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Sarah Hicks, principal pops conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra, will spend a week in Willmar during the Common Chords festival when members of the orchestra will participate in more than 30 community events, including three full concerts. Hicks was in Grand Rapids last year for the same type of community visit. (Photo by Greg Helgeson)

In case you missed it: Minnesota Orchestra bringing Common Chords festival to Willmar, Minn.

Minnesota Orchestra members will participate in more than 30 events including three full concerts during their Common Chords festival May 22-26 in Willmar. The festival, the result of an extensive...

showcase Thu, May 17, 2012 - 12:00pm

Syttende Mai events set in area communities

Events marking Syttende Mai -- literally May 17, which is Norway's Constitution Day -- have been set in area communities over the next three days. In Norway, according to the...

showcase / region Thu, May 17, 2012 - 12:00pm

Common Chords schedule of public events in Willmar, Minn.

Tuesday, May 22, 11:30-12:30 p.m. Introducing the Minnesota Orchestra Brass Quintet, Rice Hospital Garden Court. More: 320-235-4543; free. Join five members of the Minnesota Orchestra's outstanding brass section in this...

showcase Thu, May 17, 2012 - 12:00pm

Taylor Schilling, left, and Zac Efron are shown in a scene from "The Lucky One," based on the book by Nicholas Sparks. (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Alan Markfield)

Date-night movies take over

'The Lucky One' Yet another adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel, so you know exactly what you're getting walking into this thing. It's predictable and schmaltzy and sappy and smothered...

showcase / entertainment Thu, Apr 26, 2012 - 9:05am

Michael Ealy, left, and Taraji P. Henson are shown in a scene from "Think Like a Man." This date-night movie, along with "The Lucky One," took over the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in the weekend box office, respectively. (AP Photo/Sony Pictures-Screen Gems, Alan Markfield)

Box office: 'Think Like a Man' muscles in at No. 1

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The date-night movies "Think Like a Man" and "The Lucky One" finally have knocked "The Hunger Games" off its No. 1 box-office perch. "Think Like a...

showcase / entertainment Thu, Apr 26, 2012 - 8:59am

Barbershop spring show is Saturday in Willmar, Minn.

WILLMAR -- The West Central Connection Chorus presents its annual spring show at 4 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at WEAC in Willmar. Guest performers include the Great Northern Union Chorus,...

showcase / local Thu, Apr 19, 2012 - 12:26am

"Wood County Round Barn'' Richard Wunsch, Wausau, Wisc.

Celebrating a rural landscape

Life presents some difficult choices. Do not pity Luanne Fondell for having to make these. She helped select nearly 70 different artworks by 18 rural artists from Minnesota and Wisconsin...

showcase / local / art Thu, Apr 19, 2012 - 12:21am

Angela Nelson, left, is mistress Billie Dawn and David Nelson is her tutor Paul Verrall in The Barn Theatre's production of "Born Yesterday." The comedy opens tonight and runs through April 22 at The Barn in downtown Willmar. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

'Born Yesterday' comedy opens tonight at The Barn Theatre in Willmar, Minn.

WILLMAR -- The Barn Theatre presents "Born Yesterday" at 7:30 p.m. tonight through Saturday and April 19-21 with 2:30 p.m. matinees on Sunday and April 22. Tickets are $15 for...

showcase Thu, Apr 12, 2012 - 11:45am

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Now showing: 'Titanic' in 3-D

There was a time when James Cameron's career looked as though it might join Titanic, down in the lower depths. Before he became king of the modern blockbuster with "Titanic"...

showcase Thu, Apr 05, 2012 - 6:01am

Artist-in-residence Chad Hoopes performs Monday for orchestra students at the Willmar Middle School. A 17-year-old prodigy violinist, Hoopes performed for them on a violin made by Antonio Stradivari in 1713. Part of the purpose of the artist-in-residence program is to encourage young people to find their own passion in life, whether it's music or something else. (Tribune photos by Ron Adams)

Young musician visits three Willmar, Minn., schools

Not many kids in rural Minnesota can say they've been in the same room as a Stradivarius violin, much less heard it played by a person who seems to have...

showcase / local Thu, Mar 29, 2012 - 12:01am

The Willmar Middle School production of the musical "Mulan Jr." opens tonight at the Willmar High School theater. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

Willmar, Minn., Middle School musical 'Mulan Jr.' opens tonight (video)

The Willmar Middle School presents the musical "Disney's Mulan Jr." at 7 p.m. tonight through Saturday and at 1 p.m.

showcase / art Thu, Mar 01, 2012 - 10:12am

Cleo Kilpatrick, left, and Natalie Gleason are two of more than 30 skaters taking to the ice this weekend at the Diamond Edge Figure Skating Club performs its annual show at the Willmar Civic Center Arena. Shows are set for 7 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.

Figure skaters perform this weekend in Willmar, Minn.

The Diamond Edge figure skaters present "SK8 Radio" at 7 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday at the Willmar Civic Center. The annual figure skating show will have a radio...

showcase / local Thu, Feb 23, 2012 - 9:52am

Fifteen members of the West Central Singers group will perform as part of a Presidents Day concert Monday at Carnegie Hall in New York. (Tribune photos by Ron Adams)

West Central Singers of Willmar, Minn., to perform at Carnegie Hall

Members of the West Central Singers -- based in Willmar -- are packing their bags today for a trip to New York City, where they'll be singing with a mass...

showcase / entertainment / region / local / music / art Thu, Feb 16, 2012 - 9:16am

Samantha TerBeest, the adult programs librarian at the Willmar Public Library, introduces a group to the traveling Lincoln exhibit. The exhibit runs through Feb. 17. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

Library exhibit in Willmar, Minn., invites discussion on Lincoln, Civil War

The Gettysburg Address is less than 300 words in length. It can be recited in under two minutes. But Abraham Lincoln was wrong when he said in his speech that...

showcase / local Thu, Jan 12, 2012 - 12:15am

This Christmas light display is on the corner of Willmar Avenue and 15th Street Southwest at the home of Nat and Tisha Ellinger. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

Willmar, Minn., area light displays spread holiday cheer

Sparkling icicle lights. Candy cane walkways. Multicolored lights strung on trees. Twinkling snowflakes in windows. If you're driving around the area this weekend to admire the holiday lights, these are...

showcase / local Thu, Dec 22, 2011 - 12:49am

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