Vibrant Orange City, Iowa

August 22: Arts on Central ft. Adams & Cooley’s Rat Pack Jazz
2018-08-22 16:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Downtown Orange City, 200 Central Ave N., Orange City, IA, 51041, United States
We’re filling downtown Orange City with live music, food, and family fun! Grab street food (and poffertjes!) and create your own art. Celebrate the end of summer with a color toss ceremony! Then move on over to the bandshell for Adams & Cooley’s Rat Pack Jazz!
Artists of all ages can take part in chalk art, the iconic CUBE painting, a scavenger hunt, cookie decorating, a graffiti wall, photo booth, and more!
Stop by the OCArts booth and get a free t-shirt with your 2018-19 Season Pass purchase! Plus, decorate a bag to take home all your projects in. We can’t wait to see you there!
Schedule at a glance:
4:30 – Food stands open, live music and activities begin
5:00 – OC Chamber of Commerce “Thanks with Franks” begins
5:30 – End of Summer Color Toss Ceremony
7:30 – Adams & Cooley’s Rat Pack Jazz at the Bandshell

This year’s live music in the street will feature:
4:30 – The Fabulous Forte: The voices of Nicki Kuiper, Rebecca De Vries, and Janie Van Dyke join with pianist Carla Van Beek for Andrews Sisters style harmonies and tight rhythms
5:10 – The Ruralists: Guitar driven alt-rock band comprised of Luke Hawley, Laremy De Vries, Ben Lappenga, Jake Miller, and Titus Landegent, The Ruralists challenge the idea that culture can only be found in “cities”
6:00 – Men of Jubilant Praise: Barbershop quartet-style sacred music led by Irwin De Jong
6:50 – The Usual Suspects: Acoustic blues and rock with Joel Westerholm, John Hubers, Gary Reinders, Sam Martin, and Steve Mason
7:30 – Adams & Cooley’s Rat Pack Jazz (at Windmill Park Bandshell): All the hits from the “Golden Age of Song,” just like you want them played! Take a listen:

With high praise from Chip Davis of Mannheim Steamroller, Adams & Cooley’s Rat Pack Jazz give you the musical standards of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett and Nat King Cole with flair. These gentlement have been touring and playing music together for over 30 years, and their showmanship and musical expertise really stand out from the crowd.

See you there!

August 15: The Maytags
2018-08-15 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Windmill Park, 200 Central Ave NW, Orange City IA 51041
Retro rock, blues, funk and jazz blend in this charismatic band with “warmth lining every note.” The Maytags have been playing for sellout crowds all over the Midwest the last few years and have a devoted following. The critics love them, the fans adore them, and you’ll be captivated by their unique and refreshing sound. Musically adventurous, honest, energetic, and just a little bit sweet, The Maytags really deliver.
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Special thanks to our sponsor, ATLAS Orange City Area, for making this event possible.

August 8: SchoolHouse Company
2018-08-08 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Windmill Park, 200 Central Ave NW, Orange City IA 51041
Our own musical theatre magicians present the musical revue, “And the World Goes ‘Round” with favorites from Broadway greats John Kander and Fred Ebb, the musical team behind such favorites as, “All That Jazz,” “New York, New York,” “Maybe This Time,” and “Cabaret.”
With a commitment to artistic excellence, The SchoolHouse Company strives to provide all people in Sioux County and the surrounding areas with the resources and opportunities to create and enjoy live theatre. Founded in 2008, the troupe has gained a devoted following in Northwest Iowa and continues to stretch their boundaries and grow as artists together.
Special thanks to our sponsors, Fareway and Edward Jones Financial: Mark Lundberg, for making this event possible.

Pushing the Limits
2018-05-29 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Orange City Public Library, Orange City, IA, 51041, United States
Orange City Public Library will host a free reading, viewing and discussion series for adults called Pushing the Limits. The library is one of 100 rural public libraries nationwide receiving grants to host the series. Pushing the Limits brings together books and video featuring authors, scientists and everyday people who thrive on exploring the natural world.

