On May 13, 2025, the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council (SEMAC) Board of Directors announced the awarding of $345,985 in arts programming grants to nonprofit organizations and schools throughout ...

A proposed layout for the initial phase of Rochester’s planned sports and recreation complex has been finalized.

Travelling around the US is an opportunity to have many exciting, fun-filled adventures, no matter where you go. That said, ...

ROCHESTER — The history of smut and pornography in Rochester is a long and colorful one.

I visited Mayo Park behind the Mayo Civic Center this week and was disappointed at what I saw. In the sunken tiered area around the Mayo Memorial there was an old picnic table, and a garbage bin was ...

MacRostie Art Center is excited to present its annual summer art fair—a community celebration of art and creativity! The ...

BLUFFTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FACEBOOK __Perhaps you've heard by now, but in case you haven't: Bluffton is hosting it's very own Art Walk on Thursday, June 19 from 12-5 p.m.! The Art Walk will ...

On the last Friday of every month, Hillsborough comes alive with an art walk highlighting the talents of local artists and makers. Explore galleries, live music, family activities and more at this ...

The Austin ArtWorks Festival, a free two-day celebration of the arts, will take place on August 23 and 24 in downtown Austin.

Since 2024, local artist Whitney C. Brock has painted 10 portraits of prominent Roanokers. For the next week those ultra-realistic oil paintings will be hanging in the downtown gallery Art on 1st ...

M&T Bank, in partnership with the Rochester Education Foundation, joined together this year in a partnership to collect instruments at the festival, which will be donated to aspiring student musicians ...

The Rochester restaurant, downtown in the former Pescara space, will be the Rakuns’ second Mill Valley Kitchen after opening the first in St. Louis Park in 2011.