The Biking Club is a fun way to get out on the bike trail before and after school on the Wednesdays in September! Students  in 3rd-8th grade bike with an adult volunteer from Freeport Park or the corner of Rural Ave./Ridgewood Dr. to school in the morning and then bike back after school. If a student can’t make it in the morning but can in the afternoon (or vice versa), that’s alright…just let us know! Those interested in joining the Biking Club need to register by noon on August 31st. 

To sign your child up for the Biking Club or any of the Walking School Bus routes, express interest in starting a new route location, or to learn about volunteer opportunities, please contact Safe Routes to School Coordinator April Bril at abril@uerpc.org or 563-382-6171 ASAP or check out our NEW Facebook Group: Decorah Walking and Biking School Bus Program.

Children ages 3 to 6, with a favorite adult, are invited to join us in the Public Program Room of the library for a fun, interactive storytime featuring books, rhymes, music, and crafts.

For additional information, please contact Joan Roach, Children’s and Youth Librarian, at jroach@decorah.lib.ia.us or (563)382-3717.

UERPC is developing the Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) for the region consisting of Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, and Winneshiek Counties. Everyone who lives in or visits our region is invited to come give input at upcoming community workshops! Workshops have already been held in Cresco, Fayette, and Calmar and there will be two more in Elkader and Waukon. You can attend any workshop regardless of where you live.

All workshops begin at 5:00 p.m. and will last about an hour and a half. You are free to come and go at any time during the meeting, even if you miss the beginning.

• Elkader: Thursday, September 27^th at Clayton County Office Facility, 600 Gunder Road NE
• Waukon: Thursday, October 4^th at the Senior Center at Waukon Wellness Center, 1220 3^rd Avenue NW

Please take a moment to complete the online community transportation survey for the LRTP. The survey can be accessed at www.tinyurl.com/ybfo4epe. Your feedback is very valuable!

For more information, contact Aaron Detter at adetter@uerpc.org or 563-382-6171.

Join Us for LCWBB 2018 Jr. Norse!
Each week Jr. Norse will have the opportunity to interact with the 2018-19 Luther Women’s Basketball team while participating in fundamental drills, team play, shooting competitions, and more.

Contact Head Coach, Amanda Bailey with any questions at 563-387-1584 or email: necham01@luther.edu

NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group is a free, peer-led support group for adults living with mental illness. You will gain insight from hearing the challenges and successes of others, and the groups are led by NAMI-trained facilitators who’ve been there.

NAMI’s Support Groups are unique because they follow a structured model to ensure you and others in the group have an opportunity to be heard and to get what you need.

By sharing your experiences in a safe and confidential setting, you gain hope and develop relationships. The group encourages empathy, productive discussion and a sense of community.

An innovative performance dramatizing the life of musician Nadia Boulanger, once called “the most influential teacher since Socrates,” will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, in the Recital Hall of the Center for Faith and Life on the Luther College campus. Following Boulanger as she overcame family tragedy and the French music establishment, “Nadia” is a tour-de-force of storytelling intertwined with chamber music.

The performance is open to the public with no charge for admission.

It’s been said that no one had a more powerful influence shaping the music of the 20th century. This performance asks what makes a teacher great? Why was Boulanger called “midwife to genius?”  How was this career possible for a woman?

Born into a family of musicians, Boulanger found her passion not in the composition genius of her sister and father or the voice of her mother, but in the vocation of teaching. Throughout her life, she taught at the Paris Conservatoire and in America; served as a music editor, critic and organist; organized war relief with her sister Lili; and was the first female conductor of several American and British orchestras.

“Nadia” will be performed at Luther by The Bakken Trio and actress and opera singer Tammy Hensrud. Mina Fisher, professional musician turned writer, created the piece.

The performance will be followed by a question and answer session featuring Fisher, who has had her own career as a cellist with the Minnesota Orchestra and as a teacher. She joined The Bakken Trio in 2003 as a cellist and now serves as its Producing Artistic Director. Fisher undertook this project as a labor of love, doing archival research in Paris and learning the craft of script-writing. 

The Twin Cities-based Bakken Trio is a chamber ensemble presenting a mix of traditional chamber music and virtuosic modern compositions. Actress and opera singer Tammy Hensrud stars, bringing to life memories of Boulanger’s life triggered by her beloved sister Lili and the chamber music of Bach, Aaron Copland, Quincy Jones and Elliott Piazzola. The Bakken Trio, represented by Stephanie Arado, violin, Michael Kim, piano, and Philip Borter, cello, provide the music.

On Friday, Sept. 28, playwright Fisher will meet with Luther students for a career talk. As a cellist, teacher, writer, union activist, arts organization director and entrepreneur, she is excited to share her experience with students. 

A national liberal arts college with an enrollment of 2,050, Luther offers an academic curriculum that leads to the Bachelor of Arts degree in more than 60 majors and pre-professional programs. For more information about Luther visit the college’s website: http://www.luther.edu.

Head over to the High Court Pub in Lanesboro every Thursday for an evening of music and community, featuring local talents on the mezzanine stage. Local musicians will be hosting, and we encourage all levels of talent to come play!

No musical skill? Read a poem! No instruments? That’s OK! Pick out your favorite shower song for karaoke. You’ll be astounded by the local talent – We’ll see you at 7:30 at the HCP.

Celebrating the rich diversity of contemporary imaginative writers, Luther College is hosting the Luther College Writers Festival Friday and Saturday, Sept. 28-29.

The weekend includes keynote addresses, featured writers, readings, panels, a book sale and more. To register for the event and view the complete schedule, visit https://www.luther.edu/writers-festival/schedule/.

Two keynote speakers will be featured at the festival. Julie Schumacher will open the festival at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, in the Center for Faith and Life Recital Hall. Schumacher is the author of nine books. Her national bestseller, “Dear Committee Members,” won the Thurber Prize for American Humor, making her the first woman to win this award. “The Body is Water,” her first novel, was an American Library Association Notable Book of the Year and a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award. Her essays and short stories have appeared in many publications, including the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Schumacher is a professor of English and creative writing at the University of Minnesota.

Jasmin Darznik will give the closing plenary talk at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, in the Center for Faith and Life Recital Hall. Her novel, “Song of a Captive Bird,” was chosen as a New York Times Book Review “Editors’ Choice.” It was also named one of 2018’s “Best Books” by Vogue, Ms. and Newsweek. Darznik’s essays have been published in copious periodicals, including the New York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times. Darznik is a professor of English and creative writing at California College of the Arts.

David Gonzalez is the featured writer. He will give a performance featuring poetry, music and stories at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Luther’s Jewel Theatre. He’ll also give a workshop in the Center for the Arts Rooms 119 at 3 p.m. Saturday. The workshop focuses on bringing written works to life. Gonzalez will also host a poetry/story slam at 7 p.m. in Jewel Theatre. Gonzalez is an award-winning storyteller, musician, poet and playwright. He’s the author of many plays and one-man shows and is currently the artistic director for Crisalida Communications.

Alumna Jill Osier, Luther class of 1996, is returning to campus to give a festival reading. She is the author of three chapbooks of poems, including “from,” the winner of the Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award in 2018.

Poet and storyteller Ari Satok is one of the featured authors on the weekend. Following graduation from Princeton University in 2014, he traveled to four continents to interview students from dozens of countries. His book, “The Architects of Hope,” tells 16 student stories through poetry. His appearance is being co-sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Public Engagement.

Other featured writers include Ron A. Austin, Yasmina Din Madden, Adrianne Finlay, Vomce Gotera, Katherine Hannigan, Gwen Hart, Geoff Herbach, Debra Marquart, Jennifer Morales, Sheila O’Connor, Jim O’Loughlin, Kathryn Savage, Kaethe Schwehn, Erika Wurth and Luther’s own Amy Weldon.

Saturday will also feature the book sale. Hosted by the Luther College Book Shop, the sale includes all the featured writers and will be held in the Valders Hall of Science concourse from 10:15 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The 2018 Luther College Writers Festival is the fifth edition. The tradition began in 2007 and is now a biennial event. The Festival’s mission is to “explore the deep and diverse ways in which highly crafted literature in all genres explores the human condition and illuminates the spiritual and moral imagination of readers.”

Email lcwf@luther.edu for more information.

A national liberal arts college with an enrollment of 2,050, Luther offers an academic curriculum that leads to the Bachelor of Arts degree in more than 60 majors and pre-professional programs. For more information about Luther visit the college’s website: http://www.luther.edu.

The inaugural Luther College Brass Symposium will be presented Sept. 28-29, in the Jenson-Noble Hall of Music on the Luther campus.

