Things To Do Today In Cedar Rapids
A compact listing of kid friendly events and exhibits in Cedar Rapids and area. Storytime at Downtown Cedar Rapids Public Library. BITEme exhibit at Black Earth Gallery. Art Bites talk at Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. knitting class at Village Needlework in Marion. Senior Center Dance Team practice. STEM workshop at ISU Extension Linn County. Diabetes Prevention informational session at Mercy Health Plaza YMCA. Program details include times, locations and age or cost notes.
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Cedar Rapids Public Library
Fifth Ave
Black Earth Gallery
Third St
Cedar Rapids
Hopper
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Kate Kunan
Edward Hopper
Third Ave
Seventh Ave
Marion
Iowa City
Johnson County Senior Center
S. Linn St
Iowa State University Extension
Linn County
Collins Rd
Mercy Health Plaza Ymca
Council St. NE
Oak Ridge middle school team earns global patent nod
Oak Ridge Middle School's LEGO Blasters win a provisional patent for the water saving Ecommode toilet that deodorizes and stores urine to flush fecal matter. The Iowa team earned a Global Innovation Award nomination in California, with mentor Jason Silcox praising their research.
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Eli Norris
Oak Ridge Middle School
Lego Blasters
San Jose
Calif
Linn-Mar
Cathleen Beke
Iowa
Jason Silcox
Rockwell Collins
Sam Greiner
Silcox
Anjali Addagarla
Exhibition marks 100th WWI end and Czech homeland birth
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library opens Guts & Glory The War Train That Shaped a Nation detailing 60,000 Czech Slovak soldiers who seized the Trans Siberian Railway to Vladivostok aiding Allied efforts and enabling Czechoslovakia. Kevin J McNamara discusses Dreams of a Great Small Nation with a lecture at 10 am. Attendees include Hynek Kmonicek and Jozef Polakovic. Also Hawkeye Downs hosts the Midwest Antique and Art Show with 110 booths from 10 am to 4 pm Sunday admission 8 dollars parking free.
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Czechoslovakia
National
Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Russia
Vladivostok
Kevin J. McNamara
McNamara
Ncsml.org
Hynek Kmonicek
Hawkeye Downs Fairgrounds
Sixth St
Cedar Rapids
Dessert contest to aid Table to Table in Iowa City
Iowa City residents are invited to a dessert contest titled Keep Your Fork to benefit Table to Table on April 28 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church. Chefs will judge desserts in general gluten-free and youth categories. samples, bidding, and a silent auction will occur.
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Iowa City
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
East Market St
Grace.org
Performance on Ding Darling story Sunday at center
Free 1 p.m. Sunday program at Hurstville Interpretive Center profiles Jay N. Ding Darling creator of the duck stamp and NWF founder. Darling earned the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning and an Audubon Medal from the National Audubon Society.
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Jay N. “Ding” Darling
National Wildlife Federation
Hurstville Interpretive Center
18670
63Rd St
Darling
National Audubon Society
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Hooplanow.com
Dance
Oak Ridge
Molly Duffy
the Gazette
Beke
California
Molly
Duffy
Thegazette
Czech Republic
United States
Jozef Polakovic
Slovak Republic
Washington, D.C
Midwest Antique and Art Show
Table
Dog Park
Thornberry Dog Park
Foster Rd
Iowa City Parks and Recreation Foundation
Maquoketa
Ding Darling
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