In the gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells a story about a king who commends his subjects for helping him when he was hungry, thirsty, without clothes, in prison or sick. The subjects professed ignorance about ever having done these things to him and the king replied "when you helped the least ...
The Wieting Theatre Guild and the Tama County Historical Society are co-sponsoring a special program to take place at the Wieting Theatre. The program is about the "Songs of War", told about and sung by Bob and Sheila Everhart of Anita, IA. This will take place Sunday, April 23, 2017 at 1:30 ...
For the past couple of weeks, I've been asking people what their #1 Pet Peeve was. First of all, I quickly found out that limiting people to just one "was their Pet Peeve." Geeesh. Sorry!! One guy asked what a pet peeve was. "How about pet hate, instead," he said. Hmmm....a tad bit of anger ...
It is that time of the year to enroll your child in the Camp Creamery school to learn the theater trade. The camp runs from Monday, July 24 through Friday, July , 28 with their performance Saturday, July 29 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Registration is open right now and the cost is $70. This includes ...
First came March first, which is my official spring starting point. Didn't arrive as it should have. Then came March 21st, the first official day of spring! Didn't happen again. Boys and Girls State Basketball tournaments are over with and March Madness, aka, NCAA Men's Basketball ...
To continue with my list of young people who have appeared on the stage at the Wieting before renovation closed the doors. They are: Kaitlin Boldt, Chervenys-Danielle, Daryn, Derek and Destiny; B.J. Dvorak Kirchners- Adam and Eric; Richard Kirchner's church group; Jamie Koester, Morrows- Gabby, ...
A couple of weeks ago, we celebrated St. Patrick's Day. Kind of a crazy time of the year, I guess.....and speaking of crazy, do you remember "The Unicorn Song" by the Irish Rovers? I listened to it a couple of times on You-tube and even orchestrated my voice into a fine Irish tone while ...
I have been wondering how many young people have performed on the stage at the Wieting. I'm talking about before we closed for renovation. I'm including dances from their dance recitals or any STC School productions. I have listed anyone I can remember. If you think of someone I've missed, give ...
My entertainer of the month for appearing at the Wieting is Alice Campbell. Some of the characters Alice liked to impersonate were Dale Evans, Kate Smith, Sophie Tucker, and of course, Mae West. Alice was almost always accompanied by Gerry Campbell.Alice made her own costumes and lined up her ...
Remember Nat King Cole's song, Ramblin' Rose? Today, it's Ramblin' John. First off, a poignant question for you; do you know who Maewyn Succat is? Any idea whatsoever? I'll let you knowLater. Let's get started on the rambling:On Facebook, I asked my friends to close their eyes, click their ...