Event Briefs for the week of 10/8/25

Des Moines talk show host to walk Highway 92

Des Moines talk show host and former state representative Ed Fallon is now beginning a five-week walking trek through Iowa, the “Save America March,” to dialogue with everyday Iowans about preserving American democracy through peaceful, non-violent means.

Fallon will be walking Highway 92 from Winterset to Greenfield Thursday, October 9. He plans to arrive at Hotel Greenfield at 5 p.m. where the public may dialogue eye-to-eye while considering ways to preserve democracy in our time.

“Authoritarianism has been spreading,” said Fallon. “This year it has gone from bad to worse. Civility that once defined public engagement is being supplanted by name-calling, lying and flouting the Constitution.”

His Save America March pleads for a return to functional democracy in order to address today’s perils of climate change, nuclear weaponry and other existential threats to civil harmony.

Church fall supper season approaching

Area churches known for having fall suppers have their 2025 events on the calendar, including:

• Fairview Congregational Church (corner of Stuart Road and 170th Street south of Stuart) fall supper 4:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16

• Orient United Methodist Church fall supper 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18

• Hebron God’s Portion Supper Wednesday, Oct. 22 at the Adair County Fairgrounds

WWI exhibit coming to Corning

The Adams County Historic Preservation Commission will be hosting exhibits honoring the Veterans of World War I. Opening ceremonies will be 10 a.m. with an 11 a.m. Ambassador Salute and Chamber Coffee at 615 Davis Avenue, Corning.

The exhibit includes World War I: Lessons and Legacies from the Smithsonian. It explores “the war to end all wars” and its lasting impact and far-reaching influence on American life. It redefined how we saw ourselves as Americans and its legacy continues today.

World War I: The Honor Roll, from the State Historical Society of Iowa, features more than 4,000 names and corresponding photos from all 99 Iowa counties that the society collected from Iowa families who lost loved ones during the war. They sent out an initial call in 1920 and then again in 2017 to shore up the official records during the war’s 100th anniversary. The display is the result of that research—and a tribute to a generation of Iowans who sacrificed their lives to the cause of freedom.

World War I: The Doughboys of Adams County is an exhibit developed by the Adams County Historic Preservation Commission to commemorate, with a profile of each, the many soldiers and sailors that had a connection with Adams County.

Thursday, Nov. 6, Humanities Iowa and the Adams County Historic Preservation Commission will sponsor Michael Vogt, curator of the Gold Star Military Museum at Camp Dodge. Mr. Vogt will be in Corning to do two presentations, Camp Dodge: Home Away from Home 1917-1918. Following the US entry into the war, the War Department undertook the task of raising, training, equipping and arming a force large enough to successfully contribute the Allies war effort. Camp Dodge, Iowa was selected as one of 16 training camps for draftee soldiers. The small Iowa National Guard camp was expanded into the largest military base in Iowa’s history and in the upper Midwest. The audience will learn how, from Sept. 1917 through Nov. 1918, 37,111 Iowa draftees left cities, towns and farms to become soldiers during the First World War. For these Iowans and other inductees from the upper Midwest, Camp Dodge became their new “Home Away from Home”. The first program is scheduled for 2 p.m. at the Southwest Valley High School Auditorium, 904 8th St., Corning. The second will be 7 p.m., in the Corning Community Center, 601 6th Street, Corning. On Nov. 6, the exhibition will be open from 3:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

The exhibits will be open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Friday, Saturday and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. Oct. 17 through Nov. 10 as well as 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Veterans Day, Nov. 11. The exhibition and the presentations are free and open to all.

Chris Patterson’s Great Caesar’s Goat to play Nov. 8

Chris Patterson and his band, Great Caesar’s Goat, will take the stage 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8 at the Warren Cultural Center for a night of unforgettable Americana music.

Patterson’s ties to Greenfield run deep. Both of his parents graduated from Greenfield High School and he fondly recalls childhood visits filled with afternoons at the Greenfield pool as well as stops at Piper’s Variety Store while spending time with his grandparents, George and Maurece Musmaker.

As a recording artist, Patterson has earned national recognition with two albums landing in the top 10 of the Americana Music Charts. With Great Caesar’s Goat, audiences can expect authentic, original Americana music featuring powerful songwriting, a rock-solid rhythm section and searing guitar licks that bring his songs to life. Collectively, the band’s members have shared the stage with major acts such as Gary Clark Jr., Little Big Town, Rascal Flatts, Little Feat and many others.

Tickets are $25 for adults, with free admission for students (high school and younger).

Tickets can be purchased online at warrenculturalcenter.com or at the door the night of the show.