Since the beginning of time, humans have imagined and achieved ways to push the boundaries of the physical world. We want to be stronger, smarter, and more aware, and we create stories to bring those dreams to life. But many of those stories are no longer just stories; and with great new advances in science and technology, we are finding ways in which all of us are able to push the limits every day.
The Pushing the Limits program will explore these ideas in discussions that will include feature film quality videos and recommended popular books. The overarching theme is one of real people, real stories and real science.
A group discussion event will be held on the following topics and books:
– MOTION: Lisa Ko, The Leavers – April 24 6:30 pm
– HERITAGE: Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: an eater’s manifesto – May 29 6:30 pm
Local Partners:
Melanie Nyhof is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Northwestern College
Tonya Huenink is a registered dietician and founder of Meal Squeeze.
Our partners will lead a discussion of the books and videos of author interviews and human interest stories. To obtain copies of program materials, please contact Amanda Vazquez.
This national program has been developed by a team of library professionals, scientists, and filmmakers. Their organizations include Dartmouth College, the Association for Rural and Small Libraries, the Califa Group (a California-based library consortium), Dawson Media Group, and Oregon State University– with generous funding from the National Science Foundation.

Library Closed for Memorial Day
2018-05-28 | Orange City Public Library, Orange City, IA, 51041, United States
The library will be closed on Monday, May 28 in honor of Memorial Day.
Renew materials, place reserves, and find ebooks and audiobooks online through our catalog.

windmill park jewelers hosts chamber coffee
2018-05-25 09:30 - 10:30 (America/New_York) | Windmill Park Jewelers, 112 2nd Street NW, Orange City, IA, 51041, United States
Join us for Chamber Coffee at Windmill Park Jewelers May 25 at 9:30 AM

Going Global Export Assistance Seminar
2018-05-24 08:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Northwest Iowa Community College, 603 West Park Street, Sheldon, IA, 51201, United States
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Registration and details available at https://nwicc.edu/gea/
Pre-registration is required by May 21, 2018, as seating is limited. Registration is nonrefundable; however, a replacement for your representative may attend.
Contact Northwest Iowa Development representative, Kathy Hill at 515-229-5712 or khill7209@gmail.com, with questions.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn or update your knowledge of export basics, and network with valuable resource providers to expand your organization’s international capabilities.

Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. – Seminar hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Location: Northwest Iowa Community College, Building C, Room 328, 603 W. Park Street, Sheldon, Iowa

Cost $25 per person and includes all materials, continental breakfast, breaks, and lunch.

EXPORT ASSISTANCE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS!

Export Overview from a Corporate Perspective
INCOTERMS® 2010
Importance of Distributor Agreements
Trade Finance Solutions
NAFTA Trends
Global Iowa Export Award Presentation

Resource Table Speed Dating

Cozen O’Connor
International Trade Office, Iowa Economic Development Authority
Northwest Iowa Development
Scarbrough International
Trade Acceptance Group Ltd.

Presenters:

Mr. Steve Meyer, Export Operation Manager, Staples Promotional Products
Ms. Peggy Kerr, Team Leader, International Trade Office, Iowa Economic Development Authority
Mr. Steve Dickinson, Co-Chair International Practice, Cozen O’Connor
Mr. Curt Hanson, Principal, Trade Acceptance Group Ltd.
Mr. Kevin Ekstrand, Vice President – Sales & Marketing, Scarborough International
Ms. Debi Durham, Director, Iowa Economic Development Authority
Lt. Governor Adam Gregg (invited)

Hosted by Northwest Iowa Development in partnership with the Iowa Economic Development Authority

2018 Tulip Festival Night Show
2018-05-19 20:00 - 23:00, 2018-05-18 20:00 - 23:00, 2018-05-17 20:00 - 23:00, 2018-05-16 20:00 - 23:00, 2018-05-15 18:30 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | Unity Christian Knight Center, 216 Michigan Ave SW, Orange City, 51041, United States
The Tulip Festival Steering Committee has announced the annual Night Show musical production for May 15-19, 2018, as Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.
“Be Our Guest!” The Academy Award-winning film comes to life in this romantic and beloved take on the classic fairytale. Epic scenery, custom built enchanted sets, and professional costumes will make this show one for all ages, and the largest production ever before performed on the Tulip Festival stage.

