the concert $12; $15 at the door; students $5; members $2 discount. Click image to visit Alison’s website. Alison Scott is the...
Volunteers are truly amazing. Volunteer labor helped make the renovation of the two-story gallery building possible with limited financial resources. And all along the 22 year history of the Center volunteers have brought the vision of the Center to life. There...
Aaron Simmons Concert 4/20/24
Winter/Spring 2024 Workshops @ the Cultural Center
Celebrating Cultures 2024
Art for Lunch 2024
Open Mic is BACK this Spring 2024!
Spring 2024 Youth Ballet at the Cultural Center
2024 Winter/Spring Performing Arts Series
2024 Great American Think-Off Question Announced
New York Mills Welcoming Communities 2024
Sit ‘n’ Stitch 2024
In the Gallery: Borgreen’s Butenhoff Boys – March 2024
Corey Medina & Brothers Return to NYM 4/12/24
“The Night Before Gettysburg” Performance 3/6/24
POSTPONED: Puzzle Party FUNdraiser
Ruckus in the Bearbrush Concert 3/23/24
Good Morning Bedlam Concert 3/2/24 – POSTPONED
Comedians Jason Schommer & Jodie Maruska 2/10/24
In the Gallery: Local Legends – Feb 2024
Dennis Warner in New York Mills January 2024
The Eclectics Bluegrass Concert 12/8/23
2023 Great American Think-Off Finalist Essays
2023 Great American Think-Off Weekend
2023 Great American Think-Off Finalists Announced
2023 Great American Think-Off Question Announced
2022 Great American Think-Off Results