Linn Area Reads event features Mark Ironside on Dan Gable book
Special guest Mark Ironside, former Iowa wrestler and two time NCAA champion, joins Linn Area Reads for a discussion of Dan Gable A Wrestling Life at Barnes & Noble Cedar Rapids. Free event runs 7 to 8 p.m with book focus and author collaboration.
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Dan Gable
University of Iowa
Mark Ironside
Scott Schulte
Barnes & Noble Bookseller
Collins Road
Cedar Rapids
Maple Syrup Festival returns to Indian Creek Nature Center Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids hosts the 34th Maple Syrup Festival March 18 19 at Indian Creek Nature Center 5300 Otis Rd SE from 8 a.m. to 12 30 p.m. The event features maple sap to syrup displays live raptor show and a pancake and sausage breakfast with music by local acts. Tickets run 8 adults 4 12 children 4 and under free. Sap collection this year reached 24 gallons the week of February 12 18 amid unusually early warm weather.
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New
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Maple Sugar House
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Flannery
Peter Hart
Riverbottom Ramblers
Denny Redmond
Scott Engledon
Joan Schnabel
Birds of Prey
Creeknaturecenter.org
Indian Creek
Cedar River
Maple Syrupin Time at Indian Creek Nature Center
Indian Creek Nature Center hosts Maple Syrupin Time with 90 minute sessions on Saturday and March 25. Attendees tap trees, visit the Maple Sugar House to learn sap to syrup, and sample maple syrup on ice cream for four dollars. Meetings at the center barn 6665 Otis Rd SE Cedar Rapids. The program follows a 1984 Maple Syrup Festival origin and aims to welcome new syrup makers.
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Indian Creek
Otis Rd
Cedar Rapids
Baseball bus tour leads Cedar Rapids history hike
Mark Stoffer Hunter of The History Center in Cedar Rapids directs a Saturday bus tour of downtown Cedar Rapids sites tied to local baseball history. The 1 p.m. departure meets at Douglas Mansion. Tickets are $10 members or $15 nonmembers with advance sales via bit.ly and phone line 319 362 1501. The event supports the exhibit The Old Ball Game at Cedar Rapids Public Library.
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History Center
Cedar Rapids
Douglas Mansion
Second Ave
Linn County
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Fifth Ave
Marion Fire Academy Seeks Applicants For 2016 Session
The Marion Fire Department invites residents 16 and older within the Marion response district to enroll in the fifth Citizens' Fire Academy. Classes run Thursdays 6 to 9 p.m. April 13 to June 8 at Fire Station No. 2, 3933 Katz Drive. Applications due March 31. cost 20 dollars. Call (819) 377-8237 for details.
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Citizens’ Fire
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Katz Drive
Cityofmarion.org
Oneota Film Festival Returns to Decorah with Stories That Matter
The 2017 Oneota Film Festival runs Thursday to Sunday on Luther College campus and through Decorah. Free admission with donations welcome. online or on site registration required for a festival pass. Schedule available at oneotafilmfestival.org.
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Decorah
the Depot Outlet
Java John’s
Decorah Area
Oneatafilm Festival.org
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