            The featured performance in the symposium is a concert by the Atlantic Brass Quintet at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, in Luther’s Noble Recital Hall in the Jenson-Noble Hall of Music. Widely acclaimed as one of the world’s finest and most versatile brass chamber ensembles, the Atlantic Brass Quintet has performed in 48 of the United States and dozens of countries across four continents.

The quintet specializes in masterful and vibrant presentations of repertoire spanning five centuries and a broad spectrum of styles. Showcasing works from their brand new album “Ascent,” the program includes music by Lutoslawski, Bach, Brad Mehldau, Alan Ferber, Shane Endsley, Robert Paterson and traditional Balkan brass band music. The concert is open to the public with no charge for admission.

            Day two of the symposium is filled with master classes. A master class for all brass instruments will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, in the Orchestra Room of the Jenson-Noble Hall of Music. Individualized master classes by instrument will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at various locations throughout the Jenson-Noble Hall of Music. Both master class events are open to all Luther students, faculty and staff, and the Decorah community. All master classes mentioned are taught by members of the Atlantic Brass Quintet.

            For more information regarding the symposium contact John Cord, cordjo01@luther.edu or (515) 306-9790.

            The Luther College Brass Symposium was established by Scott and Laura Stevens, classes of 1989 and 1992 respectively, in appreciation of former Luther faculty Fred Nyline and Ron Fox, for the profound influence they had on the students who studied and played a brass instrument while at Luther. This is the inaugural year of the Luther College Brass Symposium.

Luther is home to one of the largest collegiate music programs in the nation with six choirs, three orchestras, three bands, two jazz bands and nearly 800 student musicians. Luther students participate in large ensembles, faculty-coached chamber groups, private lessons and master classes. Nearly 275 music majors study music theory/ear training, history, education, composition, jazz, church music and performance.

             Nationally acclaimed storyteller, poet and musician David Gonzalez will present “The Power of Your Own Story” artist residency Friday and Saturday, Sept. 28-29, on the Luther College campus.

            The residency includes a public performance, along with workshops for Luther students, faculty, staff and community members. Events are open to the public with no charge for admission. To register, contact Emily Neal, Luther Center for Sustainable Communities assistant director, at nealem01@luther.edu.

            Gonzalez’s workshops are sponsored by the Center for Sustainable Communities, the Visual and Performing Arts Department, the Center for Ethics and Public Engagement and the Luther College Writer’s Festival.

            Friday, Sept. 28, Gonzalez will present “Run It Down,” an evening of poetry, music and stories, at 7:30 p.m. in Luther’s Jewel Theatre. Using original compositions for piano and guitar, Gonzalez intertwines poems about mountains and urban culture with stories about his experiences as an art therapist, Orpheus in the Underworld and his father’s career in the CIA.

             Also on Friday, Gonzalez will present “Maddog and Me: Bullying and the Power of Kindness” at Decorah Middle School.

             Saturday features two workshops. The first, “Personal Narrative: The Power of Our Own Story,” is 9-11 a.m. in Luther’s Center for the Arts Room 119. Focusing on how personal experiences can be shaped into compelling stories, Gonzalez will teach participants to take key points of personal experiences and articulate those narratives into something that will move the audience. Participants are asked to bring a bullet point outline of their story.

             The second workshop, “From Page to Stage: The Art of Public Reading with David Gonzalez,” is 3-4:15 p.m. in the Center for the Arts Room 119. Gonzalez will work with participants to bring to life written works for the stage. Using a variety of tactics, participants will work on their physical presence, voice and articulation, dramatic appropriateness, evidence of understanding and overall performance. Everyone is asked to bring three poems of varying length and style or one prose narrative, and wear loose-fitting clothing.

             The weekend workshop concludes with a story/poetry slam at 7 p.m. Saturday in Jewel Theatre. Gonzalez and the workshop participants will present their featured works. This event is co-sponsored by Arthaus.

             Gonzalez is an award-winning storyteller, musician, poet and playwright. He’s received the Lifetime Achievement award from International Performing Arts for Youth and was a nominated for a Drama Desk Award for his work “The Frog Bride.” His Afro-Cuban musical “Mariel” won the Macy’s New Play Prize for Young Audiences. His poetry has been featured at Lincoln Center’s Out-Of-Doors festival, on Bill Moyers’ documentary “Fooling with Words” on PBS and on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” He’s the author of copious plays and one-man shows, which have been presented at various performing art centers, theatres and festivals in the U.S. and abroad. He is currently the artistic director for Crisalida Communications, which works on art outreach with theatres and community organizations. He has a Ph.D. in music therapy from New York University’s School of Education. He also taught at NYU for 10 years.

            A national liberal arts college with an enrollment of 2,050, Luther offers an academic curriculum that leads to the Bachelor of Arts degree in more than 60 majors and pre-professional programs. For more information about Luther visit the college’s website: http://www.luther.edu.

DECORAH, Iowa—American hip-hop artist Lizzo will make her way to the Luther College campus, with her versatile, “genre-less” style and dazzling confidence, to perform at 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, in Luther College’s Regents Center. Doors open at 8:30 p.m.

Tickets for the performance are $25 and can be purchased at tickets.luther.edu or via the Luther Ticket Office, (563) 387-1357 or boxoffice@luther.edu. The Ticket Office is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 9-10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Tuesday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; with extended hours on Thursdays, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.

Lizzo grew up in Houston, Texas, and began her life as a musician as an accomplished flutist. Throughout high school, she also spent much of her time rapping and then, at the age of 19, joined a progressive rock band. In her vocal career, Lizzo was influenced by a diverse range of vocalists, including Queen’s Freddy Mercury, The Mars Volta’s Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Beyoncé and Aretha Franklin.

In 2011 she moved to Minneapolis, releasing her first independent album, “Lizzobangers” in 2013, and her second album “Big Grrrl Small World” two years later. She began performing at festivals like Hangout Music Festival, Boston Calling, SoundSet Music Festival and Bonnaroo, and receiving requests for guest performances from a variety of artists and groups, like Bastille and Prince. She released her first major-labeled EP “Coconut Oil” in 2016.

Time Magazine named Lizzo as one of “14 Musicians to Watch in 2014”, and she has continued to live up to that expectation. She was recently nominated for the Bet Her Award for her song “Water Me” and has since released two hit singles, “Fitness” and “Boys.”

As a long time self-love advocate, many of Lizzo’s messages are focused on loving yourself and one another, especially songs like “Good as Hell,” and “Scuse Me,” using lyrics such as “I’ma do my thing, no apologies” and ” You know you a star, you can touch the sky.” These messages are a huge part of Lizzo’s identity as a musician. “I wanted to speak to everyone who looked like me, felt like me, and went through the same things I did,” she said.

The performance is sponsored by Luther’s Student Activities Council Concerts Committee.

A national liberal arts college with an enrollment of 2,050, Luther offers an academic curriculum that leads to the Bachelor of Arts degree in more than 60 majors and pre-professional programs. For more information about Luther visit the college’s website: http://www.luther.edu.

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Luther College invites prospective students to experience Preview Day on Saturday, Sept. 29. This event provides an initial look at life at Luther College and the community of Decorah.

The Preview Day schedule provides a variety of activities including an overview of Luther, a student activities fair, an academic department visit and financial aid session, a Q&A with current Luther students, a campus tour, lunch in Luther’s cafeteria, and a trolley tour of Decorah. Students will also have the opportunity to meet with coaches from Luther’s athletic teams and athletic events.

The event lasts from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Register online at https://tinyurl.com/lutherpreviewday09-29-18, by Sunday, Sept. 23.

Located in Decorah, Iowa, Luther College is a four-year liberal arts college that is nationally recognized for academic excellence, exceptional study abroad experiences, an outstanding music program and successful NCAA Division III athletics.

More information about Preview Day and other Luther College visit events, are available at: visit.luther.edu.

Live on Water Street is a FREE, community pop-up festival brought to you by Water Street Music and the Oneota Community Food Co-op. 

Featuring: 
– Music from the Avey/Grouws Band, The Savage Hearts Trio, and The Lowest Pair – starting at 12:00 noon.
– Delicious food available for purchase from Oneota Community Food Co-op starting at 11:00 am.
– Tasty beer from Pulpit Rock Brewing Company, Toppling Goliath Brewing Co., PIVO Brewery, and Potosi Brewing Company
– Kids activities by ArtHaus starting at 11:00 am.
– Outdoor yoga on the street featuring Laree Ann Schouweiler from Reefuelfrom 9:30-11:00 am.

Bring your favorite lawn chairs/blankets and your family and friends for an amazing night on Water Street!

