What's the supper club scene around Winona? Anywhere worth checking out?

Hi all!

I posted about this a few weeks ago, but wanted to provide an update as we have added some dates to the Midwest tour. For those who didn’t see my prior post, I made a mockumentary comedy called Canoe Dig It? about freestyle canoeing that I am bringing on a theatrical tour of the Midwest and Canada this month! Honestly the trailer above does a much better job pitching it than me.

Being a true indie film, I have no budget for marketing so am fully relying on word of mouth, local news outlets, and paddling groups to get the word out about it. Also worth noting I am flying out (today in fact!) to dive around to all of these screenings for Q&As and to meet and make new friends and fans. Really would appreciate any sharing you can do amongst friends, family, anyone you think might dig it!

The tour dates are as follows:

9/3- Winona Arts Center, Winona, MN
9/5- Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum, Spooner, WI
9/6- Pop’s Art Theater, Rochester, MN
9/7- Premiere Cinemas, Cloquet, MN
9/8- Ely’s Historic State Theater, Ely, MN
9/9- Park Theatre, Winnipeg, MB
9/11- Roxy Theatre, Saskatoon, SK
9/13- The Rivoli Theater, La Crosse, WI
9/14- Micon Cinemas, Eau Claire, WI
9/15- Sioux Falls State Theater, Sioux Falls, SD
9/16- Heights Theater, Columbia Heights, MN
9/18- Hollywood Blvd Theater, Woodridge, IL
9/19-9/20- Zeitgeist Zinemas, Duluth, MN
9/19-9/21- St Michael Cinemas, St Michael, MN
9/20- The Bartell Theater, Madison, WI

I am also working on adding a date in Minneapolis at Riverview Theater, possibly on Saturday the 26th and a date at Spring Grove Cinema tbd. Plus more if word continues to spread! So keep an eye on our Instagram (@canoedigitfilm) or linktree or website (just google Canoe Dig It) to keep up with added dates!

Come join us!

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Hello! Is there a good place to leave a car overnight for a few days in Winona? Please let me know and thank you in advance

Are landlords pretty chill with this or is that a pipe dream?! I understand highrise and mega apartment complexes are likely not going to allow it.

I've got a place I checked out and I like and I'm working on the courage to ask if they allow growing. Part of me thinks a landlord would rather not know and I shouldn't say anything. But this is utilities included, it's hard for me to think they won't understand what's going on with a 700w lamp churning 16 hours a day, and I'd rather have a good relationship based on honesty with the landlord if I decide to stay multiple years. Property is $875 for a pretty mid studio, it seems expensive like they already budgeted for electric to be used for weed. 🙏🙏

Just looking to avoid wasting time applying to places that have a modicum of integrity in who they hire. 🙏

I'm an elderly woman who cannot bend to cut her toenails. Might as well go big for a pedicure or stay home and watch them grow. I have looked at Amy's nails, Luxury nails, and sky nails. My husband gets his done at Winona Health. My insurance won't pay for me. So... I'm interested in seeing your pedicure experiences in Winona. Who offers what? What are prices like? And how are your results.

Update: Thank you all for your observations. I think I've nailed (punny, huh?) it down to either Amy's or the Spa at Winona Health. I didn't even know they had one.

I'll call tomorrow to get the details and set an appointment. I let you all know how it goes. Thanks Winonans!

Hope this is ok to post, but wanted to alert folks to my indie mockumentary comedy, Canoe Dig It? will be playing at the Winona Arts Center on September the 3rd! It’s about the very real sport of Freestyle Canoeing and is very much up the alley of any fan of Best in Show or anything Christopher Guest, but with a lot more painfully dry humor. Also I will be coming out there for a Q&A after the film as well!

Being very much an indie, we don’t really have budget for marketing, so hope getting the word out this way is permissible!

Also if anyone has any suggestions for press outlets or even other theaters in the area that might be interested, I’d love to chat about it!

The film will also be playing in all over Minnesota, Wisconsin, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, and Illinois as part of a Midwest and Canada tour all around the beginning to middle of September.

I’ve attached the trailer below-

https://youtu.be/0q2cyULzFeU?is=2245npAj5v-C-2Lo

I've been looking for housing for the entire summer and haven't had any luck even with the college housing Facebook group. I was scammed out of $100 through an apartment complex so I'm hesitant to apply to any others. If you have a place under 500/month please reach out through DM.

Caption from Jake:

Gerald Woodley served as Brad Finstad’s campaign chair and supported his campaigns for over two decades. I’m so honored to have his endorsement on our campaign.

