Rolling in to 2023, look out! We welcome the new year! |
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We are ready to roll in to 2023 at full speed! It is always hard to believe when we roll in to a new year...feels funny writing 2023 instead of 2022, and realizing that time keeps marching on!
Enjoy this history of Auld Lang Syne, and this gorgeous arrangement sung by the University Dublin College Choir. Go here for even more info on this song and the beautiful tradition of both looking back and looking forward...
Like many of our local organizations, WCAB is spending these cold winter weeks in planning for our upcoming events and projects. We have our dates mostly set, and details are in the works for all of our upcoming schemes...So you should immediately get out your brand new 2023 calendar (old fashioned paper calendar, or use your device calendar...) and mark all of these dates down so you don't miss a single opportunity to get creative!
WCAB 2023 DATES
April: Poetry Month with various poetic events!
May: The Return of the Community Piano to the Historic Bandstand! (Date TBD)
Summer Nights Concerts: Save the Date! We are super stoked to bring this fantastic talent to Waupaca's South Park (Kickoff at the ICC)
August 13-18: ARTicipation Week
August 18-19: Arts on the Square
Annual Friends of WCAB Campaign: Mid October-Mid November
December 2 WAACN's Yuletide Trail
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Monthly Waupaca Local Live shows are planned with excellent musicians...Every third Thursday of the month
- We will be re-painting the crosswalk down by Rotary Park this summer
- We will soon be announcing the 2023 Community Art Project, you will want to be involved, so hang tight for more information! Hint: we are going to create a thing of beauty, together!!!
Enjoy this newsletter, it is chock-full!!!! As always, we encourage you to browse through: see all the happenings and many opportunities in our community, and if you feel curious, click on the bright blue links to take a deeper dive and get more details!
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WCAB's Waupaca Local Live January Show
Featuring:
Del Weed and The New Deal feat. Geoff Cutts
7:00pm Live in the Studio and Live on Facebook!
Contact Us if you would like to be in the small, safe, masked live audience!
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Del Weed was our first ever guest on Waupaca Local Live, over 5 years ago! He's been playing music like, forever... and we are so glad to know this creative non-stop powerhouse musician, and fortunate to have him help us ring in 2023! Join us for a great show with some of Del's saucy originals played with excellent musicianship from the band... Del is involved with so many combinations of musicians, this group has been fondly called FRD The New Deal, (featuring Fran Rademacher, Del Weed and Reinal Kunz) but also features Geoff Cutts!
Tune in for our live FB broadcast or come on down to the studio for the full live experience!
Want to join us in the studio? if you are willing to mask up, you can be part of the live studio audience! DM us and we will give you the details!
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View previous programs from the past 5 years here! Great musicians, interesting dialogue and great music!
We seek to bring local and regional musical excellence to the airwaves!
We have lots of exciting shows planned for 2022, but if you know of a musician who has original music that you think would be great on our show, Contact us! We are doing winter and spring booking now!
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Chick Night 2023: Save the Date!!! |
We are planning a really great night for this bi-annual event! We have the amazing singer-songwriter Laura Bomber, coming to take part in this wonderful celebration of women's creativity. Our lineup is really shaping up with music, poetry, and more! Stay tuned for more details! We will be holding this event at Par Four this year! Come early for dinner and stay for the show! |
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Starting off 2023 with fresh Haikus! |
Add your Haiku to the FB comments on the first Wednesday of January, the Fourth!
A Haiku has 3 lines, with the following number of syllables: 5-7-5.
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The Waupaca Community Arts HUB
a program of the Waupaca Community Arts Board
720 Demarest Avenue, Waupaca
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Our Winter Semester starts the week of January 9 for our music students, (now over 60 students!!!) and the week of January 26 for the Art classes, with lots of great art for all ages, and a few new things, like:
- Cooking Classes, youth and adult
- Early Childhood Music (ages 1-3)
- Improv class for 5-8
- The new Digital Art Classes via Art Camp, 2 age groups!
GO HERE to sign up, things are starting to fill up!
Thank you First United Methodist Church of Waupaca for hosting the Arts HUB in your beautiful space. Nt only our classrooms, but your wonderful kitchen space and fellowship hall, as well as the Church that we have held wonderful recitals in!
