Solstice at the Center – Winter 2026

Welcome winter with a musical experience and warming food at the third annual Solstice at the Center event, co-presented by Anderson Center and Zeitgeist. Zeitgeist will premiere a new musical ritual called In the Wind that invites participants to examine what we’ve let in during the previous year and consider exhaling and letting go of it.

Gather in the Tower View Barn to enjoy an appetizer and plated entrée by Sri Rudich, Anderson Center’s Residency Chef. The meal will be followed by a participatory performance by Zeitgeist. We’ll end the evening with a special dessert.

Advance tickets are required! Tickets include a prix-fixe meal and participatory concert. Wine, beer, and a specialty cocktail will be available for sale. $65 general public, $55 Anderson Center Members.

Tickets are on sale now!

Menu

First Course: Creamy potato and leek soup, baguette slices with herb butter

Entree:
Meat – Coq Au Vin – Chicken leg quarters braised in wine with mushrooms, bacon, and pearl onions. Served atop a bed of garlic mashed potatoes with thyme roasted carrots
Vegetarian – Confit Byaldi (Ratatouille) – Thin sliced zucchini, squash, eggplant, tomato, and red onion slow cooked in a red pepper and tomato sauce. Served atop mushroom gruyere polenta

Dessert: Dark chocolate raspberry mousse

Everything is gluten free except for the baguette slices, which will be served separately. 

Schedule

5:00 p.m. Doors open

5:30 p.m. Dinner service begins

7:00 p.m. Performance begins

Accessibility

This event is held in the Tower View Barn, which is accessible via an ADA-compliant ramp. Seating is padded, armless chairs set-up around ADA-compliant round tables. Please let us know if you need wheelchair access when you purchase your ticket, and we will ensure you are seated close to the ramp. To request interpretation or translation, or to request additional information on accommodations, please contact us at 651-388-2009 or info@andersoncenter.org.

Featured Artists

MUSIC

Zeitgeist’s mission is to bring newly created music to life with performances that engage and stimulate. A quartet of musicians animated by a spirit of adventure and collaboration, Zeitgeist presents works of substance with passion and integrity and strives to forge new links between musicians and music lovers through concerts, commissions, recordings, and dialogue with our audiences.

Lauded for providing “a once-in-a-lifetime experience for adventurous concertgoers,” Zeitgeist is a new music chamber ensemble comprised of two percussion, piano and woodwinds. One of the longest established new music groups in the country, Zeitgeist commissions and presents a wide variety of new music for audiences in Minnesota and throughout the nation. Always eager to explore new artistic frontiers, Zeitgeist collaborates with sound artists of all types to create imaginative new work that challenges the boundaries of traditional chamber music. The members of Zeitgeist are: Heather Barringer, percussion; Patti Cudd, percussion; Pat O’Keefe, woodwinds; Nicola Melville, piano.

Zeitgeist has long co-presented events with Anderson Center and moved their artistic home to Tower View in 2024.

FOOD

Sri Rudich is the Anderson Center Residency Chef. Sharing a meal (and the freedom of not having to prepare it) creates space for connection, collaboration, and inspiration within our residency program. Those who have attended exhibition receptions already know that Sri prepares some of the most delicious and interesting morsels in the area. Her work showcases food as an art form, carrier of culture, and vehicle for connection.

Supporters

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Anderson Center events are also made possible by our members and donors, whose contributions make up 1/3 of our budget. Join today to get discounts on events like this one!

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