July 8 Cedar Rapids area public events and performances
City meetings include Cedar Rapids City Council and Linn County supervisors at 9 and 10 30 a m plus Hiawatha and Center Point school board sessions. Theater offerings list Noel Coward plays Oh Coward Pump Boys and Dinettes with times and ticket prices. Youth Day at Brucemore. Cedar Rapids Municipal Band at Kirkwood. Poetry with Music at Cedar Rapids Museum of Art.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Supervisors
Hiawatha City Council
Center Point School Board
Mabie Theatre
U of I
Theatre A
Theatre Building
Band to feature sax solo in Cedar Rapids concerts
Soprano saxophonist Bruce Western will headline two Cedar Rapids Municipal Band concerts this week. Tonight at 8 in Iowa Hall at Kirkwood Community College back campus and Sunday at 8 at Ellis Park both free. If rain, venue shifts to Ballantine Auditorium Kirkwood. Western, a 15 year band member, hails from Cedar Rapids, Iowa and teaches woodwinds at Cornell College.
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Bruce Western
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Hall
Kirkwood Community College
Ellis Park
Ballantyne Auditorium
Kirkwood
the Park
Bergheim
Sullivan
Franck
Chicago Tribune
Chambers
Hall
Bricusse
Newley
Anderson
King
Fillmore
Vitali
Sousa
Western
Marcello
University of Iowa
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Linn County weighs paying for detox center contract
Linn County Supervisors question whether taxpayers should fund Mercy Hospital Detox Center after Mercy seeks changes to a new one year contract. They note state law permits but does not require funding and that costs may rise under a per admission plan. A July meeting with Mercy is planned to discuss options, including per day billing or limiting payments.
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Dick Hogan
Linn County
Mercy Hospital
Mercy
Jean Oxley
Joe Rinas
Rinas
John Brant
Kent Jackson
Gram
Cedar Rapids
Jackson
Brandt
Theft Reported Of Pool Filter System In Douglas Farley’s Yard
A pooling pump system valued at 500 dollars was reported stolen from an outdoor swimming pool at 249 Mayden Ave SW on Tuesday morning. Douglas Farley is listed as the property owner. Local police urge anyone with information to contact the department.
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Douglas Farley
Mayden Ave
Medical emergencies and alarms logged across multiple locations
A Tuesday timeline lists numerous incidents including medical emergencies at 427 Ninth St NW 74 Summer Circle NE 5425 Vermont St SW 1511 Ninth St NW and 165 Crestridge Dr NW plus alarms at 1730 Sierra Dr NE and Hawkeye Downs SW with times from 1:37 a.m. to 3:31 p.m. No injuries or outcomes are provided.
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Ninth St. NW
Summer Circle
29Th St
Sierra Dr
Vermont St
Ninth St
Hawkeye Downs
Crestridge Dr
Cedar Rapids Art Museum to Move and Expand in Carnegie Building
Cedar Rapids Art Museum will vacate the Torch Press Building by Aug 1 and seek temporary downtown space while an $8 million remodel adds a new Carnegie Building wing. The museum plans a Winter Garden entry, multiple galleries, and a Lasansky Gallery funded by Mauricio and Emilia Lasansky, with artworks touring Iowa museums in the interim.
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Heather Sloman
Aazette
Museum of Art
Torch Press
Linn County
Torch Press Building
Third St
Cedar Rapids Art Association
Grant Wood
Marvin Cone
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Museum
Carnegie
Public Library
Third Avenue
Fifth Street SE
Art Museum
Joseph Czestochowski
Czestochowski
Winter Garden
Lasansky
Mauricio
Emilia Lasansky
Lasansky Corp
Iowa City
Minority contractors seek meeting over city goals dispute
A group of minority contractors accuses Cedar Rapids City Council of racial and political bias in awarding contracts and requests a meeting to resolve the issue. The United Minority Contractors and Vendors Association sent the letter to Mayor Don Canney and the council, urging inclusion of the broader community in economic development. They ask for a written response by July 17.
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Cedar Rapids
United Minority Contractors & Vendors Association
Don Canney
Council
the Gazette
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Brucemore
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Catherine Lawson
Linn
Ronald A. Pease
13Th St
Marion
D & L Auto Service
Peereet
Vegqunutt
2Nd Ave
Rapid Chev
C.R. Museum of Art
Museum Board
Tom Aller
General Nutrition
Bran
Raisins Thompson
Lindale
Westdale
Old Capitol
Call Cityline
First Avenue
Blairs Ferry
Uncle Sam
Poca. ES Perpetua Avings
Perpetual Financial Group i
Second Ave. N.E
First Ave. N.E
Williams Blvd
S.W
Clinton St
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