‘Music in The Shape of a Pear’

Luther College presents flutist Lisa Bost-Sandberg Sept. 29

DECORAH, Iowa – Luther College presents flutist Lisa Bost-Sandberg in a concert of contemporary solo flute music at noon Saturday, Sept. 29, in the Noble Recital Hall of the Jenson-Noble Hall of Music on the Luther campus. Following the concert, at 2:30 p.m., Bost-Sandberg will present a composition workshop in the Center for Fine Arts room 217.

The concert and workshop are both open to the public with no charge for admission.

This concert marks the 28th concert in Luther’s “Music in the Shape of a Pear,” a concert series directed by Brooke Joyce. Performances include collaborations between Luther faculty, staff and students, local musicians and guest recitalists.

Included on the concert program are works by Eve Beglarian, Robert Dick, Lawrence Fritts, Brooke Joyce, Joseph Klein and Harvey Sollberger. Bost-Sandberg will also perform two of her own works.

Bost-Sandberg is a flutist, composer and improviser deeply committed to contemporary music as well as its rich roots in the classical repertoire. In demand as a soloist and chamber musician, she has performed across the United States and Europe, including National Flute Association conventions, new music festivals such as SEAMUS, an electro-acoustic society in the US; EMM, a Midwest based electronic music festival; Pixilerations, a digital music and art showcase; Spark, a New Zealand based creative visionary festival; and SCI, the Society of Composers, Inc., as well as guest appearances at universities.

She is the flutist for the InterSpheres Trio, which toured Hungary in 2014, and served as principal flute of the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra from 2013-17. She has recorded on the Albany, GIA and North Texas Jazz labels.

Currently serving the National Flute Association as chair of New Music Advisory Committee, on Nov. 1 she will begin a term on the NFA Board of Directors.

Bost-Sandberg has taught masterclasses, presented lecture-recitals and led workshops at numerous institutions. She is an instructor of flute at the University of North Dakota and teaches at the International Music Camp. She has also served on the faculties of the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota, the University of North Texas, the University of Texas at Dallas, Clarke College in Vancouver, Washington and at the Great Neck Arts Center in New York.

A national liberal arts college with an enrollment of 2,050, Luther offers an academic curriculum that leads to the Bachelor of Arts degree in more than 60 majors and pre-professional programs. For more information about Luther visit the college’s website: http://www.luther.edu.

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Using local input that has been gather over the past several months, the Community Visioning Landscape Architects have created some amazing designs showcasing ideas on how to make Decorah even more accessible and beautiful! These designs can be viewed at Live on Water Street on Saturday, September 29th from noon-4pm.

Please invite your friends and family through the Community Visioning Public Presentation Facebook event page!

If you can’t make it to Live on Water Street the design boards can also be viewed at Touch A Truck the following weekend.

For more information about Iowa’s Living Roadways Community Visioning Program check out communityvisioning.org.

Veteran’s and their Families Appreciation and Open House at

Horse and Soul Ranch September 29, 2018 1:00 – 4:00 pm

2458 365^th Street Decorah, IA  52101

RSVP to: 563-419-4085 or horseandsoulranch@yahoo.com

Rain Date Yet to be determined

You can meet the Herd and find out how Horse and Soul Ranch came about.

There will be games, and door prizes. Feel free to bring a lawn chair.

Quilts of Valor will be on display.

Sandwiches and refreshments provide at no cost.

This crocheted sweater is gorgeous in a striping fingering yarn.  Noro uses the Silk Garden fingering yarn.  This sweater has several stitches:  Chain, single crochet, double crochet, V-st (come learn about this one!)  We are learning gauge, sweater construction, and finishing techniques.

Materials needed:  Boxy Cardigan Pattern by Noro, yarn, crochet hook, measuring tape, markers, tapestry needle, buttons.  .  (Note: all materials bought at the Blue Heron Knittery for this class are 10% off!)

Join us on the grounds at Montauk Historic Site for some fall festivities including: apple picking, historic apple press demonstrations, lawn games, kids crafts, tours of the house, and more.

In partnership with the Luther College Writers Fest, ArtHaus presents David Gonzalez, speaker, storyteller, poet, playwright, musician, arts and diversity advocate at the first Poetry Slam of the school year. Share the stage with your original voices poem (3 min or less of your own poetry) or the Slam (a good natured competition, complete with prizes). Register online through our website arthausdecorah.org. Recommended for ages 16 and up. Poets who register by September 28 get free admission and a free drink. Tickets are $5-$10 your choice at the door.

Let us delight your appetite with our brunch in Peace Dining Room.  •Made to Order Omelets with Eggs •Rotating Waffle/Pancake/French Toast Bar with Toppings •Scrambled Eggs & Weekly Specialty Eggs •Sausage & Bacon •Rotating Carved Meat Station •Hash Browns •Assorted Cheeses •Fresh Fruit •Yogurt •Assorted Breakfast Pastries •Delicious Cakes, Pies & Desserts from the Norse Bakery Hours 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Reservations are encouraged for all Peace Brunch Sundays. Call 563-387-1514 to make reservations.

            Luther College Associate Professor of Music Michael Chesher and Kansas State University Professor Tod Kerstetter will collaborate for a clarinet and bass clarinet music recital in the Recital Hall at Luther’s Center for Faith and Life at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30.

            The performance is open to the public with no charge for admission.

            Chesher and Kerstetter’s program Worldwide Jazz Flavors was originally performed in July at the International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest ® 2018 in Ostend, Belgium. Their repertoire includes jazz-influenced music by Mauricio Murcia Bedoya, Gordon Lewin, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, and David Baker.

            Chesher earned his doctoral degree from Indiana University, his Master of Music from Northwestern University, and his Bachelor of Music at Oberlin College. In addition to teaching clarinet and saxophone at Luther, he currently holds the principal clarinet position with the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra.

            Kerstetter holds a doctoral degree from the University of Georgia, his Master of Music from Indiana University, his Bachelor of Music from Furman University. He teaches clarinet and serves as a member of the Konza Wind Quintet at the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance at Kansas State University.

             Luther is home to one of the largest undergraduate music programs in the nation with five choirs, three bands, three orchestras, two jazz bands and nearly 800 student musicians. Luther students participate in large ensembles, faculty-coached chamber groups, private lessons and master classes. Nearly 275 music majors study music theory, ear training, history, education, composition, jazz, church music and performance.

Winneshiek County Conservation invites the public to Lake Meyer Park and Campground on Sunday, September 30 for Lake Meyer’s 50^th birthday party and a grand opening celebration for the Lake Meyer Educational Shelter!

The event will run from 2:00-4:00 pm in the campground and is free and open to all.

Come experience the new shelter, enjoy birthday cake and treats, and take part in a wide range of crafts and other activities for all ages.

The recently-completed Lake Meyer Education Shelter will provide much-needed education and work space for Winneshiek County Conservation and local schools and organizations, as well as general picnic space for all park users.

Funding for the shelter project has been provided by the R.J. McElroy Trust, the Winneshiek County Community Foundation, the Build with Bags program of the Iowa Grocery Industry Association, the Operation RoundUp program of MiEnergy Cooperative, and Upper Iowa Audubon.

Lake Meyer Park and Campground is located at 2546 Lake Meyer Road, off of Highway 24 between Calmar and Fort Atkinson. For more information, visit www.winneshiekwild.com or call (563) 534-7145.

The annual Union Sunday School Concert Series features performances by trained musicians on the largest Kimball Pipe Organ in the United States. Built in 1896, the organ was a gift presented by former Iowa Governor William Larrabee to his daughter, Anna, who was the church’s organist for more than 60 years. Union Sunday School is part of the Montauk Historic Site.

Following the concert, the Clermont Historical Society will provide refreshments at the Clermont Opera House – one block from the Union Sunday School. Both the Concert and Tea are free.

The Organ Concert Series is co-sponsored by the State Historical Society of Iowa and the Clermont Historical Society.

Director Jennaya Robison welcomes you to the Luther College Gospel Choir , a choir focused on bringing peace, justice, and joy through music.  We rehearse Sundays from 5-6pm whenever Luther is in session, in the Choir Room at the Jenson-Noble Hall of Music.  Come whenever you can–there is no registration, no obligation, and no experience necessary. The group is open to ALL singers high school through adult (including staff, faculty, community members.)  There will be some performance opportunities, but singers don’t need to feel obligated to attend performances that don’t fit in their schedules. 

Hank Pellissier, founder and director of the Brighter Brains Institute in San Francisco, California, will present “Nigeria: Religion and Humanism,” 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, in Valders Hall of Science Room 262 on the Luther College campus.

Sponsored by the Luther College Psychology Department, Center for Ethics and Public Engagement, and the Dean’s office, the lecture is open to the public with no charge for admission.

