Event Briefs for the week of Wednesday, Feb. 26

Friday to present at Orient Community Library

Rick Friday, enthusiast of anthropology and archaelogy, and a participant in the Archaeological Excavation of the Great Oasis Maxwell Site in 2001, will be presenting a very interesting program on Native American culture and stone tool technology to be held 9:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 1 at the Orient Community Library.

Entrance to library is on the east side of the Orient-Macksburg Elementary Building.

Legislative Coffees planned

State Rep. Ray “Bubba” Sorensen’s office announced he will be at legislative coffees that are upcoming across the area during the 2025 legislative session.

Coffees currently scheduled are as follows:

• 10 a.m. March 3 at Revelton Distillery in Osceola

• 11 a.m. March 7 at Olive Branch Family Restaurant in Greenfield

• 10 a.m. April 4 at The Dugout Cafe in Orient

Another legislative coffee or two may be scheduled at a later time. The newspaper will do its best to print the time, date and location of those events when they are announced.

St. John’s Shrimp Boil

St. John’s Catholic Church in Greenfield has its annual shrimp boil scheduled for 6:15 p.m. Saturday, March 1. Tickets are $25 and include shrimp, potatoes, corn on the cob, mushrooms, dessert and beverages.

Call 641-343-7065 or text 515-313-3706 to RSVP.

Many Hats Women’s Conference March 9

Registrations are due by Feb. 20 for a Many Hats Women’s Conference Sunday, March 9 at the 4-H/FFA Center on the Adair County Fairgrounds.

This year’s theme is “Love.” Organizers invite women from the area to join in for an afternoon of fun, laugher, education, treats and inspiration.

This year’s fun includes:

• Love Your Body: We only get one, let’s treat it right. Hear from Sami Britten, Lisa Rardin and others as they inspire to fuel our bodies and move.

• Love Your Community: Jennifer Garside, Jennifer Holliday, Jane Langguth and Beth Baudler Christensen will inspire and ignite attendees with stories of their journey.

• Feel the Love: Amy Stout will be this year’s in-person keynote speaker. She and her husband, Cory, are shepherds for Standing Stone Ministry, a ministry that provides pastoral care to ministry couples. She is an author, speaker and certified Biblical counselor.

• Love your Future: The future is bright. We want you to leave feeling inspired, ignited and ready to have a continued impact on your world.

Cost is $25 for women outside Adair County and $12.50 for those who are residents of Adair County.

High school and middle school girls are encouraged to attend. Questions? Call 641-745-7537.

Graham and the Eskimo Brothers return March 7-8

Back by popular demand, David Graham and the Eskimo Brothers return to the stage of the Warren Cultural Center in Greenfield for two shows, 7 p.m. March 7 and 8, sponsored by Maynes Law Office. This is the third straight year the trio has graced the WCC stage.

David Graham (Portland, Oregon) has become known as one of Nashville’s can’t-miss live entertainers. His honky tonk trio has honed their stage show and sound from nearly 300 shows per year and thousands of hours in the Music City honky tonks in a variation of high energy ensembles. When not playing his usual residencies in Nashville and Memphis, David has steady lineups that tour throughout the United States, United Kingdom and Europe.

Graham’s show’s signature raw and rowdy delivery of American Roots music appeals to a wide audience and much of it can be attributed to his own vast influences. Every original song has qualities that are essential to a Country melody and content, but played with the attitude that draws a Rock fan to a genre that they would usually not listen to.

“Too Rock N’ Roll for Country - Too Country for Rock N’ Roll - Having too much fun to care.”

Tickets for adults are $25 and students (high school and younger) are free. Tickets are available at warrenculturalcenter.com or at the door.

Irish Session coming March 17 to WCC

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at the Warren Cultural Center with Des Moines Irish Session 7 p.m. Monday, March 17. This group has performed traditional Irish music continuously for over thirty years, meeting for an informal, traditional seisiún every Tuesday at various Des Moines area venues.

A traditional Irish seisiún is defined as “a gathering of Irish traditional musicians for the purpose of celebrating their common interest in the music by playing it together in a relaxed, informal setting, while in the process generally beefing up the mystical cultural mantra that hums along uninterruptedly beneath all manifestations of Irishness worldwide.” -- From Barry Foy’s “Field Guide to the Irish Music Session”

Des Moines Irish Session participants vary from week to week, as is customary with this art form. The larger DMIS group includes about 20 people. Band members for this performance include Ed Fallon, Anna English, Mark Bro, Kathy “Murph” Revell and Jon Duvick. DMIS was selected as one of four groups to participate in the prestigious Battle of the Iowa Irish Bands at the 2022 Iowa Irish Festival in Waterloo.

Because of a generous donation from the JEH Trust, this event is free to all, with donations accepted at the door.

American Legion Fish Fry

The Head-Endres American Legion Post 265 welcomes the public to their annual Fish Fry 4:30 p.m. Friday, March 28 at The Gathering Place, 102 SW Kent, Greenfield.

Come for the fish fry, stay for the desserts! Cost is $10 per plate.