Community Calendar Listings and Museum Exhibits
A broad weekend arts and history roundup lists museums and galleries across Cedar Rapids and surrounding cities. Highlights include Herbert Hoover sites in West Branch, the Czech Museum and Library in Cedar Rapids, Grant Wood exhibits at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, and multiple University of Iowa galleries with rotating shows and special hours.
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Herbert Hoover
Interstate 80
West Branch
16Th Ave
March arts and music listings with multiple Iowa venues
March entries include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Kennedy High School with 7 30 p m performances and door tickets March 26 call 398 2147 L ysistrata at Storre Theater Luther College Decorah Amy Anderson oboe faculty recital Jenson Hall Luther Decorah The Gingerbread Lady Cedar Rapids Community Theatre runs through April 17 with weekend times Cedar Rapids Symphony Woodwind Quintet at Peoples Unitarian Church Free Bluegrass Music Festival at the Sheraton Inn New Ballroom featuring Brew County Rounders Boone County Bluegrass Lost Highway Cedar Rapids Foggy Mountain Cloggers gospel singing March 26 1 5 p m and 7 11 p m March 27 10 30 a m 1 p m admission varies three day pass available
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Cornell College
Mount Vernon
John Beckelman
David Goodwin
Paul Howard
Robert and
Joan Kocher
Barbara Thill Anderson
Centennial Union Gallery
Luther College
Decorah
Cedar Rapids
Cherie Jemsek
Steven Frederick
Sinclair Auditorium
Coe
Doug Hall
Andre Room
Peoples Unitarian Church
Third Ave. SE
Carl van Vechten
Commons
Amy Anderson
Jenson Hall of Music
Luther College, Decorah
Sheraton Inn
New Ballroom
33Rd Ave
Brew County Rounders
Lost Highway
Strong Family
Easter and Entertainment Guide at Luther College and Local Venues
This Sunday features the Luther Symphony Orchestra at 8 p.m. in Decorah. Easter events include a Golden Easter Egg Hunt at Indian Creek Nature Center with two start times and a call-in registration line. Also on the slate are a full moon walk, a Palm Sunday band concert, and multiple plays at Cornell College with free admission on specific dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Kabir Shrine
Palm Sunday
Paramount Theatre
George Baldwin
Mighty Wurlitzer Theater
Armstrong Theater
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Lunch & Learn on Volleyball at YWCA March 28
The YWCA hosts a Lunch and Learn titled Everything You Need To Know About Volleyball from noon to 1 pm on Monday March 28. Members attend free while non members pay 1. For more information call 365 1458. Also the Linn County Extension Service sponsors Growing Small Fruit at 7 pm at the Commons Cornell College Mount Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
YWCA
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Linn County Extension Service
YWCA Lunch Learn and April Benefit Concert Update
The schedule lists a Thursday March 31 Lunch & Learn at the YWCA on Creative Color Analysis from noon to 1 pm with free for members and a $1 fee for nonmembers. An April Fool Benefit Concert occurs at 8 pm in Clapp Recital Hall at U of I. A second Lunch & Learn at the YWCA features Everything You Need To Know About Swimming. Mercy Hospital hosts “Home to Me” watercolors and acrylics by Larry Holley through April.
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Clapp Recital Hall
U of 1
Cedar Rapids
Larry Holley
Mercy Hospital
This Is Your Land Public Land Program and Local Field Trip
National Wildlife Federation hosts a slide program on public land at Indian Creek Nature Center with sessions at 11 a.m. and 1 30 p.m. Members attend free while non-members pay 75 cents. A Cedar Rapids Audubon Society led field trip to Muskrat Slough and Matsell Bridge meets at 8 a.m. at Me Too Marion.
