Opening Reception: Nimble Observers "In the Moment"
2023-06-06 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | North Gallery – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., St. Paul, MN, 55104, United States
The North Gallery’s current exhibition, “Nimble Observers: In the Moment,” is a collection of life drawing sketches by the group, Nimble Observers, who meet regularly for life drawing class in Landmark Center. The public is invited to meet the artists at the opening reception on Thursday, June 6 from 5pm-7pm. The opening will include wine and other light refreshments.
In the artists’ words:
We put our impressions on paper quickly, creating a two-dimensional drawing from three-dimensional models. And we don’t give ourselves much time: the models hold a pose for one to ten minutes-sometimes 15 but never more. We sketch our impressions, our feelings, and don’t try to produce a piece of art. Sketching is all about learning how to see: the details, shadows, form, emotion…little things.

Life Drawing Workshop
2023-06-13 18:00 - 19:00 | North Gallery – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., St. Paul, MN, 55104, United States
Explore the captivating world of life drawing and embark on a creative journey like no other. No previous experience required! Immerse yourself in the beauty of human form, enhance your artistic skills, and ignite your imagination. In coordination with the Nimble Observers exhibit, “In the Moment”, this workshop is here to inspire and guide you on an unforgettable artistic adventure, hosted in the North Gallery.

Saint Paul Walking Tour – It Happened Right Here: Saint Paul’s Origins
2023-06-14 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-07-12 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-08-09 10:00 - 23:00 | Kellogg Park
Stand where Saint Paul began and walk through its origin tales and historic towers into its anticipated future. Downtown shaped the state of Minnesota through its booming population, architecture, and businesses. Learn of Saint Paul’s first murder, first mystery, and many stories of the first settlers.
*Please note that this tour has minimal walking throughout Kellogg Park.
Reservations are required and will be available online one month prior to each tour.

Music on the Cortile: Dellwood
2023-06-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Music on the Cortile (formerly Music from the Porch and Music in the Café) hosts musicians on Landmark Center’s beautiful Musser Cortile for four Wednesday lunch hour performances. The concerts are a great opportunity to hear talented local musicians and are free and open to the public. Guests are invited to bring their lunch to enjoy during the concert.
Dellwood is a duo of young musicians with enough skill and talent to entertain for hours and a repertoire that’s bound to capture the hearts of music lovers of all ages.
They have an energetic and diverse stage presence with songs ranging from originals and Americana to their spin on an assortment of your favorite songs.

Saint Paul Walking Tour: Great River
2023-06-21 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-07-19 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-08-16 10:00 - 11:00 | Upper Landing Park, 206 Shepard Rd, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Learn about Saint Paul’s start and its relationship with the Mississippi River. On this tour you will learn great information while observing the beautiful view of the river and its surrounding areas.
Reservations are required and will be available online one month prior to each tour.

Summer Nights in Rice: Twin Cities Latin Band
2023-06-22 17:00 - 19:00 | Rice Park, 109 W 4th St, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
A free concert series on select Thursdays, 5-7 pm, from June through September. Grab a drink or a bite to eat at a local restaurant then stop by for live music, dancing, and community connections in Rice Park!
2023 Summer Nights in Rice LINEUP
June 22 – Twin Cities Latin Band
Hot Latin dance music
July 13 – International Reggae All Stars
Reggae, dancehall and Bob Marley classics
July 27 – The Moonlight Serenaders
Big band sounds of the past
August 10 – Pete Whitman Quartet
Traditional and Contemporary Jazz
August 24 – Natania and Ticket to Brasil
Bossa nova, Afro-Brazilian and Latin fusion dance beat
September 7 – Jimmy “Primetime” Smith Blues Band
Rock, Rhythm and Blues

Twin Cities Jazz Festival
2023-06-24 14:00 - 15:00 | Courtroom 317 – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Lee Engele Quartet featuring Reynold Philipsek, Matt Senjem, and Michael Bissonnette. Performance sponsored in part by Caron Chiropractic.
Courtroom 317
All jazz fest concerts are free to the public, and no tickets are required. Find the full lineup for the Twin Cities Jazz Fest here.

