January 2022
Winter Storywalk
Stroll up and down the east-to-west trail in the center of Penn Meadows Park for the North Liberty Library's two-sided Storywalk, featuring Ten Ways to Hear the Snow and Let's Celebrate: Special Days Around the World. The storyboards will be up Jan. 28 through the end of February. On Sunday Jan. 30, the boards will be lit during the Fire & Ice event festivities. Ten Ways to Hear the Snow by Cathy Camper A snowy day, a trip to Grandma's, time spent…
Find out more »KICK Winter in the SnowBALL: Canceled
Update Jan. 25: After struggling to fill the tournament with teams and officials, we’re cancelling this year’s edition. Put together a team of nine to twelve players and register for the annual KICK Winter in the SnowBALL kickball tournament, taking place on Saturday, Jan. 29 in Penn Meadows Park. Registration is $75 per team ($100 beginning Jan. 1). Each team will be guaranteed three games prior to elimination. Each player on the winning team earns a Beat the Bitter KICK…
Find out more »Fire & Ice
Fire & Ice presented by GreenState Credit Union is Beat the Bitter's free family day and it’s all about the fire and the ice. All programming is free. Bundle up and join us at Penn Meadows Park, 170 N Dubuque St. Parking is available in Penn Meadows Park's north and south lots and along nearby residential streets. 4 to 7 p.m. Take a horse-drawn carriage ride (carriage rides will end at 7 p.m. to allow the horses to depart the park…
Find out more »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 Sunday, Jan. 30. Visitors are invited to watch the carvers in action between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. The sculptures will be placed along the park's trail and illuminated for folks to admire and take pictures with at Fire & Ice between 4 and 8 p.m. on Jan. 30. The sculptures will remain in the park until they…
Find out more »Fireworks
Thanks to GreenState Credit Union, Beat the Bitter's annual 15-minute winter fireworks display will be Sunday, Jan. 30, at 8 p.m. in Penn Meadows Park. Bundle up and bring along blankets – or maybe even your sled to sit on, and arrive early to enjoy Fire & Ice and take a stroll on the park's trail for the Ice Sculpture Walk.
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