View full calendarHOFF FOURTH FRIDAYS
Oct 28 | 4-10PM
We invite you to explore our building for our special Fourth Friday festivities! Stop by McCormick's 1894 cocktail bar for a $4.00 drink special, visit the amazingly talented studio artists on the 3rd floor, and don’t forget the beautiful gallery on the 4th floor.
McCormick’s 1894 Bar >> 4-10PM
Art Gallery >> 6-9 PM
Studio Artists >> 6-9PM
Trick-or-Treat at the Hoff >> 4:30-6PM
Pop-up Restaurant w/ Bald Brothers Catering >> 5-9PM
Chainsaw Pumpkin Carving >> 5-6PM
LIVE! Music w/ Turning Gears >> 6-8PM
Paint & Sip >> 6:30-8:30PM
Mud & Merlot >> 7-9PM
Halloween Costume Contest >> 7:30-9PM
Gallery Flashlight Tours >> 8-9PM
"Love Is ?" by Edie Goodwin: Staged Reading >> 8-9PM
PACE | Haunted History Trivia Night
Oct 7 | 6-7PM | FREE Event
Get in the Haunted Holiday Spirit this Halloween Season with PACE at our first ever Haunted History Pub Night! Test your knowledge and learn something new as we explore the deep recesses of things the scholars would rather we forget. Take a stroll through Haunted American History to famous sites still around today. Test your knowledge of these legendary haunting cases, like the Villisca Axe Murder House, Winchester House, Squirrel Cage Jail and The Stanely Hotel. Winner takes home 2 free class vouchers. Bring a friend, a date, or family this Friday to PACE!
PACE | Speaker Series
Terror Management Theory w/ Dr. Strawberry Olive
Oct 7 | 7-7:30PM | FREE Event
We are excited to be hosting Dr. Strawberry Olive for a special speaker series. Nearly everyone fears death. How that fear influences human thinking and behavior is the focus of terror management theory (TMT) research. According to TMT, death anxiety drives people to adopt worldviews that protect their self-esteem, worthiness, and sustainability and allow them to believe that they play an essential role in a meaningful world. Some of these views lead to troubling actions. Learn about how this operates in your world and those around you!
PACE | Speaker Series
Celebrating 80 years of Grant Wood w/ Dick Miller
Oct 21 | 7-8PM | FREE Event
We are excited to be hosting Dick Miller as he talks about the life and work of Iowa native, Grant Wood. Listen to the story of Wood becoming an artist, and painting one of the most iconic works, American Gothic. Hear about all of this and more up in our fourth-floor gallery.
PACE | Trick-or-Treating at The Hoff
Oct 28 | 4:30-6PM | FREE Event
Trick or treat, smell my feet, give us something good to eat! Find a path at PACE this Frightening Fourth Friday to knock on doors and fill a bucket up with your favorite sweets! Afterward enjoy some more fun activities with us, like the costume contest, gallery flashlight tours, and chainsaw pumpkin carving! Adults must be accompanied by a child.
PACE | Halloween Costume Contest
Oct 28 | 7:30-9PM | $5 Entry | Ages 21+
Compete for victory and bragging rights (and of course some cool prizes) this Halloween at the first ever Costume Contest at PACE!
1st Place: A gift basket that includes: a Cash Prize, four FREE drink tickets to McCormicks 1894 Bar, two FREE meals at one of our next pop-up restaurant dates, two FREE class registrations of your choice, two FREE tickets to Cemetary Club presented by Chanticleer Community Theater, and $25 PACE Bucks that can be redeemed for a class, main-stage tickets, etc.
2nd Place: Four FREE drink tickets to McCormicks 1894 Bar, two FREE class registrations of your choice, $25 PACE Bucks that can be redeemed for a class, main-stage tickets, etc.
3rd Place: Two FREE drink tickets to McCormicks 1894 Bar, $25 PACE Bucks that can be redeemed for a class, main-stage tickets, etc.
PACE | LIVE MUSIC
Turnin' Gears
Oct 28 | 6-8PM | FREE Event
Join us during our Hoff Fourth Friday as we welcome back to McCormick's 1894 Bar, Turnin' Gears. Music will begin at 6PM and is FREE to the public.
PACE | Chainsaw Pumpkin Carving
Oct 28 | 5-6PM | FREE Event
Tired of your ordinary pumpkin carving? Tired of seeing the same old kitchen knives that probably haven’t seen a sharpener in a while? Well look no further than your friendly neighborhood PACE for a surprising twist on carving a Jack-O-Lantern! Texas Chainsaw-style carving will be THE sight to see this Halloween right here at the Hoff Family Arts Center this Frightening Fourth Friday!
PACE STUDIO ARTISTS
3rd Floor
Fridays & By Private Appointment
Our studio artists at the Hoff Center, invite you to visit with them Friday from 6-9PM or private appointment. These talented individuals offer a dazzling array of their talents including oil, acrylics, pastel, photography, sculpture, home goods, media entertainment and much more.
- Council Bluffs Photography by Buck Christensen
- Jeff Koterba
- Ann Brugenhemke Art
- Hz Productions
- Tim Guthrie
* Guests should evaluate their risk in determining whether to visit. Any interaction with the general public poses an elevated risk of being exposed to COVID-19, and we cannot guarantee that you will not be exposed during your visit. Masks are highly encouraged.
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