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HPAAC Virtual Gala – 27 Sep

Check out interviews, and view a short video!

YOU ARE INVITED!

The Hastings Prescott Area Arts Council will host their 8th Annual Gala on Sunday, September 27th, beginning at 5:30 pm. The event will look a little different this year!

Would you like to hear more?

If you would like to find out more about this upcoming event, HPAAC President KATHY O’KEEFE has all the details:

KDWA interview: Click here for audio

newspaperWould you like to read more?

This week’s Pierce County’s Journal offers more details on the event. Check out the  Article

Would you like to see more?

Find out more about HPAAC and our mission by watching this short video in preparation for the gala.

HPAAC supports many arts related causes in the Hastings – Prescott area. These include Art and Music Scholarships for students, Tuesday Coffee Concerts, Lumin Theatre Lab, Summer SPARK Program, Orange Dragon Art Gallery, River Valley Band, Local Arts Heroes recognition, among others. Your contributions make all these possible. No act of generosity is too small to make a difference.

To shop our online auction items, please visit HPAAC Gala’s special website and register today!

REGISTRATION IS FREE!

 

 

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HPAAC Auction – Wine & Spirits Pull Game

Everyone’s a winner!

Balvenie WhiskyYou are a winner in this wine and spirits pull game. For a “Buy It Now” fee of $20, you will automatically win a randomly selected bottle of wine, pack of beer, or a bottle of liquor, priced anywhere from $13 – $100.

Yes, there is a bottle of 14 year old “The Balvenie” single malt scotch whisky (worth over $100), two bottles of Kentucky Bourbon, Vodka, Gin and other spirits, various high end Wines, Craft Beers and even a case of New Glarus Spotted Cow beer!

You’ll find out what you won when you pick up your bottle after the event!

The pull selection includes 30 bottles of wine, 20 bottles of liquor, and 10 packs of beer. Good luck!

REGISTRATION IS FREE!

HPAAC supports many arts related causes in the Hastings – Prescott area. These include Art and Music Scholarships for students, Tuesday Coffee Concerts, Lumin Theatre Lab, Summer SPARK Program, Orange Dragon Art Gallery, River Valley Band, Local Arts Heroes recognition, among others. Your contributions make all these possible. No act of generosity is too small to make a difference.

The auction is LIVE. To shop our online auction items, please visit HPAAC Gala’s special website and register today!

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HPAAC Fundraising Auction

Be the first to bid and win a great vacation!

Let’s start bidding TODAY!

Check out the many wonderful donated auction items at our Gala site and bid for your favorite items.

Registration is Free. Start bidding immediately on your favorite travel, art, hands-on experiences, merchandise, and food items.

Travel experiences include: 

  • Week at Sedona Pines Resort
  • Charleston, SC Romantic Vacation
  • Sensational Resorts in Mexico
  • Enjoy Victoria’s Elegance at the Fairmont Empress
  • New England Retreat
  • Asheville’s, NC Eclectic and Sophisticated Pleasures
  • Sonoma Winery Vacation
  • Scottsdale’s Desert Oasis (Golfer’s and Spa Goer’s Paradise Getaway)
  • Mexico Riviera Awaits You

Not ready to travel? How about bidding on Emily’s Bakery – Pie a Month or an Authentic Mexican Meal for 10.

To view and bid on all items go to HPAAC 2020 Online Auction

Thank you for your support of HPAAC and all of our worthwhile programs supporting the Arts and Culture in the Hastings and Prescott Area.

The auction will close at the conclusion of the HPAAC Virtual Fundraising Gala on Sunday, 27 Sep.

Free Registration 

 

 

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HPAAC Virtual Fundraising gala

SAVE THE DATE! 

You’re invited to Hastings Prescott Area Arts Council’s (HPAAC) 8th Annual Gala on September 27th from 6 to 7 p.m.

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Quick preview of upcoming auction items … 

HPAAC supports many arts related causes in the Hastings – Prescott area. These include Art and Music Scholarships for students, Tuesday Coffee Concerts, Lumin Theatre Lab, Summer SPARK Program, Orange Dragon Art Gallery, River Valley Band, Local Arts Heroes recognition, among others. Your contributions make all these possible. No act of generosity is too small to make a difference.

Since our beginning in 2008, we have provided more opportunities for the arts and humanities to thrive through three main impact areas: Funding Scholarships, Developing Local Partnerships, and Advancing Arts Programming.

