Rhubarb Capital of Minnesota Annual Festival – Lanesboro, MN

Rhubarb Capital of Minnesota Annual Festival – Lanesboro, MN

by | May 29, 2022 | people/passions

Join us as we celebrate Rhubarb Fest 2022

There will be plenty of vendors, games, contests, and free music. A great way to kick off the summer season!

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The heart of the festival takes place in Sylvan Park in downtown Lanesboro, Saturday June 4th, 9am – 3pm.  Start by browsing the Lanesboro Farmers Market where you’ll find all the in-season spring vegetables and other local delights. Then enjoy the fun-filled festival entertainment and food, plus try your hand at the free rhubarb games and contests. Great prizes for all events! Stay in town and check out our local merchants, and all the town has to offer.

Other free entertainment includes a rhubarb fashion show (you can be in it) ,goat chill out (hang out nearby and be entertained watching the *kids*), and Rhub-Art opportunities. Music fills the park the entire day so bring your lawn chair and enjoy it all! This year music is provided by a variety of local rhubarb-lovin’ musicians. Musicians and entertainers are listed under the Schedule drop-down!

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Come early, rhubarb items go fast!

Vendors provide opportunities to purchase additional rhubarb treats and products.

We encourage you to consider staying for the night and enjoying all that the area has to offer. Go to Lanesboro.com and visit the Lanesboro Chamber of Commerce. We are the Bed and Breakfast Capital of Minnesota, and have some hotels as well!

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The Minnesota State Legislature recognized Lanesboro as the Rhubarb Capital of Minnesota by proclamation in 2008.

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Paisley Park: Celebration Is Making Its Triumphant Return – Chanhassen, MN

Paisley Park: Celebration Is Making Its Triumphant Return – Chanhassen, MN

by | May 29, 2022 | style/mode

Celebration is making its triumphant return in 2022. Like past years, guests can anticipate world class music, celebrity panels, and an opportunity to experience Paisley Park. This year, Celebration will be held the first weekend in June—just as it was when Prince planned them himself in the early 2000s.

Prince Mural & Celebration Launch Party

Celebration weekend will kick off on Thursday evening, June 2, with the highly anticipated dedication of a new Prince mural in downtown Minneapolis on Ramp A (on the southwest corner of 1st Avenue and 8th St., across from First Avenue). Following the dedication, the W Minneapolis – The Foshay and The Living Room set the stage for an exclusive night in Celebration of Prince. All ticket holders will receive private access to the hottest party in Minneapolis. Sip signature cocktails and step in front of the camera for a one of a kind photo experience. Plus, hit the dance floor with your favorite sounds from one of Prince’s personal DJs, Lenka Paris.

Amp up your night as a VIP ticket holder to include insider access to the 2nd floor balcony and VIP private lounge. Go behind the scenes as you view personal artifacts from Paisley Park and the Prince collection. VIP guests will receive a commemorative gift, only available at this event. Light appetizers and your first drink are included with VIP ticket access.

Panels & Concerts at Paisley Park

Beginning Friday morning, June 3, both tiers of guests will have a full list of activities at Paisley Park showcasing a variety of people Prince worked with throughout his career. Highlights include headlining concerts on Friday night by BrownMark with members of Mazarati, and on Saturday night by Prince “Live on the Big Screen” performing a never-before-seen early 1992 concert at Glam Slam with live accompaniment by members of The New Power Generation.

Friday and Saturday at Paisley Park will also feature Q&As with artists who worked closely with Prince, including his former wife and NPG dancer Mayte Garcia, longtime photographer Randee St. Nicholas, collaborator and Purple Rain co-star Jill Jones, longtime Paisley Park Studios engineer Tom Garneau.

Ticket Holder Experiences

All Celebration ticket holders will have access to a walk through tour of Paisley Park. These times are limited, but will allow you to experience the museum along with an exclusive exhibit of Randee St. Nicholas’s photographs curated just for Celebration and “The Beautiful Collection” of Prince’s incredible collection of custom shoes. Every guest is also invited to our Outdoor Social on the Lawn. Food trucks, lawn games, time to connect with other Celebration guests, and even a chance to test your Prince knowledge! Each day you will have an opportunity to win unique prizes as you play against your fellow attendees.

 

VIP Only Experiences

VIP ticket holders will be immersed in “Real Music By Real Musicians” while attending private in-studio recording sessions in Paisley Park’s iconic Studio A with members of the NPG. They will also experience exclusive playback sessions of previously unreleased music from Prince’s legendary vault led by audio engineers Chris James and Josh Welton. Celebration weekend will be capped off with a special Jazz Brunch for VIP ticketholders, which will showcase the musical stylings of Prince collaborators and Twin Cities gospel legends The Steeles at the Dakota Jazz Club on Sunday morning, June 5.

