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All events are free unless noted
Dia de los Muertos at the Clear Lake Arts Center
Celebrate Día de los Muertos in vibrant style! Explore authentic Mexican artifacts and altars, enjoy professional face painting, and experience the magic as the veil between the living and the dead grows thin. All day event Nov 1st 10am – 4pm. On View in Sukup Lakeside Performing Arts Wing Nov 1st – Nov 29th, 2025.
Open Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
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Clear Lake Arts Center, 17 S. 4th St.
Crafternoon
Join us for an hour of crafting at the library on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 1:00 pm. We’ll provide the supplies, you provide the creativity!
Thursday, November 13, 2025 from 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Clear Lake Public Library, 200 N. 4th St.
North Shore Chiropractic Open House
Join us as we celebrate two amazing years of serving the Clear Lake community! Stop by for refreshments, raffle, office tours, and a chance to visit with Dr. Lane and learn more about how chiropractic care can help you and your family. We can’t wait to celebrate with you, thank you for your continued support!
Thursday, November 13, 2025 from 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM
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North Shore Chiropractic, 418 North Shore Dr.
Financial Essentials Workshop
Financial Essentials delves into the critical steps required to master your business’s finances. Your business’s financial health is a crucial determinant of its success. In Financial Essentials we demystify financial statements, empowering you to interpret and leverage these vital tools for decision-making. Discover how to create accurate projections that guide your business growth and unlock valuable insights into your company’s fiscal well-being. Key Topics Covered: – Understanding Balance Sheets, Income Statements, and Cash Flow Statements – Interpreting Financial Data: Ratios and Trends – Building Realistic Financial Projections – Leveraging Financial Information for Strategic Planning This webinar is a small group workshop that guides you through the essential skills small business owners need. Take advantage of our experts’ knowledge, and get the answers to your entrepreneurship questions!
Thursday, November 13 from 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Online via Zoom
Brave New World Book Club: Shatter Me
Dystopia is an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice. Usually these imagined states end up ominously reflective of our own society. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi: One touch is all it takes. One touch, and Juliette Ferrars can leave a fully grown man gasping for air. One touch, and she can kill. No one knows why Juliette has such incredible power. It feels like a curse, a burden that one person alone could never bear. But The Reestablishment sees it as a gift, sees her as an opportunity. An opportunity for a deadly weapon. Juliette has never fought for herself before. But when she’s reunited with the one person who ever cared about her, she finds a strength she never knew she had.
Thursday, November 13, 2025 from 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Clear Lake Public Library, 200 N. 4th St.
Trivia Thursday
Think you know it all? Gather your friends and put your knowledge to the test every Thursday at Lake Time Brewery for a night of fun, friendly competition, and craft beer! The trivia topics change weekly, so make sure to check our Facebook page for updates. Whether you’re a history buff, pop culture fanatic, or just love a good challenge, there’s something for everyone. Great prizes, great brews, and great times await—see you there!
Thursday, November 13, 2025 from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
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Lake Time Brewery, 801 Main Ave.
Karaoke at TAP’d
Karaoke is every Thursday night @ TAP’d! For 137 weeks TAP’d & MOJO Productions All-Star Karaoke have brought karaoke to Clear Lake! Jared and his crew are constantly updating the song book & coming up with new on stage effects to make it so much fun!
Thursday, November 13, 2025 from 8:00 PM – Midnight
TAP’d, 313 Main Ave.
Women United Power of the Purse
Power of the Purse is Women United’s signature fundraising event featuring purse bingo, a live purse auction, and an evening of fun and philanthropy. All proceeds support scholarships and emergency assistance for women in North Iowa working toward financial stability through education and employment.
Friday, November 14, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
The Palms Rooftop Cabana, 468 North Shore Dr.
$50 per ticket or $475 for table
DJ Chuck at the VFW
DJ Chuck will play all of your favorite hits!
Friday, November 14, 2025, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Clear Lake VFW, 219 Main Ave.
Live Music at TAP’d
The Kraft Brothers take the TAP’d stage for a Friday night show! These brothers from Kanawha absolutely know how to party! You’ll hear all the country and rock at the show. They’ll play all your favorites from Johnny Cash and Dwight Yoakum to Eric Church and Kenny Chesney running through the timeline from the 50’s to today with plenty of surprises along the way. The Kraft Brothers take the stage at 9pm.
Friday, November 14, 2025 from 9:00 PM – Midnight
TAP’d, 313 Main Ave.
Karaoke Night at Rumorz
Grab the mic, grab a drink, and let your inner rockstar shine every Friday at Rumorz Bar & Grill! Ice cold drinks, all your favorite songs, no judgment — just good vibes! Kicks off at 9PM so bring your crew, belt it out, and make it a night to remember.
Friday, November 14, 2025 starting at 9:00 PM
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Rumorz Bar & Grill, 1210 South Shore Dr.
Paint Your Pet
Capture your pet’s personality on canvas with guidance from published artist Mickey Carlson. Learn proportions, expression, and fun painting techniques. Leave with a finished piece perfect for a holiday gift! Acrylics are provided; for more nuanced skills, feel free to bring your own oil paints. About the Artist Mickey Carlson believes in painting realistic art that inspires imagination. Her studio in the Des Moines Mainframe building is filled with landscapes, figurative art, abstracts and portraits. Her art has been on exhibit at several venues in Des Moines as well as at the Mainframe Studio space. Her work is in collections in London, Boston, New York, and Venice. She has illustrated a book of stories about beloved canines called “Sasha: A Memoir” by Betsy Bowles.
