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Get your Halloween juices flowing at a reading event for prose and poetry writers centered around spooky stories, paranormal experiences, and those just-plain-weird happenings. Readings are limited to five minutes per author. No pre-registration is needed. Sign up at the event to read. The public and the spirit world are invited.
LOCATION/VIRTUAL DESCRIPTION
(TBD)
ACCC Arts Center in the Chaska Community Center Theater
1661 Park Ridge Dr.
Chaska MN 55318
MAX/MIN NUMBER OF ATTENDEES/TICKETS
30
DATE
October, 12th
TIME
The event will start at 7 pm and go until 8:30.
FEE
This event is free for the artists and attending public
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DETAILS
Get your Halloween juices flowing at a reading event for prose and poetry writers centered around spooky stories, paranormal experiences, and those just-plain-weird happenings. Readings are limited to five minutes per author. No pre-registration is needed. Sign up at the event to read. The public and the spirit world are invited.
The public is invited to attend so feel free to invite family and friends. We will follow current CDC protocols to maintain everyone’s safety.
Before and after the performance you are invited to visit the gift shop and view the gallery exhibit, “ACCC Members’ Show.”
If you have any questions please contact any member of the Literary Committee of the ACCC literary@artsofcarvercounty.org, the ACCC office/shop (952-443-3200), or Anne Jackson, author@annemjackson.com. We look forward to seeing you.
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This is an open reading on the theme of Close Encounters of Any Kind hosted by the ACCC Literary Committee. Open to ACCC authors and non-members to read a 5-minute selection or come enjoy those who read.
LOCATION/VIRTUAL DESCRIPTION
CCC Red Maple Room (TBD)
ACCC Arts Center in the Chaska Community Center Theater
1661 Park Ridge Dr.
Chaska MN 55318
MAX/MIN NUMBER OF ATTENDEES/TICKETS
40
DATE
August, 3rd
TIME
The event will start at 7 pm and go until 8:30.
FEE
No fee. A goodwill offering will be gathered.
DETAILS
Join us for a night of readings on the theme of “Close Encounters of Any Kind.” Authors of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry are invited to share their work. Please limit your selection to 5 minutes in length to allow as many as possible to read. Just show up by 7 pm, if you’d like to read come a few minutes early to sign up for a slot.
The public is invited to attend so feel free to invite family and friends. We will follow current CDC protocols to maintain everyone’s safety.
Before and after the performance you are invited to visit the gift shop and view the gallery exhibit, “Micro Mystery Tour.”
If you have any questions please contact any member of the Literary Committee of the ACCC literary@artsofcarvercounty.org, the ACCC office/shop (952-443-3200), or Anne Jackson, author@annemjackson.com. We look forward to seeing you.
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The Literary Committee of the Arts Consortium of Carver County invites you to join us for a “Welcome Back” Open Reading at the Chaska Community Center on June 29 at 7pm in the Theater of the Chaska Community Center. Poets and Prose writers are invited to share their work at the open mic. Please limit your selection(s) to 5 minutes in length in order to allow as many as possible to read. This is a good opportunity to read a recent publication, something you wrote last year, or a piece from a new book.
We have been separated for so long by the pandemic, we’d like to use this open reading as an opportunity to welcome each other back to in-person events. A bonus of the evening will be the open ACCC gift shop and a chance to see the gallery exhibit Express Yourself in Purple in honor of Prince.
LOCATION
ACCC Arts Center in the Chaska Community Center Theater
1661 Park Ridge Dr.
Chaska MN 55318
DATE
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
TIME
7:00-8:00pm
FEE
This is a FREE event, everyone is welcome to attend.
DETAILS
Just show up at 7pm, if you’d like to read, and you can sign up then for a slot. You are welcome to invite family and friends to attend the event. We hope the public will join us. We will follow current CDC protocols to maintain everyone’s safety.
