Tonight
Grant Wood: Prairie Rebel
Thursday • February 22 • 6:00pm
Winterset Public Library
The Winterset Public Library will present a very unique program next Thursday evening highlighting one of Iowa’s most well-known citizens, Grant Wood, who created one of the most iconic paintings of all time, American Gothic.
In this 45-minute, one-man show, Grant Wood chats with the audience as if talking to an old friend across the backyard fence, or maybe at his home at Five Turner Alley in Cedar Rapids. He tells us about his life and how he changed the art world forever with his work. It is the man behind American Gothic that we hear and see, and the story of how he took the moments, the memories and the people of our state to show the whole world the specialness of this Iowa. After the presentation, the audience is encouraged to ask questions about Grant Wood and his life.
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This Weekend
Friday Fish Fry
Fridays through March 22 • 5:30 – 7:00
St. Joseph Catholic Church
The Winterset Knights of Columbus will one again offer a weekly ‘Fish Fry’ dinner each Friday during lent. This is an all-you-can-eat dinner offering Alaskan baked or fried fish, baked or fried potatoes, coleslaw, dinner role, baked beans and dessert. The kids menu includes cheese pizza, fruit cup and macaroni and cheese. The meal is a free will offering.
Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser
benefiting the Winterset Art Center
Saturday • February 24 • 7:00 – 11:00am
American Legion Hall, 221 N 1st Ave
The Winterset Art Center will hold their annual pancake breakfast next Saturday at the Legion Hall. In addition to a hearty breakfast, you can enjoy student art work and music from the Benge Family Band. Free Will Donations are accepted.
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Reading with Rover
Saturday • February 24 • 9:00 – Noon
Winterset Public Library
Cabin Fever Gardening: Starting from Seed
Saturday • February 24 • 10:00am
Winterset Public Library
All this warm weather lately has got me thinking spring and dreaming about planting a garden—and I don’t even really like gardening! For all of you who do love gardening though (my husband, thankfully!), local Master Gardeners Jim Nelson & Deena Hoeness are ready to teach us about getting our seeds started for spring planting. Jim & Deena will share pointers and tried and true methods for starting seeds indoors so they’re ready to go outside when the time is right.
Argylle
February 23 & 24 • 7:00pm, February 25 • 2:00pm
The Iowa Theater
Reclusive author Elly Conway writes best-selling espionage novels about a secret agent named Argylle who’s on a mission to unravel a global spy syndicate. However, when the plots of her books start to mirror the covert actions of a real-life spy organization, the line between fiction and reality begin to blur. Rated PG-13, 2 hr 19 min
Madison County Community Choir
Rehearsals Start February 25
Sundays • 6:00 – 7:30pm • through April 7
Madison County Music Co.
All adult and advanced high school singers are welcome to join the the Madison County Community Choir. Their next performance will be Saturday, April 13, with rehearsals starting this Sunday, February 25th. Rehearsals are Sunday evenings from 6:00 – 7:30pm at Madison County Music Co. (123 W Jefferson).
The theme of the concert is musical theater, and the choir will be the ‘opening act’ for the performance of Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka Kids by the youth musical theater class who started meeting a few weeks ago. Each singer is asked to contribute $20 to cover the cost of music and help pay musicians but no one is every turned away.
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Next Week
Moonstruck
Wednesday • February 28 • 7:00pm
The Iowa Theater
The Iowa Theater is featuring a month of epic love stories on Wednesdays, and showtimes are back to 7:00.
No sooner does Italian-American widow Loretta (Cher) accept a marriage proposal from her doltish boyfriend, Johnny (Danny Aiello), than she finds herself falling for his younger brother, Ronny (Nicolas Cage). She tries to resist, but Ronny lost his hand in an accident he blames on his brother, and has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls deeper in love, she comes to learn that she’s not the only one in her family with a secret romance. 1987, PG, 1 hr 42 min
Baseball Clinics
Multiple Dates
WHS Baseball with Winterset Parks & Recreation
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Cabin Fever Gardening: Grasses for the Garden
Thursday • February 29 • 2:00pm
Winterset Public Library
Grasses are one of the most trending plants for your yard and have been trending for at least a decade. (We added some cool grasses in our landscaping a couple of years ago and love them!) Grasses create movement in the garden and are one of the essential pieces if you are planting a native garden. There are awesome options for both sun and shade! Derek McKay will be at the library next Thursday for another installment of ‘Cabin Fever Gardening’ to share all about options for incorporating grasses in your own landscaping.
Frosted Confetti Exhibit
Exhibit: March 1-18
Reception: Friday • March 1 • 4:00 – 7:00pm
Winterset Art Center
The Winterset Art Center will feature local artist Christine Hilbert with an exhibit of her art work in March. Christine’s exhibit, Frosted Confetti, will be on display March 1- 18. Frosted Confetti is a collection of works exploring spontaneity, joy, and texture. Guided by improvisation, these abstract paintings are a meditation on the creative practice without limits or boundaries.
The public is invited to an opening reception on Friday March 1, 4-7pm, and the Winterset Art Center will be open to the public the following three weekends: March 2, 3, 9, 10, 16 and 17 from 11:00 – 3:00pm.
Christine is also offering several workshops at the Winterset Art Center for kids during Spring Break. See more details for these classes and register at: https://winterset-art-center.square.site/s/shop
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