Fans of the "Church Basement Ladies" will be coming back for a second helping of laughter as the five beloved characters of a Lutheran church basement dish up new songs and jokes. The Ladies last ...

A touch of 'Radical Religion' alongside velvety whipped potatoes, creamed corn, green beans, noodles in mushroom sauce, hearty meatloaf, and the signature roast beef are on the menu at Beef & Boards ...

One of my favorite things about Midwesterners is our ability to poke fun at ourselves, to examine our quirks, habits and ways of living and not take it all too seriously. If you also appreciate a ...

They're a common denominator among all denominations. Women in aprons serve hotdish, Jell-O and bars in the church basement. They gossip over black coffee and soap-filled sinks. They set out salt ...

MASON CITY — The Soener Foundation presents “Church Basement Ladies” on Friday, April 30, at the North Iowa Community Auditorium as part of the 2009-2010 NIACC Performing Arts and Leadership Series.

The latest show to grace the stage at Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse in Rock Island is a musical comedy called “Church Basement Ladies,” and this celebration of the ultimate kitchen committee is a cute ...

“All of us know the characters so well,” he said in an interview from his home in Minneapolis. “They’re real to us. They are a compilation of people we all know. They’ve taken on a life of their own, ...

Down the steps and below the choir loft, church basement ladies are the soul of a house of worship. The good ladies handle love and lutefisk dinners, funerals, weddings — and the pastor. To find the ...

Now I know how non-Catholics feel watching the "Nunsense" shows. Like the "Nunsense" franchise, "Church Basement Ladies," the latest offering at Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse in Rock Island, is broad ...

Inspired by the book Growing Up Lutheran by Janet Letnes Martin and Suzann Nelson, this funny and down to earth musical comedy about four woman preparing food for multiple events at church will have ...