HIT will be offering tours of the theatre at noon every day during Festival Ironwood, July 15 thru 18. Learn about the theatre’s history, restoration, and current operations. Tours will last for about 25 minutes and be followed by a screening of historical Ironwood movie footage accompanied on the Barton organ by our “king of the keyboard” Mr. Tim Mesun.…
click to read full story >Music in the Mezzanine returns to the Historic Ironwood Theatre Sunday June 27th at 4pm. Andrew McInnes and the Garland City Chamber Ensemble are thrilled to return to Ironwood. The first performance will be on the big stage with no limit in audience numbers and allowing people to social distance if they prefer. Tickets are $10 and available in the…
click to read full story >Welcome Back to the Historic Ironwood Theatre Life is returning to normal but we’re not there yet! The COVID 19 pandemic is far from over although less people are being hospitalized and dying. In Gogebic County 50.7% of eligible people have been vaccinated and in Iron County 52.1%. For this reason HIT is committed to protect our children aged 11…
click to read full story >We are thrilled to announce we re-open on Friday June 4! A full slate of programs for June and July will see us hit the ground running. We hope you will join us. Dance, Dance, Dance. Chamber Music, Ten Minute Tuesday Live, Tim Mesun’s annual Barton Benefit, and much more! We’ve missed you and hope to see you at the…
click to read full story >You asked for it so another performance by Tim Mesun and Desiree Walowinski is coming your way. Tune in at 6pm on Tuesday May 18 for another virtual concert showcasing Tim’s creative arrangements and remarkable musicianship and the power and range of Desiree’s beautiful vocals. We know you’ll love it!
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All of us at HIT want to get back to doing what we do best. We want to turn on that marquee sign, open our doors, light the stage, and raise the curtain. We want to share the joy of live performance. Stand for the ovation. And we want it to happen soon. If we all wear a mask, socially…
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It’s National Volunteers month so we at HIT want to take a few moments to say a huge THANK YOU to all our wonderful volunteers. We couldn’t operate without our committed crew of volunteers – whether in operations, maintenance, marketing, programs, finance, or management. You know who you are – please take a few seconds to pat yourselves on the…
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Arts Midwest is hosting a digital residency with innovative Finnish folk band Kardemimmit in partnership with the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center in Minnesota. If you missed their March 16th live live event, you can still watch it on YouTube . You can see a sample of their beautiful, harmonizing style here on YouTube, and find out more about the group…
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February 26 would have been Alex Marciniak’s birthday. We’d like to take the time to remember a special person who was very involved in theatre at HIT, Theatre North, and throughout the Ironwood area. Everyone at the Ironwood Theatre misses him dearly. Cheers, Alex!
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Brazilian artist Paulo Padilha visited the Ironwood Theatre and local schools in 2019. At left, Paulo and his band can be seen working with students at Mercer school and at right with elementary student at the Hurley school. During that same tour, Paulo e bando visited Menomonie, WI – all part of the World Fest program, coordinated by Arts Midwest.…
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