Act I of Benton County will be presenting a Christmas Double Feature! "A Very Hairy Christmas" and "The Secret of Santa's Treasure" will be performed by local actors.

The Great Bluegrass Herons & Friends Acoustic Christmas Program is the perfect way to welcome the Christmas season! Join us for a Sunday afternoon of songs and stories of the season on December 3rd.

Make plans now to attend our second annual production of GENEVIEVE’S NUTCRACKER at the Palace Theatre in Vinton! The show opens Thursday, Nov. 16, at 7 pm, following Vinton’s exciting downtown “Lighted Holiday Parade” to ring in your holidays! Performances continue Friday, Nov.

The Vinton Shellsburg High School Theatre Department is presenting the musical Freaky Friday, a heartfelt comedy based on the novel by Mary Rodgers and the Disney films.

Happening THIS Friday, November 10, travel back to the roaring twenties to test your skills of deduction during this Murder Mystery fundraiser. The fun will be at the Vinton Country Club beginning at 6:30 p.

This weekend the Wolf Creek Players will present Steel Magnolias at the Union Middle School in Dysart. The school is located at 505 West St.The show will be shown on Friday, November 3rd at 7:00 pm, Saturday, November 4th at 2:00 pm and at 7:00 pm, and Sunday, November 5th at 2:00 pm.

Switchback returns to Garrison for a Sunday afternoon of Celtic Soul and American Roots! Switchback is the award-winning duo of Brian FitzGerald and Martin McCormack.

On Friday, October. 20, at 7:00 p.m., Red Cedar Chamber Music will hold a free concert at the Andersen Center Point Library, 720 Main St. The ensemble, two violins, viola, cello and clarinet, will play Brahms’s “Clarinet Quintet” and Krein’s “Jewish Sketches.

The newly formed Iowa folk duo, Weary Ramblers, will bring years of experience to the stage at Farmers Mercantile Hall in Garrison, with award-winning songwriting and chemistry.

The documentary, Shift, will be shown on Thursday night, at the Vinton Palace. The film will begin at 7:00 p.m.Can you find yourself in the middle of nowhere? The story of RAGBRAI is told through ground-breaking photography and intimate interviews with three riders and a pair of community leaders as they overcome extreme conditions and personal hurdles to find peace, redemption and clarity while bicycling across Iowa.