Immigrant themes featured in Cedar Rapids art exhibit
Pamela Calore shows Photography and video on immigration at Mount Mercy University Janalyn Hanson White Gallery. JT Roberts reads from The Brown Bottle Squeeze at CSPS Hall with author meet at Next Page Books. Walking tour of Mansion Hill and Auto Row starts at Douglas Mansion. Bicyclists ride 30-45 miles in Iowa City. Scarecrow Trail in Amana Colonies begins at Visitors Center. Carnatic music session at Coralville Public Library.
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Malta
Sicily
Mount Mercy University
Janalyn Hanson White
Elmhurst Dr. NE
Cedar Rapids
JT Roberts
Csps Hall
Third St
Npbb
Newbo
Gmail
Grant Wood
Mansion Hill
Auto Row
Second and
Third Avenues
Douglas Mansion
Second Ave
History Center
Community events blend fun runs and service in Cedar Rapids
Linn County hosts a 1.1 mile Super Hero Fun Walk at Kirkwood Community College to raise funds for Families Helping Families of Iowa with a $10 registration and free entry for eligible foster care youths. Also on Oct 15 the Special Olympics Iowa State Flag Football Tourney brings 130+ athletes from 14 teams to the Metro Youth Football Association complex. A Mission Partner Fair at Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church engages agencies like Bridgehaven and Habitat for Humanity to boost community awareness.
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Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood Blvd
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Metro Youth Football Association
Hearn Drive
Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church
Edgewood Rd
Bridgehaven
Crop Walk
Camp Ewalju
Feed Iowa First
Free Community Health Clinic
Habitat For Humanity
Horizons
Linn County Food Bank
Mission of Hope
Olivet Mission
Riders Club
Rise Fresh Start
Iowa City Volunteer Cleanups and Local Events This Weekend
Johnson County cleanup volunteers are urged to join four Sunday sessions to clear trash and debris along the Iowa River Trail. Sign up on the city Stormwater page, with first event noon to 3 pm at 3800 Napoleon Lane. Also, Star Wars Road Day at the library and a Coping with Death support group at Town City are scheduled with contact details provided.
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Iowa River Trail
City of
Iowa City
Stormwater
Streets Division
Napoleon Lane
Carol Sweeting
Carol-Sweeting
Iowa-City
Iowa City Public
501St Legion
Johnson County
Gilbert Ct
Town
Keri Neblett
Keri
Osborne Heritage Days at Clayton County Center
Osborne's Heritage Days returns to the Clayton County Conservation Center near Elkader with 10 am to 4 pm programs Saturday and Sunday. Activities include Dr Dustys Medicine Show, pioneer village storytelling, chili cook off, pumpkin events, Buffalo Chip Throwing, and demonstrations in basketry candle making quilting spinning and flint napping. For details search Osborne Conservation and Welcome Center Heritage Days 2016 or call (563) 245-1516.
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Osborne
Clayton County
Osborne Conservation and Welcome Center
the Center
Rembrandt and the Jews Berger Print Collection opens at Figge
A new exhibit opens Thursday on the second floor Katz Gallery at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport featuring 22 etchings by Rembrandt exploring his ties to Amsterdam’s Jewish residents. The show includes companion prints by Van Dyck Durer and others and artifacts from Figge UI Museum of Art Augustana Teaching Museum and Pella Historical Society.
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Rembrandt
Berger
Katz
Figge
Second St
Davenport
Amsterdam
Memorial ceremony honors 11 former Iowa Braille students in Vinton
The 11 former Iowa Braille School students buried in Evergreen Cemetery will be memorialized at a 2 p.m. October 16 ceremony led by Rich Farmer of the Benton County Historical Society. Markers funded by the Mary Ingalls Society total six thousand dollars and list all names across three monuments. Farmer, who taught at the school 1969 to 1976, led the two-year effort to locate graves dating from 1864 to 1918 and plans a cemetery tour after the dedication.
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Vinton
Iowa Braille School
Evergreen Cemetery
10Th St
Rich Farmer
Benton County Historical Society
Farmer
Mary Ingalls Society
Molly Noren
Noren
Michaela Ramm
the Gazette
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Prairie Park
N. Dubuque St
Amana Colonies
46Th Ave
Amana
Lee-Dem
India
Coralville Public Library
Fifth St
Linn County
Kirkwood College
Iowa River
I.C. Library
Elkader
Figge Art Museum
Benton County
Iowa Braille and
G Ave
State Board of Regents
Lot
Pat Barr
Iowabraille
Sarah A. Cook
Louisa F. Lunberg
Jesse Palmer Hampton
James L. Mitchell
Elizabeth
Lizzie” Adair
Mary Retta Rath
George Washington Hopkins
Buena Vista Culp
Leo Vogt
Mabel Lilie Carter
Meta Christine White
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School
Michaela.ramm
Thegazette
OWA College For the Blind
Louie
Lunberg
Sted
Jesse Palmer
Hameton Sans
James.l Witchell
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