Pellissier is the founder and director of Brighter Brains Institute, a nonprofit organization based in California that promotes charity, education and secularism in sub-Saharan Africa. Pellissier will talk about the work the organization has done in Nigeria. Since its creation in 2013, the BBI has delivered food to more than 5,000 refugees displaced by the Boko Haram extremist group. According to the BBI, Boko Haram has murdered 2,300 educators and destroyed more than 1,400 schools since 2009.

The BBI serves several African nations in an effort to promote the 10 Humanist School Values: dignity, respect, tolerance, sharing, no domination, no superstition, conservation, no war, democracy and education. Since 2013, the BBI has completed more than 120 projects in Uganda, including building two orphanages and three humanist schools, funding the Freethinker Student Club at two universities, constructing 23 classrooms and purchasing things like animals, tools, sewing machines, musical instruments and solar panels. They’ve also constructed classrooms for the Vision Care Primary School, Mughete School, Rays of Light Orphanage School, Nyakiyumbu Widows Orphanage Humanist School and Mother Givers Humanist School. They’ve also sponsored more than 40 critical thinking presentations.

Pellissier explains why BBI builds secular humanist schools in a post he wrote for Luther College’s Ideas and Creations blog available at https://www.luther.edu/ideas-creations-blog.

Pellissier is a writer, education consultant, comedy teacher, futurist conference producer and fundraiser. He’s been a columnist for the NYTimes.com and Salon.com and currently writes for GreatSchools.org. He recently began writing the long poem “Ending the Suffering of the World.” Prior to his work with the BBI, he was the managing director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technology, was the founder and director for The Kids Co-op and was the founder and director of the Hyena Comedy Institute.

A national liberal arts college with an enrollment of 2,005, Luther offers an academic curriculum that leads to the Bachelor of Arts degree in more than 60 majors and pre-professional programs. For more information about Luther visit the college’s website: http://www.luther.edu.

View our expanded Daily Living & Medical Aid Department! Visit with our knowledgeable staff about our new products. Learn about the products to help with recovery and independence in the home. Experience our new Lift Chairs by Golden Technologies and our new line of therapeutic shoes. And, learn more about our other pharmacy services, such as Weight Management, Medical Alert System, and Quick Tests.

Preparing for winter is not just tuning up the snowblower and pulling out warm clothing. Eating the right foods, getting proper rest, and dressing for the season are all crucial factors for staying healthy. What can we do to keep our immune system strong? How does the immune system work with digestive or lymphatic systems? How often do we think of the “Herbal” medicine cabinet stocked with remedies for the winter? Bonnie is going to discuss herbs for the immune system, teas to warm the body, remedies for little ones with runny noses, cough tonic when congestion sets in, and much more. Stay healthy this winter!

Lead by Clinical Herbalist, Bonnie Kreckow, this is a Lecture-style class with a limit of 24 participants. Cost is $15 for Co-op Members, $18 for community members. Call 563-382-4666, or register online at http://oneotacoop.com/education-events/ to reserve your seat.

Culinary archaeologist and lecturer Daniel Serra, from Malmo, Sweden, will give the free presentation “Viking Age Food—Looking for a Lost Food Culture” on Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 7:30 p.m. at Olin Room 102 at Luther College. Serra’s newest book “An Early Meal – a Viking Age Cookbook & Culinary Odyssey” will be available for purchase and signing.

            This event is a collaboration between Vesterheim, the national Norwegian-American museum and heritage center, and the Luther College Nordic Studies Department.

            “Serra is a leading expert on Viking age food and is highly sought after for lectures and workshops,” Darlene Fossum-Martin, Vesterheim’s Education Specialist, said. Serra discovered his interest in historical food when he started to study archaeology in the early 1990s. As a student he experimented with ancient Roman, medieval, and Renaissance recipes, and later, he started a medieval catering company, serving both food and facts. Serra is a Ph.D. student in archaeology working on a doctoral thesis on Viking age food culture. Serra says he has been actively engaged in experimental archaeology to get a better understanding of the cooking methods and culinary possibilities of the Viking age and medieval cuisine.

            Serra’s research has so far produced two cookbooks. The medieval cookbook “En sås av ringa värde,” based on a Danish thirteenth-century manuscript, was published in 2009.

            In 2013, much of his research and interpretations on the Viking age cuisine was presented in “An Early Meal – a Viking Age Cookbook & Culinary Odyssey.” The book was nominated best historical cookbook at the IACP-awards in Chicago. This book, now available in English, takes readers on a journey to discover the food culture of Viking Age Scandinavia. The first part explains what the Vikings ate and how the food was cooked. The second part is a cookbook containing 42 delicious recipes from seven different Viking age settlements.

Culinary archaeologist and lecturer Daniel Serra, from Malmo, Sweden, will give a presentation titled “Viking Age Food—Looking for a Lost Food Culture” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Franklin W. Olin Building, Room 102 at Luther College. Serra’s newest book “An Early Meal – a Viking Age Cookbook & Culinary Odyssey” will be available for purchase and signing at the presentation. This event will be open to the public with no charge for admission.

“Serra is a leading expert on Viking age food and is highly sought after for lectures and workshops,” Darlene Fossum-Martin, Vesterheim’s education specialist. Serra says he has been actively engaged in experimental archaeology in order to get a better understanding of the cooking methods and culinary possibilities of both Viking age and medieval cuisine. He discovered his interest in historical food when he started to study archaeology in the early 1990s. As a student he experimented with ancient Roman, medieval and Renaissance recipes and later, he started a medieval catering company, delivering facts about the food and culture as he served the guests. Serra is a Ph.D. student in archaeology working on a doctoral thesis on Viking age food culture.

Serra’s research has so far produced two cookbooks. The first was a medieval cookbook “En sås av ringa värde,” based on a Danish thirteenth-century manuscript, was published in 2009. He released his second book, a Viking-age based cookbook and culinary factbook, “An Early Meal,” in 2013. This book was nominated best historical cookbook at the International Association of Culinary Professionals’ awards ceremony in Chicago. The book, now available in English, takes readers on a journey to discover the food culture of Viking Age Scandinavia. The first part explains what the Vikings ate and how their food was cooked. The second part is a cookbook containing 42 recipes from seven different Viking age settlements.

This event is a collaboration between Vesterheim, the national Norwegian-American museum and heritage center in Decorah, and the Luther College Nordic Studies Department.

Through 33,000 objects and 12 historic buildings, Vesterheim, the national Norwegian-American museum and heritage center in Decorah, Iowa, shares the most comprehensive collection of Norwegian-American artifacts in the world. This treasure is also a center for folk-art education, offering a wide variety of classes in traditional and contemporary Norwegian folk art. For more information on the museum, check Vesterheim’s website at vesterheim.org, call (563) 382-9681, or write to Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, 502 W. Water St., P.O. Box 379, Decorah, IA, 52101-0379.

A national liberal arts college with an enrollment of 2,005, Luther offers an academic curriculum that leads to the Bachelor of Arts degree in more than 60 majors and pre-professional programs. For more information about Luther visit the college’s website: http://www.luther.edu.

Performing music from the romantic to modern eras, violist Sheila Browne will be accompanied by guest pianist Julie Nishimura at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, in the Noble Recital Hall of the Jenson-Noble Hall of Music on the Luther College campus.

The event is open to the public with no charge for admission.

On the program are well-known sonatas for viola and piano by Johannes Brahms, Rebecca Clarke and George Rochberg. Browne will also perform a new work, “Convergences” for viola and piano by contemporary American composer Andrea Clearfield, which was commissioned by German violist Barbara Westphal.

With a career that includes solo, chamber collaborations and orchestral appearances, Browne was named the William Primrose Memorial Recitalist of 2016. She has performed in major venues on six continents, including appearances at Berlin’s Schauspielhaus, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, London’s Royal Festival Hall and Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. Browne has been a member of the Arianna String Quartet and was featured in a Chamber Music magazine cover story as a member of the Gotham String Quartet. As principal violist of the New World Symphony, she was selected by Artistic Director Michael Tilson-Thomas to be featured in the PBS documentary “Beethoven Alive!”

She served as a teaching assistant as an undergraduate of pedagogue Karen Tuttle at The Juilliard School, and studied with soloist Kim Kashkashian in Germany. She serves as assistant professor of viola at University of Delaware, and taught at University of North Carolina School of the Arts for 10 years.

Nishimura has been a faculty accompanist for the Department of Music at the University of Delaware for 29 years. In addition to having performed in more than collaborative recitals, including multimedia and mixed chamber ensembles, she was a recipient of a Delaware State Arts Council Fellowship Grant as a solo artist. At Delaware, she also serves as secondary faculty, teaching accompanying, chamber music and sight-reading courses. Nishimura earned her Bachelor of Music from the New England Conservatory.