78th Annual Tulip Festival
2018-05-17 - 2018-05-19 | Orange City, Iowa, Orange City, 51041

Ride Night
2018-05-16 18:00 - 22:30 (America/Chicago) | Orange City, Iowa, Orange City, 51041

Cruise in Car Show
2018-05-16 18:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | Orange City, Iowa, Orange City, 51041

Library Board Meeting
2018-05-15 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Orange City Public Library, Orange City, IA, 51041, United States
The Orange City Public Library Board of Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting. Agenda will be posted in the library and can be accessed here: Library Board Meeting Agenda May 2018

Adult Book Club- The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
2018-05-08 17:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Orange City Public Library, Orange City, IA, 51041, United States
The Adult Book Club will meet on May 8 at 5:30 pm to discuss The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. Copies of the book may be checked out at the front desk.

Esther Greenwood is brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under—maybe for the last time. In her acclaimed and enduring masterwork, Sylvia Plath brilliantly draws the reader into Esther’s breakdown with such intensity that her insanity becomes palpably real, even rational—as accessible an experience as going to the movies. A deep penetration into the darkest and most harrowing corners of the human psyche, The Bell Jar is an extraordinary accomplishment and a haunting American classic.

Take a Trip on the Hogwarts Express
2018-05-05 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Orange City Public Library, Orange City, IA, 51041, United States
Come to Platform 9-3/4 at the library and be transported to Hogwarts. Spend your morning being sorted into your house, playing Quidditch, making wands, and lots more. See you at Hogwarts!

free e-recycling program
2018-05-05 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Alton City Hall, 905 3rd Ave, Alton, IA, 51003, United States
The Cities of Orange City & Alton are cosponsoring a free e-recycling program that will accept computer monitors, CPU’s, keyboards & mice, smaller batteries and TV’s. Sorry, car batteries and light bulbs are not allowed. Items can be dropped off at Alton City Hall, 905 3rd Avenue on Friday, May 4, 4:00-7:00 pm and Saturday, May 5, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm.

Babygarten
2018-05-03 09:30 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | Orange City Public Library, Orange City, IA, 51041, United States
Join us for songs, rhymes, and stories for children 6 months – 3 years and their caregivers, followed by free play time. There is also a fun craft each week to create and you receive a FREE book at the end of each 6-week session. This fall there are two 6 week sessions: 1/18– 2/22 and 3/29 – 5/3.

Poffertjes at The Little White Store
2018-05-02 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | The Little White Store, Central Ave Downtown, Orange City, IA, 51041, United States
Come enjoy a tray of poffertjes at the Little White Store.

Onstage Orange City: Kelley Hunt brings blues, roots & gospel July 1
2015-07-01 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Windmill Park, 200 Central Ave NW, Orange City IA 51041
Beloved Blues Singer Kelley Hunt Returns to Orange City for Free Outdoor Concert
Back by Popular Demand, Kelley Hunt and Her Band Bring Blues, Roots and Gospel Music to Northwest Iowa
Singer Kelley Hunt is bringing her soul-filled performance back to Orange City with a free concert in Windmill Park on Wednesday, July 1 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Hunt is a triple threat — attracting fans as she writes, arranges and plays her energetic, southern-style music. She performed with her band in Orange City three years ago, leaving a lasting impression. Her Iowa fan base is thrilled to welcome the powerhouse singer-songwriter back.
“She has drawn quite the following,” says Jane Vogel of Birdhouse Rentals, co-sponsor of the Onstage Orange City concert. “Her music has an uplifting message, and it draws all ages. It’s the kind of music you want to get up and dance to.”
Hunt’s tour stop will feature boogie-worthy new music from “The Beautiful Bones” — her sixth album.
She describes her toe-tapping tunes as a combination of blues, roots, Americana and R&B.
“A lot of it is upbeat with a few ballads. I’m really influenced by traditional gospel music, and most of the things are pretty uplifting and high energy,” Hunt says.

