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Labor Day royalty

Sep 5, 2018

A monarch perches on a flower on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 3. Photographer Ben Threinen said he couldn’t remember seeing so many on a single day.

Lake City artist qualifies for state fair

Aug 15, 2018

If you stop by the fine arts building at this year’s state fair, you’ll see a painting of a little girl reading a book to a cat called “Bedtime Story.” The girl is Pat Swanson’s granddaughter. The painting is Swanson’s. Qualifying for the fair is a point of pride for Swanson. “It’s quite a...

Local art on display at marina

Aug 1, 2018

The Lake City Marina, 201 South Franklin Street, is a very colorful place these days with art work from the Show and Share art group and the Lake City Photography Club on display. The Show and Share art exhibit, My Passion, will run through Aug. 6. The Lake City Photography Club photo display will...

Art chair auction begins Aug. 2 at library

Jul 25, 2018

After six months of work turning chairs into works of art, Lake City Area Arts is selling the results during a silent auction fundraiser that officially begins Thursday, Aug. 2, at the Lake City Public Library. Thirty chairs have been on display at the library throughout the summer. For Kate...

Photo contest announced for new Wabasha County Plat Book cover

Jul 18, 2018

Wabasha County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) will have a new plat book available by the end of the year, and they’ve decided to have a photo contest to find an image for the cover. People are encouraged to submit their best scenic landscape photo taken in Wabasha County. The winner...

45th Stockholm Art Fair is July 21

Jul 12, 2018

This year, the 45th Stockholm Art Fair, a juried fine arts show, will be held, rain or shine, in Stockholm, Wis. Over 106 artists from five states will be at the Village Park on Saturday, July 21, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. showing and selling their fine arts and crafts. Five favorite regional...

‘My Passion’ art exhibit opens July 19 at marina

Jul 12, 2018

Lake City Show and Share artists have announced their third annual exhibit at the Lake City Marina, 201 South Franklin Street. This year’s show, titled “My Passion”, will run from July 19 through Aug. 6. Show and Share artists have created unique paintings that express their individual interests...

History preserved, again

Jul 3, 2018

Some said it couldn’t be done, that the 10 large-scale dioramas of the University of Minnesota’s Bell Natural History Museum were too enmeshed into the structure of the museum’s Minneapolis location to be relocated to its new facility in St. Paul. The backdrops were affixed to a wall with an...

Arts group announces youth arts program

Jun 7, 2018

Lake City Area Arts (LCAA) has announced its first Summer Youth Arts Program. Mark Woerpel of the Universal Music Center in Red Wing will be teaching beginning ukulele classes for children aged eight to 18. Lake City Kiwanis has provided funding for Lake City Area Arts to purchase ukuleles that...

Lake City Area Arts art festival

May 31, 2018

Lake City Area Arts held its re-named and relocated arts festival on Sunday on Franklin Street, just outside the Lake City Area Arts Center. Above, vendor booths line Franklin Street. At right, with the heat outside, families took advantage of the free children’s art activities in the air-...

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