Luther is home to one of the largest collegiate music programs in the nation, with five choirs, three orchestras, three bands, two jazz bands and more than 800 student musicians. Luther students participate in large ensembles, faculty-coached chamber groups, private lessons and master classes. Nearly 275 music majors study music theory, ear training, history, education, composition, jazz, church music and performance.

The Winneshiek Medical Center Auxiliary is hosting their annual fall luncheon on Thursday, October 4 from 11 am to 1 pm at the Decorah Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall. The Auxiliary will serve hamballs, party potatoes, glazed carrots, a dinner roll and homemade desserts.  Carry-outs are available and delivery can be provided with prior request.  Call 563-387-3036 by Tuesday, October 2 to arrange.

Tickets are $8 and are available at the Winneshiek Medical Center Gift Shop and at the door the day of the event.

New this year: a showcase of Decorah merchants throughout the entire event. Local stores will show off fashion, home décor and more.

Proceeds from Auxiliary events support equipment needs of Winneshiek Medical Center.  For more information, visit www.winmedical.org/auxiliary or call Karla Bakken in the Volunteer Services department at 563-387-3036.

UERPC is developing the Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) for the region consisting of Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, and Winneshiek Counties. Everyone who lives in or visits our region is invited to come give input at upcoming community workshops! Workshops have already been held in Cresco, Fayette, Calmar, and Elkader. The last of the five workshops is today in Waukon. You can attend the workshop regardless of where you live.

The workshop begins at 5:00 p.m. and will last about an hour and a half. You are free to come and go at any time during the meeting, even if you miss the beginning.

• Waukon: Thursday, October 4^th at the Senior Center at Waukon Wellness Center, 1220 3^rd Avenue NW

Please take a moment to complete the online community transportation survey for the LRTP. The survey can be accessed at www.tinyurl.com/ybfo4epe. Your feedback is very valuable!

For more information, contact Aaron Detter at adetter@uerpc.org or 563-382-6171.

DECORAH COMMUNITY FREE MEAL
Building Community Plate by Plate

Join with family, friends and neighbors for a FREE meal* served between 5 pm and 6:15 pm on the first Thursday of the month at First Lutheran Church in Decorah.
All ages are welcome.

The meal is served on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month beginning at 5 pm.

Main dishes are supplied by Sodexo at Luther College or by local restaurants. Salads and desserts are provided by volunteers from local community groups.

*Gluten free options are always available.
Donations welcome.

Join Us for LCWBB 2018 Jr. Norse!
Each week Jr. Norse will have the opportunity to interact with the 2018-19 Luther Women’s Basketball team while participating in fundamental drills, team play, shooting competitions, and more.

Contact Head Coach, Amanda Bailey with any questions at 563-387-1584 or email: necham01@luther.edu

NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group is a free, peer-led support group for adults living with mental illness. You will gain insight from hearing the challenges and successes of others, and the groups are led by NAMI-trained facilitators who’ve been there.

NAMI’s Support Groups are unique because they follow a structured model to ensure you and others in the group have an opportunity to be heard and to get what you need.

By sharing your experiences in a safe and confidential setting, you gain hope and develop relationships. The group encourages empathy, productive discussion and a sense of community.

Local candidates running in the November election will be available to respond to questions at a local candidate forum 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, in Valders Hall of Science Room 206, on the Luther College campus.

The event is open to the public with no charge for admission. It is sponsored by the American Association of University Women, Luther College Social Work Program, Luther College Political Science Department and the Luther College Center for Ethics and Public Engagement.

Audience members can write down questions for the candidates, and moderators will ask the candidates the audience-generated questions.

Candidates running for the Iowa House Districts 55 and 51, U.S. House District 1, and Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors and Recorder have been invited.

For more information, contact Carly Hayden Foster at fosterc@luther.edu.

A national liberal arts college with an enrollment of 2,050, Luther offers an academic curriculum that leads to the Bachelor of Arts degree in more than 60 majors and pre-professional programs. For more information about Luther visit the college’s website: http://www.luther.edu.

The Porter House Museum is proud to host the Iowa Composers Forum for a special concert in the museum’s historic music parlor, and featuring new music written by Iowan composers, performed by a range of performers from the region.

Titled “Listen Local, Listen Live”, the concert will be held on Thursday, October 4^th at 7:30 p.m. and features works by Shawn Crouch, Jerry Owen, James Romig, Jonathan Wilson, and Alec Wood. Performers include Craig Hultgren, cello and Brooke Joyce, Miko Kominami, and Ashlee Mack, piano.

Tickets will be available for $12 at the door on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 4th. A reception will follow. Members of the Porter House Museum may reserve seats in advance. For more information, please email porterhousemuseum@gmail.com.

This event continues the Porter House Museum’s proud tradition of hosting live musical performers in its historic music parlor, dating back to when Grace Young Porter (an accomplished pianist in her own right) performed and entertained recitals at her home.

The Iowa Composers Forum (ICF) was founded in March of 1987 in Des Moines by seven composers who wished to create an environment for the performance and dissemination of music composed by Iowans. Over the intervening years, the ICF has presented more than 100 concerts and tour recitals of works by member composers. These concerts have featured the performances of over 800 works of new music, including works by student composers from the elementary, middle, high school and collegiate level. The ICF has commissioned many new works, both unilaterally and in partnership with other organizations such as the Iowa Music Teachers Association and the Iowa Choral Directors Association. The ICF sponsors its own annual student composition competition, open to students studying at the collegiate level and earlier.

DECORAH, Iowa­–Luther College invites prospective students interested in pursuing careers in education to come explore Luther’s nationally accredited education program at Education Visit Day.

The day’s events begin at 9:45 a.m. Friday, Oct. 5. Register by Sunday, Sept. 30, at: https://tinyurl.com/educationvisitday2018.

 Education Visit Day includes classroom experiences in education and educational psychology, as well as conversations with education students and faculty about Luther’s academics research and study-abroad opportunities.

Participants engage Luther’s education professors and current students in a variety of sessions, a campus tour and lunch. Additionally, students have the option to meet with Luther faculty from other departments and visit music rehearsals.

Located in Decorah, Iowa, Luther College is a four-year liberal arts college that is nationally recognized for academic excellence, exceptional study abroad experiences, an outstanding music program and successful NCAA Division III athletics.

More information about Education Visit Day and other Luther College visit events, are available at: visit.luther.edu.

I will be playing music of the French Baroque by the masters Louis and François Couperin, and a suite by J.S. Bach in the French style.  I’ll be joined for a piece by my colleagues Carol Hester, flute, Heather Armstrong, oboe, and Phillip Borter, cello.  Free and open to the public!

Harpsichordist Kathryn Reed, Luther College instructor of music, with the collaboration of fellow Luther College colleagues Heather Armstrong, oboe; Carol Hester, flute; and Philip Borter, Baroque cello, will present a recital featuring Baroque music in the French style. The recital is open to the public with no charge for admission and will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, in in the Noble Recital Hall in the Jensen-Noble Hall of Music on the Luther campus.

The program includes a solo keyboard suite by the 17th-century French composer Louis Couperin, and a piece of chamber music by his more famous nephew, François Couperin. F. Couperin’s “Concerts Royaux” were composed between 1714-15 for Sunday concerts at the court of Louis XIV. As befits its purpose, the music has been described as elegant, refined and highly ornamented, and as is the case with most French Baroque music, it is inspired by the rhythms of dance. The most well-known German composer of the Baroque era, J.S. Bach, invoked these elements of the French style in many of his works, including the “French Suites,” one of which will be performed in this program.

Reed has been a part of the Decorah community since she arrived in 1995. She currently teaches harpsichord, music theory, ear training and Paideia, and directs the college’s early music ensemble, Collegium Musicum. She studied musicology and early keyboard studies at the University of Michigan and flute performance at Lawrence University.

Reed’s colleague Heather Armstrong is associate professor of oboe and theory at Luther. She received her Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees at the Eastman School of Music, her Bachelor of Music degree from Houghton College and has also studied at the Banff center and Chautauqua Institution. Carol Hester is professor of flute at Luther. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Music in flute and piano performance from Samford University. She received her Doctor of Music in flute performance from Florida State University. Philip Borter is assistant professor of music in cello at Luther. He holds a Bachelor of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and a Master of Music and Doctoral of Musical Arts from Eastman School of Music.

Luther is home to one of the largest undergraduate music programs in the nation with six choirs, three bands, three orchestras, two jazz bands and nearly 800 student musicians. Luther students participate in large ensembles, faculty-coached chamber groups, private lessons and master classes. Nearly 275 music majors study music theory, ear training, history, education, composition, jazz, church music and performance.

