Cedar Rapids festival blends music, wellness and art
Private nonprofit GO Cedar Rapids backs a large festival or event series with hotel tax support and a $1.6 million budget. Organizers promise a mix of music, speakers, health, cuisine, and fashion with venues booked and a VIP lounge planned at NewBo City Market. They work through permits, street closures, and liquor licensing while promoting a sold out hotel room weekend across 28 states.
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John Waters
Cedar River
McCreight
NewBo City Market
Tyler Ackerson
Alcoholic Beverage Division
Greg Buelow
Cedar Rapids
Mittee
Scott Kruger
Tfor
Kruger
NewBo
Czech Village
Austin
Bonnaroo
Nashville
Des Moines
Robyn Rieckhoff
Attention-grabbing Grant Wood and Hopper exhibits draw vast crowds
The Cedar Rapids museum reports 5323 visitors from 44 states and 12 countries to a Wood Hopper exchange loaned from the Whitney in New York. The Whitney drew 282,879 visitors to its Grant Wood retrospective. Future plans include JFK photos and an Impressionism show with a 100000-dollar borrowing fee, part of the 2020 anniversary year.
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Whitney Museum of American Art
New York City
Ulmer
Whitney
Grant Wood
Cedar Rapids Museum
Lower Manhattan
Iowa
The
Kate Kunan
Gazette
New York Museum
John F. Kennedy
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Wood
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Cedar Rapids Gallery
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Newion Lity Market
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Sinclai Levee
GO Cedar Rapids
Kelly Clarkson
Maroon 5
Public Library
Csps Hall
Dipti Amin
Comfort Inn & Suites
Collins Road
Interstate 380
DoubleTree
Hotels. Com
Priceline
Google
Jay Anderkin
Harp
Cedar Rapids Convention Center
Waco
Texas
Brian
Marelli
Thegazette
Ebeccah Miller
Ine Gazette
Shadowboxers
Adam Hoffman
Hannah Schroeder
the Gazet
Newbo Evolve
McGrath Amphitheatre
Iona’s Wood
N.Y
Tive
Coe College
Iowa Masonic Library & Museum
Figge Art Museum
Davenport
Dubuque
JFK
Cone
Diana
Nollen
Sean Ulmer