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Book Signing with Victoria Laird

Young Professionals Book Club

Tuesday Evening Book Club

Non-Fiction Book Club

Author Visit

Book Signing with Victoria Laird

Young Professionals Book Club

Tuesday Evening Book Club

Non-Fiction Book Club

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Oskaloosa Orchestra Dessert Concert

Family Activity Nights: Raising School Ready Readers Program

Trick or Treat Events

Halloween

Author Grant Faulkner at Book Vault Thursday, August 5, 6 PM ‌ Join Oskaloosa natives Grant Faulkner and Jean Morris as they present Grant’s newest book, “All the Comfort Sin Can Provide.” With raw, lyrical ferocity, “All the Comfort Sin Can Provide” delves into the beguiling salve that sin can promise–tracing those hidden places most…

Book Vault is hosting a book signing event with Victoria Laird featuring her book “Alexander’s Rainbow.” The event will take place on July 31 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Contact the Book Vault (641.676.1777) for more information.

The Young Professionals Book Club will be discussing “Invisible Life of Addie La Rue” by V,E, Schwab. Please contact Book Vault (641.676.1777) or visit their web, site if you have questions about book clubs, hours, facemask requirements, or on-line shopping. Book Vault Book Clubs are open to all. Members receive a 15% discount on book…

The Tuesday Evening Book Club will be discussing “The Chicken Sisters” byKJ Dell’antonia. Please contact Book Vault (641.676.1777) or visit their web, site if you have questions about book clubs, hours, facemask requirements, or on-line shopping. Book Vault Book Clubs are open to all. Members receive a 15% discount on book club titles.

The Non-Fiction Book Club will be discussing “Don’t Make Me Pull Over” by Richard Ratay. Please contact Book Vault (641.676.1777) or visit their web, site if you have questions about book clubs, hours, facemask requirements, or on-line shopping. Book Vault Book Clubs are open to all. Members receive a 15% discount on book club titles.

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Oskaloosa Orchestra Dessert Concert
9:21 AM-9:22 AM
October 25, 2021
https://www.facebook.com/oskaloosaorchestraboosters
Join us for an Evening of Marvelous Music and Delicious Desserts. Featuring the Oskaloosa 7th & 8th Grade Orchestra and Senior High Orchestra under the direction of Tyler Coleman
1st Performance 6pm
2nd Performance 7:30pm

Family Activity Nights: Raising School Ready Readers Program
5:30 PM-7:00 PM
October 25, 2021
ISU Extension
212 N I St, Oskaloosa, IA 52577, USA
212 N I St, Oskaloosa, IA 52577, USA
https://everythingmahaska.org/event/family-activity-nights-raising-school-ready-readers-program/2021-10-25/
What: Raising School Ready Readers
Cost: $5 per family
When: Mondays September 27, October 4,11,18 & 25
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Light Refreshments provided at each session
Sibling Care Available
Registration & Payment Due September 20
Click here for more Information
The registration form is available at the Mahaska County Extension office, 212 North I Street, Oskaloosa or http://www.estension.iastate.edu/mahaska . For more information, please contact Suzette Striegel by phone 641-673-5841 or email striegel@iastate.edu.
Activities and family time combine for learning and fun in the Raising School Ready Readers program coming to Oskaloosa this fall as Iowa State University Extension and Outreach- Mahaska County is offering a series of family literacy activity nights for parents and children ages 3-6. The program gives parents ready-to-use ideas on how to turn everyday experiences–like fixing meals, giving baths, or riding in the car–into learning activities.

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Trick or Treat Events
4:00 PM-8:00 PM
October 28, 2021
https://everythingmahaska.org/event/trick-or-treat-events/2021-10-28/
The following Trick or Treat Events are all taking place on Thursday, October 28:
Main Street is planning their annual trek around the Square starting at 4 p.m.
Main Street Trick or Treat parade around the square will not take place in 2021.
Mahaska Drug is planning their event from 4 to 8 p.m., rain date Friday, Oct. 29
Oskaloosa City-wide Trick or Treat is from 6 to 8 p.m.
Central Church is planning their Trunk or Treat event from 6 to 8 pm.
All events depend on COVID numbers in Mahaska County and subject to change.

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Halloween
All day
October 31, 2021
https://everythingmahaska.org/event/halloween/2021-10-31/
A Little History: Halloween 2019 (also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows’ Eve, or All Saints’ Eve) occurs on the day before All Saints Day. It is a day that is dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed. Halloween is celebrated annually on October 31 in the United States and throughout the world. It is “widely believed” that Halloween originated from the ancient Celtic harvest festival, Samhain, and that this Gaelic observance was Christianized by the early Church. It is believed that the celebration of Halloween only made its way to the United States in the 19th Century by immigrants from Scotland and Ireland. The commercialization of Halloween (as we know it today) began in the 1900s, when postcards and die-cut paper decorations were produced. Halloween costumes started to appear in stores in the 1930s and the custom of ‘trick-or-treat’ appeared in the 1950s.