STAY TUNED.....
- Our First-ever Hub Gala, featuring live Jazz music, in April...this event will give everyone an opportunity to support our very active tuition assistance program, our new Hub Hugs tuition program, and future Outreach
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Spring Recital: Date TBD...our Holiday Recital was a huge hit with over 30 musicians playing, 15 art students displaying, and a total of over 160 people in attendance!
AS ALWAYS....
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Our Hub Holiday Showcase 2022 was a success!!! |
GO HERE to see just a few pics from this wonderful evening!
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Meet Chef Shell!
The Arts Hub is delighted to add cooking classes to our roster of classes! Chef Shelly Platten is a professional culinarian, instructor, personal chef and owner of Healthy Chef Shell, LLC. When she’s not working with schools and corporations on promoting healthy eating or teaching public cooking classes, she is working with individuals in their homes to feel confident in the kitchen. As an adjunct instructor for FVTC, she also teaches culinary classes to various at-risk populations because everyone deserves to have good cooking skills! Find her on FB and Instagram... She's teaching 2 classes in January: one for kids grades 5-8 and one for Adults. Sign up today! Tuition Assistance available!!! |
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Improv Class for kids in grades 5-8
Even though we all know that kids are funny, this class will help them develop their funny bone even further! Performers in this class will practice valuable techniques for thinking on their feet. They will work together to create imaginative worlds as they perform scenes and play improv games that are sure to make others laugh.
The final project will be an improv show for a community audience. Led by Andy Behrendt , who has done improvisational comedy with ComedySportz Green Bay and then ComedyCity De Pere since 1996. In recent years, he has used that experience to teach improv to Waupaca High School drama students, and he also has performed with the Waupaca Community Theatre. GO HERE to sign up! |
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This class is taught by Kathy Hammond. GO HERE to sign up! |
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Early Childhood Music Class for ages 1-3
A child's musical education begins with the melody and rhythm of the parent's voice. It continues with the support of family and school as voice, body, and spirit begin to respond to and create music. This Arts Hub class fosters the development and refinement of general musical ability by providing an environment that is rich in the language of music. The activities learned in class are easily repeated at home, thus nurturing basic skills, strengthening the musical bond between child and caregiver, and building support for the future study of an instrument.
Each class meets once per week for a 30-minute session.
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Other January Happenings... in and around our community! |
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January 16, 2022 is Martin Luther King Day!
"A DAY ON, NOT A DAY OFF!"
Celebrate this National Holiday: the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's birthday, by planning to do some form of community Service. GO HERE for some suggestions!
For more info on Martin Luther King,
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Waupaca King and In Between |
We have so many wonderful shops here in Waupaca, with our old favorites as well as new businesses continuing to open. Check out the post-holiday sales and enjoy our beautiful unique downtown! As you stroll our downtown streets, notice all of the creative storefront displays as well as the beautiful art and poetry that adorns our wonderful Main Street!
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Join the Turners at this fun wintery hang where we can toast our collective bright future in 2023! We are so excited by the important work Camp Helen is doing to strengthen and unite our Wisconsin youth through the wonders of nature that exist in our beautiful Central Wisconsin home!
Please join us for coffee, brunch and skating (or just watching the skaters!) at Camp Helen this New Year's Day! What a great way to start the year by showing interest and support of a local nonprofit that makes us proud of our local community and Wisconsin at large!
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Women tells the story of women’s rights through Smithsonian poster exhibits " Votes for Women" and "Picturing Women Inventors"; " We Stand on Their Shoulders: A History of Wisconsin Women and Voting" from the Wisconsin Historical Society; and " I Am Not Invisible (IANI)", an exhibit from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. The IANI campaign strives to increase awareness and generate dialogue about the role of women veterans. In addition, paintings from noted Waupaca artist, Doris Weed, are on display, with her own artistic eye and wit for Women. At the Exhibit Room at the Library til January 28. |
Teen Volunteer Agents - In-Person, Meeting Rooms A & B on Wednesday, January 5th at 4:00-5:00. (Masks required.) |
Adult Library Interactive Page
Personalized with staff picks of books, movies, and audiobooks.
