Arts + Entertainment

Type of Attractions
Arts + Entertainment, Shopping
Arts + Entertainment, Shopping
Agora Arts features contemporary art and fine craft by over 250 American and Canadian artists. We offer the highest quality collection of handcrafted work in the upper midwest, including gorgeous jewelry by over 50 different artists such as Holly Yashi, Saundra Messinger, and Alexis Bittar. Pottery, sculpture, wood items, glass, metalwork, and prints fill the gallery. We carry many books by local authors including Bob Wolf, David Faldet, and Bob Hunt. Started in 1992 by Decorah native and Luther grad Gail Bolson-Magnuson, Agora has a reputation for consistently introducing new and exciting handcrafted work to the gallery. Many of the most recognized artists in the industry trust Agora Arts to promote and sell their work. Other featured artists include furniture by Sticks, Form, Reform, and Dust; pottery by Joe Christensen, Nate and Hallie Evans and Natural Elements; and jewelry by Watchcraft, Adajio, Sergio Lub, Liza Schtromberg and Mashka. Agora Arts are the hometown gallery of StoryPeople and carry the largest collection of StoryPeople prints, sculptures, and books in the country. Agora Arts are located in beautiful downtown Decorah within the historic Hotel Winneshiek and are open 7 days a week.
Arts + Entertainment
Arts + Entertainment
ArtHaus is Decorah's home for the arts bringing visual, performing, and literary art together and offering creative programs for all ages. Visit our website for more information and a complete calendar of classes, workshops, and events.

Now hosting programs at 107 West Broadway, ArtHaus offers professional instruction and in visual, performing, and literary arts to students of all ages, abilities, and interests, from age two to adult. ArtHaus also hosts free and low-cost events throughout the year such as art fairs, gallery openings, and poetry slams.



ArtHaus es el hogar de Decorah que une las artes de ilustración, actuación y artes literarias, y ofrece programas creativos para todas las edades. Visite nuestro sitio web para más información y un calendario completo de las clases, talleres, y eventos. Con programas que tienen lugar en nuestro estudio de 107 West Broadway, ArtHaus ofrece instrucción profesional y programas de ilustración, actuación, y literarios a estudiantes de todas las edades, habilidades, e intereses, desde la edad de dos años a adultos. También, ArtHaus acoge eventos gratuitos y de bajo costo durante el año, tales como ferias de arte, inauguración de galerías y slams de poesía.

  (traducción de Foster Hull, Luther College)
Arts + Entertainment, Shopping
Arts + Entertainment, Shopping
Blue Heron Knittery offers knitting, crocheting, and other fiber arts supplies, including yarn, needles, patterns, stitch markers, books, magazines, etc. We offer classes at all levels and have drop-in-and-knit sessions where you can get help from each other. If you don't see a product or class that you're looking for, give us a call and come by the shop. You'll find us at 300 West Water St, Decorah, IA 52101. We also display and sell local artwork.
Arts + Entertainment
Arts + Entertainment

Bar trivia has moved online! Join us each Thursday at 8 pm Central to partake in some lighthearted trivia competition.

Join us Thursdays at 8 pm Central Time for three rounds of wide-ranging trivia.

Questions are posted via lively Livestream. You submit your answers. The winning team earns bragging rights and a fancy prize. Join the fun!

Arts + Entertainment, Shopping
Arts + Entertainment, Shopping
Cardboard Robot is a retail maker store. We cultivate ideas and products that channel the inner builder, tinkerer, and artist in everyone.

We carry art supplies, bulk paper, STEM learning kits, electronics and coding products, and robots.

We carry products and materials that you can use to make things. Our shop is a clubhouse of ideas, tools, and knowledge. Come and see!

Want to go all Bob Ross on a hunk of canvas?
Looking for gifts for the weirdos in your life?
Enjoy the smell of a hot glue gun?
We can help with that.
Arts + Entertainment
Arts + Entertainment

Supporting music activities and curriculum in the Decorah Community Schools, as well as scholarships and opportunities for music students.

Donations are always welcome.

