The Ironwood Theatre family lost a treasured friend when Steve Karasti passed away unexpectedly in late June. Steve moved to the Ironwood area in 1987 and immediately began volunteering with his church and numerous service organizations. It was through his volunteering that he met his wife of 32 years, Joy. Throughout their marriage, they served their church and community through…
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On Saturday 29 June, 40 local kids put on two shows of a wonderful presentation of SLEEPING BEAUTY, an original adaptation of the classic fairy tale. The Missoula Children’s Theatre production gave local students the opportunity to strut their stuff on the Ironwood Theatre’s grand stage – and strut their stuff they did! The two shows were the culmination of…
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Please be aware that ticket scammers are becoming increasingly active – in fact they seem to be targeting venues in smaller communities. With minor changes, the scam works like this. They post a message to a Facebook event page saying something like: “We have four tickets for this event but unfortunately my mother has taken ill and we cannot leave…
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Your Theatre Needs You! If you have some sound and/or lighting experience, or you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to manage the lights or control sound at a live performance, we at HIT want to hear from you. Thanks to grant support from the Michigan Arts and Culture Council, we recently upgraded our audio system and are currently…
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On Wednesday 17 April, Artrageous came to town and presented their unique, high energy, immersive, multi- disciplinary show to 650+ kids from five area schools. The 9am school show and 7pm show for the public featured live musicians, singers, dancers, and visual artists strutting their stuff on the Ironwood Theatre stage. Some wonderfully exciting instruments never before seen in Ironwood…
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TAKE3 certainly lived up to their pre-show publicity with a performance that thrilled and delighted the Sunday-night audience. Their fusion of pop, rock and classical music, including some memorable and unexpected mashups brought the audience to their feet more than once. The first “standing O” happened midway through their third selection! Those who ventured out on Sunday evening were treated…
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If you missed HIT Lights Up on Saturday, March 23rd – well, you missed a great show! Amazing local talent put on a show to be remembered. The house band of Troy Puisto on guitar, Don Osier on bass, Mike Movrich on drums, and Bob Czerniak on keys were outstanding. Also featured were horn players, Jes Cane on saxophone and…
click to read full story >Gov. Whitmer Announces $64M in Grants Awarded to Michigan Community Centers – and the Historic Ironwood Theatre was one of them! The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity awarded $64 million in Community Center Grant funds for 100 Michigan municipalities and organizations to expand programming or work on capital projects to serve 1.6 million Michiganders. The grant program builds…
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Thank you to our movie sponsor and friends at the Area Realtors Association for sponsoring the screening of Oppenheimer on Friday 1 March. A deeply thought provoking movie, it clearly elicited a variety of reactions from those in attendance. One of the great pleasures of working at HIT is participating in brief after-event conversations in the concourse with patrons as…
click to read full story >Local “King of the Keyboards” Tim Mesun and his All-Star Band returned to the HIT stage on Saturday 10 February and presented show that had the audience a-buzz as they left the theatre. “Best show I’ve ever seen – anywhere!” said one very happy patron. “I cant believe how good that was” said another. With songbird Desiree Walowinski out front,…
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