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Winter Reading Program
<p>It is time to get cozy, snuggle down, and read a good book. </p><p>Our winter reading program starts January 4th, 2021 and lasts until February 13th, 2021.</p><p>This winter reading challenge is for all ages. Your goal is to get to 500 points. Each chapter book, audio book, or e-book is worth 125 points. For our younger readers: each picture book is worth 25 points. </p><p>Don't forget about the activities. There are 6 winter trivia questions. If you answer them correctly you will get 25 points. Those points can be used for completing the reading program-earning 500 points total. </p><p>When you have reached your goal, you can stop by the library to get a prize packet. </p><p>To register for this program click <a href="http://hiawathalibrary.readsquared.com/">here</a></p>
2/10/218:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Winter Reading Program
<p>It is time to get cozy, snuggle down, and read a good book. </p><p>Our winter reading program starts January 4th, 2021 and lasts until February 13th, 2021.</p><p>This winter reading challenge is for all ages. Your goal is to get to 500 points. Each chapter book, audio book, or e-book is worth 125 points. For our younger readers: each picture book is worth 25 points. </p><p>Don't forget about the activities. There are 6 winter trivia questions. If you answer them correctly you will get 25 points. Those points can be used for completing the reading program-earning 500 points total. </p><p>When you have reached your goal, you can stop by the library to get a prize packet. </p><p>To register for this program click <a href="http://hiawathalibrary.readsquared.com/">here</a></p>
2/11/218:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
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Winter Reading Program
<p>It is time to get cozy, snuggle down, and read a good book. </p><p>Our winter reading program starts January 4th, 2021 and lasts until February 13th, 2021.</p><p>This winter reading challenge is for all ages. Your goal is to get to 500 points. Each chapter book, audio book, or e-book is worth 125 points. For our younger readers: each picture book is worth 25 points. </p><p>Don't forget about the activities. There are 6 winter trivia questions. If you answer them correctly you will get 25 points. Those points can be used for completing the reading program-earning 500 points total. </p><p>When you have reached your goal, you can stop by the library to get a prize packet. </p><p>To register for this program click <a href="http://hiawathalibrary.readsquared.com/">here</a></p>
2/12/218:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Winter Reading Program
<p>It is time to get cozy, snuggle down, and read a good book. </p><p>Our winter reading program starts January 4th, 2021 and lasts until February 13th, 2021.</p><p>This winter reading challenge is for all ages. Your goal is to get to 500 points. Each chapter book, audio book, or e-book is worth 125 points. For our younger readers: each picture book is worth 25 points. </p><p>Don't forget about the activities. There are 6 winter trivia questions. If you answer them correctly you will get 25 points. Those points can be used for completing the reading program-earning 500 points total. </p><p>When you have reached your goal, you can stop by the library to get a prize packet. </p><p>To register for this program click <a href="http://hiawathalibrary.readsquared.com/">here</a></p>
2/13/218:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Artisan Bread Basics
<p>In this class, we will talk about what is going on inside a sourdough starter and how to begin and maintain your own at home. Learn what to look for in a healthy starter, how to properly feed a starter, and how to make your own from scratch. After we make some sourdough starters in class, we will try out a few recipes.</p><ul><li>Registration is required prior to the class start date. If you have questions or would like to register, please visit <a href="http://www.kirkwood.edu/ce">www.kirkwood.edu/ce</a> or contact 319-398-1022.</li></ul> 2021-01-14 15:30:00 -06004/11/211:30 p.m.Kirkwood Kitchen at NewBo City MarketCedar Rapids -
Artisan Bread Basics
