Editing Austin, Minnesota (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Paramount Theater Austin MN.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Paramount Theater (Austin, Minnesota)|Paramount Theatre]]]]
[[File:St_Augustine's_Church_(Austin)_nave.jpg|thumb|upright|The Austin Symphony Orchestra and Chorus performing at [[St. Augustine's Church (Austin, Minnesota)|St. Augustine's Church]] (2015)]]

'''Music'''<br>
Austin is home to several long-standing performing arts organizations, including the Austin Symphony Orchestra, which was established in 1957.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austinmnsymphony.org/ |title=Austin Symphony Orchestra |author=<!--not stated--> |website=Austin Symphony Orchestra |access-date=March 22, 2016}}</ref> The Austin Artist Series, one of the Midwest's largest and longest-running concert and performance series, was established in 1945.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austinartistseries.org/ |title=Austin Artist Series |author=<!--not stated--> |website=Austin Artist Series |access-date=March 22, 2016}}</ref> The [[Paramount Theater (Austin, Minnesota)|Historic Paramount Theatre]] hosts a variety of local and regional performances,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austinareaarts.org/ |title=Paramount Theater |author=<!--not stated--> |website=Austin Area Commission for the Arts |access-date=March 22, 2016}}</ref> and [[Austin High School (Minnesota)|Austin High School]]'s music programs have been recognized for decades as among the state's best. Austin is also home to a community choir (Northwestern Singers<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.northwesternsingers.org/ |title=Northwestern Singers |author=<!--not stated--> |access-date=March 22, 2016}}</ref>) and several community bands (Austin Community Band, Austin Community Jazz Band,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austindailyherald.com/2015/06/boughton-community-band-brings-sound-of-summer/ |title=Community Band brings sound of summer |author=<!--not stated--> |website=Austin Daily Herald |date=June 6, 2015 |access-date=March 22, 2016}}</ref> and the Austin Big Band<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austinbigband.com/ |title=Austin Big Band |author=<!--not stated--> |access-date=March 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405015044/http://www.austinbigband.com/ |archive-date=April 5, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>). Austin has produced many professional musicians of regional and national acclaim, including [[John Maus]], [[Trace Bundy]], [[Charlie Parr]], [[Martin Zellar]], [[Matthew Griswold (singer)|Matthew Griswold]], and [[Molly Kate Kestner]].

In 2015 the [[MacPhail Center for Music]], based in [[Minneapolis|Minneapolis, Minnesota]], opened its first outstate location in Austin, at Riverland Community College. MacPhail's Austin campus provides individual instruction on nearly a dozen musical instruments for adults and children, as well as large ensembles and early childhood music instruction.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.macphail.org/austin/ |title=MacPhail Center for Music - Austin |author=<!--not stated--> |access-date=March 22, 2016}}</ref>

'''Theater'''<br>
The Frank W. Bridges Theatre is home to an active theatre program at Riverland Community College, while Matchbox Children's Theatre, established in 1975, provides shows year-round for both adults and children.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.matchboxchildrenstheatre.org/ |title=Matchbox Children's Theatre |author=<!--not stated--> |website=Matchbox Children's Theatre |access-date=March 22, 2016}}</ref> Summerset Theatre, a community theater company organized in 1968, also presents several shows per year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.summersettheatre.org/ |title=Summerset Theatre |author=<!--not stated--> |website=Summerset Theatre |access-date=March 22, 2016}}</ref>

'''ArtWorks Center'''<br>
The Austin ArtWorks Center, established in 2014, hosts gallery exhibits, educational classes, performance space, and a retail gallery. It is operated by the Austin Area Commission for the Arts, which also sponsors the Austin ArtWorks Festival, an annual celebration of visual, performing, and literary arts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austinareaarts.org/ |title=Austin Area Commission for the Arts |author=<!--not stated--> |website=Austin Area Commission for the Arts |access-date=March 22, 2016}}</ref> The center is in the First National Bank Building, which opened in 1896.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austindailyherald.com/2012/06/a-history-of-the-first-national-bank/|title=A history of the First National Bank - Austin Daily Herald|date=June 30, 2012|website=austindailyherald.com|access-date=May 12, 2019}}</ref>

'''Architecture'''<br>
[[File:2020-0609-Austin-SPElamResidence.jpg|thumb|S. P. Elam Residence (1950) by Frank Lloyd Wright]]
Austin has several historically and architecturally significant buildings, including Austin High School, [[St. Augustine's Church (Austin, Minnesota)|St. Augustine's Church]], Roosevelt Bridge, the Historic Paramount Theatre, the [[Hormel Historic Home]], the Arthur W. Wright House, and several blocks of buildings on Main Street.

The [[S. P. Elam Residence]] (1950) was designed by [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], and is the second largest example of his [[Usonian]] style of architecture.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theelamhouse.com/ |title=The Elam House |author=<!--not stated--> |website=The Elam House |access-date=March 22, 2016}}</ref>

'''Literature'''<br>
Austin is the setting of Allen Eskens' novel The Life We Bury, published in 2014 by Seventh Street Books in New York.

===Places of interest===
[[File:St. Augustine Church east exterior (Austin, Minnesota).jpg|thumb|upright|St. Augustine Catholic Church, the oldest place of worship in Austin, as well as host of cultural events.]]
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* Mower County Fairgrounds and Mower County Fair
* Buffy the Cow
* SPAM Museum
* Jay C. Hormel Nature Center
* Hormel Historic Home
* St. Augustine's Church
* Austin ArtWorks Center
* Austin High School and Knowlton Auditorium
* Mower County Historical Society
* Historic Paramount Theatre
* Sola Fide Observatory
* East Side Lake
* Bandshell Community Park
* Todd Park
* Austin Country Club (private)
* Meadow Greens Golf Course (public)
* The Elam House (Frank Lloyd Wright home)
* Christ Episcopal Church
* Packer Dome (seasonal)
* Vintage Bicycle Collection at Rydjor Bike Shop
* Hormel Institute
* Roosevelt Bridge
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