Exhibits and Talks in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City This Week
A roundup of local events includes a Marion Heritage Center exhibit on service clubs, a Iowa City Council forum on social and economic justice at Kirkwood, Tony Brown at QDogs BBQ in Marion, Winterland Grateful Dead tribute in Cedar Rapids, a Vietnam War era propaganda discussion at Mount Mercy University, and a Just Mercy book discussion at the Iowa City Public Library.
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Iowa City Council
Winterland
Brewhemia
Third St
Cedar Rapids
Vietnam
U.S
Janalyn Hanson White
Mount Mercy University
Elmhurst Dr
Bryan Stevenson
University of Iowa College of Law
Emily Hughes
Adrien Wing
University of Iowa
University of Iowa Center For Human Rights
Iowa City Public Library
S. Linn St
Iowa City
Harvest Moon Chocolate Walk lights Uptown Marion evening stroll
Shoppers tour Uptown Marion Friday from 8 to 10 30 p m for the Harvest Moon Chocolate Walk with two 100 gift certificates as prizes. Live acts include Billy Lee Janey Billy Heller and John Shultz. Also notes a history program by Luanne Huffman at the Marion Heritage Center with no admission fee and refreshments.
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Uptown
Marion
Seventh Avenue
11Th Street
Billy Lee Janey
Billy Heller
John Shultz
Marioncc.org
Uptownmarion.com
Luanne Huffman
O.O.P. Club
Mississippi River
Marion Heritage Center
Huffman
The
Marion Historical Society
McIntyre Foundation
Cedar Rapids
Nominations Open for 2015 CC Amana Hall of Fame
The Clear Creek Amana Foundation seeks 2015 Hall of Fame nominees with letters due Thursday. Include nominee name address school and year, deceased status, years of service and offices held. Nominations to Bev Seelman at the provided contact. winners announced Oct 23 during Parents Night football.
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Clear Creek Amana Foundation
Bev Seelman
Bevjim-Mba
Msn.com
Clear Creek Amana
Eastern Iowa Westerheim Auction Through Oct 28 Items
Auction listings in eastern Iowa for Westerheim include multiple items open for bidding through October 28. Local notices identify the sale window and participating venue.
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Westerheim
Vesterheim Auction Online Benefit Funds Folk Art School
Vesterheim in Decorah hosts an online benefit auction from noon Thursday to 9 p.m. Oct 28 featuring 50 one of a kind folk art pieces by Norwegian tradition artists plus works by Vesterheim Gold Medalists. Proceeds support the Folk Art School. Contact Michelle Whitehill with questions.
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Vesterheim
National
Clayton County Genealogical Society opens new Main Street home
The Clayton County Genealogical Society moves to 119 North Main Street Elkader and hosts open houses 10 am to 4 pm Saturday and 1 to 4 pm Sunday. Donations funded the purchase with a $286 000 gift from the Becker estate. Judy Moyna notes centralized meetings and online records via RootsWeb and Ancestry.com.
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Eleader
Clayton County Genealogical Society
North Main St
Elkader
Elkader Public Library
Main Street
Oakland
Irene Becker
Guttenberg
Millville
Judy Moyna
Society
Clayton County
Ancestry.com
Moyna
Pat McTaggart
Elkader Public
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Hooplanow.com
10Th St
Marion E
P.m
Kirkwood Community College
Lower Muscatine Road
Tony Brown
Qdogs Bbq Company
Blairs Ferry Road
Linn County
Liz Martin
the Gazette
C.O.P. Club
Jerusalem
Robert Cargill
Coe College
Kesler Auditorium
Hickok Hall
Cargill
Coe
Johnson County
Coralville
Coralville Holiday Inn
Motherhood Matters
Kellie Osler
Kellie
TAKO
River Products
Cedar Valley Rock & Mineral Society
Klein Quarry
Judy Joyce
Iowa
Starhaoiry
Decorah
Cedar Falls
One
Donna Red Wing
Bob Vander Plaats
Family Leader
University of Northern Iowa
UNI American Democracy Project
League of Women Voters
Seerley Hall No
Maquoketa
Hurstville Interpretive Center
Genealogical Society
Myra Voss
Dean Mallory
Rootsweb.com
Jmoyna
Alpinecom.net
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