Saint Paul Walking Tour: Rice Park
2023-06-28 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-07-26 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-08-23 10:00 - 11:00 | Landmark Center, 75 5th St W, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Stroll through one of St. Paul’s oldest public parks: Rice Park, located in the heart of the cultural district in downtown. Flanked by architectural and cultural giants: Landmark Center, the Saint Paul Hotel, the Central Library, and the Ordway, this park is beloved as an oasis of green space, beautiful landscaping, and as a site of public art.
Reservations are required and will be available online one month prior to each tour.

Music on the Cortile: Lazerblade
2023-06-28 12:00 - 13:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Music on the Cortile (formerly Music from the Porch and Music in the Café) hosts musicians on Landmark Center’s beautiful Musser Cortile for four Wednesday lunch hour performances. The concerts are a great opportunity to hear talented local musicians and are free and open to the public. Guests are invited to bring their lunch to enjoy during the concert.
Check out Lazerblade’s latest single on Spotify or Apple Music.

Music on the Cortile: Jaspar Lepak
2023-07-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Music on the Cortile (formerly Music from the Porch and Music in the Café) hosts musicians on Landmark Center’s beautiful Musser Cortile for four Wednesday lunch hour performances. The concerts are a great opportunity to hear talented local musicians and are free and open to the public. Guests are invited to bring their lunch to enjoy during the concert.
A child of the Sonoran Desert, Jaspar Lepak is a folk/Americana songwriter whose remarkable gift for melody is only surpassed by her poetry. Deeply influenced by the many places she has called home (Tucson, Durban, Seattle, and currently Minneapolis), she sweeps across landscapes with an emotional depth that is extraordinary, while her clear, pure voice touches the heart.
Photo credit: Ailisa Newhall

Summer Nights in Rice: International Reggae All Stars
2023-07-13 17:00 - 19:00 | Rice Park, 109 W 4th St, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
A free concert series on select Thursdays, 5-7 pm, from June through September. Grab a drink or a bite to eat at a local restaurant then stop by for live music, dancing, and community connections in Rice Park!
2023 Summer Nights in Rice LINEUP
June 22 – Twin Cities Latin Band
Hot Latin dance musicJuly 13 – International Reggae All Stars
Reggae, dancehall and Bob Marley classics
July 27 – The Moonlight Serenaders
Big band sounds of the past
August 10 – Pete Whitman Quartet
Traditional and Contemporary Jazz
August 24 – Natania and Ticket to Brasil
Bossa nova, Afro-Brazilian and Latin fusion dance beat
September 7 – Jimmy “Primetime” Smith Blues Band
Rock, Rhythm and Blues

Music on the Cortile: Jeff Ray
2023-07-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Music on the Cortile (formerly Music from the Porch and Music in the Café) hosts musicians on Landmark Center’s beautiful Musser Cortile for four Wednesday lunch hour performances. The concerts are a great opportunity to hear talented local musicians and are free and open to the public. Guests are invited to bring their lunch to enjoy during the concert.
Jeff Ray is an avant-garde resonator slide-guitarist and songwriter based in St Paul, MN. His music is rooted in the traditions of acoustic blues and American fingerstyle guitar, but Ray quickly departs from tradition: his songs integrate flavors of Indian classical music and West-African guitar under the guise of cryptic alternate guitar tunings.

Summer Nights in Rice: The Moonlight Serenaders
2023-07-27 17:00 - 19:00 | Rice Park, 109 W 4th St, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
***Due to excessive heat concerns and the potential for afternoon thunderstorms, Summer Nights in Rice has been moved into Landmark Center this evening, Thursday, July 27.

A free concert series on select Thursdays, 5-7 pm, from June through September. Grab a drink or a bite to eat at a local restaurant then stop by for live music, dancing, and community connections in Rice Park!
2023 Summer Nights in Rice LINEUP
June 22 – Twin Cities Latin Band
Hot Latin dance music
July 13 – International Reggae All Stars
Reggae, dancehall and Bob Marley classics
July 27 – The Moonlight Serenaders
Big band sounds of the past
August 10 – Pete Whitman Quartet
Traditional and Contemporary Jazz
August 24 – Natania and Ticket to Brasil
Bossa nova, Afro-Brazilian and Latin fusion dance beat
September 7 – Jimmy “Primetime” Smith Blues Band
Rock, Rhythm and Blues

