Camp for Kids by Iowa Skippers in Cedar Rapids
The Iowa Skipper Jump Rope Team hosts a three day camp June 11 to 13 at Taft Middle School Cedar Rapids for kindergartners to eighth graders. The $40 fee includes a jump rope and registration is at Iowaskippers.org. Hancher and Working Group Theatre add Mayberry show at Riverside Theatre in Iowa City.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Taft Middle School
East Ave
Iowaskippers.org
Iowa City
Hancher and
Working Group Theatre
Camp Courageous Omelet Breakfast Fundraiser
Monticello hosts the Camp Courageous Omelet Breakfast and Open House from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday with admission $5 for adults and $3 for children under 12. Guided tours and music by Dixie-Notes-Plus at 10, 11 and noon, plus a Red Cedar Regulators train robbery reenactment at the Train Depot at 9, 9:45, 10:45 and 11:45 a.m.
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Monticello
Red Cedar Regulators
Local non profit seeks votes for free orchard
Seeds for Seniors, a Cedar Rapids non profit aiding the elderly, seeks votes to add an orchard to its gardens at 701 25th St NE. To vote visit Communities TakeRoot dot com and for more info visit Seeds4Seniors dot org.
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Cedar Rapids
25Th St
CommunitiesTakeRoot.com
Strum & Jam concert by Red Cedar Chamber Music
Red Cedar Chamber Music presents Strum & Jam at First Presbyterian Church 310 Fifth St SE at 8 p m Saturday. A quintet and later trios perform 18th and 19th century works by Haydn Mozart and Kreutzer with Maurita Murphy Mead also on clarinet. Tickets 15 in advance 10 under 30 30 and under at door 18 10 under 30. Sunday 2 p m at St Raphael Orthodox Church 722 E College St with a gala reception at Carey Bostian and Miera Kim's Victorian home.
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Cedar Rapids
Red Cedar Chamber Music
First Presbyterian Church
Fifth St. SE
Jan Boland
John Dowdall
Miera Kim
Maurita Murphy Mead
Carey Bostian
Haydn
Mozart
Kreutzer
P.O
Marion
Red Cedar
Redcedar.org
St. Raphael Orthodox Church
E. College St
Stitch in Time: Paramount Tapestry's 78-member saga
Anne Hanson of Cedar Rapids leads a 38,000 hour embroidery of the Paramount Tapestry, a 40 by 52 inch linen piece created 1979–83 for 800 dollars. The Em broiderers' Guild of America Cedar Valley chapter showcases the work and other needlearts at Prairiewoods Hiawatha, as the tapestry returns to the Paramount Theatre in November after flood repairs.
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Paramount
Cedar Valley
Embroiderers’ Guild of America Inc
Paramount Theatre
Prairiewoods
Hiawatha
Marge Dickmeyer
Cedar Rapids
Lori Barton
Anne Hanson
Barton
Cedar Rapids Paramount tapestry saved after 2008 flood displayed
Local guild plans to unveil the Paramount Theatre tapestry saved from Cedar Rapids flood damage. Co chairs June Zimmerman Sara Katz and Cathy Roach led a year of research and stitching with Swati Dandekar helping with gold threads. The piece remains set to return to the Paramount walls amid opening night emotion.
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June Zimmerman
Sara Katz
Cathy Roach
Paramount
Paramount Committee
Dickmeyer
Swati Dandekar
India
Showcase
Lori Barton
Cedar Rapids
Diana
Notien
Sourcemedia.net
Needlearts Exhibit by Cedar Valley Embroiderers Guild
Cedar Valley Chapter of The Embroiderers' Guild of America Inc presents an arts extra Needlearts showcase at Prairiewoods in Hiawatha. Hours run Thursday to Sunday with varied daily times and multi day admission options. Over 700 needlework pieces by local members feature demonstrations and a raffle.
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Cedar Valley
the Embroiderers' Guild of America Inc
Prairiewoods
Boyson Rd
Hiawathan
Marge Dickmeyer
Cedar Rapids
Embroiderers’ Guild of America Inc
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