Hunt’s music has wide-reaching appeal.
“As a family, we’ve been following Kelley Hunt for 15 years,” says Lisa Burg of Orange City. Burg’s employer — Orange City Area Health System — is a co-sponsor of the concert. “Our children became fans. She’s an incredible singer. Everything she has produced we’ve loved. She has a huge range, is an amazing keyboardist, and truly crosses generations.”
Hunt’s performances draw fans from across the country. She has appeared six times on American Public Media’s A Prairie Home Companion and is currently embarking on a national tour.
But there’s just something about Orange City that draws her back.
“I’m really looking forward to coming — it’s a nice community with a beautiful setting,” Hunt says. “I know several people in Orange City, and I’m excited for the band to see it. Plus, I want to get some almond patties!”
The concert is part of Orange City Arts’ Onstage Orange City summer concert series. Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets to the outdoor concert.
Unity Christian Knight Center in Orange City is the event’s rain location. For changes related to the weather or more information, visit orangecityarts.net or facebook.com/ocArts, email ocArts@orangecityiowa.com or call 712.707.4885.
Listen: http://kelleyhunt.com/audio.html

Onstage Orange City: Festival Latino
2015-06-24 17:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Windmill Park, 200 Central Ave NW, Orange City IA 51041
Festival Latino — a free outdoor event highlighting Hispanic heritage — will fill Orange City’s Windmill Park from 5 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24. The event is part of Orange City Arts’ Onstage Orange City summer series.
The fourth annual community-wide festival will feature authentic Latin cuisine, an interactive kids’ zone featuring free crafts and activities, and live music from internationally-known Latin fusion band Tropicante.
“The Hispanic population has begun to be an important part of the Orange City community, and it’s important to have shared spaces where we can learn to understand each other and learn about each other’s cultures,” says Olga Alvarado, an Orange City Arts board member of Colombian descent who helped plan the event.
With nearly 10 percent of Sioux County identifying as Hispanic according to the 2013 Census, the event aims to foster deeper cultural understanding while providing top-notch food and quality entertainment.
Tropicante, an energetic Latin-style band led by singers Ed East (Panamanian) and Karin Stein (Colombian), will have attendees dancing cumbias, merengues, sambas and other irresistible Latin rhythms.
“Our principal goal is always to have people’s minds opened to the diversity of Latin American cultures through a beautiful, fun medium — music,” Stein said.
Stein and East will host a free, all-ages interactive percussion workshop at 6:15 p.m. before their performance at 7 p.m.
Separate from the larger band, the duo (known as Calle Sur, right) will also provide a free children’s workshop for grades kindergarten through fifth at 1 pm at the Orange City Public Library. The participants will make simple instruments, sing, dance, and act their way through a Brazilian rain forest.
Free transportation from Sioux Center will be available. A bus will leave the Centre Mall parking lot at 6 and 6:30 p.m., with rides returning from Orange City back to Sioux Center at 8:30 and 9 p.m.
Harold Heie, chair of the Festival Latino planning team and chair of CASA (Center for Assistance, Service, and Advocacy), says Festival Latino is a collaborative effort that aims to bring people together.
“Part of it is just getting to know one another,” Heie says. “When you get to know people, things always change.”
Attendees are invited to wear traditional clothing from their country of origin.
Festival Latino made possible by CASA, Center Fresh Group, Hands Around the World, Natural Food Holdings, Birdhouse Rentals, Western Iowa Dairy Alliance and Al & Carol Kramer, in conjunction with Orange City Arts.
Unity Christian Knight Center in Orange City is the event’s rain location. For changes related to the weather, visit orangecityarts.net or facebook.com/ocArts.
Bring lawn chairs or blankets.

