Weekend festival and tour events across Iowa and Illinois
Lone Tree Fall Festival Carnival games and parade on Friday and Saturday. Lone Tree 5K run/walk at North Park Saturday 7 am. St Jude Sweet Corn Festival Friday to Sunday at Cedar Rapids church with carnival games and food. Winding Stairs Festival Friday to Sunday in Traer with parades and vendors. Protivin Czech Days Friday to Sunday hosted by Holy Trinity Parish. Frontier Herbfest 2001 Friday to Sunday Frontier Organic Research Farm with seminars and workshops. Jessica Simpson Dreamchaser Tour Saturday in Moline with Eden's Crush and others. Music at Festhalle Barn Amana Saturday night. National Toy Truck Show Saturday and Sunday at Dyersville museum. Riverview Art Renaissance Sunday Bellevue riverfront. Riverside Theatre previews Sunday Iowa City. McLeod Busse IMAX encore screenings in Cedar Rapids weekend.
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St. Jude
St. Jude Catholic Church
Cedar Rapids
Protivin
Holy Trinity Parish
Riverside Theatre
Iowa City
McLeod/Busse
Wood-the Gothic Contest at Greene Square Park
Eastern Iowans join a summer art event with look-alikes spoofing Grant Wood. The Wood the Gothic Contest at Greene Square Park features two age categories and prizes. Registration at 10 a.m. precedes an 11 a.m. start with food and activities for families. Actor Ben Affleck attends a Choice Movie Actor award ceremony for Pearl Harbor.
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Cedar Rapids
Ben Affleck
Pearl Harbor
Teen Choice Awards Winners Include N Sync and Britney Spears
N Sync won best single for Pop and best album while Britney Spears was named favorite female artist. Destiny’s Child won favorite pop group over rivals. Ben Affleck appeared to accept two awards amid his treatment for alcohol issues. The event at Universal Amphitheater will air Monday on Fox.
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N Sync
Joshua
Jc’’ Chasez
Chris Kirkpatrick
Justin Timberlake
Lance Bass
Joey Fatone Jr
OS Angeles
Destiny’s Child
Britney Spears
Ben Affleck
Spears
O-Town
Backstreet Boys
Universal Amphitheater
Fox
Seventeen
Lil’ Bow Wow
Dream
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Abilities Awareness Day night of accessibility music downtown Iowa City
John Kenyon reports on a Saturday Abilities Awareness Day in downtown Iowa City from 6 to 9 p.m. The event led by Bob Finch features performances by Jennifer Danielson Robert Morey Mary Talcott and others and aims to raise awareness for automatic door openers and universal access to businesses. Finch, often seen in a wheelchair at Pedestrian Mall, started the event eight years ago and emphasizes accessibility for all audiences.
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John Kenyon
Eday
Iowa City
Bob Finch
Jennifer Danielson
Robert Morey
Mary Talcott
Finch
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Frontier
Frontier Organic Research Farm
Norway
Frontiercoop.com
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Eden
Youngstown
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Moline
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Body Electric
Kelly Pardekooper
Devil's House Band
Brother Trucker
National Toy Truck 'N Construction
National Farm Toy Museum
Dyersville
Riverview Art Renaissance
Riverfront
Bellevue
C.R
Teen Choice
Ap Photos
California
Amana Society
Festalle
Devil’s
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Gabe
Oasis
Dustin Busch
Texas
Teddy Morgan
United Action For Youth
Riverside Festival
Lower City Park
Jason Rusher
Americore
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