Hooverfest Calendar Highlights Local Heritage Events
A series of community events unfolds in West Branch and nearby areas. Activities include Hooverfest at the Herbert Hoover Historic Site with crafts, re-enactors, music, and a gravesite service, plus the President's Best Hooverfest Art Show at the Hoover Library Museum. Other happenings feature bike rides, a church centennial, and family-friendly activities at Coralville and Wayland locations.
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Herbert Hoover
West Branch
Hoover Gravesite Service
Hooverassociation.org
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Hills
Springdale
Cove
Tipton
Stanwood
Iowa City
Coralville
Coralville Family
Wayland
Shin Bone Valley
Gilbertson Conservation Education Area
Elgin
Iowa
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Robbins Lake
the History Center
First Ave
Amana area arts calendar features plays and music
The Gazette Community Calendar lists Old Creamery Theatre shows with With All My Love Bill at 3 p.m. and The Rainmaker at 3 p.m. both in Amana. Starlighters Theatre offers Little Shop of Horrors at 2 p.m. in Amosa. Other events include Irish Low Session, Coe Wind Ensemble, Municipal Band, and a Dennis Kucinich gathering in Cedar Rapids.
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Old Creamery Theatre
Bill
Old Creamery Depot
Amana
Oldcreamery.com
Amana Colonies
Richard Nash
Starlighters Theatre
Anamosa
Starlighters.org
Coe
Ellis Park
Cedar Rapids
Sinclair
Coe College
Nye celebrates I.C. clinic milestone
Deborah Nye helped found the Emma Goldman Clinic in Iowa City 30 years ago and returns for the anniversary during Labor Day weekend. She recalls the early activism at WRAC and her path from abortions to law, noting how the clinic empowered women to take control of reproductive health and legal rights.
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Nye
Iowa City
Emma Goldman Clinic
Deborah
Arizona Industrial Commission
Phoenix
University of Iowa
Women’s Resource and Action Center
WRAC
Law School
Supreme Court
First National Bank
Dodge Street
New Mexico
Deborah Nye
Sophie
Bruce Washburn
Iowa
Frank Nye
The
Gazette
Georgia Nye
League of Women Voters
Cedar Rapids
Grinnell
Margaret Cho
Hancher Auditorium
Arts a la Carte fundraiser at Iowa City fair
Kameron Spears a founder of Arts a la Carte hosts Danny the horse from Centaur Stables for rides at the Fun Fair on 212 Park Rd. in Iowa City. The stables provided animals to raise funds for the nonprofit while Spears, a salsa and Latin dance teacher, also helped install new studio floors and equipment at Old Brick Annex, the group’s HQ.
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Kameron Spears
Arts A la Carte
Danny
Park Rd
Iowa City
Centaur Stables
Spears
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OUT & About
Uptown
Bill's
Dennis Kucinich
Cottage Bakery
Iowacity
Gazettecommunications.com
the Gazette
E. Market St
I.C. Clinic
Arizona
Emma Goldman
Grinnell College
Perrin
Marlene J. Perrin
Melissa Heatherly
Judith Cooper
Sabra Mitchell
Sadie Smith
Elsa Yeoman
Elizabeth Buckingham
Annay
Area Financial Institution
Iowa State Bank&trust Company
Isbt.com
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