Luther College’s Dance Marathon team invites the Decorah community to event Donut Dash 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run. All proceeds from the event will be donated to the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital. Check-in for the races begins at 9 a.m. on Luther’s campus in Bentdahl Commons with the run starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6.

The cost of the event is $20. Register at tinyurl.com/lcdmdonutdash. Participants that register by Sept. 29 will receive a jumbo mug.

This year, the Donut Dash includes two separate trails for the five-kilometer run and the one-mile run. Both races will begin in Bentdahl Commons and end at Luther’s Regents Center. In addition to the run, refreshments­–including unlimited donuts­–will be provided. Gluten free donuts will be available.

LCDM is an on-campus student organization whose goal is to support families in Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Their large fundraising event is a 12-hour nonstop dance marathon for Luther students as well as Decorah community members to celebrate the perseverance of patients and their families as they continue treatment. Luther College’s Sixth Annual Dance Marathon will occur in spring 2019.

A national liberal arts college with an enrollment of 2,005, Luther offers an academic curriculum that leads to the Bachelor of Arts degree in more than 60 majors and pre-professional programs. For more information about Luther visit the college’s website: http://www.luther.edu.

In this class you will learn basic forging theory, shop safety, and proper use of tools prior to starting up the forges. Once in the shop, each of you will use the forging equipment, including forges, anvils, hammers, and tongs to forge your own key rack or coat hook. You will come away knowing how to taper, bend, rivet, and make scrolls. The class will be tailored to different ages and individual skills. Propane and materials fees are included in the registration fee.

HAWKWATCH 2018 

Saturday, October 6th 10:00 am– 3:00 pm DRIFTLESS WETLAND CENTRE, Marquette, Iowa.  Activities for all ages including migration and bird ID, live raptor presentations, and Kids activities.

Decorah Parks & Recreation and the Decorah Fire Department are hosting a fun, free, open house event for the whole family!

Join us in the parking lot behind the Fire Department on Saturday, October 6, from 11:00 am-1:00 pm. Kids will have the opportunity to explore their favorite vehicles including police, fire and emergency vehicles, construction equipment, and city maintenance vehicles. This event is hosted in conjunction with Fire Prevention Week and includes a free hot dog lunch.

A special thank you to the many city departments and local businesses that make this event possible by bringing their vehicles to this event. 

This crocheted sweater is gorgeous in a striping fingering yarn.  Noro uses the Silk Garden fingering yarn.  This sweater has several stitches:  Chain, single crochet, double crochet, V-st (come learn about this one!)  We are learning gauge, sweater construction, and finishing techniques.

Materials needed:  Boxy Cardigan Pattern by Noro, yarn, crochet hook, measuring tape, markers, tapestry needle, buttons.  .  (Note: all materials bought at the Blue Heron Knittery for this class are 10% off!)

Peace Be the Journey:

Bike Ride for Mental Health Awareness 

Join us for a Mental Health Awareness Bike Ride on the Trout Run Trail around Decorah, Ia. A mail-in registration is available here. Online registration is available at peacebethejourneybikeride-nami2018.eventbrite.com for this family friendly event.

Why: Raise awareness, reduce stigma, and raise funds for education, support, and advocacy for those living with mental health conditions and their family, friends, neighbors, and communities. All funds go directly towards programming throughout our five service counties, Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Fayette, and Clayton. NAMI Northeast Iowa is entirely directed by volunteers.

It’s fun, it’s creative, it’s the perfect night out.  Join ArtHaus as we paint the town with a glass of somethin’ in our hand.  You’ll bring home a painting to hang and plenty of memories.  The first drink is on the house and now we have plenty more drink options, with events happening at coffee shops as well as bars and restaurants.

Cost: $35

Attend DUSC’s 1^st annual fundraiser!

Let us delight your appetite with our brunch in Peace Dining Room.  •Made to Order Omelets with Eggs •Rotating Waffle/Pancake/French Toast Bar with Toppings •Scrambled Eggs & Weekly Specialty Eggs •Sausage & Bacon •Rotating Carved Meat Station •Hash Browns •Assorted Cheeses •Fresh Fruit •Yogurt •Assorted Breakfast Pastries •Delicious Cakes, Pies & Desserts from the Norse Bakery Hours 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Reservations are encouraged for all Peace Brunch Sundays. Call 563-387-1514 to make reservations.

Ryumonji Zen Monastery will hold its annual Taste of Ryumonji on Sunday, October 7 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00p.m. It will include music, food, a craft sale, and tours of the monastery buildings.  The annual pie auction will be held at 2:30 p.m.  Donations of pies for the auction and craft sale items are gratefully accepted.   The event is free and open to the public – all are welcome!

Winneshiek County Conservation will be hosting a fall color hike at Lake Meyer Park on Sunday, October 7 beginning at 2:00 pm.

Join Winneshiek County Conservation staff in walking the trails around Lake Meyer to enjoy the changes to woods, prairies, and wetlands that autumn brings. Learn what causes the spectacular leaf color change each year. The event is free and no registration is required.

Please meet at the East Picnic Shelter above the boat ramp. Participants should wear clothes and shoes appropriate for hiking several miles.  

For more information, visit www.winneshiekwild.com or call (563) 534-7145.

Farm Tour and Potluck at Nettle Valley Farm

Nettle Valley Farm is a 67 acre farmstead in Spring Grove, MN, owned and operated by Dayna Burtness and Nick Nguyen. Their mission: to raise the best pastured pork possible, practice radical transparency, be good neighbors, and pay it forward whenever they can. They rotationally graze heritage breed pigs through the lush pastures and shaded woodlots. In addition to grazing, their pigs eat a 100% certified organic feed made from field peas, barley and flax meal plus minerals, which is free of corn, soy, and fish meal.

The Northeast Iowa Food and Farm Network is where local food farmers and friends gather to make connections, find common interests, collaborate, and learn together! Are you an aspiring, beginning, transitioning or experienced local food or niche producer who wants to connect? All are welcome!

Bring a dish to pass, a place setting, and a lawn chair or picnic blanket. Please RSVP to Kayla Koether- koether@iastate.edu or 563-568-6345.

Director Jennaya Robison welcomes you to the Luther College Gospel Choir , a choir focused on bringing peace, justice, and joy through music.  We rehearse Sundays from 5-6pm whenever Luther is in session, in the Choir Room at the Jenson-Noble Hall of Music.  Come whenever you can–there is no registration, no obligation, and no experience necessary. The group is open to ALL singers high school through adult (including staff, faculty, community members.)  There will be some performance opportunities, but singers don’t need to feel obligated to attend performances that don’t fit in their schedules. 

NAMI Family Support Group is a peer-led support group for family members, caregivers, and loved ones of those living with mental illness. These groups are unique because they follow a structured model, ensuring everyone has an opportunity to be heard and get what they need. Participating will help you learn to:

• See the individual first, not the illness
• Find strength in sharing experiences
• Not judge anyone’s pain
• Aim for better coping skills
• Reject stigma and not tolerate discrimination
• Accept that we cannot solve every problem
• Work for a better future in a realistic way

All ages are welcome to join ArtHaus in paint-a-longs in the ArtHaus Studio. Enjoys a treat of cookies and milk alongside your paintings. Parents are welcome to register to paint along side their children or collaborate on a painting together. Walking School Bus is provided from John Cline, Montessori and Carrie Lee.

Cost: $20

Join Upper Iowa Audubon and presenter Dawn Reding, Wildlife Biologist Luther College Tuesday, October 9, 7 pm, Decorah Public Library. Dr. Reding will share her experiences working with bobcats in Iowa over the past decade and what she has learned from sighting surveys, radio-tracking, genetic data collection, and more! 

NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group is a free, peer-led support group for adults living with mental illness. You will gain insight from hearing the challenges and successes of others, and the groups are led by NAMI-trained facilitators who’ve been there.

NAMI’s Support Groups are unique because they follow a structured model to ensure you and others in the group have an opportunity to be heard and to get what you need.

By sharing your experiences in a safe and confidential setting, you gain hope and develop relationships. The group encourages empathy, productive discussion and a sense of community.

On October 12th through 14th from 10am to 5pm each day, 51 artists of Northeast Iowa at 37 different locations will open their doors for a free behind-the-scenes studio view not usually offered to the general public. Many spaces are open to the general public only during this annual event, among them numerous top caliber, award-winning, nationally traveling fine artists. Decorah is the central community from which the tour radiates no more than 40 miles in any direction, in Iowa. The Northeast Iowa Artists’ Studio Tour (NIAST Inc.) is Iowa’s first, largest and longest running tour of artists’ studios in the state.

