Lake City Area Arts

Greater Lake City Community Foundation grants $500 to Community Choir

Aug 7, 2024

Greater Lake City Community Foundation Chairman Peter Coyle recently presented a $500 check to Lake City Community Choir Director Lisa Wallerich and Jim Rahm, a board member of Lake City Area Arts. The grant will be used by the choir for music and related needs. The Lake City Community Choir is...

Crowd gathers to hear Prairie Street Jazz perform

Aug 7, 2024

Over a hundred people turned out at Ohuta Park Saturday to hear a performance by Prairie Street Jazz. The group features Lincoln High School students, faculty, and community members. Its set included jazz classics like “Sing, Sing, Sing” along with more contemporary jazz and funk tunes. Bandleader...

Showcase celebrates local live music, raises money for young musicians

Jul 31, 2024

Musicians and music fans from around the area gathered in Patton Park Saturday, July 27, for Lake City Area Arts’ annual Music Showcase. After beginning with a drum circle, groups gave free performances in the gazebo throughout the day while audience members listened from the shade of the park’s...

Harpist Stephanie Claussen performs Sunday, Aug. 4, at Lake City Area Arts

Jul 31, 2024

Harpist Stephanie Claussen will perform Sunday, Aug. 4, at 1:30 p.m. at Lake City Area Arts Center, 105 W. Center St., Lake City. The recommended donation for admission is $5. “Influenced by her love of fairy tales, Tolkien, and the world music section at her local library, Minnesota-based harpist...

Prairie Street Jazz performs Aug. 3 at Ohuta Park

Jul 31, 2024

Prairie Street Jazz, a community and student jazz band under the direction of Lincoln High School band teacher Eric Stashek, will perform a free concert Saturday, Aug. 3, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Ohuta Park in Lake City. “This dynamic group bridges the gap between timeless jazz classics and the...

Sailing, studio tour, and music showcase make for big weekend doings

Jul 24, 2024

People looking for something to do in Lake City this weekend have some additional options. The Lake City Yacht Club is offering sailing excursions July 27 and 28 on members’ boats in exchange for donations to the fight against Leukemia at its annual Sail for Leukemia event. For more information,...

Red Wing Area Studio Tour includes three Lake City locations

Jul 24, 2024

Lake City has three stops featuring a total of six artists during this weekend’s Red Wing Area Studio Tour, all within about a block of one another in downtown Lake City. Participating studios will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 27, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 28. Painter...

Free Music Showcase is Saturday, July 27, in Patton Park

Jul 24, 2024

The Lake City Music Showcase, a day of free live music performed from the historic gazebo in Patton Park, will be July 27 from 11 a.m. to dusk. People are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket and listen to perfromances from Maggie Baldwin, Tim Kriese, Bob Schlief, Mike Malles and Friends,...