Entertainment
VINTON SHELLSBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOLS - April 19th, 2023 5:14 pm
Tilford Elementary Fine Arts Nights celebrations will begin this week. The AKA through 4th grade students have been working on their artwork and music to share with you. Concert performances will be at 6:30 and 7:15 each evening in the auditorium. Student artwork will be on display in the lunchroom.Join us to celebrate with our Tilford Elementary students.
ACT I OF BENTON COUNTY - April 18th, 2023 1:03 pm

ACT 1 of Benton County will be holding auditions for cast members to perform in the Broadway Musical Mary Poppins. 25-30 performers will be needed for the full cast. Auditions include singing scales, script reading and physical acting. Prepared audition materials are not needed. Auditions will be held on April 22 and 23 from 2-4:00 p.m. at the ACT 1 Centre located at 906 E Ave.
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VINTON TODAY - April 18th, 2023 1:02 pm
Belle Plaine is buckling up for the premier of, "Park It!" the play. The production will be at the Belle Plaine Longfellow Auditorium, May 6 at 2:00 pm. The intergenerational cast includes Belle Plaine students and several area adults. The comedy is set in 1965 and is based on stories that former area students and educators contributed to the book, "Park It!" The collection of humorous, but sometimes hair-raising, anecdotes covers 30 years in the drivers education car with former Belle Plaine teacher Wallace Winkie.
VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - April 10th, 2023 9:44 am

The Vinton Community Choir will be performing on Sunday, April 16 at the Vinton Presbyterian Church. Beginning at 3:00 p.m. the choir will be performing Music from the Movies.Music will be chosen from the following movies: I can only ImagineGrease9 to 5BeachesAlladinJazz SingerRock Around the ClockGood Morning VietnamThe church is located at 608 1st Ave.
FARMERS MERCANTILE HALL - April 2nd, 2023 8:58 pm

The Savage Heart Trio is a gang-busting Western swing outfit made up of Iowa based musical veterans Annie Savage (IBMA Mentor of the Year and International String Clinician at Free-Strings.com) Warren Hanlin (guitarist with Al Murphy, Marc Janssen and too many to name!), and Dave Hanson (bass player on Greg Brown’s Iowa Waltz).Together they are a
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FARMERS MERCANTILE HALL - March 4th, 2023 7:41 pm

Bob Black & Banjoy will return to Garrison, along with fiddler, Joy Ward, for a Sunday afternoon of Irish, bluegrass and midwestern roots music in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. Be ready for some lively Irish music and a good time!Refreshments will by the Garrison LibrarySunday, March 19th2:00 pm to 4:30 pmAdmission $12, kids are welcome to
VINTON TODAY - March 1st, 2023 10:03 pm
Wolf Creek Players will be holding auditions for ”Unnecessary Farce” written by Paul Slade Smith, and directed by Deb Kloster. Auditions will be held at the Dysart Library on Sunday, March 5 from 1 pm to 3 pm and again on Monday from 6:30 to 8 pm. If you are unable to attend either of these times please contact the director by text at 319-404-5412 or email at dbkloster@gmail.
CENTER POINT URBANA SCHOOL DISTRICT - March 1st, 2023 10:03 pm

The CPU 7th and 8th Grade Choir presents Sweets and Theatrical Treats during the performance of "Once Upon a Matress."Senior citizens of the Center Point/Urbana community are invited to a matinee of "Once Upon a Matress." Prior to the show there will be coffee, treats and other drinks provided. Doors open at 1:00 p.m. on March 30th, at the CPU Middle School, with the show beginning at 1:30 p.
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VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - February 23rd, 2023 8:50 am

The Vinton Palace Theatre will be featuring, "Silent Night in Algona" over the weekend. During World War II, from September through December of 1944, Algona, Iowa was the site of a Prisoner of War camp. Holding Germans who didn't want to be involved in the conflict, the prisoners provide much-needed help to offset the shortage of labor caused by the war effort.
VINTON TODAY - February 20th, 2023 8:30 am

The 2022-23 Voyager season wraps up next Saturday with our much anticipated Spring Show! Join us Saturday, February 25th at 7:00 p.m. for a night full of entertainment! This year’s show features solos, team routines, our Co-Ed routine, Voyager Kids Clinic dancers, Joan Cooling dancers, door prizes, and more! Tickets are $7 at the door; children 5 and under are free.
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