October 2019

Siouxland events of all shapes in many places. Plays, symphonies, art openings, and even an international film festival. Check it out.

Orange=Theatre, Blue=Music, Green=Visual Arts, Black=Literary Arts
Multiple asterisks (***) indicate multiple performances.

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Week of October 1

Poet Sara Hennings Reads from View from True North, Briar Cliff University, Sioux City. Tuesday, October 1: 7:00.

Faculty Recital: Viquez/Wadley Duo, Colton Recital Hall, Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts, USD, Vemillion. Tuesday, October 1: 8:00.

Siouxland Artists Incorporated Monthly Meeting, St. Mark’s Church, Sioux City. Wednesday, October 2: 5:30.

Clay Pumpkin Class, Pickled Palette, Sioux City. Wednesday, October 2: 6:00.

Pablo Masis Quartet (Jazz), Vangarde Arts, Sioux City. Wednesday, October 2: 7:00.

Opening and Reception for “Searching” Art Exhibit by Betty-Anne Skewis-Arnett, (Followed by Open Mic Night), Vangarde Arts, Sioux City. Thursday, October 3: 6:00.

Sioux City International Film Festival, Promenade Theater and Convention Center, Sioux City. Thursday, October 3-Saturday, October 5. Visit website for schedule and details.

Screenwriting and the Short Film (Friday is Writing Day), Library Room 222, Morningside College, Sioux City. Friday, October 4: Noon.

Live Music with Dennis Kelly, Blue Cafe “On the Block,” Sioux City. Friday, October 4: 7:00.

***Baskerville, New Stage Players, South Sioux City. Friday (Oct. 4) and Saturday (Oct. 5): 7:30. Sunday, Oct. 6: 2:00.

Saturday Art Lesson (Pointillism Pet Portraits), Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City. Saturday, October 5: 10:30.

Family Storytime with the Sioux City Library (Dr. Seuss’s Horse Museum), Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City. Saturday, October 5: 11:00.

Lamb’s Thank Ewe Grill-Out, Lamb Theatre, Sioux City. Saturday, October 5: 11-2:00.

Logan Skelton (Piano) and Scott Piper (Tenor), Eppley Auditorium, Morningside College, Sioux City. Saturday, October 5: 7:30.

Week of October 7

Open Book Club (Little Faith), Sioux City Public Library, Sioux City. Monday, October 7: 10:00 Perry Creek; 5:00 Morningside.

NHS Fall Choir Concert, North High School, Sioux City. Tuesday, October 8: 7:00.

Vermillion Community Writers Group, Vermillion Public Library, Vermillion. Tuesday, October 8: 6:00.

EHS Fall Choir Concert, East High School, Sioux City. Tuesday, October 8: 700.

****Baskerville, New Stage Players, South Sioux City. Thursday (Oct. 10), Friday (Oct. 11), and Saturday (Oct. 12): 7:30. Sunday, Oct. 13: 2:00.

Known But to God, Dordt Theatre Arts, Te Paske Theatre, Dordt University, Sioux Center. Thursday (Oct. 10) and Saturday (Oct. 12): 7:30. Matinee Saturday at 2:00.

ARTilicious, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City. Friday, October 11: 5:00.

All Seasons Board Art, Pickled Palette, Sioux City. Friday, October 11: 6:00.

Fall Festival Concerts, BJ Haan Auditorium, Dordt University, Sioux Center. Friday, October 11: 3:00 (4th Ave Jazz Ensemble), 7:00 (Dordt Instrumental & Choral Ensembles).

Saturday Art Lesson (Fall Fest/Mask-Making), Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City. Saturday, October 12: 10:30.

Painting in the Studio (Harvest Moon), Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City. Saturday, October 12: 1:00.

Mom & Me Pumpkin Painting, Pickled Palette, Sioux City. Saturday, October 12: 1:00.

Pumpkin Decorating and Crafts, Pickled Palette at Cone-Acopia Fall Fest, Cone Park, Sioux City. Sunday, October 13: 10:00-2:00.

Romeo and Juliet, Lamb Arts Regional Theatre (Lamb School). Sunday, October 13: 1:30.

JoJo Bow Party, Pickled Palette, Sioux City. Sunday, October 13: 3:00.

Week of October 14

***Known But to God, Dordt Theatre Arts, Te Paske Theatre, Dordt University, Sioux Center. Thursday (Oct. 17), Friday (Oct. 18), and Saturday (Oct. 19): 7:30.

***Romeo and Juliet, Lamb Arts Regional Theatre (Lamb School). Friday (Oct. 18) and Saturday (Oct. 19): 7:00. Sunday (Oct. 20): 1:30.

Trio Pumpkin Plate Painting, Pickled Palette, Sioux City. Thursday, October 17: 6:00.

Lunch and Learn (Sioux City Symphony Concert Preview with Music Director Ryan Haskins), Minerva’s Sioux City, Friday, October 18: Noon.

Pottery and Pajamas, Pickled Palette, Sioux City. Friday, October 18: 5:00.

Live Music with Dennis Kelly, Blue Cafe “On the Block,” Sioux City. Friday, October 18: 7:00.

USD Symphony Orchestra, Aalfs Auditorium, USD, Vermillion. Friday, October 18: 7:30.

Saturday Art Lesson (Charcoal Drawings), Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City. Saturday, October 19: 10:30.

Kids Night Out – Monster Mash, Pickled Palette, Sioux City. Saturday, October 19: 5:30-8:00.

Nightmare Before Christmas (Film & Live Orchestral Score), Sioux City Symphony Orchestra, Orpheum Theatre, Sioux City. Saturday, October 19: 7:30.

Symphony Spooktacular Carnival. Sunday, October 20.

Week of October 21

Vermillion Community Writers Group, Vermillion Public Library, Vermillion. Tuesday, October 22: 6:00.

****Wizard of Oz, Sioux City Community Theatre (Youth Theatre). Thursday, October 24-Saturday, October 26: 7:00; Sunday, October 27: 2:00.

****The Story of Susannah, Theatre at USD, Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts, USD, Vermillion. Thursday (Oct. 24), Friday (Oct. 25), Saturday (Oct. 26), and Sunday (Oct. 27): 7:30.

Saturday Art Lesson (Scratch Art), Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City. Saturday, October 26: 10:30.

Concerts at the Art Center (Quintessential Winds), Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City. Saturday, October 26: 1:00.

Painting in the Studio (Pumpkins), Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City. Saturday, October 26: 1:00.