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INSIDE Summer Music weekender FOOD ZONE Seventh Street could be a destination SIOUX CITY’S FREE READ | MAY 27-JUNE 2, 2021 | VOL. 22 ISSUE 27 | AT WWW.SIOUXLAND.NET: EVENTS,www.siouxland.net MOVIE LISTINGS, | 06.07.12 BANDS | & Weekender MORE | 1 QUESTION OF THE WEEK CALENDAR CLASSES activity. 712-258-0838. 11 a.m.-1 the Symphony’s Brass and Do you feel it’s safe to return to music p.m. Percussion sections command JUNE 19 the stage in this rare and venues this summer? If so, who are Iowa Mammals, Little Sioux LOCAL/ unforgettable performance!. Park, 1746 O’Brien Ave., 7122772111. 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Correctionville. Meet by the COMMUNITY you looking forward to seeing? country school house. Bobcats, squirrels, and deer, oh my! Learn MAY 28 NATURE/ all about Iowa mammals at this The BLOCK VENUE Events family program. Limited to 30 Community Drum Circle, OUTDOORS people. 712-258-0838. 7-8 p.m. 1307 Pierce St., 1307 Pierce St., JUNE 8 Sioux City. Free accoustic guitar Nature Tales, Dorothy Pecaut DANCE session, drink specials, food Nature Center, 4500 Sioux River specials, SOCIAL GATHERING Road, Sioux City. Preschoolers, JUNE 2 for everyone with social join us with an adult for this Free Line Dance Classes, 801 distancing required. 7125741751. special story time about Wiggly W. 13th St., 801 W. 13th St., S. 5-7 p.m. Worms. We’ll read our story at Sioux City. Line Dance class for Chad Pauling Earl Horlyk Jaylen Rees Nikki Ahlquist the outdoor amphitheater and beginners to intermediate level. JUNE 4 Publisher Staff Writer Advertising sales Graphic Designer take a short hike ending at our 7122044500. 10-11 a.m. The BLOCK VENUE Events cpauling [email protected] representative [email protected] Nature Playscape. 712-258- Community Drum Circle, 0838. 10-11:30 a.m. @siouxcityjournal.com “If you asked me a month “I think it depends on if “I’m still a little leery yet, JUNE 9 1307 Pierce St., 1307 Pierce St., “I’m mixed on the safety of ago, I would’ve said too there will be restrictions for but of course, I would love Free Line Dance Classes, 801 Sioux City. Free accoustic guitar large scale events. But ulti- soon. Now I feel people and people without the COVID to see Foo Fighters, W. 13th St., 801 W. 13th St., S. session, drink specials, food OUTDOOR mately if people know the promoters are being safe vaccine, but I would love for Sioux City. Line Dance class for twenty-one pilots, or specials, SOCIAL GATHERING JUNE 3 risks and they want to and smart. Can’t wait to Rage Against the Machine beginners to intermediate level. Awolnation again.” for everyone with social Music around the Campfire, attend. Have a great time!” see SITP!” to come to Battery Park 7122044500. 10-11 a.m. distancing required. 7125741751. Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center, since they had to cancel in JUNE 16 5-7 p.m. 4500 Sioux River Road, Sioux falls last year.” 801 Free Line Dance Classes, JUNE 11 Sioux City. Join the Summer W. 13th St., 801 W. 13th St., S. The BLOCK VENUE Events Naturalists and kick off a Sioux City. Line Dance class for Community Drum Circle, great summer of activities beginners to intermediate level. 1307 Pierce St., 1307 Pierce St., while we enjoy time around 7122044500. 10-11 a.m. Sioux City. Free accoustic guitar the campfire—complete with session, drink specials, food S’Mores. Please bring a mask HAPPY HOUR specials, SOCIAL GATHERING for times when social distancing for everyone with social isn’t possible. 712-258-0838. Have a question MAY 28 The BLOCK VENUE Events distancing required. 7125741751. 7-8 p.m. you’d like us to Mason Dockter Happy Hour at Blue Cafe, 5-7 p.m. Staff Writer answer? Send it 1301 Pierce St., 1301 Pierce St., TREKKING mdockter@ to events@ Sioux City. Live Dj and special, MARKETS MAY 27 celebrate the start of every siouxcityjournal.com siouxland.net MAY 29 Trekking Thursdays, Dorothy “Probably it is. I’m sure I’ll and it may end weekend with us on the BLOCK. Pecaut Nature Center, 4500 7125741751. 