CONTACT
If you have any questions, please contact any member of the Literary Committee of ACCC literary@artsofcarvercounty.org, the ACCC Gift Shop (952-443-3200) or Susan Coultrap-McQuin, coultrap@gmail.com. We look forward to welcoming you back!
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The Arts Consortium of Carver County (ACCC), with the Prince Estate’s approval, is posthumously naming Prince Rogers Nelson the ACCC’s Honorary Member for 2021. 2021 is the 5th anniversary of his passing. The ACCC is focusing on and celebrating Prince’s musical genius and his international acclaim. The ACCC invites Carver County, the cities, schools, libraries, and businesses to join Purple Reigns and to contribute to “painting the County purple.”
We invite you to participate in Purple Reigns by using the color purple during the month of June or specifically on June 17th, the day we officially honor Prince. Purple items on sale in your store, purple artwork or photography, purple lights on your building, purple ribbons, balloons, plant purple flowers, celebrate with purple sidewalk chalk, etc.
Take photos of how you are celebrating Purple and share on Facebook and Instagram, and be sure to include #PurpleReigns2021 on your post so everyone can share the love of Prince! For anyone who is on Facebook and would like to view our Purple Reigns photo album at anytime, click here.
See our Express Yourself in Purple Exhibit June 2 – July 3 at the Arts Consortium of Carver County Gallery in the Chaska Community Center.
Enjoy live music, purple grapes, turtle cheesecake, and beverages during the event. Be sure to wear the color purple to be entered into our door prize drawing! Shop at our Gift Shop and view the exhibit!
HONORING CEREMONY LOCATION
ACCC Gallery and Chaska Community Center Theater
1661 Park Ridge Dr
Chaska MN 55318
DATE
Thursday, June 17, 2021
Urban Flavor
TIME
6:30 – 8:30 pm, Ceremony begins approximately 7:45 pm
Purple Reigns is approved by the Prince Estate, Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN.
FEE
This is a FREE event, everyone is welcome to attend. There are no tickets.
FEATURES Urban Flavor – is performing for us most of the evening. They are a professional band that plays a blend of Soul, R&B, Jazz, Funk and dance music. It is a dynamic and charismatic 6-piece band featuring impeccable vocals, smooth harmonies, wild guitar solos, horns, and a rocksteady rhythm section. The band comprises some of the pioneers of the Minneapolis sound!
Charles Berry – Speaker. Charles is a member of Urban Flavor and he played with Prince. We look forward to hearing his story.
Kristin Campbell – Speaker. Kristin Campbell is the owner of Kristin Therese Designs, a home decorating and staging company. She and her husband, Jason, have lived in Waconia since 2004. Kristin proudly claims herself to be a “crazy cat lady” who is passionate about animals and animal welfare. She’s been obsessed with Prince since the age of 12 and is a life-long music fanatic who attends as many concerts as she possibly can!
Jon Black – Minneapolis Musician on the Guitar playing a variety of Prince songs as people enter the theater for the Honorary Ceremony. Jon lives with his wife, son and dogs in Mpls. He’s been playing guitar for 35 years. Jon has played in cover bands that have performed in local bars and breweries. Jon grew up listening to Prince.
Vanessa Drews of Cheesecake Funk – Providing delicious Turtle Cheesecake for our guests. Her turtle cheesecake is “officially Prince’s favorite Turtle Cheesecake.”
Tanescha Jones – Singer. Tanecsha Jones is a singer, songwriter from Chaska, Minnesota. She started singing in church as a young girl in Iowa. In her free time, she sings and writes songs. Currently, Tanecsha attends Minneapolis Technical Community College studying music, working on her voice and the acoustic guitar. She is a beginning a Career in the Musical Scene. With a heavenly voice, with strength and pose, you will understand how she touches lives and hearts.
Yvette Nelson – Singer. We are thrilled to have Yvette join us for this special evening. She will be singing Nothing Compares to You and When Doves Cry, by Prince.
CONTACT
Barbara Hone, Purple Reigns Committee Chairperson
purplereigns@artsofcarvercounty.org
612-799-8208
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