Weekend in Winterset, Apr. 14-16

This Weekend

Easter is the main event, of course! On Saturday morning, the Winterset Park & Recreation Department will host their annual Easter Egg Hunt at Winterset City Park, by the North Shelter, starting at 11:00 am. Boys and girls up to nine years old are invited to participate. The Easter Bunny will be present! The event is also sponsored by Madison County Realty.

Frostee’s is officially open for the season as of TODAY, April 14th at 11:00 am! Their hours are Monday – Thursday 11:00 am to 9:00 pm, Friday and Saturday 11:00 am to 10:00 pm, Sunday 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm.

Also, Groth’s Gardens & Greenhouses opens for the season today. This year they’ll be open mid-April to June 30th, closed for the summer, and re-open August 21st for the fall mum season. Hours are Mon. – Sat., 9am-6pm; Sun. 12pm-4pm. Please note they will be closed on Easter Sunday.

Re:home is also open this weekend, today until 6:00 pm, and Saturday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Coming Soon

For Madison County Parks/Conservation Board education opportunities, summer camp signups will be held at the Winterset Library from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Monday, April 17. Two new camps this year are the Night Owls Camp for ages 8-12 and Outdoor Adventures for ages 12-15. Night Owls camp will focus the animals that come out just as the rest of us are heading to bed. Outdoor Adventures will focus on developing hands-on outdoor skills in fishing, backpacking, knot-tying, campfire cooking, and canoeing. We will also explore the concept of ‘leave no trace’. Registration forms and summer camp descriptions can be viewed in advance at http://www.madisoncountyconservation.org/…/2017-Final-Summe…. Registration forms will also be available during the registration event. To register your child/grandchild for the event, complete a registration form and provide payment for the camp registration fees. Call 515-462-3536 or e-mail naturalist@madisoncountyparks.org with questions.

If you are interested in having your pre-schooler experience art without having to haul out the supplies or clean up the mess, the Winterset Art Center help. Art Adventures for Preschoolers classes will begin on April 19th and run for four sessions. They are designed for children who are developing their fine motor skills and learning about the world around them. Classes will meet on Wednesdays from 10:30-11:30am OR 1:30 to 2:30 pm, your choice, on April 19, 26, May 3 and May 10. The class will be taught by Angela Newman with a curriculum designed by Amy Maiers, art instructor at I-35. The fee is $20 per child for art center members and $25 per child for non-members. Pre-registration is required. Contact Angela Newman at wintersetart2016@gmail.com to register your child.

Here are two other classes coming up at the Art Center:

1st Avenue Collective will offer an Embossed Earrings Class on April 22nd from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. Create three pairs of beautiful embossed copper earrings in just a couple of hours! You’ll learn how to use die cutters, embossing folders, and how to apply colorful patinas to the metal. No prior jewelry experience needed, just a desire to create. Use of tools and materials are included in the class fee of $45.00. Instructors are Gina Crow & Sandra Geronimo. Pre-registration is required. Call (515)505-4396 or stop by 1st Avenue Collective to reserve your space.

The Winterset Public Library is hosting several events in recognition of Earth Day. On April 18th at 6:30 pm, the Library welcomes Aldo Leopold Foundation Land Ethic Leader and Senior Presidential Writer/Editor for the University of Iowa, Thomas Dean. Dr. Dean will host a screening of the Emmy Award-winning Aldo Leopold documentary Green Fire and lead a discussion of the film and Leopold’s land ethic.  Green Fire is the first full-length documentary film ever made about legendary environmentalist Aldo Leopold, author of A Sand County Almanac, who was born and raised in Burlington, Iowa.  The film highlights Leopold’s extraordinary career, tracing how he shaped and influenced the modern environmental movement. Also, these two events are happening on April 22nd & 25th:

Sunday, April 30th, 4:00 to 6:00 pm, meet Linzee McCray, author and guest curator at the Iowa Quilt Museum. The exhibition Art Quilts of the Midwest showcases 21 works of art that exemplify a region’s influence on the innovative artists who choose this layered, stitched textile as their form of personal expression. The exhibition is based on a book of the same name, and author Linzee Kull McCray will provide a “behind-the-scenes” glimpse into creating both, from her interest in exploring how an artist’s surroundings may influence her art, to jurying the nearly 100 artists who applied to be included in the book, to stories of the sources of inspiration and techniques of the selected artists. McCray’s work appears in American Patchwork and Quilting, Quilt Sampler, on the Etsy blog, in UPPERCASE magazine, in O: The Oprah Magazine, and others. Most recently, she is the author of Feed Sacks: The Colourful History of a Frugal Fabric. Visit http://iowaquiltmuseum.org to purchase tickets.

It’s just a month away! Tickets are now on sale for the 2017 Winterset Wine Walk, May 13th (Mother’s Day weekend). From 4:00 to 7:30 pm, join the Madison County Chamber of Commerce, downtown Winterset merchants and area wineries for shopping, wine sampling, food pairings, live music, and more. For just $15.00 you can have a limited-edition, logoed wine glass for sampling and a $5.00 coupon towards the purchase of a bottle of wine from one of the featured wineries. Tickets are available at the Chamber of Commerce office at 73 Jefferson Street, or purchase them online right here.

Finally, thank you to all who help keep our children safe, and to C.R.I.S.P. for their leadership! Find out how you can assist with child abuse awareness and prevention efforts at http://www.familyresourcelink.org.

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