GRAA sponsors fine art exhibits, professional performances, concerts by regional musicians, arts in the schools, and community events. GRAA offers technical assistance in the arts and also provides local arts information to the public through its large database and free community arts calendar. Heartland Symphony Orchestra is a 55-piece community orchestra based in Little Falls and Brainerd area, which is made up of adult and student musicians and is under the direction of Tim Rolek from Minneapolis. They also write and perform commissioned pieces, enter community theatre competitions statewide, offer a local drama scholarship, and perform at many community events. Running from mid-June through August, local and regional performers present a wide variety of musical eras and styles in an informal, outdoor, family event each week.
Admission is free.
May. This series of folk music concerts has delighted area audiences since the time of the Mississippi River Revival held in Little Falls in 1983. Family Medical Center Lobby Gallery has an ongoing fine arts exhibit. Regional artists working in a variety of mediums, as well as area student artists, are featured on a rotating basis throughout the year. Admission is free. The Falls Movie Theater located in historic downtown Little Falls has a 3-screen theater offering daily shows of current feature films.