Weekend events highlight author signings and museum openings
Anne Beiser Allen signs books at Hills Bank in Coralville Saturday at 10. Alaska RV Adventure film with John Holod shown Sunday at Kirkwood Community College Ballantyne Auditorium. Free At Last opens at Elgin Public Library with Underground Railroad talks. Winter in Historic West Branch and Christmas at the White House open at Hoover sites. Louis Armstrong Centennial at Hancher Friday. Gregg Altman Band plays Des Moines Friday. Statewide Sweet Potato Pie Bake-Off Saturday in Cedar Rapids. Breakfast with the Birds Saturday Pinicon Ridge Park. Dustin Diamond performs Friday and Saturday at Penguins Cedar Rapids. Bohemian Soul Tribe at Muddy Waters Saturday.
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John Holod
Ballantyne Auditorium
Kirkwood Community College
West Branch
Hoover National Historic Site
White House
Hoover Presidential Library Museum
Savanna area weekend ideas and home transforms featured
Life and Leisure offers Sue Davis Smith guidance on weekend activities in Savanna Illinois. Home section by Shirley Ruedy highlights a Cedar Rapids residence transformed from ordinary to extraordinary.
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Sue Davis Smith
Life & Leisure
Cedar Rapids
Shirley Ruedy
Chris Cagle aims for stardom with high energy drive
Nashville rising country singer Chris Cagle promotes his Virgin debut Play It Loud and its Top 25 hit My Love Goes On and On while discussing a painful Texas childhood, radio battles, and a fire to succeed. He recalls football roots, family doubt, and a longing for peace over fame.
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Ashville
Tenn
Rocky Mountains
Chris Cagle
Cagle
Nashville
Garth Brooks
Texas
Tim McGraw
Virgin Records
Louisiana
Houston
Exxon
Virgin
Rudy
Notre Dame
Weir's RatDog Debuts Evening Moods After Grateful Dead Era
Bob Weir discusses RatDog's five year buildup to its debut album Evening Moods and his shift toward freer improvisation. He notes live sets mix Dead favorites with Garcia tunes and explains collaborative, studio driven writing with band members and lyricists.
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Ray Hogan
Stamford
Bob Weir
RatDog
Weir
The
Grateful Dead
Jerry Garcia
Jerry
Garcia
Franklin
Robert Hunter
John Perry Barlow
Gerrit Graham
Andre Pessis
Russ Ellis
University of California, Berkeley
Garcia Et al
Dead
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Anne Beiser Allen
Statehouse
Johnson County
Hills Bank & Trust Co
Highway 6
Coralville
America
Elgin Public Library
Galin Berrier
Sharon Carrington
Iowa
Louis Armstrong
Nicholas Payton
Hancher Auditorium
OS Campus
Iowa City
Hancher
Gregg Altman
Val Air Ballroom
Des Moines
Conservation Education Center
Pinicon Ridge Park
Rob Bradley
Dustin
Screech"’ Diamond
Penguins Comedy Club
Screech
Bohemian Soul Tribe
Savanna
Ill
Cue
By Jim Patterson
Rob Wasserman
Mark Karan
Jeff Chimenti
Jay Lane
Kenny Brooks
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