Mirage Performing Arts performs “Verano”

You’re invited!

We wanted to share this upcoming event with you at the Hastings Arts Center this weekend!

Tickets are on sale now. Purchase yours today!

MIRAGE Performing Arts will bring their performance titled “Verano,” a program of music for lovers. Pianist Rie Tanaka and cellist Jesse Nummelin will play a diverse music selection while ballet dancers Yuki Tokuda and Jarod Boltjes perform Tokuda’s theatrical, narrative choreography.

DATE:
SUNDAY, November 13th, 3:00pm

LOCATION:
Hastings Arts Center
216 4th St. E
Hastings, MN 55033

2021 Makers Alleyway Market

You are invited to attend & participate!

The City of Hastings, MN is launching a pilot program to “showcase offerings within our historic downtown and riverfront park as well as support area makers and artisans.“

The Alleyway Market will take place on Thursdays – August 19, August 26, and September 2 from 4:30-8:30 p.m.

The Alleyway Market will be located in the alley between 2nd Street and Levee Park. Vendors will be situated in the alley between Ramsey Street and Sibley Street. The alleyway between Sibley Street and Vermillion Street will be a location for residents and visitors to draw their own art with sidewalk chalk. Sidewalk chalk will be provided.

The City will also host live Music in the Park each of the market nights and has a muralist that will be completing a mosaic tile mural on a nearby building.

For more information, please visit the City of Hastings website

Location: 2nd Street and Levee Park
Hastings MN 55033

Rosemount Art Blast

Rosemount Area Arts Council (RAAC) will begin its week-long Art Blast on Saturday, June 18 with an Art and Author Book Fair.

Quick summary of highlighted events:

Melodrama titled, “The Kidnapping of Miss Prunella Pettigrew: or, she has time on her side”.
Melodrama’s are just flat-out fun family friendly theater.
Come boo the villains and cheer for the good guys on Tuesday, June 21 at 7:30pm. FREE!

RAAC’s Annual Bluegrass Festival!

“We are really excited to bring some great bluegrass bands to the stage again this year! We will kick off the weekend with two great bands on Friday night, June 24 starting at 7pm and start up again on Saturday evening, June 25 starting at 5pm with four more tremendous bands.”
More details at www.rosemountarts.com. Festival sponsored by Rosemount Saw & Tool.

Other events include: Wine and Canvas Night, Acoustic Jam in the Park, Photo Contest, and Bluegrass Festival!

Check out their full schedule at http://www.rosemountarts.com/

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Two Concerts this Weekend

The Hastings Arts Center will be hosting two concerts this weekend (May 14 & 15)

They are both wonderful events and very different from each other. If you need a warm place to go this week to stay inside during this incredible cold front, the Hastings Arts Center is where it’s at. “We promise we’ll have the heat on!”

Here are the details of each concert. Hope you can attend one or the other, or both

SATURDAY-MAY 14th–Annie Fitzgerald–Singer/Songwriter

7:30pm; $20 at the door; also purchase online at http://www.hastingsartscenter.org/upcoming-concerts.html

General seating; refreshments at intermission.

“Minnesota native, Singer-Songwriter Annie Fitzgerald has been noted for her ability to empathize with the listener with her remarkable knack for writing songs that stick with you long after they’ve last played. Combining the most beloved attributes of fellow Folk-Americana Singer-Songwriters like Patty Griffin and Shawn Colvin, Fitzgerald’s guitar-based songs and performances are a constant paradox of the striking and the subtle. Already heralded as an artist to watch by the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame with just two records released to date, she is making her mark with a simple perspective and an irresistible style. After 10 years living in NYC, she and her family have relocated back to her roots to be close to family as they raise their young son. They’re enjoying their new-found sense of Minnesota space and freedom, and a new album is in the works. The gifted musicians Mark Keating (http://www.markkeatingmusic.com/) and Ben Woolman (http://benwoolman.net/) will be joining Annie for an evening of original songs and some favorite covers.”

SUNDAY, MAY 15TH–3:00pm, The WolfGang will perform pieces by Mozart and Beethoven on period instruments. This is a VERY unique opportunity to hear these instruments played by these musicians! $15 suggested donation at the door. Please come to hear something that is not often heard in our community.

“Parents, this is a great opportunity to show your budding young musicians these unique instruments playing music that was specifically written for them at the time.”

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Community Band Concert with Special Guest Brad Shermock

RIVER VALLEY BAND will perform on Tuesday, April 12, 7 pm at the Hastings High School Auditorium.
Also performing will be the Rosemount Community Band and a special guest — artist Brad Shermock on Trumpet.
Mr. Shermock is currently the lead trumpet with Doc Severinsen. The evening will certainly be swingin’ with several tunes from both groups that bring the continuation of music study to their communities.”

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“The Three Sopranos” Concert

The Hastings Arts Center presents: A Winter Solstice Concert: “The Three Sopranos”

Celebrate the season at the Hastings Arts Center and welcome the Three Sopranos, Julie Ann Greif, Melyssa Rice and Carolyn Campfield as they share their gifts with you!
Sarah Lockwood will be joining them on Piano and Violin.

