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<strong>Siouxland</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> | Enjoy /72<br />
Activities<br />
Sioux City Public Museum<br />
Exhibitions<br />
Celebrating 100 Years of<br />
Municipal Bands<br />
Through July 28<br />
The <strong>2019</strong> summer concert series of the<br />
Sioux City Municipal Band marks the<br />
organization’s 100th year. Uniforms,<br />
equipment, instruments, and awards<br />
will be displayed in the exhibit along<br />
with photographs of the Monahan<br />
Post and Municipal Band and earlier<br />
bands.<br />
Bandits & Heroes, Poets & Saints:<br />
Popular Art of the Northeast of<br />
Brazil Exhibition<br />
<strong>May</strong> 25 - August 11<br />
A traveling exhibit exploring how the<br />
ancient cultures of Africa blended with<br />
indigenous and colonial Portuguese<br />
traditions to form the vibrant and<br />
complex cultural mosaic of modern<br />
Brazil.<br />
Sioux City Public Museum<br />
Events<br />
Sioux City’s Sex-Crime<br />
Panic Revisited<br />
Thursday, June 6 • 12:05 p.m.<br />
A lecture and discussion from<br />
historian Neil Miller, a nationallyrecognized<br />
speaker and author<br />
of Sex-Crime Panic. The book is an<br />
investigative account of the round-up<br />
and incarceration of 20 gay men in<br />
Sioux City, Iowa, during the McCarthy<br />
period. Presented in partnership with<br />
the Sioux City Public Library and Pride<br />
Week.<br />
From Sioux City to Stonewall – A<br />
Conversation with Neil Miller<br />
Thursday, June 6 • 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.<br />
A reception with historian Neil Miller,<br />
a nationally-recognized speaker and<br />
author of Sex-Crime Panic.<br />
Miller has written several books and<br />
articles detailing LGBT history in the<br />
United States. His most acclaimed<br />
book, In Search of Gay America,<br />
published in 1989, was the first<br />
book to examine gay and lesbian life<br />
outside the large metropolitan areas.<br />
The book won a Lambda Literary<br />
Award in 1991 and was honored by<br />
the American Library Association.<br />
History at High Noon: Charles N.<br />
Taylor Photographs<br />
Thursday, June 20 • 12:05 p.m.<br />
Presenter Tom Munson, Archives<br />
Manager, will showcase early<br />
1890s images of houses, churches,<br />
commercial buildings, street<br />
scenes, and much more. Itinerant<br />
photographer Charles N. Taylor’s<br />
photographs are among the best<br />
documentation of Sioux City’s Boom<br />
Era.<br />
Peirce Mansion Open House<br />
and Jackson St. Walking Tour<br />
Tuesday, June 18• 6:00 - 8:15 p.m.<br />
Open House followed by a 75-minute<br />
walking tour led by Tom Munson at 7<br />
p.m. The Peirce Mansion was part of<br />
his extensive real estate development<br />
on Sioux City’s northside. Walking<br />
tours will proceed at a leisurely pace<br />
along the half-mile area as Tom<br />
discusses the streets’ history, people,<br />
and architecture.<br />
Summit Street Walking Tour<br />
Tuesday, July 9 • 7:00 p.m.<br />
Starting at Call’s Triangle, the small<br />
traffic island at 21st and Summit St.<br />
A 75-minute walking tour led by Tom<br />
Munson of the northern stretch of<br />
Summit Street (between 18th and<br />
24th Streets). The neighborhood is an<br />
interesting collection of single family<br />
homes, some built by prominent<br />
businessmen like Dr. A. A. Ashby and<br />
August Williges, and large apartment<br />
buildings. There is also architectural<br />
diversity, from Prairie to Queen Anne<br />
Victorian, and from Beaux Arts to<br />
Craftsman.<br />
Bill Diamond Antique & Classic<br />
Car Show<br />
Sunday, July 14 • 11:00 am - 3:00 p.m.<br />
On the grounds of the Sergeant Floyd<br />
River Museum & Welcome Center<br />
A variety of antique and classic<br />
vehicles will be on display at the<br />
Sioux City Museum and Historical<br />
Association’s annual car show. This is<br />
a Show and Shine event; free and no<br />
registration required.<br />
History at High Noon: Flight 232<br />
Thursday, July 18• 12:05 p.m<br />
Presenter Matt Anderson will take<br />
a look back at July 19, 1989 United<br />
Airlines Flight 232, a McDonnell<br />
Douglas DC-10 airliner carrying 296<br />
passengers and crew, crash-landed at<br />
the Sioux Gateway Airport.<br />
A visit with IPTV’s Dan Wardell<br />
and an IPTV character<br />
Tuesday, August 6 • 11:00 am or<br />
1:30 pm<br />
Story time and adventure. An<br />
opportunity for photographs will be<br />
available at the end of each session.<br />
History at High Noon: KKK in Iowa<br />
Thursday, August 15 • 12:05 p.m.<br />
Presenter Bob Neymeyer, will discuss<br />
the history of local Ku Klux Klan activities<br />
during the KKK’s short, but highly<br />
visible presence in Iowa between 1922<br />
and 1926.<br />
Sergeant Floyd Memorial<br />
Encampment<br />
Saturday, August 17 • 10:00 am<br />
- 4:00 pm & Sunday, August 18 •<br />
10:00 am - 3:00 pm.<br />
On the grounds of the Sergeant Floyd<br />
River Museum & Welcome Center.<br />
Explore an 1804 living-history camp<br />
replicating the Lewis and Clark<br />
expedition’s stay in present-day Sioux<br />
City. Children’s activities 10-1 on<br />
Saturday. For more information, call<br />
712-279-0198.<br />
Sgt. Floyd Burial Ceremony<br />
Saturday, August 17 • 6:00 pm<br />
Re-enactors in full-dress uniform will recreate<br />
the burial of the only member of<br />
the expedition to die during the Lewis<br />
and Clark Expedition. Attendees are<br />
encouraged to bring their lawn chairs.<br />
Mid America Museum of<br />
Aviation and Transportation<br />
30 Year Anniversary of Flight 232<br />
July 19 & 20 • 10:00 am - 4:00 pm<br />
July 21 • 12:00 - 4:00 pm<br />
Sioux City Railroad Museum<br />
Reading by the Rails<br />
June 8, July 13 & Aug 10 @ 10:30 am<br />
The ability to read greatly improves<br />
lives so our goal is to help children<br />
retain and enhance their reading skills.<br />
In this fun monthly reading program, we<br />
will use railroad theme books to foster<br />
a love of reading. At the end of each<br />
program, children have the opportunity<br />
to participate in a creative activity that<br />
relates to the theme of that month.