5-7 p.m. The BLOCK VENUE Events be at Saturday in the Park, in up on this page. Swap on The BLOCK, 1307 Sioux River Road, Sioux City. a work capacity as always.” JUNE 4 Pierce St., 1307 Pierce St., Join us on the trail for this The BLOCK VENUE Events Sioux City. Open to the public, outdoor hike for exercise, fresh Happy Hour at Blue Cafe, free artist made, market! Every air and some Vitamin N (N for 1301 Pierce St., 1301 Pierce St., last Saturday of every month! 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Live Dj and special, JUNE 7 Nature). 712-258-0838. 6-7:30 are those of the writer(s) and may not reflect the opinion of the Weekender, celebrate the start of every Motorcycle Ride Night, p.m. Casey’s General Store, 4727 its management and employees or its advertisers. Please recycle. weekend with us on the BLOCK. 7125741751. 5-7 p.m. Southern Hills Drive, Sioux VETERANS Your comments welcome City. Motorcycle ride night. Have something to say? We’d like to hear it. Seriously. KIDS/FAMILY 7125740934. 5:30-9 p.m. MAY 31 Call 712-293-4229 or email [email protected] Sioux City Fleet Farm Salutes JUNE 19 MUSIC Taps Across America, Fleet Contributors Dutch Oven Demonstration, Farm, 5858 Sunnybrook Drive, www.siouxland.net Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center, JUNE 12 Sioux City. Come observe a Tim Hynds and Jesse Brothers 4500 Sioux River Road, Sioux Sioux City Symphony moment of silence followed City. Learn more about Dutch Orchestra presents by the sounding of Taps by a oven cooking from some local “GLORIOUS BRASS”, Sioux bugler at the Sioux City Fleet ON THE COVER: Peggy La talks about Yummi Blox, a permanent space for food trucks at 700 West Seventh St. La is the experts. The Swanson family City Orpheum, 528 Pierce Farm flagpole as Fleet Farm owner of the nearby Hong Kong Supermarket and hopes the space will attract people to visit the neighborhood, which is predominantly comprised of minority-owned businesses. Yummi Blox has its grand opening on June 4, with such popular will share some tips, tricks, and St., Sioux City. Experience Salutes Taps Across America on food trucks like Tako ‘N Madre, Kats Grub and La Palapa slated to participated. Photo by Tim Hynds, The Weekender recipes that will help you get the triumphant and glorious Memorial Day. 712-454-7306. started in this great outdoor sounds when 20 members of 2:30-3:30 p.m. 2 . Weekender . 05.27.2021 . www.siouxland.net SUMMER MUSIC Return of live music Siouxland venues to bring classic rockers, country acts and, even, the Tiger King crew BY EARL HORLYK fur will be flying! Saturday plus, wait for it, Hopefully, things will be it will also be on the day Let’s just forget that 2020 cleaned up by the time honky before. existed, OK? tonker Mark Chestnut hits Due to COVID-19 Well, this may be easy the Anthem stage on July 15 concerns, organizer Dave to do when it came to and when the bluesy Shannon Bernstein said holding the Siouxland’s music festivals, Curfman comes on July 30. event over two days will which all to cancel last year’s Anthem’s summer season keep the crowds at Sioux summer concerts due to will end with Band of Comics City’s Grandview Park COVID-19 concerns. (July 31) and up-and-coming down. That included Hard Rock country songstress Allie AJR, comprised of multi- Hotel & Casino, which had Coleen (Aug. 19). instrumentalist brothers to scrub its slate of shows All Anthem shows are for Adam, Jack and Ryan Met, at both Anthem as well as audiences, age 21 and order. will be SITP’s headline act on for its popular Battery Park Go to Hard Rock’s Rock Shop the first night of the festival outdoor summer concert or hardrockcasinosiouxcity. on Friday, July 2. series. com for ticket info. Having released four best- The 30th anniversary selling albums, AJR is known of Saturday in the Park? POWERING UP TO for such hit singles as “I’m Well, the birthday party was BATTERY PARK Ready” and “Burn the House delayed and SITP got to lie Hard Rock Hotel & Down.” The recently released about its age for another year. Casino’s award-winning single “Bang!” is AJR’s highest Luckily, Anthem, Battery outdoor series of Battery charting song, peaking at No. Park and SITP will all be back Park concerts will begin with 8 on Billboard Hot 100 in with a roar this summer.