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The Waupaca Area Public Library |
Saturdays-Play & Learn!
Each Saturday visit the Children's Department for a variety of fun activities!
- Creative Play
- Sensory Play
- All About Building
- Games & Puzzles
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Rescheduled Life Class: 365 Days of Cheer: Kindness All Year!
Join us on Thursday, January 19!
6:00 pm
During the holiday season, cheer, merriment, and sentimentality fill the air as we focus on being grateful. Join us in an engaging discussion as Dr. Ivan Wayne talks about the psychological components of holiday-centric feelings and then presents some ideas on how to attain cheer all year long!
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The Waupaca Historical Society |
The Historical Society has many upcoming classes at their new Lost Arts Folk School!
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“Making a Field Journal” will take place on Thurs., January 12 from 5 to 9 p.m. Students will make a unique leather-bound journal that is a one-of-a-kind piece of functional art. Teacher Susan Kennon will lead this class. The cost if $30, which includes all materials (at the Holly History and Genealogy Center).
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On Sat., January 21, Barbara Johnson will help participants weave a special Valentine’s Day basket. This class is suitable for beginners and experienced weavers, and costs $35, which includes all materials. The class is limited to 12 participants (at the Holly History and Genealogy Center).
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Make a hearth broom on Sat., February 11 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The class costs $45 and is limited to 6 participants (at the Depot).
- Again in March, Barbara Johnson will also lead a basket-weaving class on Thurs., March 16 from 5 to 9 p.m. Participants will make a gardener’s basket, perfect for using in your garden to harvest vegetables and flowers. The cost is $35, and is limited to 12 participants (at the Holly History and Genealogy Center).
If interested in signing up for a class, please call the Waupaca Historical Society at (715) 256-9980, email or stop in at the Holly History and Genealogy Center
321 S. Main Street, Waupaca.
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The Waupaca Fine Arts Festival: Choir and Art Show! |
ATTENTION Waupaca Singers!
The Waupaca Community Choir will be starting rehearsals on Tuesday January 10. Come be part of this wonderful community production! This year they will be performing a variety of pieces,for their 60th Anniversary Concert with full choir and Orchestra!
The concert will take place at the Waupaca High School PAC on Sunday, April 2.
For details on rehearsal times, fees and other information, GO HERE!
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ATTENTION ARTISTS!
60th Waupaca Art Show is accepting entries!
The show will take place starting April 22 at Danes Hall.
Registration will open soon...
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The Rotary Club of Waupaca will once again be doing curbside tree pick up and is accepting donations for Local & Global Rotary Projects in exchange for disposing of your natural Christmas trees. Leave your tree curbside on
Saturday, January 7 by 7:00 am for pick up.
On the day of pick up we will come to your door to accept donations.
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Waupaca Area Chamber of Commerce |
2023 Chamber Awards Ceremony
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
5:15pm at the Old Sears Store
820 W. Fulton Street
Come and support area Chamber members who will win awards for different categories....
And as always, check the Waupaca Area Chamber's Community Calendar for events in our community! Add your own organization's event to the calendar!
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Plan to participate in this fun
3rd Annual Winter Medallion Hunt!
The date will be posted soon, but this will take place in January. Fun for all ages, and a great way to get outside in the winter and have fun!
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Living the Waupaca Way is getting the word out about this excellent event: The Traveling Community Clothes Closet will be set up at the Waupaca Recreation Center on January 5th from 4:30-5:30. If you or someone you know could use some clothes, utilize this free resource that is coming to town. |
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Join us on Sunday, January 15 for some Winter Bingo. 2-4 pm, $1 per card to play. We'll see you here!
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...and the Beard Contest continues!
The next round in our Facial Hair contests this winter, with submissions due January 10, is the Prodigious Partial Beard contest (think goatee, mutton chops or horseshoe beards!). This contest is for anyone who doesn't have a traditional full beard or moustache.
Entries for this contest are due by January 10,
with voting taking place on January 11 from 8 a.m. until January 12 at 8 a.m.
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The Village Hive in Amherst |
The Village Hive has transformed...they will now be offering various classes and events!
