January 2021
Ice Sculpture Walk
Admire nine ice sculptures along the trail in Penn Meadows Park! Master carvers will create works of frozen art the morning of Saturday, Jan. 30. Stop by in the morning to watch them in action, or visit the sculptures at your leisure any time on Jan. 30 and 31 or right before the 15-minute winter fireworks display presented by GIECO Careers at 7 p.m. on Jan. 31. Sculptures will be illuminated both evenings. Parking is available in both the north…
Find out more »Winter Storywalk
Stroll up and down the north-to-south trail on the west side of Penn Meadows Park for the North Liberty Library's two-sided Storywalk, featuring the newly published book The Snow Dancer and the 1962 classic The Snowy Day. The storyboards will be lit both evenings, making it the perfect activity to pair with the Ice Sculpture Walk also in Penn Meadows Park, before enjoying the Jan. 31 winter fireworks display. The Snow Dancer by Addie Boswell Young dancer Sofia wakes up to…
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Thanks to GEICO Careers, Beat the Bitter's annual 15-minute winter fireworks display is back on Sunday, Jan. 31, at 7 p.m. in Penn Meadows Park. Bundle up and bring along blankets–or maybe even your sled to sit in, and while you wait for the show to begin take a stroll on the park's trail and enjoy the Ice Sculpture Walk. Per Johnson County mandate, attendees should wear a face mask if enjoying the show outside of a vehicle and maintain…
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