This Weekend

Drinking Habits

April 11, 12 & 13 • 7:00pm
April 14 • 2:00pm
The Winterset Stage at the Iowa Theater

Tickets are on sale now for the next Winterset Stage production, Drinking Habits. Accusations, mistaken identities, and romances run wild in this traditional, laugh-out-loud farce. Two nuns at the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing have been secretly making wine to keep the convent’s doors open, but Paul and Sally, reporters and former fiancees, are hot on their trail. They go undercover as a nun and priest, but their presence, combined with the addition of a new nun, spurs paranoia throughout the convent that spies have been sent from Rome to shut them down. Wine and secrets are inevitably spilled as everyone tries to preserve the convent and reconnect with lost loves.

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4K for 4H

Saturday • April 13 • 9:00am
Madison County Fairgrounds

If you’re not quite ready for a 5K, this your race! And you can still register just by showing up on Saturday morning.

Pancake Breakfast

Saturday • April 13 • 7:00-11:00am
American Legion Hall, 122 W Green

The Winterset American Legion and Auxiliary are gearing up for their spring pancake breakfast and bake sale on April 13th. Proceeds from this event will go toward continued renovations on the legion hall—this time the interior lighting. Just like IHOP…Come hungry. Leave happy.™

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Cultivating Connections Project Launch

Saturday • April 13 • 10:00am – Noon
Madison County Historical Complex

The Madison County Conservation board invites you to join them to learn more about their new conservation project: Cultivating Connections. This project connects the dots between the health of the environment, human health, and community health. Each person will leave with ideas on how they can build and protect habitat by cultivating connections in nature and to each other. Free native plants will be given out (while supplies last) and an optional guided hike will follow.

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Mattress Fundraiser

Saturday • April 13 • 10:00am – 5:00pm
Winterset High School Competition Gym

Get a better night’s sleep AND support the Winterset High School Band at their first ever Mattress Fundraiser. You’ll find quality name brands like Simmons Beautyrest mattresses for well below retail prices and every purchase benefits the band department. Delivery and financing are available. Click the following link for more information https://youtu.be/B3ODmnTbN7A?si=G7t7cTwFaOod8onX

Willy Wonka for Kids &
Madison County Community Choir

Saturday • April 13 • 3:00pm
The Winterset Stage & Madison County Music Co.
at Winterset High School

The Winterset Community Choir will join the cast of Willy Wonka Kids for a musical theater extravaganza next Saturday. The choir will serve as the ‘opening act,’ performing six musical theater tunes. Following a short intermission, the Winterset Stage and Madison County Music Co.’s musical theater class will bring Willy Wonka Kids to life. There is only one performance of this event! Tickets are available at the door for a $5 suggested donation.

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Tribal Muse Belly Dancing Variety Show

Saturday • April 13 • 6:30pm
Madison County Fairgrounds Community Building

This annual event will bring together dancers, drummers and other musicians from Iowa and surrounding states for classes, learning and socializing. The day will conclude with live performances to share with the public. This is a great opportunity to see a wide variety of belly dancing styles and live music right here in Central Iowa. Join the fun at the Madison County Fairgrounds in the original Community Building (white varied industries building). Admission is only $5.00 per person, children 12 and under are free.

Central Iowa Auto Show & Shine

Saturday • April 13 • 4:00 – 7:00pm
Winterset Town Square

The first Show & Shine of the year is this Saturday (and every 3rd Saturday through September.) I was raised by a car buff Dad, and although I don’t really get into cars that much, I consider this to be one of the quintessential Winterset experiences—strolling through the square, enjoying the music, stopping to chat with people you know. This one especially will make it feel like summer is just around the corner!

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Gainuss Fundraiser Meal

Sunday • April 14 • 11:30am – 2:30pm
201 W Court Ave (Madison County Annex Building)

Ryan and Mandy Gainuss lost their home during the tornado. Two years later, they are still without a new house. I know how great this community is at rallying around someone in need and I’m sure that we can help them get back on track in no time! If you’re not able to attend this drive-through meal event, you can also make a direct donation through Reveal Church. Select the ‘Gainuss House Fund’ in the giving area.

Next Week

Plant. Grow. Fly

Monday • April 15 • 6:30pm
Winterset Public Library

Blank Park Zoo will be a the library next week with a great program to help us all learn about pollinators and the importance they play in our ecosystem. Plant.Grow.Fly. is designed to encourage and educate from the perspective that no effort is too small and that each and every one of us can do our part to help pollinators thrive, simply by planting pollinator friendly plants.

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Home & Garden Weed Control

Thursday • April 18 • 2:00pm
Winterset Public Library

Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds. This may not be entirely true but anyone who has ever tended a garden knows that the weeds seem to always thrive, even when our intended harvest struggles. Meaghan Anderson, Central Iowa Field Agronomist, ISU Extension and Outreach is ready to teach us all about Home and Garden Weed Control. This program will focus on common lawn and garden weeds found in Iowa. We will learn how to identify them so they will become easily recognizable in your gardens, flowers and lawn and Meaghan will provide helpful information on how to control a variety of Iowa weeds. 

Labarynth

Wednesday • April 17 • 7:00pm
Way Back Wednesday at the Iowa Theater

MOVIES ARE BACK AT THE IOWA THEATER!

Labyrinth is a 1986 musical fantasy film directed by Jim Henson with George Lucas as executive producer. Based on conceptual designs by Brian Froud, the film was written by Terry Jones, and many of its characters are played by puppets produced by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. The film stars Jennifer Connelly as 16-year-old Sarah and David Bowie as Jareth, the Goblin King. In Labyrinth, Sarah embarks on a quest to reach the center of an enormous, otherworldly maze to rescue her infant half-brother Toby, whom she wished away to Jareth.

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After School Art Club

Thursdays • April 18, 25 • 3:30 -5:00pm
Winterset Art Center

The Winterset Art Center is inviting kids to spend the next few Thursdays after school getting in touch with their creativity. There’s a new project every week, each one recommended for kids in 1st-5th grade and designed to encourage the child’s imagination, creativity, & problem solving skills. Register ONLINE.

Planning Ahead

Adult Coed Softball

Games begin May 2
Register by April 23

Evidently, softball season is just around the corner! If slow-pitch is your jam, rally your team and get registered by April 23rd.

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Tee Ball

Registration open through April 30
Winterset Parks & Recreation

Registration is now open for Coed Tee-Ball! There are two divisions so make sure you are signed up for the correct age group!

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Help thank our sponsors by patronizing their businesses!

All community announcements are provided at no charge, courtesy of our sponsors.

American State Bank
Farmers & Merchants State Bank
Graham’s Game Café
Homefront Real Estate
The Iowa Theater
John Wayne Birthplace Museum
Madison County Health Care System
Madison County Historical Society
Madison County Music Co.
McGowen Hurst Clark Smith
Medicap Pharmacy
Midwest Heritage Bank
Montross Pharmacy
State Farm, Charlotte Speer
Union State Bank
Winterset Ballet & Dance Studio
Winterset Optimist Club
Winterset Parks & Recreation Department