Mission Creek Festival lights up downtown Iowa City this weekend
A jam packed lineup features music, literature, comedy and food events at venues across downtown. Highlights include Lenten and Easter Meditations with organist Andrew Hicks at Congregational United Church of Christ, and Pat Cancilla's Art Rites at Cedar Rapids Museum of Art with joint Cedar Rapids and Iowa City jazz. Alice Notley headlines a Cedar Rapids reading at Coe College Kesler Hall after a Gala Weekender.
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Congregational United Church of Christ
N. Clinton St
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Cedar Rapids Museum
Alice Notley
Kesler
Coe College
First Ave
Public Health Open House and Local Arts and Education Updates
Johnson County Linn County Public Health hosts an open house 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at 501 13th St NW across from Roosevelt Middle School to raise awareness of center services during National Public Health Week. The Czech & Slovak Museum screens The Firemen's Ball at 7 p.m. Thursday in Hemphill Theater, with admission $5 and English subtitles.
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Native prairie plant sale by Friends of Jackson County Conservation
The Friends of Jackson County Conservation offer native prairie plugs from Ion Exchange Harpers Ferry at 1.75 each with two plugs minimum per species. Available species include little bluestem Indian grass black eyed Susan cardinal flower prairie blazingstar prairie coreopsis purple coneflower whorled milkweed and wild bergamot. Pickup May 3 and orders due Monday. For details contact 563 652 3783 or visit Jacksonccb com. The spring meeting is at 7 p m April 9 at the Hurstville Interpretive Center with a 6 30 p m potluck.
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Sackter centennial honors Wild Bill’s coffee origins
Sackter centennial events celebrate his life from Monday to April 13 at Wild Bill’s and Uptown Bill’s in Iowa City. A showing of A Friend Indeed, a Coffee Crawl, and an art show highlight the week along with storytelling by Barry and Bev Morrow and a finale concert featuring Dave Moore.
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Gilbert Street
S. Dubuque
F St
Towncrest
Pappajohn Business Building
Lane Wyrick
Tom Walz
Dave Moore
Uptown Bill
Hoover National Historic Site seeks volunteers for April cleanup
The staff at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site invites volunteers to improve fences paths and plantings around the historic buildings and clean the creek bed on April 20 from 9 a.m. to noon as part of National Park Week 2013. To volunteer call Adam Prato or Kristin Gibbs at 319 643 2541.
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Parkside Dr
Adam Prato
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