Summer Nights in Rice: Pete Whitman Quartet
2023-08-10 17:00 - 19:00 | Rice Park, 109 W 4th St, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States

Summer Nights in Rice: Natania and Ticket to Brasil
2023-08-24 17:00 - 19:00 | Rice Park, 109 W 4th St, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
A free concert series on select Thursdays, 5-7 pm, from June through September. Grab a drink or a bite to eat at a local restaurant then stop by for live music, dancing, and community connections in Rice Park!
2023 Summer Nights in Rice LINEUP
June 22 – Twin Cities Latin Band
Hot Latin dance music
July 13 – International Reggae All Stars
Reggae, dancehall and Bob Marley classicsJuly 27 – The Moonlight Serenaders
Big band sounds of the past
August 10 – Pete Whitman Quartet
Traditional and Contemporary Jazz
August 24 – Natania and Ticket to Brasil
Bossa nova, Afro-Brazilian and Latin fusion dance beat
September 7 – Jimmy “Primetime” Smith Blues Band
Rock, Rhythm and Blues

Summer Nights in Rice: Jimmy “Primetime” Smith Blues Band
2023-09-07 17:00 - 19:00 | Rice Park, 109 W 4th St, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States

Landmark Live: Amy LaVere
2023-09-15 18:45 - 21:30 | F. K. Weyerhaeuser Aud. – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
The Landmark Live concert series is back for its 12th season in the acoustically excellent and intimate F.K. Weyerhaeuser Auditorium, with support from KFAI Radio and the Pioneer Press. Memphis-based singer-songwriter Amy LaVere has a repertoire that seamlessly blends originality and timelessness. She has garnered recognition and admiration from both songwriters and critics alike. NPR’s Robert Siegel says she “specializes in lyrics that are more barbed than her sweet soprano prepares you for.” She captivates her audiences and never fails to take them on a memorable journey.
6:45 pm – Cocktail hour // 7:00 pm – seating opens // 7:30 pm – Concert
Concerts begin at 7:30 pm and are preceded by a cocktail hour at 6:45 pm, giving audiences an opportunity to enjoy complimentary refreshments and a cash bar.
Individual concert tickets are $20 in advance/$25 at the door or $70 for full season tickets, available on Ticketleap. (Tickets include admission to the cocktail hour from 6:45-7:30 pm.)
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Sundays at Landmark: Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
2023-09-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Celebrate Southeast Asian tradition with music, dance, food, crafts, storytelling, and a lion dance and lantern parade in Rice Park. Co-presented with the Vietnamese community of Minnesota.
Sundays at Landmark series is supported by Ecolab, the Xcel Energy Foundation, Ramsey County, and Travelers.

Top of the Tower Tour
2023-09-24 13:00 - 15:00 | Landmark Center, 75 5th St W, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Only offered once every one to two years, the Top of the Tower tour gives you access to behind-the-scenes of Landmark Center with off-limits areas open for exploration. The North Tower is the main attraction- walk through a secret door and climb the steps to the best views in St. Paul!
Self-guided tour, no reservations required.

Exhibit Opening & Reception- "Between Superstition and God: Life in a Romanian Village"
2023-10-01 13:00 - 15:00 | North Gallery – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., St. Paul, MN, 55104, United States
Join Landmark Center and the Heritage Organization of Romanians in Minnesota (HORA) in celebrating their new exhibit, “Between Superstition and God: Life in a Romanian Village”. Romania is said to be the most superstitious country in Europe. Through this interactive exhibit, visitors will experience these sometimes scary and spine-chilling superstitions. The opening reception will be hosted in Landmark Center’s North Lobby from 1-3 p.m. and feature Romanian wines and treats and traditional Romanian dances performed by the Izvorasul Dance Ensemble.

