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The Southwest Initiative Foundation is offering a round of capacity building grants to support the vitality of 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations directly serving our southwest Minnesota people and communities. These capacity building activities are intended to support the nonprofit’s ability to carry out its work as it navigates beyond COVID-19. Request...

Cash match requirement remains suspended For Fiscal Year 2022, no cash match will be required of organization applicants in any grant program. New “Quick Support” grant programs Apply by the 1st of the month, and if awarded, begin your project on the 1st of the following month. Available August through April while funding...

National Endowment for the Arts: Creative Writing Fellowships The National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowships program offers $25,000 grants in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) and poetry to published creative writers that enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement. Applications are reviewed through an anonymous process...

Sunday November 20th at 2 pm. WEAC, 611 SW 5th St., Willmar, MN. A concert band performance with a variety of music – including pieces with driving, complicated rhythms, Dixieland, beautiful ballads, and a bright British-style march. Information at: www.prairiewindsconcertband.com, tpieh@tds.net, 320-211-0294 This activity is funded in part with a...

Early registration deadline: November 15 Final registration deadline: November 22 No registrations accepted after the final deadline. Online registration only. www.swsc.org/studentactivities Event from 8 am- 2 pm on January 4, 2017. Snow date is January 5th, 2017. Through interaction with presenters, students explore their creativity and discover how to express...

The music of composer Julius Burger will be featured during the “Voices of Exile: The Jewish Experience” festival Oct. 24-30 at Southwest Minnesota State University and Schwan Community Center for the Performing Arts. This week-long festival celebrates the musical works of Burger, an Austrian/American Jewish composer who studied with Franz...

October 26 2016 bus trip to the Russian Museum of Art and the American Swedish Institute. American Swedish Institute extending the “Quilting Art of Today & Nordic Quilts,” which features works by Mary Chalmers of Willmar, exhibit. First stop will be the Russian Museum of Art. Exhibits include “Unknown Fabrege: ...

This is a class for any level of experience, but geared more toward adults, so come have some fun! Artist Tamara Isfeld will teach participants how to decorate a wine bottle. The photos show examples of what can be made–but you create your own vision. The class is Thursday, October...

Schedule of Events: 8-11 am Bake Sale & Coffee Break (Sponsored by Balaton United Methodist Church) 9:30-10 am “Rise & Shine” Beginners Yoga (at KirPatrick’s) (free session-Instructor Terri Wiblemo) 10 am – 2 pm Arts Festival (in memory of Cynde Livingston) Over 20 artists work are being featured to include: painting, pencil...