Make Music Day

Celebrate the longest day of the year with “Make Music Day”!

“Make Music Day” is a celebration of music around the world. Soloists and bands will perform at local parks throughout the day.

Join the fun on Thursday, 21 Jun 2018 from 7:00 AM to 9:30 PM

Fourteen hours, ten bands, 5 parks, 0 dollars. It’s Make Music Day, a worldwide celebration of music held on the longest day of summer. Come for one band or make a day of it and explore Hastings to see them all. Check the event listing for times and locations.

All ages are welcome. Cost: FREE

Visit www.hastingsmn.gov/programsandevents to learn about the performances, locations & times.

Blackout Comedy Improv – Special Presentation

Learn, laugh and celebrate Hastings’ black history

You are invited to “Building Bridges in Hastings – Our Black History” 2:00 p.m., Saturday, Feb 24 at the Hastings High School Auditorium.

This event is part of Hastings Black History Month. “The program will include a Readers’ Theatre dramatizing our black history and a performance by Blackout Improv, a professional black improvisational theatre group from Minneapolis.” Read More

Sponsored by: HPAAC, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, St. Philip’s Lutheran Church, Lakeside Cemetery, Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, and Resurrection United Methodist Church

For more info visit www.lakesidecem.org or Facebook: Building Bridges in Hastings

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Hastings High School
200 General Sieben Dr.
Hastings, MN 55033

Meet the Author – Geoffrey Saign

WhipEye Chronicles-award-winning urban fantasy thrillers

Author Geoffrey Saign

Meet award-winning author Geoffrey Saign this evening at the Robert Trail Library, Rosemount at 6:30pm.

Geoffrey is the author of the fiction series: WhipEye, Gorgon and Drasine

WhipEye is WINNER 2015 International Book Awards, Outstanding Children’s Fiction and Finalist 2016 Midwest Book Awards

WhipEye Book

Tuesday, March 21, 6:30 p.m.
Robert Trail Library
14395 S Robert Trl
Rosemount, MN 55068

More info:

Rosemount Area Arts Council

Author Geoffrey Saign

Meet the Author – Jon Oleson

EVENT POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER!!!

What Legacy Are We Giving Our Kids?

You are invited to meet author John Oleson on February 23 at BreakAway Café.

What Legacy Are We Giving Our Kids? looks into the corners and crevices of American life—the everyday dynamics where Oleson sees legacies being created and why he suggests what we hand down depends on the values we display in front of our kids and our neighbor’s kids.

The Meet the Author event will include a book reading and book signing.

Thursday, February 23
7:00 – 8:30 Presentation

BreakAway Café
111 East 3rd Street
Hastings, MN 55033
Café 651-437-3739
Studio 651-437-3779

More info: www.MyBreakAwayCafe.com and www.BreakAwayArts.com

“Zingers Improv” Performances

You are invited to experience 30 minutes of fast-paced Black Dirt Theater Zingers Improv at BreakAway Café.

“This event is for audience members to be able to get bite size fun for a half hour, and to get a bit of food.”

February 3rd, 2017 – 7 pm & 8 pm

FREE Event – you do not need tickets for this event, free will donations will be accepted at the door

First Friday Nights @ BreakAway Café

BreakAway Café

111 E 3rd St. Hastings MN

651-437-3739

More info:
www.blackdirttheater.com

www.BreakAwayArts.com
www.MyBreakAwayCafe.com

HPAAC Writers Group – February

Facilitated by Diane Saed, the Hastings Prescott Area Arts Council’s (HPAAC) writers’ group meets monthly, 1^st Tuesdays, 6:30-8:15 at the LeDuc Historic Estate. The next meeting will be Tuesday, February 7^t^h.

Check HPAAC/Literary arts for additional information.

You need not be an experienced writer or a professional to attend. All are welcome.

Writers are encouraged to bring reading suggestions, share their writing, and discuss the issues or joys they have encountered while writing. Each class is structured into three segments:

Sharing of what participants have read and recommend
Writing from a prompt provided by Diane
Sharing what they have written (only if participants wish to do so)
Visiting authors are frequently invited to share their viewpoints on writing, editing,
Writers Examples

“Meet the Author” – Terry Kerber

Robert Trail Library is hosting Author Terry Kerber on Tuesday, January 17 at 6:30 pm.

Kerber is co-author of “Major Taylor: The Inspiring Story of a Black Cyclist and the Men Who Helped Him Achieve Worldwide Fame.”

This event is part of the ongoing “Meet the Author” series presented by the Rosemount Area Arts Council.

Admission is free to the talk.

Robert Trail Library
14395 S. Robert Trail
Rosemount, MN 55068

2016 Pleasant Hill Gingerbread House Contest

Visit the Pleasant Hill Library and vote for your favorite Gingerbread house!

Dates: December 3, 2016 – December 10, 2016

You can enter your own creation or come to enjoy the display and vote for your favorites. This friendly competition is free and open to all amateur bakers. You may enter as a team, an individual or family – you choose!

Pickup rules and registration forms in advance at the Pleasant Hill Library.

Winners will be announced during the Bells of the Bluffs concert at the Library on December 8 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm.

Pleasant Hill Library
1490 S. Frontage Rd
Hastings MN 55033

“Bringing in the Holidays” Art Exhibit

You are cordially invited to Meet & Greet Artists at two Receptions!

Orange Dragon Art Gallery will hold this month’s reception on Friday, November 11 from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
Next month: Friday, December 9 from 5 to 7:30 p.m.

If you are not able to attend the receptions, you are welcome to visit the gallery during their regular hours.

Bring your family and friends to discover unique art creations, and do a little early holiday shopping.

The “Bringing in the Holidays” art exhibit runs:
November 9-December 24

Orange Dragon Art Gallery Hours:
Wednesday – Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
122 Orange Street
Prescott, Wisconsin 54021

Top Minnesota Artists Paint Hastings/Prescott En Plein Air

Discover top local artists!

art by Andy Evansen On Saturday, October 1, fourteen of the top landscape painters in the state will be painting En Plein Air (in the open air) in Hastings and Prescott from approximately 8:30 am to 3:30 pm.

The public is invited to attend a reception to view their completed paintings at Evansen Art Studio from 5 to 6 pm. Some of the artists will be available to discuss their work and answer questions.

These high quality original paintings of the two communities will be available in the auction at the HPAAC Gala on November 4. Artists will set a price on each painting which will serve as an opening bid for the auction. If anyone is interested in purchasing a painting at the flat price set by the artist prior to going on the auction block, the October 1 reception is the only opportunity.

List of participating artists:

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Free Reception and Viewing Location:
Evansen Art Studio
202 Second St., Suite 100
Hastings MN 55033