Sheboygan’s Holiday Parade is Sunday. Plus, a free Thanksgiving meal is offered, Gingerbread Festival opens and more in your weekly dose.
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SHEBOYGAN - Sheboygan’s 30th annual Holiday Parade steps off at 5 p.m. Sunday in downtown Sheboygan.
The parade begins at Center Avenue and Seventh Street, goes north on Seventh Street to Erie Avenue, west on Erie Avenue to Eighth Street, south on Eighth Street and ending at Mead Public Library for a tree-lighting ceremony.
The U.S. Postal Service will be walking in the parade to collect and deliver letters to Santa. Those sending letters should include their name and address on the letter so Santa can send a response.
Also during the parade, Girl Scouts will be collecting donations of paper supplies and personal hygiene items from spectators along the parade route to be given to Safe Harbor and Bridgeway.
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▶ Free Thanksgiving Day meal offered at Community Café: The Community Café at St. Luke United Methodist Church, 623 Ontario Ave., Sheboygan, will host a free Thanksgiving Day meal from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Thanksgiving Thursday.
Those interested in attending are asked to call 920-453-0169 in advance so organizers know how many to plan for.
Sheboygan County Food Bank is partnering with Anthem Insurance, First Congregational Church, Moose Lodge No. 438, Parkside Restaurant and St. Luke United Methodist Church to offer the meal.
▶ Free Thanksgiving Day skate set at Lakers’ Ice Center: The Sheboygan Lakers Ice Center will have a free public skate from noon to 3 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day Thursday.
Admission will be free with the donation of a non-perishable food item.
The food items will be donated to the Sheboygan County Food Bank. Skate rental is $3.
For more about public skating times and hockey or figure skating programs at the center, go to sheboyganlakershockey.com or call 920-458-RINK. Sheboygan Lakers Ice Center is at 1202 S. Wildwood Ave.
▶ Gingerbread Festival opens Friday at Waelderhaus: Beginning Friday, Waelderhaus, the historic “house in the woods” in Kohler, will offer live music and dozens of sugary creations on display at the 26th annual Gingerbread Festival.
Running through Dec. 30, Waelderhaus visitors will enjoy extended hours, weekly musical performances and the chance to vote on their favorite hand-crafted gingerbread houses, sculptures and original handiworks created by local schools and community groups.
Classroom and community organizations whose sweet designs garner the most votes from visitors will receive cash prizes in different age groups.
The Waelderhaus is at 1100 W. Riverside Drive, Kohler. Show hours are 1-5 p.m. Sundays-Fridays and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays. Advance reservations are recommended to view and vote for the gingerbread structures. People can sign up at kohlerfoundation.org.
Daily tours of the Waelderhaus are offered at 2, 3 and 4 p.m. (closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day). Advance reservations are encouraged for daily tours and can be made by calling 920-453-2851 or emailing jen.balge@kohler.com.
Here’s the schedule for musical performances during the Gingerbread Festival. All performances are at 2 p.m.
Nov. 26: Golden Chordaliers
Nov. 27: Harpist Nancy Lescher Drabot
Dec. 3: Concordia Singing Society
Dec. 4: Plymouth High School Mistletones (outside on the drive of the Waelderhaus)
Dec. 10: Pianist Max Becker
Dec. 11: Cedar Grove Belgium Rocket Choir and the Rockettes
Dec. 17: Kohler High School Madrigals (outside on the drive of the Waelderhaus)
Dec. 18: Jane Van Maaren Group — Seasonal Strings
All events and activities at the Waelderhaus are free to the public. The Waelderhaus is managed by Kohler Foundation, a non-profit, private foundation that supports the arts, education and art preservation initiatives in Wisconsin.
▶ Sheboygan Visual Artists’ Holiday Art Show opens for season: Sheboygan Visual Artists have kicked off their Holiday Art Show in the SVA Gallery, 1201 Erie Ave., Sheboygan.
The show features an array of fine art including acrylic, oil and watercolor paintings, mixed media, sculptures, pottery, jewelry and more. All of the artwork are original works.
The show is open to the public from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays through Dec. 18.
▶ Sheboygan hospital to host ‘A Visit with St. Nicholas’ Dec. 5: Sheboygan’s HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital is inviting the community to “A Visit with St. Nicholas” from 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 5.
The event will be outside near the entrance to the Chapel on the hospital grounds, 3100 Superior Ave., Sheboygan.
Meet and take photos with St. Nicholas from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and then listen to a reading of “The Christmas Story” and songs performed by Catholic North Youth Choir and St. Dominic’s Adult Choir from 6:30 to 7 p.m.
