Museum taking shape in downtown Iowa City
The $8 million project to turn the former public library and addition into a new museum advances with design by Centerbrook Architects. A Winter Garden will link buildings, and galleries will honor Grant Wood Marvin Cone and James Swann. Donations fund most of the cost with city support about $1.8 million.
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Heather Sloman Wooding
Atte City Hall
Public Library
Carnegie Library
Tom Aller
Aller
Carnegie
Joseph Czestochowski
Centerbrook Architects and Planners of
Essex, Conn
Charles Moore
Grant Wood
Marvin Cone
Iowa
James Swann
Wood and
Cone
Swann
Mauricio
Emilia Lasansky
Lasansky Corp
Iowa City
Lasansky
Malvina Hoffman
Rodin
Cedar Rapids Art Museum
Winter Garden
Hiawatha Public Library
Hiawatha
Tom Peckosh
Peck
Green Thumb Nursery
Reba McEntire dazzles with rock infused country concert
The Five Seasons Center show blends technology with country tunes as Reba McEntire delivers a high energy set. Fans 3 800 strong gave a standing ovation as she opened with a Hank Jr vibe and moved through ballads gospel blues and Aretha Franklin covers. Steve Wariner opened with country rock material and crossover love songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee Ann Rexroat
Hank Williams Jr
McEntire
Cedar Rapids
Hank Jr
Reba
C.R
Eba McEntire
Steve Nicks
Aretha Franklin
Patsy Cline
Tammy Wynette
Lorette Lynn
Steve Wariner
Fiveman
Wariner
Couple finds wounded man in LeClaire home
A rural LeClaire couple returned home at about 1 a.m. to find James R. Clark 55 of Davenport wounded in their living room. Clark was hospitalized in critical condition after a head wound. Police sought three young men in connection with the shooting and investigated how Clark entered the residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leclaire
Scott County
James R. Clark
Davenport
Forrest Ashcraft
Clark
St. Luke’s Hospital
Ashcraft
Community College Teleconference Offers Speciality Retail Training
Kirkwood Community College will host a taped teleconference titled Customer Care for Specialty Retailers from 5 30 to 8 30 p m April 26 at Kirkwood and BITNet sites in Cedar Rapids with a 15 registration fee. The event targets owners managers and staff and covers specialized customer care strategies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkwood Community College
College Business and Industrial Training Network
Bitnet
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood
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Third Avenue
Fifth Street
Art Museum
Gazette
Todd McIntorf
DowPhone
Call Cityline
Metro-Iowa
van Note Construction Co. of
Marion
Emerson Elementary
Marion Independent School
Nemco Construction Co
Center Point
Dunn Construction Co
Marion and Blahnik Construction Co
Marion School Board
Montessori School
Linn Academy
Washington
Montessori
Regis-LaSalle Foundation
Bill Buechel
Regis and LaSalle
G. Richard Johnson
Don Oxenford
Slender World
Fay Dudley
Blairstown
Indian Creek
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