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Holiday Lights, Magical Nights Celebrates 10! Christmas time is a magical time, and so is the tradition of the “drive-thru” lights at Decorah’s Pulpit Rock Campground each year. It’s fun, AND supports a good cause! But we also want to make sure you know about the annual Holiday Lights 5k Run November 29th – folks get to say “I’m not staying in yet” to winter, put on a holiday costume, and run it out. Families are encouraged to join in on the fun, awards, and bon fire. It’s pretty great. This year, Helping Services of NE Iowa celebrates 10 years of Holiday Lights Magical Nights. The display opens Thanksgiving night (11/27) and runs through December 27. Santa makes nightly appearances, prizes are given away, and funds are raised for all that Helping Services provides to the region. Many opportunities for volunteering and donating in special ways to Holiday Lights also exist – check it all out: www.helpingservices.org
October 4, 2014
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OCT 3-4
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Choose a 1 or 2 mile mowed trail, which is open all year that crosses meadows and deciduous woods going past ponds and streams. Scan QR codes to hear bird songs on over 50 signs identifying local birds.
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Sigmund Årseth & Giants of the Earth Giants of the Earth in Spring Grove will be celebrating a Giant in the Art World this fall: Sigmund Årseth. The legacy of this Norwegian artist is the highlight of the Giants of the Earth Bicentenary event October 18-19, 2014. Arseth was one of the most wellknown Norwegian painters of his time. Locally,his murals cover walls at the Spring Grove Heritage Center (above) and in Vesterheim buildings in Decorah. He was a renowned rosemaling artist and teacher as well. He passed away in 2012. There will be receptions both days of Bicentenary Celebration, with performances by the Luren Singers and Thankful Brass. In addition to the unveiling of a life-size bronze sculpture of Årseth in the Enger Garden, an exhibit of art created by Sigmund Årseth students will be on display all weekend. (Call for artists and works deadline October 11 email: kbjbgray@springgrove.coop). Organizers are also reaching out to all artists who studied with Sigmund, encouraging them to come with their art and be part a documentary being prepared for the Årseth Family. The documentary filming of students and public recalling of Sigmund memories will occur throughout the weekend and then be presented to the Årseth family. Finally, a celebration dinner and auction of rare Sigmund works will cap off Saturday evening. Complete schedule at: springgrovemnheritagecenter.org