Tonight
Rumba Classes
Thursdays • August 22, 29 • 6:30pm
Winterset City Park, South Shelter
Lace up your dancing shoes and learn how to Rumba! These are free dance classes and you don’t even have to bring a partner.
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This Weekend
Meet the Huskies
Friday • August 23 • 5:00 meal, 6:00 introductions
McGaffin Field, WHS
Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast
Saturday • August 24 • 7:00 – 11:00am
American Legion Hall
Celebrate the beginning of the school year, or the conclusion of summer, with a big stack of pancakes and a side of community support!
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Farmer’s Market
Saturday • August 24 • 8:00 – Noon
Monumental Park (next to the library)
Tending Iowa’s Land Community Discussion
Saturday • August 24 • 3:00 – 5:00pm
2155 Burr Oak Ave, Winterset
This is the last of 4 Community Discussions around the book, Tending Iowa’s Land, edited by Cornelia F. Mutel. In a straightforward and friendly style, Iowa’s premier scientists consider what has happened to our land and outline viable solutions, that benefit agriculture as well as our human and wildlife residents. This discussion will focus on the “AIR” section of the book with featured guest Jennifer Bradley, Air Permit Engineer
The event is free and no registration required; a hike will follow the discussion. Copies of the book can be found at Winterset Public Library.
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Deadpool & Wolverine
August 23 & 24, 7:00pm • August 25, 2:00pm
The Iowa Theater
Deadpool’s peaceful existence comes crashing down when the Time Variance Authority recruits him to help safeguard the multiverse. He soon unites with his would-be pal, Wolverine, to complete the mission and save his world from an existential threat. Rated R, 2 hr 7 min
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Next Week
Auditions for: The Enchanted Bookshop
Tuesday & Wednesday • August 27 & 28 • 7:00
The Winterset Stage at Madison County Music Co.
The Winterset Stage will hold auditions for their next play, The Enchanted Bookshop, on August 27th and 28th. Actors do not need to prepare anything; readings will be provided at auditions and they welcome actors of ALL experience levels—even beginners! In fact, they love welcoming newbies to the stage (either new to the theater, new to the community, or both!)
During the day, A Likely Story may look like any other used bookstore. But at night, it’s a place where magic happens. That’s when the characters inside the books come alive.
Six of those characters—Dorothy Gale, Robin Hood, Pollyanna, Sherlock Holmes, Heidi, and Tom Sawyer—long to help Margie, the scatterbrained owner, save her struggling store. But they’re not allowed to leave the building or be seen by human eyes. So when a pair of smugglers comes looking for a stolen necklace hidden inside one of the books, the characters are torn. Should they warn Margie and risk disappearing forever? Or can they find a way to defeat the crooks without being seen?
Featuring additional appearances by such beloved literary characters as the Queen of Hearts, Long John Silver, and Doctor Dolittle, this charming comedy celebrates the joy of reading in a fresh, fun-filled way.
National Lampoon’s Vacation
Wednesday • August 28 • 7:00pm
Way Back Wednesday at The Iowa Theater
Accompanied by their children Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) and his wife, Ellen (Beverly D’Angelo), are driving from Illinois to a California amusement park. As Clark increasingly fixates on a beautiful woman driving a sports car, the Griswolds deal with car problems and the death of a family member. They reach Los Angeles, but, when Clark worries that the trip is being derailed again, he acts impulsively to get his family to the park. 1983, Rated R, 1 hrs 38 mins
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Anime & Sushi
Thursday • August 29 • 3:30 – 5:00pm
Winterset Public Library
Kids age 10 and up and invited to enjoy some family friendly anime and sushi on Thursdays after school at the library. No fees or registration is required.
Heirloom Tomatoes
Thursday • August 29 • 6:00pm
Winterset Public Library
If you’re feeling jealous of all your neighbors who are about to be feasting on their own juicy homegrown tomatoes, start preparing yourself for next year! Master Gardener, David Mixdorf, will share a lot of his best tips for raising heirloom tomatoes, how to harden off tomato seedlings, preventing diseases, and differences between hybrids and heirlooms. He will show and talk about a wide variety of heirloom tomatoes that he grows in his garden.
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Coming Soon
What’s Happening in Ukraine?
Tuesday • September 3 • 6:00pm
Winterset Public Library
James Martin lived in Ukraine for seven years as a teacher and host of storytelling events. He and his wife left Ukraine in February 2022, returning in October 2023. After finishing his teaching contract in Spain, James and Irina have now moved back to Iowa and will be living permanently in Winterset. If you are interested in what has been happening in Ukraine, it will be interesting to hear about James and Irina’s experiences and perspectives.
Evening Under the Stars
Saturday • September 14 • 5:00pm
Madison County Conservation at
The Warehouse on 2nd – on 2nd Ave between Jefferson & Green
The Madison County Conservation Board invites you to join them for an evening of fun and conservation at their annual Evening Under the Stars fundraiser. In additional to local food and beverages, live and silent auction, and the opportunity to support Madison County Parks this year’s event will include a glass blowing demo, monarch butterfly release, and entertainment by The Lemon Family Band! Get your ticket by the end of this weekend today and get $10 off! (Extended through 8/25!)
Youth & Women’s Volleyball Leagues
Sign up now!
It’s time to get registered for volleyball leagues this fall with the Winterset Parks & Recreation.
Women’s volleyball link: https://tinyurl.com/46e6px5s
Youth volleyball link: https://tinyurl.com/3ms3cjcr
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