Gala crowd hails CSPS Hall renovation in New Bohemia
About 200 people gathered for the August 26 unveiling of the CSPS Hall in New Bohemia Cedar Rapids praising the $7 million renovation led by Mel Andringa and F John Herbert. Community leaders note the project boosts arts funding and the district's growth with grants from Legion Arts the Hall Perrine Foundation I J Jobs and a long running Czech heritage effort. The event marks a turning point for New Bohemia as an entertainment cultural center with partners across Cedar Rapids and Linn County.
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Diana Nollen
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
CSPS
New Bohemia
Legion Arts
Mel Andringa
F. John Herbert
Jack Evans
Hall-Perrine Foundation
Evans
Pat Baird
I-Jobs
Ginning
Bob Chadima
Andy Stoll
Iccreatives Network
Stephen Mally
Ceramics
Csps Hall
Susan Werner
Herbert
River to River Ceramics Exhibit Opens at CSPS New Bohemia
The Ceramics Center in New Bohemia hosts a juried Midwest artists show through Sept. 19 in CSPS galleries. The article also previews a series of concerts and events at CSPS including The Pines, Mountain Heart, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, The Good Lovelies, David Wilcox, Danny Schmidt and Carrie Elkin, and other concerts with dates and ticket ranges. City officials and organizers discuss CSPS as a hub for edgy arts in Cedar Rapids and the ongoing post renovation restart.
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Ceramics Center
New Bohemia
CSPS
the Pines
Mountain Heart
BeauSoleil
Michael Doucet
The
Good Lovelies
David Wilcox
Danny Schmidt
Carrie Elkin
Iowa
Iowa Arts Council
Iowa City Designer Joins Garden Design Advisory Board
Judy Nauseef of Judy Nauseef Landscape Design joins Garden Design magazine advisory board along with 34 other designers from across the nation. She is a past president and certified member of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers and active in the Iowa Nursery and Landscape Association.
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Iowa City
Judy Nauseef
Garden Design
Nauseef
Iowa Nursery and Landscape Association
Gardendesign.com
Alzheimer's golf tourney raises nearly $60,000 in Cedar Rapids
Alzheimer’s Association East Central Iowa Chapter rounded up about 60 thousand dollars at the Round to Remember Golf Classic at Cedar Rapids Golf & Country Club. Proceeds fund research, education, support and advocacy. Funds also supported Bike for Kids program distribution and Camp Courageous donations, with multiple local sponsors and events.
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Cedar Rapids
Alzheimer’s Association
East Central
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Golf & Country Club
GON USA
Variety
Children’s Charity of
Bikes
Boys & Girls Club
Taylor Elementary
Polk Elementary
Walmart
Blairs Ferry Rd
Anamosa
J&p Cycles
Camp Courageous
J&p Cycle
Fawn Creek Country Club
John Parham
J&p
Iowa Hall of Pride honors Cedar Rapids man Hood Jr
Cedar Rapids resident William Hood Jr was inducted into the Iowa Hall of Pride for his high school era achievements at Davenport High School class of 1951 including a triad of state shot put titles. In Coralville Affect Performing Company the Nolte Academy earned two national awards and a top 20 Midwest studio ranking with owner Leslie Nolte winning a People’s Choice Award for a modern piece titled Texting Beth and ranking 14th in Midwest studio scores.
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Cedar Rapids
William Hood Jr
Iowa Hall of Pride
Iowa High School
Hood
Davenport High School
Coralville
Area graduates finish AmeriCorps service
Area graduates complete ten months of full-time AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps service with Hanna Gichard Cedar Rapids Blake Jenewein Center Point Shaikha Rasmus sen Marion and Alex McGrew Van Horne contributing to 138 projects and more than half a million hours of disaster relief environment energy conservation and development work.
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Denver
Hanna Gichard
Cedar Rapids
Blake Jenewein
Center Point
Shaikha Rasmussen
Marion
Alex McGrew
van Horne
AmeriCorps
National Civilian Community Corps
Eagle Scout Jonah Shah earns Cedar Rapids Court of Honor
Jonah Shah son of Lori and Sanjay Shah of Cedar Rapids earned his Eagle Award at a Court of Honor on August 14 at the Indian Creek Nature Center. Shah, a Cedar Rapids Washington High School sophomore, earned 24 merit badges and led a project at Cedar Valley Nature Center installing six PVC receptacles for discarded fishing line to improve wildlife and public safety with help from twenty volunteers.
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Cedar Rapids
Jonah Shah
Lori
Sanjay Shah
Indian Creek
Shah
Cedar Rapids Washington High School
Cedar Valley Nature Center
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