July 2020
Our Drive-In Movies continue Tuesday, July 14 with Caddyschack! We’ve got online-tickets going on for you, which is nice. #ReifOnWheels #ReifOutdoors 🚗🎥⛳
THANK YOU to HOTEL RAPIDS for allowing us to make this a FREE community event!
Advanced tickets required (One per car). 40 car limit.
In order to experience this event, your vehicle must be equipped with an FM radio.
Drive-in Movie Rules
- If a patron feels sick or has COVID-19 symptoms they must turn around and go home
- All patrons must remain in their vehicles
- Cars must be parked 6’ from other cars
- Only patrons that reside together at home should be in a vehicle together
- No more than 10 people per vehicle
- Restroom facilities are limited
We encourage you to bring donations for the United Way of 1000 Lakes’ Annual Health and Hygiene Drive to this event:
• shampoo
• conditioner
• toothpaste
• toothbrushes
• deodorant
• razors & shaving cream
• soap
• lip balm
• sun protection
• laundry detergent
• cleaning supplies
• first aid supplies
• diapers & baby wipes
• feminine hygiene products
• paper products
• wash cloths, hand & bath towels
• prepaid gas card
Purchase Tickets
Outdoors (covered) under the Jerry and Shirley Miner Family Multi-Use Pavilion at the IRA Civic Center!
Limited to 250 tickets
Social distancing required
Masks encouraged
Festivities begin at 5 p.m. with opening acts Steve Solkela’s Overpopulated One Man Band and Torn and Frayed!
THANK YOU TO SPONSOR
Mollie B, the multi-instrumentalist and award-winning vocalist who is the host of the Mollie B Polka Party TV show, has been performing music all her life. Mollie started her career performing with the Jim Busta Band when she was only a child and due to her hard work and dedication, Mollie B now performs nation-wide — live performances, as well as on TV and the movie screen, most often, but not exclusively with the band SqueezeBox. Mollie not only has performed on over 35 recordings, she has shared her many God-given talents with fans in over 30 states and eleven countries and continues to inspire young musicians with her love for music.
In July of 2011, the first Mollie B Polka Party aired on RFD-TV. Mollie was a creative director and co-producer of these shows. The Mollie B Polka Party currently airs in over 55 million homes on RFD-TV on Wednesday at 6:30pm and Saturday at 10:00pm ET. The show will soon be available on Farm and Ranch TV, a streaming network that can be viewed on all devices linked to the internet.
In 2018, Mollie B & SqueezeBox appeared as “Mollie B & her band” in a scene of the Warner Brothers movie, “The Mule,” directed and starring Clint Eastwood. In this scene Mollie plays piano, trumpet, sings, has one line, and dances with Clint Eastwood.
Mollie’s talents have also been showcased in front of a live audience during The Mollie B Christmas Shows both at RFD-TV the Theatre and the Jim Stafford Theatre in Branson, Missouri; as well as the CAL Center in Reedsburg, Wisconsin. The holiday special took place in 2011-2014, 2016-2018. Mollie has performed, directed, wrote, produced, choreographed, and hosted these two+-hour live performances. Mollie’s cast has featured up to 36 renowned musicians and artists in front of audiences up to 1300.
Mollie has won the title of the “Favorite Female Vocalist” award numerous times, both from the United States Polka Association and the International Polka Association. She has also won multiple awards from the Polka America Corporation for her polka recordings with Ted Lange. Additionally, Mollie has won the “2013 Polka Promoter of the Year” award, from the Wisconsin Polka Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Iowa Polka Hall of Fame in 2015. In 2018, she became the youngest inductee into the International Polka Association Hall of Fame.
MOLLIE B POLKA PARTY!
IRA CIVIC CENTER PAVILION
Rain or shine
Bring a chair
No outside food/drink
No re-admission
Designated smoking areas
No firearms
No Tents
FREE PARKING!
This FREE community event is presented in partnership with the Grand Rapids Area Library.
Presented indoors in the Wilcox Theater
Social distancing required
Masks required
Limited to 176 seats
No ticket required
A Chinese man moves illegally to Japan in order to improve his life and gain opportunity. He buys and assumes a false identity at considerable cost and is, therefore, more than happy to accept a job offer meant for someone else.
HEY PUTZ, join us for Grumpy Old Men on Tuesday, July 21! You better claim your tickets fast or you’ll have to take your lower lip, pull it over your head and swallow. #ReifOnWheels 🚗🎥🎣
THANK YOU to GRAND RAPIDS STATE BANK for allowing us to make this a FREE community event!
Advanced tickets required (One per car). 40 car limit.
In order to experience this event, your vehicle must be equipped with an FM radio.
