Halloween Parade and Carnival in Iowa City
The Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department invites children of all ages to a Halloween parade and carnival Friday starting at 6 p.m. Meet in costume at Weatherdance Fountain between 6 and 6:15 p.m. Parade progresses to Col lege Street and the Robert A. Lee Community Rec Center for games crafts cookie decorating face-painting fortune telling and a Haunted Hallway. Free, no registration. adults must accompany children. Call (319) 356-5100 for details.
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College Street
Robert A. Lee
Iowa City
Human Rights Award Breakfast to Honor Local Leaders
The 24th annual Human Rights Award Breakfast on Thursday will recognize Royceann Porter Circle of Courage School Allan Axeen Robin Butler Janelle Rettig Katy Hansen Kate Karacay and Circle of Courage School. Event at Wayne Richie Ballroom Iowa Memorial Union tickets 15 at City Hall or the Human Rights Department. Timothy Tyson to discuss Blood Done Sign My Name Friday at 7 p.m. in room C20 Pomerantz Center as part of All Johnson County Reads.
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Royceann Porter
Isabel Turner
Circle of Courage School
Allan Axeen
Hawkeye Area
Iowa Memorial Union
City Hall
Washington St
Treasury Department of Human Rights Department
Call
Timothy Tyson
Oxford Board Recognized as StormReady Supporter
The Johnson County Conservation Board will be honored by the National Weather Service as a StormReady Supporter for F.W. Kent Park. A 5:30 p.m. ceremony at the Johnson County Conservation Education Center will recognize board members and staff for making the park the first in Iowa to earn the status.
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Johnson County Conservation Board
National Weather Service
F.W. Kent Park
Johnson County Conservation Education Center
Highway 6
Iowa
Coralville Schoolhouse restored highlighting 1940s life
The Johnson County Historical Society reopened the Coralville Schoolhouse 1940s classroom on the second floor while preserving the 1876 first floor. Volunteers explain the site's history from its 1876 origin to its 1940s era, with plans for exhibits and a 1940s curriculum for area schools.
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Coralville
Johnson Historical Society
Une
Jim Moore
Moore
Johnson County Historical Society
Leigh Ann Randakl
Johnson County Historical Society Museum
Coralville Central
George Washington
Creepy Campus Crawl Spooks UI Buildings This Friday
The second annual Creepy Campus Crawl runs 6 30 to 8 30 p m Friday at the Old Capitol Museum Museum of Natural History and UI Geoscience in Iowa City It is free and open to the public with costumes allowed and maps provided The Old Capitol becomes a haunted house the Museum of Natural History features a Night at the Museum a life size Tyrannosaurus rex skull and a haunted zoo Rusty the Ground Sloth and Don Johnson known as The Fossil Guy appear in costume The Geoscience department offers a Chamber of Creatures with real reptiles and skeletons plus a cave painting and mask workshop For info call 319 335 0606.
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Iowa City
Old Capitol Museum
Museum of Natural History
Department of Geoscience
University of Iowa
Iowa
Johnson County Historical Society
Don
Guy” Johnson
Rusty the Ground
Trowbridge Hall
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