East Iowa Cultural Calendar Highlights Schedule
The Saturday calendar lists Opera Theater An Evening of Arias at 8 in Clapp Hall Iowa, plus the Iowa Playwrights Workshop presenting Francie and Charles and the Kids Next Door at 8 in Studio Theater. Other events include Corsed concerts, art exhibits, and student recitals across Cornell, Coe, Mount Mercy, Kirkwood, and U Iowa venues with multiple performances through Friday and Sunday.
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OPERA
Clapp Recital Hall
University of Iowa
Iowa Playwrights’ Workshop
Francie and
Charles
Studio Theater
U. of I
Cornell College
Hilltop Lounge
the Commons
Joyce Geeting
Cornell
Roy Mann
University of Oregon
Carol Lesniak
King Chapel
Palisades Room
Commons
Kippers
Field House
Douglas Hanson
Armstrong Gallery
Threepenny Opera
Armstrong Theater
U. of S. Museum of Art
Paul Strand
Oriental Art At Coe and Diverse Campus Events
Oriental art from Cmdr and Mrs Gilbert Boone is on display in Coe College west gallery through Friday. Also through Friday is Photographs from Coe's Past by George Henry in Stuart lounge. Various campus events include a 11 30 a.m. force of nature concert at Kirkwood Iowa Hall, lectures by Eugene McCarthy and John P Berkhardt, screenings of Sacco and Vanzetti and Poseidon Adventure, and music recitals and a Ozarks music event with the Rackensack Society at sites across the campus venues.
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Cedar Rapids
Franklin Junior High School
Jo Ann Lanier
Coe
Sinclair
Coe College
Mt. Mercy College
McAuley
Mt. Mercy
Arthur Miller
Dows Center
Iowa Mountaineers
Germany
Russ Potter
Macbride
U. of L
Leopold LaFosse
John Simms
Clapp
Cornell
Commons
Comdr
Gilbert Boone
Monmouth
Ill
West Gallery
Sinclair Auditorium
Coc
George Henry
College
Stuart Lounge
Denny Hilton
St. Joseph's Church
Parnell
Amana Holiday Inn
Gary Gildner
Hawkeye State
Gage Union
Ted Anfinson
Daehler-Kitchin
Eugene McCarthy
U.S
King Chapel
Kirkwood
Iowa Hall
Joe Balsis
Cmdr
Stuart
Force OF Nature
Cherry Auditorium
Rashomon
Nancy Niemann
Armstrong Theater
LAW OF the Sea
John P. Berkhardt
U.S. Department of State
Phillips Hall
the Ozarks
Jimmy
Driftwood
Rackensack Folklore Society
Mountain View
Ark
The
Ozarks
Forgeries Plague Old Coin Market in Geneva
A surge of near perfect forgeries, many from Lebanon, has disrupted the multimillion dollar international market for old coins. Dealers struggle to distinguish fakes from genuine items. melting the coin remains the sure test. Forgeries target inexpensive and high value coins, with metal plans using master molds from single rare pieces. Police scrutiny rises as middlemen, falsified papers, and smuggling schemes complicate transactions.
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Geneva
Switzerland
UPI
Lebanon
Jean-Paul Divo
Leu Bank
Zurich
Italy
Divo
Iraq
Victoria
Edward VII
Dive
Soviet Union
Original Art Fair at Kirkwood Dec 1 in Iowa Hall
Kirkwood events list December activities including an Original Art Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Iowa Hall lobby featuring Kirkwood students and staff, continuing through December 5. Also on December 2 Wendy Grossman performs 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Iowa Hall coffeehouse.
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Kirkwood
Iowa Hall
Wendy Grossman
Washington items go on sale at Sotheby’s new York
Unprecedented three day auction of Washington family memorabilia from Mt. Vernon includes Martha Washington’s wedding slippers size five and a lock of Washington’s hair alongside 44 Washington items. The sale, co listed with 1 263 Americana lots, is led by a Paul Revere silver coffee pot estimated at 25 000 dollars, expected to push total proceeds beyond 1 million. The consignor is Mrs Walter Gibson Peter Jr of Washington DC, descendent of Martha Washington. The items shed light on Mount Vernon life through intimate pieces such as Martha’s needlework, a tortoise shell spectacles frame and a baby cap.
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New York
UPI
George Washington
Martha Washington
Martha
Washington
Ingtoniana
Walter Gibson Peter, Jr
Washington, D.C
Peter
British businessmen said to be drunk most of day
London UPI reports Dr Terence Spratley of Maudsley hospital told a conference on alcohol that many top British businessmen are inebriated for long portions of the day. He cited a man who tapes interviews because he is too drunk to remember them afterward.
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London
UPI
Terence Spratley
Maudsley Hospital
U S Lawyers Are Heard In Russia
New York based UPI report details American lawyers led by Telford Taylor seeking to free 14 Soviet Jews jailed after emigration requests. After petitions to the Soviet chief prosecutor, access to the system marked a milestone, but Soviet inaction pushed emphasis to pressure and politics. Families already allowed to depart to Israel while prisoners face continued jail terms.
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New York
UPI
Israel
Soviet Union
Telford Taylor
U.S
Taylor
United States
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Iowa
Western Illinois University
McAuley Art Gallery
Mahmud Ayoub
San Diego University
Mississippi River Valley
Terrence Ingram
Apple River
Audubon Society
William Safire
New York Times
Washington Bureau
Capitol
Gertrude Robinson
McGill University
Montreal
Minnesota
Iowa Memorial Union
U. of 1
Lonnie Dunn
Sociological Forum
McAuley Auditorium
Cedar Rapids Art Center
Harper Hall
University Theater and
School of Music
Hancher Auditorium
Sacco and Vanzetti
Maxwell
Joe Simon
Jeff Dowd
Daehler- Kitchin
Julian Bern
Daniel Geeting
David Wick
Janice Boland
James Whittier
Chris Speer
Stanwood High School
Swisher
Kirkwood Student Development Center
Kirkwood Alumni Assn
Williamsburg
Tion
Iowa Hall Coffeehouse
Frederick M. Winship
Mt. Vernon
Mount Vernon
Russia
TOY Fair
Nylint
Americas
Chevrolet
Senior Citizens Bus Service
Tise
Jim
Kelly
Randy
Terry
Cadar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
Mount Mercy College
Citizens
Jim Steinbeck
Chuck Jungman
Steinbeck
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