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The Last Waltz – Film

Friday / February 24, 2023 / Free Will Donations Directed by Martin Scorsese. 117 minutes. The Last Waltz has been heralded as “the finest of all rock movies.” It started out as a farewell concert and became a celebration. Join an unparalleled lineup of rock superstars as they celebrate the historic 1976 farewell performance of The…

They Say Nothing Stays the Same – Film

Winona Arts Center 228 East 5th Street, Winona, MN, United States

Friday / March 10, 2023 / 7:00pm Japanese with English subtitles. 137 minutes. Directed by Joe Odagiri. 2019. Featuring an array of Japan's top stars, this film follows Toichi (Akira Emoto), an aging ferryman in a remote Meiji-era community. His peaceful, cyclical existence is given meaning by the essential role he plays in transporting people, livestock…

Queen of Glory – Film

Winona Arts Center 228 East 5th Street, Winona, MN, United States

Friday / March 24, 2023 / 7:00pm United States, English language with subtitles. 78 minutes. Directed by Nana Mensah. 2021. Sarah Obeng (Nana Mensah), a doctoral student at Columbia University, is weeks away from following her boyfriend to Ohio when her mother suddenly passes away. Her inheritance is King of Glory, a small Christian bookstore serving…

They Say Nothing Stays the Same – Film

Winona Arts Center 228 East 5th Street, Winona, MN, United States

Friday / April 14, 2023 / 7:00pm Japanese with English subtitles. 137 minutes. Directed by Joe Odagiri. 2019. Featuring an array of Japan’s top stars, this film follows Toichi (Akira Emoto), an aging ferryman in a remote Meiji-era community. His peaceful, cyclical existence is given meaning by the essential role he plays in transporting people, livestock…

Healthy Lake Winona Film by Mary Farrell

Winona Arts Center 228 East 5th Street, Winona, MN, United States

Friday / April 21, 2023 / 7:00pm / $10.00 Sponsored by Frozen River Film Festival Buy Tickets Online When Lake Winona was being evaluated as an impaired water by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, a group of local citizens formed Healthy Lake Winona in 2014. The group initiated several projects to reduce the problem of…

Salt of the Earth – Film & Cinco de Mayo Celebration

Winona Arts Center 228 East 5th Street, Winona, MN, United States

Friday / May 5, 2023 / 7:00pm Please join us for some food, fun and a film. Enjoy some salsa, chips, non-alcoholic sangria and more … Featuring the classic 1954 film, Salt of the Earth. This is one of the first films to advance the feminist social and political point of view. Its plot centers…

The Harvest – La Cosecha – Film

Winona Arts Center 228 East 5th Street, Winona, MN, United States

Friday / September 29, 2023 / 7:00pm Admission - $5.00 (The best deal in town) Every year there are more than 400,000 American children who are torn away from their friends, schools and homes to pick the food we all eat. Zulema, Perla and Victor labor as migrant farm workers, sacrificing their own childhoods to…

The Cup – Film

Winona Arts Center 228 East 5th Street, Winona, MN, United States

Friday / October 6, 2023 / 7:30pm Prayer. Meditation. Rituals. Soccer?? World Cup soccer fever sweeps into a remote Himalayan monastery and centuries-old traditions are threatened—the young monks will do just about anything to watch the final match, posing a unique challenge to the venerable lamas in charge. An engaging tale of colliding cultures, midnight…

tracings: dance film screening and community sharing

Winona Arts Center 228 East 5th Street, Winona, MN, United States

created by Sharon Mansur; presented in partnership with the Frozen River Film Festival Saturday / October 7, 2023 / 2:00-4:00pm Join Winona based dance/interdisciplinary artist Sharon Mansur and guests for “tracings: dance film screening and community sharing". This informal event will feature the premiere of tracings, a dance film created by Sharon Mansur in collaboration with…

The Day after Trinity – Film

Winona Arts Center 228 East 5th Street, Winona, MN, United States

Friday / October 20, 2023 / 7:00pm This 1981 documentary film is directed and produced by Jon H. Else. The film tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), the theoretical physicist who led the effort to build the first atomic bomb, tested in July 1945 at the Trinity site in New Mexico. It features…

200 Meters – Film

Winona Arts Center 228 East 5th Street, Winona, MN, United States

Friday / November 3, 2023 / 7:00pm 96 minutes. Arabic, English and Hebrew with English subtitles. Mustafa (Ali Sulman), a Palestinian construction worker, lives in the West Bank, a mere 200 meters from his wife and children in Israel. Though eligible for an Israeli ID, Mustafa instead chooses to use his work permit to visit…