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  • Ballet Folklorico de Jalisco

    Outdoor "Spirit of Discovery" Stage 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United States

    On Sunday, July 28, 2024, at 7:00 pm, come to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center’s Spirit of Discovery Summer show being held on its outdoor stage. The evening’s program...

    Free

  • Preventing Food Deserts

    Growers’ Academy and Community Garden
    Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United States

    Millions of Americans live in a food desert, where there is plenty of food in their neighborhood, but none of it healthy. Together we will learn how we can change our own communities from food deserts into a food oasis.

    Free

  • Percy’s Pals: Geology

    Percy’s Pals
    Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United States

    What makes the Loess Hills, or a mountain? Geology is the scientific study of rocks and minerals which make our landscape. Students will learn about all the rocks, minerals, and fossils found in our area. Together we will learn how to look up the names of particular rocks, study uses for different minerals, and then...

    Free

  • Cattle Trails and Songs of the West

    Sundays at the Center
    Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United States

    On August 4 at 2:00 PM Joan Wells and Kris Simon will bring to the Betty Strong Encounter Center an entertaining living history performance about the Great Western Cattle Trail and the origin of western music through their "Cattle Trails and Songs of The West.” 

    Free

  • Community Garden

    Growers’ Academy and Community Garden
    Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United States

    How do you start a Community Garden somewhere else? Together we will learn what we can do in our community to establish and maintain a community garden.

    Free

  • Sounds of African Music

    Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United States

    Looking for a unique experience for the kids?  Come join us on Friday, August 9 at 10am—11am at the Betty Strong Encounter Center to meet drummer, performer, and educator Kofi Dennis. He believes in the concept of learning through play, so his interactive hands-on presentation of West African stories, poetry, and drumming will introduce instruments,...

    Free

  • Lewis and Clark Kids’ Club: Elkhorn River Kayaking

    Lewis and Clark Kids’ Club
    Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United States

    The Lewis and Clark Kids' Club will take a kayaking trip down the Elkhorn River in Norfolk, Nebraska, on Saturday, August 10, 2024. In the true spirit of Lewis and Clark we will have an outdoor adventure on the Elkhorn River. Be prepared to become one with nature as we navigate past nesting Bald Eagles,...

    Free

  • Radio Rangers will play “Music that Inspired Us”

    Betty Strong Encounter Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United States

    On Sunday, August 11, 2024, at 2:00 pm in the Betty Strong Encounter Center’s Stanley Evans Auditorium, come hear the Radio Rangers play “Music that Inspired Us.” The concert includes favorite songs from various singer/songwriters as well as some Radio Ranger originals: Carole King, John Denver, Willie Nelson, and Paul McCartney.   The Radio Rangers...

    Free

  • Graduation Picnic

    Growers’ Academy and Community Garden
    Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United States

    At this outdoor event for Growers’ Academy students and their families, the Center will recognize all the participants have learned and accomplished over the summer. If there is excess food from the garden the students have grown, it will be served at this celebratory picnic. 

    Free

  • Prairie Winds Jazz Ensemble

    Outdoor Summer Series
    Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United States

    On Friday, August 16, 2024, at 7:00 pm, come to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center’s Spirit of Discovery Outdoor Stage for a free summer show. Be entertained by the Prairie Winds Jazz Ensemble as they perform a concert that will bring the Swing era to life.

    Free