Paulo Padilha & Group from Brazil: Oct 5-10

Unity Knight Center Friday; other venues thru week Orange City

ORANGE CITY – Catch the swing and rhythm of urban Brazil! Paulo Padilha and Group, from Sao Paulo, will spend a week in the Orange City area October 5-10, conducting workshops and performing. The public concert is Friday, Oct. 10 at 7:30pm at the Unity Christian Knight Center. See a video taken in Orange City! […]

$5 – $30

Onstage Orange City begins at Tulip Festival

Windmill Park 200 Central Ave NW, Orange City IA 51041

Three bands will perform during Tulip Festival to kick off the Orange City Arts Council’s annual summer series, Onstage Orange City. Orange City’s own Usual Suspects (pictured above: Steve Mason, John Hubers, Sam Martin, Gary Reinders & Joel Westerholm) will perform on Thursday night, May 14. The band plays a variety of musical styles, including […]

Orange City’s Got Talent!

Windmill Park 200 Central Ave NW, Orange City IA 51041

Onstage Orange City begins its sixth season of Wednesday evening shows, and the stage will be popping with entertainment. It’s Orange City’s Got Talent! Windmill Park is the place, Wednesday, May 27 the day. The show begins at 7:00pm. This annual show promises a variety of performances from talented locals. And the talent comes both […]

Free

Blogging 101

Old Factory Coffee Shop 110 4th St. SW, Orange City, IA, United States

Two-part workshop: June 1 and 8 — Mondays ORANGE CITY –– Develop your voice, find your passion and create a blog!  Laura Gilleland’s class will cover writing, marketing and the logistics of posting. Both new and experienced bloggers are welcome. Bring your laptop. Check Gilleland’s blog: accordingtolaurajean.com. To register, send name, email address, phone number […]

$15 – $25.

Snapshots: Intro to Photography

Orange City Town Hall Orange City, IA, United States

Tuesdays & Thursdays: June 2- June 18 Learn with Lauren McDonald! Take great photos of almost anything. Be creative every time. Bring a digital camera to class… and plan to be out & about often, shooting photos. Class limited to 12. Tuesdays & Thursdays: June 2-June 18 Grades 1-3: 3:30-4:30pm Grades 4-6: 2:15-3:15pm Grades 7-8: […]

$18 – $28

Onstage Orange City: Moon Hooch

Windmill Park 200 Central Ave NW, Orange City IA 51041

Moon Hooch — an energetic trio with genre-bending music — is performing a free show Wed., June 3, at 7 p.m. at Windmill Park in Orange City. When Orange City Arts members heard locals buzzing about the band’s unique sound — two souped-up saxophones and a drum — they knew they had to see if […]

Watercolor batik workshop with Judy Thompson: June 6

Korver Art Center, Northwestern College Orange City IA 51041

Watercolor Batik Workshop Create translucent watercolor on textured Japanese Paper Artist/Instructor Judy Thompson (for high school and adults) Saturday, June 6: 9am to 2pm Northwestern College Korver Art Center, Room 103 Batik is a century old process of decorating cloth using wax and dye. Using a similar process, you will create beautiful translucent watercolor paintings […]

$30. – $65.

Fairy Tale Fun & Games

Orange City Town Hall Orange City, IA, 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, […]

$18

Stage Combat & Storytelling

Orange City Town Hall Orange City, IA, 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 […]

$1 – $30

Onstage Orange City: Summer Suites

Three backyard gardens Orange City IA

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 […]

$6 – $13