The Fergus Falls Daily Journal

International violinist Cindy Wu will be performing at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 27 at A Center for the Arts, 124 W. Lincoln Ave., downtown Fergus Falls in the Fergus Theatre. Tickets are $8 for adults in advance ($10 on the day of the show) and $5 for students/children regardless of when the tickets are [...]

The first West Central Area Guitar Summit is done, and by the accounts of everyone involved, it was a success. Rebecca Petersen, the executive director for A Center for the Arts and one of the event’s primary organizers, said that the three days of concerts and guitar workshops was a blast, and one that pulled [...]

We’re heading into another round of “grant writing season.” Thanks to the Legacy Funds made possible through the Arts, History and Cultural Heritage Amendment there are actually dollars out there available to artists and arts organizations. I just got off the phone with a good friend, John Davis, in Lanesboro. (Some of you might remember [...]

On Wednesday, Aug. 25, Rocco Landesman (the current Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts) was in Minnesota to address arts advocates and legislators. I was headed that direction but the “check engine” light came on in my car and there it sat in the shop. I was already cutting it close and had [...]

Things in Common. We all have things in common. Sometimes it might just be where we live. Other times it might be the places we’ve been. Then again, many of us also have common interests. Here at A Center for the Arts we’re doing our best to help you all find things of interest that [...]

Note: full event schedule at bottom. Tim Sparks is something of a local treasure to the northwestern lakes area of Minnesota, and he’s also played a part of what he hopes will be a new local treasure for Fergus Falls. An internationally-known guitarist, Frazee resident Sparks has received accolades and acclaim for his forays into [...]