🥶 Jan. 22 - 25 | Your Johnson County Weekend Plans

TOGETHER WITH

FAMILY FUN 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Strike Out The Cold

🎳 BowlDogs | 📍North Liberty’s Ultimate Family Fun Destination
Beat the cold at BowlDogs with 16 state-of-the-art bowling lanes, arcade games, axe throwing, pool, darts, and a full bar and grill. Perfect for chilly nights and weekends, it’s a go-to spot for birthday parties, leagues, and easy, all-ages fun.

More family fun this weekend:

• Thursday, 3:30pm: The Picture Show - Surf’s Up (FilmScene)

• Friday, 6:00pm: Kids Bingo (Swisher American Legion)

• Saturday, 9:00 - 12:00pm: Youth Fall League (BowlDogs)

• Saturday, 10:00am: Family Yoga & Story Hour (Springmier Comm. Library)

• Saturday, 10:30am: Story Time (IC, NL and Coralville Libraries)

• Sunday, 2:00 - 4:00pm: Sunday Fun Day Craft (ICPL)

• Sunday, 4:30 - 6:30pm: Sunday Movies & Pizza (Tavern Blue)

• Sunday, 6:00 - 7:30pm: Sensory Friendly Night (Iowa Children’s Museum)

A NIGHT (OR DAY) OUT 🍻

Boots On, Weekedn On

🤠 Battle By The River Rodeo | Fri. & Sat., 6:30pm | 📍 Xtream Arena
The Battle By The River Rodeo returns this weekend! Kick things off Friday with a line dancing lesson and discounted tickets, then Saturday brings Family Fun Night with pony rides, rodeo clown meet-and-greets, autographs, and more.

And now for this weekend:

• Thursday, 7:30pm: JOSEPH (The Englert Theatre)

• Friday, 6:00pm: Murder Mystery Dinner (Walker Homestead)

• Saturday, 6:00pm: Supper Club (Wilson’s Ciderhouse & Venue)

• Saturday, 6:30pm: MicroMania Wrestling (First Avenue Club)

• Saturday, 7:30pm: Steely Dane - Steely Dan Tribute (CCPA)

• Saturday, 8:00pm: Don’t Tell Comedy (TBA Iowa City Location)

• Sat. & Sun.: The Boy with the Sun in His Eyes (PS1 Close House)

• Sunday, 1:00 - 4:00pm: Pool Table Bowling (BowlDogs)

• Sunday, 8:00pm: Big Head Todd and The Monsters (The Englert Theatre)

• All Weekend, Times Vary: Fair State by Megan Gogerty (Riverside Theatre)

• All Weekend, Times Vary: Kinky Boots (Hancher)

• All Weekend: Trivia Nights (Diversions, PinSeekers, Solon Public Library, Springmier Community Library, Tailgators)

• All Month, 5:00 - 8:00pm: Dry January Mocktail Crawl (Downtown Iowa City)

GET ACTIVE & WELL 💪

• Thursday, 6:30pm: Line Dance & Lesson (Wildwood BBQ & Saloon)

• Saturday, 7:30am: Java Jog (Fitness Sports)

• Saturday, 8:15am: Yoga for Beginners (North Liberty Comm. Center)

• Saturday, 3:00 & 5:30pm: Roller Skating (Robert A. Lee Comm. Center)

GET CREATIVE 🎨

• Thursday, 4:30pm: Journaling Workshop (Coralville Library)

• Friday, 1:00 - 3:30pm: Friday Crafternoons (UI Stanley Museum of Art)

• Friday, 6:30pm: Paint + Sip Loverbirds (Brush & Barrel)

• Saturday, 11:00 - 3:00pm: Make Your Own Fairy Garden (Forever Green)

• Sunday, 3:00pm: Junk Journaling (Izzy’s Treasures West Branch)

• All Weekend: Jewelry Making Classes (Beadology)

• All Weekend: Pottery and Splatter Painting (Brush & Barrel)

ODDS & ENDS 🤸🏼‍♀️

• Thursday, 5:00pm: Community Night - Inside Out (Vue Rooftop)

• Thursday, 7:00pm: Author - Daniyal Mueenuddin (Prairie Lights)

• Friday, 12:00 - 6:00pm: Birthday Celebration (Radiant Boutique by Rhi)

• Saturday, 10:00 - 12:00pm: Get Toasty (Allspice Culinarium)

• Saturday, 12:00 - 4:00pm: Community Game Day (Sacred Collective)

• Saturday, 1:00pm: Euchre Tournament (Lake MacBride Golf Club)