Saturday, November 15 from 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
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Clear Lake Arts Center, 17 S. 4th St.
$125
Costumes & Creations
Don’t pack that costume away yet! Families are encouraged to come dressed in costumes (any family friendly costume please no blood or gore) to spend a morning creating some fun crafts in the children’s department. Don’t have a costume? No problem! We’ll have some fun dress-up items to borrow during the program, or make something to wear and take home with you.
Saturday, November 15, 2025 from 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Clear Lake Public Library, 200 N. 4th St.
Puzzle Swap
Want to work on some new puzzles without breaking the bank or causing your current collection to overflow? Bring your puzzles throughout the week (November 10-14) for tickets to the big puzzle swap event on November 15th. Each puzzle brought in earns you a ticket, and each ticket you bring in on the 15th earns you a puzzle to take home!
Saturday, November 15, 2025 from 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Clear Lake Public Library, 200 N. 4th St.
Clear Lake High School Fall Play
Join the Clear Lake High School Players for a laugh-out-loud performance of You Can’t Take It With You, the Pulitzer Prize–winning comedy by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. This heartwarming story follows two very different families as love, laughter, and chaos collide — reminding us that happiness, not wealth, is what truly matters. Directed by Kristen Fields, the production showcases the energy and creativity of Clear Lake’s talented student performers. Bring your family and friends for an afternoon of classic theatre and community spirit!
Saturday, November 15 & Sunday, November 16th at 2:00 PM
Saturday, November 15 Tickets: https://bit.ly/47eLMD1
Sunday, November 16 Tickets: https://bit.ly/3JijTSx
E.B. Stillman Auditorium, 1601 3rd Ave. N.
Tickets are $5
Live Music at TAP’d
Jake Schrodt, the original DSM party boy, is back! Jake plays a wide variety of country and rock from Chris Stapleton and Tyler Childers to Van Morrison, Bill Withers, Tom Petty and a whole lot more! Jake’s shows are always a party, playing all your favorite country and rock songs while mixing in your fun requests! He will literally play anything! Jake takes the stage @ 9!
Saturday, November 15, 2025, 9:00 PM – Midnight
TAP’d, 313 Main Ave.
Wine and Charcuterie Night at Legacy 19
Join us for a relaxed evening of wine, food, and fun! Enjoy a flight of 5 wines — featuring a Riesling, Rosé, Chardonnay, and two Pinot Noirs — each paired with your own personal charcuterie tasting plate loaded with meats, cheeses, fruits, nuts, honey, and a few tasty surprises.
Karon and the team will guide guests through each pairing to help you discover your favorite flavor combinations. It’s an evening designed for great taste and even better company.
Sunday, November 16, 2025, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Legacy 19 Golf Course
$50 per person
Writing Group
Bring a pencil and some paper (or grab your laptop) and join a community of writers. Use the time to work on a project or join in on the prompts and games provided. The group meets from 6:00 – 7:00 pm on Monday nights whenever the library is open.
Monday, November 17, 2025 from 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Clear Lake Public Library, 200 N. 4th St.
Book Chat: A Room of One’s Own
Book Chat meets on the third Tuesday of every month at 12:00 pm in the library meeting room. A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf: “A Room of One’s Own” is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. First published in 1929, the essay was based on a series of lectures she delivered at Newnham College and Girton College, two women’s colleges at Cambridge University in October 1928. While this extended essay in fact employs a fictional narrator and narrative to explore women both as writers of and characters in fiction, the manuscript for the delivery of the series of lectures, titled “Women and Fiction”, and hence the essay, are considered non-fiction. The essay is generally seen as a feminist text, and is noted in its argument for both a literal and figural space for women writers within a literary tradition dominated by patriarchy.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Clear Lake Public Library, 200 N. 4th St.
Chamber Business After Hours
Hosted by Livonia’s Coffee Bar
Join us for Business After Hours at Livonia’s Coffee Bar! Livonia’s will be serving up their specialty cocktail—espresso martinis, while Starboard provides a delicious lineup of appetizers, including:
Sliders: Ham & Swiss Poppy Seed | Classic Roast Beef
Dips: Pimiento Cheese | Dried Beef & Pickle
Assorted Dessert Platter
Plus, stick around for your chance to win a special giveaway—you won’t want to miss it!
No RSVP required—just stop by, connect with fellow chamber members, and enjoy a relaxed evening of great flavors and even better company.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 from 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
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Livonia’s Coffee Bar, 408 Main Ave.
Books on Tap: A Room of One’s Own
Book Chat meets on the third Wednesday of every month at 6:00 pm at Lake Time Brewery. A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf: “A Room of One’s Own” is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. First published in 1929, the essay was based on a series of lectures she delivered at Newnham College and Girton College, two women’s colleges at Cambridge University in October 1928. While this extended essay in fact employs a fictional narrator and narrative to explore women both as writers of and characters in fiction, the manuscript for the delivery of the series of lectures, titled “Women and Fiction”, and hence the essay, are considered non-fiction. The essay is generally seen as a feminist text, and is noted in its argument for both a literal and figural space for women writers within a literary tradition dominated by patriarchy.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 from 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Lake Time Brewery, 801 Main Ave.
VFW Bags Night
VFW weekly bean bag night is every Wednesday. Sign up at 6:30pm, play begins at 7pm. $1 entry per person, prize money awarded each week. Bring a snack to share if you like!
Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Clear Lake VFW, 219 Main Ave.