The Hub - Grinnell Area Chamber of Commerce

Community Event Calendar
Visit www.GetIntoGrinnell.com for the full community calendar.
AUGUST SEPTEMBER
Through Sept 7 Gallery Show at
Grinnell Arts Center featuring Grin City
Collective Emerging Artist Residency.
Through Oct 27 Grinnell Farmers
Market, Thursdays 3-6pm and Saturdays
10am-noon, Central Park
Aug 22 Arts Academy begins, classes
for kids & adults. www.grinnellarts.org
Aug 23 Music in the Park with Kristin
Graves at 5:30 followed by Too Many Strings
Band, Central Park, FREE admission.
Aug 24-25 Friends of Library Book
Sale, Drake Community Library. Fri-
5:30-8pm, Sat-8-11:45am, noon-3pm.
Paperbacks 50¢, hardcover $1, A/V $1.
Aug 25 Grinnell Vintage Auto Show,
8am-3pm, Central Park, FREE admission.
Call 641-236-4028 to enter a car.
Aug 25 Galaxy Duck Derby, 10am,
Grinnell Mutual Aquatic Center. www.
duckrace.com/galaxyduckderby
Aug 25 Art of Seed Saving Workshop,
10am, Grinnell Community Garden. $3
per person, register at 641-236-5518.
Aug 25 Family Welcome Cocktail Party
for parents of Grinnell College students and
Grinnell Chamber members, 5:30-8:30pm,
the Peppertree at the Depot Crossing.
Aug 29 Grinnell Connect Zoo Brew
bus trip, 5:30-10pm, Blank Park Zoo. Email
chamber@getintogrinnell.com for details.
Aug 29 Live music by Calle Sur at
Relish, 834 Park St.
Aug 31-Oct 14 Faulconer Gallery
Exhibit: Civil War Era Drawings from the
Becker Collection. Opening reception Aug
31, 4:15-6pm.
Sept 4 Citizens Police Academy begins,
meets 8 consecutive Tuesdays evenings. To
sign up, email gpd215@grinnellpd.com
Sept 6 Grinnell’s Got Talent! (Imagine
Grinnell’s annual local talent auction),
5:30pm, Ahrens Foundation Offices. Call
641-236-5518 to order tickets.
Sept 6-Oct 11 Yoga in the Gallery,
Mondays and Thursdays, 12:15-12:50pm,
Faulconer Gallery. Free, mats provided.
Sept 8 Imagine Grinnell’s 2nd Saturday,
5K run/walk at 9am and 5/10/20K bike
rides at 9:30am. Registration at trail head
in Lion’s Park by Aquatic Center. $5-adults,
$3-children.
Sept 8 Harvest Festival, 10:30am,
workday and noon potluck, Grinnell
Community Garden. $3 per person or
bring a potluck dish.
Sept 8, 15, 22, 29 Free massage
therapy classes, 10:30 to noon, www.
grinnellarts.org. Each class is a stand alone
class, attend one or all.
Sept 15 Living history camp
presentation by the Sons of Union Veterans
as part of Faulconer Gallery's Community
Day. Civil War era games, hands-on
activities, refreshments. Lawn north of
Faulconer Gallery, Noon-5pm.
Sept 16 Art Auction to benefit the
Grinnell Art Gallery, 3-5pm, Grinnell Arts
Center. Donations of artwork accepted.
www.grinnellarts.org.
Sept 17-Oct 31 Uncle Bill's Farm -
Carroll's Pumpkin Farm open.
Sept 18 Cruise Night, 5:30-8:30pm,
Grinnell Pizza Ranch. Hot Rods & Classics
welcome, participants get a free drink and
special buffet price. 641-260-8020
Sept 20 Build a Better Business...with
Bagels presentation
Sept 20 Gallery Talk - "Seeing Corpses:
Death and Visual Culture during the U.S.
Civil War", 4:15pm, Faulconer Gallery.
Sept 20 Grinnell-Newburg Homecoming
Parade, 5pm, downtown.
Sept 20-Oct 19 Gallery show - Mark
Stoltenberg, photography, Grinnell Arts
Center.
Sept 22 Raising Garlic in Your Home
Garden Workshop, 10am. $3 per person,
register at 641-236-5518.
Sept 28-30 Grinnell College Family
Weekend
Sept 29 Fly-In/Drive-In Breakfast,
Billy C. Robinson Field, 6-11am. Planes,
classic cars and the public welcome. Tickets
available at the door.
Sept 29 Raku Pottery Workshop, 9amnoon,
Grinnell Arts Center. Free to watch,
purchase a premade pot ($5-20) to glaze
and participate.
Sept 29 Grinnell Orchestra Concert,
2pm, Grinnell College.
Sept 29 The Second City comedy show,
Grinnell College Public Event Series, Harris
Center Concert Hall. Free tickets available
Sept 26, call 641-269-4444 for information
OCTOBER
Oct 1 Des Moines Symphony Orchestra,
Grinnell College Public Event Series. Free
tickets available Sept 24, call 641-269-4444
for information.
Oct 2 Gallery talk by the curator of
Civil War Era Drawings from the Becker
Collection, 4:15pm, Faulconer Gallery.
Oct 3 Women's Health Focus & Baby
Fair, 4:30 to 8:30pm, Grinnell Regional
Medical Center. Tickets available at Glass
Gift Box, Gosselink's Gifts & Interiors and
Postels Communitiy Health Park.
Oct 9 Ti-Coca and Wanga Neges (Haitian
Troubador Music), Grinnell College
Public Event Series, Herrick Chapel. Free
tickets available Oct 2, call 641-269-4444
for information.
Oct 12-14 Cornerstone Quilts Fall
Retreat, call 641-236-7026 for details.
Community Events
Oct 13 Establishing Native Landscaping
Workshop, 10am. $3 per person, register at
641-236-5518.
Oct 13 Concert - Lehto & Wright, Irish
music, 7pm, Grinnell Arts Center.
Oct 18 Build a Better Business...with
Bagels presentation
Oct 29-Nov 3 Theatrical collaboration:
Billy the Kid, www.grinnellarts.org
NOVEMBER
Nov 10 Turlach Ur Fifth Anniversary
dinner and party. www.grinnellarts.org
Nov 15 Build a Better Business...with
Bagels presentation
Nov 18 Bluegrass Mass, Grinnell
College Public Event Series. Free tickets
available Nov 12, call 641-269-4444 for
information.
DECEMBER
Dec 6 Ninety Miles (Jazz Ensemble),
Grinnell College Public Event Series,
Herrick Chapel. Free tickets available Nov
29, call 641-269-4444 for information.
Dec 7 Jingle Bell Holiday
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