January Featured Artists: Butch Holden, Tom Jaszczak, Colleen Riley

Hello 2020! What’s that? You need to surround yourself with calm after the swirling holidays and exhausting year that was 2019? NCC has an oasis of serene inspiration for this month’s featured artist offerings. Whether you crave memories of summer streams and ponds evoked by Holden’s surfaces and forms, Jaszczak’s cool, contemplative, and contemporary functional wares, or the soft lines and prairie garden patterns in Riley’s work, we have a gallery full of respite and your new favorite pot awaiting you this month.

James J. Hill Days

ALL ABOARD! The 50th Annual James J. Hill Days Express is Rolling into Wayzata. Since 1975 the weekend following Labor Day in Wayzata has been dedicated to honoring James J. Hill, Minnesota historic figure and once owner of the Great Northern Railroad Company. The whistle’s blowing and James J. Hill Days is just around the bend, coming September 6, 7 & 8 to the shores of Lake Minnetonka in Wayzata. The proud residents, businesses and community groups of this small town will roll out the welcome mat for over 75,000 guests over three jam-packed days of exciting events.

Brahms’ Second Sextet

The effects of war are
profound and far-reaching. Such is the case with Erwin Schulhoff and André Caplet,
whose lives changed drastically and were shortened by World Wars I and II. This
concert pays tribute to their earlier work paired alongside an early work of
Johannes Brahms — his titular Sextet No. 2 written at a time in his life marked
by the sudden loss of his mother and a broken engagement to the singer Agathe
von Siebold.

Richard Egarr Plays Handel and Corelli

Artistic Partner Richard Egarr “pulls out all the stops”
(literally!) in these neighborhood concerts featuring several delightful
Baroque organ concertos by George Frideric Handel, which were originally
premiered during intermissions of his operas and oratorios in London and
highlighted the composer’s virtuosity at the keyboard. Egarr also leads the
orchestra in several concerti grossi by Arcangelo Corelli, whose energetic
showpieces inspired composers like Handel to write their own collections.

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s EXPRESS CONCERT: Janáček’s “The Kreutzer Sonata”

SPCO cellist Richard Belcher curates a program exuding
drama that includes a Midwest premiere written by Grammy award-winning jazz
pianist Billy Childs. The concert’s titular work, a passionate four-movement
chamber work written by Leoš Janácek, takes its name and themes from Leo
Tolstoy’s novella, which itself took its name from Ludwig van Beethoven’s Kreutzer
Violin Sonata. The piece paints a story of a young woman and her psychological
torment as told through the intimacy of a string quartet.

Jake Forsman Memorial Car Show and Burnout Competition

A car show and burnout competition in the heart of the city. For more information, visit https://www.elycarshow.org

ITZY PREMIERE SHOWCASE TOUR 'ITZY? ITZY!' IN MINNEAPOLIS

ITZY PREMIERE SHOWCASE TOUR ‘ITZY? ITZY!’ IN MINNEAPOLIS is headed your way this January 2020! The 5-member girl group, comprised of members Yeji, Lia, Ryujin, Chaeryeong, and Yuna, will be performing at the State Theatre on Sunday, January 19, 2020.

ITZY has captured the hearts of fans globally with the group's undeniable charisma and confidence, empowering anthems, and eye-catching visuals, which the U.S. fans will be able to get a glimpse of during this very exclusive showcase.

Itasca Symphony Orchestra featuring pianist Alexander Sandor

May brings us the return of the prodigious piano talent Alexandor Sandor. Sandor will once again wow us with his performance of Sergei Rachmanioff’s Concerto No 2 for piano and orchestra. This is It is an extremely challenging piece for the pianist. It is even referred to as disastrously difficult. Fortuitously, our region is blessed with the talented Alexander Sandor who interprets the piece flawlessly. Often the piano or orchestra is featured and the other accompanies.

Itasca Orchestra February Concert

We will celebrate the 200th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven birth by starting our February concert out with Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture, op.62.

Iron Range Earth Fest

The Iron Range Earth Fest, hosted by the Iron Range Partnership for Sustainability, is a celebration of local traditions and practical resources for sustainable living in northeastern Minnesota. The event offers opportunities to:

Explore how we can all strive to live in a more sustainable way at home and in our communities.

Learn about new and existing technological approaches as well as rediscover some of our long standing local traditions.