Dubuque Audubon Annual Christmas Bird Count will be held on Saturday, December 28 beginning at 8a at the EB Lyons Interpretive Center, 8991 Bellevue Heights Road Dubuque. The result compilation is at 5p followed by a potluck

The Ohnward Fine Arts Center in Maquoketa will present: An Evening with Roy and Friends staring award winning tribute artist Jesse Aron on Tuesday, December 31 at 7p. Tickets are available at area outlets and online at

Spend New Year’s Eve in style with Bryan Anthony’s Celebrating Sinatra & The Great American Songbook, featuring Hunter Fuerste’s 17-piece Orchestra. Show time is 8p. Find Show and ticket information at thegrandoperahouse.com   (Presented by the Dubuque Arts

A First Day Hike will be held on Wednesday, January 1 at 12p at the EB Lyons Interpretive Center. Afterward, hikers are invited back to the interpretive center to warm up and enjoy refreshments provided by the

Carnegie-Stout Public Library will host self-defense and martial arts instructor Eryka Cook. Cook who will hold three free 25-minute stress-relief sessions for adults on Thursday, January 2, at 9:30a, 10:15a and 11a. Registration is required. Sign up

ImpactLife will hold a Blood Drive on Thursday, January 2 from 2p-5p at Eagle Pointe Place (activity room) located at 2700 Mathew John Drive. To book an appointment visit bloodcenter.org or call (800) 747-5401.

ImpactLife will hold a Blood Drive on Saturday, January 4 from 9a-12p at the Kennedy Mall food court. To book an appointment, visit bloodcenter.org or call (800) 747-5401.

Carnegie-Stout Public Library welcomes Dubuque native and author Dave Markward on Tuesday, January 7, from 5:30p-7p Markward will discuss his book, “From Dubuque to Selma and Beyond: My Journey to Understand Racism in America,” his journey that

Dubuque Audubon January Program: ‘Improving the River Environment’ will be held on Thursday, January, 9 from 7p-8p at the EB Lyons Interpretive Center located at 8991 Bellevue Heights Road, Dubuque