Cedar Rapids area events guide today
A roundup of local activities includes Orphan Train book group at Cedar Rapids Public Library with Ellen Haddad registration required. Brucemore mansion holiday tours. Kirkwood student ensembles recital. senior potluck and bingo at The Salvation Army. MedQuarter Trees for the Season light and Instagram challenge. line-dancing lessons at Robert A. Lee Center. Kenny Rogers concert with Linda Davis at U.S. Cellular Center.
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Christina Baker Kline
Ellen Haddad
Witwer Healthy Aging Program
Viiusic
Kenny Rogers
Linda Davis
U.S. Cellular Center
First Ave
Cedar Rapids
Nature's Noel holiday market and concert events in Cedar Rapids and
Linn County reports a holiday market at Indian Creek Nature Center Guild from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at 6665 Otis Road SE Cedar Rapids featuring greenery baked goods gifts and a commemorative plate. Coe College choir performs a free winter concert at 7 p.m. Saturday in Sinclair Auditorium with the College Symphony Orchestra and Bach cantata 61. Eastern Iowa Health Center opens ACA open enrollment 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at EIHC and Walk-ins welcome. deadlines include Dec 15 for coverage starting Jan 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Creek Nature Center Guild
Otis Road SE
Cedar Rapids
Indian Creek Nature Center
Coe College
Marc Falk
Sinclair Auditorium
Juan Bautista Plaza
Moses Hogan
Shawn Kirchner
Coe College Symphony Orchestra
Call
Eastern Iowa Health Center
ETHC
United Way
EIHC
Third Ave SE
Kmurphy
Eihc.co
Holiday decor contest and community events across eastern Iowa
North Liberty hosts a holiday decorating contest with top prizes chosen by voters from Dec 14 to 20 and winners announced Dec 21. A grief support group meets in Iowa City Thursdays at 1105 Gilbert Court, hosted by Crisis Center of Johnson County, with resources and hotlines available. TAKO hosts a free outdoor walk behind the Marriott Iowa River Landing, and Decorah features a stop motion film, a Montauk Christmas Open House, a Vesper Service, and a Clermont Christmas Soup and Sandwich Supper benefiting local projects. Independence 4-H hosts Breakfast with Santa at Buchanan County Fairgrounds Dec 138, with tickets $10 adults, $5 ages 3-18. proceeds support fair exhibitors.
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North Liberty Recreation Department
Northlibertyiowa.org
Gilbert Court
Iowa City
Johnson County
Keri
Weblett
Jccrisiscenter.org
IowaCrisisChat.org
Marriott Hotel
Iowa River Landing
Convention Center
Gmail.com
Montauk
Clermont Historical Society
Union Sunday School
Kimball
Clermont Opera House
Riegel
Buchanan County 4-H
Buchanan County Fairgrounds
4-H
Swan Lake Blvd
Independence
Holiday animatronic displays light up Mount Vernon storefronts
Tim Kelley, a retired Disney imagineer living in Mount Vernon for 11 years, builds five animatronic displays for storefronts up through New Year’s Day. One shop, Czech Feather and Down, features a moon and twin kling stars. Kelley hopes to broaden the display program along Main Street during Magical Night with live nativity, luminaries, music, and shopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disney
Mount Vernon
Tim Kelley
Kelley
Dawn Schorg
Mount Vernon/Lisbon
Tim
Schorg
Main Street
new Mally/ ine Gaz
Czech Feather and Down Co
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Hooplanow.com
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Fifth Ave
Bracemore
Brucemore
Linden Dr. SE
MUSIC
Kirkwood
Ballantyne
Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood Blvd
Salvation Army
C Ave. NW
Medq Pocket
Fourth Ave
Eighth and
Tenth Streets
Robert A. Lee
S. Gilbert St
Linn County
Nature’s Noel
North Liberty
Iowa
Owa City
Coralville
Decorah
Bethania Lutheran Church
N. Mill St
Vesterheim
Norwegian-American Museum
Clermont
Santa
Kiran Sood
the Gazette
Kiran.sood
Sourcemedia.net
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