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Julie Belz and her daughter hold up a quilt for the audience of nearly 40 people to see. The audience often erupted with gasps and made comments such as "wow" and "beautiful." Ashley Rezachek/RiverTown Multimedia
Art

Sewing to solve a mystery

Author Sheila O'Connor will be at the Red Wing library on Saturday, Feb. 29 to talk about her new book: "Evidence of V: A Novel in Fragments, Facts, and Fiction." Photo provided by O'Connor.
Books

Uncovering a nearly forgotten past

Theater

Sheldon Theatre executive director takes a final bow

Creative writing students at Minnesota State College Southeast are featured in the school's first annual literature magazine titled "Highway 61, Revised." Photo provided by MSC Southeast.
Books

New year, new literature magazine for Minnesota State College Southeast

A Big Turn Music Festival venue sign sits outside of the Christ Episcopal Church. Photo by Rachel Fergus/RiverTown Multimedia.
New Articles

Big Turn Music Festival: Day 1

Residents from in and around Hastings gathered at the River Lofts on Monday, Feb. 3, to talk about growing arts and culture in the community. Photo by Rachel Fergus/RiverTown Multimedia.
Art

Hastings works to maintain, increase creative economy

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When Matilda's classmate Bruce (Issac Johnson) steals a piece of Headmistress Trunchbull's cake, he is forced to eat the rest of the cake in front of his fellow students. His classmates cheer him on as he devours the cake. From left: Issac Johnson, Aaron Frier, Dyson Heschke, Matthew Steffenhagen, Josie Brickey and Marshall Laidlaw. Photo by Rachel Fergus/RiverTown Multimedia.
Art

Review: 'Matilda' makes you gasp aloud

Lindsey Cherek’s self-portrait (lower left) and a painting she titled “She, Her, Hers” will be part of a new exhibit opening Jan. 25 at the Anderson Center in Red Wing. Ruth Nerhaugen / Contributor
Art

Portraits, vessels spotlighted in Tower View shows

One lucky survey participant will win the original watercolor "Behind City Hall" by Andy Evansen.
Art

HPAAC teams up with urban geographer to create an arts and cultural plan

Bonnie Schock (second from left) has worked as the executive director of the Sheldon Theatre since 2015. During her time in Red Wing, the Sheldon was restored and revitalized. Schock was joined by Minnesota Senate member Micheal Goggin (left) from district 21, Red Wing Mayor Sean Dowse and Minnesota House of Representatives 21A Representative Barb Haley for the theater's official reopening ribbon cutting in 2018. Photo by Rachel Fergus/RiverTown Multimedia.
Art

Leadership change at Sheldon Theatre

Jill Oakes of Bemidji created "Snowdrifts 17" to accompany the poem "Snowdrifts" by Kit Rohrbach of Rochester. The works were part of the 2019 Poet Artist Collaboration. Photo provided by Red Wing Arts.
Art

Poetry meets art in Red Wing this year

A mythical phoenix bird hugs the earth in Carolyn Hanson’s artwork, which is touring the country as part of the Sister Cities International 2019 Young Artists and Authors Showcase. The exhibit can be seen at the Red Wing Arts Depot Jan. 11-27, 2020.
Art

International youth art showcase coming to Red Wing Depot

This piece is "RETURN OF WAKÍŊYAŊ" by Marlena Myles for the "If This Bluff Could Talk" series. Myles explains in her artist statement that WAKÍŊYAŊ are thunder beings, "which mark the return of spring and rejuvenation of life." Photo by Marlena Myles.
Art

If this bluff could talk

The Spirit of Christmas Past takes Scrooge to his boyhood school. Submitted photo
Art

Christmas spirits visit Spring Valley Theatre

Pollinator Park features this statue of a butterfly, a piece of public art. The arts and culture commission that the city plans to create in 2020 will work, in part, to promote more public art in Red Wing. Photo by Rachel Fergus/RiverTown Multimedia.
Government and Politics

Red Wing will create an arts, culture commission

Art

Pieces aplenty raise funds at UW-River Falls art sale

Goodhue County Commissioner Paul Drotos (left) looks at the early work Dec. 4 of Jeremy Lunn (right) and his team from Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc. to restore the paintings in the county's Government Center rotunda. Rachel Fergus/RiverTown Multimedia.
Government and Politics

Goodhue County begins restoring the rotunda

Colleen Cosgrove has entered "Kaleidoscope Sky." an oil painting measuring 9 by 12 inches, for "Small Works3" at Red Wing Arts. The exhibit runs through Dec. 29, 2019. Submitted photo
Art

‘Small Works’ featured in big numbers at Red Wing Arts

A Christmas gnome welcomes visitors to the Anderson Center residence. Visitors at the Holiday Celebration on Dec. 7, 2019, are invited to tour the house, where all rooms will be decorated for the holidays. Ruth Nerhaugen / Contributor
Art

Anderson Center home tour added to Holiday Celebration

A grant of $70,000 for the Sheldon Theatre was announced by the Minnesota State Arts Board on Monday, Nov. 18. The funds will be used for the 2020/2021 season's "Enlighten Series." RiverTown Multimedia stock photo.
Art

Red Wing area arts groups receive more than $100,000 in grants

November Artist of the Month Mary Franz performed at the Nov. 12 Cottage Grove Arts Commission meeting. William Loeffler/RiverTown Multimedia
News

Singer, poet and four painters honored in Cottage Grove