Community events lineup for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City
The listing previews multiple local events across Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Highlights include a morning networking session with Patty Parker sharing her life transformation, a Voices of Experience concert and reception, a housing options briefing, a Tuesday jazz evening, a health discussion for parents, and a Riffrrax Live rebroadcast of The Room at local theaters. Facts include venues and times.
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Women Club
Morning Connection
Patty Parker
St. James
Minn
Longbranch Hotel & Convention Center
Town Road
Cedar Rapids
City Hall murals topic ends series and art unveiling
A lecture in Johnson County highlights the City Hall Murals final in a three part series. The event marks the east wall mural’s unveiling after restoration with Cedar Rapids Museum of Art executives and scholars discussing the artwork in its historical context. The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Store calls for artists for its market on Nov. 15 with applications due by Friday.
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City Hall
East Wall
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Museum
Crma
Lou Wendel
Lwendel
Benefit concerts and sports clinic events in Cedar Rapids area
Critter Crusaders of Cedar Rapids hosts a benefit concert at 7:30 p.m. on September 11 featuring Alice Peacock at Kirkwood Ballantyne Auditorium Cedar Rapids. Tickets go on sale Friday via crittercrusaderscr.org or (319) 213-2130. The Eastern Iowa Alliance for Fatherhood and Children offers a free mini sports clinic for families from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Coe College Eby Fieldhouse Cedar Rapids with celebrity athletes. Proceeds from the 1105 Project fundraiser run 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. Friday at 1105 Gilbert Ct Iowa City, with a $10 suggested donation. details at nowbeadad.com and tcilek westbankstrong.com or (819) 356-6000. The Gazette notes Dan Swick sampling ribs at the 2013 North Liberty Blues & BBQ.
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Critter Crusaders of
Cedar Rapids
Alice Peacock
Kirkwood Ballantyne Auditorium
Crittercrusaderscr.org
Jana Crane
Eastern Iowa Alliance For
Coe College
Eby
Johnson County
Gilbert Ct
Iowa City
Tom Cilek
Tcilek
Westbankstrong
Terrence Neuzil
North Liberty Blues & BBQ seeks volunteers for July event
North Liberty invites volunteers for its ninth annual Blues and BBQ festival presented by South Slope Cooperative Communications. Sign up at northlibertyblues.org volunteer to select a position and time and check in July 11 at the Midwest One Volunteer and Information Tent. volunteers receive an event T shirt and other goodies and can enjoy the festivities before or after shifts.
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North Liberty Blues & Bbq
South Slope Cooperative Communications
Northlibertyblues.org
MidWestOne
West Branch Music on the Village Green Kicks Off
The West Branch High School Jazz Band opens this year’s Music on the Village Green on Wednesday. The concert is on the village green at Parkside Drive and Main Street in downtown West Branch with nearby parking and lawn seating. If weather turns, performances move across Main Street to the Town Hall.
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Village Green
West Branch High School
Parkside Drive
Main Street
West Branch
West Branch Town Hall
Hartman Reserve Artist In Residence invites bids in Cedar Falls
Friends of Hartman Reserve offer Artist In Residence spots July through September at the Gene and Betty Buckles Center. Selected artists receive studio space, supplies, gallery time, a $500 award, and a chance to showcase or sell work while donating one inspired piece and hosting a public activity.
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Friends of
Hartman Reserve
Hartman Reserve Nature Center
Gene
Betty Buckles
Hartman
Nature Center
Cartmanreserve.org
Reserve Drive
Cedar Falls
This is My Brave theater show debuts in Coralville
A Coralville performance of This is My Brave features monologues poetry essays and music about mental illness. Jennifer Marshall and Anne Marie Ames created the project in 2013 with earlier shows in Arlington and Boston. Brook Easton produces the Coralville event with a broad community of local contributors and aims to reduce stigma through shared stories.
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Coralville Center For the Performing Arts
Jennifer Marshall
Ashburn
Anne Marie Ames
Arlington
Boston
Marshall
Ames
Brook Easton
Iowa City
Iowa
Easton
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Sheri Novak
Marion Public Library
Sixth Ave
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Coralville
Coralville City Hall
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Forevergreen Road
Nowbeadad.com
the Gazette
Dan Swick
North Liberty
Wapsipinicon Mill
City of Independence
Wapsipinicon River
Wapsipinicon
Independence
Orlan Love
Kiran Sood
Coralville Center For
Joan Becker
Mark Becker
Aplington-Parkersburg
Ed Thomas
Kiran
Sourcemedia.net
Liz Martin
Brave
Coralville Center For Performing Arts
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