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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 2015
Page
6
Appy Hour with Morgan and Angie runs 11 to noon at the Iowa City Public Library 123 S Linn St free. Ms Tracy leads a 2 to 2 30 p m pennant making session at Hiawatha Public Library 150 W Willman St. free.
Kindergarten through fifth graders can drop paper airplanes chalk water balloons and small toys from the Cedar Rapids Public Library roof and learn physics during a 2 to 3 pm program with a snack provided.
The event runs Friday from 6 to 10 p.m. at Linn and Washington streets facing north featuring Rude Punch from 6 to 7 30 p.m. and Black Uhuru from 8 to 10 p.m. No admission. Linn Street will close between Washington Street and Iowa Avenue. Contact City Hall official Simon Andrew at 819 356 5010 or Summer of the Arts at 319 337 7944 for details.
A University of Northern Iowa panel on September 23 in Sabin Hall 2 discusses progress and challenges of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Panelists include Michael Blackwell, John Johnson, Paul Pate, and Scott Peters. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by UNI's American Democracy Project and the League of Women Voters. The Apples festival note follows.
Amana Colonies host the first Apfel fest featuring apple sauce strudel cider pressing live music and local foods on September 26. Homestead plans village orchard events with storytellers and apple bobbing. For details see Amana Colonies Visitors Center or call (319) 622-7622. The Herbert Hoover Presidential Museum offers free admission on September 26 as part of Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live with two freetickets per bearer.
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Cedar Rapids use a $5,000 grant to run the online curriculum MobyMax for reading and math. Students begin with a test, then complete targeted questions and tests to measure yearly progress.
Johnson County Riverside Theatre hosts a Thursday Theatre Talk at 6 p.m. at the Iowa City Public Library Meeting Room A. Director Sam Osheroff and the cast discuss the play Shipwrecked! An Entertainment by Donald Margulies, its true story roots, and theatrical tricks. Free and open to the public. The talk will air on The Library Channel cable 20. Details at riversidetheatre.org or (319) 338-7672.
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