Weekend Highlights

Your guide to music, movies, visual arts, karaoke, dances and more this weekend in the Coulee Region:

12-year veteran of Pleasant Valley Church’s annual Christmas musical finds his calling backstage

Don Hatlevig doesn’t crave the spotlight. He’s more of a behind-the-scenes kind of guy.

Annual Art Walk this weekend

The eighth annual Christmas Art Walk will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Artists Holiday Sale at the Winona Arts Center

The Artists Holiday Sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Winona Arts Center, 228 E. Fifth St.

WSU presents Handel’s “Messiah” Sing-In

The community is invited to join the Winona State University choirs for the 16th annual Christmas sing-along to Handel’s “Messiah” at 7 p.m. Saturday in Somsen Auditorium.

Art exhibits November 22

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Kevin Bacon: I'm Shamelessly Riding Kyra's Coattails
Kevin Bacon is gaining a reputation for taking his onscreen personas to the limit, playing hustlers, pedophiles and cold-blooded killers. Meanwhile, wife Kyra Sedgwick continues to pull...
Henry Winkler Has a Lot to Celebrate
Henry Winkler will forever be known as The Fonz from Happy Days -- even though he's racked up an impressive list of credits as an actor, producer and director on screens big and small.  Now,...
Sean Penn: Milk Stayed With Me
Sean Penn collected awards and a lot of praise from critics for writing and directing last year's Into the Wild. Now, he's back in front of the camera taking on the role of legendary gay activist...
Nicole Kidman Battles the Outback
The last time Nicole Kidman teamed with director Baz Lurhman, she was singing and dancing in Moulin Rouge. Now she's riding horses across the Outback in Luhrman's sweeping epic Australia. Kidman...
Debra Messing's Home for the Holidays
Bouncing back after the end of Will and Grace, Debra Messing has returned to prime-time in the The Starter Wife (based on the hit USA network mini-series). And now she's back on the big screen in...
James Franco: I Was Up to the Challenge
Talk about a change of pace. James Franco, star of this summer's wacky hit comedy Pineapple Express, is soon to hit the big screen opposite Sean Pean in the serious drama Milk. In the film,...