Traveling into the rural area, one discovers photographers, painters, basket weavers, quilters, metal-smiths, woodcarvers, fiber artists, light-painted photography, kaleidoscope makers, sculptors, and more. Each artist’s studio space and techniques are as individual as the artist, and experiencing, these first-hand, is the foundation of the Tour itself.

Information about all the Artists, images of their art, handicap accessibility, plus map, GPS and lodging and dining information are available in the Tour brochure. Maps, GPS coordinates, Brochures and lodging/dining information are online as web downloads in a page-by-page printable format. Additional detailed directions will be available as a download shortly before the tour to allow for current road construction information at www.iowaarttour.com.

Many Artists will be holding raffles for their work in their studios affording you an opportunity to Win Art! Visit with the actual creator, sign up and have the chance to win direct! For more information on participating Artists and the artwork offered, click on the Artists and their Win Art! symbol at the web-site.

This is your a chance to share into the artist’s world of creativity; an opportunity to see new work, works in progress, demonstrations and to visit with the artist and connect with Art at its creation in scenic NE iowa.

Check the website for the 2018 brochure, maps and online information. All of the brochure and map are available as PDFs to download and print.

For a brochure with the Tour map, call the Decorah Area Chamber of Commerce 563-382-3990 or email: tour@iowaarttour.com. For more complete information about the artists, ongoing events, and downloads view the official Tour website: www.iowaarttour.com.

This free-to-the–public event is self-supporting, funded by artist entry fees, sponsors, grants, donations, and advertising businesses. For more information on how you can support the Arts and Culture as a sponsor in NE Iowa contact tour@iowaartour.com.

Sponsors in 2018 include: The Major Studio Tour sponsor is KDEC Radio FM 100.5/AM 1240. Sponsors: Darla and Glen Ellickson of Ellickson Jewelry Studio & Gallery, New Albin Savings Bank, Dave and Brenda Carlson, Decorah Bank and Trust, Bank of the West of Decorah, Viking State Bank/Waukon State Bank, Inspire(d) Media, Ryan Burras/Edward Jones Investing, KCZQ Radio FM 102.3, and D.Art.Co. Friends of the Arts on the Tour include: Douglas Cole – Art Pottery, Nate and Hallie Evans of Allamakee Wood-fired Pottery, Paul Corbin – Pottery, and Citizens Savings Bank of Spillville, Fort Atkinson and Protivin. Businesses for the Arts: Pulpit Rock Brewing Co., A&J Petersburg Agency, and Waukon Greenhouse Flowers & Gifts. The Preview show at Art Haus sponsored by ri’ah Salon and Spa. In-kind Tour sponsors: Decorah Area Chamber of Commerce, Winneshiek County Convention and Visitors Bureau (WCCVB), Trevor Huinker Solutions, KVIK, and Julie Strom Photography, plus ad support from area hotels, cabins, B & B’s and restaurants.

It’s fun, it’s creative, it’s the perfect night out.  Join ArtHaus as we paint the town with a glass of somethin’ in our hand.  You’ll bring home a painting to hang and plenty of memories.  The first drink is on the house and now we have plenty more drink options, with events happening at coffee shops as well as bars and restaurants.

Cost: $35

This is the second session of an art exploration class for children 2-4 years of age who are ready to make the transition to attending class independently. Easel painting, play dough, and a mystery project each week. Potty trained appreciated, but not required.

This session starts on October 13 and ends on November 17.

Time: Saturdays 10:00 – 11:00am.

Instructor: Emily Youel

The cost is $50 + $25 materials for registration by August 23; $60 + $25 after.

Sign up for both Tiny Masters Sessions and take $10 off with the code tinymasterx2.

On October 12th through 14th from 10am to 5pm each day, 51 artists of Northeast Iowa at 37 different locations will open their doors for a free behind-the-scenes studio view not usually offered to the general public. Many spaces are open to the general public only during this annual event, among them numerous top caliber, award-winning, nationally traveling fine artists. Decorah is the central community from which the tour radiates no more than 40 miles in any direction, in Iowa. The Northeast Iowa Artists’ Studio Tour (NIAST Inc.) is Iowa’s first, largest and longest running tour of artists’ studios in the state.

Traveling into the rural area, one discovers photographers, painters, basket weavers, quilters, metal-smiths, woodcarvers, fiber artists, light-painted photography, kaleidoscope makers, sculptors, and more. Each artist’s studio space and techniques are as individual as the artist, and experiencing, these first-hand, is the foundation of the Tour itself.

Information about all the Artists, images of their art, handicap accessibility, plus map, GPS and lodging and dining information are available in the Tour brochure. Maps, GPS coordinates, Brochures and lodging/dining information are online as web downloads in a page-by-page printable format. Additional detailed directions will be available as a download shortly before the tour to allow for current road construction information at www.iowaarttour.com.

Many Artists will be holding raffles for their work in their studios affording you an opportunity to Win Art! Visit with the actual creator, sign up and have the chance to win direct! For more information on participating Artists and the artwork offered, click on the Artists and their Win Art! symbol at the web-site.

This is your a chance to share into the artist’s world of creativity; an opportunity to see new work, works in progress, demonstrations and to visit with the artist and connect with Art at its creation in scenic NE iowa.

Check the website for the 2018 brochure, maps and online information. All of the brochure and map are available as PDFs to download and print.

For a brochure with the Tour map, call the Decorah Area Chamber of Commerce 563-382-3990 or email: tour@iowaarttour.com. For more complete information about the artists, ongoing events, and downloads view the official Tour website: www.iowaarttour.com.

This free-to-the–public event is self-supporting, funded by artist entry fees, sponsors, grants, donations, and advertising businesses. For more information on how you can support the Arts and Culture as a sponsor in NE Iowa contact tour@iowaartour.com.

Sponsors in 2018 include: The Major Studio Tour sponsor is KDEC Radio FM 100.5/AM 1240. Sponsors: Darla and Glen Ellickson of Ellickson Jewelry Studio & Gallery, New Albin Savings Bank, Dave and Brenda Carlson, Decorah Bank and Trust, Bank of the West of Decorah, Viking State Bank/Waukon State Bank, Inspire(d) Media, Ryan Burras/Edward Jones Investing, KCZQ Radio FM 102.3, and D.Art.Co. Friends of the Arts on the Tour include: Douglas Cole – Art Pottery, Nate and Hallie Evans of Allamakee Wood-fired Pottery, Paul Corbin – Pottery, and Citizens Savings Bank of Spillville, Fort Atkinson and Protivin. Businesses for the Arts: Pulpit Rock Brewing Co., A&J Petersburg Agency, and Waukon Greenhouse Flowers & Gifts. The Preview show at Art Haus sponsored by ri’ah Salon and Spa. In-kind Tour sponsors: Decorah Area Chamber of Commerce, Winneshiek County Convention and Visitors Bureau (WCCVB), Trevor Huinker Solutions, KVIK, and Julie Strom Photography, plus ad support from area hotels, cabins, B & B’s and restaurants.

This crocheted sweater is gorgeous in a striping fingering yarn.  Noro uses the Silk Garden fingering yarn.  This sweater has several stitches:  Chain, single crochet, double crochet, V-st (come learn about this one!)  We are learning gauge, sweater construction, and finishing techniques.

Materials needed:  Boxy Cardigan Pattern by Noro, yarn, crochet hook, measuring tape, markers, tapestry needle, buttons.  .  (Note: all materials bought at the Blue Heron Knittery for this class are 10% off!)

While you plan your route for the NEIA Studio Art Tour, be sure to add ArtHaus for a little art education. Artist, Benjamin Moore, associate professor at Luther in the Visual and Performing Arts Department specializing in painting, drawing, and digital media will be presenting on his work and processes. Tickets are $5-$10 your choice at the door.

On October 12th through 14th from 10am to 5pm each day, 51 artists of Northeast Iowa at 37 different locations will open their doors for a free behind-the-scenes studio view not usually offered to the general public. Many spaces are open to the general public only during this annual event, among them numerous top caliber, award-winning, nationally traveling fine artists. Decorah is the central community from which the tour radiates no more than 40 miles in any direction, in Iowa. The Northeast Iowa Artists’ Studio Tour (NIAST Inc.) is Iowa’s first, largest and longest running tour of artists’ studios in the state.

Traveling into the rural area, one discovers photographers, painters, basket weavers, quilters, metal-smiths, woodcarvers, fiber artists, light-painted photography, kaleidoscope makers, sculptors, and more. Each artist’s studio space and techniques are as individual as the artist, and experiencing, these first-hand, is the foundation of the Tour itself.

Information about all the Artists, images of their art, handicap accessibility, plus map, GPS and lodging and dining information are available in the Tour brochure. Maps, GPS coordinates, Brochures and lodging/dining information are online as web downloads in a page-by-page printable format. Additional detailed directions will be available as a download shortly before the tour to allow for current road construction information at www.iowaarttour.com.

