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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1979

Page

2

Eastern Iowa Calendar June 2 1979 Highlights

Calendar of cultural events across Iowa City West Branch Cedar Rapids Amana and surrounding areas with museum hours exhibits at Old Capitol Herbert Hoover Library Czechoslovak Museum and more including the Grant Wood exhibit at Cedar Rapids Art Center and a Kolonial House doll mold making class through early June.

Old Capitol University of Iowa Iowa City Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Interstate 80 West Branch Czech Museum and Library C St Grant Wood Cedar Rapids Art Center Canadian Northwest St. Louis World’s Fair Kolonial House Kalona Keith Kane MADA Maggie Head Kane

June 8 Bach Festival VII at Clapp Recital Hall

Iowa City Chamber Singers perform Bach Festival VII at 8 p.m. June 8 in Clapp Recital Hall at the University of Iowa directed by Rosella Duerksen. Admission four dollars general and two fifty for students and seniors. Tickets from Chamber Singers members or Preucil School of Music after June 4 or at Hancher Auditorium box office.

Iowa City Chamber Singers Clapp Recital Hall U of I Rosella Duerksen Chamber Singers and Preucil School of Music Hancher Auditorium

June events heat Cedar Rapids area with concerts and fairs

A busy schedule highlights June activities across Iowa with music by Cedar Rapids Municipal Band and Cedar Rapids Symphony at Cherry Hill Park and Daniels Park, horse shows at Hawkeye Downs, puppet theatre in Iowa City, art and craft fairs in Stone City and Hawkeye Downs, and a Father’s Day event at Seminole Valley Farm. Notable acts include Waylon Jennings at Five Seasons Center and a Corvette car show at Crossroads Center. Events support charities and community groups, with admission details and dates through June 16.

United Way Schoenmaker Family Services The Mental Health Association Linn County Cedar Rapids Cherry Hill Park Frank Piersol Hawkeye Downs Antique Auto Club Bing Russell Sheriff Clem Dick Sparrow Zearing American Cancer Society Grant Wood Stone City Eulenspiegel Green-Nissen Estate Rimrock Riders Saddle Club Cee Bar Acres Hiawatha Highway 150 Danna Riley Ellis Park Skyhawks Seminole Valley Park Rose Gardens Linn County Rose Society Carl Franks 16Th Ave Stanley James Meadowbrook Drive Charles Martin 36Th St Maxwell’s Iowa City the Sanctuary Fieldhouse Grand Daddy’s Johnson County Dance Theatre of the Hemispheres Opera House Players McCleery Fine Arts Center Washington Noelridge Park Waylon Jennings Five Seasons Center Seminole Valley Farm Iowa Minnesota Linn County Fairground Central City Central City Kiwanis Kiwanis Club

University and college theater lineup for late June

June events include Little Mary Sunshine at E C Mabie Theater directed by Cosmo Catalano with showings through July 17. Barefoot in the Park at Dows Theater Coe College directed by Michael Pufall with multiple June dates. The Shadow Box at Mabie Theater directed by Bruce Levitt with select June and July performances and admission $4.75. Hey Dey 79 in Fairfax features carnival rides and contests with parade on June 23. Oliver by Starlighters II at Anamosa Junior High Auditorium June 23-25 with tickets $4 for adults and $3 for students.

E.C. Mabie U of I. A Cosmo Catalano Dows Coe Coe College Michael Pufall U of I Bruce Levitt Fairfax Oliver Anamosa Junior High School

Summer Arts and Events Listings Open This Week

A roundup of June performances and happenings announces PRIVATE LIVES at Old Creamery Theater in Garrison and 6 RMS RIV VU at Cedar Rapids Community Theatre with multiple showings through the week. Also listed are Civil War Days in Hopkinton, Spirit Life Congress at Mount Mercy, Nuclear Energy Symposium, Student Recital in Marion, and other exhibitions and community events across the Cedar Rapids area.

Old Creamery Theater Garrison Cedar Rapids Community Theatre ST. Joseph’s Fundays 14Th Avenue 14Th Street Marion Hopkinton Lenox College Spiritual Life Congress Mount Mercy St. Paul United Methodist Church Mobilization For Academy of Music Fifth Avenue 10Th Street What Cheer Civic Center Li’l Abner Paul Mick Denniston Anne Susan Scoughton Third St. SE

Six RMS River View Exhibition Hours Noted

The notice shows gallery hours for the six RMS River View exhibit from Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with the date June 23 referenced. It records a public access timetable for visitors.

America to perform in Cedar Rapids with McQuinn Clark Hillman

The rock group America plays at the Five Seasons Center in Cedar Rapids Saturday June 9 at 8 p.m. The lineup now features Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley as a duo after Dan Peek left in 1977. Opening acts include McQuinn Clark and Hillman. tickets cost seven dollars in advance and eight at the door.

America Cedar Rapids England Atlantic Dan Peek Dewey Bunnell Gerry Beckley Five Seasons Center McQuinn, Clark and Hillman

9 America concert and other events listed at box office

Box office hours run Monday through Saturday from noon to 6 p.m with event days noon show time. For ticket information call 398-5340. 9 America with McGuinn Clark and Hillman at 8 p.m. Advance tickets 7 dollars, day of show 8 dollars. 13 Waylon Jennings with the Crickets at 8 p.m. Reserved seats 8 and 7 dollars. 19 20 Governors and White House 15 state Seminar on Foreign Trade and Exports. 22 23 Cedar Rapids Kennel Club Dog Show.

America McGuinn Clark & Hillman Waylon Jennings Governor’s White House Cedar Rapids Kennel Club

All State Music Camp Concert and Sonata Recital Dates

All State Music Camp Concert at 2 30 p m Hancher Auditorium University of Iowa June 29 7 p m Free features a sonata recital at 3 p m by cellist Douglas Moore Williams College Williamstown Massachusetts and pianist Julian Bern Cornell College at St Paul s United Methodist Church

Hancher Auditorium U of I Douglas Moore Williams College Williamstown Mass Julian Bern Cornell College St. Paul’s United Methodist Church

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Museum of Natural History Iowa County Historical Society Marengo Armstrong Gallery Cornell Iowa Wildlife CornerHouse First Ave Museum OF Amana Main Amana Stanley Museum of Art Wright Morris Roger Powers Jr Mercy Hospital U of I School of Art Seminole Valley Granger Tenth St Marion Historical Museum Jocelyn Reiter Betty Bang Mather Sven Hansell U of I. Free Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre Old Brick East Market Crossroads Center Waterloo Glass Reflection Corvette Club West Union St. Ludmila’s Catholic Church First Church of Christ Scientist Nancy E. Houston Urbana Free Cedar Valley Trail Riders Club Toddville Kimm Stastny Hall Gallery Ambroz Center Bever Park Springville Cherie Paramount Theatre Abbe Creek School Old Highway 30 Mount Vernon Linn County Conservation Office Rae Kaiser Nancy Neenan Peoples Unitarian Church Cedar Rey Noelridge ARKS Tom Sweeney Tues Thur Donnelly Park Chatam Park Bowman Woods Hanna Park Taube Park
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