First Folio Tour Comes to Iowa City Park Reading Event
John Culshaw notes Shakespeare's First Folio and its 400th year tour. The University of Iowa Libraries host the volume in Main Library space with a City Park reading at Riverside Festival Stage. The event echoes 1916 and 1623 milestones and aims to inspire new generations to Shakespeare.
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Shakespeare
Folger Shakespeare Library
Washington, D.C
Folger
University of Iowa
State of Iowa
Roy J. Carver
City Park
Riverside Festival
Globe Theatre
London
Speare
England
City
John Culshaw
University of Iowa Libraries
Uiowa
Community Letter Voices Frustration Over Spending and Policing
A Cedar Rapids reader decries a plan to spend 13 277 per acre on 36 acres for sapling planting, laments overregulation and government waste, questions police powers and justice, and criticizes a Sept 2 article about 350 000 in payouts to school district staff, urging accountability and wiser priorities. The letter cites treelike budgets, media accuracy, and political critique by H Joyce Williams.
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Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Hillary Clinton
H. Joyce Williams
Concert Across America for Stronger Gun Laws in Cedar Rapids
Jeremy Brigham announces a local concert at CSPS Hall featuring Sound System 2 Summit Danu Doolin and others to promote stronger background checks and reduce gun violence. The event runs 5 30 p m to 8 30 p m Sunday with tickets 12 in advance 15 at the door and includes remarks from community leaders. Brigham executive director of Iowans for Gun Safety notes the nationwide effort and urges cultural change.
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America
NRA
Cedar Rapids
Iowans For Gun Safety
Csps Hall
Third St SE
Selim
Barbara Chadwick
Linn County Public Health
Linn County
Nick Maybanks
Carlos Grant
Washington High School
Jeremy Brigham
Drijbrigham
Gmail
Teens face hunger in America study reveals harsh realities
Feeding America and Urban Institute report shows teens across the nation coping with food insecurity, with many sacrificing meals and taking adult roles to feed siblings. In HACAP’s seven-county area 3,000+ children are served annually through the Food Reservoir and mobile pantries.
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America
Iowa
Feeding America
Hacap Food Reservoir
Urban Institute
HACAP
Hacap Food
Feedingamerica.org
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Community Letters
Chuck Grassley
Joni Ernst
Rod Blum
U.S
Signe Wilkinson
Post Writers Group
Postwriters
Obinca
Linda Gorkow
Hacap.org
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