Too many to mention in this newsletter, but we can tell you that there are:
- Breadmaking Classes
- Pasty making classes
- Chicken Pot Pie making class
- Soup and broth
- Pizza party events...
If you love food, you will love the new Village Hive!
Learn new skills with a young adult....
Girl's Night activity...
"Evening out" with a partner....
Book Clubs....
Connect with other "Foodies"....
(The Hive is located downtown Amherst on Main Street....)
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Bluegrass Alternative Show at the Atelier
Saturday, January 14, 8pm
Live music by Hemlock Chaser, Levi Besaw , and Bernardo Cano ! 21 + Show
The Atelier- at·el·ier /ˌadlˈyā/ -
a workshop or studio, especially one used by an artist or design
Ask a punk for the address.
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Tomorrow River Community Charter School |
In Waldorf schools the 8th grade play is a very special event. We are very fortunate to have a professional director coming in to work with us. Torsti Rovainen has written and adapted a wonderful musical for our class that is entertaining for both children and adults, and we are excited to bring it life! The TRCCS 8th grade class presents… The Ramayana at the Jensen Community Center, 487 N. Main St., Amherst.
The 7th grade will host an authentic Italian pasta dinner Friday before the performance. The meal includes salad, garlic bread, pasta (with gluten free and vegan options), and dessert.
Performances are Friday, January 27 at 7:00pm and Saturday, January 28 at 1:00pm.
General Admission Ticket: $10/person
General Admission Ticket and Dinner: $20/child; $30/adult
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Watercolor Class: Painting of a Winter Scene
Monday January 9
9:30am-12pm
Artist Carolyn Rosenberger
at Lessons from the Art, Main Street, Iola
Create a beautiful winter scene of a sun rising over a northern forest area. Take home a finished painting, ready to be framed.
Minimum of three people required for a class. To sign up for class call Carolyn Rosenberger @ 715-445-3442
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The Scandinavia Public Library |
Every Thursday, starting on January 5
at the Library in Scandinavia
349 N. Main St.
Scandinavia
The Scandinavia Public Library invites all crafters to Crafting Bee! This informal group is designed for hand crafters of all types to work in an atmosphere of creativity and mutual support. Assistance is available for a wide variety of crafts as well. So whether you knit, crochet, cross stitch, quilt, bead, draw, or scrap, and whether you are a novice or an experienced pro, these sessions are open to everyone! All ages are welcome, although younger children should be supervised. Please come and enjoy the fun!
Crafting Bee takes place from 10am—Noon every Thursday.
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PodPaca is a podcast that deep dives into small community living. Listen to this newest episode of Podpaca on all the streaming platforms including Youtube! Mayor Brian Smith is the special guest...
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A Community Planning Session is being held
January 10th, 5 pm,\
at the Waupaca Recreation Center (407 School St. Waupaca)
Join us to learn how you can be a part of this inclusive program for youth with disabilities or special needs. Community volunteers partner with participants to have fun, build friendships and share a love of various recreational activities! Multiple events are set to begin in 2023!
Follow the link below to learn more and sign up to receive updates!
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The Center for Living Well |
Vision Board Workshop
Sunday January 8, 1-4pm
(poster says 7th, this is wrong!)
at the Center for Living Well downtown Iola
What a great way to start 2023, by making some intentions and envisioning what it is you want for the upcoming year!
Also, there are some other really great offerings at the Center, including Yoga for all ages including the littles, a Rest and Restore workshop, and so much more!
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Come and learn to play a new instrument!
2023 is your year to try something new! Learn an instrument, have a LOT of fun, and help us raise funds for music education.
We're half way to a full orchestra! But we can't play only half of the notes, so we NEED YOU! We still have spots left for our spring Sinfonia. Pick up a new instrument, perform a concert, and help us raise funds for music education. Let's have some FUN! Sign up today. (Program runs from February to May)
GO HERE to fill out application form to join the Symphonia!
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Spread the LOVE in 2023!
We at WCAB feel so passionate about the power of the arts to bring us together...we are excited to spread love through the arts in 2023, and hoping that you will join us! Stay tuned for events that will be happening soon, and until then, stay safe and stay warm!
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