May 2019
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!
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.
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
TICKETS ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT
In Colombia two illegal groups battle over a strategic mountain while legitimate armed forces unsuccessfully try to penetrate this enemy stronghold. This is the fascinating true story of how the most unlikely confusion lead to lasting peace between sworn enemies in one of Colombia’s most hostile, war-stricken areas.
Writer and producer, Lisa Stendahl, will be on hand along with two actors from the film. A Question and answer session will follow.
Films in this series are intended for mature audiences.
TICKETS ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT
Tomoaki Shigemori is a lawyer tasked with defending a client (Misumi), who faces the death penalty if found guilty, in a murder trial. Misumi has previous convictions for murder and has confessed to the crime, but evidence in the case leads to Shigemori having doubts about what really happened.
Films in this series are intended for mature audiences.
TICKETS ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT
Following a banal incident in her local village, 8-year old girl Shula is accused of witchcraft. After a short trial she is found guilty, taken into state custody and exiled to a witch camp. At the camp she takes part in an initiation ceremony where she is shown the rules surrounding her new life as a witch. Like the other residents, Shula is tied to a ribbon which is attached to a coil that perches on a large truck. She is told that should she ever cut the ribbon, she’ll be cursed and transformed into a goat.
Films in this series are intended for mature audiences.
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.