Entertainment

The words “inspired by real events” are some of the first you see on screen in ”Lucy in the Sky.” But that loose tie to reality becomes more of a noose than a help for the story that director Noah Hawley is trying to tell. Hawley and screenwriters Elliott DiGuiseppi and Brian C. ...

The Goo Goo Dolls will perform November 2 at the Orpheum Theatre in Sioux City. Tickets are on sale now from $29.50-$89.50. Showtime is 8 p.m. Formed in Buffalo, NY during 1986 by John Rzeznik and Robby Takac, Goo Goo Dolls quietly broke records, contributed a string of staples to the American songbook, connected to millions of fans, and indelibly impacted popular music for three-plus decades. ...

Derik Nelson & Family will be the opening act in the 2019/20 schedule at the Rosemary Clausen Center for the Performing Arts in Holstein. The show is Saturday, November 9, starting at 7:30 p.m. Call 712-368-4849 or see rosemaryclausencenter.com online for ticket availability...

The Hard Rock Resort in Sioux City hosts its Nightmare on 3rd Street Halloweena Party, October 18 in the Anthem hall. The party begins at 8 p.m. with doors open at 7. Must be 21 or older to attend. Doors: 7 p.m. This year’s celebration includes favorite 80’s and 90’s music covered by The Breakfast Club and Nerdvana as well as a chance to win $2,000 in prizes in the costume contes...

Tickets go on sale today for WWE Raw, a special Tuesday edition, December 17 at Tyson Events Center in Sioux City. The show starts at 6:30 p.m. Scheduled to perform are Seth Rollins, Braun Strowman, Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks and many others. / Photo submitted...

Witter Art Gallery in Storm Lake is inviting the public to participate in a Dia De Los Muertos exhibit. Honor your lost loved ones while sharing the Hispanic culture with the community, by making a traditional Day of the Dead offered at the gallery, October 29-November 2. Anyone interested in participating may contact the gallery at 732-3400 or email ittergallery@yahoo.com. / Photo submitted...

The Sioux Rapids Historical Association is showing a movie in the historic Sioux Theatre this weekend, Saturday, Oct. 12, 7 p.m. “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” is featured, on the 50th anniversary of the popular western’s release. All are welcome, a free will offering for the historical society will be taken. Popcorn and candy can be purchased. / Photo submitted...

A night of art and theatre is coming to the Witter Gallery - the Witter Gala. The event will be Saturday November 16, 6:30-10 p.m. Storm Lake educator Bethany Larson will perform “The Purple Tutu.” Cindy Cone is directing an original script, “Date Night” written by Storm Lake native Sheri Davenport, plus Sheri will screen her short film, “Swept Away” during the Witter Gala...

The Cherokee Symphony will begin its 64th season Sunday, October 27 at 4 p.m. at the Cherokee Community Center, 530 W. Bluff, Cherokee, Iowa. The 55-member orchestra under the direction of Ted Hallberg, LeMars, will present the ever-popular annual Cherokee Symphony Pops Concert. Complimentary popcorn and punch will be available...

Local rock/blues/roots favorite The Avey/Grouws Band will be in concert Sunday, October 13 at Byron’s in Pomeroy. Showtime is 5 p.m. Winners of the 2019 and 2017 Iowa Blues Challenge and semi - finalists at the 2018 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN., the band has an eclectic catalog and high energy on stage, as evidenced by their 2019 Star Spangled Spectacular show in Storm Lake...

Join NeilDiamond look and sound alike Keith Allynn as he tells the story of Diamond’s life and career through Neil’s own songs while weaving his own, now comical journey from a top ten Elvis tribute artist to America’s favorite Neil Diamond Tribute, all for the love of a woman. ...

The Cherokee Symphony will begin its 64th season under the direction of Ted Hallberg, cellist and teacher from LeMars, who will begin his 7th season with the Symphony. Many musicians have committed to this year’s concert season. Also, players interested in auditioning may call Ted Hallberg at 712-540-4932...

The Storm Lake Performing Arts Series for 2019-2020 gets underway with Take Me Home: The Music of John Denver, Saturday, October 19 at Storm Lake High School Auditorium. Tickets, or season passes, are still available from Community Education in Storm Lake...

Holstein’s Oktoberfest celebration is planned for Saturday, October 12, 5-9 p.m. at the Holstein American Legion Post on Main Street. Malek’s Fisherman Band from Duncan, Iowa, will be returning, and SG Edelweiss St. Paul dancers from Minnesota will be performing as well...

For the amount of cursing, vulgarity and nudity in ”Dolemite Is My Name ,” it might come as a surprise that it’s actually a rather sweet and heartfelt film. “Dolemite” is not here to shock and scandalize. It’s simply a loving, R-rated portrait of Rudy Ray Moore, a nobody who had the guts to believe in himself when no one else did, featuring a killer comeback Eddie Murphy performance...