<p>In this class, we will talk about what is going on inside a sourdough starter and how to begin and maintain your own at home. Learn what to look for in a healthy starter, how to properly feed a starter, and how to make your own from scratch. After we make some sourdough starters in class, we will try out a few recipes.</p><ul><li>Registration is required prior to the class start date. If you have questions or would like to register, please visit <a href="http://www.kirkwood.edu/ce">www.kirkwood.edu/ce</a> or contact 319-398-1022.</li></ul> 2021-01-14 15:30:00 -06005/09/211:30 p.m.Kirkwood Kitchen at NewBo City MarketCedar Rapids -
Richard Blais
<p>Richard Blais is a successful chef, restaurateur, James Beard nominated cookbook author and television personality. Perhaps most recognizable as the winner of Bravo’s <em>Top Chef All-Stars</em>, Blais went on to graduate from the Culinary Institute of America and train at The French Laundry, Daniel, Chez Panisse, and el Bulli. He is a partner at San Diego’s acclaimed restaurant Juniper & Ivy and multiple locations of The Crack Shack, his rapidly expanding fried chicken and egg concept. Blais currently owns and operates Trail Blais, a forward-thinking culinary company that has consulted on, designed, and operated multiple popular eateries. Trail Blais has opened concepts in Columbus, Ohio; Atlanta, Georgia; and St. Louis, Missouri and will be announcing new restaurant projects throughout 2020. Blais is the James Beard Award-nominated author of <em>Try This at Home: Recipes from My Head to Your Plate</em>, as well as his second cookbook, <em>So Good</em>. He frequently makes appearances on such hit Food Network shows as <em>Guy’s Grocery Games</em>, <em>Next Food Network Star</em> and <em>Cooks vs. Cons</em>, to name just a few. In addition, Blais hosts the hit hospitality industry podcast entitled “Starving for Attention” which provides an entertaining, behind-the scenes look into the food industry, and has featured guests including Wylie Dufresne, Grant Achtaz, Andrew Zimmern, Gail Simmons and more. He will be launching a second podcast later this year. When not on set, in the kitchen or at home with his family, Blais may be found traveling cross country performing his live “stand up cooking” show to enthusiastic audiences nationwide.</p><p><br>About the show:<br><br>It will be an interactive live cooking and comedy set. The show features a behind the scenes look at celebrity chef life along with unique cooking techniques and equipment. It is equal parts, cooking, comedy, magic and science. For safety reasons, on-stage food is not served to the crowd.</p>
11/06/218:00 p.m.Riverside Casino & Golf Resort®Riverside -
An Evening with Doug Engstrom
<p>Join Swamp Fox Bookstore on Tuesday, January 26 for a <strong><em>virtual</em></strong> event with author Doug Engstrom. Register for free as <a href="https://swampfoxbookstore.com/events">swampfoxbookstore.com/events</a></p><p><strong><u>About Corporate Gunslinger</u></strong><br>Like many Americans in the middle of the 21st century, aspiring actress Kira Clark is in debt. She financed her drama education with loans secured by a “lifetime services contract.” If she defaults, her creditors will control every aspect of her life. Behind on her payments and facing foreclosure, Kira reluctantly accepts a large signing bonus to become a corporate gunfighter for TKC Insurance. After a year of training, she will take her place on the dueling fields that have become the final, lethal stop in the American legal system.</p><p>Putting her MFA in acting to work, Kira takes on the persona of a cold, intimidating gunslinger known as “Death’s Angel.” But just as she becomes the most feared gunfighter in TKC’s stable, she’s severely wounded during a duel on live video, shattering her aura of invincibility. A series of devastating setbacks follow, forcing Kira to face the truth about her life and what she’s become.</p><p>When the opportunity to fight another professional for a huge purse arises, Kira sees it as a chance to buy a new life . . . or die trying.</p><p>Structured around a chilling duel, Corporate Gunslinger is a modern satire that forces us to confront the growing inequalities in our society and our penchant for guns and bloodshed, as well as offering a visceral look at where we may be heading—far sooner than we know.</p><p><strong><u>About Doug Engstrom</u></strong><br>Doug Engstrom has been a farmer's son, a US Air Force officer, a technical writer, a computer support specialist, and a business analyst, as well as being a writer of speculative fiction. He lives near Des Moines, Iowa with his wife, Catherine Engstrom.</p> 2021-01-08 20:30:00 -0600
1/26/217:30 p.m.Swamp Fox BookstoreMarion