Adapted Longest Night Events to Celebrate the Winter Solstice on December 21, 2020

The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center will host two adapted events to celebrate the winter solstice on Monday, December 21, 2020: an outdoor event at the New York Mills Sculpture Park and Barn, and a virtual concert online. 

Longest Night Outdoor Event

On Monday, December 21 from 5-6:30pm, community members are invited to the New York Mills Sculpture Park to enjoy a self-paced luminary walk around the sculpture park. There will be hot cocoa and music playing.

NYM students are invited to decorate luminary bags that will be lit and placed throughout the Sculpture Park. Bags are available at the Cultural Center and NYM School and must be returned by Friday, December 18. Families are encouraged to come and find their child’s luminary during the walk on December 21.

While this is an outdoor, non-structured event, COVID safety guidelines will be observed by staff and encouraged by attendees, including spacing and masks. If you are not well, please do not attend. Thank you for helping to keep our communities safe.  Please contact us with any questions at 218-385-3339.

Longest Night Virtual Concert

On Monday, December 21 at 7pm, the Center will be sharing an exclusive virtual concert by regional musicians. At the time of publication, the musician line-up for the virtual concert includes Corey Medina & Brothers, Survivor Girl Ukulele Band, Ben Ranson, Dave Virnala, Kevin Mastel, Crystal Clear Resonation, Day Gun, and Good Morning Bedlam. To find more details on the virtual concert, head to the Cultural Center’s Facebook page @ccnym or their website www.kulcher.org.

Both events are free and open to anyone to participate. 

Annually the Center hosts a Longest Night Music Festival during the darkest night of the year with intimate performances from local musicians. Due to COVID-19, the annual in-person event has been cancelled for 2020. 

The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center is a rural hub for creativity, community vitality, and lifelong learning in the arts. We offer visitors intimate opportunities to encounter art and artists in our 80-seat concert listening room, two art galleries in a historic building, a gift store featuring local artists, an artist residency program, classes and workshops, a sculpture park, and a variety of opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Since our incorporation in 1990, we have been passionate about connecting people to artists and rich cultural experiences in rural Minnesota, celebrating the local and being a window to the world.