Hot cocoa and cookies will be served.
The first 200 children in attendance will receive a goodie bag.
The event will be outdoors. A donation is not required, but attendees are invited to take a new pair of shoes (any size) to be donated to a local charity. More info: https://www.hshs.org/StNicholas/Events/Community-Events/A-Visit-with-St-Nicholas.
▶ Kohler PD to hold food drive at Home Depot Dec. 10: Kohler Police Department will hold a “Stuff the Squad” food drive from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Dec. 10 at Home Depot, 4025 State 28, Kohler.
Items needed most include cereal, peanut butter, soup and canned fruit.
The drive is held in partnership with the Sheboygan County Food Bank.
▶ Ruth Foundation for the Arts announces fall grant programs: The Ruth Foundation for the Arts has announced its newest cycle of grantmaking programs: Thought Leaders, which awards recipients $300,000 in the next three years, and the Core Grant, which awards recipients $50,000.
In addition to these two new grants, the foundation has introduced the Ruth DeYoung Kohler Legacy Fund, mirroring the support Ruth DeYoung Kohler made to arts institutions throughout her lifetime.
This fall’s inaugural Core Grant is providing approximately $50,000 in funding to each of 84 nonprofit arts organizations — $4.5 million in total. The one-year program builds out the foundation’s programmatic scope and geographic reach.
The multi-year Thought Leaders grants total $4.5 million in funding to 14 nonprofit arts organizations. Each organization is slated to receive approximately $300,000 within the next three years. Through this substantial, sustained level of support, these multi-year grants uplift organizations undertaking ambitious initiatives with long-term impact. An integral aspect of the program is its emphasis on generosity and thought leadership — that the participating organizations commit to public knowledge sharing throughout their term.
Supported by a bequest from the late Ruth DeYoung Kohler II, Ruth Arts relaunched in June 2022 with the Artist Choice Grant, which features a nomination process guided by a panel of more than 50 artists. The inaugural Artist Choice Grant provided a total of $1.25 million in funding to 78 nonprofit arts organizations across the United States and will be awarded annually in the spring.
Distributed in the fall alongside the Thought Leaders and Core Grants, the RDK Legacy Fund is dedicated to honoring and continuing Ruth DeYoung Kohler’s support of regional and craft-based organizations and artist-built environments. The fund will provide $2.5 million annually across 40 organizations historically supported by Ruth DeYoung Kohler II.
Collectively, these three streams total $11.5 million in funding across 138 nonprofit arts and cultural organizations.
These new grant programs, alongside the Artist Choice Grant announced earlier in 2022, total $12.75 million in grantmaking by Ruth Arts to date. Consideration for future grant cycles will continue on an invitation-only basis as Ruth Arts grows and develops, a news release said. Additional programs under development will be announced in the coming year. For more about the foundation’s grants and programming, visit the Ruth Arts website at rutharts.org.
The following Wisconsin organizations were named recipients of Ruth Arts’ fall 2022 grant cycle:
Thought Leaders: Arts @ Large, Milwaukee
Core Grant: Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee; Wormfarm Institute, Reedsburg; and Milwaukee Film, Milwaukee
RDK Legacy Fund: John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan
RDK Education: Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee
RDK Art Environments: Ernest Hüpeden’s Painted Forest, Valton; Grandview, Hollandale; Wisconsin Concrete Park, Phillips; Prairie Moon Sculpture Garden and Museum, Fountain City; and Paul and Mathilda Wegner Grotto, Sparta
RDK Wisconsin: Artists Working in Education, Inc., Milwaukee; Lakeshore Chorale, Inc., Sheboygan Falls; Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Inc., Milwaukee; Create Wisconsin, Inc., Madison; Milwaukee Ballet Company, Inc., Milwaukee; Mecikalski Stovewood Buildings Foundation, Inc., Pelican Lake; Ten Chimneys Foundation, Inc., Waukesha; Sheboygan Theater Company, Sheboygan; Plymouth Arts Foundation, Inc., Plymouth; Theater for Young Audiences, Inc., Sheboygan; United Performing Arts Fund, Inc., Milwaukee; Racine Art Museum Association, Inc., Racine; Weill Center for Performing Arts, Inc., Sheboygan; Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc., Madison; Renaissance Theaterworks, Milwaukee; Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee; Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra, Inc., Sheboygan; American Players Theater of Wisconsin, Spring Green; and Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters, Madison.
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This article originally appeared on Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter: Sheboygan Holiday Parade 2022: Start time, route and more local news
