Seasonal Activities Guide for Cedar Rapids and Nearby Areas
Community events include Underground Escape at Shores Event Center with 60 minute challenges for teams of four to twelve. Zootopia screening at Coralville Public Library. Minecraft Jr at Iowa City Public Library for ages 5 to 9. Brucemore holiday tours daily 10 to 3 with weekend half hours. Timeless Toys exhibit at Hoover Library West Branch with scalable admission. and a Trivia and Treats session at Ely Public Library.
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Brucemore
Brucemore Mansion
Linden Dr. SE
Cedar Rapids
Herbert Hoover
Parkside Dr
West Branch
Grants boost arts scene in eastern Iowa and Cedar Rapids
Grants totaling thousands of dollars bolster Eastern Iowa arts groups. The University of Iowa’s Hancher Auditorium receives 204000 for Embracing Complexity, while Orchestra Iowa gains 10000 for the Jazz & Beyond Celebration. Other awards support Farfalle performances and Arthur Russell symposium activities across multiple cities.
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University of Iowa
Hancher Auditorium
Association of Performing Arts
Iowa
Humanities Iowa
Legion Arts
Arthur Russell
Oskaloosa
Iowa City
San Francisco
New York
FilmScene
Mission Creek Festival
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Kids Ice Fishing Clinic in Central City Saturday
Linn County hosts a youth ice fishing clinic at Pini con Ridge Park Central City from 9 to 11 30 a m. Participants jig with rods learn depth finder use and may view fish from an ice shack. North Linn Fish and Game Club co sponsors with family and kid pricing.
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Pinicon Ridge Park
Horseshoe Falls Road
Central City
North Linn Fish and Game Club
Mission Creek Festival seeks designers for festival T shirts
Johnson County Iowa City partners with Iowa Fashion Project and Little Village to select two Iowa artists for festival T shirts. Email 2-3 samples by Jan 8 to Simeon at littlevillagemag. The six day event runs April 4 to 9 in Iowa City with honorarium and admission. The Iowa City Public Library hosts Totally Tween New Year Lock In on Dec 30 with movie games and pizza for grades 3-6. call 319 356 5200 for details.
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Iowa Fashion Project
Little Village
Iowa
Simeon
Littlevillagemag.com
Iowa City
S. Linn St
Grants Highlight Iowa Cultural Trust and Art Projects
The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs awarded Cultural Trust Stability Grants and Art Project Grants to organizations and artists across Eastern Iowa. Riverside Theatre Iowa City received 1560 to hire an engagement manager, while Sonya Darrow Cedar Rapids got 10000 for Stezky Pathways. Other grants include Coralville Center 7500 Imagine Tomorrow, Northeast Iowa School of Music 1400 for ChamberFest Dubuque, Grin City Collective 10000 Map of Things No Longer Here, Damani Phillips 4445 for a live jazz album, Iowa Music Project 10000 Iowa Music Venue Revue, Cornell College 10000 Summer Dance Institute, and Harvey Sollberger 10000 to record and tour works from six decades in Iowa.
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Sonya Darrow
Cedar Rapids
Stezky
Iowa
National
Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Coralville Center For the Performing Arts
Cornell College
Summer Dance Institute
Harvey Sollberger
Strawberry Point
Vinton Police debut first K-9 unit with Gino
Vinton welcomes its first K-9 unit as Gino a one year old German shepherd trained in narcotics detection and patrol joins Senior Officer Ben Parmater after six weeks of training on December 16 community donors exceeding 25000 dollars backed the program. Elkader hosts annual Community Awards Banquet January 23 at CJ Lanes with recognition for leaders and businesses and reservations due January 9 by calling the Elkader Development Office or emailing edc alpinecom.net.
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Vinton
Gino
Ben Parmater
Winton
Elkader
CJ Lanes
N. High St
Edc
Alpinecom
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