Community events guide a week of local programs and exhibits
Free Master Gardener session on Moonlight Gardens opens a Tuesday April series at Ely Public Library. Cedar Rapids artist John Beckelman shows The Impermanent Nature of Things at Iowa Ceramics Center. Teen writers gather Tuesdays at Marion Public Library while Iowa City hosts a Writing Center session. Brucemore grounds tour with Ossian Cole Simonds designer history and Cedar Rapids Public Library hosts Gardening With History. The Great Green Room meets monthly at Iowa City Public Library for young writers.
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Iowa State University
Ely Public Library
Dows St
Cedar Rapids
John Beckelman
Coe College
Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio
Cherry Building
10Th Ave. SE
Suite
Marion Public Library
Sixth Ave
University of Iowa
Iowa City Public Library
S. Linn St
Brucemore
Ossian Cole Simonds
Simonds
David Morton
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Fifth Ave
One of a kind By Vanessa Miller
Rachael Johnson a University of Northern Iowa junior and regents student representative earned a Truman Scholarship becoming UNI's first recipient. The 21 year old will receive 30000 for graduate study and participate in professional development for public service leadership. Johnson plans to be a change agent for higher and K 12 education. She joins 62 scholars nationally chosen from 199 finalists amid 768 nominations. The May 28 ceremony will honor recipients at the Truman Library in Independence Missouri.
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University of Northern Iowa
Rachael Johnson
Iowa Board of Regents
Harry S. Truman
Johnson
Sioux City
UNI
Iowa
Board of Regents
Truman
Independence
Bruce Rastetter
Robert Donley
Johnson County Farm to Street Grant Applications Open
Johnson County and partners seek local nonprofit funding for food system projects. Up to 10000 will be awarded annually to a group meeting goals including two representatives on the Farm to Street Planning Committee, staffing an August informational table, recruiting 15 volunteers for teardown, and a 2018 report on funded work. Apply online or at 220 S Gilbert St Iowa City. due April 30.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Downtowniowacity
Robert A. Lee Community Recreation Center
S. Gilbert St
Birds of Prey event and related county programs in Independence and Maquoketa
Buchanan County Conservation hosts Birds of Prey at 1 p.m. Saturday at St John's Elementary in Independence with naturalists and falconers Rick and Robin Woods showcasing a bald eagle barred owl red tailed hawk and turkey vulture. A Plant a Porch Pot workshop May 20 in Jesup costs 25 dollars with pot size limits and plant guidance. Hurstville Interpretive Center in Maquoketa offers Nature Tales It’s Not Only Chickens at 10 a.m. Friday and Astronomy Night 8:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday with a meteor shower and a planetarium. For details call 563 652-3783 or visit buchanancountyparks.com.
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Buchanan County Conservation
Birds of Prey
St John’s
Third St
Independence
Buchanan County Naturalists and
Rick and
Robin Woods
Buchanancountyparks.com
Buchanan County
Park Pavilion
Jesup
Ashley Sherrets
Xbuchanan
ISU
Swan Lake Blvd
Suite A
Hurstville
Maquoketa
Park pavilion groundbreaking set in Maquoketa event
Friends of Jackson County Conservation will host a groundbreaking from 6 to 7 30 p m on May 1 for a new pavilion at Prairie Creek Recreation Area in Maquoketa 273 acres. The multiuse picnic shelter and restroom overlook the creek and bluffs with wagon rides ice cream and a May Day basket auction. Parking is at 1215 E Summit St near Jacobsen Drive. Call Hurstville Interpretive Center at 563 652 3783.
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Friends of
Jackson County Conservation
Prairie Creek
Maquoketa
E. Summit St
Jacobsen
Hurstville Interpretive Center
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