Two Art Shows Open Thursday at Cedar Rapids Art Center
Two major exhibits open Thursday at the Cedar Rapids Art Center on Third Street SE and run through December 15. The first, A Sense of Place, features nineteenth and twentieth century American landscapes from the book by Allen Gussow, coordinated by Mid-America Arts Alliance and the Iowa State Arts Council. The second, Print Makers Midwest Invitational, comes from the Walker Art Center and surveys regional contemporary printmaking. Center hours: Tue–Sat 10 am–5 pm, Sun 2–5 pm, Thu until 8:30 pm, closed Monday.
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Cedar Rapids Art Center
Third Street
Allen Gussow
Gussow
Art Center
The
Mid-America Arts Alliance
Iowa State Arts Council
Minneapolis
Upper Midwest
Scout Troops Welcome on Tree Project
Four Optimist clubs sponsor a joint Christmas tree project inviting more Boy Scout troops to join and raise funds for activities. J Robert Wickersham co chair says non participating troops may still join and Glenn Selzer can provide details. Advance $1 deposit tickets will apply toward tree purchases and proceeds support Scout treasuries and youth work projects.
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J.robert Wickersham
Glenn Selzer
College Community School
Boy Scout Troop
Wickersham
Optimist
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Occult Interest In Staid Place
New York AP reports Dr Carlyle Haaland of Wagner College on Staten Island notes educated middle class residents are active in occult and witchcraft. He describes a flourishing counter culture where people lead double lives balancing nine to five work with a magical second world.
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New York
Staten Island
Carlyle Haaland
Wagner College
Haaland
America
Cleveland First Major U S City to Light Streets Electrically
The World Almanac notes Cleveland Ohio became the first city in the United States to be extensively lit by electricity on March 31 1880. Baltimore Maryland had early coal gas lighting in 1816 and incandescent lamps appeared in the late 1870s.
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Baltimore
U. S
Cleveland
Ohio
Lakeside certified as first private alcoholism unit in Iowa
DES MOINES The State Commission on Alcoholism certified Lakeside as the state's first private treatment facility for problem drinkers. Located near Cedar Rapids on an 18 acre site with a natural lake the stone mansion and adjoining buildings were renovated to accommodate 20 guests. Lakeside operates as a private non profit foundation for the treatment of chemical addiction staffed by recovering alcoholics.
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Des Moines
State Commission On Alcoholism
Lakeside
Carrollton
Cedar Rapids
Ral Lake
Ics
Chile’s Narrow Span Varies From Tropics to Penguins
National Geographic notes Chile stretches about 2 555 miles from arid tropics to subantarctic climates with an average width near 110 miles, highlighting its extreme north south length and ecological diversity.
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Chile
National Geographic
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Stan Wiederspan
Walker
Upper Mississippi
John F. Kensett
Wichita Art Museum
Alcoholics Anonymous
Magnavox
Iowa City
Texas Instruments
Sycamore
Killian Company
Iowa
Jean Joyce
Model
Killian
Killians
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