Calendar Highlights Around Cedar Rapids and Iowa City
A packed weekend calendar features Mike Birbiglia at Penguins Comedy Club with Wyn Reichert, an American Quarter Horse Show at Kirkwood and Cedar Rapids venues, Family Mosaic workshop at Cedar Rapids Art Museum, and a Charlie Brown play in Decorah. Also listed are a planetarium show, future-gen exhibit at Cornell College, Wizards ensemble at the University of Iowa, Effigy Mounds film fest, Tallgrass Prairie program, Amish Country bike rides, Super Heroes PJ Party, and local recycling events with times and contact numbers.
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Penguins Comedy Club
First Ave
Cedar Rapids
Wyn Reichert
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Iowa
Kirkwood Community College
Science Station
First St
Sciencestation
Peter Paul Luce
McWethy Hall
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Clapp
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Double Reed
Ulowa
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Marquette
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
West Branch
Nps.gov
Hills Elementary
Tsunami aid worship and local arts events in Cedar Rapids
This Week offers a tsunami victims worship service at Hindu Temple Association of Eastern Iowa from 10 30 a m to noon Sunday at 1700 Naoma Dr SW Cedar Rapids. Bindlestiff Family Cirkus presents From the Gutter to the Glitter at Legion Arts CSPS on 1103 Third St SE with a 2 p m Sunday show. Theatre Cedar Rapids auditions for 7 after 10 at 102 Third St SE with 7 p m Sunday and 5 p m Monday slots. Submit Community Calendar items to The Gazette via email or mail.
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Third St. SE
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Jame s Louis Jean's Birth Ties to Local Stoves Pioneer
Claim to Jame s Louis Jean, inventor of Jean-Aire Stoves, links him to the area as his birthplace and upbringing. He donated funds for the Atrium Village retirement facility for Hills seniors after noting his mother's lack of care options. Barbara Mahanna, Hills Bank receptionist, has lived in Hills for 59 years.
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Hills Iowa town profile and bank milestone
Hills Iowa a small community near Cedar Rapids and Iowa City has 679 residents with a median age of 36 9 Incorporated in 1906 the town was named after Thomas Hill who allowed a railroad to run through his property Hills Bank and Trust Co marked its 100th year in February with a display room featuring town and bank memorabilia including a 1904 bank brick wall and a long unused burglar alarm from the 1920s to 1952 preserved though never needed.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Hills
Thomas Hill
Montezuma
Hills Bank and Trust Co
Iowa City lecture on Abu Ghraib controversy by UI alumnus
University of Iowa alumnus James Wherry will speak on Abu Ghraib at the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council luncheon. He describes detention operations in Iraq and media reporting while detailing his role with the JAG Corps in 2003 and later duties in Germany. Reservations due by noon.
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University of Iowa
James Wherry
Abu Ghraib
Iraq
Iowa City Foreign Relations Coun
Rockwood Fellowship Hall
Congregational Church
N. Clinton St
Wherry
Judge Advocate General’s Corps
Giessen
Tallil
Wsui-Am
Close-Up Netolicky Highlights Corridor Arts Scene
Jessica Netolicky emphasizes Corridor area arts breadth from Hancher and the Paramount to Theatre Cedar Rapids and CSPS Legion Arts. She notes Chicago offers similar variety, praises local talent, while cites farmland development as a drawback and mentions Dreamwell Theatre and Riverside Theatre as cutting edge. She works as interim education programming director at Hancher and values daily arts involvement.
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City Circle Acting Company
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Johnson County Cultural Alliance
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University Hospitals
Duane Crock
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