Many Artists will be holding raffles for their work in their studios affording you an opportunity to Win Art! Visit with the actual creator, sign up and have the chance to win direct! For more information on participating Artists and the artwork offered, click on the Artists and their Win Art! symbol at the web-site.

This is your a chance to share into the artist’s world of creativity; an opportunity to see new work, works in progress, demonstrations and to visit with the artist and connect with Art at its creation in scenic NE iowa.

Check the website for the 2018 brochure, maps and online information. All of the brochure and map are available as PDFs to download and print.

For a brochure with the Tour map, call the Decorah Area Chamber of Commerce 563-382-3990 or email: tour@iowaarttour.com. For more complete information about the artists, ongoing events, and downloads view the official Tour website: www.iowaarttour.com.

This free-to-the–public event is self-supporting, funded by artist entry fees, sponsors, grants, donations, and advertising businesses. For more information on how you can support the Arts and Culture as a sponsor in NE Iowa contact tour@iowaartour.com.

Sponsors in 2018 include: The Major Studio Tour sponsor is KDEC Radio FM 100.5/AM 1240. Sponsors: Darla and Glen Ellickson of Ellickson Jewelry Studio & Gallery, New Albin Savings Bank, Dave and Brenda Carlson, Decorah Bank and Trust, Bank of the West of Decorah, Viking State Bank/Waukon State Bank, Inspire(d) Media, Ryan Burras/Edward Jones Investing, KCZQ Radio FM 102.3, and D.Art.Co. Friends of the Arts on the Tour include: Douglas Cole – Art Pottery, Nate and Hallie Evans of Allamakee Wood-fired Pottery, Paul Corbin – Pottery, and Citizens Savings Bank of Spillville, Fort Atkinson and Protivin. Businesses for the Arts: Pulpit Rock Brewing Co., A&J Petersburg Agency, and Waukon Greenhouse Flowers & Gifts. The Preview show at Art Haus sponsored by ri’ah Salon and Spa. In-kind Tour sponsors: Decorah Area Chamber of Commerce, Winneshiek County Convention and Visitors Bureau (WCCVB), Trevor Huinker Solutions, KVIK, and Julie Strom Photography, plus ad support from area hotels, cabins, B & B’s and restaurants.

Director Jennaya Robison welcomes you to the Luther College Gospel Choir , a choir focused on bringing peace, justice, and joy through music.  We rehearse Sundays from 5-6pm whenever Luther is in session, in the Choir Room at the Jenson-Noble Hall of Music.  Come whenever you can–there is no registration, no obligation, and no experience necessary. The group is open to ALL singers high school through adult (including staff, faculty, community members.)  There will be some performance opportunities, but singers don’t need to feel obligated to attend performances that don’t fit in their schedules. 

DECORAH COMMUNITY FREE MEAL
Building Community Plate by Plate

Join with family, friends and neighbors for a FREE meal* served between 5 pm and 6:15 pm on the third Thursday of the month, at First Lutheran Church in Decorah.
All ages are welcome.

The meal is served on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month beginning at 5 pm.

Main dishes are supplied by local restaurants with assistance by volunteers from community groups.

*Gluten free options are always available.
Donations welcome.

NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group is a free, peer-led support group for adults living with mental illness. You will gain insight from hearing the challenges and successes of others, and the groups are led by NAMI-trained facilitators who’ve been there.

NAMI’s Support Groups are unique because they follow a structured model to ensure you and others in the group have an opportunity to be heard and to get what you need.

By sharing your experiences in a safe and confidential setting, you gain hope and develop relationships. The group encourages empathy, productive discussion and a sense of community.

Lanesboro Arts presents an evening with roots musicians Larry Long and Dan Sebranek at the historic St. Mane Theatre in Lanesboro on Friday, October 18th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. Dan is returning to Lanesboro after a 2017 concert with Johnsmith, while Larry Long’s visit is happening in advance of him bringing the celebrated American Roots Revue to the St. Mane Theatre in 2019.

Larry Long is an American singer-songwriter who has made his life work the celebration of everyday heroes. Author, historian, actor, and broadcaster Studs Terkel called Larry “a true American Troubadour.” Larry has written and performed hundreds of ballads celebrating community and history makers. His work has taken him from rural Alabama to the Lakota communities in South Dakota. He has given musical voice to struggling Midwest farmers, embattled workers, and veterans. He was the troubadour for peace on Soviet/ American peace cruises, sang for Mrs. Rosa Parks at the 45th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and organized the Mississippi River Revival, a decade long campaign to cleanup the Mississippi river. He assembled the first hometown tribute to Woody
Guthrie in Okemah, Oklahoma, which today has evolved into the annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival.

Long has sung at major concerts and festivals throughout the United States and world, including Awesome Africa Festival (South Africa), Winnipeg Folk Festival (Canada), at the Hollywood Bowl with Kris Kristofferson, and at Madison Square Garden with Joan Baez and others for Pete Seeger’s 90th Birthday Celebration.
Long’s work in schools and communities sparked the creation of a non-profit organization, Community Celebration of Place, which creates intergenerational and multicultural opportunities for students to learn and grow through a program called Elders’ Wisdom,
Children’s Song.

Long is a recipient of the prestigious Bush Artists Fellowship, the Pope John XXIII Award, Leadership In Neighborhood Fellowship (St. Paul Companies), Sustainability Award, and In The Spirit of Crazy Horse Award for his work in forgotten communities.

“Larry Long is doing what more singers and songwriters should be doing: using music to help people learn to work together, and bring
a world of peace.” —Pete Seeger

Dan Sebranek is a renowned singer, songwriter and musician who started his musical career at the age of 14 with musical roots in bluegrass and rock and roll. He has shared the stage with Johnsmith, Michael Martin Murphey, Hans Mayer, Bill Miller, John Prine, Perry Jordan (Heartsfield) along with Pure Prairie League. In Dan’s early days as a troubadour he performed primarily with the duo, Runaway. Currently Dan is performing solo acoustic music around the world. He performs each year in Ireland bringing the gifts of music and song across the sea (Enchanted Way Tours). He is inspired by Dan Fogelberg, James Taylor and Bryan Sutton with positive responses from audiences across the country who enjoy Dan’s musical versatility. Dan’s tours are close to home in his native state of Wisconsin, however, he travels to Florida (Siesta Key / Key Largo) and Colorado each year as well.

Dan continues to tour as a solo performer, in musical duo’s and in the String Ties Bluegrass Band. He enjoys playing festivals, house concerts and clubs all over North America. Dan won the Telluride Bluegrass Festival award with his band, Northern Hospitality. He performs at the Great River Folk Festival  each year located in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The Larryfest Bluegrass Festival, a three day music event pioneered by Dan’s family. Each year the best musicians and bluegrass bands in the country attend this family festival and sold-out venue.

Dan has five successful recordings including previous works with Johnsmith. Dan’s music is versatile ranging from contemporary (Van Morrison, Johnny Cash and Jimmy Buffet) to variety (jazz, folk, bluegrass and rock and roll). He enjoys performing holiday concerts in the month of Decemeber and walking the beaches of Siesta Key in March.

Get ready to dance, jump, wiggle, and learn with award winning children’s musician Patty Shukla, a YouTube Superstar for kids! Decorah Public Library is excited to welcome Ms. Patty for two jam-packed family shows at Carrie Lee Auditorium on October 20, 2018!

Patty Shukla is an American singer, songwriter, and musician, and an internationally recognized expert in educational-interactive music for children. Ms. Patty began her career in children’s music by making educational music videos on YouTube. Now her channel is watched by hundreds of millions of people worldwide!

Shukla’s celebrated program “Musical PE for You & Me” focuses on children ages 2-8, teaching gross motor skills, counting, colors, shapes, rhyming, sign language, and social skills. She is a frequent keynote speaker for educational workshops nationwide and is a proud parent to three children.

 According to Joan Roach, Children’s and Youth Librarian at Decorah Public Library, “Ms. Patty has a unique musical approach which engages children of all ages and developmental levels. Her performances are fully interactive, containing movement, song, and relatable lyrics which get families singing, dancing, and learning together.”

Patty Shukla’s performances will be free and open to the public. They are generously sponsored by Friends of Decorah Public Library, Marion E. Jerome Foundation, and Joey Headington Memorial. The Decorah Community School District is graciously hosting this event with in-kind support from Decorah Fairfield Inn and Suites.

Tickets for the 11:00 am performance are now available. Please register in advance via the library website at www.decorah.lib.ia.us. For additional information, please contact Joan Roach, Children’s and Youth Librarian, at (563)382-3717.