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Monday, June 30, 2025Stillwater Area Community Foundation Now Accepting Applications for the 2025 Great Idea Grant Program
[STILLWATER, MN, June 16, 2025] — What began as a pandemic-era clean-up effort has become one of Stillwater’s most vibrant community art experiences. Tucked behind the historic storefronts of Main Street, Union Art Alley is now a colorful, immersive destination drawing locals and visitors alike—and it all started with a GREAT Idea. In 2023, a $10,000 GREAT Idea Grant from the Stillwater Area Community Foundation helped launch Union Art Alley, a creative placemaking project that transformed a neglected
Monday, June 30, 2025Annual ArtReach Exhibition Celebrates 30 Years - Members Show to Open July 10th
STILLWATER, MN –Each year, ArtReach shows over 50 works by dedicated artist members at the Members Show. All forms of artwork are accepted, from blown glass to hand-bound books to paintings and pottery. 1995 was the first year of the Members Show, according to records of the River Valley Arts Council, of which formed into present day ArtReach St Croix. While ArtReach has sparse records of that day, we do have a photo album. Photos of the first annual Members Show, which was on view at Lakeview Hospital,
Sunday, September 08, 2024“Barns of the St. Croix Valley” for fall membership program
The Washington County Historical Society is excited to announce their Fall Membership Dinner Meeting featuring a program by Jim Lammers on his book “Barns of the St. Croix Valley: An Architect’s Sketchbook.” The event is on Thursday, September 26 at 5:30pm at the Stillwater Event Center, located at 1910 Greeley Street South, Stillwater, MN 55082. Books will be available for purchase at the event. The event is open to the public and the cost is $25 for WCHS members and $30 for nonmembers. The evening
Monday, July 08, 2024On the Road this Summer with the Mobile Art Gallery
The Mobile Art Gallery, a program of ArtReach St. Croix, will travel throughout the St. Croix Valley this summer and into the fall, bringing a collaborative exhibition with the Stillwater Prison Education Department entitled, “Artwork, once captive has gone free”. Featuring 6-word memoirs and visual artwork from incarcerated persons, “Artwork, once captive has gone free,” highlights the importance of the arts in restorative justice and education. This is the second exhibition collaborating with the prison,
Monday, April 10, 2023Everyone Is Getting Old, But Are You Growing Old? with Richard Leider
HUDSON, WI – When we were young, adults had to ask us, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Now that we’re all grown up, we have to ask ourselves, “Who do we want to be when we grow old?” That’s the question Richard Leider's book Who Do You Want to Be When You Grow Old? helps answer. Because everyone is getting old, but not everyone is growing old. On Wednesday, April 19, author Richard Leider will discuss how purposeful aging is a path to resilience and fulfillment. His well-known work celebrates
Friday, June 28, 2019CHAMBER ANNOUNCES THE INAUGURAL LEADERSHIP IN THE VALLEY 2019-2020 CLASS
The Greater Stillwater Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the Leadership in the Valley (LITV) first class of cohort participates. The LITV program is designed to bring together emerging and existing leaders, and consequently their organizations, who welcome the opportunity to expand their involvement in community affairs and are willing to explore new leadership responsibilities in the community and enhance their personal leadership skills. Participants will form beneficial professional