Arts + Entertainment, Shopping
Arts + Entertainment, Shopping
Dragonfly Books is a family-owned general interest bookstore located on Water Street in downtown Decorah, Iowa. We are your one-stop shopping place for books of all kinds.  Whether you enjoy mysteries, history, fiction, or looking for cookbooks and children's books, you will find it at Dragonfly Books.  We also special order books for our customers, with very quick turn-around time and no shipping charges for in-store pickup. We look forward to serving your reading needs! Check our website for current information about our Author Events. 
Arts + Entertainment, Shopping
Arts + Entertainment, Shopping
The original Gnome Store of Decorah, Iowa filled with a wide variety of gift items, home decorah, garden art, ceramics, jewelry and wind spinners as well as ceramic, fabric, wood and metal gnomes. Heavenly Made carries quality market items and their own handcrafted artwork. Browse through their wide variety of beautiful, high quality artwork, memorial gifts and so much more!  Custom orders are always welcome. If it’s stylish, inspirational, unique or original, it’s Heavenly Made. 
Arts + Entertainment
Arts + Entertainment

Inspire(d) Media is a very small, very independent media company based in Decorah, Iowa. We print Inspire(d) Magazine and also offer a variety of freelance services through our company. Aryn and Benji Nichols founded Inspire(d) in September of 2007 â?" shortly after they got married (!) and now have grown to print 15,000 magazines quarterly. Itâ?™s a two-person show at Inspire(d) Headquarters: Aryn is the editor and graphic designer and Benji heads up the ad sales department, but weâ?™d be nothing without our fabulous contributors who come from different areas across the Driftless Region and occasionally beyond.

Arts + Entertainment
Arts + Entertainment

Luther College is an undergraduate liberal arts institution of about 2,500 students affiliated with the Lutheran Church (ELCA).

Academics

Luther offers more than 60 majors and preprofessional programs leading to the bachelor of arts degree. The college’s learning philosophy highlights connections between disciplines, and its thoughtful and rigorous curriculum moves beyond immediate interests toward engagement in the larger world.

Luther is a Phi Beta Kappa institution, an honor belonging to only 10 percent of colleges and universities, and its graduates regularly earn prestigious awards, such as Fulbright, Rhodes, Goldwater, and NCAA Postgraduate scholarships.

Arts + Entertainment
Arts + Entertainment
New Minowa Players is Decorah's community theater. They provide several musicals and plays throughout the year for all to enjoy. Grab a ticket and grab a seat at this cozy and quaint 46-seat auditorium. Get back to what theater is all about and watch the scripts come to life.

New Minowa Players is an incredibly active community theatre. This fall begins NMP's 36th year of bringing live and local theatre to the Decorah area. Based in Decorah, the community theatre organization began presenting shows in 1975 and since then the has presented over 120 straight plays, musicals, reviews, cabarets, and melodramas in a variety of locations, including the recently established New Minowa Players Theatre, located at 906 South Mill St.

The New Minowa Players are always looking for new faces! Whether you are a performer, technician, designer, or audience member willing to lend a hand and get involved we'd love to have you join us! There's always something happening at NMP!

Please visit our website for the latest in show and event information!
Arts + Entertainment, Festivals
Arts + Entertainment, Festivals
Since 1967, over 1 1/2 million visitors from all over the world have attended Nordic Fest in Decorah, Iowa! Your whole family will enjoy delicious food, traditional crafts, a colorful parade, lively entertainment, sporting events, and our Saturday night fireworks display. Events begin with Thursday night’s opening ceremonies at 6:45 p.m., followed by two full days of fun activities for the whole family. Plans are already underway for the biggest Fest yet! Make your plans now to be part of the fun! Velkommen to Nordic Fest!  
Desde 1967, más de un millón y medio de visitas de todo el mundo han asistido a nuestro festival en Decorah, Iowa.  Toda su familia disfrutará de comida deliciosa, artesanía tradicional, un desfile extravagante, entretenimiento animado, eventos deportivos y nuestro espectáculo de fuegos artificiales el sábado por la noche.  Los eventos comienzan el jueves por la noche con la ceremonia de apertura a las siete menos quince. Los próximos dos días se llenan de diversión para toda la familia. Los planes para el gran festival se están haciendo ahora. Haga sus planes ahora para ser parte de la celebración.  ¡Velkommen (Bienvenidos) a Nordic Fest!
(traducción de Sam Nelson, Luther College)


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