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Artist & Founder Kelly Ludeking: The Art Studio’s Roots Are In Foundry – St. Paul, MN

Artist & Founder Kelly Ludeking: The Art Studio’s Roots Are In Foundry – St. Paul, MN

by | May 22, 2022 | people/passions

KRL Metals Art Studio
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Accessible metal arts & industry skills workshops now open in the West 7th Saint Paul Neighborhood.
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Artist & Founder, Kelly Ludeking, was first exposed to it in college where he had a mentor that encouraged exploration into mediums unknown.⁠
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This mentor was an internationally recognized fabricator of large-scale monumental sculpture. Foundry was not his niche but his investment in his foundry-curious students lead them all down an ever-stretching road to discovery.⁠
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Today, there is deep homage to this mentor in Kelly’s work with others. This professor fostered creativity not just in aesthetics as an artist but also in paving a new way forward into processes unknown.⁠
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If you are interested in exploring processes unknown to you with an instructor who remembers beginner’s mind, link to learn about attending an iron foundry workshop!
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About

Kelly R Ludeking

KRL METALS ART STUDIO FOUNDER, EDUCATOR & ARTIST

Did you know my middle initial, the meat in the sandwich of KRL, stands for Renaissance? It doesn’t, actually, but it might as well. This one word best sums up my approach to life as a sculptor, fabricator & metal arts instructor. I reimagine the use of materials in order to realize solutions to challenging goals or problems. I renew interest in metal both as an industrial staple that shapes the world around us as well as its artistic influence, reshaping the world within us. I reignite the spark of creativity, curiosity & ingenuity in my students, expanding their horizons to new possibilities within metal arts & industry.

Growing up on a midwestern dairy & hog farm created a very real need to invent & reinvent tools and repair machinery in order to keep our livelihood moving in the right direction. I spent so much time with animals & machinery that I began to see one in the other: a tractor seat becomes a face for a gargoyle sculpture; a fuel tank becomes the body for a life-sized elephant sculpture; a garbage shoot becomes the body for a bull dog sculpture.

These early years influenced me deeply. College introduced me to the possibility of becoming an artist. I never thought of myself as artistic because I couldn’t draw, paint or throw a pot. I was a musical artist as a drummer, but a visual artist seemed so far fetched until I embraced 3D arts, specifically metal. Subsequent decades in the prop industry and a variety of other odd jobs continued to influence my ever-growing library of skills. Years of training others in these various industry roles naturally lead to a desire to share my library of experience with others.

My mission is to share welded, melted & shaped metals with people like you! You wouldn’t still be here if you didn’t have a curiosity about foundry, blacksmithing, welding or maybe all three! I’m here to connect you with the experiences that will give you confidence in areas that have been calling to you.

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KRL Metals Art Studio

A Historic Site

BORN AS A FOUNDRY IN 1890

After several years of searching for the ideal location in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the perfect spot found us in the last quarter of 2020. The historic limestone building we now call home originally came to life in the late 1800’s as a, wait for it…FOUNDRY!

The last several decades it was used for storage, but Kelly immediately saw the potential in the large empty space for gatherings around music, people & metal. KRL Metals Art Studio is honored to pick up the tradition of metal casting in this historic limestone building. Located in the West 7th Neighborhood, it was built to house an iron & brass foundry that largely supplied the booming railroad industry at the turn of the 20th century. It’s had many lives over the years, and we are thrilled to be renovating a portion of this building in order to share metal arts & fabrication with our neighbors & those willing to venture into our community for all the great things West 7th has to offer.

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KRL Metals Art Studio

626 Armstrong Avenue
Saint Paul, MN
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Askov Finlayson: Freshwater

Askov Finlayson: Freshwater

by | May 15, 2022 | people/passions

Freshwater is a documentary that dives into the cold waters of Lake Superior along Minnesota’s North Shore. Despite the fact that it contains ten percent of Earth’s freshwater, this massive force of nature remains largely unexplored. One group of people, however, is intimately aware of its power. From the surfers who catch its waves to the scientists who study its depths, learn why Lake Superior is a precious resource that should never be taken for granted.

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FRESHWATER – Trailer from 515 Productions on Vimeo

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Upcoming Minneapolis Screenings

May 20th and 21st at 7pm at the newly-renovated MSP Film at The Main (formerly known as the St. Anthony Main Theater).

Following the screening on Saturday, May 21st, Askov Finlayson will host a panel discussion with members of the film’s cast and crew to examine the complexities of protecting freshwater from the threat of climate change and the importance of preserving Lake Superior as a resource for future generations.

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 Tickets

All proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation.

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Northrop Spring Organ Showcase 2022

Northrop Spring Organ Showcase 2022

by | May 8, 2022 | people/passions

Northrop and University of MInnesota School of Music Present
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Ju Young Lee, Current DMA candidate
Emily Roth, Current MM student
Phillip Radtke, Alumnus
Nils Halker, Alumnus and Northrop Organ Advisory Board member
Jane Becker, Elective student
Stella O’Neill, Alumna and DMA candidate Cincinnati College Conservatory

UMN students and alumni showcase their talents on Northrop’s historic Aeolian-Skinner Opus 892 pipe organ. This diverse program includes works by J. S. Bach, Frank Bridge, Olivier Messiaen, Peter Planyavsky, Florence Beatrice Price, Phillip Radtke, and Louis Vierne.

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Carlson Family Stage

Tuesday May 10th, 7:30 pm CT

In-Person Tickets

LiveStream/On-Demand Tickets
(On-demand through May 15th)
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