It is through your support of HPAAC and participation in the Friends Along the River Gala that these efforts continue. Thank you for joining us!

REGISTRATION IS FREE!

We look forward to having you join us from the comfort of your own home on Sunday, September 27th from 6 to – 7 p.m. as we celebrate the arts!

To learn more about the event and to shop our online auction items, please visit HPAAC Gala’s special website and register today!

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Poetry Contest

Do you like to create poetry?

The Dakota County library is hosting a Poetry contest throughout the month of April. Winning poets will be announced in May, and their poems will be published on Dakota County Library’s website and social media channels. The top three poems in each age category will be awarded prizes.

“Embrace your inner poet by entering our annual Poetry Contest during National Poetry Month. Haiku, free verse, odes and sonnets — whatever your poetry style, poets of all ages are encouraged to submit original poems from April 1–30.”

Contest Highlights:

Poems were judged in various age groups:

Poems must be your original work.

Only one entry per person.

The poem length should be no longer than two pages.

The poem should be authored by a single person.

How to enter: complete the entry form and email it along with your poem to library.programs@co.dakota.mn.us by 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, April 30, 2020.

For more information, email libraryprograms@co.dakota.mn.us or call 651-450-2965 or click on link below:

Contest information

 

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HPAAC Gala is POSTPONED!!!

The HPAAC 8th Annual Fundraising Gala originally scheduled for April 23, 2020 is POSTPONED.

HPAAC is deeply concerned about the spread and the impact of COVID-19. In an effort to maintain the health and safety of our community, we are postponing our upcoming fundraising gala.

As soon as the new date is established, it will be announced to the community.

Please follow us in Facebook for upcoming updates.

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Arts & Cultural Forum

Calling all Artists & Creatives!

We’re creating an arts and cultural plan for the community of Hastings!

Are you an artist? Do you have an arts and cultural organization?

Do you have a creative business? We want to hear from you!

Please join us for a focused discussion about what it’s like to participate in creative practice in Hastings.

We’ll facilitate an intensive and fun round table event. Lend your insights and dreams to the planning process!

Light snacks and drinks provided.

Street parking in lots located off Tyler Street.

WHEN: February 3, 2020

TIME: 6:00 – 9:00 PM

WHERE: Artspace Hastings River Lofts
121 Tyler Street Hastings, MN, 55033

Space is limited. Please be sure to register for your free tickets. Link below:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/arts-and-cultural-forum-tickets-90234705433

Hastings is arts

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2020 Call for Public Art – Outdoor Wall Mural

Spread the Word!

Here’s an opportunity for local artists:

“The Public Art Task Force is now accepting proposals for an external wall mural, to be located on the north-facing wall of Hastings Family Services, located at 301 Second Street East. The theme of the project is “Our Growing Diversity: Welcoming the Future.” Interested Artists should review Call for Art and mural spec sheets.” Read More

Deadline for Entries: Friday, December 6, 2019, 4:30 p.m. CST

Call for Public Art Proposals

Wall Mural Specs and Details

Please visit City of Hastings website for more information.

Questions? Contact Staff Liaison: Lee Stoffel at 651-480-2344 or via email at lstoffel@hastingsmn.gov

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“Connections Concert”

Enjoy River Valley Band’s first concert of the year!

River Valley Band will be sharing the stage with Hastings High School Bands under the direction of Jim Jacobsen on Tuesday, October 29 from 7 to 9 p.m.

The River Valley Band is performing in their first concert of the year with Paul Cravens as director.

Come and listen to a great fall concert and listen to them play under new leadership.

For more information, please visit Hastings High School Bands website or River Valley Band Facebook page

https://highschool.hastingsbands.org/assets/documents/1920%20Hastings%20HS%20Bands%20Performance%20Calendar.pdf

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

You’re invited to a special concert to commemorate Veterans Day!

Fall concert flyerA concert to honor our veterans will feature Hastings’ own River Valley Band and special guests.

The 204th Army Band will perform on Sunday, November 10th at 1 p.m. at the Hastings Middle School Auditorium.

The concert is sponsored by the Hastings VFW Post 1210, American Legion, Doffing Foundation, HPAAC and MRAC

Free will offering to benefit the River Valley Band will be accepted.

For more information please visit the River Valley Band Facebook page

Hastings Middle School Auditorium
1000 11th St W
Hastings, MN 55033