Arts & Performance

Summerfest is an outdoor concert event. We are in our 9th year producing a great evening of music, food, and drink to the White Bear Lake and surrounding communities. 

PBS/American Masters feature film documentary BOMBSHELL:THE HEDY LAMARR STORY, produced by Susan Sarandon featuring interviews by Mel Brooks, Peter Bogdanovich, Robert Osborne and myself, along with Hedy’s colleagues and friends and family, is currently playing theatres nationally and internationally.  (It will air over PBS channels on May 18.) 

The new documentary, “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story” is scheduled to start showing at a Minneapolis Landmark Theatre starting Friday, March 2nd, 2018 for one week.

In this workshop, kids will delight in making hand-built clay containers with a wild and whimsical twist. Each student will add an imaginative character and fun painted patterns to their container by learning sculpting, carving, and painting techniques to add extra pizzazz and personality.  Pieces will be clear glazed, fired and ready for pick-up 2-3 weeks after the workshop.

Enjoy great family entertainment at the 65th Annual POPS Concert. This year's theme is "The Tonight Show starring Edina Concert Band." For five nights, students in Edina High School's top band will transform the stage into a talk show set, using it as a backdrop to showcase their talents and creativity with music, singing, dancing, comedy performances, and more.

The Edina Concert Band will also present "Mini-POPS," a condensed one-hour concert on Saturday, March 3 at 1 p.m. that features highlights from POPS. This matinee show is perfect for young ones and seniors.

Join us at the Stillwater Public Library on Thursday, February 15 and Thursday, February 22 from 6:30 - 8:00 pm for Introduction to Screenwriting.
Come to this two part introductory screenwriting class to learn about
dialogue, scene, and rising action. Learn about script styles, craft
elements, and jumpstart your script. 

Join us at the Stillwater Public Library on Saturday, February 24 from 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM for A Kid’s Guide to Writing Short Stories. Are you the kind of person who can tell stories that keep your friends on the edge of their sleeping bags? Then join us and explore different ways to come up with story ideas, and then shape them into engaging, fun stories - complete with characters, plot, and setting - that you can share with all your friends! This class is for children in grades 4-7.

EURYDICE by Sarah Ruhl
 
Pulitzer Prize-finalist and renowned playwright Sarah Ruhl reimagines one of the oldest myths in Eurydice, a tale of lost love and irrevocable choices. Turning the Orpheus myth on its head, this new version follows Eurydice on a journey into a Wonderland-esque Underworld, where she comes up against a Greek chorus of talking stones and the Lord of the Underworld himself. When her husband Orpheus comes to rescue her, the two must grapple with a reality neither of them could have ever dreamed of.

Hot Notes Tickets on Sales Now!
Hot Notes tickets are on sale now at the website here. Hot
Notes on a Cold Night is the gala fundraiser for the Theatre, Dance,
Choral, Orchestra and Guitar programs on January 20th. Join all your
Southwest friends for food, drinks, awesome student performances; plus
silent an live auctions featuring special offerings from your favorite
local businesses, family getaways, and unique, must-have items. Get your

The East Metro Symphony Orchestra (EMSO) is pleased to
present All You Need is Love: A
Valentine’s Pops Cabaret, the orchestra’s third annual pops concert and auction
fundraiser.  EMSO will host the evening of live orchestra music, desserts,
drinks, and a silent auction, on Saturday, February 10, 2018 at the Lake Elmo
Event Center, 3712 Layton Avenue North, Lake Elmo, MN. Doors
and bidding open at 6:30 p.m.  The musical
performance starts at 7:30 p.m.  Proceeds from this event will

Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota is excited to announce the World Premiere of its all-new original full-length rock ballet, The Wall, with live music by the band Run Like Hell! This groundbreaking event—a Minnesota first—features an incredible collaboration of local artists­: choreographers, dancers, painter, and musicians, and demonstrates TCB’s artistic vision and its dancers’ versatility.