Weekend art and museum listings across Iowa and Cedar Rapids
The Gazette presents a calendar of cultural venues and hours across Iowa. Old Capitol in Iowa City, Herbert Hoover Library, Czech Museum, Grant Wood Exhibit, Amana History, Johnson County Heritage, Seminole Valley Farmhouse, Pioneer Village, Granger House, Iowa County Historical Society, Amana Heim, Australia Clay exhibit, and various gallery shows at Cedar Rapids Art Center and University of Iowa Museum of Art. Hours vary by location with many opening on weekends and few closed on Thanksgiving and year-end dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Capitol
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Reguar
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Museum
Interstate 80
West Branch
Czech Museum and Library
C St. SW
Grant Wood
Cedar Rapids Art Center
St. Louis
Museum of Natural History
U of I
Armstrong Gallery
Cornell
John Bald
Corner House
First Ave
Museum OF
Amana
Main Amana
Stanley
Museum of Art
Johnson County
Second Ave
Coralville
The
Johnson County Historical Society
Seminole Valley
Seminole Valley Park
Granger
10Th St
Marion
Marion Historical Museum
Iowa County Historical Society
Marengo
Amana Heim
Homestead
Australia
Australian Council Crafts Board
Learner’s
Max Beckmann
Kaethe Kollwitz
Edward Steichen
Milton Avery
Francisco Goya
Albrecht Durer
Thomas Bewick
Katsukawa Shunsho
Delaware County Historical Society
Lenox College
Hopkinton
Summer events flood Cedar Rapids area July weekend
Several festivals and performances fill the region calendar with arts shows, parades, museum hours, and theater. Highlights include Summer Rep '79 at Cedar Rapids Community Theatre, Nordic Fest Decorah activities, Buchanan County Fair Independence, and multiple park concerts led by Cedar Rapids Municipal Band.
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The
Ceda Rapids
Abbe Creek School
Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon
Linn County Conservation Office
Kalona
Decorah
Lowden Park
North English Park
Noelridge Park
Frank Piersol
Amorous Flea to headline Plays in the Park season
The Amorous Flea an off Broadway musical comedy based on Moliere joins the second season of Plays in the Park on tour with additional acts including Movieland Animals Show Aug 2 and 8. Performances run July 31 to Aug 12 at Bever Park Ellis Park with free admission and rain contingency noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Hall
Kirkwood Community College
Benton
Cedar
Iowa
Johnson, Jones, Linn
Washington
The
Heritage Agency On Aging
Howard A. Burton
Tom Walz
Iowa Gerontology Project
U of
Belle Plaine Hilltoppers
Leo Seidel
Ray Hines
Clarence
Henry Fedderson
Walter Hartwig
Roger Baldwin
Dave Gray
Jamie Nye
Rochester Rockettes
Andy McKean
Jones County
Bill Kidwell
Iowa City
Bever Park
Ellis Park
Indian Creek Nature Center
Cedar Rapids Horsemen’s Club
Upmier Stables
Ely
Waukon
Kennedy High School
Cedar Bookstore
Fellowship Christian Center
First Assembly of God Church
Moliere
Movieland Animals
Grandpa Jones
Oak Ridge Boys
Kingston Trio
Jim Ed Brown
Amolphe
Agnes
Horace
Arnolphe
Robert Assink
Terry Shaffer
Pam Clevenger
Bruce Springsteen
Concerts and events listed with box office hours
Box office hours Monday through Saturday noon to 6 p m with noon show time on event days. Phone 398 5340 for ticket information. Concerts include Johnny Paycheck Mickey Gilley Ted Nugent with Blackfoot Charlie Daniels plus two trade shows and education conferences at the Grant Wood area in eastern Iowa and Camp Courageous pineapple ball events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Paycheck
Mickey Gilley
Ted Nugent
Blackfoot
Charlie Daniels
Iowa
Dvorak Festival in Spillville Marks 75th Death Anniversary
The National Dvorak Festival comes to Spillville on August 3 to 5 to honor Antonin Dvorak born in Muhlhausen on September 8, 1841 and who died in Prague on May 1, 1904. The event, billed as a pilgrimage into history, notes Dvorak’s work in Spillville. For details write P O Box 154 Spillville Iowa 52068 or call 562-3655 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
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Spillville
Antonin Dvorak
Rudolf Firkusny
Nathanial Rosen
Great River Symphony
Francesco Italiano
Calmar
Dvorak
P.O
Muhlhausen
Bohemia
Prague
P. O. Box
Iowa
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G.F. Brown
N. Huber St
Anamosa
Oxford Junction
Carla Feller
Farm Bureau Building
10Th Ave
Institute of Man
Longbranch
Olde Barn Players
Nity Theatre
Kirkwood
Buchanan County
Independence
Conklin
Historic Friends Meetinghouse
Hoover Historic Site
Betsy Duncan-Clark
Veterans Memorial Ballpark
Giants
Wausau Timbers
Waukema Park
Center Point
Jones County Fair
Monticello
Flea
Suzie Gaumon
Anne Christensen
Hoover Park
James David
Free
Booth Tarkington
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
U.S
Gazette
Associated Press
Dvorak Festival
Kodak
Times
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