Drive-in Movie Rules
- If a patron feels sick or has COVID-19 symptoms they must turn around and go home
- Cars must be parked 6’ from other cars
- Only patrons that reside together at home should be in a vehicle together
- No more than 10 people per vehicle
- Restroom facilities are limited
We encourage you to bring donations for the United Way of 1000 Lakes’ Annual Health and Hygiene Drive to this event:
• shampoo
• conditioner
• toothpaste
• toothbrushes
• deodorant
• razors & shaving cream
• soap
• lip balm
• sun protection
• laundry detergent
• cleaning supplies
• first aid supplies
• diapers & baby wipes
• feminine hygiene products
• paper products
• wash cloths, hand & bath towels
• prepaid gas card
SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIRED
Olivia Skaja will be a senior at St. Olaf College this fall, where she is pursuing a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance. She is in the first violin section of the St. Olaf Orchestra, and has toured every year with them, notably to Carnegie Hall and Norway. Olivia began private violin lessons at age nine, and has studied with Mary LaPlant, Alex DePue, Nathan Cole, Francesa Anderegg, and Natsuki Kumagui. Olivia was the first place winner of the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition in 2017, a soloist with the St. Olaf Orchestra on their 2019 fall tour, and most recently performed the complete Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the Itasca Symphony Orchestra. She has spent many summers out of state studying at music festivals, including Northern Lights Music Festival, Meadowmount School of Music, and Interlochen Arts Camp. Additionally, Olivia is an avid fiddler, and has been fiddling since the age of ten. In 2019, she won her third state title at the Minnesota State Fiddle Championship, and additionally placed first at the Minnesota State Fiddler’s Association contest at the Minnesota State Fair.
Deena Skaja majored in music at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. Since moving to the Grand Rapids area in 1995, she has played with the Itasca Symphony, the Coleraine City Band, and the Itasca Brass Quintet. She has been in the pit orchestra for many Grand Rapids Players musicals and has frequently performed for the Grand Rapids Summer Concert Series. She performs regularly with the Bemidji Symphony Orchestra and has been in the orchestra for the Northern Lights Music Festival in Aurora, Minnesota for several summers.
SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIRED
from the National Endowment for the Arts, Chamber Music America, Midori’s Partners in Performance, MRAC, and SEMAC for performance and educational projects. Members of the quartet are the founders and directors of the Artaria Chamber Music School, a weekly coaching program for pre-college age string players; Stringwood, a three week festival and camp held in Lanesboro, MN each June; and the Saint Paul String Quartet Competition, an annual national event that showcases America’s finest high school string quartets from around the country.
| Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik K.525 |
| Jessie Montgomery Quartet “Source Code” |
| Haydn Quartet in G major Op.77/1 |
| Wolf “Italian Serenade” |
Featuring Eagle Nest Musical Duo Adessa Cournoyer & Keith Soring!
THANK YOU TO SPONSOR
This FREE community event is presented in partnership with the Grand Rapids Area Library.
Presented indoors in the Wilcox Theater
Social distancing required
Masks required
Limited to 176 seats
No ticket required
Ulysses, fifty-five years old, is a Contemporary artist. Four years ago, Ulysses ran away from his family and put an end to his career. Nowadays, he lives alone, with his dog Joseph, in an old manor in the middle of the forest. He spends his days playing tennis on his own against a pitching machine or listening to horror movies soundtracks. In short, Ulysses is bored to death, but he is too proud to admit it. Mona is twenty and is an arts student. Her life as an artist couldn’t be more uneventful, between still, nude drawing workshops or theory classes, taught by geriatric teachers. Mona decides out of the blue to go and meet Ulysses. After a laborious first attempt and some misfortune, both of them will end up on a journey that will change their lives forever.
The Breakfast Club: Tuesday, July 28 | 9:30 PM
REMINDER: Only patrons that reside together at home should be in a vehicle together
THANK YOU to PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS for allowing us to make this a FREE community event!
Advanced tickets required (One per car). 40 car limit.
In order to experience this event, your vehicle must be equipped with an FM radio.
Drive-in Movie Rules
- If a patron feels sick or has COVID-19 symptoms they must turn around and go home
- Cars must be parked 6’ from other cars
- Only patrons that reside together at home should be in a vehicle together
- No more than 10 people per vehicle
- Restroom facilities are limited
We encourage you to bring donations for the United Way of 1000 Lakes’ Annual Health and Hygiene Drive to this event:
• shampoo
• conditioner
• toothpaste
• toothbrushes
• deodorant
• razors & shaving cream
• soap
• lip balm
• sun protection
• laundry detergent
• cleaning supplies
• first aid supplies
• diapers & baby wipes
• feminine hygiene products
• paper products
• wash cloths, hand & bath towels
• prepaid gas card
Reif Dance will be having a screening of our virtual spring show, “Resilience in Action”, in the Wilcox Theater on Wednesday, 7/29, at 6:00 pm. The tickets are for a free will donation but seating needs to be limited to 100 people so reservations are necessary. Reservations and donations can be made on the website at reifcenter.org. The film runs about 1 hour.