Window to the World: Italy Workshops

These workshops are open and FREE to everyone (16+) who is craving a cultural dynamic right here at home! March 5:  Architecture of Italy.  We will look at the development of architecture in Italy and then have some fun building our own structures out of paper and...

Musical Stylings and Book Reading

Artist of the Month   Helen Lapakko singer / author / songwriter   Helen’s career started in corrections, as a probation officer, chemical dependency specialist, and director of an alternative sentencing program.  As a hobby, she wrote monologues and...

May Artist of the Month!

The Cultural Center Gift Store proudly presents its “Artist of the Month” program, in it’s second month, which will feature a new Gift Store artist each month with special deals and activities. The program’s intent is to bring attention to the myriad of talented...

Visiting Artist Jhon Sanchez

Even though current visiting artist Jhon Sanchez has been writing since he was a child, as an adult, the process of discovering the English language has helped him to develop his creativity. He came from Colombia in 1998, seeking asylum because the practice of his...

Open Mic Night

Looking for something different to do on a Tuesday night? Come to the Cultural Center every 4th Tuesday of the month at 7:00pm for our monthly Open Mic Night. Open Mic is always FREE and open to all. ALL are welcome – musicians, poets, writers, jugglers,...

Visiting Artist Alyse Knorr

Just a week and a half and more than 30 pages of new poetry after arriving from Anchorage, Alaska, artist-in-residence Alyse Knorr is settling in quite nicely.  Alyse will be here until June 4th, and will spend her time both in writing new pieces and in editing past...

Visiting Artist Reception & Reading: John Toren

Please join us on Tuesday, October 8th at 7:30pm at the Cultural Center for a Welcome Reception and Reading by current visiting artist John Toren, an author from Minneapolis. John is our artist-in-residence for the first couple of weeks in October. During this casual...

Welcome March Artist-in-Residence

Visiting New York Mills in March is Brooke Bullman, a fiction writer from Alabama. Brooke writes about the South, the natural world, and family. Her short fiction has been published in The Louisville Review. While a resident at NYM, Brooke is finalizing a draft of her...