Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center

The classic holiday story returns to the Gallagher-Bluedorn with a dazzling new set and costumes, and all new choreography! This will be the beginning of wonderful holiday memories.

Begin your Holiday season with this timeless ballet featuring the Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece score, great dancers of the Minnesota Ballet and guest appearance by the finest dancers in Northeast Iowa.

The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression and of World War II and their eventual deaths in action in the Pacific theater are chronicled in this film based on a true story.

Within just a few short years the Hugo Wolf Quartett has developed from a chamber music lover’s insider tip to one of the most sought after string quartets of its generation.

"Urgent and impassioned, but with an absolute commitment to the ideal values of every note" LOS ANGELES TIMES .

The International Hugo Wolf Society of Vienna allowed this ensemble, founded in 1993 at the Vienna University for Music, to use the composer’s name. The group’s current members are the violinists Sebastian Gürtler and Régis Bringolf, the violist Gertrud Weinmeister and the cellist Florian Berner. Shortly thereafter, the quartet won the Fifth International String Quartet Competition in Cremona, took first prize at the 45th International G.B. Viotti Chamber Music Competition, the European Chamber Music Prize and Special Prize of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and were elected Rising Stars.

Hailed by the Daily Mail as "the revival against which all others will be measured", and the Daily Telegraph as "probably the greatest musical of all time" Cameron Mackintosh and the landmark production of Lerner & Loewe's "MY FAIR LADY" will be coming to the Gallagher-Bluedorn.

Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s clever comedy, this award-winning musical is the bewitching story of a cockney flower seller’s transformation into the pride of London society. With memorable songs such as “With a Little Bit of Luck”, “The Rain in Spain”, “I Could Have Danced All Night”, it’s no wonder everyone - not just Henry Higgins - falls in love with Eliza Doolittle.

Hailed by the Daily Mail as "the revival against which all others will be measured", and the Daily Telegraph as "probably the greatest musical of all time" Cameron Mackintosh and the landmark production of Lerner & Loewe's "MY FAIR LADY" will be coming to the Gallagher-Bluedorn.

Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s clever comedy, this award-winning musical is the bewitching story of a cockney flower seller’s transformation into the pride of London society. With memorable songs such as “With a Little Bit of Luck”, “The Rain in Spain”, “I Could Have Danced All Night”, it’s no wonder everyone - not just Henry Higgins - falls in love with Eliza Doolittle.

You will be wowed! The most visually stunning show of the year! Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company is a blend of traditional and contemporary Chinese dance. See and understand the cultures of China as the company melds ancient Chinese forms with modern dance in an artistic and inventive marriage of styles.  The Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company “… features timeless elements which often surprise audiences by their fresh, contemporary look at everything from romance to the exuberant spectacle of the Chinese ribbon dance.” (Center for the Arts)

In Silk Cascade, Lily Cai’s choreography bridges the continuum from the past to present, from the creative interpretation of China’s Dai minority dances to the vibrant contemporary swirls of long silk ribbons in the Silk Cascade finale, inspired by the art of Jackson Pollock.

Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education "statistics" have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose stories make up the engrossing foundation of WAITING FOR SUPERMAN. As he follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying "drop-out factories" and "academic sinkholes," methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable problems.

 Best known for his 11 years co-starring on The Carol Burnett Show, Tim Conway has been making audiences laugh with family-friendly comedy for over 50 years. To his peers, Tim Conway is “the comedian’s comedian.” Audiences, on the other hand, simply consider him one of the funniest men in show business.

Refreshingly unique, "Tim Conway & Friends features classic sketches between Conway, McCann and Louise DuArt as well as Tim’s loveable original characters including the diminutive golf expert Dorf, The Old Man, The Dental Sketch and many more. All of whom are the "Friends" that Tim will feature.

Conway’s 11 years co-starring on TV’s classic Carol garnered him five Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe.

Eleven directors from 11 countries each contribute an 11-minute short reflecting on the events of 11 September 2001. A village teacher in Iran tries to explain to her young students what's happened. City kids in Burkina Faso think they've spotted Osama bin Laden. A deaf Frenchwoman in Manhattan writes a Dear John letter to a man who has left that morning for work at the World Trade Center. A Chilean remembers Allende. Events recall other deaths. A mother endures more than her son's death. And so on. The tone varies, as do the locales. Most stories are about others coming to terms with the events of the day, but at least one confronts the viewer with tragedy and death.

Joel Meyerowitz, creator of the World Trade Center Archive, shares pictures of his monumental work of the aftermath of the World Trade Center attack. He also shares stories of the people he met, his personal experiences and his personal response to this tragedy. Meyerowitz is internationally renowned for his work in color photography and his view camera artistry. A Guggenheim Fellow and an NEA and NEH award-winner, Meyerowitz was the only photographer to gain unlimited access to Ground Zero after 9/11. In eight months, he took more than 8,000 photographs, capturing on film the monumental scale of the ruin as well as the moments of courage, compassion and solidarity during the recovery and clean-up. An exhibit from his World Trade Center Archive has traveled to more than 200 cities in 60 countries, from Kabul to Lima to Beijing,and a permanent selection will be at the World Trade Center Museum.