History Play: War, Resistance, and Protest: The Trial of the “Minnesota 8”
2023-10-05 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-10-06 19:00 - 21:00 | F. K. Weyerhaeuser Aud. – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
With an all-star cast of Twin Cities lawyers and judges, 2023’s History Play takes place in 1970, the year the anti-war movement intensified among college students who were protesting President Richard M. Nixon’s military efforts in Vietnam. On trial was the Minnesota 8, students with connections to the University of Minnesota, arrested for breaking into draft offices throughout the state in attempt to destroy draft records.
Landmark Center’s History Play performance series is a theater program designed to bring to life many of the trials, court decisions, legal ramifications, and other related events that were relevant to Landmark Center when it was the Federal Courts Building. Noted Twin Cities judges, legal practitioners, and academics often trade robes for costumes to bring the events to life.
Find tickets here.

Courtroom Concert: Cléa Galhano and Jacques Ogg
2023-10-06 08:00 - 17:00 | Courtroom 317 – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Hosted by composer Abbie Betinis, our popular Courtroom Concerts take place at noon most Thursdays in the Landmark Center in downtown Saint Paul. This series features accomplished musicians and composers from the Twin Cities and surrounding area, as well as occasional musical newcomers to the area. These one-hour concerts are free and open to the public.

About the Artists:
Brazilian recorder player Cléa Galhano is an internationally renowned performer of early, contemporary and Brazilian music. Galhano has performed in the United States, Canada, South America and Europe as a chamber musician, collaborating with recorder player Marion Verbruggen, Jacques Ogg, Belladonna Baroque Quartet and Kingsbury Ensemble.
As a featured soloist, Galhano has worked with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, New World Symphony, Musical Offering and Lyra Baroque Orchestra. Galhano studied in Brazil at Faculdade Santa Marcelina, the Royal Conservatory,The Hague, and the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, as a Fulbright Scholar. She is the Music Director of the Recorder Orchestra of the Midwest. Ms. Galhano recently received the prestigious McKnight fellowship award, MSAB Cultural collaborative and MSAB Arts Initiative.
Currently, she is a faculty member at Macalester College, Adjunct Lecturer in Music, Recorder, and Coordinator of the HPI Academy at Jacobs School of Music, IN.
Ms. Galhano has eight recordings available on Dorian, Ten Thousand Lakes and Eldorado label. Clea is the recipient of the National Arts Associate of Sigma Alpha Iota and the American Recorder Society President’s Special Honor Award.
One of the most prominent and influential modern masters of the harpsichord and fortepiano, Jacques Ogg performs worldwide as a soloist and continuo player. He works regularly with baroque orchestras around the world, most recently in Brazil, South Korea, Spain and The United States. Jacques Ogg is the artistic director of Lyra Baroque Orchestra (Saint Paul, MN).
Highly sought after as a pedagogue, Jacques Ogg was a harpsichord professor at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague, one of the world’s foremost institutes for early music. He also taught at the Berwick Academy (Oregon Bach Festival) and gives workshops in Salamanca (Actividades Culturales de la Universidad de Salamanca) and Casa de Mateus (Portugal).
His discography includes more than 60 recordings with labels such as Philips, Sony, EMI, Glossa and Globe. Fono Forum, Germany’s largest music magazine, named Mr. Ogg’s CD of Bach’s Goldberg Variations the finest recording of this work available. Recordings with flautist Wilbert Hazelzet and gambist Jaap ter Linden earned prestigious prizes.
Mr. Ogg has been a juror at the harpsichord competitions in Leipzig (Bach competition), Prague (Prague Spring), Budapest and at the Jurow competition (Pennsylvania, Texas, The Twin Cities)

History Play: War, Resistance, and Protest: The Trial of the “Minnesota 8”
2023-10-07 14:00 - 16:00 | F. K. Weyerhaeuser Aud. – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
With an all-star cast of Twin Cities lawyers and judges, 2023’s History Play takes place in 1970, the year the anti-war movement intensified among college students who were protesting President Richard M. Nixon’s military efforts in Vietnam. On trial was the Minnesota 8, students with connections to the University of Minnesota, arrested for breaking into draft offices throughout the state in attempt to destroy draft records.
Landmark Center’s History Play performance series is a theater program designed to bring to life many of the trials, court decisions, legal ramifications, and other related events that were relevant to Landmark Center when it was the Federal Courts Building. Noted Twin Cities judges, legal practitioners, and academics often trade robes for costumes to bring the events to life.
Tickets found here.
