May 2019
Shh! We Have a Plan is an enchanting theatre production by the multi-award winning Theatre Company Cahoots NI. This delightful and poignant tale follows the journey of some madcap characters, each of whom has a plan…they all want to capture a beautiful bird perched high in a tree!
Prepare to be enchanted and amazed by this unique non-verbal production featuring Magic, Music, Puppetry and lots more!
Adult $20, Child/student $10. FREE student ticket with every paid adult. Use discount code FREESTUDENT in online purchase.
Best for ages 4 and up.
THANK YOU TO SPONSOR
Purchase Tickets7th Grade – 6:30 pm
8th Grade – 7:30 pm
Tickets are not needed for this free event.
June 2019
Celebrate 80 years of the Wizard of Oz!
Tickets are $10 and on sale now at the Children’s Discovery Museum! Follow a cast of amazing young artists as they lead us down the Yellow Brick Road! Enjoy all your favorite characters and music from the classic MGM film. Come early for face painting and glitter tattoos in the lobby. Bring the family for a fun night out and support youth in the arts in our community!
The 2019 Reif Dance Spring Show, Enchanted Forest, is the culmination of the entire dance season at Reif Dance. It includes all of the Reif Dance students from pre-K to seniors! The show is appropriate for all ages.
Past performances include “Tale of Two Heroes,” “Aladdin,” “Alice in Wonderland,” “The Wizard of Oz,” and “Sadie of the South Sea,” you can understand why Reif Dance’s family-friendly productions are a delight to audiences. Always a mix of fabulous costumes, great music, and exceptional talent.
Adult tickets $16, child/student $9
Three shows:
Friday June 14 @ 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 15 @ 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 16 @ 2 p.m.
Tickets are not needed for this FREE event.
Be the first to learn of the 2019-2020 productions coming to the Reif as we roll out our season unveiling video for public viewing at this free event in the Wilcox Theater! You won’t want to miss this unique opportunity to see first-hand the high-quality programming on schedule as part of our 2020 vision!
All 2019-2020 tickets will go on sale Monday, July 1.
Concessions available.
From Gershwin to Garland puts the spotlight on two of the greatest figures in American Popular Song: composer George Gershwin and singing star Judy Garland.
The multi-media show combines music written by Gershwin and his contemporaries, songs made famous by Garland on the stage and screen and rare video footage including Gershwin home movies, stills and movie clips.
Songs include:
“The Trolley Song”
“Over the Rainbow”
“The Man That Got Away”
“But Not for Me”
The solo piano version of
“Rhapsody in Blue”
Pianist and host Richard Glazier won multiple Telly awards for his three nationally broadcast PBS specials. Vocalist Joan Ellison stars in a one-woman Judy Garland show in theaters and with symphony orchestras across the U.S., and has been called a “rare combination of artist, archivist, and arranger” by Michael Feinstein. Glazier is delighted to be back with Ms. Ellison in a unique and thoroughly entertaining show celebrating unforgettable music.
The Great Northern Radio Show with Aaron Brown is a live radio variety show produced for Northern Community Radio. The show features music, sketches, performance and storytelling celebrating the talent and culture of northern Minnesota. No matter if you have seen it before – it is new every year with excellent featured artists and imaginative sketches.
The show is a live radio variety show produced for 91.7 KAXE/90.5 KBXE, Northern Community Radio. The show starts at 5 p.m. sharp. Audience members are asked to be seated by 4:30 p.m.
Save 10% on this show when you bundle it with two more. Your Series lets you create your own package. Purchases tickets for THREE or more unique Reif shows at a time and save 10 percent on each ticket by using the code YOURSERIES at check out.
THANK YOU TO SPONSORS
Presented by the Grand Rapids Players!
This long running Off Broadway absurdist comedy places Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in a Parisian cafe in 1904, just before the renowned scientist transformed physics with his theory of relativity and the celebrated painter set the art world afire with cubism. In his first comedy for the stage, the popular actor and screenwriter plays fast and loose with fact, fame, and fortune as these two geniuses muse on the century’s achievements and prospects, as well as other fanciful topics, with infectious dizziness.
Friday, June 28 | 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 29 | 2 & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 30 | 2 p.m.
July 2019
Buy tickets to all three shows for just $40!
Call or visit the Reif Center Box Office to take advantage of special 3-show pricing.
(218) 327-5780
Bonfire Chamber Music Festival 2019 will enjoy its third season at the Myles Reif Performing Arts Center with three concerts at the end of July (Wednesday the 24th – Friday the 26th). This year’s chamber music festival will feature the artistry of acclaimed ARTARIA STRING QUARTET, as well as a premiere performance of the newly-formed 2 SISTERS TRIO (Kristina Gullion – violin, Monika Sutherland – cello, and Mary Ellen Haupert – piano).
In addition to festival evening concerts at the Reif, there are daily “Bonfire Extras” (free, family-friendly events around town), making Grand Rapids, Minnesota a vacation destination for all ages!
Wednesday, July 24, 2019 @ 7:00pm – Artaria String Quartet
- Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3
- Ludwig van Beethoven – Große Fuge in B-flat Major, Op. 133
- Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1
Thursday, July 25, 2019 @ 7:00pm – Artaria String Quartet
- Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet in F Major, Op. 77, No. 2
- George Rochberg – String Quartet No. 3 (1971)
Friday, July 26, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 2 Sisters Trio
- Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 17 by Clara Schumann (1819 – 1896)
- Piano Trio in B Major, Op. 8 by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
About Artaria
Described as an “exceptional ensemble with impressive confidence in its interpretations” and “Minnesota’s foremost teaching and performing string quartet”, the Artaria String Quartet recently celebrated its 30 year of chamber music concerts. Winners of the 2004 McKnight Fellowship for Performing Musicians, and named 2013-14 Minnesota Public Radio Artists-in-Residence, Artaria was also featured on Twin Cities Public Television as part of the “Minnesota Originals” series.
Artaria’s refined and thoughtful playing has brought them to major venues throughout the United States and Europe, on national television and public radio stations, and at top summer festivals including the Banff Centre in Canada, Festival de L’Epau in France, and the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, MA.
Artaria has earned numerous awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Chamber Music America, and the Minnesota State Arts Board for excellence in performance and educational outreach. Directors of the Artaria Chamber Music School, a premiere weekly string chamber music program in Saint Paul; and Stringwood Chamber Music Festival, featuring the ASQ and renowned guest artists every June in Lanesboro, MN; they are founders of the Saint Paul String Quartet Competition, which showcases the nation’s top high school age string quartets each April.