Español for boys & girls
2015-06-23 | Orange City Town Hall, Orange City, IA, 51041, United States
Tuesdays & Thursdays, June 23-July 9
Learn Spanish words and phrases through games, songs and crafts that focus on exploring Latino culture! Themes include holidays, family and food. All children are welcome—from those who only know a few words in Spanish to those who know a lot!
Grades 4-6: 1-2pm
Grades 1-3: 2:15-3:15pm
Instructor: Erica Davis
Location: City Hall Community Room
Register here!

Watercolor: Drawing & Mixed Media class
2015-06-22 | MOC-FV Elementary art room, 312 1st Street SW, Orange City, IA, 51041, United States
Mondays & Wednesdays, June 22- July 8
Bring your ideas to life with a variety of paints, colors, and textures. Experiment with different painting media, play with various styles, and learn about painters from history. Wear old clothes and be ready to use your imagination! Class limited to 12.
Grades 1-3: 1-2pm
Grades 4-6: 2:15-3:15pm
Instructor: Laurie Taylor
Location: MOC-Floyd Valley Elementary art room (use west door)
Register here!

Onstage Orange City: Orange City Area Community Band
2015-06-17 19:00 - 20:15 (America/Chicago) | Windmill Park, 200 Central Ave NW, Orange City IA 51041
ORANGE CITY – The Scottish folk song Loch Lomond and music from The Lord of the Rings will be featured in the Orange City Area Community Band concert Wednesday, June 17.
The Community Band will take the stage at 7:00pm for its first 2015 concert in Orange City’s Windmill Park, part of the Onstage Orange City summer series. Dan Mangold is the director, taking over from long-time community band conductor Carla Van Beek.
Mangold, originally from Sioux Rapids, is band director at MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School, assistant director for the Pride of the Dutchmen marching band, and director of the MOC-FV High full orchestra. He is a trumpeter in the Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra and directed the orchestra for the Tulip Festival night show, Mary Poppins. For several years Mangold played trumpet in the Orange City Area Community Band.
The June 17 concert will feature a variety of music, including the rousing Cut to the Chase by Todd Stalter; a Spanish march by Texidor, Amparito Roca; and a medley from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
The band will also play Frank Ticheli’s beautiful arrangement of the Scottish folksong, Loch Lomond; a standard wind piece by Charles Carter, Overture for Winds; and the hymn Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing.
The National Emblem March, a classic American band march, plus the Star Spangled Banner, will round out the evening.
Assistant to the community band director is Char Ten Clay.
Come early (5:00-7:00pm) for grilled hot dogs, chips and ice cream, courtesy of Iowa State Bank. Sponsors for the evening are Diamond Vogel Paint and Onstage Orange City contributors, in conjunction with Orange City Arts.
The concert is free and open to the public. Bring a blanket or lawn chairs. Concessions will be available for purchase.
Rain location is Unity Christian Knight Center. For more information or weather-related announcements, contact Orange City Arts: ocArts@orangecityiowa.com, 712.707.6514 or see orangecityarts.net.

2015 Onstage Orange City contributors: Ag Partners, LLC; Big Brothers Big Sisters; The Bike Store; Birdhouse Rentals; Boonstras Kirby Co.; Casualty Insurance; C & H Body Repair; Culligan of Sioux County; Art & Doris De Hoogh; De Jong Chiropractic; De Jong Oil & Repair; D & L Plumbing & Heating; Dutch Mill Corporation; Edward Jones, Mark Lundberg; Family Eye Care; David L. Gohman, OD; Greenwood Landscaping & Nursery; Hair Clinic; Hands Around the World; Joiner & Zwart Dentistry; Motor Inn of Orange City; Natural Food Holdings; Neal Chase Lumber Co.; Leona Noteboom; Oolman Funeral Homes; Orange City Chiropractic; Orange City Dentistry; Pluim Publishing; Rensink, Pluim & Vogel, Attorneys at Law; Sfumato Pizza; Siouxland Town & Country Realty; Siouxland Travel & Tours; Jeff & Sara Tolsma; Western Iowa Dairy Alliance; Jan Wilbeck; Woudstra Meat Market, Amy & Dustin Vanden Hull.