• Saturday, 2:00 - 3:30pm: Bennett Stirtz Meet & Greet (The Vine)

• Saturday, 3:30pm: Library Advocacy Postcard Writing (The Greenhouse)

• Sunday, 10:00 - 3:00pm: IC Card & Collectibles Show (JoCo Fairgrounds)

• Sunday, 11:00 - 2:00pm: Johnson Co Market (JoCo Fairgrounds)

• Sunday, 12:00 - 2:00pm: Bingo Sunday! (Solon American Legion)

• Sunday, 1:15 - 5:45pm: First-Aid, CPR & AED Class (North Liberty Library)

• Sunday, 2:30pm: Community Song Circle (Eastside Recycling Center)

• Sunday, 3:00pm: Mandarin Social Hour (North Liberty Comm. Center)

• Sunday, 3:00pm: Author - Edward Gale Agran (Prairie Lights)

• Sunday, 5:00pm: Chamber III - Dance Music (Unitarian Universalist Society)

• All Weekend: Closest to the Pin Challenge (PinSeekers)

LIVE MUSIC 🎸 & ENTERTAINMENT 🎭

FRIDAY
🎵 Justin Goodchild | Cedar Ridge | 6:00pm
🎵 Danny Whitson | Tavern Blue | 6:00pm
🎵 Whiskey Fund | Wildwood | 7:00pm
🎵 Camp Cardinal | Elray’s Live & Dive | 7:00pm
🎵 Marques Morel | Club 76 | 7:00pm
🎵 Act II: Music w/ Aubrey, Alli & Dizzy Bridges | Willow Creek | 8:00pm
🎵 The Unusual Suspects | The Black Angel | 9:00pm
🎵 Rough Sketch | J&A Tap | 9:30pm
🎵 MacCartney Reinhardt | Elray’s Live & Dive | 10:00pm

SATURDAY
🎵 David Lee Paul | Tavern Blue | 6:00pm
🎵 For Those About to Yacht | Wildwood | 7:00pm
🎵 The Misgivings | AlleyCat | 7:00pm
🎵 The Punk Project | Elray’s Live & Dive | 7:00pm
🎵 Live Music | Gabe’s | 8:00pm
🎵 The Steve Grismore Trio | The Black Angel | 9:00pm
🎵 MacCartney Reinhardt | Elray’s Live & Dive | 10:00pm

AND GO HAWKS! 💛🖤

🏊 Fri. & Sat., Times Vary: UI Track & Field - Larry Wieczorek Invitational
🏀 Sunday, 1:00pm: Women’s Basketball vs. Ohio State

NEXT WEEK 📅

No #SundayScaries! Here are a few things to look forward to next week:

• Jan. 26: Bingo & Brews | Big Grove Solon | 5:00pm

• Jan. 26: Stone Soup Supper | Centennial Park NL | 5:00 - 6:30pm

• Jan. 26: Hawk Talk | Watermill Kitchen + Bar | 6:00pm

• Jan. 26: 80’s Music Bingo | Micky’s Irish Pub NL | 7:00pm

• Jan. 27: Winer Vegan Prix Fixe Dinner | Big Grove Solon | 4:00pm

• Jan. 27: Harry Potter Trivia | Foundry Food + Tap | 7:00pm

• Jan. 28: Music Bingo | Field Day Brewing | 7:00pm

• Jan. 28: UI Men’s Basketball vs. USC | Carver | 6:00pm

• Jan. 28: Meditative Sound Journey | Unitarian Universalist Society | 6:30pm

• Jan. 29: Cook w/ the Coralville Food Pantry | Coralville Library | 3:00pm

• Jan. 29: Candle Pour Bar | Brush & Barrel | 6:30pm

• Jan. 29: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra | Hancher | 7:30pm

• Jan. 30: Vitamin String Quartet | The Englert Theatre | 7:30pm

• Jan. 30: Y2K Night @ Iowa Heartlanders | Xtream Arena | 7:00pm

And for the kiddos:

• Jan. 26: DoodleBugs | North Liberty Library | 10:30am

• Jan. 26: Tai Chi for Kids | North Library Comm. Center | 4:30pm

• Jan. 26: Palestinian Storytime | North Liberty Library | 6:30pm

• Jan. 27: Book to Art Club | ICPL | 4:00pm

• Jan. 28: StoryJAM | ICPL | 10:30am

And Who Are We?
We’re Hayley and Andy, parents of two toddlers and lovers of Johnson County. We’re always planning our next outing and exploring what’s new locally. Living in the area for almost 20 years, The JoCo Know is a passion project for us and is truly an extension of what we love to do - plan, explore, enjoy, and repeat.

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