Iowa Arts Fest Highlights Across Communities
Events announce a weekend of culture and community activity in Iowa. Old Creamery Theatre presents A Bedfull of Foreigners in Garrison Main Stage at 8 p.m. Tickets twelve dollars. A Gentleman and a Scoundrel plays at Amana Colonies Visitors Center with eight dollar general admission eleven dollar adults five fifty for seniors and kids twelve and under free. Barbershop Bash features Cedar Rapids Sweet Adelines and a combined two hundred twenty voice group at 7 thirty p.m. with eight dollar general admission. The Iowa Festival showcases international arts across Iowa City. Marion hosts Sesquicentennial Antiques Week with pancake breakfast and antique auction. St Ludmila’s Kolach Festival runs noon to eleven p.m. with carnival rides and polka masses at 5 thirty p.m. Admission fifty cents, under fourteen free. North Liberty Fun Days include pancake breakfast tractor pull grease pig contest dance. My Waterloo Days features Center Point Jaycees Park Day from 10 a.m. to midnight with kids’ games train ride volleyball tournament and an 8 p.m. dance. Special museum display Wedding Day from 2 to 5 p.m. Health Fair 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Science Station admission two dollars for adults and one fifty for children and seniors. Cholesterol and diabetes testing five dollars each. Hike-A-Trail at Matsell Bridge Natural Area north parking lot at nine a.m. Linn County Conservation Dept sponsor. Mount Vernon bicycle ride twenty four miles at nine a.m. from Bever Park Hawkeye Bicycle Association sponsor.
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Iowa City
Marion
Waterloo
Center Point Jaycees Park
Matsell Bridge Natural Area
Linn County Conservation Department
Mount Vernon
Bever Park
Hawkeye Bicycle Association
Cityline Calendar of Events Contact Numbers
Cedar Rapids listings provide 363 7000 and Iowa City numbers 337 7000 for additional event information Cityline publishes a weekly calendar of happenings with contact lines in both locales.
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Cedar Rapids man charged after collision with pole and two cars
Marvin Pledge, 27, of Cedar Rapids, was eastbound on Fourth Avenue SE when he lost control, striking a car driven by Donald Patterson, a utility pole, and a parked car. Patterson was treated for a shoulder injury and released. Pledge’s car stopped near Fourth Avenue and 10th Street.
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Cedar Rapids
Marvin Pledge
G Ave
Fourth Avenue
12Th Street SE
Pledge
Donald Patterson
Third Ave. SE
John Klaus
Mount Vernon
Patterson
Mercy Medical Center
Iowa names Rutgers psychologist as new academic affairs dean
Peter Nathan a senior MacArthur Foundation program officer and psychologist from Rutgers University was named vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculties at the University of Iowa. The appointment awaits State Board of Regents approval and becomes effective July 1.
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Iowa City
Peter Nathan
MacArthur Foundation of Chicago
Rutgers University
University of Iowa
Nathan
U of I
Hunter Rawlings
State Board of Regents
Harvard Medical School
Behavior Research Laboratory
Boston City Hospital
Haifa University
Rutgers Graduate School
Medical School
Henry and Anna Starr
Rutgers
Rex Montgomery
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Leodis Davis
Graduate College
D.C. Spriestersbach
Marion police add satellite training network for officers
Marion Police Department will be the first in the state to join a closed circuit training network. The plan, announced by Police Chief Michael Birmingham, includes a 24 hour satellite system starting July 1 with a $4700 annual fee and will also be adopted by Linn County Sheriff's Department. The department will update squad car logos and equip officers with 9mm pistols replacing .357 revolvers, funded by officer purchases.
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Marion
Michael Birmingham
Birmingham
Linn County Sheriff’s Department
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Old Creamery Theatre Company
Garrison Main Stage
Old Creamery Theatre
Amana Colonies
North Liberty
Pan
Science
Science Station
First St. SE
C.R
10Th Street
Joy Sparenborg
U of Academic Affairs
David Vernon
Richard D. Remington
Rawlings
Vernon
Cissy
Linn County Humane Society
Drennen
Lindale Malle
Singlehoff
Slate
Third Ave
de Coder Rapie
Weemdare
Oat
Giant Truckload
Smuleho
AMANA
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