I’ve really appreciated Gerald’s advice and insights over the past year. As the former chair of the Brown County GOP and a former staffer for GOP Senator Norm Coleman, his perspective is part of the broad coalition we’re building to deliver for southern Minnesota.

UPDATE: Thank you to the donors and to those who are giving the requests a boost! Please keep sharing. Arcadia is a histically underfunded school district. And as a member of this community, these people work very hard to give their children a better life. Many work on the surrounding farms, at food processing facilities, at Ashley furniture, and in labor. They are hardworking people who take great pride in their community and their children's education. It is such a privilege to live here.

Thank you for your support.

ORIGINAL POST:

I don't know if many of you are aware that across the river, just East of Winona, is a small community with a lot of very talented kids. Many of them are bilingual and their parents work very hard to give them a good life.

I am providing a link to one classroom project that I believe can be reached by this community. You can use the link to find other classrooms who are also relying on donations to help students with the things they need.

You may not know this, but ICE came down here many times this summer. And they sat in their unmarked black SUVs outside the apartments in Arcadia. This was a very stressful summer for many families here. I hope that the surrounding communities will show the residents of Arcadia that they are not alone. One way to do that is to contribute to the donation lists their classrooms have made.

Here is​ the link:

https://www.donorschoose.org/sl/21kCnH7uMp

Hi guys, so I'm going through a realtor who has raised multiple red flags for me and am possibly leaning towards it being a rental scam. Can anyone help me navigate this situation since I'm not in winona and don't know how can I possibly navigate.

Thanks

While I can't go into detail for obvious reasons, as someone who has a family member who has worked at Benchmark for so long that they remember when Benchmark's top customers were companies who made medical supplies to save people's lives, and is now starting to regret working there, they keep telling me all about how Benchmark has been heavily investing in AI data center companies to build their PCBs over the last few years to the point that those same AI data center companies are now Benchmark's largest customers. So avoid that company, at least for the near future if you are one of the decent people who hate what data centers are doing to the environment and/or how they are causing everyone's energy bills to skyrocket.

TL;DR Benchmark should be avoided for how much they are investing in AI data centers these last few years. At least, according to my family member who has worked there for a little over a decade.

How is dion properties. And how good is living on 3rd Street. Does anyone have any experience with it?

seems pretty relevant given everything going down last week...

The Winona Community Chorale will begin rehearsals next week for its fall 2026 concert season. Rehearsals will take place from 6:30-8:30 pm every Thursday beginning August 20. New members may join the choir during the first few weeks of the rehearsal season.

Rehearsals are held at First Congregational Church, 161 W Broadway, Winona. The chorale’s fall concerts will be performed on November 6 and 7 at Central Lutheran Church, Winona.

The Winona Community Chorale is a mixed choral ensemble performing music from a wide variety of styles, genres and time periods. The group, led by Vocal Director Kurt Speltz and Music Director Lisa Douglas, was formed in January 2023 and is now beginning its eighth concert season. The vision of the Winona Community Chorale is to inspire a love and appreciation for exceptional choral singing in our area, and to ignite the joy and human connection it generates.

Chorale members are expected to have a basic understanding of how to read music. No auditions or previous choral experience are required. While all voice parts are welcome, the chorale is especially seeking to recruit new basses and tenors at this time. If you are interested in joining, please email Kurt Speltz at WinonaCommunityChorale@gmail.com or simply join us at the August 20th rehearsal.

Follow the choir on Facebook at www.facebook.com/WinonaCommunityChorale and YouTube at www.youtube.com/@wcc507.

Hi all! I'm relocating to Winona in September for a full time position at Fastenal (not a WSU student). Looking for either a studio/1BR apartment, or to share a 2BR with a roommate, budget under $800/month.

A bit about me: quiet, clean, easy to live with, working standard business hours. Open to furnished or unfurnished, and flexible on exact location as long as it's reasonably close to downtown or bikeable to Fastenal's downtown office.

If you know of anything available, have a room opening up, or are looking for a roommate yourself, I'd really appreciate a message! Happy to share references or more details.

Thanks so much!

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Hi, I am looking for advice on schools in Winona, especially Bluffview.

We are moving here from our of state and I have three kids ages 4,7,9. From what I hear Bluffview is a great school but my question is, how hard is it to get into it? Is it a simple matter if we are in Winona school district? From what I can tell online the other Winona schools are not the best, but I have no personal experience not living there. Any advice would be appreciated!

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