First Friday Friends @ 1 pm

Open to all ages!  Come As You Are! Donations accepted to cover cost of speakers!

​ December 5 - ​Savor Iowa’s Culinary History by Darcy Maulsby

• Savor Iowa’s amazing food heritage!
• Iowa’s delectable cuisine grounded in its rich farming heritage and spiced with diverse ethnic influences 
• From the chili-and-cinnamon-rolls phenomenon to Maid-Rites to the moveable feast known as RAGBRAI
• This program is based on Darcy’s top-selling book “A Culinary History of Iowa: Sweet Corn, Pork Tenderloins, Maid-Rites and More” from The History Press.

January 2, 2026 - closed for undecorating
February 6, 2026 - Blank Park Zoo

March 6, 2026 no presentation, IA NE Heartland Film Festival 
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April 3, 2026 guest speaker Chad Timm

• Working with the Enemy: German, Italian and Japanese Prisoners of the War in Iowa During the Second World War.
• Partnership with Humanities Iowa 

May 1, 2026 Future Farmers of America by southwest Valley high school students at 1 pm, free will donation.

October 2, 2026 Prairie Fire Foundation by Michael Stein started in 2024, originating with the idea of running a marathon and raising money for a well in San Lucas Mission in Guatemala in 2023. In 2025, Stein decided that he was still in good enough health and condition to run again and so decided to repeat the marathon in 2025 with a goal of raising $16,000 exclusively for water projects in Tanzania. Stein raised around $17,800. Come hear his story.

Darcy Maulsby

Michael Stein