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Spring 2023 Season

Welcome back to the Arts Center!

In addition to our Spring season, we are also planning community partnerships and will post them here on our home page and link to the event page where you can reserve your tickets. Please check back to see when details are added or follow us on Facebook for regualr updates! Also, if you haven’t already, sign-up for our emails to learn about future plans.

We are excited to be hosting events again and hope to see you soon!

Thank you,
The Arts Center Team

Campus Life Drag Show

Event Type: Concert

Audience: General Public, MATURE AUDIENCE

Date of Performance: April 18 @ 8 PM

Cost: LSSU Faculty/Staff/Students Free | Adults $25 | Non-LSSU Students $15 | Tickets

Description: Get ready for a night of fabulous performances and dazzling costumes! LSSU presents the ultimate drag show experience! Enjoy the electrifying energy of national acts and local acts for an event full of music and laughter. Doors open at 7:30 pm, so come prepared to party the night away.

This show is Mature Content and requires anyone under the age of 17 to be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Parking will be available in K-Lot, E-Lot

Interprofessional Simulation

Event Type: Special Engagement

Audience: General Public

Date of Performance: April 21 @ 10am

Cost: FREE | Tickets

Description: Lake Superior State University will be hosting an Interprofessional Simulation on Friday, April 21, 2023, at the LSSU Arts Center. The Interprofessional team includes healthcare professionals from multiple disciplines of nursing, emergency medical services, fire science, and criminal justice.

LSSU invites the community to attend and experience the Interprofessional Simulation as a standardized participant for the outside crowd or watch a live stream from the Arts Center Theater. We ask the community to arrive by 10:00 A.M for the experience to begin at 10:30 A.M.

NO Building ACCESS WILL BE GRANTED AFTER 11 AM

Parking will be available in E-Lot.

For more information visit: Interprofessional simulation 2023 – Lake Superior State University (lssu.edu)

Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra

Event Type: Music Concert

Audience: General Public

COST: General Admission: FREE | VIP Tickets contact Arts Center Box Office | Tickets

Date of Performance: April 22 @ 6:30 pm

Description:

The Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra will be performing a special concert, Terra Nostra, that pays homage to our rich Native American culture and the Great Lakes region. The concert will feature three distinct pieces that will take the audience on a journey through the region’s history and traditions: Gwyneth Walker’s Great Lakes Cantata, a choral and orchestral work that is inspired by the beauty of the five lakes and celebrates the region’s natural wonders; Jerod Impichchaachaaha Tate’s Spirit Chief Names the Animal People that recounts an Okanogan Indian story about how Coyote retained his name, given by the Great Spirit Chief; and Terra Nostra, a 30-minute multimedia symphony composed by Christophe Changard, which is a call to action about ways to preserve our region’s natural resources.

Admission to the concert is free, which is made possible through the generosity of the LSSU Issues and Intellect Fund. However, for those looking to elevate their experience, VIP tickets are available for $50, which provides priority seating, reserved parking, access to a VIP Lounge for a patron’s cocktail hour, and a special meet-and-greet with conductor Libor Ondras and composer of Terra Nostra, Christophe Changard. Limited VIP tickets available. Please contact the Arts Center Box Office (906) 635-2787 or to reserve your VIP tickets.

LSSU Music Department

Event Type: Music Concert

Audience: General Public

COST: FREE | Tickets

Date of Performance: April 23 @ 4pm

MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON!

Lost Dog Records

Event Type: Music Concert

Audience: General Public

COST: FREE, Donations will be accepted for the Young Indigenous Artist Fund | Tickets

Date of Performance: April 25 @ 7pm

Description:

Lost Dog Records is a collection of songwriters from the Great Lakes region. The label is based out of Marquette, Michigan, and their lineup includes songwriters and groups from Northern Ontario to Detroit, though most call Michigan’s Upper Peninsula home.

Formed in 2013 by a group of friends/songwriters who back each other up on stage and in the studio. Their mission is to maintain a healthy and open-minded platform that artists can utilize to help fund the creation of their craft from our cooperative studio to the pressing and distribution of the final product. Their label platform is also used as a tool to book shows and share the music of their artists far and wide through regional distribution.

Lost Dog Records believes that the somewhat isolated area where they live is an extraordinary place to write and, though it’s not heavily populated, they seem to have an abundance of locally sourced talent. This rich talent is something worth showcasing for the outside world. Everyone at LDR has a day job, as you have to up north. They are carpenters, nurses, elementary school teachers, baristas, audio technicians, mail carriers, and botanists to name a few. They aren’t doing this for profit. LDR artists are going to write and play no matter what. They always have. They are for lifers here. Might as well share.

www.lostdogrecords.org

LSSU Film Festival

Event Type: Film Festival

Audience: Mature Audiences

COST: FREE

Date of Performance: April 27 @ 7pm

Description:

This will be our 3rd Annual LSSU Film Festival at the Arts Center. The festival will feature student, faculty, and staff directed short films developed in collaboration with LSSU’s Filmmakers Club, the Theatre Program, and members from the university at large. We will be screening films from the following categories (and audience members will decide who wins each category):

TIER 1
Best Original Short
Best Short Doc/Interview
Best Laker Pride Video

TIER 2
Best Music Video
Best Spoof/Parody

TIER 3
Best 60 Second Video
Best 3 Shot Narrative