Poetry with Steve and Trish
2015-06-11 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Old Factory Coffee Shop, 110 4th St. SW, Orange City, IA, 51041, United States
Four-week class. June 11-July 2.
Steve Mahr and Trish Sandbulte are taking on a new challenge– teaching anyone and everyone to write poetry! Learn how to use literary tools like alliteration and assonance, allusion and metaphor. Build your own poems that are rooted in your story. Discover your voice, your beat, and spit your poem in front of an actual audience.
Steve Mahr has written poetry for nearly ten years, and performed at poetry slams in Chicago, Vermillion, Des Moines, and Orange City–winning several. He has worked hard at discovering an original voice to his poetry and has coached others from kids to adults on how to engage their story and rewrite it into poetry that is all their own.
Trish Sandbulte teaches English at MOC-Floyd Valley High School, entertaining and inspiring young poets every year.
The class meets Thursday evenings, June 11-July 2, at 7pm at Old Factory Coffee Shop.
Registration fee is $25 prior to June 4, and after June 4: $35.
Register by sending name, email address, phone number and payment to Orange City Arts, PO Box 202, Orange City IA 51041. For more information, see orangecityarts.net, or contact Janine Calseek at 707-4885 or ocArts@orangecityiowa.com.

Onstage Orange City: Summer Suites
2015-06-10 18:30 - 20:45 (America/Chicago) | Three backyard gardens, Orange City IA, 51041
ORANGE CITY – Orange City Arts’ annual celebration of flowering gardens, music, art – and irresistible sweets – is coming soon. The 2015 Summer Suites will be held Wednesday, June 10 in three backyard gardens in Orange City.
The event begins at 6:30 p.m.
The “progressive concert” will feature The Copoetics of Sioux Falls, the Le Mars Flute Choir and several visual artists working while the public watches, with violinist Bethany Dykstra gracing that garden with music.
• The Copoetics — Dan Finch and Louisa Soli-Holt — invite Summer Suites guests to enjoy their guitar and ukelele, and Louisa’s “strikingly clear and penetrating voice.” A few years ago, both left South Dakota for Denver; both taught secondary school; both adored The Grateful Dead and Joni Mitchell. But Louisa’s heart was captured by Dan, the 5-string ukelele and most recently, their newborn son. The couple, now living in Sioux Falls, has traveled 10,000 miles, performing across the American West and educating many people on the differences between North Dakota and South Dakota.
Their name, The Copoetics? “It represents the collective poems of life we all share and create every day,” said Louisa. http://thecopoetics.com
• The Le Mars Flute Choir brings together flutists from Le Mars, Marcus, Sioux City and Orange City… and performs all kinds of music, from grand flute quartets to jazz. Watch for C flutes, G flutes and piccolos.
For Summer Suites, the seven-member choir will play a lovely variety, including Irish lilts, a rag, Camptown Races, a light classical piece by Boyce and the fun Little Red Monkey by Jordan. Another Summer Suites performance on June 10 is the Le Mars Flu
Left to right are Kathy Moore, Sue Ashenfelter and Dr. James Schroeder of Le Mars; Lynn Gross of Sioux City; Glenda Drennen of Le Mars; June Palleson of Marcus; and Donna Mortenson of Orange City.
• Visual artists, with violinist Bethany Dykstra, will grace the third garden. While attendees watch, seven visual artists will work. Bethany Dykstra, who has played violin for 11 years as part of eight honor orchestras and now the Northwestern College Chamber Orchestra, will perform pieces by Ten Have, Handel and Bach, accompanied by Kate Noteboom.
Visual artists: Emilee Berry sat on a poppy-covered stone staircase in Greece, and discovered the connection between the “light, organic feel of nature” and hard, rough architecture. So she loves both strong lines and repetition, and movement and texture. A recent award-winning art graduate from Northwestern College, originally from Battle Creek, she does sculpture, printmaking and photography, and will paint at Summer Suites.
Mary Jane Davidson, of Manitoba—and now Sioux City, comes from a family of artists, and learned about painting/ dying on silk from her sister. She stretches white silk, then hand-paints, using a variety of methods. Some are unpredictable designs, others complex and defined, with the help of gutta or soy wax resists. Many of Davidson’s paintings are on silk scarves.
Ron Erickson, of Remsen, has been woodturning for 15 years, using wood from fallen trees to create bowls, Christmas ornaments and small boxes. He loves trying new things. It’s a hobby, so he doesn’t advertise, but he has exhibited his work in Spencer and Storm Lake. We’re lucky to have Erickson for Summer Suites, since his June through August priority is not woodturning, but golf.
Lynne Hubers, of Orange City, learned to quilt from a friend in ’97, and hasn’t looked back. She loves choosing colors, working with beautiful fabrics, and designing. She enjoys geometric quilting, appreciates the finesse of traditional quilting, and especially likes the slow pace of appliqué work. She’s done one hand-quilted wallhanging — otherwise it’s machine quilting and piecing for Hubers.

