PAGE SERIES 2010-2011

The 2010-2011 Page Series Season Tickets and Individual Tickets are on sale beginning August 16 at the Performance Center Box Office, by phone 507-457-, M-F 10-6pm, or here on our website.

The Box Office is closed July 31 until August 16. You may leave a message and we will return your call then.

This the 24th season of the Page Series emphasizes American artists and artforms.

Jazz by the JAA Clarinetist of the Year Anat Cohen Quartet opens the season on October 8 celebrating Benny Goodman and other jazz classics. Native American dance follows on October 12 with the Kevin Locke Native Dance Ensemble.

A family classic, The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe is presented on October 26 by Theatreworks USA. Youthful American dance at its finest with Houston Ballet II on November 4, then for a rare Saturday night performance, January22, Michigan's best contemporary dance Eisenhower Dance Ensemble will bring a bit of Motown magic to our stage. More magic, this time visual, musical, and literary combining for an evening with Ensemble Galilei and narrator NPR's Neal Conan, on Thursday February 3.

We celebrate America's immigrant stories with Pushcart Players presentation of Let Freedom Ring on Thursday, March 3. This year's Celtic celebration will feature Darrah Carr Dance doing modern Irish dance. We end the season with another family classic when Richmond, Virginia's Theatre IV presents a musical version of Stuart Little.

Much more information including website links can be viewed by going to the PERFORMANCES drop down menu above and clicking on the Page Series.

Purchases tickets for at least 3 events and receive a 10% discount. Returning 2009-2010 Page Series season subscribers receive a 25%discount.

Click on the Order Tickets Online button to purchase season tickets, or call or stop in at the box office after August 16.

Creative Community Building Workshop, August 14

The River Arts Alliance partners will present a day-long workshop titled “Winona’s Creative Potential: A Workshop to Examine Creative Community Building Strategies for Winona with Tom Borrup” Saturday, August 14, at Saint Mary’s University’s Performance Center.

The event, which will run from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., will address the questions, “How does the new creative or knowledge economy impact Winona?” and “Does the city have assets that position it for success?”

Guest speaker Borrup will present a “creative community building strategies” process, which will include identifying Winona’s cultural assets, recognized and hidden. During a working lunch, participants will answer questions posed during the morning’s presentation. A synopsis of the lunchtime conversations will then suggest action steps for the community.

Borrup has been a leader and innovator in non-profit community and cultural work for more than 25 years. His work explores the intersections between culture, community building, and economic development. He consults with foundations, nonprofits and public agencies across the U.S. in strategic planning and program evaluation. Borrup has written articles for publications in the arts, city planning and philanthropy. His book, The Creative Community Builders’ Handbook, was released in July 2006, by Fieldstone Alliance (formerly Wilder Publishing). It tracks communities that have transformed their economic, social, and physical infrastructures through the arts, and includes a step-by-step planning guide.

More information about Borrup is available at: http://communityandculture.com.

The workshop is free to community members but registration is requested by July 30 through the SMU Performance Center Box Office, (507) 457-1715. An optional chicken, tuna, or veggie wrap box lunch is available for $13 but must be pre-purchased by July 30 through the box office. After July 30th, we ask that participants that have not registered please plan to bring their own lunch, as there will be a planned working lunch. Free walk up registration is available, but lunch can not be purchased day of the event.

Support for this day-long workshop is provided by the Saint Mary’s University School of the Arts, The City of Winona Fine Arts Commission (pending), and (SEMAC) Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council in cooperation with the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council, Inc. through funding from the Minnesota State Legislature.

Family Weekend Celebration

Family Weekend is a tradition that stretches back to the beginnings of Saint Mary's campus. A time to celebrate and share the experiences the students of Saint Mary's have had, and a time to showcase their talents.

The SMU Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo I provide a concert in Figiulo Hall on Friday, October 1, at 6pm. They will be celebrating their new CD release, “Staycation.”

The SMU Choirs and SMU Concert Band will present a joint concert on Saturday, October 2, at 2pm in the Page Theatre. This is the first time the public will get to enjoy the new acoustic shell that was made possible by a generous donation from the Joseph C. Page Revocable Trust.

All weekend long the SMU Theatre & Dance Department will present “The Lightning Bug” a new play by Rand Higbee, directed by Judy Myers. Shows begin Thursday, September 30, at 7:30pm and run through Sunday, October 3 at 3:00pm. A must see family friendly screwball comedy-super hero tale not to be missed.

Tickets for all events are available at the door. Adults $10, Seniors & Students $5.