Join the Buena Vista County Conservation Staff for their annual Fall Fun Day on Saturday, October 12 from 1 - 3 p.m. All the fun will take place in The Timber Ridge Campground at Buena Vista County Conservation Park. They will have many different activities going on for families. Come trick or treating in the campground, take a hike on the nature trail, and play games including: turtle racing, pumpkin bowling, dig for prizes and more...

The Storm Lake Public Library’s Classic Comedies Film Series will launch on Monday, October 7 at 1 p.m.. The library will be showing one funny flick on the first Monday of each month through February. The series will feature favorite comedies from the 1940s through 1980 starring actors such as Cary Grant, Bill Murray, Goldie Hawn, Peter Sellers, Marilyn Monroe, Jimmy Stewart and more. ...

Local favorite Andy Juhl and Friends will be performing a show of Andy’s music at Lake Avenue Lounge in Storm Lake - being billed in subtle fashion as “Andy Juhl’s Super Terrific Happy Music Show” on October 19. Showtime is 8 p.m. The show promises plenty of the northwest Iowa folk/rock singer-songwriter’s original music, guitars, drums, bass, synths, trumpets, singers, and… rubber chickens?...

This Halloween season, experience the darker side of history through the artifacts of the Fort Museum & Frontier Village in Fort Dodge, on a spooky candlelit tour. These tours will take place on October 25 and 26, with tours departing at 6 and 8 p.m. each night. Tours are expected to last between an hour and a half. There are a limited number of spots per tour, and pre-registration is required. Admission is $10. Please call 515-573-4231 to attend...

Abominable” is just about the most cuddly piece of East-West synergy a corporation could dream up. The first co-production between DreamWorks Animation and the Shanghai-based Pearl Studios (formerly known as Oriental DreamWorks), “Abominable” is a rare kind of creature but the sort we’re likely to see more and more of in movie theaters. The Chinese box office will soon overtake the North America as the globe’s top movie market, inevitably reorienting big-screen entertainment...

Music from the Heartland. Songs from the heart. Ryne Doughty, folk/Americana singer-songwriter out of Des Moines, will be in concert at Inspiration Wine & Vine in Linn Grove Friday, October 4. Showtime is 6:30 p.m. Ryan’s music is deeply rooted in real life stories of love, loss, work, and play. ...

The new Roof Garden at Arnolds Park hosts a Fall & Winter concert series that will keep the music flowing past the usual tourism season. The complex was built as a “premier concert venue in the heart of the Iowa Great Lakes,” organizers said, announcing an eclectic lineup including some of the most popular acts to appear in this region...

Everyone is invited to travel Iowa’s scenic byways and back roads looking for one-of-a-kind creations. The 16th annual Artisans Road Trip will be held on Saturday, October 12 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., and Sunday, October 13 from Noon – 5 p.m. This year we have 26 artists participating from Estherville down to Storm Lake (and all over in between)! The Artisans Road Trip is a self-guided art studio and gallery tour; free for visitors, the Road Trip is a great way to spend a weekend with friends and family exploring the work of local artists.. ...

“The Red Planet” will be the October Planetarium Program at Sanford Museum in Cherokee. Mars is our solar system neighbor, and yet, it is still so mysterious. This month in the planetarium, travel to Mars, land on the surface, and learn the basics of the red planet. Staff will also talk about recent discoveries and the possibility of future habitation...

Buena Vista University hosted its first Latino Showcase Wednesday, with music, dancers, spoken word and visual art, produced by students in the RAICES, Multicultural Engagement Leadership Team (MELT) in cooperation with the Center for Diversity and Inclusion. At top, local artist Etduin Narcisco Gonzalez showed a exhibit of his work. Young dancers performed, and the multicultural-minded students gathered on stage to complete the event...

Everything is beautiful in John Crowley’s adaptation of ”The Goldfinch,” even the grilled cheese sandwich that a kind stranger makes for a boy who has just lost his mother. It’s easy to get swept up by the refined stateliness surrounding this messy odyssey of grief and trauma. ...

Rock n Roll Damnation, the popular AC/DC tribute band out of Sioux Falls, will return to the VFW in Cherokee for “our style of rock and roll debauchery.” The show is Sept. 28, starting at 9:40 p.m. The quintet features a couple of northwest Iowa performers, who help to detail the original sound of AC/DC on hits like “Hells Bells” and “You Shook Me All Night Long.”...

We all know that Native people have suffered under a dominant culture for the past five centuries. However, David Treuer makes the point that they have prevailed, and in some cases, even thrived, despite that oppression. Treuer’s history The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee makes the point that Native people are still vibrant and alive and making their way in a society that, for hundreds of years, tried to destroy them...

Having stayed rigorously close to his native New York for much of his career, writer-director James Gray has lately been making up for lost time. His last film, “The Lost City of Z,” journeyed into the Amazon, circa early 20th century. His latest, “Ad Astra,” skitters across the solar system like a stone skipped through space...

The Rosemary Clausen Center for Performing Arts will open its tenth season on September 28, with a performance by the internationally acclaimed Celtic Angels. The venue opened its doors in September of 2010 after a three year fund raising effort to get it built. ...