Marena Nachtigall, a SE Iowa native, studied art at Hesston and Bethel Colleges in Kansas, graduating in ’03. She opened Earth & Art, ceramics and floral design in Noble. Functional wheel-thrown ceramics is the basis for her work, with an emphasis on carved and beaded embellishments. Currently Nachtigall and her family live in Orange City.

Lauren and Barb Ochsner have spent a combined 50-plus years on custom glasswork and framing, from their shop — Golden Prairie Art — of Maurice. They have designed and created stained glass for many area churches, plus Prairie Winds, the Dordt College library and Orange City Area Health System. They will demonstrate processes in creating stained glass art.

Judy Thompson, watercolor artist originally from Chicago and now Orange City, painted the cover art for the recently published Laura Ingalls Wilder autobiography. Her art has been exhibited across the Midwest, and she has done many artist residencies, including two at national parks. Acclaimed as “capturing a sense of place,” Thompsons’ recent work includes her “Homestead Series.”
Some artists will offer their art for sale at Summer Suites.
Summer Suites will be held in the backyard gardens of Sally and Laird Edman (featuring The Copoetics), Jodi and Kent McDonough (visual artists and violinist Bethany Dykstra) and Anita and Jack Vogel (Le Mars Flute Choir).
The event, part of the Onstage Orange City series, is sponsored by Orange City Arts. Instead of a show in Windmill Park, the event happens in three backyards.
Advance tickets are necessary, at $10 for adults and $7 for students if purchased by June 6 at the Orange City Arts office, Orange City town hall and Dove Christian Book Store. After June 6, tickets are $13 and $10. Maps and schedules are provided to ticket purchasers. Rain location will be the Northwestern College DeWitt Theatre.
Special thanks go to Sodexo of Northwestern College and Orange City Floral Company.
For more information, contact Orange City Arts, 712-707-6514 or ocArts@orangecityiowa.com

Sponsor: Orange City Arts

Stage Combat & Storytelling
2015-06-08 15:45 - 17:15 (America/Chicago) | Orange City Town Hall, Orange City, IA, 51041, United States
June 8-18 (Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays)
Want to learn basic stage combat moves and help create scenes to showcase the moves, then perform for your friends and families? Work with Northwestern College theatre professor, actress & director April Hubbard.
Music, props and improv will be used to help create fun and dramatic material to exercise your bodies and imaginations. Show will be June 18 at 5:15 pm, for family & friends. Class limited to 15.
Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays: June 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 18
Grades 4-8: 3:45-5:15 pm
Instructor: April Hubbard
Location: City Hall Gym
Register here!

Fairy Tale Fun & Games
2015-06-08 | Orange City Town Hall, Orange City, IA, 51041, United States
Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays: June 8-18
We’ll play fun drama games and enact fairy tale stories that will activate your imagination and engage your bodies in vocal and physical storytelling. Classic fairy tales: Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and Hansel and Gretel. Class limited to 12.
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays: June 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 18
Grades 1-3: 2:30-3:30pm
Instructor: April Hubbard
Location: City Hall Gym
Register here!
