Welcome to Lindsborg Town Talk, your source for news about upcoming events and activities in Lindsborg.
Unwrap the Magic of Lindsborg, our six-week holiday and Christmas celebration continues today with a wide variety of events throughout town.
Over at the Red Barn Studio, puppet artist Michelle Meade will be the artist-in-residence through December 14th. During her residency she will study and draw inspiration from the toys and puppets created by Lester Raymer. Speaking of, Raymer’s Christmas toys are featured at the Red Barn during December.
Downtown Lindsborg will be the scene of the children’s Snowflake Parade at 12 noon, followed by Santa’s Secret Workshop at nearby Soderstrom Elementary. The workshop runs from 1 to 4pm.
It’s time for the 5th annual Lindsborg Artists’ Holiday Open House! Today, from 10am until 5pm, participating galleries and artists studios around town will open their doors so you can experience first hand the creative space of area artists. As in the past, a wide variety of artistic styles and mediums will be on display, and in addition, holiday refreshments will be served at participating studios.
Also today, it’s an Old-Fashioned Christmas at the Old Mill. Experience the sights and sounds of an 1880s prairie Christmas across the museum grounds today from 1 to 4pm.
There will be a variety of children’s activities, holiday music and tours of the old mill. In addition delicious holiday refreshments will be available and you can even do a little Christmas shopping in the gift shop.
If you can’t make it today, the Old Mill will present the Old-Fashioned Christmas again next Saturday evening, from 5pm until 8:30.
Admission for either day is 2$ for adults and 1$ for kids 6 through 12.
Finally, Bethany’s seventh annual Alternative Gift Market and Christmas Bazaar concludes today. The market will be open from 10 until 2 today. The location is the Phihlblad Memorial Union at Bethany College.
till next time, this is Mike Rodriquez with Lindsborg Town Talk.
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