Tonight
Community Band Concert Series
Thursday • June 15 • 6:00pm food, 7:00pm music
Madison County Historical Complex
The Winterset Community Band’s summer concert series continues with their third performance tonight. This week, the Winterset Kiwanis will be serving pulled pork sandwiches before the 7:00 concert, and Winterset Gymnastics will provide the intermission entertainment.
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Last Chance
Time Stamps
Ricky Tims exhibit at the Iowa Quilt Museum
Thursday-Saturday, 10am-5pm, Sunday Noon-4pm
This weekend is your final opportunity to see the amazing work of celebrated quilter, Ricky Tims, right here at the Iowa Quilt Museum.
On Tuesday, June 20th, the IQM will open their next exhibit, Welcome Home: A Celebration of House Quilts. Patchwork houses, churches, and schoolhouses are timeless favorites for quilt aficionados. Julie Silber, a world-renowned quilt expert, collector, author, and dealer, has curated a fabulous display of house quilts from her own collection and from the collections of colleagues from across the United States.
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This Weekend
Balloon Storytelling
Friday • June 16 • 1:30pm
Winterset Public Library
Freedom Rock Talk
Friday • June 16 • 5:00pm
Winterset Public Library
Disney’s The Little Mermaid
June 16 & 17 • 7:00pm, June 18 • 2:00pm (this showing)
The Iowa Theater
The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, Ariel is a beautiful and spirited young mermaid with a thirst for adventure. Longing to find out more about the world beyond the sea, Ariel visits the surface and falls for the dashing Prince Eric. Following her heart, she makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, to experience life on land. PG, 2 hr 15 min
Movie in the Park: Madagascar
Friday • June 16 • Dusk
Winterset Parks & Recreation with Madison County Realty
Madison County Farmer’s Market
Saturday • June 17 • 8:00 – Noon
Monumental Park
Garden Party
Saturday • June 17 • 7:00pm
Winterset Art Center
Leave your cares at home, pack up your lawn chair and enjoy an evening with the Des Moines Irish Session at the Winterset Art Center’s Annual Garden Party.
Beer Choir
Saturday • June 17 • 7:00pm
Madison County Music Co. at The Drift
Beer Choir is a social singing event open to all, no talent required! It’s so simple—you get a beverage, get a seat, and let yourself be led through a couple hours of hilarious drinking songs from the official songbook, the Beer Choir Hymnal, plus a few karaoke favorites and, this month, some patriotic classics.
Non-beer drinkers are also welcome—The Drift has a selection of wines, cocktails, appetizers and soft drinks. And if you just want to drink and listen, you’re welcome, too, but don’t be surprised when you end up joining in the singing! There is no cover charge.
Shoplifters
Sunday • June 18 • 5:30pm
Sunday Movie Club at the Iowa Theater
Shoplifters
On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders is united by fierce loyalty and a penchant for petty theft. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence. 2018, Rated R, 2 hr 1 min, Japanese with subtitles
Sunday Movie Club
Enjoy a curated program of outstanding, off-the-beaten path movies, foreign films, documentaries, and art-house titles every third Sunday of the month. Following each screening, enjoy a short, lively, moderated conversation about film! Become a Sunday Movie Club member! Non-member tickets are $8 each. Members are automatically on the guest list.
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Next Week
Story Time Field Trip
Wednesday • June 21 • 10:00am
Winterset Public Library AT Middle River Park
Ghost
Wednesday • June 21 • 7:00pm
Way Back Wednesday at The Iowa Theater
Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) is a banker, Molly Jensen (Demi Moore) is an artist, and the two are madly in love. However, when Sam is murdered by friend and corrupt business partner Carl Bruner (Tony Goldwyn) over a shady business deal, he is left to roam the earth as a powerless spirit. When he learns of Carl’s betrayal, Sam must seek the help of psychic Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg) to set things right and protect Molly from Carl and his goons. 1990, PG-13, 2 hr 8 min
Teen Taste Test Challenge
Thursday • June 22 • 1:00pm
Winterset Public Library
Bye Bye Birdie
Friday & Saturday • June 23 & 24 • 7:00pm
The Winterset Stage at Henry C. Miller Auditorium, Winterset HS
Tickets are now on sale for The Winterset Stage’s summer community musical. Bye Bye Birdie is a loving send-up of the 1950s, small town America, teenagers, and rock & roll! Teen heartthrob Conrad Birdie has been drafted, so he chooses All-American girl Kim MacAfee for a very public farewell kiss.
Birdie features a tuneful high-energy score and a hilarious script, and with a cast of nearly 50 talented community members, you’re almost guaranteed to know someone on the stage. Performances of this production will take place in Henry C. Miller Auditorium at Winterset High School and tickets are $15.
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Fort Apache
Saturday • June 24 • 2:00pm
John Wayne Matinee Series at the Iowa Theater
The Iowa Theater will screen classic John Wayne movies this summer, offering one Saturday afternoon matinee each in June, July, and August. First up is “Fort Apache” from 1948 on June 24. Next is 1949’s “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon,” screening on July 29, and “Rio Grande” (1950) to end the series on August 26. Doors open at 1:30; movie start time is 2 p.m. All tickets are $10.
“With the Iowa Theater and the John Wayne Birthplace Museum both located on John Wayne Drive, we decided it would be fun to give people special opportunities to see ‘the Duke’ on the big screen,” said Rebecca Fons, movie programmer for the theater.
“I couldn’t be happier,” commented Brian Downes, JW Birthplace Museum director. “These are iconic Wayne pictures, and the Iowa Theater is the perfect place to watch them.”
Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.the-Iowa.com/JWmatinee.
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Planning Ahead
Madison County Women’s Giving Circle
Tuesday • June 27 • 6:30-7:30pm
Union State Bank Community Room
It is almost time for the second quarter meeting of the Madison County Women’s Giving Circle. The no-more-than-an-hour meeting will be held in the Community Room at Union State Bank in Winterset on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, starting at 6:30 p.m. and ending at 7:30 p.m.
Women who would like to socialize prior to the meeting are welcome to come around 5:30 p.m. Anyone who might be interested in joining or learning more about MCWGC is also welcome to attend.
Local charitable 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profits or other qualifying tax-exempt organizations who wish to present information about their projects for supporting women and children in Madison County should arrive by 6:15 p.m. to register. We ask that each applicant provide a brief description of their project; their tax-exempt status; plus an email address and telephone number where they may be reached. Three organizations will be selected to present at the meeting and each will be allocated 4 minutes to present and 4 minutes to answer questions. One non-profit will be selected, by vote, to receive this quarter’s donations.
Get Registered for Flag Football
Registration Deadline July 30th
Winterset Parks & Recreation
Registration for Youth Flag Football is now open through Winterset Parks & Recreation. This league consists of 7 weeks of games and 5 weeks of practices prior to games starting. Games this year will be played on Saturday mornings, but kids are still encouraged to play both soccer and flag football—schedules will be arranged so the games don’t conflict.
Registration: https://tinyurl.com/3kd4jm47
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