Not only will this concert warm your hearts, but with your cash donation for the evening, you’ll help the Hastings Arts Center continue to grow as well – the proceeds from your cash donation will support the purchase of a Grand Piano for the Performance Hall.

Friday, December 18 at 7:30 pm

As we share music during this dark season, we can create the light of peace, remember the joy of children and recall our blessings.

Hastings Arts Center

4th Annual HPAAC Fundraising Gala

UnMasking HPAAC

It is time for the Hastings Prescott Area Arts Council 4th Annual Gala- Friday, October 16 at 6:00PM, SEAS Great Hall.

Come for the food, Come for the fun!
Hastings and Prescott are experiencing a Renaissance of the arts in our communities. Come see what we have been up to.

Enjoy music by The Elizabethan Syngers from the Renaissance Festival and banter from The Black Dirt Theater Hamlet actors. There will be games, prizes, a photo booth and more.

Rachel Latuff, Hastings very own Miss Minnesota will be joining us for the evening. We will be honoring local art heroes Char Vick and Art Nordstrom who have made lasting contributions to the arts in Prescott and Hastings.

Silent & live auctions and a special fundraising moment to provide scholarships to students for arts, music, theatre, writing, dance classes, camps and a variety of venues in and around our communities.

Auction items include: Lutsen getaway, Landscape Design, MN Vikings tickets, Vintage Paintball package, Hastings Creamery milkshakes for a year, and Chanhassen Dinner Theater tickets to name a few.

We would like to thank our sponsors: The Doffing Fund, Xcel Energy, Dakota Electric, Artspace, Merchants Bank, and Rivertown Optical.

Tickets can be purchased online and locally at the Hastings Green Mill, Evansen Art Studio, the Hastings YMCA, and the Orange Dragon Art Gallery in Prescott.

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HPAAC Galas

HPAAC announces Gala entertainers

A dozen costumed singers, two Shakespearian actors slinging insults and Miss Minnesota 2015 highlight the entertainment line-up of HPAAC’s fourth annual fundraising Gala on October 16, 2015.

The Elizabethan Syngers, an auditioned choral ensemble from the Twin Cities, will perform music from the Renaissance period. Founded in 1971, the ensemble is one of the longest performing musical ensembles at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival and is a favorite among festival patrons. A dozen members of this high-spirited group will entertain Gala attendees with songs and banter. The group is directed by Samuel Grace, a graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College and the University of Minnesota. Grace enjoys a fine reputation in the Twin Cities area as a rising star in the area of choral conducting. A Hastings resident and member of the ensemble, Kristie Shaffer, is a music therapist and has worked with special needs students in the Hastings school district for 17 years.

The Hamlet Players – all two of them – from Hastings’ own Black Dirt Theater are sure to enliven the evening as they roam around the crowd slinging insults at each other and engaging attendees.

Miss Minnesota 2015 Rachel Latuff will give a brief presentation and pose for photos with guests. Latuff, a native of Hastings and a 2009 Hastings High School graduate, earned the title in June and has since been making appearances across the state to promote her platform “Teaching the Heart: Building the Social and Emotional Wellness of Youth and Their Teachers.” She has a bachelor’s degree in art education from the University of Minnesota-Duluth.

For more information, please visit HPAAC Galas

Unmasking HPAAC Gala Auctioneer

HPAAC is pleased to announce Stacey McCurnin of Fladeboe Auctions as the auctioneer for the Fourth Annual Fundraising Gala. Stacey is a second-generation auctioneer who continues to fuel her passion by helping clients create meaningful and successful events.

Auctioneer Stacey McCurnin started her life in the auction industry following her father (also an auctioneer) to the livestock sale barns and estate auctions while growing up in Iowa. After graduating from Upper Iowa University, Stacey led a successful career managing IT & Software testing teams for the banking, insurance and education industries. Since returning from living in England for four years, she’s focusing exclusively on helping her auction clients create meaningful events. Stacey is a graduate of Continental Auctioneers School in Mankato, Minnesota and is certified in Charity/Fundraising Auctions. She lives in the Twin Cities with her husband and daughter. In her free time, Stacey enjoys reading, playing piano and international travel.

The Gala, “Unmasking HPAAC,” will feature dinner, music, games, art displays, a live and silent auction, and the opportunity to meet with local artists and purchase their work.

Date and Time: Friday, October 16, 2015, 6 p.m

Location: Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish Hall, 2035 W. 15th Street, Hastings, MN 55033

Gala Tickets

Free August Community Concert at LeDuc Historic Estate

Community Concert on the Lawn: The Fungi’s

Sunday Aug 23, 6:30pm-8:00pm

Val Johnson leads the Fungi’s, which feature banjo and harmonica.

For each of our Sunday concerts in August, a local non-profit will provide baked goods and beverages for your enjoyment.

LeDuc house tours are extended with an additional tour at 5:30 these evenings at regular rates.

Sponsored by Hastings Concert Association

Visit LeDuc Historic Estate website for a listing of artists coming to this music series.

In case of inclement weather, the concerts will be held at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church at 409 9th Street West in Hastings.