Community events lineup in Cedar Rapids Iowa City area
A roundup of local activities includes Noelridge Farmers Market at Noelridge Park Cedar Rapids Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays from 4 to 6 pm free entry. Midwest Telegraph Brown Bag Lunch in Iowa City noon to 1 pm at Beadology Iowa free. The Roaming Canvas hosts Bam painting at Parlor City Pub Cedar Rapids 6 30 to 10 pm tickets 30. Drumming for Healing Hawkwoman session 6 to 7 pm Prairiewoods Hiawatha freewill offering. Keep Us in Stitches fiber group 2 to 4 pm Iowa City Johnson County Senior Center.
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Squareup
Parlorcity
Parlor City Pub & Eatery
Third St. SE
Cedar Rapids
Sheri Meathouse
Hawkwoman
Prairiewoods.org
Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center
E. Boyson Rd
Hiawatha
Iowa City
Johnson County Senior Center
S. Linn St
Radio play links Iowa roots to Tombstone gunfight
Belle Plaine and Pella residents stage Tombstone Trial an original radio play at Central College Pella 7 p m Saturday and Longfellow School Belle Plaine 2 p m Oct 21. Earps and Holliday faced the Cowboys in the famous gunfight with roots traced to Iowa towns. The project led by Wendi and Dusti Winkie with Valerie Van Kooten and the Wallace Winkie Foundation received support from Iowa Humanities and the Iowa Arts Council. 18 volunteers from both communities participate. The production focuses on trial details drawn from online sources and newspaper transcripts and includes descendants planning to attend.
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McLaury
OK Corral
Tombstone
Ariz
Iowa
Belle Plaine
Pella
Cox-Snow Center
Central College
Longfellow School
Wyatt Earp
Virgil
Morgan
John “Doc” Holliday
Earps
Monmouth
Wyatt
Earp
Cowboys
Frank
Tom McLaury
Billy Clanton
Billy “the
Kid
Holliday
Pellahistorical.org
McLaurys
Wendi Winkie
Dusti
Wallace Winkie
Valerie van Kooten
Tombstone Trial radio play in Pella and Grinnell
A two act radio play titled Tombstone Trial features local crew and director Dean Bosti of La Porte City. Prosecution witnesses in act one and defense in act two, with Justice of the Peace Wells Spicer delivering the ruling. Performances 7 p.m. Saturday Cox-Snow Music Center Central College Pella and 2 p.m. Oct 21 Longfellow School Auditorium.Admission free with donations. Cast includes Iowa connections Spicer and locals Mary Katharine Horony and Celia Ann Blaylock with historical ties to Davenport Fairfax Tipton and Belle Plaine.
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Tombstone
Cox-Snow Music Center
Central College
University St
Pella
Longfellow School
Seventh St
Belle Plaine
Facebook
Dean Bostian
la Porte City
Grinnell
Justice of the Peace
Wells Spicer
Iowa
Spicer
Tipton
Doc Holliday
Mary Katherine Horony
Hungary
Davenport
Wyatt Earp
Celia Ann Blaylock
Fairfax
Earps
McLaurys
Winkie
Linn County Seeks Entries for Dec 9 Holiday DeLight Parade
Cedar Rapids hosts the 34th annual Holiday DeLight Parade on December 9 starting 5:30 PM at Sixth Street SE and Third Avenue SE. More than 50 entries expected. early entry fees through November 17 vary by group from free for military to 85 for political entries. After Nov 17 fees rise by 10. Sign up at cedarrapids.org under Events and Holiday DeLight Parade.
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Cedar Rapids
Sixth Street SE
Third Avenue SE
Second Avenue SE
First Street SE
Third Avenue
Fifth Street SE
Cedarrapids.org
Kenneth Whyte to Sign Books in West Branch
In West Branch on Sunday Kenneth Whyte author of Hoover An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times will sign copies at the visitor center from 1 to 1 30 pm. A 2 pm presentation follows at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Museum 210 Parkside Dr. DECORAH
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Kenneth Whyte
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
West Branch
Herbert Hoover Presidential
Parkside Dr
Fallows to Speak at Luther College on Civic Renewal
James Fallows, former Carter speechwriter and long time Atlantic writer, will lecture at Luther College Center for Faith and Life Main Hall at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The free talk titled It's Happening Here: American Renewal, Ingenuity and Innovation covers rebuilding America through civic projects in Decorah.
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Jimmy Carter
the Atlantic
Center For Faith and Life
Luther College
College Dr
Decorah
Fallows
America
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Linn County
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the Gazette
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Cedar Valley Humane Society
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