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Terezin Survivor Inge Auerbacher to attend and speak at the Orpheum
We are delighted to announce that Inge Auerbacher, Holocaust Survivor, Author and Inspirational Speaker will be joining us for the Wednesday March 2 performances of “I Never Saw Another Butterfly” at the Sioux City Orphe...
Butterfly project announced for art and essay contests
As the essay and poster portion of Tolerance Week, we are asking students to create in words or visually, a butterfly as a memory of the 1.5 million children that were killed in the holocaust. Students can download a tem...
I Never Saw Another Butterfly performances are free for Tolerance Week
In honor of Tolerance Week, all performances of I Never Saw Another Butterfly will be free and open to the public at the Sioux City Community Theatre March 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Rosenwald film to be screened at WITCC on February 29
Rosenwald will be shown at 6:30pm on Monday, February 29 in the Cargill Audiotorium on the campus of Western Iowa Tech Community College. The Ciesla Foundation is dedicated to producing documentaries with an uplifting so...
Raise the Roof screening at the Art Center on March 3
Raise the Roof will be shown at the Art Center on Thursday, March 3 at 6:30pm with a discussion to follow. Artists Rick and Laura Brown are not Jewish and not Polish, and yet they set out to rebuild Gwoździec, a magnific...
Tolerance Week 2016 – February 29 – March 6
We are thrilled to announce a very special collaboration for Tolerance Week, 2016. By special arrangement with the Sioux City Community Theatre, the main event at the Sioux City Orpheum Theatre will be opening night of t...
2016 Tolerance Week Events
Monday, February 29 – 6:30 Western Iowa Tech Community College UPS Auditorium, screening of Rosenwald Wednesday, March 2 – 7:30, Sioux City Orpheum Theatre We are thrilled to announce a very special collaboration for Tol...
Area 8th graders to see live performance at the Orpheum
Area 8th grade students will attend the Sioux City Community Theatre’s Children’s production of “I Never Saw Another Butterfly” at the Orpheum Theatre on Wednesday, March 2 at 9:30 in the morning. During World War II, 15...
Sioux City’s North High Students Create Emagazine
North High’s American Studies class, a combination of American Literature and American History, created an eMagazine that can be found at the following link: http://joom.ag/YBf It contains articles based around the issue...
Worldwide Genocide Awareness Day Program set for Sunday, April 26
As part of Tolerance Week, the Betty Strong Encounter Center will host a program for Worldwide Genocide Awareness Day on Sunday, April 26. The program is an inter-faith project led by Rabbi Guy Greene of Congregation Bet...
Briar Cliff University to host screening of Private Violence
On Thursday evening, April 23 at 6:00 in the St. Francis Center at Briar Cliff University, the award winning documentary will be screened. Private Violence is a feature-length documentary film and audience engagement cam...
Museum to host immigration and refugee discussion
On Tuesday evening, April 21 at 6:00, the Sioux City Public Museum will host Odyssey of Acceptance: A look at coming to America from the perspective of immigrants and refugees. Hosted by Erica Deleon, director, Mary Treg...