Entertainment
In Depth: Scott Eastwood plays bull rider in 'Longest Ride'
Audiences are swooning for “The Longest Ride.” The latest Nicholas Sparks offering heats up the Palace silver screen Friday, May 15 through Thursday, May 21 at 7 pm, and Monday, May 18 at 2 pm.
Ladies love cowboys and this movie won’t disappoint! Two worlds collide when Scott Eastwood, hot and hunky son of Clint, plays Luke Collins, rough and tumble bull rider, opposite Britt Robertson as Sophie Danko, sorority sister art major.
Middle School Fine Arts Night Concert, Monday, May 18
The Middle School Fine Arts Night Concert will be Monday, May 18 at 7:00 in the middle school gymnasium. Each of the middle school choirs and bands will be performing under the direction of Mrs. Jodi Bierschenk and Mrs. Lois Martin with assistant director, Ms. Michala Martin and accompanist Mrs. April Ahrenholz.
The public is cordially invited to attend.
VSHS, VSMS Jazz Bands to play free concert at Celebration Park on Saturday
On Saturday, May 9th the Vinton-Shellsburg High School & Middle School Jazz Bands will be performing at Celebration Park at 4:30pm. We invite everyone to come out to this free performance and enjoy the weather with some Jazz. Students will be playing a broad range of styles dating from the '30s to the current decade.
Home school performers preparing for weekend peformances of 'Avalanche'
"Avalance," the story of spies on a train in the early years of the Cold War, takes to the stage as the members of the Vinton-Shelllsburg Home School Assistance Program perform their annual play this weekend.
Performance times are 7 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Sunday at the Tilford Auditorium. Admission is $1.
In the play, spies from the U. 'Life and Beth' opens Tomorrow, Thursday, April 30
Tomorrow Is the Day!!!! “Life and Beth” opens at the Palace Theatre. Don’t have your ticket? There is still time, just go to www.actI.org or call 214-0096. If you can’t make opening night, you have 3 other days to choose from – Friday May1, Saturday May 2 and Sunday May 3.
“Life and Beth” is a lovely little comedy about a real family with real foibles and one notable difference that separates from those other real families. ACT 1 set to open 'Life and Beth' Thursday
The set is dressed, ready and waiting
The actors are backstage in their costumes and makeup, ready and waiting
The lights are dimmed, ready and waiting
The theatre’s quiet, ready and waiting
What are they waiting for, you may ask?
YOU
You are all that is needed to make the picture complete.
“Life and Beth” – on the Palace Stage – April 30, May 1, 2 and 3 Tickets are available online at www. 'Avalanche!' to be perflormed May 1st and 3rd
The Vinton Shellsburg and Benton Community Homeschool Programs, will join forced to present the community a bit of entertainment as the present, "Avalance!"
It's 1954, during the Cold War, on a train in the mountains of a fictitious Eastern European country. Why are all these people on this train???
The play will be presented at Tilford Elementary School on Friday May 1 at 7:00 p.
Countdown to opening of ACT 1's 'Life and Beth'
We are in the final weeks of rehearsal. The actors have completed their brief bios so the program can be sent to the printer. The last minute props have been found and put in place. The countdown to opening night is a little like the last minute flurry of activities before the bride walks down the aisle or the arrival of that first baby. Rare collection of 120-year-old movies coming to Palace Thursday
A piece of history so unique that it has people telling the man who discovered it in eastern Iowa to share it in San Francisco and Paris is coming to Vinton tomorrow night.
Despite its very unassuming name, The Brinton Silent Film Project is that uniquely and significantly historical, says Mike Zahs, the retired teacher and history buff who suddenly has found that sharing 120-year-old movies is a full-time gig.
Palace reminder: 'Home' on for 2 nights before Brinton Film Project
Remember, you only have two more chances to catch “HOME 3D – tonight and Wednesday at 7 pm!” This animated delight has drawn big crowds for every showing.
THE BRINTON SILENT FILM PROJECT featuring Red Cedar Chamber Music takes both the stage and screen on Thursday at 7 PM. Gerald and I had a chance to meet with John Hegarty, who portrays film archivist Frank Brinton, and film owner and historian, Michael Zahs, last evening in preparation for Thursday’s event.