Friday!
Community Hymn Sing
Friday • October 4 • 11:30am
Winterset Public Library with First UMC Choir
Everyone is welcome at this good ol’ fashioned hymn sing led by the choir at First United Methodist Church. Hymn books will be provided and request will be taken.
First Friday Acoustic Jam
Friday • October 4 • 1:00pm
Winterset Public Library
If you like to strum, pick, fiddle, sing, or just listen, you’re welcome at the acoustic jam at the library.
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This Weekend
The Wild Robot
October 4 & 5, 7:00pm • October 6, 2:00pm
The Iowa Theater
This epic adventure from DreamWorks studios, follows the journey of a robot—ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” for short—that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling. Rated PG, 1hr 42 min – a perfect film to take the kids to!
Farmer’s Market
Saturday • October 5 • 8:00 – Noon
Monumental Park (next to the library)
This is the final market of the year so if you want one more dose of summer farmer’s market vibes, grab your chance this Saturday morning!
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Bridge to Freedom Lunch & Learn
Tuesday • October 8 • Noon
First Presbyterian Church, 210 W Green
For nearly 30 years CRISP has been serving Winterset and Madison County providing much needed resources to those in
need. MATURA has been serving six counties in SW Iowa for twice that time! At this Lunch and Learn event, Kathleen Rush, the Director of CRISP, and Sara Reed from MATURA will share about what they do and how you might be able to help during this upcoming holiday season or how you can refer people who are in need of their services.
Bring your own lunch and they will provide the drinks and desserts.
Dial M for Murder
Wednesday • October 9 • 7:00pm
Way Back Wednesday at The Iowa Theater
The Iowa is presenting some of their favorite Alfred Hitchcock titles this month!
Ex-tennis pro Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) wants to have his wealthy wife, Margot (Grace Kelly), murdered so he can get his hands on her inheritance. When he discovers her affair with Mark Halliday (Robert Cummings), he comes up with the perfect plan to kill her. He blackmails an old acquaintance into carrying out the murder, but the carefully-orchestrated set-up goes awry, and Margot stays alive. Now Wendice must frantically scheme to outwit the police and avoid having his plot detected. 1954, PG, 1 hr 54 min
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After School Art
Thursdays in October • 3:30 – 5:00pm
Winterset Art Center
The theme for October at ‘After School Art’ is art in Nature. This ‘drop-in’ program is recommended for grades K-5. Cost is $5 at the door.
It’s the Great Pumpkin
Thursday • October 10 • 7:00pm
MC Master Gardeners at the Winterset Public Library
The Madison County Master Gardeners invite you to an evening of learning about growing enormous pumpkins!! Speaker Dan Boelman has been totally obsessed with growing giant pumpkins since 1994, and was the 1st Place blue ribbon winner of the Iowa State Fair’s giant pumpkin weigh-off in 2017, and has placed 3rd at the Iowa State Fair weigh-off twice. He’s also placed in the Top 10 at the annual Anamosa Pumpkinfest weigh-off in eastern Iowa.
Whether you want to grow a 300 pounder to put on your porch for Halloween, or if shooting for the World Record is your goal, at this presentation you will learn everything you will need to know to get started. This learning experience is free and open to the public.
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Coming Soon
Covered Bridge Festival
October 12-13
Be sure to check out next week’s edition for a complete review of this year’s Covered Bridge Festival, what’s new this year, and how you can enjoy the weekend to the fullest!
Haunted Harvest Festival
Saturday • October 26 • 5:00-8:00pm
Pammel Park with Madison County Conservation
The whole family can enjoy carnival games, campsite decorating, trick-or-treating, and more at the Madison County Conservation Board’s Haunted Harvest Festival. Cost is $5/person or $25/family (5 or more). This is a family-friendly event and all age are welcome. Any kids under age 3 are FREE.
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Register for Pickleball League
Registration is now open for Winterset Parks & Recreation Adult Indoor Pickleball League! There are men’s, women’s, and coed leagues and registration is just $30. You can also register for more than one league; they will meet at different time. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/46e6px5s
Register for Basketball
Youth basketball sign up is open now, too. Youth Basketball is for boys and girls 1st-6th grade; Pee Wee Basketball is for boys and girls 3 year old through kindergarten. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/mv5t855f
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