Event Briefs for the week of Wednesday, April 9

NV Alumni Banquet May 3

The Nodaway Valley Alumni Banquet is set for Saturday, May 3 at 16 Oaks in Fontanelle.

Graduates from Bridgewater, Fontanelle, Greenfield, and Nodaway Valley are welcome to attend.

The schedule for the event includes: 5 p.m. Happy Hour 6 p.m. Dinner 7 p.m. Program / Annual Meeting 7:30 p.m. Music and Cocktails

The food is being catered by Lidderdale. The entertainment will be music by request on our Blast from the Past jukebox.

More information and links to our Facebook and Eventbrite ticket sales are available on our website: nodawayvalleyalumni.org

Harbour Lights this Sunday at Stanzel

The Gospel music quartet Harbour Lights, which includes Gary Freeland and Glen Jones, both of Greenfield, will appear in concert 6 p.m. Sunday, April 13 at Bethel Baptist Church at Stanzel, east of Greenfield.

Refreshments to follow.

ELC Salad Luncheon April 10

The Fontanelle Emmanuel Lutheran Church Men’s Group and Outreach Committee will be hosting thier annual Salad Luncheon 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday April 10 at the church in Fontanelle.

Scalloped potatoes and ham, church ladies’ salads, desserts and a drink will be served for a free will offering.

Take out orders will be available.

Greenfield Mercantile ribbon cutting

At noon Saturday, April 12, Greenfield Mercantile, on the north side of the Greenfield square, will host its ribbon cutting. They are a local business collabortive with other small businesses around providing a place of commerce for vendors around the area.

Greenfield Mercantile’s grand opening will include shopping, a bake sale and door prizes. Come early to sign up for door prizes, which will be drawn for right after the ribbon cutting (must be present to win).

Greenfield Mercantile’s hours will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Cumberland Rose Players to present 10-minute theater

The Cumberland Rose Players, the community theater group of the Greenfield area, will perform two versions of “Who’s on First?” April 11-13. This is not a normal CRP weekend, however. The difference is that the Players will be sharing the stage with actors and actresses from the Corning and Shenandoah areas. The stage sites change each day.

At 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 11, the site will be Shenandoah’s Park Playhouse at 604 Sportsman Park Rd. At 7 p.m. Saturday, April 12, the Corning Opera House in Corning hosts the thespians. Finally, the Warren Cultural Center in Greenfield will be the final site at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 13.

CRP first will be performing Abbott and Costello’s famous comedy skit “Who’s on First?” Abbott is identifying the players on a baseball team for Costello, but the players’ names simultaneously serve as the basis for questions, leading to misunderstanding and growing frustration between the performers. Phil Cannon and Sam Schwartz are Abbott and Costello.

CRP’s second play will be “Abbott and Costello” by Jonathan Mayer. In this new take on “Who’s on First?,” two teenage boys try, rather unsuccessfully, to rehearse a scene for their drama class. The result is a hilarious scene full of wit and comedic miscommunication. Performers for this play are Nodaway Valley eighth graders Keland and Lyrick Schwartz, both sons of Sam Schwartz.

The Corning players will be presenting “Door Bang” by Leslie Hewitt, and The Southwest Iowa Theatre Group from the Shenandoah area will present “1-800” by Joseph Sorrentino and “Anti-Depressants” by Jeff Weisman.

All five plays will be performed at each of the three theater sites.

This sharing of stages is one result of collaboration among the theaters. The Southwest Iowa Regional Theaters group was formed in 2023. These three theaters, as well as The Wilson Performing Arts Center in Red Oak, have been meeting regularly since then to listen to each other, sharing ideas to help each other succeed.

Tickets for the Sunday performance at WCC will be available only at the door. They are $10 for adults with students (high school and younger) free. For information: warrenculturalcenter.com.