Ring Cycle and The Planets wow Cedar Rapids audience
Diana Nollen reviews Orchestra Iowa on Brucemore lawn delivering Wagner's Ring excerpts and Holst The Planets with NASA visuals. The concert led by Timothy Hankewich featured strong strings brass and a striking Star Wars finale with a TV encore option on Iowa Public Television.
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Muckersville graders joke about Obamas stimulus in work sign
Dick Rockhill and Mitch Hart maintain a dirt road near Muckersville along the Wapsipinicon River using a 1920s grader. The sign Obama’s Stimulus At Work sits on the machine as locals joke about federal funds. The two nonprofessional road workers say they have little public help and rely on private effort.
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