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National Wildlife Federation
Indian Creek Nature Center
Muskrat Slough
Matsell Bridge
Me Too Marion
The
Cedar Rapids Audubon Society
Bob Day
Gazette Cook-Off features demonstrations and student entries
The Fifth Annual Gazette Cook Off at the Five Seasons Center on Saturday offers two demonstrations by Anne Marie Huste former Jackie Onassis chef. Ice sculpting by Bill Gordish opens at 8 30 a m with a full schedule of student entries and competing dishes ending with prize drawings at 2 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Five Seasons Center
Annemarie Huste
New York
Jackie Onassis
Box Office Hours And Ticket Sales Details
Box office hours Monday through Friday 1130 AM to 530 PM plus Saturday if events occur next week or major show on sale. For tickets call 398 5340. Tickets available at Record Bar stores Lindale Mall Cedar Rapids Old Capitol Center Iowa City and Northpark Mall Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Capitol
U of
Iowa City
Iowa Hall
Iowa
Museum of Natural History
U of 1
Anderson Geology Museum
Norton Geology Center
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Geology Department
James L. Ochs
Hawkeye State Bank
S. Dubuque St
Cedar Rapids Museum
Record Bar
Lindale Mall
Cedar Rapids
Old Capitol Center
Northpark Mall
Davenport
March 26 to 30 Event Listings and Tickets
March 26 free cook-off from 8:30 a m to 2 p m features ice sculpting and recipe demos by Annemarie Huste with a minwood foods hors d oeuvres table. Palm Sunday service on 27 at 11 a m. Harlem Globetrotters show on 29 at 7:30 p m with 8 and 7 tickets plus senior and child discounts. World Class Wrestling on 30 at 8 p m with tiered pricing. Triumph with Foghat gig noted with advance and day-of pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkwood
Bill Gordish
Annemarie
Kirkwood Food Service Management
Jerilyn Danielson
Mary Ann Panosh
Veneta Kroemer
Dianne Lawrence
Luanne Cavanaugh
Ruth Snider
Geraldine Hurst
Margie Kwieden
Gazette
Annemarie Huste
Minwood Food Service
Palm
Cedar Rapids Catholic Deanery
Harlem Globetrotters
U.S.A
U.S.S.R
Triumph Rock Group
Foghat
Lunch & Learn on divorce at YWCA Tuesday
Tuesday events include a Lunch & Learn at the YWCA from noon to 1 pm titled Helping Children Adjust to Divorce presented by Bonnie Williams of the Family Service Agency. Members free. Other listings note a vegetable gardening session and puppet shows at Westdale Mall with varied times across March 29 to April 2.
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YWCA
Bonnie Williams
The
Family Service Agency
Hacap Center
Central City
Linn County Extension Service
University choir concerts and tennis event details
The notice lists tennis session from noon to 1 pm with a $1 fee for non members and free for members. It also promotes Kantorei at Clapp Recital Hall at 8 pm and Wesleyan Choir at St. Pauls United Methodist Church at 7 30 pm featuring a cappella and chamber choirs. For more information call 365 1458.
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Towa
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Third Ave
Easter Bunny leads egg hunts at local centers
The Easter Bunny visits Indian Creek Nature Center on Sunday March 27 with two egg hunts at 1 30 p.m. and 3 30 p.m. A golden egg adds a special prize. costs are 2 dollars for members and 3 dollars for non members. Cedar Rapids Jaycees host handicapped egg hunt April 2 9 30 to 11 a.m. at Noelridge Park pavilion with weather backup. Mount Mercy alumni families invited to Easter Eye Hunt April 2 at 2 p.m. in McAuley Cafeteria with Easter Bunny guest. Contact numbers: 362 0664 364 8025 363 8213 ext 214.
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Indian Creek Nature Center
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Jaycees
Cedar Rapids Community School District
Parks Department
Sandy Murphy
Jaycee
Mount Mercy College
McAuley
Mount Mercy
Mount Mercy College Alumni Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
P.O. Box
Grant Wood
Museum of Art
Johnson County Heritage Museum
Second Ave
Coralville
Johnson County Historical Society
Arts Center
E. Washington
Johnson County
Nancy Vernett Squires
Stuart Lounge
Gage Union
Pat Bjorseth
Brucemore
Lysistrata
Storre
Luther College Decorah
Don Hornstein
Neil Simon
Cedar Rapids Community Theatre
Margery Gram
Scott Schulte
Karen Davis
Maggie Ellison
Luther Symphony Orchestra
Center For Faith and Life
Czech Museum and Library
Vera Cousins
Mary Neidl
the Gazette
Mary Chalupsky
Eula Voehl
Priscilla Root
Jan Funke
Judith Welling
Aunt Minnie
Bill Thomas
Vickie Weber
Rebecca Dunkel
Bill Phillips and Company
Westdale Mall
U of Kantorei
Easter Bunny
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