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- Travel Wisconsin: Experiential Art
- WI Women | Television Wisconsin Segment
- Shake Rag Alley Awarded Wisconsin Arts Board Grant
- 8 Things To Do In This Enchanting Wisconsin Town
- NBC15: Shake Rag Alley Summer Youth Programs Underway
- Theater on a Midsummer Night
- When Summer School Is More Like Summer Camp
- World Premiere Wisconsin: Dancing Alone
- World Premiere Wisconsin Springs Outward in May
- Youth Art Programs & Outreach at Shake Rag Alley
- Folk Schools are Bringing Old Skills to New Audiences
- Historic Arts Center Welcomes Creators
- Mining Art and Adventure in Mineral Point
- Appreciate Art in Mineral Point
- Make a Creative Date With Shake Rag Alley in 2022
- Call for Submissions: Alley Stage Reading Series
- NBC15 Visits Mineral Point at Shake Rag Alley
- Ian Chandler Sculpture at Shake Rag Alley
- Sutcliffe Endowment Campaign Closer to Goal
- Judy Sutcliffe: Santa Barbara Independent
- Arts Midwest Reports on Shake Rag Alley 2020 NEA Big Read of Citizen: An American Lyric
- NEA Big Read of Citizen: An American Lyric
- Shake Rag Alley Earns Monarch Waystation Certification
- Condé Nast Traveler
- Top Big Read Books in Wisconsin
- Join Shake Rag Alley in Virtual Community Conversations About “Citizen: An American Lyric”
- BRAVA Magazine
- Love Wisconsin Project | 2019
- Voice of the River Valley | 2019
- Midwest Weekends | 2018
- Shorewest Realtors Blog | 2016
- Lind Pavilion Transformation | 2015
- PBS Wisconsin | 2014
- Wisconsin People & Ideas | Winter 2013
- A Laurel for Mineral Point | 2007
Our outdoor spaces have been especially beautiful lately! Above is Alley Stage with Katrin Talbot on viola and Matthew Guenette on verses for yesterday’s Viola, Poetry, and Chocolate—a free community event with all sorts of inspiration for the senses. Last weekend we were treated to Reading Anna K by Fran Zell as part of our Alley Stage Reading Series, and we’re looking forward to ITCH by DC Cathro on October 12—tickets available in advance or at the door. Our Alley Stage Reading Series provides space for Midwestern playwrights to share their works in progress, local actors to perform new work and share their craft, and for audiences to engage during the post-reading talkbacks. A key part of our mission is cultivating the creativity in our rural communities and the Alley Stage Reading Series helps us work to enact this mission.
Another key aspect of our mission is to care for our rustic campus and historic buildings—you might have noticed our campus improvements lately: from new fencing to restored lanterns and more to come. We invite you to visit during Fiber Faire September 28 for all the fiber-tastic fun (spinning & weaving & embroidery & more! Plus a pop-up market) and to check on our progress. We’re excited to make our campus more welcoming for visitors as we celebrate twenty years of creativity and get ready for twenty more. On October 14 (our sign-the-papers-actual-birthday!) we invite everyone for a Lantern Lighting on the Green at 7:30 p.m. The sun will have set and we’ll be ready to light the way for the future along with all of you!
Have you started working on your costume yet for A Ghostly Gathering, our freakishly fun fundraiser on October 26? We’re leaning into spectacle and the sideshow this year with a Fire Show, carnival games, a strolling magician, Tarot readings, and music by Feast of Mutton. Doors open at 5:30. We’ll have food and drink all over campus and a Night Market. Get your tickets now and sign up to be a vendor. This rain or shine or snow event is not recommended for children. We look forward to welcoming families to our annual Trick’r Treat night October 31!
See you soon,
Christina Kubasta
Executive Director